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Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas Returns By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:24PM / Thursday, December 01, 2022 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The community's beloved recreation of the Norman Rockwell painting "Home for Christmas" returns after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic. "We're looking forward to having it back. We've had had two year hiatus because of COVID. So it's very exciting that we're going to have the tradition continuing considering it's our 33rd year," Stockbridge Chamber Executive Director Barbara J. Zanetti said. Stockbridge is offering a variety of family activities to replicate the cozy, holiday cheer that was depicted in the painting from Friday, Dec. 2, until Sunday, Dec. 4. "We're recreating what 0 Comments
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The Berkshire Bach Society Messiah Community Sing| 12:05PM / Wednesday, November 23, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Berkshire Bach Society announced the return of the Messiah Sing The free community event will be held for the first time in three years on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022 at 4pm at the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington. Choral conductor James Bagwell invites any singers who want to participate in popular choruses from Handel's oratorio Messiah, including Hallelujah!, accompanied by The Berkshire Bach Players. Participants should bring their own score, buy, or borrow one. 0 Comments
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Shakespeare & Company Presents Kevin Bartini & Friends| 08:19AM / Wednesday, November 23, 2022 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Shakespeare & Company and the Berkshire Mountain Comedy Arts Festival present Kevin Bartini & Friends, an evening of comedy featuring Bartini as Master of Ceremonies and two other headlining acts: comedians Jim Mendrinos and Carole Montgomery. A comedian, actor, and writer, Bartini has been seen most recently as the recurring character Billy Jones in The "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," and has appeared on NBC's "Today Show," ABC's "What Would You Do," Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab," and NBC's "Saturday Night Live," among many other credits. With more than two dozen television credits to her 0 Comments
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The Orchestra Now Returns to Bard College at Simon's Rock| 12:18PM / Monday, November 14, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Orchestra Now, the orchestra and master's degree program founded by Bard College president, conductor, educator, and music historian Leon Botstein, returns to Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington on Nov. 20 at 3 PM. The free performance is led by assistant conductor Andrés Rivas and marks the Orchestra's fifth visit to Simon's Rock and the first one since 2017. The concert opens with Ukrainian composer Fiodor Yakimenko's lyric poem dedicated to Rimsky-Korsakov; followed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jacob Druckman's "Prism," and Ives' overture to his never-written opera 0 Comments
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Guild of Berkshire Artists Opening New Exhibit By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
04:47PM / Saturday, November 12, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Guild of Berkshire Artists will be hosting its new exhibit "Color, Texture & Form" in their Art on Main gallery, located at 38 Main St, and will run for three Friday, Saturday, Sunday weekends. The exhibit will open Saturday, Nov. 18, and feature work from three local artists specializing in different mediums and utilizing different views on color, texture, and form. Artists Sarah Morrison, Sally Lebwohl and Margie Skaggs all focus on different mediums of art but all emphasized that sharing their work with fellow artists gives them the courage to try new things and look at their own work with a different 0 Comments
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Simon's Rock Theater Program to Perform 'RIOT'| 12:27PM / Thursday, November 10, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Bard College at Simon's Rock's Theater Program will perform "RIOT" on Thursday, Nov. 10 through Saturday, Nov. 12. "RIOT" is directed by Assistant Professor of Theater and alumna Sara Katzoff '97. According to a press release, originally created and devised by the Wardrobe Ensemble from Bristol (United Kingdom), "RIOT" is a tale of violence, greed and cheap sofas. Set in a lamp-lit showroom, "RIOT" integrates live music, early 2000's nostalgia and eyewitness accounts to reimagine the story of an actual riot that broke out during the grand opening of an infamous Swedish furniture store 0 Comments
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Bidwell House Candlelight Tours | 12:03PM / Wednesday, November 09, 2022 | |
 Monterey, Mass. — This November, the Bidwell House Museum staff and Board of Directors will offer their members and friends an opportunity to take a special Candlelight Tour of the Museum. The Museum is offering two of these tours: on Friday, Nov. 11, and on Thursday, Nov. 17. The event begins at 4 pm, on both nights. Led by local antiques experts, Sam Herrup (Nov. 11) and Charlie Flint (Nov. 17), these tours will focus on the furniture and decorative arts, with each tour providing a fresh look at the house and the Museum's collection. And at the conclusion of each tour, participants will be invited to a wine and cheese reception. The tour and reception 0 Comments
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World Class Guitar Player Performs at McConnell Theater | 12:05PM / Wednesday, November 02, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —On Friday, Nov. 4, guitar player Jason Vieaux will offer a varied recital of solo guitar music at the McConnell Theater, Daniel Arts Center, at Bard College at Simon's Rock on the South Berkshire Concert Series. The performance will begin at 7:30 pm and admission is free; mask-wearing is required. The program will include arrangements of works by Bach and Scarlatti, as well as original guitar compositions by Leo Brouwer, Augustin Barrios, Jorge Morel, and Vieaux. A highlight of the program will be "Four Paths of Light" by Pat Metheny, composed for and dedicated to Vieaux. For further information, call 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Pub Crawls, Festivals, and More!By Sabrina Damms,
12:00PM / Friday, October 21, 2022 | |
Berkshire County will be hosting a variety of events this cool cloudy weekend including Pub Crawls, festivals, and haunted hikes. Various Venues, Pittsfield Downtown Pittsfield will be hosting a variety of events to celebrate the spooky season this Friday, October 21 from 4 to 8 p.m. Various venues will be hosting events for people of all ages throughout the night including an outdoor movie night, a Kids’ Fun Zone, Kids’ Monster Hunt, a night market, live music, and more. A complete list of participating locations and line-up here. Various venues, Pittsfield At the end of the night Pittsfield will have its 0 Comments
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Berkshire Libraries Fall Crawl| 12:10PM / Monday, October 17, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — One dozen Berkshire county libraries are hosting The Berkshire Libraries Fall Crawl from October 17 to October 22, 2022. All are welcome to explore the Berkshires by visiting public libraries across the county. Participants can pick up a passport at the first library they visit and then drive from library to library, collecting passport stamps and small prizes. Participants are asked to take a photo of themselves at each library along the way and use the tag #BerkshireLibraryCrawl2022. Those who are unable to make the trip in person can participate in a virtual crawl at https://www.milnelibrary.org/fall-crawl-2022 to be entered into a prize 0 Comments
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