Choral conductor James Bagwell leads The Berkshire Bach Players and invites everyone to raise their voice in popular choruses from Handel's oratorio Messiah, including Hallelujah!
These decorative additions to the otherwise drab utility boxes were a project of the town's Historic District Commission. The boxes are found mostly on sidewalk locations from Domaney's Liquors to the Big Y plaza.
The festival will kick off on Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. with a keynote address by MCLA Theatre Program Associate Professor Laura Standley and Theatre and Arts Management Georgia Dedolph 24', in Murdock Hall Room 218.
The presentation will include an historical overview of the museum's evolution as a building type, touching on the drivers that have changed our thinking and how to design a museum for the future.
Initially, the cinema will only be open Wednesday through Sunday. However, it is expected that operations will begin their first full week starting in mid-December, when the company hopes to open its third theater.
The performances will be held in the Robert Boland Theatre, located on BCC's main campus at 1350 West Street, Pittsfield. Run time is approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes.
Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater and Simon's Rock alum Sara Katzoff, this production is a semester-long partnership between faculty, students, staff, and guest artists working collaboratively across disciplines of performance, technical theater and design.
In his award-winning book "Whaling Captains of Color, America's First Meritocracy," Finley covers such topics as Ambergris and rats, while intertwining the individual stories of more than fifty whaling masters of color, their adventures, successes, and struggles.
The public, including families and children accompanied by adults, are invited to explore the studios, see original artworks, learn about the processes, observe artist's tools and techniques, and engage in good conversation in his unique, light-filled space.