Hoffmann Bird Club Field Trips: Steepletop | 08:09AM / Tuesday, May 07, 2024 | |
 NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — Join the Hoffmann Bird Club and explore birding spots in the New Marlborough on May 11. Steepletop is a Berkshire Natural Resource Council property in New Marlborough. The property consists of wood roads and trails through deciduous and mixed conifer forests. The terrain has easy, gentle grades with smooth footing. Meet at the Steepletop, 648 North Road, New Marlborough. The tour starts at 8 am. >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: First Fridays, Record Show, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
06:00PM / Thursday, May 02, 2024 | |
There will be a variety of events in the Berkshires this weekend including First Friday Festivities, a record show, and more. Editor's Pick Downtown Pittsfield Time: 5 p.m. The city has combined Third Thursdays and the First Fridays Artswalks to establish First Fridays at Five. Downtown Pittsfield will be alive with activities, including a maker's market on North Street, a Pop-Up Dance Zone in Persip Park with fire dancer Opal Raven Cirque, Art in the Park with Mike Carty at Sottile Park, live pottery in Palace Park with Jim Horsford, and a Family Fun Zone at Dunham Mall. There will also be live entertainment at several eateries >> Read More |
Hoffmann Bird Club Field Trips: New Ashford | 04:05PM / Wednesday, May 01, 2024 | |
 NEW ASHFORD, Mass. — Join the Hoffmann Bird Club and explore birding spots in the New Ashford area. The tour starts at 7 am on May 5. Meet at JW Kelly's Real Estate, Route 7, New Ashford. >> Read More |
Hoffmann Bird Club Field Trips: Tyringham | 10:29AM / Wednesday, May 01, 2024 | |
 TYRINGHAM, Mass. — On May 22, Search for spring migrating and resident warblers, flycatchers, swallows, and raptors at several sites in the beautiful Tyringham Valley. Fairly easy walking on roads and trails. The trip will be approximately 3 hours. Meet at Lee's Big Y parking lot at 7 AM and plan to carpool. >> Read More |
Crescendo to Perform Music by Gilbert and Sullivan| 04:10PM / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The award-winning chorus Crescendo concludes its 20th anniversary season with two semi-staged performances of light opera compositions by the famous English librettist/composer duo: Sir W.S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan. There will only be two performances: on Saturday, May 4 at 6:00 PM at Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Rd., Lakeville, CT, and on Sunday, May 5 at 4:00 PM at Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA. Tickets are $40 (general seating), $75 (preferred seating), and $10 (youth under 18 years). Purchase your tickets online at www.crescendomusic.org. A limited number of tickets will be available to be sold at the >> Read More |
Bard College Annual Spring Dance Concert| 08:02AM / Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Bard College at Simon's Rock's Dance Program will present their annual Spring Dance Concert this year on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Both performances will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. This year's Spring Dance Concert will showcase over 30 dancers and choreographers treating audiences to a wide variety of dance styles ranging from classical ballet, contemporary dance, musical theater, flamenco, and Hip Hop. "With the beautiful lighting design of John Musall and the support of Jean Volff, Leo Earl and student tech participation, we are expecting to have a grand time," said Kati Garcia-Renart, >> Read More |
Hoffmann Bird Club: Birds and Bartholomew's Cobble| 02:26PM / Monday, April 29, 2024 | |
 SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Join a naturalist for a guided walk along the Housatonic River looking for spring ephemerals and migrating warblers at Bartholomew's Cobble. This joint program is offered by the Trustees in partnership with the Hoffmann Bird Club. Expected birds: mergansers in the river, warblers in the trees, maybe a glimpse of a bald eagle or black vulture, shore birds on exposed mudflats, and returning tree/rough-winged swallows over Corbin's Neck. Easy to moderate hiking. Meet at Bartholomew's Cobble, 105 Weatogue Road, Sheffield. >> Read More |
Peter Sykes Plays the Roosevelt Organ in Great Barrington| 04:07PM / Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Berkshire Bach Society continues its regular 2023-2024 season with The Organ Masters-II: Peter Sykes plays the great Roosevelt Organ at 4pm on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington. Berkshire Bach will show a documentary about the organ in the Parish Hall before the concert, at 2:45 pm. "We are delighted to have Peter Sykes perform for us again on the Roosevelt organ, one of the great historic organs in our region, and one that retains much of their original character," said Terrill McDade, Executive Director of The Berkshire Bach Society. "The power and >> Read More |
WAM Theatre's Reading of 'Far, Far Better Things'| 04:03PM / Tuesday, April 09, 2024 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — The 15th Anniversary Season of WAM Theatre continues with a Fresh Takes Play Reading of "Far, Far Better Things" written by Geetha Reddy and directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo on Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 2pm at The Foundry in West Stockbridge. "Far, Far Better Things" will also be viewable online on Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14. According to a press release: Inspired by Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities", this new play tells the tale of two women – Pilar, a Latina domestic worker, and Zoe, a young South Asian doctor – separated by class, race, and the unspoken rules of modern womanhood. The two >> Read More |
Triplex Cinema, GBPT Fundraising Screening of 'Freud's Last Session'| 04:00PM / Monday, April 08, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema and Great Barrington Public Theater announced a special screening of the recent film "Freud's Last Session" based on the Mark St. Germain play that originally premiered in 2009 at the Barrington Stage Company. The filmed version of "Freud's Last Session" is written by St. German and Matthew Brown, who also directed the film. The St. Germain play was based on a famous series of Harvard University lectures by professor of psychiatry Armand Nicholi, which Nicholi later turned into a book. This event is the first collaboration and fundraising event between the Triplex and GB Public. The event >> Read More |
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