Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Oct. 21-27| 11:15AM / Friday, October 21, 2016 | |
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October 21 - October 27, 2016
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SATURDAY YMCA MasquerAID Party & Fundraiser
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The Berkshire Family YMCA is celebrating the merger of the Pittsfield and Northern Berkshire branches as well as the 130th anniversary of both branches with a special party. This gala celebration will be catered by Mazzeo's Restaurant and entertainment will be provided by the Rev Tor Band and T-Bone Daddy. Tickets for the concert only, at 7:30 p.m., are $35. VIP tickets for the cocktail party, at 5:30 p.m., are $75 and include prime seating for the show.
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Berkshire Theatre Group's "On the Stage Series" continues with Will Evans, most famously known as the primary songwriter, drummer and frontman for the roots-rock band Barefoot Truth. Berkshire County's own The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow starts the evening off. A canned food drive will be held for St. Joseph's Food Pantry. Please bring an item to donate! The Colonial Theatre at 8 p.m. $25.
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 From 6-7:30 p.m. at Morningside School on Burbank St., there will be a Trunk or Treat for any child in 6th grade or younger. Several organizations and businesses will have the trunks of their vehicles decorated and filled to the lid with Halloween candy. The Rotary Club and the Pittsfield Police, along with Miss Halls student Gabriela Keator, are putting on this great safe event. Costumes are encouraged!
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Berkshire Yoga, Dance & Fitness will again hold its popular event from 6:30-8 p.m. on Sunday. Treat yourself to a restorative yoga practice as Lauren, Rachael and Chris offer Thai yoga massage assists to help you fully relax into your poses. Candlelight, soft music, and massage will help to balance your physical and energetic bodies and leave you feeling refreshed. This special class will be accessible to all bodies and levels of experience. $25. Space is limited and pre-registration is required.
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This free art-making event is a great way to get together with other sober families. Held at the George B. Crane Memorial Center at 81 Linden Street from 2-4 p.m.
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Barrington Stage Company presents an exploration of friendship, politics and leadership - a comedic and dramatic clash of two great minds and one great heart of the 20th century inspired by an actual event. In 1921, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and President Warren G. Harding took a camping trip together into the Maryland woods to escape civilization; what they couldn't escape was each other. Now through Sunday at St. Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, 30 Union Street.
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The Berkshire Carousel will hold a fall-themed Pumpkin Festival on Saturday and Sunday from 12-5 p.m. Enjoy pumpkin painting, face painting, food, and more to be announced.
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Join artist Robert Hite for a Q&A session and the Berkshire premier of two films about his work. Little Corn follows Hite during a trip to Central America in the winter of 2015 to photograph and film rural houses along the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua. Living on Earth is a documentary portraying Hite and his preparations for this summer's dual exhibitions at Hancock Shaker Village and Berkshire Museum. Both films are directed by award-winning filmmaker Okin Khan. Berkshire Museum, 7 p.m. |
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A struggling musician (Amber Heard) reconnects with her wealthy father (Christopher Walken), an aging singer who's looking to make a comeback.
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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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The Visual Poetry of Suburban Pittsfield, oil on canvas paintings by artist Morris Bennett, will be on view now through October 29 at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.
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