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CATA Annual Art Show Opens At The Clark Art Institute | 08:55AM / Thursday, September 03, 2020 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community Access to the Arts (CATA) presents its annual art show "I Am a Part of Art" at the Clark Art Institute featuring more than 50 paintings and drawings by artists with disabilities from across Berkshire County and Columbia County, N.Y. The exhibit hangs at the Clark Art Institute's Lunder Center at Stone Hill from Aug. 29 through Oct. 25. An online, multimedia version of the exhibit will launch in mid-September at CATAarts.org. The virtual component will include behind-the-scenes photos, video commentary from CATA artists, and digital "art talks" from guest curators at the Clark Art Institute and Community 0 Comments
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Barrington Stage To Stream Concert And Play Reading | 01:39PM / Monday, August 31, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barrington Stage Company will present two virtual performances this week. Jazz vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway will perform two streamed concerts on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Callaway’s one-woman show "Diva Power" takes a personal look at the iconic women who were trailblazers in music and whose careers, voices, and songs helped to shape Callaway’s artistry. Callaway celebrates such artists as Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Anita O’Day, Edith Piaf, Etta James, Carole King and Joni Mitchell. Musical selections include "Over the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Institute Presents New Podcast Series| 11:04AM / Saturday, August 29, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program has premiered a new podcast series this summer. "In the Foreground: Conversations on Art & Writing" considers art's role in society, how knowledge is shared, the way histories are made, and the personal stakes of scholarship. Each episode offers a lively, in-depth look into the life and mind of a scholar or artist working with art historical or visual material. Discussions touch on guests’ current research projects, career paths, and significant texts, mentors, and experiences that have shaped their thinking. The first episode was Aug. 25. Ten more are planned for the first
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'Friendly Persuasion': Love, Quaker StyleBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
01:51PM / Friday, August 28, 2020 | |
 I wish that I were reviewing one of the half-dozen movies certain to be made when this pox upon our house is no more. But until that glorious return to normality has us resuming all the simple joys of life we take for granted, like going to the movies, I'll be retro-reviewing and thereby sharing with you the films that I've come to treasure over the years, most of which can probably be retrieved from one of the movie streaming services. It is my fondest hope that I've barely put a dent into this trove when they let the likes of me back into the 0 Comments
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Berkshire Museum Operating Hours Expand to Five Days Per Week| 10:44AM / Thursday, August 27, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Museum, which began a phased reopening on Aug. 1, will expand its operating hours to five days per week beginning August 31. The new schedule will be as follows: • Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Saturday,10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The museum will continue to close in the middle of each day, from 2 to 2:30 p.m. on Sundays and 1 to 2 p.m. the rest of the week, for a deep cleaning of all public spaces. Through August 29, the Berkshire Museum is open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Advance reservations are required to visit the museum. Guests are
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'Tanglewood in the City: Pittsfield' This Friday | 02:35PM / Wednesday, August 26, 2020 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Tanglewood in the City returns to Pittsfield Friday with a free video presentation of the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the Common. This Friday, Aug. 28, a 2019 Boston Symphony Orchestra program at Tanglewood will be projected on a screen on the Pittsfield Common at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., and 8 p.m. The event is sponsored by Mill Town Capitol and will feature and Aug. 25, 2019, performance of "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" with conductor Giancarlo Guerrero, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and soprano Nicole Cabell, mezzo-soprano J’nai Bridges, tenor Nicholas Phan, and bass Morris Robinson. Tanglewood in the City aims to bring 0 Comments
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First Friday Artswalk to Feature Indoor/Outdoor Exhibits| 02:36PM / Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — For the month of September, First Fridays Artswalk will encompass a variety of outdoor locations and indoor locations The First Friday Artswalk begins Friday, Sep. 4, from 5 to 8 p.m. and features three indoor locations along with a variety of outdoor art shows to accommodate social distancing. Artists include Pittsfield High Shcool student art and over two dozen accomplished regional artists. Beginning Sep. 4, and continuing all month, NUarts Studios and Gallery will display the artwork of at least seven artists in the storefront windows along Union St. just across the street from Barrington Stage Company’s Mainstage. Participating 0 Comments
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IMPROMPTU: Six Artists in the Time of COVID| 08:27AM / Monday, August 24, 2020 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass.— For the first time in its history, the Eclipse Mill Gallery is presenting an online-only exhibition featuring six artists working with diverse mediums.
Artists Dawn Nelson, Linda O'Brien, Opie O'Brien, Diane Sawyer, Sarah Sutro, and Betty Vera are featured in Impromptu that not only reflects the artists' impulse to show their work together, but also their individual responses to materials and techniques, modes of artistic expression, and the challenges of making art while coping with dramatic, unpredictable events amid a rapidly expanding global pandemic and widespread social unrest.
Pursuing new directions in her large abstract paintings, Dawn
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Summer Jazz Camp Brought Music to Bowe FieldBy Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
11:39AM / Saturday, August 22, 2020 | |
 ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires' Summer Jazz Day Camp was in full swing at Bowe Field this past week. Playing a musical instrument with others has topped the list of things not allowed during the pandemic, but musical director Richard Boulger found a way to make it happen. "I thought let's go for it," Boulger said. "So we have been very ambitious...what better time than now to celebrate life with music." Wind instruments require the player to blow air through the instrument creating spit. It is also impossible to play while wearing a mask. This is not optimal during a pandemic so the camp, that is typically held at Hoosac Valley High 2 Comments
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'The Wild One': Wandering RebelBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
06:29PM / Thursday, August 20, 2020 | |
 I wish that I were reviewing one of the half-dozen movies certain to be made when this pox upon our house is no more. But until that glorious return to normality has us resuming all the simple joys of life we take for granted, like going to the movies, I'll be retro-reviewing and thereby sharing with you the films that I've come to treasure over the years, most of which can probably be retrieved from one of the movie streaming services. It is my fondest hope that I've barely put a dent into this trove when they let the likes of me back into the 1 Comment
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