Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Oct. 12-1812:34PM / Friday, October 12, 2018 | |
The Berktoberfest fundraising event is now in its 11th year! Enjoy tons of beer and food, local vendors, fun games and live music, all to benefit Ty Allan Jackson's Big Head Books and Read Or Else. 1-5 p.m. Early entry, at 12 p.m., can be had by purchasing a VIP ticket. |
The Pittsfield CityJazz Festival presents six-time Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist Christian McBride. Powered by a relentless energy and a boundless love of swing, McBride's career is now blazing into its third decade. His New Jawn quartet comprises jazz musicians Josh Evans (trumpet), Marcus Strickland (saxophone) and Nasheet Waits (drums). The Berkshires Jazz Youth Ensemble will perform as special guests. The Colonial Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $25/$38.
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Lights out! Walk the Museum's galleries with only a flashlight in a spooky, after-hours adventure. Explore the new Rarely Seen exhibition of photographs, discover Josh Simpson's otherworldly planets, and visit the resident mummy, Pahat, all from a twilight perspective. Berkshire Museum, 6-7 p.m. $3 for Museum members, $5 general admission.
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Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. invites you to bring the kids to participating businesses for the Downtown Pittsfield Trick or Treat, next Thursday, Oct. 18 from 5-7 p.m. Click through for a full list of businesses, in walking order, that are hoping to see you in costume next Thursday!
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Join Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian for this special event at Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness. Learn powerful yogic breathing exercises from a traditional yoga practitioner and researcher. Find relief from day-to-day and long-term stress, increase your vital energy, discover the wonders of breathing correctly, and understand the scientific reasons behind the practice. This program is designed for students of all levels. Drop-ins welcome. 1:30-3:30 p.m. $20.
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Learn to paint pumpkins and mums on canvas or on a slate sign at Berkshire Paint & Sip. The $35 fee for this class includes two hours of instruction, all materials, a light snack and a donation to the Berkshire United Way. BYOB. 6-8 p.m.
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One of the greatest American plays of the 20th century, Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie looks at the Wingfield family - frustrated writer Tom, his nagging mother Amanda and his painfully shy sister Laura. A visit from a "gentleman caller" sets off emotions and revelations that change their lives forever. Barrington Stage Company's Boyd-Quinson Mainstage through October 21.
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This Saturday's Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market is Harvest Fest! Join Cultural Pittsfield to help the Market close out its 2018 outdoor season with a craft fair, live music, author events, craft activities and cooking demos, the Roaming Railroad and more! 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on The Common.
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Join Mark Phillips and Berkshire Ferments at Berkshire Museum and learn how to make your own sauerkraut! Turn ordinary cabbage into delicious, tangy, preserved dishes. Sauerkrauts can add a new depth of flavor to your sandwich, schnitzels and hot dogs. 11 a.m. Included with regular Museum admission.
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Pick of the Litter follows a litter of puppies from the moment they're born and begin their quest to become guide dogs for the blind. Cameras follow them through an intense two-year odyssey as they train to become dogs whose ultimate responsibility is to protect their blind partners from harm. Along the way, they rely on dedicated individuals who train them to do amazing things in the service of their human. The stakes are high and not every dog can make the cut.
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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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From now until Nov. 16, The Lichtenstein Center for the Arts will feature Berkshire Art Association's biennial juried show, Showing Up: For Your Neighborhoods, Communities and Each Other, which address civic engagement and community. More than 30 artists from throughout the Northeast will present paintings, drawings, sculpture and photography, showing wide-ranging interpretations on the theme.
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