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Paramount • double bassist Xavier Foley • 3 pm • info and tickets (adults $22; under 18 $12) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903
Barrington Stage • 10 x 10 New Play Festival (Feb. 15 - March 4) • today’s time, 3 pm • Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield, MA • tickets ($15-$25) at www.barringtonstageco.org or 413-236-8888
Dorset Players • “Mothers and Sons” (runs March 2-4 and 9-11) • today’s time, 2 pm
Hubbard Hall • “The Velocity of Autumn” (runs Feb. 23-March 11) • 2 pm
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Would you like to learn more about the Protestant Reformation? • A four-session mini-course explores three of the most important figures of the Protestant Reformation. Today’s class, “ John Calvin and the Reformed Church” • 7:00-8:30 pm • Reserve your spot today by contacting All Saints Berkshires, 59 Summer Street, North Adams, MA at 413-664-9656 or email allsaintsberkshires@gmail.com
Tuesday
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Williams • Visiting Artist Series: Robert Levin, piano • 8 pm • Chapin • free • music.williams.edu
MISC.
WCMA (Williams College Museum of Art) • “Close Look: The Axis Mundi,” art talk • 4 pm • free • WCMA Galleries, 15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Williamstown.• 413-597-2429
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Williams • MIDWEEK MUSIC • 12:15 pm (bring lunch) • Chapin Hall • music.williams.edu
Williams • Master Class – Robert Levin, piano • 4:15 pm • Chapin Hall • music.williams.edu
MISC.
Hudson Valley Community College • “No Borders, No Walls: Exploring Truth, Beauty and the Creative Self.” Award-winning author and poet Frank Gaspar has published five collections of poetry and two novels. He is internationally recognized as a leading voice of Portuguese-American literature. Gaspar reads from selected works, discusses the creative process and answers questions • noon to 12:50 pm • Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium, HVCC , 80 Vandenburgh Ave, Troy NY • www.hvcc.edu • more info at d.gardner@hvcc.edu or 518-629-8071
Thursday
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Berkshire Theatre Group • Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience • 7:30 pm • at the Colonial • tickets ($35/$20) at 413-997-4444 or www.berkshiretheatregroup.org
THEATER
Williams (‘62 Center) • “Tartuffe” (runs March 8-11) • 7:30 pm
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Berkshire Theatre Group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Grammy Award-winning acappella ensemble that captures South Africa’s historic struggle in an inspiring repertoire melding the tradition of Zulu harmony, singing songs born in the mines during the apartheid era, with hints of gospel • 8 pm • at the Colonial • tickets ($45/$30) at 413-997-4444 or www.berkshiretheatregroup.org
Paramount • double bassist Xavier Foley • 3 pm • info and tickets (adults $22; under 18 $12) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903
Paramount • EagleMania – an Eagles Tribute Band with five part harmony and uncanny ability to emulate the unmistakable sound of The Eagles. Their show consists of the Eagles’ greatest hits • 8 pm • info and tickets ($29-$39) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903
Williams • Williams Chamber Players concert with works by Bach, Pancho Vladigerov, William Grant Still, and Robert Schumann • 8 pm • Brooks-Rogers • free • music.williams.edu
DANCE
WCMA (Williams College Museum of Art) • “Dance/Performance: Walking,” art installation performance • 7:30 pm • free • WCMA Galleries, 15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Williamstown • 413-597-2429
Dorset Players • “Mothers and Sons” (runs March 2-4 and 9-11) • today’s time, 7:30 pm
Hubbard Hall • “The Velocity of Autumn” (runs Feb. 23-March 11) • 7:30 pm
Williams (‘62 Center) • “Tartuffe” (runs March 8-11) • 7:30 pm
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Helsinki Hudson • Dumpstaphunk – Stands out among New Orleans’ best as one of the funkiest bands to ever arise from the Crescent City • 9 pm (doors 6 pm) • info and tickets ($25-$35) at helsinkihudson.com
Mahaiwe • Opera expert Scott Eyerly gives an introductory talk about Rossini’s “Semiramide” — one of a series of talks by Eyerly about each Met opera before its broadcast. Everyone is welcome, whether attending the 1 pm broadcast or not (see below) • 11:30 am • $10 • www.mahaiwe.org
Mahaiwe • Met Opera Live in HD: Rossini’s Semiramide” • 1 pm • $25 or $10 for age 21 and under • www.mahaiwe.org
Paramount • Met Opera Live in HD: Rossini’s Semiramide” • 12:55 pm • info and tickets ($23 or $10 for students) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903
DANCE
WCMA (Williams College Museum of Art) • “Dance/Performance: Suspended Gestures,” dance performance • 1:30 pm • free • WCMA Galleries, 15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Williamstown • 413-597-2429
Dorset Players • “Mothers and Sons” (runs March 2-4 and 9-11) • today’s time, 7:30 pm
Hubbard Hall • “The Velocity of Autumn” (runs Feb. 23-March 11) • 2 & 7:30 pm
Williams (‘62 Center) • “Tartuffe” (runs March 8-11) • 2 & 7:30 pm
MISC.
Green Fire Writing Workshops Winter 2018 • today, “ Writing Autobiographical Fiction” with Jana Laiz • 1-4 pm • at the South Berkshire Friends Meeting House, 280 State Road (Route 23), Great Barrington MA • $45 • Register at www.greenfirewriters.com
Merck Forest • Pack Basket Workshop at Merck Forest. Make your own pack basket with Bliss McIntosh’s expert instruction • 9 am to 3 pm • Merck Forest and Farmland Center, 3270 Route 315, Rupert, VT • $75/person plus materials • Call 802-394-7836 to reserve your spot in this class, which will almost certainly fill up fast.
THURMAN Maple Days (runs March 10-11, 17-18, 24-25) • Five Thurman maple producers — four of them the largest in Warren County -- open their sugarhouses to show how this age-old art is practiced with the help of technological advancements. Each weekend offers open barns at Adirondack Gold, Valley Road, Hidden Hollow, Toad Hill and Windy Ridge maple farms, all offering free tours of sugarbushes and sugarhouses, with demonstrations and talks about tapping, evaporating, filtering and candy-making. Activities at all sites run 10 am till 4 pm Download map and guide at www.thurmanmapledays.com • $10 adults, $5 for kids Info: 518-623-3072, or 518-623-4050 (during the event). www.thurmanmaplesugarparty.com , PersisGranger@aol.com |
