Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Aug. 16-22| 09:57AM / Friday, August 16, 2019 | |
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Beep beep! Honk honk! Join us for a fun 3rd Thursday celebration and touch a truck! Kids (and adults) will be able to see, touch, interact with and learn about dozens of cool vehicles, including fire trucks and police cars, construction vehicles, airport vehicles and more.
There will also be live music from the Amy Ryan Band, The Hoping Machine, and students from the Rock On workshop, plus a tap dance performance at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Zone and free yoga and Zumba in Park Square. |
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The next Food for Thought Dinner at Hancock Shaker Village will feature local author Jim Shepard. The critically acclaimed fiction writer will discuss his first work of non-fiction, The Tunnel at the End of the Light, which explores the way the movies have shaped our understanding of ourselves as Americans, for better or for worse. 6 p.m.
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Is your child ready for kindergarten? Berkshire Museum's FREE Community Kindergarten Day is full of fun, hands-on activities designed to help children and their caregivers prepare for the first days of school. Learn what to pack, practice riding the school bus, and more! 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
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Join Rachael from Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness for outdoor yoga and Zumba classes at Burbank Park on Onota Lake. Yoga begins at 9 a.m. and Zumba at 10:15 a.m. Come to one class or both! $10 suggested donation per class. Rain cancels.
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Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park returns for a fifth year with FREE performances of Much Ado About Nothing. Performances are held on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8 p.m. on the First Street Common. Featuring the witty on-again, off-again lovers Beatrice and Benedick, Much Ado is the story of the trials of love in a society dominated by patriarchal traditions. Beatrice's cousin Hero and the soldier Claudio meet and fall in love, but when a man spreads nasty rumors about her, Hero's voice is silenced and their relationship torn apart. Loyalties are tested as the community responds, including a ragtag group of officers who just might save the day.
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The community is invited to Greek Fest 2019 at St. George Greek Orthodox Church (73 Bradford Street) on Saturday from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and on Sunday from noon-6 p.m. Enjoy delicious Greek food, music, dancing and more.
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Pittsfield Green Drinks welcomes Kevin Bose to discuss the language of birds and what we can learn from it. Each month at Green Drinks, a guest speaker talks for about 20 minutes beginning at 6 p.m. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will be followed by discussion and Q&A. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to bring questions! 5:15-7 p.m.
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How does a man who is literally paralyzed by happiness, find love? Thanks to cataplexy, a rare condition that causes loss of muscle control when overcome by strong emotions of joy, Charlie (Martin Freeman) must learn to carefully edit out the delight-triggering people, places and events from his life. But when Francesca (Morena Baccarin) falls for him, the risk-averse Charlie finds himself having to decide between suppressing his feelings or taking a chance at love. Based on a true story originally featured on This American Life, the film is a hilarious and touching look at what happens when we stop being afraid.
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 CALLING ALL ARTISTS!
Let's Go Pink is a cancer awareness exhibit that will be on view at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield throughout October, 2019. The opening reception will be Friday, Oct. 4 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. as part of that month's First Friday Artswalk. Twenty percent of sales will go to BTG PLAYS!, 15% to BMC Integrative Health Program's intuitive painting class for cancer patients, and the other 65% to the artist. Submissions accepted until Friday, Sept. 6. Artists will be notified of acceptance on or before Sept. 9. For more info, email the Let's Go Pink team: auntsessy1@gmail.com
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