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SUMMARY:Ballet Hispánico
DESCRIPTION:$34 – $84\nMahaiwe Member & Youth Discount Event \n$34 Reserved\n$64 Preferred\n$84 Premium \nMembers receive $5 off each ticket\n$15 ages 30 and under (visit the Box Office or call 413-528-0100\, Wed – Sat\, 12-4pm)  \nBallet Hispánico is one of the nation’s most renowned Latino dance organizations and one of America’s Cultural Treasures. For 50 years Ballet Hispánico has been bringing communities together to celebrate and explore Latino cultures through innovative dance performances\, transformative dance training\, and enduring community engagement experiences.    \nThe organization’s founder\, National Medal of Arts recipient Tina Ramirez\, sought to give voice to the Hispanic experience and break through stereotypes. Today\, Ballet Hispánico is led by Eduardo Vilaro\, an acclaimed choreographer and former member of the Company\, whose vision of social equity\, cultural identity\, and quality arts education for all drives its programs.  \nBallet Hispánico\, a role model in and for the Latino community\, is inspiring creativity and social awareness in our neighborhoods and across the country by providing access to arts education.  \nREPERTORY: \n\nLínea Recta by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa\n¡Si Señor! ¡Es Mi Son! (excerpt) by Alberto Alonso\nDanse Creole (excerpt) by Geoffrey Holder\nBuscando a Juan (excerpt) by Eduardo Vilaro\n18+1 by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano
URL:https://basicberkshires.org/event/ballet-hispanico/2024-03-02/2/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
CATEGORIES:Family Friendly,Performance
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SUMMARY:Ballet Hispánico
DESCRIPTION:Ballet Hispánico is one of the nation’s most renowned Latino dance organizations and one of America’s Cultural Treasures. For 50 years Ballet Hispánico has been bringing communities together to celebrate and explore Latino cultures through innovative dance performances\, transformative dance training\, and enduring community engagement experiences.    \nThe organization’s founder\, National Medal of Arts recipient Tina Ramirez\, sought to give voice to the Hispanic experience and break through stereotypes. Today\, Ballet Hispánico is led by Eduardo Vilaro\, an acclaimed choreographer and former member of the Company\, whose vision of social equity\, cultural identity\, and quality arts education for all drives its programs.  \nBallet Hispánico\, a role model in and for the Latino community\, is inspiring creativity and social awareness in our neighborhoods and across the country by providing access to arts education.  \nREPERTORY: \n\nLínea Recta by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa\n¡Si Señor! ¡Es Mi Son! (excerpt) by Alberto Alonso\nDanse Creole (excerpt) by Geoffrey Holder\nClub Havana – Caballo by Pedro Ruiz\n18+1 by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano\n\n50% discount code available through nbernal@mahaiwe.org or “pay-what-you-will” tickets available at VIM (both Great Barrington and Pittsfield offices)
URL:https://basicberkshires.org/event/ballet-hispanico-2/2024-03-02/1/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
CATEGORIES:Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240302T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240302T170000
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SUMMARY:Ballet Hispánico
DESCRIPTION:$34 – $84\nMahaiwe Member & Youth Discount Event \n$34 Reserved\n$64 Preferred\n$84 Premium \nMembers receive $5 off each ticket\n$15 ages 30 and under (visit the Box Office or call 413-528-0100\, Wed – Sat\, 12-4pm)  \nBallet Hispánico is one of the nation’s most renowned Latino dance organizations and one of America’s Cultural Treasures. For 50 years Ballet Hispánico has been bringing communities together to celebrate and explore Latino cultures through innovative dance performances\, transformative dance training\, and enduring community engagement experiences.    \nThe organization’s founder\, National Medal of Arts recipient Tina Ramirez\, sought to give voice to the Hispanic experience and break through stereotypes. Today\, Ballet Hispánico is led by Eduardo Vilaro\, an acclaimed choreographer and former member of the Company\, whose vision of social equity\, cultural identity\, and quality arts education for all drives its programs.  \nBallet Hispánico\, a role model in and for the Latino community\, is inspiring creativity and social awareness in our neighborhoods and across the country by providing access to arts education.  \nREPERTORY: \n\nLínea Recta by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa\n¡Si Señor! ¡Es Mi Son! (excerpt) by Alberto Alonso\nDanse Creole (excerpt) by Geoffrey Holder\nBuscando a Juan (excerpt) by Eduardo Vilaro\n18+1 by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano
URL:https://basicberkshires.org/event/ballet-hispanico/2024-03-02/1/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
CATEGORIES:Family Friendly,Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center":MAILTO:info@mahaiwe.org
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SUMMARY:1\,000 Books Before Kindergarten Launch Party
DESCRIPTION:Join the library for a 1\,000 Books Before Kindergarten launch party! 1\,000 Books Before Kindergarten encourages parents and caregivers to read to and with their children five and under to foster a love for reading. To celebrate the program\, educator Emilia Dahlin will facilitate an interactive child and caregiver Sing Me a Story workshop\, exploring themes of early literacy and learning through singing\, play\, and movement. After the workshop\, sign up for the 1\,000 Books Before Kindergarten program\, explore crafts with early childhood providers\, and enjoy light refreshments. \nChildren under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult 18+ at all times.  \nFor more information call the Children’s Library: 413-499-9480\, ext. 5. \nSponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. \nAttendance at library programs constitutes consent to be photographed; photos may be used in print or electronic publicity for the Berkshire Athenaeum.
