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MOVIE NIGHT FOR ADULTS @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.

The movie with the most votes as of noon on November 2 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 guardian    Masks optional

RSVP by noon on November 2 to vote for the movie.


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SABOR JUDíO: THE JEWISH MEXICAN COOKBOOK
Amherst, 2 p.m.

Free author talk | Sunday, November 10, 2:00 p.m. ET, at the Yiddish Book Center

Ilan Stavans discusses his new book Sabor Judío: The Jewish Mexican Cookbook, coauthored with Margaret E. Boyle. Through 100 recipes it tells the complex story of Jewish life in Mexico, from the conversos in the colonial period to the Sephardic Jews arriving from the crumbling Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th century and the Yiddish-speaking seekers of the Pale of Settlement at the beginning of the 20th century to the Holocaust survivors of the forties and the Israeli emigrants of the seventies. Stavans, an internationally renowned scholar, translator, lexicographer, and cultural commentator, will reflect on the fusion of Jewish and Mexican flavors. This event is presented live at the Yiddish Book Center. Following Ilan’s conversation there will be a book signing. No advance registration is required to attend this event in person.


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MEMOIR WORKSHOP: MAKING A PRESENT OF YOUR PAST
Lanesborough, 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Want to Preserve Your Memories? Lanesborough Public Library presents professional storyteller, Mary Jo Danckert Maichack, leading an engaging and fun four-part workshop in memoir writing for adults.   Under a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant to the Lanesborough Public Library, professional storyteller, Mary Jo Danckert Maichack, will lead a four-part workshop in memoir writing in the Lanesborough Town Hall Community Room. Adults of any experience level may attend any number of the events. Writing prompts from literature will serve as models of strong memoir writing.   Want to Preserve Your Memories? Come to this Engaging & Fun Workshop for Adults. Have you wanted to create your memoir and leave a record of your life, but haven’t found a way to get started? This workshop can help you! Using memoirs from writers past and present, professional storyteller Mary Jo Danckert Maichack gives you prompts for jogging important memories and events from your life so you can get into a writing flow. Interesting questions get your heart remembering and your hand writing. Easy, fun, totally non-judgmental, invaluable—as only you really know your life story. What a gift to leave for others!   Free & Open to the Public. No registration required, but please plan to attend all 4 sessions! Tuesday afternoons, 1 - 2:30 pm. Oct. 15, 22, 29 and Nov. 12th, 2024 Lanesborough Town Hall Community Room, 83 North Main St Lanesborough. The Community Room is on the lower level of Town Hall (driveway just north of the building) and fully accessible. Contact the Lanesborough Public Library with any questions. 413-442-0222.   Special thanks to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for their generous support in providing this program.


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BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10 to 11 a.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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MEDICARE READINESS SESSION
Great Barrington, Noon to 1 p.m.

Learn about Health New England's 2025 Medicare Advantage options from your local team. Health New England Medicare experts will explain the company's 2025 Medicare Advantage options and what you need to know when choosing a Medicare plan.

Fairfield Inn & Suites
249 Stockbridge Rd
Great Barrington, MA 01230

Register or find other community Medicare sessions at healthnewengland.org/medicare/sessions, email msupport@hne.com for a 1:1 meeting, or call (877) 443-3314 for more information.


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FALL BOOK SALE
Pittsfield, 3 - 7 p.m.

First night for members only--you can join at the door!  Books, audio books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl, puzzles & games.  Join us at 1 Wendell Ave, Pittsfield, MA. Sponsored by Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum


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FALL BOOK SALE
Pittsfield, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Books, audio books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl, puzzles & games.  Join us at 1 Wendell Ave, Pittsfield, MA. Sponsored by Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum


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FALL BOOK SALE
Pittsfield, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Books, audio books, CDs, DVDs, vinyl, puzzles & games.  Join us at 1 Wendell Ave, Pittsfield, MA. Sponsored by Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum


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MEDICARE READINESS SESSION
North Adams, 10 to 11 a.m.

Learn about Health New England's 2025 Medicare Advantage options from your local team. They will explain your options and what you need to know when choosing a Medicare plan.

Hotel Downstreet
40 Main St.
North Adams, MA

Register or find other community Medicare sessions at healthnewengland.org/medicare/sessions, email msupport@hne.com for a 1:1 meeting, or call (877) 443-3314 for more information.


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STORYTIME WITH STAY & PLAY @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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HEALING SOUL WOUNDS
Windsor | Pittsfield, 2 - 5 p.m.

