Cultural Pittsfield This Week: May 19-25| 01:27PM / Friday, May 19, 2017 | |
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The 11th Season of 3rd Thursday Starts Tonight!
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Join the Berkshire Museum to celebrate the "electric" opening of its newest exhibit, Guitar: The Instrument that Rocked the World, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Enjoy live music from the Berkshire Jazz Collective featuring Andy Wrba, chart-topping food from Just Kickin' It Bar-B-Que, complimentary beer, wine and a signature cocktail, a special wine tasting preview of the 2017 Wine Gala and Auction, and other exciting surprises! Tickets: $40 adult, $20 child; Museum members $30 adult, $15 child.
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Berkshire Theatre Group presents Catch the Fever: An Evening with Fabrizio & The Fever, beginning at 7 p.m. The event will raise funds for the Richie duPont award, a scholarship that sends kids to theatre camp. Ticket are $25. VIP tickets are $50 and include premium seating and a 6 p.m. pre-show reception with complimentary refreshments, a special acoustic set with Michael Fabrizio, and a preview of the silent auction items.
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Children ages 3-5 (toddlers through age 7 are welcome) are invited to the Colonial Theatre for a reading of "The Grouchy Ladybug" by Eric Carle. The craft will be making a bug: butterfly, ladybug, dragonfly or yellow jacket. All materials included!
Each child is $10, parents are free. 10 a.m.
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The 2017 Mayor's Fitness Challenge will kick off at the First Street Common from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in conjunction with the Downtown Pittsfield Farmer's Market. Get your registration packets (or register!), try some healthy food samples and learn about local physical activity opportunities!
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Create your own 3-hook key holder, made with repurposed keys, for only $20, at The Funky Phoenix. Choose your unpainted block of wood and 3 key hooks of your choice, then paint and accessorize with our supplies. Only $20. 6-8 p.m.
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As part of its contribution to the Mastheads Project, WordXWord is challenging 10 poets to create original work, using quotes pulled from the belly of a whale, to be presented at Arrowhead on July 11. The project kicks off with the drawing of quotes at Dottie's at 2 p.m. In addition to learning their "fate," the poets will share a bit of their work. FREE.
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Berkshire Humane Society welcomes pet photographer Jesse Freidin for a 2 p.m. photography class, open to all levels. It will be followed by a talk and signing of his recently published book, Finding Shelter, which features photographs of shelter volunteers and animals from across the country, including those from Berkshire Humane!
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20th Century Women
at The Little Cinema
During the summer of 1979, a Santa Barbara single mom and boardinghouse landlord (Annette Bening) decides the best way she can parent her teenage son is to enlist her tenants - a punk photographer (Greta Gerwig), a handyman (Billy Crudup) and her son's best friend (Elle Fanning) - to serve as role models.
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Want to have a say in how the local arts community is funded? Interested in learning about cultural programming in the city? Come join us! We're a volunteer group that allocates grants to Pittsfield-based arts and cultural organizations on an annual basis. For more information, contact us at: pittsfieldculture@yahoo.com |
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What's Showing at The Licht
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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. | Hours Wed-Sat 11am-4pm
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Come celebrate our creative young people and the important role art education plays in our schools!The Art in Our Schools Exhibit, a 30+ year tradition held each spring at the Lichtenstein, features artwork from students in grades 6-12 in the Pittsfield Public Schools. On display until May 27. Stop in on May 18 during Third Thursday! |
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARKING METER PLAN
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1. Always enter your license plate number - even for the FREE first 30 minutes.
2. On-street parking is $1 per hour; lot parking is 50 cents per hour. There are also nearly 400 free parking spaces on the city's side streets.
3. You can pay by coin, credit card, or by downloading the Passport parking app.
4. You do not need to display the parking receipt on your dashboard.
5. Parking is FREE on evenings and weekends!
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