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Experience our beautiful towns and all they have to offer for a wonderful time #intheberkshires. Rediscover the joys of the changing Seasons in #StockbridgeMA. Stockbridge has an incredible amount to do, see and experience. It’s known for many things: natural beauty, rich history, arts and culture, plenty of outdoor activities, great food, unique shops and of course great people offering New England Hospitality.

There is nothing like summertime in the Berkshires of Western MA, and that goes double for Stockbridge, MA.

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32nd ANNUAL STOCKBRIDGE SUMMER ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW
The Stockbridge Summer Arts and Crafts Show, now in its Thirty second year, will be held August 17 and 18 on the grounds of the Town Offices and Bidwell Park, 50 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA. Stockbridge, blessed with internationally renowned summer festivals of music, theater and dance, major art museums and historic homes brings hundreds of thousands of art and craft lovers to visit the most famous Main Street in America, as painted by Norman Rockwell. What a better location for our show, open free to the public. Over 85 jury-selected artists and crafters will display their work ranging from paintings to ceramics, firberware to jewelry, sculpture to photography. Hours are Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Admission to the Arts & Crafts Show is FREE.

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MUSEUMS & HISTORIC SITES

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STOCKBRIDGE, MA

Chesterwood is open annually May – October. Open daily 10am-5pm (closed Tuesday). Chesterwood is the historic home, studio and gardens of America’s foremost late 19th early 20th C. sculptor, Daniel Chester French, creator of the Lincoln Memorial. During the season they host On-going programs (“Art Alive” performances , family activities), Guided Tours, Woodland Trails, and a Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Show throughout the grounds.

Don’t miss the summer season of celebrating the arts in the studio and gardens of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Minute Man and Lincoln Memorial Abraham Lincoln statues and a leading artist of his era. Chesterwood’s “Arts Alive” runs June 8 through Sept 14 and features dance, music, author conversations, award winning poets and more. Highlights include Award-winning poets Rodney Jones & Owen Lewis (June 22), Tanglewood Music Center fellows perform Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight: A Cantata of Lamentation for Mezzo-Soprano, Violin, Cello and Piano (July 17), Open Rehearsal & Director’s Insight with Tina Packer and the cast of Shakespeare & Company’s The Winter’s Tale (July 20) Seasonal favorite: Tableaux Vivants or “Living Pictures” The French’s favorite parlor game! (Aug 3) and Spirits of Chesterwood original choreography by the Berkshire Pulse dance community (Aug 14-17) and more.

“Birth of a Shadow” is this year’s site-specific contemporary outdoor sculpture exhibition featuring 7 regional sculptors. Opening June 29th. The artists include Peter Barrett, Peter Dellert, DeWitt Godfrey, Wendy Klemperer, Michael Thomas, Natalie Tyler and Joe Wheaton. A free opening reception with the artists will take place on Saturday, June 29 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

After a 2-year renovation hiatus, the Residence at Chesterwood is open to the public for tours.

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Highlawn Farm is a third-generation family-owned dairy farm approaching our 100-year anniversary! They welcome visitors 7 days a week at our Farmstead Creamery Shop where they sell our farm-fresh creamery products, including milk & cream, slow-churned butter, cultured ghee, artisanal cheese, and premium ice cream. Also available are a variety of other locally-produced goods. Come grab an ice cream cone and relax at one of our picnic tables as our beautiful pure Jersey cattle herd grazes in the nearby fields.

This Summer enjoy delicious pizza pop-ups from Roberto’s Pizza! June 6 to August 29, 2024 Every Thursday 11-2

High Lawn Farm & Berkshire Running Foundation present Keep Moo’ving 5K Sunday, July 28th
Join us for our second annual Keep Moo’ving 5K race! The beautiful course starts and finishes at High Lawn Farm and goes by Laurel Lake. All of the proceeds from the race will be donated to Berkshire Bounty, an amazing local food rescue organization with the mission to collect, purchase and deliver nutritious food to emergency food distribution programs countywide. Registration is now open: https://berkshirerun.org/high-lawn-farm/

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The Mission House A National historic landmark, this colonial-era house and museum and garden tells the story of the Stockbridge Mohicans and missionary John Segeant. The gardens are open daily for self-guided tours, the interior of the house and Mohican Miles Exhibit is open seasonally, closed in the fall and winter. Guided tours are available on certain days during the summer.

The Mission House and the exhibit Our Lands, Our Home, Our Heart/ Nda’keenã, Weekeyaak, Nda’anã are open for the season through September 1, 2024.

