Outdoor performances at Shakespeare & Company
Lenox – Shakespeare & Company pays homage to its namesake with an original production of Shakespeare and the Language that Shaped a World. Written by company founder, actor, and Director of Education Kevin G. Coleman, this fast-paced mash-up of scenes, facts, sword-play, and quotes from Shakespeare’s greatest plays is an accessible introduction to the Bard and fun for both the young and the young at heart. Performances run outdoors under the Rose Footprint tent July 10 – August 15 at 5:30pm.
Tickets are free for students and $15 for adults and can be purchased online or reserved by calling the box office at (413) 637-3353.
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6 From Spazi at Lauren Clark Fine Art
Great Barrington – Throughout the month of July, Lauren Clark Fine Art will feature 6 From Spazi, a show of new work by six artists who showed at Spazi Contemporary Art in Housatonic from the late 1980s through the late 1990s. The six artists (Cynthia Atwood, Richard Britell, Reginald Madison, Geoffrey Moss, Gabrielle Senza, and Joe Wheaton) are all still working and showing in the Berkshires and beyond.
The gallery will also host the following special events associated with the show:
Saturday, July 11, 4-7 p.m.: Reception for the artists
Friday, July 17, 7-8:30 p.m.: Panel discussion with Cynthia Atwood, Reggie Madison and Gabrielle Senza, moderated by Beck Balken
Saturday, August 1, 6-7:30 p.m.: Artist’s talk with Richard Britell
Sunday, August 2, 3-5:30 p.m.: Artist’s talk with Gabrielle Senza
Contact the gallery at 413.528.0432 for more information.
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Brunch with Ruth Reichl to benefit Berkshire Grown
Sheffield – Best-selling author Ruth Reichl will speak at a brunch to benefit Berkshire Grown on Sunday, July 12. The 11 a.m. brunch will take place in the Cherneffs’ barn oat 778 Hewins St., and will feature locally sourced food followed by a conversation with Ruth Reichl at noon.
Ruth Reichl began writing about food in 1972. She has worked as the restaurant critic for The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times, and was the editor-in-chief of Gourmet. Reichl’s newest book, My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life, will be published by Random House in October.
Tickets for the brunch are available online. More information can be found on the Berkshire Edge calendar or by calling Berkshire Grown at (413) 528-0041.
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Author recounts father’s Holocaust story
Pittsfield – On Monday, July 13, at 10:45 a.m., the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires will present Annette Libeskind Berkovits who will recount her father’s remarkable life story. Three years after her father’s death, Berkovits found a box of audio tapes on which her father narrated the story of his life, which became the basis of her book In the Unlikeliest of Places: How Nachman Libeskind Survived the Nazis, Gulags, and Soviet Communism.
Nachman Libeskind’s story is an odyssey through crucial events of the 20th century. He survived a pre-war Polish prison, witnessed the 1939 Nazi invasion of Lodz, and was imprisoned in a Soviet gulag. Upon regaining his freedom, he trekked to the Himalayas where he found and nearly lost the love of his life. The Communist regime and lingering postwar anti-Semitism in Poland later drove Nachman and his young family to Israel, and he finally settled into a new life in New York City with success as a modernist painter.
The talk will take place at Congregation Knesset Israel. For more information, please call the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires at (413) 442-4360, ext. 10
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McTeigue & McClelland Jewelers to host diamond show
Great Barrington – McTeigue & McClelland Jewelers will host an exhibition featuring a collection of rare, antique, and colored diamonds from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. July 10 and 11 in its new showroom.
McTeigue & McClelland Jewelers co-owner Walter McTeigue is a certified gemologist and fourth generation jeweler responsible for sourcing the rare precious stones that creative partner Tim McClelland incorporates into their fine jewelry collection. Each piece is handcrafted using old-world techniques and sold out of the new workshop and showroom.
Call (800) 956-2826 for more information.
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