Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Sept. 22-2811:46AM / Friday, September 22, 2017 | |
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The 20th annual Country Fair will feature hot air balloon rides, chicken races, a hot sauce contest, a quilt show, demonstrations, artisanal crafts, a farmers' market, craft beer, BBQ, a farm animal exhibition, games for kids, live music by Whiskey Treaty Road Show and Singing School, and more in a magical setting.
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New Opportunities for Massachusetts Artists!
Assets for Artists is accepting applications for its Matched Savings Grant Program and fall/winter Professional Development Workshops. Artists/makers in Mass. are eligible for grants of up to $2,000, as well as two free workshops (a personal finance "boot camp" and a business planning workshop), and one-on-one financial and business coaching. Applications are due by October 9!
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Celebrate Alan Franco's birthday as Berkshire Salsa throws a neon dance party! Wear fluorescent and bright colors and accessories to make this event even more fun. Beginners Salsa Lesson at 8:30 p.m., followed by an Intermediate Salsa Lesson at 9:15 p.m. and tunes by DJ Rolo from 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. If your birthday is between Sept. 10 and Sept. 23, bring your friends and you enter free when they pay their cover. $10/Students $8.
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The Berkshire Athenaeum presents a Where The Wild Things Are Curiosity Day! Special guest reader State Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier will be there, along with a "Wild Thing" from the book by Maurice Sendak. Enjoy fun STEAM activities, make a craft, engineer a boat, dress up in the Imagination Forest, and meet the "wild" reptiles. Every child receives a FREE book! 10 a.m. - 12 Noon. FREE, no sign-up required.
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Bike With Healers welcomes Dr. Stephen Alsdorf for a 1-2 hour long bike ride that includes an introduction and overview of the "healer's" specialities. The ride begins at 10 a.m. Meet in the gardens behind the historic Springside House at Hebert Arboretum.
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Barrington Stage Company presents the Creative Place International/And Theatre Company's production - back by popular demand! Jeff McCarthy stars as the self-described "radical lawyer" and civil rights activist William Kunstler. The perpetually rumpled lawyer whose best-known clients include the Chicago Seven, inmates involved in the Attica prison riots and members of the American Indian Movement, makes a case for his often unconventional style in this wise and revealing play. St. Germain Stage.
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Yummy Treasures presents a technical class perfect for beginners! Learn the basics of necklace and bracelet stranding, as well as how to complete your project with a crimp and a clasp, and how to integrate different materials into your designs.This will be a 2-hour class beginning at 10:30 a.m. A more advanced 1-hour class will follow. Sign up separately for each class. $20/$30.
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Party on the Patio supports the programs of Pittsfield's Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center. Spend an autumn evening enjoying world class wine and beer, delicious hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction, raffles and a great door prize. $30 per person, 5-7 p.m. A $75 VIP ticket includes a special reception at 4 p.m., VIP parking and a swag bag.
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This Saturday, find out how you can win a $25 gift card to the market, purchase bulbs for fall planting from Berkshire Conservation District and support the great work they do in our community, and enjoy music from The Echoes from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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New Moon Gifts, located in the Allendale Shopping Center Underground, has a brand-new classroom space. The very first classes include Crystal Bowl Meditation on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. ($35) and Beginners Tarot on Thursday, also at 5:30 p.m. ($25).
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For years, John and Amanda Leyden have become legends teaching Reading, 'Rithmetic, and Rock 'n' Roll to young pupils at Headfort School, an enchanting 18th century Hogwarts-like boarding school in Ireland. The pace is hectic and the mood infectious as the eccentric couple works their magic in hilarious fashion. But for pupil and teacher alike, there's poignancy in discovering that leaving is the hardest lesson to learn.
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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 Illuminated Broadsides: Word & Image, curated by Julio Granda.
In this exhibition, at least 25 poets and artists have collaborated to create works of art that incorporate a variety of printing methods - letter press/offset/silkscreen/inkjet - to achieve an unusual but beautiful marriage of word and image.
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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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