‘Boeing, Boeing’ at the Ghent Playhouse
Ghent, N.Y. — The Ghent Playhouse will present the farce “Boeing, Boeing,” written by French playwright Marc Camoletti, translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans, and directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher. The play will open on Friday, March 18, and run through Sunday, April 3, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. There will be no performance on Easter Sunday, March 27.
Set in the swinging ‘60’s, “Boeing, Boeing” is a fast-paced comedy about an American architect living in Paris and engaged to three international airline hostesses, none of whom know about the others. With help from his maid, Berthe, and his airline timetables, Bernard is able to juggle each of the women’s layovers. However, an old college friend comes to visit and the new and speedier Boeing jet complicates his perfect planning. Suddenly, all of the women find themselves in Paris at the same time.
Tickets are $20 general admission, $17 for Playhouse members, and $10 for students with ID. For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or call the Playhouse at 1 (800) 838-3006.
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Hillcrest Educational Centers to hold St. Patrick’s celebration
Pittsfield — Hillcrest Educational Centers‘ 15th Annual Robert “Bees” Prendergast St. Patrick’s Celebration will take place Friday, March 18, at the Country Club of Pittsfield from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. In keeping with the event’s Celtic traditions, Hillcrest will honor Massachusetts State Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg as its Irish Person of the Year. Additionally. Hillcrest will present the Judge John A. Barry Community Service Award to UNICO of Pittsfield.
The reception will feature hors d’oeuvres, buffet selections, door prizes, a silent auction, and Irish entertainment provided by the Brodie Mountain Boys.
Tickets for the celebration are $50 each and proceeds will benefit the educational programs at Hillcrest Educational Centers. For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or contact Hillcrest Director of Development and Community Relations Tim Gallagher at (413) 499-7924 x133 or tgallagher@hillcrestec.org.
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Berkshire HorseWorks political workshop
Richmond – On Saturday, March 19, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Berkshire HorseWorks will present a workshop at the Berkshire Equestrian Center utilizing the EAGALA model of equine-assisted learning and aimed at helping frustrated voters navigate their feelings.
Through interaction with horses in ground-based activities, the workshop’s three segments will help participants work across the aisle to overcome their differences. Through the use of props, the first phase of the workshop will draw on participants’ own creativity to build physical manifestations of their positions while horses run free in the arena. The second segment will include role-playing the electoral process. The final portion will call for participants to work together to create a metaphorical construct of the America of the future.
There is a registration fee of $65. For more information or to reserve space, contact Hayley Sumner at (310) 488-9777 or hayley@berkshirehorseworks.com.
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Williams College to present filmmaker Kirsten Johnson
Williamstown – Williams College will present filmmaker Kirsten Johnson, who will give a screening of her film “Cameraperson,” on Tuesday, March 15, at 7 p.m. The screening will take place at Images Cinema and is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session with Johnson will follow.
Kirsten Johnson has worked as a cinematographer on films including “Citizenfour,” “This Film Is Not Yet Rated,” “Derrida,” “Lioness,” “Pray the Devil Back to Hell,” and “The Invisible War.” “Cameraperson,” which she directed, premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and functions as both an overview of Johnson’s professional life and as a probing look inside her own personal experiences. It draws on footage shot over the course of 25 years as Johnson searches to reconcile her part in the thorny questions of permission, power, creative ambition, and human obligation that come with filming the lives of others. Johnson appeared in Williamstown last fall as part of the Wind-Up Fest and won the Sundance Cinematography award in 2010 for “The Oath.”
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Easter egg decorating workshops at Ventfort Hall
Lenox — Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum will offer two Slavic Easter egg decorating demonstrations and instructional workshops on Saturday, March 19: from 10 a.m. – noon and again from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Lenox resident Tjasa Sprague, who will lead the workshops, learned the technique from her Czechoslovakian mother.
The fee includes all materials and is $30 in advance and $35 the day of the workshops. Participating children should be at least 12 years of age. Reservations are recommended as the workshop size is limited. For more information or to reserve space, contact Ventfort Hall at (413) 637-3206 or info@gildedage.org.
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