Brazilian Film Feast At Berkshire Museum
PITTSFIELD – The Berkshire Museum’s Film Feasts series will conclude with a program celebrating the film, music, and food of Brazil on Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m. The Berkshire Museum will show the classic 1959 film, Black Orpheus (1 hour and 47 minutes, not rated, Portuguese with subtitles) in the Little Cinema. Following the film, Jim Weber of the Berkshire Bateria Escolo de Samba will lead a hands-on drumming workshop.Tickets to the film and workshop are $15 ($10 members). Following the program, the Manhattan Pizza and Brazilian Grill on Elm Street and Pittsfield will offer a prix-fixe dinner. Dinner is $15 per person for vegetarian or chicken options, $20 for fish or steak options. Dinner includes salad, side of choice, and soft drink. For tickets and reservations, call 413-443-7171, extension 10.
Film Feasts are sponsored in part by the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.
Directed by Marcel Camus Black Orpheus is a retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus, set in Brazil. Featuring the music of bossa nove legend Antonio Carlos Jobim, the film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Jim Weber is director Berkshire Bateria, whose current roster of thirty performers include drummers, dancers, singers and melodic instrumentalists. The group performs a wide variety of music from Brazil, including hot samba rhythms and cool bossa nova jazz.
Located at 180 Elm Street, Manhattan Pizza and Brazilian Grill serves homemade Brazilian fare as well as Italian favorites. Head chef and Brazil native Hamilton Pereira oversees the menu which includes such Brazilian fare as Muqueca de Peixe, churrasco, and Bife a Role.
The Berkshire Museum is located at 39 South Street on Route 7 in Downtown Pittsfield. The galleries and aquarium are open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays noon to 5 p.m. For more information, contact the Berkshire Museum at (413) 443-7171, ext. 10, or visit www.berkshiremuseum.org.
