BASIC Berkshires

Tinker Tots
2024-02-06 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, 012201
Come tinker and explore with the library and Pittsfield’s CFCE!
Each week children ages 0-2 (siblings welcome) and their caregivers engage in child-centered play, art, music, storytime, and sensory activities to encourage social, fine and gross motor, and pre-literacy skills.
¡Venga a jugar y explorar con la biblioteca y el CFCE de Pittsfield! Cada semana, los niños y sus cuidadores participan en juegos, arte, música, lectura de cuentos y actividades sensoriales centradas en los niños.
Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult 18+ at all times.
For more information call the Children’s Library: 413-499-9480, ext. 5.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.
Attendance at library programs constitutes consent to be photographed; photos may be used in print or electronic publicity for the Berkshire Athenaeum.

Farm & Field presents Tracing Paths~ Step into the studio & landscape with artist Jill Duffy
2026-06-25 11:00 - 2026-06-29 15:00 | MA
Farm & Field presents Tracing Paths, a new exhibition of paintings by Jill Duffy curated by Linda J. Park and installed in the hayloft gallery of the farm’s 200-year-old barn in Chatham, NY.
Rooted in walking paths across the farm, the work is created with handmade wild inks & vine charcoal, and natural pigments gathered and processed on site using traditional pigment-making practices. Also on view are works by artist-in-residence Reinhardt.
Part of Upstate Art Weekend · June 25–29
Opening Reception
Thursday, June 25 · 5-8 PM
Complimentary natural wines and seasonal refreshments
OPEN HOURS
June 25 – 29
Thursday, June 25 11 AM-8 PM
Friday & Saturday, June 26 & 27 11 AM-5 PM
Sunday, June 28 11 AM-3 PM
Monday, June 29 By appointment
Special Programming
Friday · 11 AM-12 PM Guided color foraging walk
Saturday · 3:30 PM Artist talk with complimentary wine & beverages
Sunday · 2-3 PM Natural pigment and ink demonstration using seasonal botanicals
Visitors are invited to explore the exhibition, adjacent studio and pigment lab, self-guided trails across the 210-acre farm, and farm store throughout the weekend.

All programming is complimentary and open to the public.
Farm & Field
338 Punsit Road
Chatham, NY
More information: farmandfieldny.com
Instagram: @farmandfieldny

American Stories: Rebels and Revolutionaries of the Berkshires
2026-07-01 11:00 - 2026-07-29 17:30 | Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road Route 183, Stockbridge, MA, 01262, United States
Every Wednesday in July; Choose from 11 am or 5:30 pm sessions (each session will be 1.5 hours)
A Berkshire History Course
This summer when America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, join us for this historical and civic education program to learn how the Berkshires played a pivotal role in the founding of our nation.
American Stories: Rebels and Revolutionaries of the Berkshires examines the history of the American Revolution and its reverberating echoes in the region, nation, and world by highlighting the fascinating but complicated biographies of Berkshire County residents who impacted American history and culture from the late eighteenth century onward.
Sign up for the entire series of five classes held at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Each class will begin in the galleries of Norman Rockwell Museum’s American Stories: Revolution to Rockwell with a discussion of a work on view that connects to the theme of that day’s class.
Course Instructor: Justin F. Jackson is a lecturer and visiting scholar at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Classes and lectures include:
1) “Declarations of Independence”: Theodore Sedgwick, the Sheffield Resolves, and the Rise of Protest in the Berkshires
2) “Our America”: Daniel Nimham, the Stockbridge Mohicans, and the Revolution’s “Missing Indians”
3) “I Am, Amen”: Black Freedom Struggles in the Berkshires, from Agrippa Hull and Elizabeth Freeman to Samuel Harrison and W.E.B. Du Bois
4) “Do Unto Others”: Rev. Thomas Allen, Shays’s Rebellion, and a Sovereign People’s Constitutions in Massachusetts and America
5) “The Real Thing”: Herman Melville, the Magic of Memory, and Representing the American Dream

100 Years of Movies: “The Godfather” (1972)
2026-07-17 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
Widely considered one of the greatest films ever made, Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Godfather” charts the rise of a crime family in post-World War II America. Marlon Brando leads an all-star cast, including Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, and James Caan. (Rated R, 2h 55min.)
100 Years of Movies is back! This popular film series celebrates over a century of movies at the Mahaiwe and once again features introductions by director Deborah Reinisch.

Years of Movies: “All the President’s Men” (1972)
2026-07-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
“All the President’s Men” (1976) is a political thriller about the Watergate scandal. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman play the Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who broke the story. The film is directed by Alan J. Pakula with an Oscar-winning screenplay by William Goldman. (PG, 2h 18min.)
100 Years of Movies is back! This popular film series celebrates over a century of movies at the Mahaiwe and once again features introductions by director Deborah Reinisch.

100 Years of Movies: “The Right Stuff” (1983)
2026-07-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
“The Right Stuff” is an epic America story about sending the first Americans into space. Sam Shepard stars as test pilot Chuck Yeager who broke the sound barrier, only to find himself yesterday’s news with the ascent of the camera-ready Mercury 7 astronauts. Additional cast includes Ed Harris as John Glenn and Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard. (Rated PG, 3h 13min.)
100 Years of Movies is back! This popular film series celebrates over a century of movies at the Mahaiwe and once again features introductions by director Deborah Reinisch.
