St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
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Matt Belanger and Marianne Petit, owners of the art gallery, are hoping to help out their old friend and are reaching out to the local arts community and others.
"We feel so badly for him. He was actually in LA when it happened yesterday and posted a video to Facebook asking any friends in Brooklyn to go by and see if they can find his bicycle, or his hard drives," the couple e-mailed iBerkshires.
Schneider, who experiments with audio/visual performance art, was among the first to exhibit at the gallery when it opened a couple years ago, bringing his "solar bikini" to the Berkshires for the "Sustainable Energy Art Show." He returned a few weeks ago with the performance piece "Wow and Flutter."
"Andrew has lost essentially all of his worldly possessions, including his art," Petit and Belanger wrote. "Many may remember his solar bikini, which was featured in an exhibition at Greylock Arts in 2007. If you have anything to offer Andrew (money, a new toothbrush, a replacement bike, words of encouragement) please contact us, and we will see that he gets it."
Petit said they've known Schneider since his involvement in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University, where she is an associate arts professor.
"Since then, Schneider has been working with the Wooster Group for the past two years and has been developing his own performance work using these 'experimental devices for performance' that he has created that allow him to control video and sound from his body when he performs," wrote Petit. "We asked him to come up and do a performance, and he did last month as part of the Storefront Artist Salon at Greylock Arts. It was great."
The crack seen on Google Maps.
Four people reportedly received minor injuries but no one was killed; the building next door was damaged and 14 people — Schneider among them — left homeless. Petit called it a "crazy, crazy story"; indeed, the story picked up steam on Sunday when it was discovered that an exterior crack in the building appears prominently in a Google Maps streetview.
On his Twitter page, Schneider seemed to be taking it in stride: "so my apt collapsed. I'm in LA. Haven't heard from roomie, but nypd says no injuries. Any experience with this? How to get my stuff? wow." He was being interviewed by Los Angeles news station KTLA before his flight back to New York.
A benefit for all the victims is in the works, say Petit and Belanger, who will post the details in the future. They can be reached at info@greylockarts.net.
"Andrew is a really great guy, and he needs your help!"
