Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Aug. 25-3102:57PM / Thursday, August 24, 2017 | |
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August 25 - August 31, 2017
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On Saturday, Aug. 26 from 12 - 7 p.m., enjoy a complete transformation of one city block on Tyler St. for a day! Visit the pop-up shops of local entrepreneurs and organizations including a fresh food market, art gallery, coffee and pastry shop, a realtor's office, a biergarten from White Lion Brewery, and activities for the young and old.
See the old Morningside firehouse and other commercial buildings be transformed into the neighborhood's vision of what they could be for residents. Be at the unveiling of the new mural, join Jacob's Pillow at a community dance celebration, and hear live music by The Riverside Brothers and more.
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Berkshire Opera Festival is back for three performances of Richard Strauss' comedic masterpiece Ariadne auf Nexos, sung by an internationally acclaimed cast. The Colonial Theatre. Saturday Aug., Tuesday, Aug. 29 & Friday, Sept. 1 at 7:30 p.m. Prices range from $20-$98.
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IS183 Art School and The Lichtenstein Center invite teens ages 13 and up to Manipulate Leather with artist Michael King. Explore cutting, marking, stamping and threading as you make a leather cuff or ID tag (for travel and more!) 6-8:30 p.m.
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Join special guest instructor Wah! for a fun day of yoga and chanting. From 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., move, breathe and deeply relax with Yoga & Self-Healing. From 7:30 - 9:30 p.m., Wah! performs with her band in an evening of chanting (kirtan). Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness.
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The winner of 7 Tony Awards, Stephen Sondheim's musical is a wildly funny look at relationships. Over a series of dinner parties, dates and conversations with friends, the perennially single Bobby (Aaron Tveit) attempts to understand the pros and cons of marriage and the meaning of the word "commitment." At BSC's Boyd-Quinson Mainstage now until Sept. 10.
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Berkshire Paint & Sip, located at 305 North St., invites you paint your own "Howling Wolf" on a 16x20 canvas. $30 includes all materials, instruction and a snack. BYOB. 6-8 p.m.
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Spend the evening searching the sky for migrating nighthawks at Canoe Meadows. With luck, watch these beautiful aerial acrobats catching insects on the wing. Bring binoculars and a lawn chair. Located at the Community Gardens on Williams Street. 5-7:30 p.m.
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This Saturday, find out more about the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), enter the raffle to win a basket of vegetables from White Goose Gardens, learn about beekeeping, and enjoy live music with Linda Worster from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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The Jewish Federation's Connecting with Community series will screen A Trumpet at the Walls of Jericho: The Untold Story of Samuel Harrison, the story of a 19th century visionary (and freed slave who lived in Pittsfield) who fought prejudice, slavery and war. 10:45 a.m.
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Taking its lead from French artists like Renoir and Monet, the American impressionist movement followed its own path, which over a 30-year period reveals as much about America as a nation as it does about its art as a creative powerhouse. It's a story closely tied to a love of gardens and desire to preserve nature in a rapidly urbanizing nation. Traveling to studios, gardens and famous locations throughout the U.S., U.K. and France, this film is a feast for the eyes.
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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 and more!
28 Renne Ave. | Open Wednesday - Saturday from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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The Lichtenstein Center for the Arts presents abstract paintings by local artist and author Karen Chase.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE PARKING METER PLAN
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Five things to remember about the new downtown parking system:
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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