Resilient Women Talk Money
Stockbridge— Walking Our Talk, the nonprofit Berkshire women’s support network is sponsoring Resilient Women: What’s Your Money Story at 5 p.m., Thursday, November 3 at the Stockbridge Congregational Church.
Melissa Lydon and Jess Bartle of Evoque Investments will share their personal perspective and expertise in helping women build their financial confidence and resilience by understanding how to leverage their own histories with money to positively impact their present day actions and choices. For more information visit: https://www.walkingourtalk.org/workshops
Tickets are $20 available here.
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Notice Otis Reads Gravestones of the Berkshires
Otis— On November 3 at 7 p.m. the Otis Historical Commission and Otis Preservation Trust are hosting the first Notice Otis event of the season. Author John Hanson will discuss his book Reading the Gravestones of Old New England.
This time of the year it is customary to remember the dearly departed. “The graveyards of Old New England are irresistibly fascinating,” says Hanson. “For me these graveyards hold an absorbing store of poetic messages from early New Englanders.”
Hanson invites us to read and contemplate the words these people chose; admire the hand of the individuals who selected or composed these verses, recalling always that they were intended to be read by posterity – by us; and reflect upon what these very personal choices tell us about early New Englanders’ changing and often conflicted attitudes towards life, death and eternity. To learn more about the author or to purchase his book, please visit: www.johnhansonauthor.comns
This event is free via Zoom. Register here.
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Staged Reading of Female-led The Taming
Sharon— The Sharon Playhouse presents a staged-reading of The Taming on Saturday, October 29 at 7 p.m. in the Bok. The Taming is a comedic, all-female play, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. The Taming features Andrus Nichols, Caroline Kinsolving, and Tracy Liz Miller, and is directed by Kent Burnham.
In The Taming, contestant Katherine has political aspirations to match her beauty pageant ambitions. All she needs to revolutionize the American government is the help of one ultra-conservative senator’s aide on the cusp of a career breakthrough, and one bleeding-heart liberal blogger who will do anything for her cause.
Due to the play’s mature content, this event is not recommended for children. Tickets are $30, available here: https://triarts.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F6e00000W8J3REAV
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Spooky Music Duo Charming Disaster
West Stockbridge— Charming Disaster, the goth-folk musical duo will perform at The Foundry on Friday, October 28 at 7 p.m.
Inspired by the macabre humor of Edward Gorey and Tim Burton, the murder ballads of the Americana tradition, and the dramatic flair of the cabaret, they write songs that tell stories about death, crime, myth, magic, science, and the occult. Charming Disaster’s music has been featured on spooky podcast Welcome to Night Vale, they have performed with Rasputina and Voltaire, and their theatrical, entertaining live performances have captivated audiences across the United States at festivals, theaters, bars and clubs, museums and galleries, bookstores and libraries, and the occasional historic cemetery.
Tickets range from $18 ($20 at the door), 10 for $10, or $25 Pay It Forward available here. This event is indoors.
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Crystal Radio Sessions Highlights Local Writers
Ancram— Crystal Radio Sessions showcases short stories from local authors at 7 p.m. on Saturday, October 29. This event will occur live at the Ancram Opera House. Actors Abuzar Farrukh and Cheyenne See will read.
Selected Stories include:
- Puppet Kite Window, by Rachel Aydt.
- A reclusive neighborhood fixture works out her obsession with a neighbor.
- Trespassing, by Jaclyn Gilbert.
- Boundaries become blurred between the pregnant body and nature through a writer’s search for a place of residency in the Hudson Valley.
- Daniel Gentle, by Jasmine Dreame Wagner.
- A black thread sews the death of each creature to its mirror.
- Scarsdale, by Ashley Mayne
- How well do you know him, really?
- The Coat, by Ashley Mayne
- I didn’t know what animal the coat was made of. It was the color of my own hair.
Tickets are $25 available here: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=143452
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Bennington College Holds Spooky Concert and Invites Prospective Students
Bennington— On Friday, October 28 at 8 p.m. Bennington College’s Carriage Barn Concert Series continues with A Happening at Hill House. Celebrate the spooky season and help keep Jennings Music Building weird with a night of audiovisual frights and delights that tantalize the ear, eye, and soul.
This event is free and open to the public at the Jennings Music Building. For more information visit: https://www.bennington.edu/events/happening-hill-house
Also happening at Bennington College is an open campus visit for potential students on Saturday, October 29 and Saturday, November 5 from 11:15 a.m. till 2 p.m.
An information session at 11:15 a.m. will be followed by brunch in the dining hall at 12:15 p.m.. A campus tour at 1 p.m. will conclude the visit. High school seniors and transfer students will have a chance to interview one-on-one with an Admissions Counselor.
Bennington College asks that guests are up to date on vaccinations. Please register in advance: https://www.bennington.edu/events/fall-saturday-visit-1
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Hear Orchestra Music Before Carnegie Hall Does
Annandale-on-Hudson— On Saturday, October 29 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, October 30 at 2 p.m. the Fisher Center at Bard presents two The Orchestra Now (TŌN) previews before they perform at Carnegie Hall.
Conductor and Music Director Leon Botstein highlights four German and Austrian composers of the early 20th century whose music was unfairly ignored or suppressed following World War II. TŌN is partnering with the Hugo Kauder Society to debut a new restoration of the Viennese composer’s First Symphony.
Tickets start at $25. The Livestream is pay what you wish. The concert will last approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, including a 20 minute intermission. For more information visit: https://ton.bard.edu/events/lost-generation/?occurrence=2022-10-29&time=1667070000
