Berkshire County is hosting a wide range of events this weekend including gallery tours, comedy nights, hikes, and more.
Friday, Jan. 13
The Clark also offers a guided tour of the permanent collection on Saturday at 11:15 a.m.
Fresh Takes: Emerging Art Historians Explore The Clark Collection
The Clark, Williamstown
Experience the Clark's permanent collection in a new light this Friday as a Williams College art history graduate students share their thoughts on an object in the collection through the perspective of new scholarship.
Partake in this tour and other events at the Clark for free thanks to its Free for Three program.
The program offers free admission to the museum's galleries and events until March 30. Meet in the Museum Pavilion.
Images Cinema will be hosting a showing of "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed" this Friday at 3:30 p.m.
The film depicts the personal life of artist and activist Nan Goldin as she evolves as an artist, fights mental health issues and attempts to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis.
Tickets range from $6 to $8. More information here.
Images is also hosting the New York Cat Film Festival on Saturday at 1:30. This 90-minute event features a curated showing of international shorts revolving around cats. Ten percent of ticket sales will benefit the Berkshire Humane Society.
Saturday, Jan.14
Greylock Photography Group Meet-Up: White Birches in Winter
West Mountain Road, Adams
Mount Greylock State Reservation will be hosting a free photography group meetup this Saturday from 1 until 2:30 p.m.
During the event, attendees will walk a snowy trail to capture images of the birch tree groves and view up to the summit.
Meet up at the Gould Trailhead parking lot on West Mountain Road to participate in this free 1 1/2 mile long hike.
The trails may be covered in snow and ice so dress appropriately and don't forget to bring your camera or your cell phone.
This program is open to all ages and skill levels. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information call 413-499-4262 or visit the Facebook page.
The city of Pittsfield Recreation Program and the Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires have once again teamed up to provide a free public skating opportunity to the community.
The first 100 people through the door will receive free admission and skate rentals from 3 until 4:30 p.m.
Laugh over a drink at Bright Ideas located on the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts campus during the 90-minute event. The comedy evening is hosted every second Saturday of the month starting at 8 p.m.
This event is produced by Iconix Productions in collaboration with Bright Ideas Brewing. Tickets are $10 to $15 and can be purchased here.
The Comedy Grotto
Flat Burger Society, Pittsfield
Want to watch a live comedy performance but don't live close enough to North Adams? No worries, the Flat Burger Society has your back.
The venue will be hosting New York-based standup comedian Carmen Lagala this Saturday at 8 p.m.
This is an adult comedy show so attendees younger than 18 will not be admitted. Lineup is subject to change without notice. No refunds unless the event is canceled.
Lagala has performed her clean material on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and on Comedy Central, and her absolutely filthy material at the New York Comedy Club.
Doors open at 5 p.m. and attendees are requested to arrive by 6:30 if they intend on having dinner.
The region's first teen-run market, Roots Rising, will be having a indoor farmers market this Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the Zion Lutheran Church.
This market features live music, chef demos, workshops, children's activities and more.
Benson's Pet Center will be providing a photo op for pets this Sunday from noon until 3 p.m.
For a $10 donation, pet parents can bring home a 4-by-6 inch framed keepsake. This month's participants have three themes to choose from: Winter Fun, Elvis Presley's Birthday, and SuperBowl.
Anyone planning on getting married in the Berkshires should check out the annual wedding exposition. More than 60 vendors will be on hand to talk about their professional services from 9 to 1 and a luncheon with workshops and a fashion show will follow from 1 to 3.
Williams College's contemporary music ensemble will be performing its new sounds and music this Friday through Sunday.
Their work features music by composers of different backgrounds, perspectives, and musical practices and explores new modes of performance and expression.
The group will be performing at various time at Williams College Museum of Art, the Clark and '62 Center for Theatre and Dance.
More information on the ensemble here. Full list of performances here.
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Classical Beat: Enjoy Great Music at Tanglewood, Sevenars Festivals
By Stephen DanknerSpecial to iBerkshires
As Tanglewood enters its fourth week, stellar performances will take center stage in Ozawa Hall and in the Koussevitsky Shed.
Why go? To experience world-class instrumental soloists, such as the stellar piano virtuoso Yuja Wang. Also not to be missed are the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, as well as visiting guest ensembles and BSO and TMC soloists as they perform chamber and orchestral masterworks by iconic composers Purcell, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Prokofiev, Richard Strauss, Vaughan Williams and Ives.
In addition to Tanglewood, there are also outstanding performances to be enjoyed at the Sevenars Music Festival in South Worthington. Both venues present great music performed in acoustically resonant venues by marvelous performers.
Read below for the details for concerts from Wednesday, July 17-Tuesday, July 22.
Tanglewood
• Wednesday, July 17, 8 p.m. in Ozawa Hall • Recital Series: The phenomenal world-class piano virtuoso Yuja Wang presents a piano recital in Ozawa Hall.
• Thursday July 18, 8 p.m. in Ozawa Hall • Recital Series: Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Director and Mourad Merzouki, Choreographer presents a performance of Henry Purcell's ‘semi-opera'/Restoration Drama "The Fairy Queen."
• Friday, July 19, 8 p.m. in the Shed: Maestro Dima Slobodeniouk leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a program of Leonard Bernstein (the deeply moving, jazz-tinged Symphony No. 2 ("Age of Anxiety") and Brahms' glorious Symphony No. 3.
• Saturday, July 20, 8 p.m. in the Shed: BSO Maestro Andris Nelsons leads the Orchestra in a concert version of Richard Wagner's thrilling concluding music drama from his "Ring" cycle-tetralogy, "Götterdämmerung." The stellar vocal soloists include sopranos Christine Goerke and Amanda Majeske, tenor Michael Weinius, baritone James Rutherford, bass Morris Robinson and Rhine maidens Diana Newman, Renée Tatum and Annie Rosen.
• Sunday, July 21, 2:30 p.m. in the Shed: Maestro Nelsons leads the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra (TMCO) in a program of Ives (the amazingly evocative "Three Places in New England"), Beethoven (the powerful Piano Concerto No. 3 with soloist Emanuel Ax) and Richard Strauss ("Also sprach Zarathustra" — you'll recognize its iconic "sunrise" opening).
• Tuesday, July 22, 7:00 p.m. in the Shed • Popular Artist Series: Beck, with the Boston Pops, Edwin Outwater, conductor.
For tickets to all Tanglewood events, call 888-266-1200, or go to tanglewood.org.
Sevenars Music Festival
Founded in 1968, Sevenars Concerts, Inc., presents its 56th anniversary season of six summer concerts, held at the Academy in South Worthington, located at 15 Ireland St., just off Route 112.
• Sunday, July 21, at 4 p.m.: Sevenars is delighted to present violist Ron Gorevic, returning to Sevenars after his stunning Bach recital in 2023. This year, Gorevic will offer a groundbreaking program including music of Kenji Bunch, Sal Macchia, Larry Wallach, and Tasia Wu, the latter three composing especially for him. In addition, he'll offer Bach's magnificent Chaconne in D minor and Max Reger's 3rd Suite.
Hailed by The New York Times, Gorevic continues a long and distinguished career as a performer on both violin and viola. Along with solo recitals, he has toured the United States, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Australia, performing most of the quartet repertoire. In London, he gave the British premieres of pieces by Donald Erb and Ned Rorem. He has recorded for Centaur Records as soloist and member of the Prometheus Piano Quartet, and for Koch Records as a member of the Chester String Quartet.
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