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Naumkeag House and Garden is open seasonally, end of May through early September, Thursday-Monday 10am-4pm. During the season experience gilded age style and splendor at this marvelous estate renowned for its elegant gardens and rare Berkshire Cottage. The Blue Steps, a series of fountain pools, the Afternoon Garden, Tree Peony Terrace, and Chinese Garden are but a few of the treasures on the grounds. Special events like Sunset Yoga, Backstairs Tours are offered through the summer season. Check Calendar of events.

Naumkeag offers a variety of summer activities including June 16-Sept 1, Sunset Yoga takes place, Backstairs tours of the house run June 1 through the first week of Sept., every Sat. & Sun and Mindfulness Meditations on Friday’s July 12 – Sept 20)

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Norman Rockwell Museum is open Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Friday: 10am-4pm, and Saturday-Sunday 10am-5pm, offering special events, changing exhibits, museum store, lunch at The Runaway Cafe(seasonal).
Be surprised and delighted at the magnificence of Rockwell’s large scale original paintings and discover the highly relatable world of American Illustration – the art that tells our stories. The Museum strongly recommends the purchase of tickets in advance of your arrival to ensure entry into the Museum.
Norman Rockwell’s Studio is open May 1 through mid November, closed Wednesdays.

EXHIBITIONS ON DISPLAY:
Norman Rockwell: Cover Artist
Norman Rockwell: Highlights from the Collection
Virtual Exhibition: Norman Rockwell: Imagining Freedom
Rockwell Re-Interpreted: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Norman Rockwell’s 323 “Saturday Evening Post” Covers

Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor, June 22 – Feb. 9, 2025
What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine June 8 through Oct. 27

You won’t want to miss the MAD Bash celebrating the summer’s most fun and irreverent exhibition What, Me, Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine June 8-Ocotber 27. This exhibition explores the unforgettable art and satire of MAD, from its beginnings in 1952 as a popular humor comic book to its emergence as a beloved magazine that spoke truth to power and attracted generations of devoted readers through the decades.
Another summer tradition is the museum’s Art of Brewing festival with regional craft beers and other brewed products together with the creative illustration art that brings beer cans and bottles, and other brewed product packaging to life (Aug 10 1-4pm).

June 15 through August 31 (special program June 22*)
Saturdays 11 am – 4 pm, Totally MAD! Artmaking Activities

MAD at Night – A special evening program celebrating all things MAD. Join co-curators Stephanie Haboush Plunkett and Steve Brodner for an introduction to What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine with a discussion on the organization of the show and select highlights. Rediscover the magazine that defined a generation or see it for the first time. (August 1, 5pm | Stockbridge, MA)

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Stockbridge Library Procter Museum & Archives The library is open Tuesday 9am-8pm, Wednesday-Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am-8pm & Saturday 9am-2pm. The Museum is open, Tuesday 1pm to 8pm, Wednesday 1pm to 5pm, Thursday 1pm to 5pm, Friday 1pm to 5pm and Saturday 9am-2pm. The library offers numerous events, programs for adults and children and free checkout of digital books, magazines and audio books. For a full list on events click here

This summer’s Author Talks features Aaron Lansky and Michael S. Roth. Talk by Aaron Lansky of The Yiddish Book Center is on June 2. With insight and humor Stockbridge resident, Aaron Lansky will offer a candid, first-person account of the Yiddish Book Center’s unlikely story, and ask why Yiddish, once denigrated, sentimentalized, and relegated to obscurity, is speaking louder today than ever before. Author Talk by Michael S. Roth with Chesterwood is on July 27. An intellectual historian, Roth has published several books centered on how people make sense of the past. Roth’s 2019 book, Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist’s Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness, addresses some of the most contentious issues in American higher education, including affirmative action, safe spaces, and questions of free speech. In the lower level of the library is the Museum & Archives, where you can meet with the curator, look at local artifacts and learn about the marvelous history of Stockbridge. On Display Now in the Procter Gallery: Homeland: Mohican Artists.

