Events from May 19 – May 30 – The Berkshire Edge
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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Illustrators of Light: Rockwell, Wyeth, and Parrish from the Edison Mazda Collection

Norman Rockwell Museum

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works […]

$25

Illustrators of Light: Rockwell, Wyeth, and Parrish from the Edison Mazda Collection

Norman Rockwell Museum

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works […]

$25

April-May classes for Taconic Learning Center

Noble Horizons Salisbury CT or Geer Canaan CT

Brighten Your Spring with Learning, Comradery, and Coffee withTaconic Learning Center For Hemingway, it seems, that life and writing went hand-in-hand- a topic worth discussing.The stories cover a span of 1923-1939, include nine of his Nick Adams stories (which we might consider autobiographical fiction?) and nine stories that focus on other protagonists whose struggles draw […]

$60

Traces, Places, and Faces

Cornwall CT Library 30 Pine Street, Cornwall, Connecticut

The Cornwall Library is delighted to present Traces, Places, and Faces, an intriguing exhibition of photography and watercolor painting by Sari Goodfriend and Eddie Watkins. They are life partners, and exhibit their shared passion for people, nature, and art in this joint show. From an early age, New Yorker Sari Goodfriend happily spent her childhood […]

Free

The Art of 20th Century Yiddish Poster Design: Theater/Politics/Lectures

Yiddish Book Center 1021 West St, Amherst, MA, United States

If you were to take a walk through the crowded Jewish neighborhoods of New York, Warsaw, Buenos Aires, and other centers of Yiddish life in the early twentieth century, you would have come across streetscapes full of posters. Theatrical extravaganzas, political discussions, public health talks, literary celebrations—all were publicized in elaborate and striking displays of […]

Free

Spencertown Academy Presents 10th Annual Members’ Show

Spencertown Academy Arts Center 790 Route 203, Spencertown, NY, United States

Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents its 10th annual Members’ Art Show featuring works made by 84 Academy community members. On Saturday, May 3, there will be an opening reception from 4:00pm to 6:00pm and the exhibit will remain on display through May 25. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Admission is […]

Moana 2

Images Cinema 50 Spring St, Williamstown, MA, United States

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.

$7 – $10

Movie Night for Adults

Becket Athenaeum

Movie Night for Adults - You choose! The movie with the most votes as of noon on May 6 will be shown Movie starts at 7pm Popcorn, candy, & non-alcoholic beverages provided You're welcome to bring your beverage of choice (including alcohol) Older children, 13+, may come with an adult at the discretion of their […]

Free

EQUITY / Poets Creating Conversation

Unitarian Universalist Church of Pittsfield 175 Wendall Aavenue, Pittsfield, Mass.

Poets apply their creative energy to explore the concept of equity, one of 3 words currently under duress. In a series of events over the course of 3 months, WordXWord is asking poets of any age, style, or experience to apply their creative energy to three fraught words - diversity, equity, and inclusion. Obviously these […]

Free

CHP Mobile Health & Same-Day Care

Feeling sick? Tick bite? Traveling, and need Same-Day Care? CHP Mobile Health offers Same-Day Care for minor ailments & injuries, vaccine updates, routine health screenings, nutrition services and more. CHP Mobile Health's care service works just like a typical urgent care office. and accepts most forms of insurance including MassHealth, Medicaid, ACA plans and private […]

The Apprentice

Images Cinema 50 Spring St, Williamstown, MA, United States

A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, […]

$7 – $8

Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the 48th Annual Plants-and-Answers Plant Sale

Berkshire Botanical Garden 5 West Stockbridge Road (Route 102), Stockbridge, MA, United States

The Berkshire Botanical Garden’s 48th Annual Plants-and-Answers Plant Sale will be held on May 9 and 10. Curated by BBG’s horticulture staff, this year’s Plant Sale features hundreds of perennials, annuals and vegetables with a focus on diversity and nature-based landscaping, a trend toward gardens that are exuberant and alive, out of the uniform and […]