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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Sept. 27-Oct. 3

09:50PM / Thursday, September 26, 2019

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SAT-SUN Hancock Shaker Village Country Fair

The 22nd annual Hancock Shaker Village Country Fair is a celebration of all things autumn, and will include a fiber festival and quilt show, regional artisans, local farmers and food, a hot sauce contest, workshops, demonstrations, live performances, children's activities and so much more. Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. & Sunday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

SAT Berkshire Jazz Showcase at The Common

Berkshires Jazz brings five of the most popular regional bands to the stage for the 2019 Berkshire Jazz Showcase on the Pittsfield Common from 12-5 p.m. The lineup includes Gina Coleman and Misty Blues, Paul Green and Two Worlds, Andy Wrba's Berkshire Jazz Collective, First Take with Mary Ann Palermo and the Kyle Murray Quintet. FREE. Food and Drink will be available for purchase from Mad Jacks BBQ and Wandering Star Brewery.

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FRI Jason Ennis & Friends at Berkshire Music School | FRI Taste of Germany Dinner at Zion Lutheran Church | FRI Portuguese Wine Seminar at Hotel on North | FRI Police/Cars '80s Dance Party at The Colonial | FRI Jessica Wilson at Rusty Anchor | FRI Brian Benlien at Hotel on North | FRI Blue Light Trio at Rainbow | FRI Don Sawyer at Proprietor's Lodge | FRI-SAT Wine, Cheese and Trees at Bousquet | FRI-SAT Orion at The Whitney | SAT Shaker Barn Music: Contra Dance at Hancock Shaker Village | SAT Desserts & Live Music by Grace Ida Marks at Dottie's | SAT Zikina East African Folk Fusion at Mission | SAT Horns B. Funk & Co. at The A | SAT Jason & Trev at Rusty Anchor | SAT Tommy T. & Black Velvet at Italian American Club | MON Jazz Night at Mission | MON WordXWord: Dreaming in America at Berkshire Museum | WED The Matchstick Architects at Methuselah | WED Gruppo Mondo at Rainbow | WED+ American Underground at Barrington Stage | THU Jazz Vespers at Zion Lutheran Church | THU The Picky B's at Mission

FAMILY FRIENDLY

FRI Teen Paint & Pizza Party at Berkshire Paint & Sip

Teens aged 13-19 are invited to a pizza and paint party at Berkshire Paint & Sip from 6-8 p.m. Learn to paint "Shooting Star" on a large 16x20 canvas. The $30 fee includes two hours of instruction, all materials, pizza and beverages. 305 North Street.

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FRI WeeMuse Adventures at Berkshire Museum | FRI-SAT Teen Book Giveaway at Berkshire Athenaeum | FRI-THU Parenting Classes & Play Groups at 18 Degrees | SAT Chow Time at Berkshire Museum | SAT Kitchen Ka-Boom! at Berkshire Museum | SAT/WED Kindergarten Camp at Berkshire Athenaeum | SUN Discovery Tank Program at Berkshire Museum | MON Tiny Tots Story Time at Berkshire Athenaeum | TUE WeeMuse Littlest Learners at Berkshire Museum | THU Preschool Play & Learn at Berkshire Athenaeum | THU Farm Friends at Hancock Shaker Village | THU Lego Club at Berkshire Athenaeum | THU Dungeons & Dragons at Berkshire Athenaeum

WELLNESS

FRI FREE Yoga Class at Berkshire Athenaeum

Join Amanda Raymond for a FREE yoga class at Berkshire Athenaeum from 12-1 p.m. All experience levels welcome. Drop in to one session or come to all. Please bring a yoga mat. Sessions will be held at 12 p.m. on the following Fridays: September 27, October 4, October 11, and October 18.

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FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Running Center | FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Family YMCA | FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness | FRI-THU Various Classes at Radiance Yoga | FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Salsa | FRI-THU Various Classes at Pilates Fit | SUN Goat Yoga at Hancock Shaker Village | MON Journey to Health Workshop Series at Zion Lutheran Church | THU Easy Chair Yoga at Knesset Israel

COMMUNITY

FRI Berkshire Immigrant Stories Recording at BCC

Record your Berkshire Immigrant Story in collaboration with the Norman Rockwell Museum's exhibit "Finding Home: Four Artists' Journeys." You can record it in video or audio, and you can even record it anonymously. Inspire others and give hope! 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Berkshire Community College Student Center at 1350 West Street.

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ONGOING Library Card Sign-up Month with Berkshire Athenaeum & Downtown Pittsfield | ONGOING Pittsfield Photo Challenge with Downtown Pittsfield | ONGOING Make an Offer Sale at Deidre's Special Day | FRI Taste of Germany Dinner at Zion Lutheran Church | SAT Pittsfield Farmers Market on The Common | SAT Annual Tag Sale at Arrowhead | SUN Calf Cuddling at Hancock Shaker Village | TUE #GivingTuesday Non-profit Round Table at Berkshire Athenaeum | WED Cruise Night at Pittsfield Airport | THU 3D Printing Drop-in Hours at Berkshire Athenaeum | THU Open Swim for those with Autism/Special Needs at Gladys Allen Brigham Center | THU Haunted Hancock at Hancock Shaker Village

LEARNING

THU "Gritty Berkshires" at Berkshire Athenaeum

Berkshire Athenaeum will host Maynard Seider, a retired MCLA sociology professor and author of "The Gritty Berkshires." Through the use of oral histories, newspaper accounts, participant observation and union archives, he focuses on the northern Berkshires, the men who built the nation's longest railroad tunnel, the people who worked in its textile mills and electronics factories, who led strikes, and who built worker co-ops and community coalitions to improve their daily lives.7 p.m.

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ONGOING What's in the Attic? at Hancock Shaker Village | FRI FREE Birding at Canoe Meadows | SAT How to Read a Knitting Chart at Hancock Shaker Village | SAT Row by Row at Hancock Shaker Village | SAT Paint Party for Cantarella Dance Team at Berkshire Paint & Sip | SUN Make Dorset Buttons at Hancock Shaker Village | SUN Paint "Farmhouse on Autumn Hill" at Elks Lodge | SUN Needle Felting: Baby Hedgehog at Hancock Shaker Village | MON West African & Caribbean Drumming Classes at The Lichtenstein | WED Seed Saving Workshop at Berkshire Athenaeum | THU Autumn Wreath 'n' Sip at Hancock Shaker Village | THU Paint "Jack-o-Lantern Scarecrow" at The A

FILM

SAT Berkshire Short Film Festival at The Little Cinema

Filmmakers from across the world and as close as your own back yard bring you creative stories that will make you laugh, cry and jump out of your seat. Enjoy these creative tales in the Berkshire Museum's Little Cinema and meet the filmmakers throughout the day. The festival culminates in an awards ceremony at BCC's Boland Theatre.

Saturday, Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

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ONGOING See What's New at The Beacon | FRI-MON To a More Perfect Union: United States v. Windsor at The Little Cinema | THU Manhattan Short Film Festival at The Little Cinema

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