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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: May 27-June 2
10:39AM / Friday, May 27, 2016
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May 27 - June 2, 2016
MONDAY Memorial Day Parade And Ceremony
 
In recognition of Memorial Day, the Berkshire Veterans Coalition will host the 2016 Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony. Lineup for the parade will begin at 8 a.m. on Fenn, Pearl and Allen Streets, and will depart from City Hall at 9 a.m. The ceremony at the Pittsfield Cemetery will begin at approximately 10 a.m. Director of Veteran Services, James H. Clark, will provide opening remarks, and the keynote address will be delivered by Mayor Linda M. Tyer.
  
The day's events will include a host of volunteers, high school marching bands, scout troops, Pittsfield Public School students and families, color guards, honor guards, and members of the City Council in attendance.
 
Poppies will be placed in the urn for each veteran's name read by Berkshire Veterans Coalition Commanders or their representatives. Father Peter Gregory will read the names of veterans who have passed from 2015-2016.
 
MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE
Praised by the Wall Street Journal as "smart, sophisticated... ingenious," The Skivvies are Lauren Molina (cello and vocals) and Nick Cearley (ukulele and vocals), award-winning singer/actor/musicians out of New York City, performing stripped down arrangements of eclectic covers and eccentric originals. Not only is the music stripped down, but The Skivvies literally strip down to their underwear to perform. Saturday at 8 & 10:30 p.m. Sunday at 7 p.m., followed by a post-show reception at Hotel on North. Get your tickets here.
Plus... 
FRI The 11th Annual Richie duPont Award Event at The Colonial Theatre FRI Captain Lawrence Pint Night at Thistle & Mirth | FRI Bomber: Motorhead Tribute Band at The A | FRI Blue Light Trio at Rainbow SAT Misty Blues with Gina Coleman at Hotel on North SAT Band of Lovers at Mission SAT Bandit at The A SAT Todd McLeod at Rainbow SUN Latin Dance for Berkshire Immigrant Center at ITAM Lodge SUN-MON Leslie Kritzer at Mr. Finn's Cabaret at Barrington Stage TUE Beer Club Meeting at Rainbow | WED Gruppo Mondo at Rainbow | THU Hotel California: A Salute to the Eagles at The Colonial Theatre | THU Total Tap Takeover with Two Roads at Thistle & Mirth 
 
FAMILY FRIENDLY
It's a family-friendly celebration of two exciting exhibitions at the Berkshire Museum - Tiny Titans: Dinosaur Eggs and Babies and Finding Raven: Art and Stories from the Northwest Coast. Explore the galleries, enjoy refreshments, discover the interactive stations, and hear the legends and stories. 5:30-7:30 p.m. 
Plus... 
ONGOING Short Story Contest at Berkshire Athenaeum SAT Kitchen Ka-Boom! at Berkshire Museum SAT Kids' Open Studio at Berkshire Paint & Sip | TUE Storytime at Berkshire Athenaeum 
 
WELLNESS
 
Join Dharma Coach and master teacher Kat Whitney for a 6-week series held every Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m., June 2 - July 7. This class is designed especially for beginners, yoga instructors and the insatiably curious. 
 
Plus... 
WED Blood Pressure Screenings at Berkshire Athenaeum
 
PERFORMANCE
Town Players of Pittsfield presents three short staged readings. The first, "Antigone," is written and read by Richard Matturro. When civil law, family loyalty and religion are thrown into conflict, how will an intelligent young woman react? 

In "The Seven Deadlies" by Amy Sarah LaMena. the main characters - Pride, Wrath, Greed, Envy, Lust, Gluttony and Sloth - are having a meeting to celebrate tarnishing human civilization, and to interview potential new members. Can Poor Personal Hygiene, Passive Aggression, Self-Absorption and Fear make the cut? 

In "Double D" by Jim Dalglish, Mary is on her way to her step-sister's engagement party when she has a shoe emergency. Where will she find a pair of 12 Double E pumps at this time of night? One play contains strong language. $5. Whitney Center for the Arts at 2 p.m.
Plus... 
ONGOING Presto Change-O at Barrington Stage Company
 
COMMUNITY

First Church of Christ invites the community to "Take a Moment, Light a Candle, Say a Prayer" on Memorial Day. The sanctuary will be open for personal reflection from 8-10 a.m. to people of all faiths.
Plus... 
FRI-MON Memorial Day Tent Sale at The Outlet at Pine Cone Hill | SADowntown Pittsfield Farmers Market | SAT Taconic Baseball Team Fundraiser at Berkshire Paint & Sip | TUE Garden Plant Sale Fundraiser at Conte School | THURS  Art Auction at the Whitney Center for the Arts
 
LEARN
Congregation Knesset Israel welcomes Renee Rotta, Tanglewood marketing coordinator for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and guide extraordinaire Gabriel Kosakoff.

Rotta will provide an overview of the 2016 season, and screen a history of Tanglewood with rare footage from its celebratory 75th anniversary season. Kosakoff will bring some rare memorabilia to share. There will be an opportunity to win free tickets to a BSO concert!
Plus... 
TUE Lunch & Tour of Pittsfield Airport with OLLI | THU Science Conversations begins with OLLI at BCC's Education Center at Conte | THU Shakespeare's Comedies on Film begins with OLLI at BCC's Education Center at Conte 
 
FILM
April and the Extraordinary World
at the Little Cinema

From the producers of the Academy Award-nominated Persepolis and the mind of graphic novelist Jacques Tardi comes a sci-fi adventure set in an alternate steampunk universe. In Paris, 1941, a family of scientists is on the brink of discovering a longevity serum when a mysterious force abducts them, leaving their young daughter April behind. Ten years later, April (voiced by Marion Cotillard) lives alone with her cat, Darwin, and carries on her family's research in secret. But she soon finds herself on the run from government agents, bicycle-powered dirigibles and cyborg rat spies. Undaunted, she continues her quest to find her parents and discover the truth behind their disappearance.
 
 
What's Showing at The Licht
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
 
Art in Our Schools 
 
This annual exhibition features the work of middle and high school art students in Pittsfield. A special thank you to the art teachers Michael Boroneic, Mary Beth Eldridge, Alisa Mierzejewski, Lisa Ostellino, Barbara Patton, Colleen Quinn, Lauretta Saldo and Amy Sommers. The exhibit runs through May 28.
 
 
 
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