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Summer Energy Art A summer exhibit of NYC artist Lloyd Burlingame’s scenic and costume designs for theatre and opera; watercolors; and abstract paintings and fabric collages created while facing hereditary blindness. Curated by the artist’s niece Jessica Burlingame. Running July 9 – August 26, 2024 with an opening reception on July 9, 4-6pm. Located 3 Elm Street (Former Schantz Gallery) Stockbridge, MA

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LENOX, MA

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Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum The Lenox Station museum and grounds is open every Saturday Memorial Day through Labor Day. Named by Yankee Magazine as one of the “Top 10 foliage train rides in New England” (2017), the Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum’s mission is to preserve the history of railroading in the Berkshire Hills of Western Mass. Check calendar on website for Hoosac Valley Train Rides and Upcoming Special Train Excursions.
This summer marks 40 years of preserving and making history.
The 40th Celebration will take place July 27th from 4 to 8pm with special guests and the midcentury Roger Williams train set at 10 Willow Creek Road in Lenox, MA. Visitors will be able to walk through the train, sit in the engineer’s seat, and hear the engines run while touring the museum grounds in Lenox.
The Pellegrino Band will perform at the Stockbridge Station on July 28th at 3pm. A ticketed event

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Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio From June to Columbus Day visit the home of American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen, set on a 46-acre estate in the heart of Lenox. View their paintings, frescoes, and sculpture; experience their exquisite collection of American and European Cubist Art.

This Summer check out their color workshops Thursdays and Saturdays at 11:15am with director Kinney Frelinghuysen. Painting demonstrations with professional artists will take place every Friday at 11am, free admission. Terry Wise, Collage w/Hand printed paper (June 21), Sally Tiska Rice, Watercolor (June 28), Carl Sprague Scenic Design for Film & Stage (July 5), Tony Conner, Watercolor (July 12) and more. A new weekly workshop, Exercise Your Creativity, on Sundays from 11am-1pm will be a chance to relax and create art. Mixed-media wearable sculpture with Deborah Carter. Carter is a multi-media artist who creates upcycled, one-of-a-kind apparel from post-consumer waste. Food packaging, wine corks, cardboard, grocery bags, fabric and discarded items of all kinds become colorful, sustainable high fashion. Come join the fun as she creates! (July 26, 11am | Lenox, MA)

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The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home The Main House is closed for the season and will reopen in May. The gardens and grounds are free and open daily year-round from dawn to dusk.
The Mount is a historic house museum and vibrant cultural center with a variety of tours, programs, lectures, music, theater and events for you to enjoy. Check calendar.

The Mount’s annual 8-part Summer Lecture Series lineup features an expanded roster of literary luminaries who reflect a diverse range of disciplines and perspectives. Highlights of the summer lecture series include Natalie Dystra, an emerita professor of English and senior research professor at Hope College. Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner (July 8-9), Peter Hessler, a staff writer at The New Yorker, Other Rivers: A Chinese Education (July 22-23) and Jonathan Eig, the bestselling author of six books, including his most recent, King: A Life (2023) King: A Life (July 29-30).
After a successful launch of the Masters Series last summer, author André Bernard, Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, will return for a second season of conversations with literary masters, all unquestionably at the top of their game. All Master series talks at the Mount are from 5 to 6pm and authors will sign books afterwards. Highlights include Dwight Garner, senior book critic for The New York Times (July 12), Lauren Groff, three-time National Book award finalist (July 26), Rosanne Cash, singer, songwriter, and book author (Aug 2) and others.

This summer, you can also stroll the grounds to learn about birding or look for Storywalks for a fun family adventure or view Sculpture at The Mount, a relaunch of SculptureNOW, artist-led talks will again be made available. Music after Hours, an outdoor jazz series on the terrace, returns on the 2^nd Thursday of every month, beginning June 13 and continuing through August. Performances include Tarik Shah, Natalia Bernal, and Standard Edition. Concerts are free and open to the public (May 24-Oct 20).

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Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum is open daily 10am to 4pm for self-guided tours. Reservations not needed. Ventfort Hall is an imposing Jacobean Revival-style mansion built in 1893 for Sarah Morgan, the sister of J. P. Morgan. Designed by the architects Rotch & Tilden. Check their calendar for special events, Tea & Talk, Psychic Medium Presentation, Paranormal Investigations and more.

Enjoy their Summer Season of Tea Talks held each Tuesday at 4pm, offering lectures followed by a decadent English Teatime gathering in the den and dining room. Titles include Mary Todd Lincoln: Hostess & Housewife on June 11 & Part II on Aug 27, The Lenox Bachelors on June 18, The Fox Sisters, the History of Festival House on June 25, Daughter of Spies on July 9, Baseball in the Berkshires on July 16, The Personal Librarian (July 30, 3pm), and more. They also offer live performances of Chamber Music, Fortepiano Concert (July 3 &4 at 5pm), Jazz of the Gilded Age (Aug 1), Ghost Tours (July 27) and Paranormal Investigations (July 13).

