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 |
Simon's Rock Theater to Perform 'She Kills Monsters'| 11:10AM / Monday, April 08, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —Bard College at Simon's Rock's Theater Program will perform "She Kills Monsters" by Qui Nguyen on April 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. and April 14 at 2:00 p.m. at the McConnell Theater at the Daniel Arts Center. Directed by faculty member and Simon's Rock alum Sara Katzoff, this production brings together a company of over 30 theater makers including students, faculty, staff, alumni and guest artists working across disciplines of design, technical theater, and performance. According to a press release: Filled with gremlins, sword fights, demon queens, and dark elves, She Kills Monsters is an offbeat adventure that >> Read More |
Stockbridge Author Explores AI in New NovelBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:50PM / Saturday, April 06, 2024 | |
 STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Author Joan Cohen's debut novel focused on the difficult intersection of personal decision-making and data; her second takes it a step further by questioning whether the data we depend on is even real. In "The Deepfake," protagonist Sylvie uncovers corporate malfeasance while working for an artificial intelligence company in Boston. And when she falls in love with someone who fears and hates AI, she begins to question everything she knows. Cohen wants the novel to start a conversation surrounding AI by illustrating Sylvie's inner conflict. "In 'The Deepfake,' I'm very troubled about how we >> Read More |
CATA: Making an Impact 30 Years and CountingBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:02PM / Monday, April 01, 2024 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — An idea to encourage artistic opportunities for people with disabilities that began in Sandy Newman's living room 30 years ago is now a successful showcase for them tell their stories through a wide range of media and performance. Community Access to the Arts began in 1993 with a textile class led by Newman that served 12 women from the Riverbrook Residence. It now serves about 950 people, who display their art through public events, including exhibits, performances, and more. In 2023, CATA held 2,285 art workshops. Thanks to a $2 million grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott's foundation Yield Giving, CATA is >> Read More |
Chamber Music by Local Composers to be Premiered at Simon's Rock| 11:18AM / Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — A program of chamber music for clarinet, strings, and piano will feature first performances by two Berkshire County composers on Sunday, March 31, at 3:00 p.m. in Kellogg Music Center on the campus of Bard College at Simon's Rock as part of the South Berkshire Concert Series. Admission to the concert is free of charge. "To a Child Dancing in the Wind" by Alice Spatz is inspired by the poem of the same title by William Butler Yeats, whose lines are read at the start of each movement. "Klezmer-ish" by Larry Wallach offers personal impressions of this folk-and-jazz form of Jewish music, and features a >> Read More |
ArtWeek Berkshires 2024 Welcoming Submissions | 04:00PM / Monday, March 25, 2024 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — ArtWeek Berkshires, a county-wide collaboration, will take place May 17-27. The ArtWeek committee posted its call for artists. The non-juried event is free to all Berkshire County individuals, organizations, and businesses interested in showcasing creative work. Submissions from actors, cartoonists, crafters, dancers, designers, filmmakers, illustrators, mimes, multimedia artists, musicians, performance artists, poets, puppeteers, theater artists, visual artists, writers – and more – are welcome. The event will feature open studios, gallery talks, theater, performances, workshops, and more interactive experiences. ArtWeek
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Writers at the Rock: Poetry and Fiction Series at Simon's Rock| 09:14AM / Thursday, March 21, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.—The Poetry & Fiction Series at Bard College at Simon's Rock returns to campus this spring and is open to the public, beginning on March 7. The Writers at the Rock: Poetry & Fiction Series readings will take place in-person on Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. in Blodgett House on the campus of Simon's Rock. All readings are free and open to the public. The first reading in the series will take place on Thursday, March 7 with author Tiana Clark. "We've had Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, Guggenheim Fellows, MacArthur genius grant winners, and rising literary stars whose work just continues to find new >> Read More |
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