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THE CALENDAR  • CALENDAR DIRECTORYEXHIBITIONS

December 15-21 • December 22-28December29-January 4January 5-11January 12-18January 19-25January 26-31

SUNDAY

MONDAY
TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

15

 

MUSIC

 

 

Hubbard Hall • “A Coig Christmas” • 6 pm

Home Made Theater • “A Saratoga Christmas with the McKrells” • 7 pm

Club Helsinki • “Reelin’ in the Years” tribute to Steely Dan • 7:30 pm

 

DANCE

 

Kaatsbaan • The Vanaver Caravan • 1 & 4 pm

 

THEATER

 

Home Made Theater • “It’s a Wonderful Life” • 1 pm • Res: 518-587-4427 or www.homemadetheater.org

 

Upstage Productions • “Holiday Follies II” • Doors 1 pm, show 1:30 • 27 Bridge Street, Hudson, NY • upstageproductions.org

 

Ancram Opera House • “The Snow Queen” • 2 pm

 

Colonial Theatre • “A Christmas Carol” • 2 pm

 

Dorset Players • “A Christmas Carol” • 2 pm • dorsetplayers.org


Ghent Playhouse • “Pinocchio: All Strung Out” • 2 pm • 6 Town Hall Pl. • 800-838-3006 • ghentplayhouse.org

 

Circle Theatre Players • Neil Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” • 2:30 pm • Sand Lake Center for the Arts, 2880 NY 43, Averill Park, NY • slca-ctp.org or 518-674-2007

 

MISC.

 

Jamaica Holiday Fest Farmers & Artists Market • 11 am- 3 pm • 3735 VT Rte. 30 • jamaicacommunityarts.org

 

Berkshire Scenic Railway • Tinseliner Train • 12, 2:30, & 4:30 pm (departs Adams, MA) • www.berkshiretrains.org

 

Old Fashioned Christmas! • 11:30 am • Hebron United Presbyterian Church, 3153 Co. Rte. 30, W. Hebron, NY

 

Clermont House • Candlelight Tours • 3-6 pm • Tkts req’d: 518-537-4240

Holiday Shindy Vendor Showcase • 10 am-5 pm • 40 Melville St., Pittsfield, MA

 

 

 

 

16

 

FILM

 

 

Images Cinema • An Evening with Charlie Chaplin, feat. 3 classic shorts w live accompaniment from Donald Sosin & Joanna Seaton • 8 pm

 

MISC.

 

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires • “Mediation for Everyday and Beyond,” with the Dispute Resolution Center • 10:45 am • 16 Colt Rd., Pittsfield, MA • 413-442-4360 x10

 

 

 


 

 

TUESDAY
17

 

MISC.

 

Northshire (Manchester) • KIDS! Annual Polar Express Pajama Party • 5 pm


18

 

MUSIC

 

 

Manchester Center Library & Taconic Music • “An Evening of Holiday Music” • 6 pm • Free

 

Golden Era Recorded Music Project: A Cambridge Christmas • 7-8 pm • 21 Thomson Ave., Glens Falls, NY • fibhornspeakers.com

 

THEATER

 

Colonial Theatre • A Christmas Carol • 7 pm

 

MISC.

 

Manchester Community Library • Make Slime Ornaments • 3:30-4:30 pm

Hyde Collection • Hyde Night: Candlelight Tour • 6 pm • RSVP to Kayla at 518-792-1761 x 310 or adminassist@hydecollection.org

 

Upstate Model Railroaders • Open-house with multiple scale layouts • 7-9 pm • Chase Sports Expo, 22 Hudson Falls Rd, S. Glens Falls, NY


 


 

THURSDAY

19

 

MUSIC


Nigra Arts Center • Holiday Classics • 6:30-8:30 pm • www.pncreativeartscenter.org

 

Crandall Library • Dan Berggren: “Songs of Woods & Waters” • 7 pm

Club Helsinki • Pro Jam • 8 pm

 

SPAC • A Capella Octet VOCES8 • 7 pm • At Bethesda Episcopal Church, Saratoga Springs, NY • spac.org

 

Jewish Fed. Berkshires • “Music in the Air: Life & Music of George Frederick Root” • 10:45 am • Knesset Israel, 16 Cold Rd., Pittsfield, MA • 413-442-4369

 

THEATER

 

Colonial Theatre • A Christmas Carol • 7 pm

 

FILM


Manchester Comm Lib. • “Downton Abbey” (PG, 2019) • 1 & 6:30 pm

 

MISC.

 

Berkshire Theatre Group • Dinner at Thaddeus Clapp House • 5:30 pm, followed by “A Christmas Carol” at Colonial Theatre • Res. req’d: 413-448-8084 x 50

 


 

 

20

 

MUSIC

 

Moose Crossing Holiday Show at Argyle Brewing in the Depot, 6 Broad Street, Cambridge NY

 

Burnt Hills Oratorio Society • “Candlelight: A Festival of Carols” • 7 pm • Church of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Saratoga Rd., Glenville, NY • www.bhos.us

 

Club Helsinki • “Professor Maestro (Rev. Ronald Grant)” with music of the holidays • 8 pm

 

Calvin Theatre • The Marcus King Band • 8 pm

 

THEATER

 

Colonial Theatre • A Christmas Carol • 7 pm

 

Home Made Theater • “It’s a Wonderful Life” • 7:30 pm • Reservations: 518-587-4427 or www.homemadetheater.org

 

Mahaiwe • “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) • 7 pm

 

MISC.


Berkshire Theatre Group • Holiday Dinner at Thaddeus Clapp House • 5:30 pm, followed by “A Christmas Carol” at Colonial Theatre • Reservations req’d: 413-448-8084 x 50

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

MUSIC

 

 

Deena Chappell Trio • Argyle Brewing in the Depot, 6 Broad Street Cambridge NY

 

Art Omi • Phil Kline’s “Unsilent Night” • 5:30 pm

 

The Strand • The Bluebillies Christmas Revue • 7-9 pm

 

Club Helsinki • Holiday funk spectacular “Holidelic” • 9 pm

 

THEATER

 

Colonial Theatre • A Christmas Carol • 2 & 7 pm

 

Home Made Theater • “It’s a Wonderful Life” • 1 & 4:30 pm • Reservations: 518-587-4427 or www.homemadetheater.org

 

Ancram Opera House • Real People Real Stories: Winter Edition • 3 pm

 

Colonial Theatre • Real People Real Stories: Winter Edition • 3 pm

 

MISC.

 

Clermont House • Christmas at Clermont Open House • 11 am-4 pm • Free • 518-537-4240

Berkshire Scenic Railway • Tinseliner Train • 12, 2:30, & 4:30 pm (departs Adams, MA) • www.berkshiretrains.org