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TYRINGHAM, MA

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Bidwell House Museum is open Memorial Day to October. Authentically restored & located on 192 acres, the Bidwell House Museum tells the story of life in the 18th C Berkshires via seasonal programs and guided tours of the elegant c.1760 Georgian saltbox home. Grounds and gardens are open year-round for hiking, snowshoeing, or cross-country skiing, FREE OF CHARGE, though donations are welcome.
Favorite programs from past years, including the Bidwell Country Fair on June 22 and the Summer History talk series, will be returning along with new programs centered on the Museum herb garden, a meditative forest walk and a Banjo concert. History talks highlights include Unlearning to Learn: A Conversation About Local Indigenous Histories (June 8), Stories from the Berkshire Militia (July 6), “A Voyage of Discovery”: A Unitarian Missionary in Early Berkshire County (July 13). A two-part Herb Gardening workshop (July 2 & 16) A Meditative Forest Walk (July 28). Your guide, Hannah Fries, will invite you to slow down, engage your senses, and take a closer look at nature all around you. She’ll share tidbits of natural history and a few poems along the way, for an inspiring mix of mindfulness, science, and…

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WILLIAMSTOWN, MA

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Clark Art Institute is open Tuesday- Sunday 10am – 5pm and open daily in July and August, 10am – 5pm. Presenting exhibitions, collections, education and the Grounds. Trails at The Clark Art Institute campus are open 24/7.

Exhibitions:
David-Jeremiah: I Drive Thee runs through January 26, 2025
Kathia St. Hilaire: Invisible Empires runs May 11 through September 22

French artist Guillaume Lethière runs June 15 through October 14. Featuring some eighty paintings, prints, and drawings. Organized in partnership with the Musée du Louvre (Louvre Museum).
The Clark’s summer exhibitions open on a staggered schedule, beginning in May. The program includes: Kathia St. Hilaire: Invisible Empires Lunder Center at Stone Hill (May 11–Sept 22), Guillaume Lethière The Clark (June 15–Oct 14), Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass Michael Conforti Pavilion, Clark Center (July 4–Oct 27), Edgar Degas: Multi-Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism, Eugene V. Thaw Gallery for Works on Paper, Manton Research Center (July 13–Oct 6). The Clark also holds outdoor concerts on five Wednesdays starting June 26 with a special August 31 performance by The Knights Orchestra. There are two Sunday concerts in June and July. Concerts are free and open to the public.

Free Admission Opportunities:
Families: The Clark hosts a number of free family events during the year.
Summer 2024 at the Clark Art Institute brings new opportunities to discover some of its special exhibitions, plenty of opportunities to visit for free, a host of free events and activities, and even free bus transportation between Williamstown and North Adams.
Beginning June 19, free admission from 5 to 9 pm on Wednesdays through September 25, 2024.
On July 14, the beloved Community Day program offers another opportunity to enjoy free admission for all.
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PERFORMING ARTS

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Berkshire Theatre Group has a variety of live performances lined up at their beloved Colonial theatre and Unicorn Stage. Call the box office at 413-997-4444 or visit link.

Summer 2024 Season Announced: Disney Frozen Jr., 4000 Miles, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, and More.
Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein” (June 27-July 21 at the Colonial Theatre) is a classic comedy as a musical, with music and lyrics by the great Mel Brooks. All your favorite characters will be there: Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Igor and Inga, with unforgettable tunes such as “The Transylvanian Mania”, “Putin” on the Ritz” and “He Vas My Boyfriend.”
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Pipe Dream” (July 26-Aug 31 at the Unicorn Theatre) is the musical based on John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row. It has all the hallmarks of the Rodgers and Hammerstein genius and offers themes of love and resilience among the drifters and dropouts who call Cannery Row home.
Other highlights, all at the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, include 4000 Miles (May 16-June 1), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (June 13-July 14), and The Weir (Sept 26-Oct 27).

At the Colonial Theatre: Fabulously Funny Comedy Night (Aug 3 at 7:30pm), Henry Cho: Here to Tour 2024 (Aug 9 at 7:30pm), Woodstock 55th Anniversary Celebration with Back to the Garden 1969 (Aug 23 at 7:30pm)

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Jacob’s Pillow Dance The 2023 Festival has come to a close, but the Pillow has plenty to offer year-round including digital streams, Pillow Lab Residences, Community Programs, and more.
We invite you to stay connected to all that’s happening at Jacob’s Pillow, with upcoming live broadcasts from the Pillow Lab alongside a host of on-demand content to watch and listen to whenever you like. Explore the playlist now!

