Cultural Pittsfield This Week: April 20-2612:11PM / Friday, April 20, 2018 | |
The Funkdation Hip Hop Festival of the Berkshires returns for another year! Youth breakdancing battles will begin at 3 p.m., with a performance by Nostalgia at 6 p.m., and adult breaking battles starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Berkshire Museum. Child spectators FREE; $10 for everyone else.
Be sure to check out the workshop with Bboy Born (Rivers Crew, South Korea) at The Funk Box Dance Studio prior to the competition, at 12 p.m.
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The Sea The Sea is an Upstate New York-based indie folk-pop group featuring what Huffington Post calls "two of the loveliest male-female voices you might ever hear this or any other year." Their 2014 debut release, Love We Are We Love, received praise from NPR and No Depression, among others, gathering over 15 million streams on Spotify. Whitney Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. $15.
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Berkshire Family YMCA (292 North Street) presents a day of dancing with DJ Diaz, a scavenger hunt, a bounce house, hula hooping, a jump rope contest, a sports wall, touch-a-truck, eye exams, face painting, arts & crafts, Pittsfield Suns RAY, sunflower planting, healthy smoothies, a photo booth and more! FREE. 12-2 p.m.
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This Japanese form of gardening incorporates wrapping moss and soil around roots, just in time for summer decorating. Make three small kokedama and one larger one. These hang well, or can be placed on a non-porous surface. All materials included. No experience necessary. Township Four. $50 plus tax. 6-7 p.m.
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Join Gillian at Radiance Yoga for an all-levels, pay-what-you-like community class. Donations will help the Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market improve access to healthy food and increase nutrition for low-income families. 1:30-2:30 p.m.
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The 29th annual Springside Park Clean-up will be held from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the North Playground and Rotary Park. Bags and gloves will be provided, along with park maps and instructions for all volunteers.
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OLLI's Distinguished Speaker Series presents artist and educator Phyllis Kornfeld, who has been working with incarcerated men and women around the country for 35 years, in county jails, maximum security prisons and on death row, providing the transformative experience of creating art. She is the author of Cellblock Visions: Prison Art in America. 3 p.m.
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It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
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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. Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
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The Lichtenstein Center for the Arts will present the Berkshire Art Association (BAA) College Fellowship Show for the month of April. The exhibit features the work of Berkshire County residents enrolled as art majors at any college in the country, as well as non-residents currently majoring in art at a Berkshire County college. Prizes will be awarded to students whose work is selected.
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BERKSHIRE LIGHTSCAPES PROJECT
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How cool is this? When events are scheduled in Pittsfield's Park Square, City Hall or Dunham Mall, the City will close off these areas to traffic. Colorful, energy-efficient LED lighting will illuminate these areas. Examples of events include dance and music performances, yoga, craft shows, public school events, food tastings and more. The Lightscapes project has secured a dollar-for-dollar funding match of up to $50,000 from MassDevelopment if its crowdfunding goal is reached by Wednesday, May 16. Please consider funding these beautiful and exciting permanent lighting projects.
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