Mahaiwe to present the Fab Faux
Great Barrington — The Fab Faux will make their second appearance at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, July 30, at 8 p.m. The concert will include a performance of “A Hard Day’s Night” in its entirety plus a set of favorites.
With a commitment to the accurate reproduction of the Beatles’ repertoire, The Fab Faux are known for their painstaking recreations of the songs, with emphasis on later works never performed live by the Beatles. The Fab Faux brings together the talents of five of New York’s most respected musicians: Will Lee of “The Late Show with David Letterman;” Jimmy Vivino, band leader of “Conan;” Rich Pagano, who has performed with Rosanne Cash and Ray Davies; Jack Petruzzelli, who has toured and recorded with Joan Osborne, Patti Smith and Rufus Wainwright; and Frank Agnello, whose musical credits include Phoebe Snow, Marshall Crenshaw and Joey Molland of Badfinger.
Tickets are $30 to $90. For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or call the Mahaiwe box office at (413) 528-0100.
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North Adams to hold Appalachian Trail celebration
North Adams — The City of North Adams will celebrate the Appalachian Trail (AT) on Saturday, July 30, with a ceremony officially designating the City as an Appalachian Trail Community. The day will feature guided hikes on the AT in the morning and speakers, information displays, music, hikers and food in the afternoon. All activities will take place rain or shine on the north lawn of Greylock Elementary School near the AT kiosk.
Guided AT hikes will take place from 9 a.m. – noon and will include routes for hikers of all levels. Those who wish to participate should sign up online, dress for the weather, and bring water and snacks. The annual celebration will run from noon – 3 p.m. and include a designation ceremony with speakers from North Adams, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The Appalachian Mountain Club Berkshire Chapter’s AT committee will offer grilled food, and all who attend are encouraged to bring potluck dishes to share. Live music will be provided by Common Folk. Children are welcome and will have access to two playgrounds.
For more information, contact Kate Mann of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy at (802) 281-5894 or kmann@appalachiantrail.org.
–E.E.
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Multi-national teen leadership program to offer public events
Williamstown — On Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31, local residents and visitors to the area will have the rare opportunity to meet a delegation of 25 Israeli, Palestinian, and American high school students who have been living and working together at Buxton School and attending the Artsbridge Intercultural Leadership Program produced by Artsbridge, Inc., and Music in Common.
The students arrived on July 9 and have been engaging in daily dialogue and working on visual art, film, photography, and music projects. The banquet will take place on Saturday, July 30, from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Buxton School and will include dinner with the students as well as a sneak peek of their finished artwork, films and musical performances and an auction with student and staff artwork. A showcase of the students’ work will be offered on campus on Sunday, July 31 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Students will be on hand to meet guests and talk about their projects and experiences in the program. Light refreshments will be available. The showcase event is free and open to the public.
Tickets to the July 30 banquet are $75. All proceeds will offset expenses of this year’s summer program. For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or contact Todd Mack at todd@musicincommon.org or Debbie Nathan at deb@artsbridgeinstitute.org.
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Music at the Southfield Church: The Rolston String Quartet
Southfield — Music at the Southfield Church will present Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Fellows, the Rolston String Quartet, in an hour-long concert on Saturday, July 30, at 4 p.m. at the Southfield Church.
The Rolston String Quartet was formed in the summer of 2013 at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Banff, Alberta, Canada, and takes its name from Canadian violinist Thomas Rolston, founder and longtime director of the music and sound programs at the Banff Centre. Currently the graduate quartet-in-residence at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music in Houston, the quartet has also participated in residencies and fellowships at the Académie musicale de Villecroze, Aspen Music Festival, Robert Mann String Quartet Institute, and the Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Festival.
There is no admission charge, though a free-will collection will be taken to benefit the artists. For more information, call the Church at (413) 229-8109.
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Author Dave Fromm to speak at Lenox Library
Lenox – On Thursday, July 28, at 7 p.m., the Lenox Library will host author Dave Fromm for a talk about his book “The Duration.” Set in the haunted hills of Berkshire County, Lenox native Fromm’s debut novel follows four childhood friends as they reunite in their wintry hometown to revisit the ghosts of their pasts and confront the mysteries that occupied most of their youth. The talk is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Lenox Library at (413) 637-0197.
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Bidwell House Museum to present landscape talk
Tyringham — On Saturday, July 30, at 10 a.m., Christine M. DeLucia, assistant professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, will give a talk entitled “Memory Places: Rethinking Historic Landscapes in Native American and Colonial New England” as part of the Bidwell House Museum’s History Talk series. The talk will take place at the Tyringham Union Church.
A sense of “place” has mattered immensely to Native Americans, and also to colonists who entered into the terrain with aspirations for new societies. In her talk, DeLucia will connect the landscapes of today’s Northeast with much deeper pasts, and use the concept of collective memory to explore alternative understandings of the grounds and material traces. DeLucia’s research and teaching examine Native American and colonial encounters in the Northeast/New England, particularly during the late 17th-century conflict of King Philip’s War. DeLucia received her A.B. from Harvard and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale.
There is a suggested donation of $15 for the general public and $10 for members of the Museum. For more information, call the Museum at (413) 528-6888.
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