Summer 2024 will run June 26 through August 25:
This summer, Jacob’s Pillow will produce the 92nd season of its premier international dance festival, in a 9-week celebration of some of today’s most groundbreaking artists and dance companies performing locally, nationally, and around the world.
The nine companies to perform for one week each in the Ted Shawn Theatre are, in chronological order: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Social Tango Project, MOMIX, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Parsons Dance, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Companies with multi-night runs on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage will include M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Pathways to Performance (a project of Theresa Ruth Howard’s MoBBallet), Dancers of Damelahamid, David Dorfman Dance, and Gibney Company. The festival will also include special events, parties, classes and workshops, exhibitions and talks, digital premieres, livestreams, and pop-up performances in Berkshire County. Many of these offerings will be free of charge. Pillow Pride Party, a celebration of LGBTQIA + individuals and communities will be held on July 13, including a performance by MasterZ at Work Dance Family with Courtney Topanga Washington.
New Free Livestream Series Features Artists and Programs from Festival 2024
Tune in and enjoy live dance from the Pillow like never before! Our new series, “Jacob’s Pillow Live,” brings you nine livestreamed performances form this summer’s festival—all for free, with advance registration available.

Week 3, July 10 – July 14 Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Switzerland’s Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève for Week 3 of Summer Dance Festival Outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage will feature Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet, The MasterZ At Work Dance Family, and duets by Merce Cunningham, Liz Gerring, and Kyle Abraham
Week 4, July 17 – July 21 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival will bring the acclaimed Social Tango Project—an innovative dance company founded and based in Buenos Aires, Argentina— for an immersive week-long engagement during Week 4 of the Festival. Offering audiences a deep dive into the art of tango, Social Tango Project will showcase this social dance like never before in the historic Ted Shawn Theatre from Wednesday, July 17 to Sunday, July 21.
Week 5, July 24 – July 28 Jacob’s Pillow Welcomes Dancer-Illusionist Company MOMIX For Week 5 of Summer Dance Festival USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, Sekou McMiller & Friends, and Dancers of Damelahamid will perform on the Henry J. Leir Stage
Week 6, July 31 – August 4 Jacob’s Pillow welcomes four-time Tony Award-nominated choreographer and 2016 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award Recipient, Camille A. Brown, back for her company’s full week engagement during Week 6 of this summer’s Festival. In their first appearance since 2017, Camille A. Brown & Dancers will perform the World Premiere of I AM, a work that features dance and music genres of the African Diaspora and is inspired by both the HBO series Lovecraft Country and the rhythms of the movie Drumline. The work imagines a creative space for cultural liberation and conjures the various ways that joy lives within Black culture.
Week 7, August 7 – 11 welcomes the internationally-touring modern dance company Parsons Dance back to the Ted Shawn Theatre, 25 years after their last engagement with the festival in 1999. Beloved for their high-energy and athletic ensemble work, Parsons Dance will perform pieces choreographed by founder David Parsons, Robert Battle, and Jamar Roberts
Week 8, August 14-18 features beloved New York-based flamenco artists Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, who will perform at the Festival for the first time since 2002.

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Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents live performances, film, and cultural events for all ages.

Singer-songwriters Ben Folds, Keb’ Mo’, Suzanne Vega, and rootsy heartland-rockers BoDeans, The Hot Sardines will perform at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., between May and October 2024. Roots-rock band BoDeans on May 25, blues guitarist and vocalist Keb’ Mo’ on June 15, power-pop singer and pianist Ben Folds on June 22, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on July 12, jazz band The Hot Sardines on July 17, Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues on July 19 and Ladysmith Black Mambazo on August 9, comedian Patton Oswalt on his new stand-up tour “Effervescent” on July 21 and folk-pop musician Suzanne Vega on October 5.
Metropolitan Opera’s new Live in HD series for the 2024-25 season, October 6 through May 31.
Thursday, August 1 at 8:00 pm 2024 Gala: Samara Joy

Mahaiwe celebrates 100 Years of Movies; Met Summer Encores Screening
The silent Charlie Chaplin film Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914) and Buster Keaton comedy The Navigator (1924) in a double feature ( Friday, June 7 at 70 ; Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night (1934) (Friday, June 21 at 7);
noir Double Indemnity (1944) (Saturday, July 13 at 7); Elia Kazan’s crime drama On the Waterfront (1954) (Friday, July 26 at 7); Dr. Strangelove (1964) (August 2 AT 7); Young Frankenstein (1974) (August 16 at 7); Amadeus (1984) (September 13 at 7); and Crooklyn (1994) (September 27 at 7).

