7th Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Festival This Sunday
Great Barrington— Berkshire South Regional Community Center (BSRCC) will host its 7th Annual Fall Arts & Crafts Festival on Saturday, November 5, 2022, outdoors from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rain will move the event indoors.
The Festival is a pre-holiday market featuring contemporary artisans, crafters and other makers. From paper art, toys, and jewelry to handmade soaps, fiber arts, woodwork, and fine art photography, it is one-stop holiday shopping in the Berkshires. Showcasing locally and regionally handmade goods, shoppers are given the opportunity to meet and support the makers of their gifts and keep their holiday spending local. This year’s Festival will also feature live music by The Midnight Anthem from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For more information about the Festival visit berkshiresouth.org/artscrafts/, email mamstead@berkshiresouth.org, or call 413.528.2810, ext. 37.
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Ryan Frank Collaborates with The Hotchkiss School in Woodworking Exhibit
Salisbury— The Tremaine Art Gallery at The Hotchkiss School is pleased to present an exhibition of work by Brooklyn-based artist and woodworker Ryan Frank on view November 5 through December 10. An artist talk is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15 at 7 p.m. and a reception with the artist will take place December 3, 4 to 6 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public: guests must be vaccinated, masks are optional.
Frank’s artwork is a unique blend of woodworking and photography, realized through a variety of forms including sculpture, light boxes, windows and large-scale installation. For the Tremaine exhibit, he will use found and discarded material from the Hotchkiss campus to organize and transform decaying organic specimens into a sculptural installation that will inspire contemplation of the past, present, and future. Materials will include a diverse collection of wooden objects from fallen tree limbs to used furniture. Hotchkiss architecture students will contribute to the installation, making Cross Cut a truly collaborative work between humans and nature as well as place and space.
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Winter Festival: Solstice Celebration – Festival of Trees Opens With Music
Pittsfield— Berkshire Museum presents Winter Festival: Solstice Celebration – Festival of Trees opening Saturday, November 12 at 5:30 p.m. with a performance by musical artist Paul Winter in Berkshire Museum’s Little Cinema.
Berkshire Museum brings to life its second floor gallery spaces with a celebration of winter that is unique to the area. Winter Festival exhibitions include Santa Classics, by Philadelphia-based artist Ed Wheeler, where visitors get to see Kris Kringle in their favorite classical works of art. As well as Hoot’s Holiday: A Solstice Tale, written by Berkshire Museum’s Exhibitions Research and Content Editor Charlie Catacalos.
Tickets to the opening celebration are $75 for Premium Concert Seating and $50 for General Admission Concert Seating. All tickets include holiday cheer, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres! Tickets can be purchased at berkshiremuseum.org/event/winterfestival.
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NightWood at The Mount Opens November 11
Lenox— The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, is excited to present its third year of NightWood, an innovative outdoor sound and light experience that immerses visitors in a fantastical winter landscape. Inspired by The Mount’s unique setting, NightWood combines scenic elements, theatrical lighting, and a dramatic score to create eight unique scenes that evoke wonder and awaken the imagination. designer Chris Bocchario of Clerestory Light.
NightWood runs November 11 – January 1, with timed entries starting at 5:00 p.m. General Admission: $22 adults; $10 kids 6-18; free for children 5 and under. Admission is limited each night. Closed November 25 and December 24 – 25. Reservations are strongly recommended and can be made at EdithWharton.org or by calling 413-551-5100. Warm beverages and light refreshments will be available for purchase in the walled courtyard.
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Pittsfield High Brings Twelfth Night to Life
Pittsfield— Pittsfield High’s Proteus Theatre presents Twelfth Night on November 11 at 7:30 p.m. and November 12 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Twelfth Night, one of Shakespeare’s most produced works, tells a story of romance, shipwreck, trickery, and mistaken identity. Audiences both familiar with and new to Shakespeare work will find delight in this fast-paced comedy.
Tickets are $8 for students and $12 for adults. Tickets may be purchased at https://phstwelfthnight.bpt.me or upon arrival. (Please note that only cash or checks will be accepted at the door.)
More information is available on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/phsproteus/) and Instagram (@pittsfield_proteus).
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Anthony Newman and Friends Perform Baroque Music
Great Barrington— Clarion Concerts presents Baroque music guru Anthony Newman and friends at St. James Place on Saturday, November 5, at 3 p.m. The friends include Melissa Reardon on viola, Jonathan Swensen on cello, Risa Hokamura on violin, and Lun Li on violin.
The program includes:
- Bach Italian Concerto (Anthony Newman)
- Mozart Hoffmeister Quartet in D Major K 499 (the quartet)
- Haydn Emperor Variations Opus 76, number 3 (the quartet)
- Haydn Harpsichord Concerto in D Major-Hoboken 18:11 (the quartet with Anthony Newman)
Anthony Newman made his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 26 with performances of Bach organ pieces on pedal harpsichord in 1967.
Tickets $25-$40 available here.
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Staged Reading of “The Things I Cannot See”
Stockbridge— Berkshire Theatre Group presents a staged reading of “The Things I Cannot Change” on Sunday, November 6 at 2 p.m. at The Unicorn Theatre.
“The Things I Cannot Change” was written by Pia Wilson and directed by Stori Ayers. “The Things I Cannot Change” follows two women who live in the Halcyon gated community as they recover from recent traumas in their lives—Patricia, an African-American emergency room physician, who nearly died from a physical attack on the job, and Madeline, a white woman, who struggles financially and emotionally after her much older husband dies, leaving everything in his will to one of his adult sons. The two women periodically cross paths in the private park within their community and make an uneasy acquaintance with each other as they try to cope with the issues in their lives.
Tickets: Suggested Donation of $10-$20, available here.
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Last Chances to See “Ground; Matter as Form”
Great Barrington— This weekend is the last time to view Lauren Clark Fine Art’s “Ground; Matter as Form”, a two person exhibition featuring work by sculptors Joe Wheaton and Michael Boroniec.
Ground; Matter as Form is a debate that goes back to the great philosophers Aristotle and Plato. Joe and Michael come together under the context that their work explores these concepts in the shape of objects. To define ‘Ground’ in Joe’s work one sees the combined elements, or the compound of steel being bent, twisted, heated, and ground-sometimes to a fine point, the verb. Michael’s works takes a more literal twist being built from earth-or ground, terra, earth, or clay; as a noun.
Matter exists as the periodic elements in which they both create Form. The two bend and twist all of these atomic compounds which result in hand sculpted objects born of the same ground; Earth.
The show closes on November 7, 2022. More information about Lauren Clark Fine Art available here: https://www.laurenclarkfineart.com/
