BASIC Berkshires

Norman Rockwell Museum Holiday Week Programs
2024-12-24 11:00 - 15:00, 2024-12-23 11:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road Route 183, Stockbridge, MA, 01262, United States
Dec 23 – 29, 2024
Families with kids of all ages are invited to get creative at the Norman Rockwell Museum! Join us for gallery activities and make your own art inspired by works on view in the collection and current exhibitions.
Free with Museum admission; free for kids and teens.

Tinker Tots
2024-12-24 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-12-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-11-26 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-11-19 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-11-12 10:00 - 11:00, 2024-11-05 10:00 - 11:00 and 5 more dates | 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.

John Pizzarelli Big Band "Dear Mr. Sinatra"
2024-12-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
Mr. Pizzarelli salutes the Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, performing with an excellent 17-piece big band that kicks with a brawling, Count Basie-like exuberance. He will play songs written for Sinatra including Witchcraft, Wee Small Hours and Ring a Ding Ding, salute his collaboration with Antonio Carlos Jobim and will also play a number of his signature Sinatra at the Sands arrangements. Pizzarelli will also recall his opening for Sinatra in 1993. It is a trip back in time and a fresh, present day swingfest!

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
2024-12-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
Celebrate the Mahaiwe’s annual tradition screening It’s a Wonderful Life for free! James Stewart is George Bailey in this holiday classic by Frank Capra. (Rated PG / 2h 10m)

COWS AND HOLLY: SANDRA BOYNTON TRIES TO EXPLAIN HER WILD NEW CHRISTMAS ALBUM
2024-12-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
Just in time for Christmas! Cartoonist, writer, and songwriter Sandra Boynton presents her most recent album/songbook, Cows and Holly, created alongside her long-time music collaborator, Michael Ford. The album’s songs—performed by Zooey Deschanel, Lyle Lovett, Yo-Yo Ma, Patti LuPone, Raúl Esparza, Linda Eder, and many others—are all new, yet have a Christmas Classics feel to them, ranging from 60s Surf Rock to A Cappella Motet to Celtic Jig to Rat Pack Crooner to Doo-wop to Broadway to Folk-Country and beyond.

VIM Community Group
2024-12-12 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-11-14 17:30 - 19:30, 2024-10-10 17:30 - 19:30 | MA
If you are new to the community — or you have been here for a while and want to get to know new people, learn about the important things happening here, participate in recreational activities, and live a healthy and fulfilling life — WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN our VIM community group. We will meet at the new clinic located at 199 South St. in PITTSFIELD.

Met Opera in HD: Mozart's The Magic Flute
2024-12-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
This was the groundbreaking broadcast that launched the Met’s heralded Live in HD series, seen by opera lovers in movie theaters around the world. Adults and children alike were enchanted by the whimsical humor and breathtaking puppetry of Julie Taymor’s hit production, presented in a shortened English-language version. Under the baton of Maestro James Levine, a winning ensemble cast – including Nathan Gunn, Ying Huang, Matthew Polenzani, Erika Miklosa, and René Pape – brings fresh life to Mozart’s timeless fairy tale.

The Wizard of Oz(1939)
2024-11-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
$8 / $5 ages 12 and under
ConnectorCare/WIC/EBT Card to Culture*
Join Dorothy, Toto, The Tin Man, Scarecrow, and The Cowardly Lion in this all-time musical favorite about friendship, courage, adventure, and home. The Mahaiwe’s screening is a community tradition on the Saturday following Thanksgiving every year. (Rated G / 1h 42m)

The MET Opera Live in HD: Puccini's Tosca
2024-11-24 13:00 - 16:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
$25 / $10 ages 21 and under
ConnectorCare/WIC/EBT Card to Culture*
This screening is an encore date per Mahaiwe scheduling.
Extraordinary Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate title diva in David McVicar’s thrilling production, transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas. British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso makes his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and powerhouse American baritone Quinn Kelsey is the sadistic chief of police Scarpia. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies.

Haitian Creole Legal Rights Zoom Meeting
2024-11-18 10:00 - 12:00 | MA
Join us for a presentation and Q&A session in Haitian Creole to prepare and know your legal rights for the Haitian Community.
This event will be in Haitian Creole.
Speaker:
Immigration Lawyer Harvey Bazile
Monday, November 18th from 10am to 12pm
In person meeting available at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, second floor auditorium
67 East St.
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Zoom link available:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88543055030
Meeting ID: 885 4305 5030

100 Years of Movies: The Grand Budapest Hotel
2024-11-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, 01230
Wes Anderson’s stylistic filmmaking takes on high crime in this star-studded comedy. The ensemble cast features Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Saoirse Ronan, Jason Schwartzman, Léa Seydoux, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Owen Wilson, and Tony Revolori. (Rated R, 1h 39min.)
This event is part of the Mahaiwe’s 100 Years of Movies series — Join film director and educator Deborah Reinisch for a century of movies at the Mahaiwe, 1914 through 2014. Deborah will introduce a classic film from each decade, each dated 10 years apart, highlighting what was going on in Hollywood, the Berkshires and the world.

Day of the Dead with MASS MoCA
2024-11-01 17:00 - 23:59 | MASS MoCA, 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, 01247, United States
Public program, free with registration:
Join us for our annual celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the Mexican holiday of remembrance for those who have passed away. Bring your friends and family members to contribute to an altar with your own ofrenda including photos or tokens of past loved ones and participate in one of our art making activities. Enjoy Mexican specialty foods while you listen to the music of student performers throughout the night right in the MASS MoCA lobby.
At 5:15pm MASS MoCA’s Senior Manager of School Programs Rebecca Cuscaden Marvin will present a special-edition Family Storytime. Then, join us in the R&D Store at 6pm with writer and curator Elizabeth Ferrer for an in-depth look at a pioneering Chicano photographer, Louis Carlos Bernal, who preserved the legacy of his Southwestern community.
MASS MoCA presents Día de Los Muertos in collaboration with Latinas413 and other community organizations in Berkshire County.
More information here: https://massmoca.org/event/dia-de-los-muertos/

Halloween Parade
2024-10-31 10:00 - 11:00 | Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, 012201
Children 6 and under are invited to come trick-or-treat at the Library! Come in your costume, trick-or-treat at all of the service desks, and stay for fun activities.
Los niños de 6 años o menos están invitados a venir a pedir dulces en la biblioteca. Ven con tu disfraz, pide dulces en todos los mostradores de servicio y quédate para disfrutar de actividades divertidas.
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. 203.
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.

Yoga for All
2024-10-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield, MA, 012201
This “Yoga for All” class was specifically designed to welcome Berkshire county immigrants to experience yoga together. We’ll do a gentle/moderate chair yoga sequence, but please feel free to bring a mat if you prefer. Open to new and experienced practitioners.
This class will be taught by yoga therapist Kathleen Kraft.

Festival Latino of the Berkshires
2024-09-28 12:00 - 18:00 | Great Barringtown Town Hall Saint James Place, 352 Main St, Great Barrington, 01230, United States
Experience a day filled with vibrant music, dance, and performances that will transport you to the heart of Latin America!