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Shakespeare & Company
Shakespeare & Company presents classic and modern theater for all ages on indoor and outdoor stages. Shows run from May through October.
2024 season performances
June 21 through July 21st, A Body of Water Playwright Lee Blessing (“A Walk in the Woods” at S&Co. in 2022) brings us what’s been called “existential with a touch of the absurd.” An older man and woman wake up one day in an isolated summer house high above a body of water. The problem? They both cannot remember who they are. A young woman appears, offering tantalizing clues to the couple’s identity. But will it help?
July 2 through July 7, Shake it Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret
July 13 through August 18, The Comedy of Errors takes over Shakespeare & Company’s outdoor mainstage this summer! The Bard’s fast-paced and farcical story of mistaken identities begins with two sets of twins separated by a storm at sea and culminates in a raucous series of misunderstandings and mishaps
July 25 through August 25, The Islanders
August 3 through 25, Flight of the Monarch
August 21 through 25, The Winter’s Tale: An Enhanced Staged Reading
August 30 through October 13, Three Tall Persian Women

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Tanglewood is one of the world’s most beloved music festivals, famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and its training academy, the Tanglewood Music Center, as well as the Boston Pops. It’s also the year-round home of the Tanglewood Learning Institute. In a typical summer, Tanglewood welcomes more than 350,000 visitors to performances, recitals, and seminars across 500 acres nestled between Lenox and Stockbridge.
Tanglewood welcomes you to their beautiful grounds, open year-round, free of charge, for visitors to enjoy.

Tanglewood 2024 season: June through August 31.
The 2024 Tanglewood season will feature more than 100 performances, including eleven weeks of concerts and other events by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Tanglewood Music Center, and Tanglewood Learning Institute; chamber music, recital, and concert opera presentations; and a series of Popular Artist concerts, highlighted this summer by the 50th-anniversary performance of James Taylor and his All-Star Band in the Koussevitzky Music Shed on July 3 and 4.
In some of the most eagerly anticipated events of the 2024 Tanglewood season, BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons will lead ten programs and two master classes in his new expanded role as Head of Conducting at Tanglewood including a weekend of programs celebrating the legacy of Serge Koussevitzky, on his 150th birthday anniversary and 100 years since his appointment as BSO music director (July 26-28). Pianist Kirill Gerstein, violinist Joshua Bell and cellist Steven Isserlis come together to play a program of Debussy, Ravel, and Faure (July 31, Seiji Ozawa Hall.) Other notable guest artists like Renee Fleming, Christine Goerke, Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, and Yuga Wang will perform. Tanglewood is also hosting 2 memorable evenings of Film Nights with John Williams (Aug 2 & 3) and Tanglewood on Parade (Aug 6).

Popular Artists Series Includes:
July 16 at 7pm, An Evening with Pretenders
July 23 at 7pm, Beck with the Boston Pops
Aug 30 at 7pm, Judy Collins, Rufus Wainwright, and Indigo Girls
Aug 31 at 7pm, Dispatch with the Boston Pops

Highlights of the week ahead:
Andris Nelsons conducts Mackey, Koussevitzky, Sibelius, and Scriabin (July 26, 8pm),
Andris Nelsons conducts León, Khachaturian, and Tchaikovsky featuring Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano (July 27, 8pm)
Andris Nelsons conducts Lee, Copland, Thompson, and Stravinsky featuring Paul Lewis, piano (July 28, 2:30pm) and An Evening with Prentenders (July 16, 7pm).

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The Berkshire Bach Society is the oldest continuing member-based non-profit music organization in Berkshire County. We present live performances by professional musicians of the work of J.S. Bach and his Baroque mentors, peers, and followers ranging from solo recitals and chamber music to choral and orchestral works. Click here for Calendar:
As prologue to the regular season, BBS presents Eugene Drucker and Friends—A Berkshire Bach Fundraiser on Saturday, August 3, at 5pm at the Kellogg Music Center on the campus of Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Eugene Drucker, violin, Roberta Cooper, cello, and Renée Anne Louprette, piano, play an evening of chamber music by Bach and his later devotees—Mozart, Haydn, and Brahms. The concert celebrates Mr. Drucker’s appointment as Artistic Director and is followed by a reception. Tickets at www.berkshirebach.org/events available now.

