Behold! New Lebanon June 25 tours
New Lebanon, N.Y. — Behold! New Lebanon, the living museum of contemporary rural American life, has announced that its Rural Guide schedule for Saturday, June 25, will focus on sustainable living. The programs include:
Homesteading 101 – Making Bread – Paul Rix and Anna Duhon will show visitors how to make sourdough bread.
Hitching the Horse to the Plow – Evan Thaler-Null and Sarah Steadman will offer a tour of the Abode of the Message’s CSA farm.
Farm-to-Table Lunch at the Abode – Lunch in-situ at the Abode of the Message.
Waste Not, Want Not – Craig Westcott will explain the ins and outs of the Living Machine water conservation technology at Darrow School.
Herb Walk at the Abode – Regina Walther and Cari Naftali will assist participants in discovering how the Shakers and Native Americans used herbs both nutritionally and medicinally.
The World of Berries – Tour the fields and greenhouses of the Berry Patch with owners Dale-Ila Riggs and Don Miles.
Tickets are $18 with discounts for multiple programs and families; children ages 12 and under will be admitted free when accompanied by an adult. For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or contact Behold! New Lebanon at (518) 720-7265 or info@beholdnewlebanon.org.
–E.E.
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‘The Nature of Glass’ at Chesterwood
Stockbridge – The outdoor sculpture exhibit “The Nature of Glass,” featuring 24 works by 12 internationally recognized glass artists, is on view at Chesterwood through Sunday, September 18. The exhibit is curated by Jim Schantz of Schantz Galleries and features a diverse range of media and styles, with some created in response to sources of inspiration found by the artists at Chesterwood. The participating artists include Martin Blank, Peter Bremers, Nancy Callan, William Carlson, Daniel Clayman, Sidney Hutter, Richard Jolley, John Kiley, Thomas Patti, Kait Rhoads, Richard Royal, and Thomas Scoon.
An artist’s reception for “The Nature of Glass” will be held on Friday, June 24, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event will include a curatorial walking tour with artists whose works are on view, a silent auction, and refreshments. Admission to the recpetion is $20 for Chesterwood members and $25 for the general public. For more information, call Chesterwood at (413) 298-3579.
–E.E.
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Chamber music concert with pianist Heeyeon Chi
Lenox – On Sunday, June 26, at 2 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church will host a chamber music concert featuring pianist Heeyeon Chi, Boston University Tanglewood Institute faculty, and guest artists. The program will feature works by Eugène Bozza, Johannes Brahms, Louis Cahuzac, Jean Francaix, and Mikhail Glinka. The perfomers will include Chi, Siu Yan Luk, and Thomas Weaver on piano; Danby Cho and Thomas Weston on clarinet; Rachel Juszczak on bassoon; and Hyun Ji Kwon on cello. The concert is free and open to the public.
Korean pianist Heeyeon Chi has performed all over the globe and recently appeared at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. She has received prizes in piano competitions such as the International Keyboard Odyssiad and Festival, Bradshaw and Buono International Piano Competition, Canadian Music Competition, and Burnaby Clef Society Competition. Her previous engagements include appearances with the New England Repertory Orchestra, the Banff Centre Arts Program, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists Program, where she will return this summer to perform. Chi is currently on the piano faculty at New England Conservatory Preparatory School.
For more information, call the Church at (413) 637-0073.
–E.E.
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‘The Mar Vista, Part IV’
Sheffield – On Saturday, June 25, at 7 p.m., the First Congregational Church of Sheffield will host a performance of “The Mar Vista, Part IV,” by New York City-based Yehuda Hyman/Mystical Feet Company.
“The Mar Vista” is a dance/theater piece that explores Hyman’s family’s story of immigration from Russia, Turkey, and Poland, as well as his own coming-of-age in 1960s Los Angeles. Part IV, “Tales from the Mar Vista,” is an impressionistic view of Hyman’s childhood in the 1960s. It chronicles his return home as a middle-aged adult to take care of his mother during her dying months, as well as journeys to Istanbul to understand her romantic and secretive past.
The performance is free and open to the public, though a $12 donation is suggested. For more information, contact the Church at (413)229-8173 or oldparishsheffield@verizon.net.
–E.E.
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Bidwell House history talk with John Demos
Tyringham — On Saturday, June 25, at 10 a.m. at the Tyringham Union Church, the Bidwell House Museum will present award-winning historian John Demos in a talk entitled “A Week in the Life of Rev. Adonijah Bidwell, Reimagined,” which will explore the life of early American frontier pastor Adonijah Bidwell (1716-1784), the first minister of Tyringham.
Demos’ research has focused on the life of the common people in 17th- and 18th-century America. In his talk Demos will draw on the details of Bidwell’s life as well as those of fellow clerics in an effort to understand the role of the community spiritual leader of the day. Demos is the Samuel Knight Professor of American History Emeritus at Yale University and a Tyringham resident. His written works include the books “The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story from Early America,” and “The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic,” a 2014 National Book Award nominee.
The cost of the lecture is $15 per person and $10 for members of the museum. For more information, call the Bidwell House Museum at (413) 528-6888.
–E.E.
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South Berkshire paint and oil collection
Great Barrington — On Saturday, June 25, from 8:30 a.m. – 11 a.m., the South Berkshire Household Hazardous Waste Collaborative will hold a paint and oil collection for the 15 participating towns of Alford, Becket, Egremont, Great Barrington, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Marlborough, Otis, Richmond, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, and West Stockbridge. The Center for EcoTechnology will coordinate the collection.
Acceptable materials are oil-based paint, stains, paint thinners, spray paint, and turpentine as well as waste motor oil: no other types of oil or fuel will be accepted. Latex paint will not be accepted. Empty cans can be recycled with scrap metal. Dried-up cans of latex paint as well as empty cans of oil-based paint, stains, and solvents can be disposed of with regular trash.
Those wishing to participate in the collection must register by Friday, June 24. Registration and more information are available online and by contacting Jamie Cahillane at jamie.cahillane@cetonline.org or (888) 577-8448 x14. Residents of non-participating communities are urged to call their City or Town Halls for information about hazardous household product collections.
–E.E.
