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10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival Continues
12:35PM / Wednesday, February 23, 2022
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The 11th annual 10x10 Upstreet Arts Festival continues this week with ice sculpting moved to Thursday Feb. 24.
 
The festival features a live array of music, art, theatre, dance, play, ice sculpting, outdoor fun, fireworks and more from February 17-27, 2022 in the heart of the Berkshires. 
 
Artists Peter Vacchina and Robert Markey will be creating works of art made from ice in front of the Berkshire Museum on Thursday, Feb. 24.  Look for Facebook and Instagram updates and live footage of this event. Berkshire Natural Resources Council (BNRC) and Berkshire Running Center all have 10x10 events. 
 
Most events are back in person, with some streaming options, including: the 10x10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage Company.  Berkshire Museum is hosting its Ten Days of Play; the Berkshire Art Association's Real Art Party and the Berkshires Jazz concert.  There will be live music every night at venues downtown during the 10x10 Tour.
 
The Lichtenstein Center for the Arts will feature the 5 x 10 Art Exhibit featuring five artists, each with ten pieces.  Berkshire residents, as well as current and former arts teachers Michael Boroniec, MaryBeth Eldridge, Lisa Ostellino, Barbara Patton and Colleen Quinn will be showing ten pieces each at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.  The show runs February 17-March 18, 2022. 
 
The Lichtenstein will also host other in person events including a Darrow School Theater Workshop; a pottery demonstration with Jim Horsford and a performance by Irish dancers.  
 
The Berkshire Athenaeum and the Berkshire Historical Society are joining forces once again to present a collaborative exhibit of writing visualizations by this year's Melville Fellows.  
 
The free 10 Minutes of Fireworks is back!  Sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union, it returns to the Common on First Street on Saturday, February 26 at 6pm (dusk). 
 
Other highlights of the festival include live music every night at downtown restaurants and a 10 percent discount at Mission Restaurant every night of the Festival. 
 
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