The regular season opens with a Harpsichord Festival of two concerts, also at Kellogg, that showcase the quintessential Baroque keyboard instrument in many guises. On Saturday, September 21, Peter Sykes recreates his first public harpsichord recital 50 years ago in a program of music by J.S. Bach, Louis Couperin, and more. The Festival concludes on Saturday, October 19, when the keyboard duo of Elliot Figg and Caitlyn Koester plays Skeletons of the Opera, a program of Baroque opera transcriptions for harpsichord, four hands.

The 2024-2025 season continues on Saturday, November 30, at 4 pm, with the popular FREE community Messiah Sing-Along. Internationally-known choral director James Bagwell leads the audience and The Berkshire Bach Players in favorite choruses from Handel’s oratorio Messiah at the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington. The event is sponsored by the Local Cultural Councils of Alford-Egremont, Lenox, New Marlborough, Sheffield, and Stockbridge.

The Berkshire Bach Players return on Saturday, December 7, at 5pm, in the Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas Holiday Concert sponsored by the Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce at the First Congregational Church in Stockbridge. Berkshire Bach helps raise funds for the Chamber in a program of holiday favorites, Baroque style, and a sing-along. Tickets available through the Stockbridge Chamber.

Eugene Drucker leads the full Berkshire Bach Ensemble in Bach at New Year’s, a celebration of Baroque Music for the New Year. This season’s event is a Marathon of ‘Brandenburgs,’ which recreate our first Bach at New Year’s concert in 1993 that started a holiday tradition. Performances are on Tuesday, December 30, Wednesday, December 31, and Thursday, January 1, 2025 at the Academy of Music in Northampton, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, and the newly-renovated Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy (NY).

In February 2025 The Berkshire Bach Organ Masters return to showcase two of the area’s historic organs played by two consummate organists. On Saturday, February 8, Renée Anne Louprette kicks off the series with The Best of Bach–The Great Organ Works, an all-Bach program on the Johnson Organ at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House in Housatonic, followed on Saturday, April 5, by Peter Sykes playing the historic Roosevelt Organ at the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington. The Organ Masters series spans Baroque through 20th-century repertoire and gives audiences the opportunity to hear the beautiful voices of two special organs that are true cultural treasures.

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The Lions Den at the Red Lion Inn
Sound and Soul of the Berkshires since 1937
$10 Cover Chargeerson music charge will be applied to the bill during the performance.

July Den Sessions 7 pm to 10 pm
Thursday, July 4th Milton
Friday, July 5th the Rejuvinaters
Saturday, July 6th Wanda Houston
Thursday, July 11th Katherine Winston & Michael Aaron
Friday, July 12th Misha Piatigorsky
Thursday, July 18th Katherine Winston & Michael Aaron
Friday, July 19th Milton
Saturday, July 20th Wanda Houston
Thursday, July 25th Katherine Winston & Michael Aaron
Friday, July 26th Jake Manzi duo
Saturday, July 27th Diva & the Dirty Boys

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OUTDOOR GARDENS & ART WALKS Discover the beautiful gardens, grounds, and scenic views in our area. Most of our gardens, museums and historic sites are open for use of their outdoor grounds with restrictions. There is plenty of space and abundant fresh air that provides great venues for visitors to explore. Check out each venue’s website for their offerings.

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Austen Riggs Center is a psychiatric residential treatment facility with a different approach: They treat the person, not just the diagnosis. Their caring experts work with each person to illuminate the stories behind your symptoms. Time, space, and support for reflection can lead you to better understand yourself and your relationships, enabling you to address a range of issues and build a more satisfying life. The Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy makes the Austen Riggs Center a place of learning as well as healing. We invite you to join us at academic conferences, lectures, workshops, and other educational events. https://www.austenriggs.org/events

The Erikson Institute of the Austen Riggs Center is excited to announce the exhibition “Painting Belonging: Community Art in the Berkshires,” on display throughout the summer of 2024 at 48 Main Street in Stockbridge, MA. Featuring art by community groups, this exhibition reflects the ideas of belonging and community while looking at the impact of art and mental health throughout people’s lives.