Monday, November 18, 2024 from 2 – 4 p.m. in K111, small theater on the BCC campus
Networking Hour:  4 – 5 p.m. in the Koussevitzky lobby

Healing Soul Wounds:  Moral Injury in Combat Vets and Other Professionals

Moral injury is the term used for the emotional and spiritual wounds of combat veterans when under difficult circumstances, they violate their own moral code or witness this violation. Some public service providers, such as health care professionals, teachers, firefighters, and police officers, also experience moral injury. This workshop will cover how moral injury happens and will describe pathways for healing moral injury.

Open to social workers, nurses, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse counselors, and the public:  students, educators, clergy, service members, veterans, and military families.


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BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10 to 11 a.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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THEY CALLED ME MAYER: PAINTED MEMORIES OF A JEWISH CHILDHOOD IN POLAND BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST WITH BARBARA KIRSHENBLATT-GIMBLETT
Amherst, 7 p.m.

Free online talk | Thursday, November 21, 7:00 p.m. ET, on Zoom

Mayer Kirshenblatt was born in 1916 and left Poland for Canada in 1934. He taught himself to paint at age 73 and made it his mission to remember the world of his childhood in living color, “lest future generations know more about how Jews died than how they lived.”

In this talk his daughter, Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, will discuss her father’s legacy and recent exhibitions of his work, including the current exhibition at the POLIN Museum, which presents a dialogue between Mayer’s depictions of his youth in the shtetl and today’s Opatów, a post-Jewish town with no remaining Jewish community


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START MAKING SENSE
Dalton, 7:30 p.m.

If David Byrne is one of the geniuses of modern times, then Start Making Sense is a tribute to genius. The musicians in this 7 piece Talking Heads Tribute take pride in faithfully recreating the music of Talking Heads entire career.   Together they bring much of the Heads unique live show to the stage, with front man Jon Braun as a spot-on David Byrne,  giving you a "once in a lifetime" experience.  Prepare yourself for a rockin', funkin', danceable celebration of the new-wave art punk you loved from the 80's !!!

SHOW 7:30pm / DOORS 6:30

Full bar available

www.stationery-factory.com


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STORYTIME WITH STAY & PLAY @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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THE WHISKEY TREATY ROADSHOW
Dalton, 7:30 p.m.

The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow is a collaborative band that brings together five Massachusetts singer-songwriters in the vein of Americana, rock and folk music.

VIP tickets include 25 minutes - meet and greet with band and 2-3 songs being performed, also provide a complimentary merch offer

7:30p show / 6:30 doors

Full bar available

www.stationery-factory.com


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BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10 to 11 a.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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STORYTIME WITH STAY & PLAY @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10 to 11 a.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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STORYTIME WITH STAY & PLAY @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10 to 11 a.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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CURATING YIDDISH CULTURE WITH DAVID MAZOWER
Amherst, 7 p.m.

Free online talk | Thursday, December 12, 7:00 p.m. ET, on Zoom

Join us for a talk with David Mazower, the Yiddish Book Center’s research bibliographer and the chief curator and writer of the Center’s acclaimed permanent exhibition, Yiddish: A Global Culture. David will share his favorite objects and images from the exhibition, stories of the search for original artifacts, and reflections on how the exhibition speaks to us about the past, present, and future of Yiddish culture and community.


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STORYTIME WITH STAY & PLAY @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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THE PRIEST
Dalton, 7:30 p.m.

New Englands Finest Judas Priest Tribute Band!

38 Tricks is opening the show with music by 38 Special & Cheap Trick featuring Randy Cormier, Abe Guthrie, Dale Zavatter, Darren Todd & Krishna Guthrie

7:30pm show / 6:30 doors

Full bar available

www.stationery-factory.com


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HOW THE HOLOCAUST CHANGED THE YIDDISH LANGUAGE, WITH HANNAH POLLIN-GALAY
Amherst, 2 p.m.

Free conversation | Sunday, December 15, 2:00 p.m. ET, at the Yiddish Book Center and streamed live via Zoom

During and immediately after World War II, Eastern European Jews perceived a radical transformation in the Yiddish language. This perception inspired some intellectuals to create dictionaries and glossaries that deciphered the metamorphosis of Yiddish words. Others incorporated this new strain of Yiddish into their poetry and prose. In this conversation, Hannah will explore Khurbn Yiddish (Yiddish of the Holocaust) as a form of Holocaust memory. Following the conversation there will be a book signing.


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BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10 to 11 a.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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STORYTIME WITH STAY & PLAY @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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STORYTIME WITH STAY & PLAY @BECKETATHENAEUM
Becket, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Circle time, stories, movement, music and play for kids birth through age 3. Siblings are always welcome. Coffee and tea for caregivers, snacks for kids. Masks optional.

RSVP appreciated.


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