Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Aug. 26-Sept. 1| 09:21AM / Friday, August 26, 2016 | |
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August 26 - September 1, 2016
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SAT Annual Craft & Tag Sale at Arrowhead
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The Berkshire County Historical Society will host its annual Craft and Tag Sale at Herman Melville's Arrowhead from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fine crafts and gently
used household goods will be spread out under the big trees on the south lawn.
Regular house tours will be offered at the usual schedule and prices. The museum shop will be well-stocked with books, t-shirts, and gifts.
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Shire Mountain Ramble presents a concert with popular local band Whiskey Treaty Roadshow and very special guest Annie Guthrie. Bousquet Ski Area, 101 Dan Fox Drive. 9 p.m.
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Berkshire Humane Society, at 214 Barker Road, invites you to find out more about this program for youths ages 14-20. There will be hands-on stations and information on how to join this fun and interactive program. The Explorer's Post is part of the Learning for Life program of the Boy Scouts of America and is open to all youth interested in animals and animal care. 6-7 p.m.
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Dash and Splash will feature an all-new course this year! This wet and fun run begins at 9 a.m. at the First Street Common. The first 100 registered runners will receive a technical shirt. This criterium-style running course will consist of 6 laps of approximately .5 mile each (just under 3 miles total) and there will be three water obstacles each lap, so you will get wet!
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Paint "Cardinal Birdbath" with Berkshire Paint & Sip at Zen's Pub, 303 Tyler Street. $30 per person. All materials included. Cash bar. 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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Join Berkshire Opera Festival as they launch their inaugural season with a new production of Puccini's masterpiece Madama Butterfly. This timeless love story, featuring heartbreakingly beautiful music sung by a world-class cast and played by a full orchestra, will be performed at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, Aug. 27, Tuesday, Aug. 30 and Friday, Sept. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
Madama Butterfly tells the story of a young geisha who has just married an American naval officer. Her love for him is enormous, but when he returns to America, he marries another woman. She clings to the hope that he will return, but soon must face the truth of his betrayal.
August 27, 6:30-7 p.m.: Opera talk about Madama Butterfly, presented by Cori Ellison, dramaturg of Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Free for all ticket holders.
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Explore the Berkshire Museum's galleries and aquarium for free all day long! For the eighth consecutive year, the Highland Street Foundation's "Free Fun Fridays," a summer program that provides no cost admission to 70 cultural institutions throughout Massachusetts, will provide free entry from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren will make a new presentation on how the playing field got tilted against America's middle class, and what we can do to fight back. She will be debuting this talk at Berkshire Community College's Robert Boland Theatre beginning at 11:30 a.m. Doors will open at 11 a.m. and seating is first come, first served.
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My Love, Don't Cross That River
Filmmaker Moyoung Jin follows a couple in South Korea who share intimate moments as they face the final moments of their 76-year marriage.
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What's Showing at The Licht
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Pittsfield's city-owned community arts center, the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, features nine working artist studios, a ceramics studio, a community room and an art gallery with changing exhibitions, classes, performances + more!
28 Renne Ave. | Wed-Sat, 11-4
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Jazz Visions
Now - August 27
This exhibit features jazz performances depicted through watercolor paintings by Marguerite Bride and photography by Lee Everett .
This exhibit will showcase the final designs of five writing studios that will be constructed in Pittsfield in 2017 as the backbone of a new writers' residency program in the city. The Mastheads project recognizes Pittsfield's legacy of writers of the American Renaissance, including Melville, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Longfellow, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, while providing a platform for new voices to engage with the contemporary city through the written word. This exhibition will focus on the innovative construction techniques of the writing studios, which will be composed of panelized cross-laminated timber, such that they can be re-installed each summer to appear at new sites across the city for years to come. The studios and exhibition are designed by architects Chris Parkinson and Tessa Kelly.
The exhibition runs September 2 (opens during First Fridays Artswalk) through October 1 with the opening reception taking place Friday, September 23 at 6 pm.
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