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The Berkshire Arts Center is the leading provider of high quality, hands-on instruction in the visual arts year-round. They have an exciting lineup of classes, camps, events and exhibitions happening in both Stockbridge and Pittsfield this summer. To learn more about or register for Berkshire Art Center’s upcoming classes, camps and events, please visit www.berkshireartcenter.org.
Each summer, Berkshire Art Center also celebrates its Annual Color Series with special classes inspired by a chosen color. This year’s theme is Celadon, a grayish shade of green and notable, translucent ceramic glaze. Some classes in this series include, “Monochrome Mountains: Celadon Watercolor Landscape” led by BAC faculty artist, Jill Gustavis, on July 11 and “Gas Reduction Glazing and Firing” with BAC Ceramics Studio Technician, Hunter Cady, starting August 13.

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The Berkshire Botanical Garden is open year-round for classes, lectures, workshops and exhibits, and the display gardens can be visited daily May 1st through October 31st, 9am – 5pm. Tour gardens of all kinds – herb and perennial gardens, border gardens, rock gardens, and seasonal displays of fruit and flowering trees. Garden terrain is wheelchair accessible.
An extensive schedule of workshops, both online and in-person, is available as well. View a complete list of classes, workshops and events.
Season Highlights: Fete desFleurs July 27 and Microcosms June 7-August 4. The creator of the “Spotted Owl Mosaic”, a site-specific public installation that resides in the BBG’s outdoor garden, Peter D. Gerakaris of Cornwall, Conn., will present an indoor solo exhibition of mixed-media artworks that engage myriad nature-culture motifs through vibrant, pluralistic strands. Micorcosms will include Icon paintings on panel, small mosaic fragments translated from details of existing Icon paintings, origami sculptures, and works inspired by topographies and native species of the Housatonic Valley. “The Lost Bird Project” outdoor sculpture exhibit (June 1–Oct 6) includes large-scale outdoor sculptures and an indoor gallery (Aug 10–Oct 6) show featuring smaller-scale versions of the same sculptures, supplemented with original drawings and other related artwork. The Garden also offers a variety of classes, lectures, workshops, and display gardens. This summer BBG is holding Farm to Table Series with Miriam Rubin, a CIA trained chef, cookbook author and cooking teacher. Participants will work with the BBG’s vegetable garden to harvest fresh vegetables, then will head into the kitchen with Miriam to make a multi-course meal. This once-a-month series will be held from 11am–1:30pm on June 9, July 14, Aug 11 and Sept 15. Music Monday series returns to the garden and will run in the evenings July 1 – Aug 12 from 5 to 7pm. The ticketed events include Misty Blues, Brother Sal Blue Band and Zikinna and others.

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Berkshire South Regional Community Center has a variety of recreational, educational, cultural, health and social well-being classes and workshops. Check out their offerings and calendar of events.

Take their Monthly Member Challenge! Each month, they host a Member Fitness Challenge! Find Out More!

Registration for classes, programs, and events! Your favorite offerings are back including Introduction to Mindfulness, Italian Cooking with Hank Ferlauto, An Evening With Pam Ellis – The Berkshire Medium, and our Monthly Pickleball Clinics.

Drop-In Volleyball will run weekly on Sundays from 2-4pm for Spring and Summer.

Community Supper is run on Mondays 5PM on a biweekly schedule. Sine 2009, they have held community supper as a way to nourish your bodies through great food and company.

Family Movie Nights
What’s better than dinner and a movie with your family on a warm summer Friday evening? Family Movie Nights this summer features popular children’s films, popcorn, beverages, and dinner – all for $8 a ticket! Gather your friends and family, bring something comfy to sit on, and come down to Berkshire South’s air-conditioned auditorium for a night out with the kids. Contact Amanda to find out which movies are playing by emailing aleavenworth@berkshiresouth.org or calling 413-528-2810 ext 32.

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Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health campus is nestled in the breathtaking Berkshire mountains. Come for a nourishing retreat full of yoga, nutritious meals, mindful outdoor experiences, and more. Explore upcoming programs led by Kripalu faculty and expert presenters on topics ranging from yoga to societal and personal transformation. See a full list of programs, retreats, healing art
Here is a sampling of the calendar:
In Person:
AUGUST 9–18 Yoga Therapy Applications Within the Mental Health Field with Ellen Schaeffer, Gail Parker, and Jen Stuart
AUGUST 11–16 Abandonment to Healing Intensive: Improve Relationships and Overcome Your Patterns of Self-Sabotage with Susan Anderson
AUGUST 16–18 Kripalu Outdoors: Hiking, Kayaking, and Yoga with Christopher Holmes and Jon Orsini

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REDISCOVER the STOCKBRIDGE, MA area & SUPPORT LOCAL