“Shattered Crystals: A Talk by Holocaust Survivor Eve Kugler”
Pittsfield— Berkshire Community College (BCC) and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at BCC will present “Shattered Crystals: A Talk by Holocaust Survivor Eve Kugler” via Zoom on Wednesday, October 19 at 12:30 p.m. The free talk is open to all; registration is required. To register and receive a Zoom link, visit www.berkshireolli.org/event-4977519.
91 years of age, Eve Kugler is one of the few still living who witnessed first-hand the atrocities of the 1930s and 40s. In this talk, she will recall the terror, desperation, determination and series of tales of survival — including her father’s daring escape from a concentration camp — that eventually allowed her family to reunite in America in 1946. Eve worked as a journalist in the United States until she moved to London in 1990. She created and edits the publication Shattered Crystals, which contains testimonies of child survivors who attended her high school and is used by educators in the United States and Great Britain. Her book by the same name details her family’s Holocaust history.
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Pittsfield Green Drinks Discusses Compost and Recycling
Pittsfield— Mary Stucklen will speak at the October Pittsfield Green Drinks event on Tuesday, October 18, at 6 p.m. on Zoom. Free but registration is required to join. You can register at: https://tinyurl.com/Oct2022-Green-Drinks
Mary Stucklen is a local to the Berkshires and is an avid volunteer in the community. Mary will talk about all things waste: reducing your waste, easy ways to reuse, as well as how to compost and recycle effectively. She’ll also give out some simple tips and tricks that everyone can do to reduce the amount of waste they’re producing.
Pittsfield Green Drinks is an informal gathering on the third Tuesday of the month. These nights are free and open to everyone with any environmental interest. Sponsored by the Berkshire Environmental Action Team.
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Berkshire Botanical Garden Storytelling Evening
Stockbridge— The Berkshire Botanical Garden is hosting an evening of storytelling on Thursday, October 20 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. This event will be hosted by local writer and storyteller Sheela Clary. Tickets are $12 for members, $15 for nonmembers, available here: https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/harvesting-hope-garden-story-slam
With a theme of “Harvests and Hope,” storytellers will share experiences of finding human connection through nature connection. From gardens, fields and forests, these stories are sure to inspire and entertain. Interested in sharing a story? Please reach out to bstone@berkshirebotanical.org.
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Exploring Black Roots Music with Jake Blount
Great Barrington— The W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy and Dewey Hall are pleased to present Exploring Black Roots Music with Jake Blount on October 20 at 7 p.m. at Dewey Memorial Hall in Sheffield. The concert is a benefit for the Du Bois Freedom Center, an African American cultural heritage center being developed at the former Clinton A. M. E. Zion Church in Great Barrington. Doors for the concert will open at 6:30pm. There is a suggested donation of $25 at the door (more if you can, less if you can’t). Refreshments will be available. Dewey Memorial Hall is wheelchair accessible.
An acclaimed musician and scholar of traditional Black folk music, Blount speaks ardently about the African roots of the banjo and the subtle, yet profound ways African Americans have shaped and defined the amorphous categories of roots music and Americana. Blount’s new album is titled The New Faith. The album tells an Afrofuturist story set in a future world devastated by climate change. Conceived, written and recorded during the darkest months of Covid lockdown and just after the unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd, The New Faith invokes age-old spirituals, familiar in their content but extraordinary in their presentation.
More information available here: https://www.deweyhall.org/dewey-hall-calendar/2022/6/22/exploring-black-roots-music-with-jake-blount-a-benefit-concert-for-the-du-bois-freedom-center
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Moondance: The Ultimate Van Morrison Tribute Concert
Lee— The Lee Meeting House Series will host Moondance: The Ultimate Van Morrison Tribute Concert on October 21 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission available here. The concert will be at Lee Congregational Church.
Moondance is the ultimate Van Morrison Tribute Concert. This incredible show captures the Van Morrison concert experience like no other. You’ll hear classic tunes – Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance, Domino, It Stoned Me, Tupelo Honey, Wild Night, Into The Mystic, Caravan – just to name a few. The show is packed with one VM classic after the next.
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Bard College at Simon’s Rock Family Weekend is This Weekend!
Great Barrington— Bard College at Simon’s Rock current families are invited to the annual Family Weekend, Friday, October 21 to Sunday, October 23. This is a time to meet the faculty and staff who help shape your student’s experience while getting a taste of daily life at Simon’s Rock. We look forward to spending time with you! For more information, contact the Office of Academic Affairs at acaffairs@simons-rock.edu.
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Basilica Hudson Events include Jupiter Nights and Movie The Arrow of Time
Hudson— Basilica Hudson is hosting two exciting upcoming events. On October 20 at 7 p.m. as a part of Basilica Hudson’s weekly series of art events in the Gallery Building, local experimental artists Lea Bertucci & Ben Vida and Maeve Schallert will perform.
Lea and Ben will present “My Words Came Out Slow and Odd”, a text-based composition for voices and electronics, trumpet and reeds. Maeve Schallert is an improviser using violin, lapsteel, voice, and max/msp as an extension of their limbs to translate momentary experience through sound. MORE INFO. Tickets are $11.30 available here.
On Sunday, October 23 at 6 p.m. as part of the Non-Fiction Screening Series will be a showing of The Arrow of Time. This event is free.
The Arrow of Time tracks the events leading up to and proceeding the fall of the Berlin Wall through the eyes of the cold warriors who played central roles spanning from World War II, to the Cold War and the post-Cold War arrangements between the United States, the former Soviet Union and Western Europe. Followed by a Q&A with director Leila Conners. MORE INFO.
