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Ventfort Hall: Haunted Hall

04:00PM / Wednesday, October 25, 2023

LENOX, Mass. Ventfort Hall will be decorated for Halloween weekend, Friday, Oct. 27 through Monday, Oct. 31, 2021. Guests are invited to wear their Halloween costumes or Halloween themed outfit at any event or visit over the course of the weekend. The mansion will be open from 10am-4pm on Friday for regular self-guided tour admission, as well as special extended hours for regular self-guided tours from 4 pm-7 pm on Friday evening just for the holiday weekend. As a special offering, Ventfort Hall will welcome families with children 18 and under to visit the house at no charge on Saturday from 4 to 6 pm. The first floor of the house

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Simon’s Rock to Host 'Kim’s Video'

08:01AM / Friday, October 20, 2023

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, Simon's Rock will host a screening of the documentary "Kim's Video" at 6:30 p.m. at the McConnell Theater in the Daniel Arts Center on campus. This event is free, open to the public, and does not require prior reservation. Straight from Sundance and Tribeca Film festivals, filmmakers David Redmon and Ashley Sabin will screen their new documentary film "Kim's Video," followed by a Q and A with both Redmon and Sabin. According to a press release: "Kim's Video" follows modern-day cinephile and filmmaker David Redmon on a seemingly quixotic quest to

08:00AM / Thursday, October 19, 2023

MONTEREY, Mass. — Berkshire County Historical Society will host a cemetery walk at Woods Cemetery The walk will take place on Wednesday Oct. 25 at 4:30 pm. Join historian Robert Hoogs as he explores the historic Woods Cemetery. Take a walking tour of the oldest cemetery in Monterey where Rev. Adonijah Bidwell and two of his wives are buried along with many of the early settlers of what was once Township #1 (modern day Tyringham and Monterey). Meet at the Bidwell House Museum parking lot at the end of Art School Road. Participants will carpool from there to the cemetery as parking is limited on Beartown Mountain Road. Participants should wear sturdy shoes and

11:46AM / Friday, October 13, 2023

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Share a taste of community at Toasting & Tasting for Berkshire South, the Community Center's beer, wine and spirit tasting fundraiser supporting its financial assistance program. Saturday, Oct. 14, from 5-9 p.m., the event features the Michael Junkins Trio, light fare from KJ Nosh, beverages from local alcohol purveyors, a silent auction, a mystery Wine Pull, a free photo booth, and more activities. "Berkshire South Regional Community Center awards nearly $125,000 annually through our financial assistance program. We live our mission that all are welcome regardless of ability to pay," said Jenise Lucey, Executive Director

04:00PM / Thursday, October 12, 2023

MONTEREY, Mass. — From 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14 visitors can experience early Berkshire history through craft, music and performance; while also enjoying local cider and donuts at the Bidwell House's Makers Martha and Music. Activities that day will include: Historian Dennis Picard demonstrating traditional broom making, a craft he has been exploring for over 40 years. Blacksmith Chris Templin will demonstrate and explain the process he uses for working and shaping iron. Artisan Lynne White will share her skills in bobbin lacemaking while her husband Harold White will share his skills in molding and painting redware. Both will have hands-on examples

02:00PM / Wednesday, October 04, 2023

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Theatre and Music departments announced the 2023-2024 season of performances with four productions including visiting performing artists, guest directors, and student directors in addition to two student concerts. The fall season opens on Nov. 3 with a MainStage production titled "Antigone by Sophocles" translated by Anne Carson and guest director Rudy Ramirez. The show is scheduled to run on Nov. 3-4, 10-11 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. in Venable Theatre. Rudy Ramirez, Benedetti Teaching Artist in Residence, is a director, writer, and teaching artist specializing in

12:08PM / Tuesday, October 03, 2023

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — To honor Indigenous Peoples' Day, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community's Tribal Historic Preservation Office presents a workshop led by Kim Hoffman, a descendant of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, entitled, "Healing Within the Community." The event is offered on Monday, Oct. 9 (Indigenous Peoples' Day) at 11 am, outdoors at the Mission House Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The Clark Art Institute co-sponsors the event with the Trustees of the Reservation and Housatonic Heritage. The workshop is part of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community's exhibit, Our Lands, Our Home, Our Heart. In this workshop,

12:00PM / Wednesday, September 20, 2023

MONTEREY, Mass. — On Sept. 23 at 1 p.m. the Bidwell House Museum will host its final Housatonic Heritage Walk of the 2023 season at the Monterey Library with Rob Hoogs. According to a press release: Today, the village of Monterey is small and quaint, but from the 1740s through the late 1800s it was bustling with saw mills, grist mills, carding and fulling mills and a paper mill, as well as stores and other businesses. Join Rob Hoogs, a Trustee at both the Bidwell House Museum and the Monterey Historical Society, for an illustrated talk and walk to explore the remains and history of these water-powered mills. The presentation will start inside the Monterey

08:00AM / Friday, September 08, 2023

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Art Center (formerly IS183 Art School) welcomes longtime faculty member, Kristin Grippo, as the new Community Engagement Director and announce the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors this fall, which includes Milena Cerna, David Gilbert and Cheryl Mirer. Having taught children for over twenty years, Grippo has been a faculty educator with Berkshire Art Center for nearly a decade. She has degrees in Elementary Education, Literacy, and Art History; and has pursued infinite creative endeavors from a young age, whether it be crafting Barbie clothes from tissues and tape or selling origami sculptures to fellow neighborhood

08:05AM / Monday, September 04, 2023

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Simon's Rock would like to invite the public to a new artistic experience by Zohar Lazar being held at the Hillman Jackson Gallery at the Daniel Arts Center on campus. Lazar's showcase of drawings and paintings, entitled "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" will open with an in-person reception on Sept. 4, 2023, at 5 p.m. Curator Jacob Fossum describes the show as: "Steeped in the nostalgia of Saturday morning cartoons, particularly the indelible imprint of Tex Avery, Lazar's visual narratives delve into a realm where exaggerated mayhem and the pliancy of characters kindle his distinct approach to corporeal

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