URL:https://basicberkshires.org/event/1000-books-before-kindergarten-launch-party/
LOCATION:Berkshire Athenaeum\, 1 Wendell Avenue\, Pittsfield\, MA\, 012201
CATEGORIES:Educational,Family Friendly,Performance
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ORGANIZER;CN="Berkshire Athenaeum":MAILTO:info@pittsfieldlibrary.org
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SUMMARY:Comedian Alfredo Campo & Mariachi "Emperadores de Puebla"
DESCRIPTION:FREE\, Reservations requested. Reserve online or via the Box Office\, Wednesday through Saturday\, from 12pm to 4pm\, 413-528-0100.   \nA Festival Latino event featuring music\, dance\, and international humor!  \nMariachi band Emperadores de Puebla will open the evening with beautiful and classic Mariachi songs well known in Latin American culture. Audiences are encouraged to sing along and dance.  \nChicago-based Latin-American actor and comedian Alfredo Campo will follow with stand-up comedy in Spanish\, Spanglish and English. Campo’s show “I just arrived” or “Recién llegado” is full of entertainment and humor.
URL:https://basicberkshires.org/event/comedian-alfredo-campo-mariachi-emperadores-de-puebla/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
CATEGORIES:Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:Pedrito Martinez
DESCRIPTION:Pedrito Martinez \nCuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez will perform with his band on Saturday\, May 13 at 8 p.m.  \nPedro Pablo “Pedrito” Martinez was born in Havana\, Cuba\, in 1973 in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood\, where rumba is played all day long\, and began his musical career at the age of 11\, with a foundation in the rumba and Afro Cuban Yoruba traditions. Since settling in New York City in the fall of 1998\, Pedrito has recorded or performed with Paul Simon\, Wynton Marsalis\, Paquito D’Rivera\, Bruce Springsteen\, Ruben Blades\, Eddie Palmieri\, Dave Matthews\, and Sting\, and has contributed to over 75 albums. A consummate master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music and the batá drum\, he is also the world’s first-call rumbero—playing\, singing\, and dancing with dozens of Cuban rumba groups. \nPedrito Martinez’s performance is coordinated in part by SCAN\, the Mahaiwe’s Spanish-language Community Advisory Network committee. SCAN is organized in partnership with VIM (Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires) and receives funding from Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Arts Build Community Initiative.  \nTickets \nTickets can be purchased online at mahaiwe.org\, or by calling or visiting the Box Office\, 413-528-0100\, on Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. \nIndividuals ages 30 and under are eligible for $15 tickets directly through the Box Office. \nUse discount code welcome2023 at checkout online or directly through the Box Office to receive 50% off each ticket. \nFor the latest COVID safety protocols\, visit mahaiwe.org/update.  \nAbout the Mahaiwe \nLocated in downtown Great Barrington\, Mass.\, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is the year-round presenter of world-class music\, dance\, theater\, classic films\, Live in HD broadcasts\, and arts education programs for the southern Berkshires and neighboring regions. The intimate jewel box of a theater opened in 1905. Since 2005\, the performing arts center has hosted over 1\,500 events and welcomed over half a million people through its doors. More than 22\,000 students from 73 different schools have benefited from the Mahaiwe’s school-time performances and residencies. For more information\, see mahaiwe.org. 
URL:https://basicberkshires.org/event/pedrito-martinez/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
CATEGORIES:Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:JazzReach - Metta Quintet's She Said / She Says: Women in Jazz
DESCRIPTION:$20 general admission / $15 Mahaiwe Members / $10 ages 12 and under  \nShe Said / She Says is a comprehensive program highlighting some of the many important achievements of female composers\, arrangers\, instrumentalists and vocalists from early 20th century through present-day. Using U.S. and 20th Century women’s history as a backdrop\, She Said / She Says celebrates the lives of some of the many courageous\, creative women who have dedicated their lives to the serious study and practice of jazz music. \nEstablished in 1994\, JazzReach is a nationally recognized New York City not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion\, performance\, creation and teaching of jazz music. She Said / She Says will be performed by the Metta Quintet\, JazzReach’s resident ensemble. \nUse the code jazzwomen2023 at online checkout to receive free tickets!
URL:https://basicberkshires.org/event/jazzreach-metta-quintets-she-said-she-says-women-in-jazz/2023-03-09/2/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
CATEGORIES:Educational,Family Friendly,Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:JazzReach - Metta Quintet's She Said / She Says: Women in Jazz
DESCRIPTION:$20 general admission / $15 Mahaiwe Members / $10 ages 12 and under  \nShe Said / She Says is a comprehensive program highlighting some of the many important achievements of female composers\, arrangers\, instrumentalists and vocalists from early 20th century through present-day. Using U.S. and 20th Century women’s history as a backdrop\, She Said / She Says celebrates the lives of some of the many courageous\, creative women who have dedicated their lives to the serious study and practice of jazz music. \nEstablished in 1994\, JazzReach is a nationally recognized New York City not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion\, performance\, creation and teaching of jazz music. She Said / She Says will be performed by the Metta Quintet\, JazzReach’s resident ensemble. \nUse the code jazzwomen2023 at online checkout to receive free tickets!
URL:https://basicberkshires.org/event/jazzreach-metta-quintets-she-said-she-says-women-in-jazz/2023-03-09/1/
LOCATION:Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center\, 14 Castle Street\, Great Barrington\, MA\, 01230
CATEGORIES:Educational,Family Friendly,Music,Performance
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