Night of community and letter signing for nonprofits
Sheffield— On November 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. Dewey Memorial Hall invites local nonprofits to an evening of camaraderie and letter signing. Organizations are welcomed to reserve their own appeal letter signing table for the evening. Note: This event is not about sharing donor mailing lists or confidential information, but to enjoy the warmth and beauty of this historic space and to sign your own annual appeal letters with friends.
Dewey Hall will coordinate a potluck of light snacks and drinks to share at this event.
Reservations required with a suggested donation to Dewey Memorial Hall. Email deweymemorialhall@gmail.com for more information or to reserve a table for your organization.
Snow Date will be Thursday, November 10.
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Chatham Bookstore author talk
Chatham— The Chatham Bookstore presents Erin Kate Ryan in an author talk celebrating her new novel, “Quantum Girl Theory” on Saturday, October 22 at 6 p.m. Ryan will be in conversation with Alexis Schaitkin, author of “Elsewhere” and “Saint X.” The event is free, and advanced registration is not required. Light refreshments will be served.
On December 1, 1946, Paula Jean Welden put on a bright red parka and disappeared from her dorm at Bennington College in Vermont. Eighteen, white, blonde, wealthy — she was never found. Each chapter of “Quantum Girl Theory” imagines a life Paula Jean Welden may have lived after she left that room: in love with a woman in a Communist cell and running from her blackmailer in 1950s New York. A literary forger on the verge of discovery at the advent of the computer age. A disgraced showgirl returning home to her mother’s deathbed. Is she a lobotomy victim, is she faking amnesia, is she already buried in the nearby woods?
Copies of “Quantum Girl Theory” and “Elsewhere” will be available for purchase and signing after the talk.
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Eliza Edens Band comes home
Williamstown— On Friday, October 21 at 6 p.m. Indie folk-rock Eliza Edens Band will perform at the Store at Five Corners Cafe with Collect Calls opening.
Edens is backed by Nate Sabat on bass, Addie Vogt on drums and Dex Wolfe on guitar and lap steel. Collect Calls is a singer-songwriter collective that includes Lily Goldberg, Jason Bascasa and Karl Mullen.
The cafe can hold about 50 people so advanced ticket purchase ($15) will ensure a seat.
Edens is a Mount Greylock Regional School graduate based in Brooklyn who just released her second CD, “We’ll Become the Flowers” on Oct. 14. The Williamstown show is midpoint in a record-release live tour that includes Philadelphia, New York City, Cambridge, Mass., Portland, Maine, Burlington, Vt., and a Catskills venue.
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Touch of Red by TRIBE
North Adams— Touch of Red, created by the visionary arts collective TRIBE led by artistic director and choreographer Shamel Pitts, will have its world premiere at MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center on October 21 & 22 at 8 p.m.
Reimaging the boxing ring from a space of duels to one of duets, in Touch of RED challenges how we think about male vulnerability, utilizing projection, animation, and lighting to create an immersive world for its central duo as they turn a space of aggression into one of softness.
Following the Saturday evening performance, join us for an Artist Talk Back with Shamel Pitts and Jacob’s Pillow’s Melanie George, Associate Curator and Director of Artistic Initiatives.
Tickets are $20 for students, $35 Advance, $45 Day of, $75 Preferred, available here.
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‘From the Oval Office to the Corner Office’
Annandale-On-Hudson— On Monday, October 24 at 5 p.m. Chris Whipple and Brian Dumaine will present a talk, “From the Oval Office to the Corner Office: What we have learned about presidents and plutocrats,” at Bard College. This event will take place in the Bito Auditorium of the Reem-Kayden Center on Bard’s Annandale-on-Hudson’s campus. It is free and open to the public.
Chris Whipple is an author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning former 60 Minutes producer. His next, highly-anticipated book, is The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House will be published January 17, 2023.
Brian Dumaine is a prize-winning journalist, a contributing editor at Fortune magazine, and author of Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What The World’s Best Companies Are Learning From It.
For more information visit: https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=18904
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Donald Morrison at Lenox Library
Lenox— The Lenox Library presents the 16th season of its Distinguished Lecture Series with author Donald Morrison on Sunday, October 23 at 4 p.m.
Donald Morrison is an author, journalist, and lecturer. In a long career at TIME, he wrote and edited in every department of the magazine. He was Editor of its Asian edition in Hong Kong and its European edition in London. A frequent lecturer and conference moderator, he has taught at New York University in London, Tsinghua University in Beijing and the Institut d’etudes politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris.
All programs in the Distinguished Lecture Series are free and open to the public.
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12 Angry Jurors
Craryville— The Two Of Us Productions presents 12 Angry Jurors, the tense courtroom drama by Reginald Rose adapted for the stage by Sherman L. Segel. Performances are October 21st, 22nd & 23rd; Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 3 p.m.
12 Angry Jurors features Brian Yorck, Zach Nayer, John Leinung, Debra Hughes, Kevin Hunt, Elaine Leinung, Karissa Payson, Connie Lopez, Diane Boice-Yorck, Candi Wood, Mark Leinung & Cyndi Miller as the 12 jurors deciding a murder trial, supported by a voiceover by local attorney Lance Miner as the Judge
The Performing Arts Center at Taconic Hills CSD is located at 73 County Route 11A, Craryville NY. & is visible from nearby Route 23. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for Students & Seniors. Please call for Group Rates. For advance reservations visit www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org or call 518-758-1648.
