Town of Chatham to host Octoberfeast
Chatham, N.Y. — The Chatham Business Alliance will hold present the first annual Octoberfeast on Saturday, Oct. 1, from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. throughout downtown Chatham. Local food and family fun will be the highlights of the festive harvest celebration with live music, autumn food, a “Get Crocked” cooking contest, and many family activities.
Our Daily Bread Gluten Free Bakery, Our Daily Bread Deli, Chatham Café & Deli, Chatham Brewing, the People’s Pub, Prepared, and other eateries and businesses will offer refreshments and special treats for sale beginning at 11 a.m. Live musical performances by Laura Fleming and Phalen McGreal, Breezy Grass Band, Sitting Plush Band, and Side Show Willie will take place throughout the day. Children’s activities will include face painting, balloon art, and an appearance by Eric Thee Illusionist.
The “Get Crocked: Crockpot for a Cause” cooking contest will take place from 1 – 3 p.m. and will be judged by Chef Dominic Guiliano of Blue Plate and Prepared. A tasting pass will be available that will allow sampling of each entry. Proceeds from “Crockpot for a Cause” will benefit Tina and Rich Powers and their family.
For more information and a complete schedule of events, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or contact the Chatham Business Alliance at info@chathambusinessalliance.org.
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‘Forgotten Farms’ at GlobeDocs Film Festival
Cambridge — The documentary film “Forgotten Farms,” by Berkshire filmmakers Dave Simonds and Sarah Gardner, will be screened at the Brattle Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 2, at noon as part of the GlobeDocs documentary film festival curated by the Boston Globe. “Forgotten Farms” premiered at The Berkshire International Film Festival in Great Barrington and Pittsfield earlier this year.
“Forgotten Farms” profiles New England dairy farmers and examines the class divides in New England’s farm and food communities. New England has lost over 10,000 conventional dairy farms in the past 50 years; about 2,000 farms remain to collectively tend 1.2 million acres of farmland and produce almost all of the milk consumed in New England. “Forgotten Farms” offers a glimpse into the past and a vision of an expanded local agriculture that could serve all of New England’s population.
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Music & More to present Paul Green and Two Worlds
New Marlborough — The New Marlborough Village Association’s Music & More series will present clarinetist Paul Green and his jazz/Jewish fusion band Two Worlds on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 4:30 p.m. at the New Marlborough Meeting House, 154 Hartsville-New Marlborough Rd. A pre-concert talk will begin at 3:30 p.m. and a wine and cheese reception with the artists will follow the program in the Meeting House Gallery.
Paul Green and Two Worlds will collaborate with Sephardic singer Sarah Aroeste in a program that will include jazz, Klezmer and Sephardic music. The similarities and differences among the three genres will be explored and, in some cases, combined to create a fusion of styles resulting from the common ground of artistic passion and fervor.
Green began his music career as a 13-year-old guest artist with the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts. A clarinetist who is equally at home performing classical, jazz and Klezmer music, Green is also a former attorney and law professor.
Tickets are $20 for Music & More members and $25 for nonmembers. For tickets and more information, contact Music & More at (413) 229-2785 or contact@newmarlborough.org.
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Fairview hosts workshops for dementia caregivers
Great Barrington — The Alzheimer’s Association Massachusetts/New Hampshire Chapter welcomes family and friends caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia to participate in a series of free education programs at Fairview Hospital beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 4.
The four workshops will take place from 5 – 7 p.m. and cover the topics of legal and financial issues and answers for dementia caregivers on Tuesday, Oct. 4; the basics of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia on Tuesday, Oct. 11; effective communication strategies for dementia caregivers on Tuesday, Oct. 18; and understanding dementia-related behaviors on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
The workshops will be offered free of charge, but reservations are required. Participants may sign up for whichever workshops interest them; it is not necessary to attend all four. For more information or to reserve space, call (413) 787-1113.
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Congregation Ahavath Sholom High Holy Days services
Great Barrington — Congregation Ahavath Sholom invites the community to worship with its members during High Holy Days services at Berkshire South Regional Community Center. The schedule of services is as follows:
- Sunday, Oct. 2 – Erev Rosh Hashanah, 7 p.m.
- Monday, Oct. 3 – Rosh Hashanah at 10 a.m. followed by Tashlich
- Tuesday, Oct. 4 – Rosh Hashanah, 10 a.m.
- Tuesday, Oct. 11 – Doors will open for Kol Nidre at 6:30. p.m. and will be closed during chanting of Kol Nidre at 7 p.m.
- Wednesday, Oct. 12: – Yom Kippur, 10 a.m. including Yizkor; Neilah, 5 p.m., followed by pot luck break fast
For more information or to reserve tickets, contact congregation Ahavath Sholom at (413) 528-4197 or info@ahavathsholom.com.
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Artist Cynthia Atwood receives VCCA fellowship
New Marlborough — Artist Cynthia Atwood has been awarded a fellowship by the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) in Amherst, Virginia. Cynthia Atwood will be among approximately 25 fellows focusing on their own creative projects at the working retreat space for visual artists, writers and composers.
Serving more than 350 artists a year and more than 4,000 since its inception, the VCCA is one of the nation’s largest year-round artists’ communities, providing residencies for artists from all disciplines during the most important and the least supported phase of their work: the creative phase. A typical residency in the VCCA’s distraction-, obligation- and schedule-free atmosphere ranges in length from two weeks to two months.
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