Fireside Chats with Berkshire Artists Shany Porras: Visual Sound Translating Music into Vibrant Abstracts   Experience the synergy between music and visual art with Shany Porras, an artist who translates sound into vibrant, abstract compositions. In this unique session, Porras will demonstrate how she translates the energy, rhythm, and emotion of music into striking visual forms. Attendees will learn how Porras uses color, shape, and movement to evoke the sensation of sound on canvas, offering a fresh perspective on the powerful connections between auditory and visual experiences.   Presented by Art in the Berkshires + LIFEHOUSE Berkshires "Fireside Chats" sessions, held on select Thursdays this fall, offer in-depth discussions between artists and the community, each centered on a unique theme. Enjoy discounted cocktails, snacks, and lively conversation in a relaxed, creative atmosphere. It's the perfect way to connect with fellow artists and enthusiasts! 

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Join friends and neighbors for a fun evening of board and card games! If you have a favorite, please bring it along to share/teach to fellow gamers!   Games the Athenaeum owns include Monopoly, Code Names, The All American History Trivia Game, Sorry, Chess, Quiddler (word game), SET, and many more!   Refreshments will be served! You're welcome to bring your beverage of choice (including alcohol).   Masks optional.  Ages 13+ are welcome. RSVP appreciated.

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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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