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Berkshire Concert Choir Invites Singers for 2022 Season| 08:55AM / Saturday, August 13, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD – The Berkshire Concert Choir, Inc., now in its 45th year, welcomes all singers for its fall 2022 season, under the direction of Artistic Director Matthew O. Thomas. Concerts will be held on Saturday, Nov. 19, and Sunday, Nov. 20, in Common Room at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. Singers should register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/388202623497 by Sept. 6, as rehearsals start on that date in Common Room at Zion Lutheran Church in Pittsfield. All singers are welcome; no audition is required. Dues are $45. The concerts, featuring composers, arrangers, and poets of Massachusetts heritage, will include the complete suite, Frostiana,
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Aug. 9 Deadline to Register for ArtWeek Berkshires | 07:49AM / Friday, August 05, 2022 | |
BERKSHIRE COUNTY – Artists and cultural organizations from across Berkshire County are invited to register by Aug. 9 for ArtWeek Berkshires 2022, which will go from Sept. 15 to 25. This free-to-participate, cross-discipline event now in its second year, is led and organized by the county’s five Cultural Districts: Great Barrington, Lenox, North Adams, Pittsfield, and Williamstown; and 1Berkshire. "The buzz of the summer has quieted down and fall leaf-peeping is on the horizon," explains Lenox Chamber of Commerce director and Cultural District Co-Chair Jenn Nacht. "But for artists, that sweet spot in early fall is when activity picks up again, whether
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Towns of Berkshire County Exhibit at Ventfort Hall in September. | 11:14AM / Tuesday, August 02, 2022 | |
 LENOX, Mass. —The Towns of Berkshire County, a photographic exhibit featuring one picture from each of the 32 towns in Berkshire County, will be on exhibit at Ventfort Hall through the month of September. The images have been provided by 27 members of the Springfield Photographic Society, capturing the uniqueness of the communities, and illustrating their history, culture, public spaces and natural beauty. Each photographer chose one perspective that they felt was important to understanding their town. The exhibit is displayed throughout the entire mansion and is included in the regular admission to the museum. Visiting hours are daily, 10:00 a.m. –
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Bousquet Summer Concert Series Peaks With Mountain DayBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:55PM / Wednesday, July 27, 2022 | |
The music starts at 1 p.m. and ends with a performance by the Whiskey Treaty Roadshow. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Bousquet summer concert series will be hosting its pinnacle event, Mountain Day, on Saturday, July 30, starting at 1 p.m. This daylong family-friendly music event will feature vendors, food trucks, outdoor activities, and live music. Throughout the day each of the five bandmates from Whiskey Treaty Roadshow will be performing solo until they reassemble for the Main Stage concert in the evening. Boston-based folk rock band Session Americana opens for them at 7 p.m. and Whiskey Treaty Roadshow takes the stage at 0 Comments
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Pittsfield First Fridays Artswalk on Aug. 5| 09:33AM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. A dozen art shows and exhibits will be showcased during the First Fridays Artswalk on Aug. 5 from 5 to 8 p.m., with most art on display all month long. Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. will present Indoors Out! Free Kids’ Paint & Sip on Friday, Aug. 5, 5 to 7:30 p.m., at the parklet and outdoor seating area at The Marketplace Cafe, 53 North Street. Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. will also present a Children’s Scavenger Hunt for art from 5 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 5. Children who complete the hunt will receive a coupon for a free ice cream or frozen yogurt. A copy of the hunt can be found at downtownpittsfield.com a few days before the event, or at the
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Thrilling Music at Tanglewood, SevenarsStephen Dankner,
05:43AM / Tuesday, July 26, 2022 | |
 With the arrival of August, we are at the mid-point – the height of the classical music festival season. Programs at Tanglewood this week offer as the artistic highlight an enthralling full traversal of all five Beethoven piano concertos performed by the luminous pianist Paul Lewis, and accompanied by the BSO, led by maestro Andris Nelsons – two each on Friday (Nos. 2 and 4) and Saturday (Nos. 1 and 3), and concluding with No. 5 (the magisterial "Emperor") on Sunday. The week’s other prominent occasion, on Tuesday, August 2, will showcase each of the entities that comprise the Tanglewood Music Festival during the all-day ‘Tanglewood on Parade’
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Drury Alumnus Seeks Funding for Upcoming Film ProductionBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
04:17PM / Saturday, July 23, 2022 | |
Nick Burchard, a Drury High graduate, is raising funds for 'The Ghost Light' that he hopes to film at the Colonial Theatre. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Drury High School alumnus Nick Burchard is back behind the camera with his newest film, "The Ghost Light," this time in the historic Colonial Theatre with a plan to start production in the fall. This short film follows high school theater geek Winnie who has a horrible experience during an audition due to her stage fright. Feeling defeated at the end of the day Winnie is helping her teacher clean and flicks on the "ghost light" and starts to hear the voices of ghosts doomed to 0 Comments
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Mahaiwe Announces Pink Martini, Spanish-language movies, and more fall programs| 07:14AM / Thursday, July 21, 2022 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center has added new live shows, Spanish-language film screenings, and other events this September and October to its year-round performing arts schedule. “The Mahaiwe never stops rolling and these additions to our fall calendar speak to the widely varied program typical of this theater,” says Mahaiwe Executive Director Janis Martinson. “From the stylish world music of Pink Martini with China Forbes to the Ronnie Marmo performance directed by Joe Mantegna depicting Lenny Bruce, we swing from musical richness to theatrical depth. With the free Corey Zink concert and Spanish-language movies, we reach 0 Comments
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Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax to Headling Benefit Concert for Greenagers| 09:06AM / Monday, July 18, 2022 | |
EGREMONT, Mass. — Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax are returning to April Hill Conservation and Education Center to present a benefit concert for Greenagers, on July 24th at 6 p.m. The event again takes place outdoors under a tent in front of the beautiful vistas surrounding April Hill. Top-tier ticket holders are invited to attend a pre-concert reception. Tickets can be purchased at greenagers.org/tickets. This is the second year that these two musicians have offered a concert to support Greenagers' outdoor employment and education programs for teens and young adults in the Berkshires. The evening will include a continuation of a conversation with the
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The Eagles Band: A Part of Berkshire County HistoryBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
06:04AM / Saturday, July 16, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Eagles Community Band has been performing music in the Berkshires and beyond for nearly 90 years. In its second year back since the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, fans can look forward to free summer concerts at The Common and Springside Park as well as numerous other performances throughout the year. "I would say they were as eager to get back to playing as they were to see their friends," principal conductor Carl Jenkins said about the musicians. "It was really was very special for some." Band manager Deanna Fraher added that people will come up to band members after performances, thank them, and say how 0 Comments
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