Winter Birds of the Berkshires by Laura Beltran
Stockbridge— On Thursday, December 1 at 6:30 p.m. join Laura Beltran online to discuss winter birds of the Berkshires. Discover some common birds that inhabit the Berkshires in the winter. Participants will learn how to identify the birds, where to find the birds, and what behaviors birds may exhibit during the coldest time of year.
Laura Beltran spent hours of her childhood immersed in an imaginative world that she and her friends created while playing outdoors. Time spent outdoors in childhood led Laura to pursue degrees in environmental biology, at St. Lawrence University in New York, and University of Wisconsin in Madison. After school, her career in environmental education began at a small nature center in Rye, New York where teaching nature for all ages became a passion. Therefore, for over 3 decades, Laura has interpreted natural history in the northeast, the southeast, and the mid-west, for non-profit organizations, government agencies, and for her own environmental education business. In Massachusetts, she was the Education Coordinator of public programs at Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary for 7 years and is currently the Teacher/Naturalist at Mass Audubon Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary where she has led programs for the past 8 years. Her favorite topics include nature journaling and phenology, especially observing when her neighborhood birds arrive, breed, and leave throughout the year.
To join the free Zoom meeting visit: https://stockbridgelibrary.org/event/winter-birds-of-the-berkshires-with-laura-beltran/
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Verboten + Carling Berkhout at Pangaea
North Bennington— Verboten and Carling Berkhout will perform at Pangaea on Thursday, December 1 at 8 p.m. for a cozy winter concert series. Come for dinner or drinks and stay for the music, or just come by and catch the concert.
This is a six week concert series taking place at Pangaea every Thursday through December 8, hosted by Bennington College alumni band Verboten and featuring a guest student or alum artist or band each week.
Verboten is a rock band from Vermont, founded in 2017 by songwriter Foster Powell, bassist Amy Anders, and drummer Daniel O’Connor. Carling Berkhout is a writer and folk musician based in Vermont.
This event does not require purchasing a ticket. Pangaea is located at 3 Prospect Street in North Bennington.
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A Christmas Carol at Ventfort Hall Presented by Gerald Charles Dickens
Lenox— On November 30 and December 1, British actor Gerald Charles Dickens will perform a one-man show of A Christmas Carol at Ventfort Hall. An elegant tea will be served at 5:30 p.m. followed by the performance at 7 p.m.
British actor Gerald Charles Dickens is the great-great-grandson of the literary legend Charles Dickens. Using his own adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale, Gerald plays 26 characters using his vocal and physical talents to bring each scene vividly to life. In 1993, he created his first one-man show, A Christmas Carol, inspired by Charles’ own energetic readings of the 1860s in the United States and elsewhere.
Gerald Dickens has been performing one-man stage shows based on the life and works of his ancestor for over twenty years, undertaking major tours of both the UK and America each year. As part of his performance of the atmospheric ghost story The Signalman, Gerald began to research the circumstances behind the Staplehurst rail crash of June 9, 1865 which led to his writing of a new book, Dickens and Staplehurst.
Tickets for A Christmas Carol, which includes tea, are $65. Reservations are required and can be made by calling (413) 637-3206. Masks are required.
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Enjoy Downtown Lenox with the Jolly Poker Restaurant Walk
Lenox— On Saturday, December 3rd, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., stroll fantastic downtown Lenox restaurants and collect playing cards for the Jolly Poker Restaurant Walk.
Each participating restaurant will have a signature cocktail or mocktail, and/or appetizer to enjoy. Register to get your special tasting tumbler. The stroll ends at The Olde Heritage Tavern, to see who’s got the winning hand and to listen to the Cantilena Choir sing.
Participating restaurants include Frankie’s Ristorante, Pizzeria Boema, Firefly Gastropub, Brava Bar, and Olde Heritage Tavern.
Register here: https://lenox.org/2022-jolly-poker-restaurant-walk/
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London’s National Theater in HD: Much Ado About Nothing
Great Barrington— On Saturday, December 3 at 7 p.m. in the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center see Much Ado About Nothing in HD from London’s National Theater.
Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd) and John Heffernan (Dracula) lead the cast in Shakespeare’s romcom of sun, sea and mistaken identity.
The legendary family-run Hotel Messina on the Italian Riveria has been visited by artists, celebrities and royalty. But when the owner’s daughter weds a dashing young soldier, not all guests are in the mood for love. A string of scandalous deceptions soon surround not only the young couple, but also the adamantly single Beatrice and Benedick.
Following the award-winning success of National Theatre Live’s Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night and Antony and Cleopatra, director Simon Godwin returns with this irresistible comedy, broadcast live from the National Theatre stage.
Tickets are $17 or $10 for those 21 and under, available here: https://themahaiwe.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F3w00000sYHq1EAG
