North Adams Winter Market returns for small business weekend
North Adams— The North Adams Winter Market runs from Friday, Nov. 25, 26, & 27 at 33 Main St. on the second floor featuring dozens of local makers and entrepreneurs. Hours for the event are 10-5 p.m. on Nov. 25, 10-7 p.m. on Nov. 26 and 10-5 p.m. on Nov. 27.
Vendors range from sewers and visual artists to food purveyors and second hand clothing curators. The market is hosted by Savvy Hive, Made by Sarah Rose and Common Folk Artist Collective.
“It’s really exciting to see how many creators signed up for this year’s markets to the point where we had a waiting list,” said Jessica Sweeney, owner and founder of Savvy Hive at 53 Main Street. “We had a wonderful turnout last year and knew it was something to bring back to put a spotlight on entrepreneurs and small business owners who may not have a physical presence in North Adams.”
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Avery Carr awarded the 6th Railroad Street Youth Student Empowerment Scholarship
Great Barrington— Railroad Street Youth Project (RSYP), the dynamic youth empowerment nonprofit organization that advocates for and invests in young people in southern Berkshire County, is pleased to announce that Avery Carr has been selected to receive the sixth annual Railroad Street Youth Student Empowerment (RYSE) Scholarship.
Created in 2017 by local youth leader Z Estime in partnership with their peers, RSYP staff and board members, RSYE provides an opportunity for students to explore options after high school – whether at a private, state, or community college, through a gap year, or at a vocational school – in a safe and supportive space.
Youth who successfully complete the program are eligible to apply for a scholarship of $20,000, which may be used over four years to assist with tuition at a state or private college or university, a community college or vocational school, a focused curriculum for a gap year, or any GED Program. A panel made up of staff and board members review applications in a competitive process and Avery was ultimately selected to be this year’s recipient.
A junior at Monument Mountain Regional High School, Avery is passionate about food and is considering a future career as a food chemist or a culinary instructor to people of all ages.
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Shakespeare & Company selling advance tickets for 46th Season
Lenox— Tickets are on sale now for the first three titles of Shakespeare & Company’s 46th Season, in addition to multi-show FLEXpasses at reduced prices.
Two Shakespeare titles will be staged in the summer months: The Contention (Henry VI, part II) from June 17 – July 15 at the Tina Packer Playhouse, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, August 1 – September 10, outdoors at the New Spruce Theatre.
In addition, August Wilson’s Fences will be presented at the Tina Packer Playhouse July 22 – August 27. The remainder of the 46th Season at Shakespeare & Company will be announced this winter.
Both three- and five-show FLEXpass packages, good for one ticket to any three or five shows, are being offered at a discount from now until March 15, 2023. FLEXpasses offer up to 40% off regular ticket prices; early show and seat selection, and further savings through one-time service fees and no exchange fees.
Early-bird pricing is $150 for a three-show FLEXpass and $265 for a five-show pass, and purchases may be made at shakespeare.org or by calling the Box Office at (413) 637-3353.
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Bennington College hosts poet Reginald Dwayne Betts
Bennington— On November 30 at 7 p.m. Poetry at Bennington presents a reading by poet Reginald Dwayne Betts. This event will take place at Tishman Lecture Hall at Bennington College, is free and open to the public.
Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet, lawyer, and prison reform advocate, and the Executive Director of Freedom Reads, which seeks to improve access to literature in prisons. The author of the memoir A Question of Freedom (Penguin, 2010) and three collections of poetry, he has transformed his latest book, the American Book Award-winning Felon (Norton, 2019), into a solo theater show. In 2019, Betts won a National Magazine Award for his New York Times Magazine essay that chronicles his journey from prison to becoming a licensed attorney. He has been awarded a Radcliffe Fellowship from Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the NAACP Image Award, and a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant” Fellowship. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Clark Art Institute presents talk by artist Sergei Tcherepnin on sound, sculpture, and theatre intersections
Williamstown— On Wednesday, November 30 at 5:30 p.m., the Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program hosts a talk by artist Sergei Tcherepnin. Tcherepnin discusses his creative practice and his recent work which blurs the lines between sound, sculpture, and theater.
Attaching synthesizers, computers, and amplifiers to small surface transducers (devices that convert electrical signals into vibrations), Tcherepnin orchestrates complex multi-channel compositions in which objects are transformed into speakers. These scenarios cultivate play between things and bodies and actively engage spectator participation, suggesting new possibilities for intimacy with sound where “listening” involves more expansive states of activity: listening by touching, listening by opening, listening by feeling, listening by harnessing, or listening by walking.
This event is free and does not require registration. A reception precedes the talk, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Manton Research Center Reading Room. For more information, visit clarkart.edu/events.
