THE CALENDAR • CALENDAR DIRECTORY • EXHIBITIONS
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Helsinki Hudson • Merlin and Polina Shepherd Klezmer Duo — featuring two great virtuosos and innovators combining forces in a spiritual celebration of cross-cultural world music • 7 pm (doors 5 pm) • info and tickets ($15-$20) at helsinkihudson.com
Music from Salem opens its 2018 season with Schubert’s “Winterreise” song cycle, specially arranged for mezzo-soprano and string quartet • 4 pm • Hubbard Hall • Admission: Pay what you wish, so everyone can attend ($25 suggested contribution) • advance tickets at www.hubbardhall.org or 518-677-2495
DANCE
Mahaiwe • Bolshoi Ballet in HD: “Giselle” pre-show talk with Jacob’s Pillow Scholar-in-residence Brian Schaefer • 12:40 pm • free with Bolshoi ticket
Mahaiwe • Bolshoi Ballet in HD: “Giselle.” When Giselle learns that her beloved Albrecht is promised to another woman, she dies of a broken heart in his arms. While Albrecht grieves, she returns from the dead as a Wili, a vengeful spirit meant to make unfaithful men dance until death… • 1 pm • $17 or $10 for everyone 21 and under • www. mahaiwe.org
Skidmore • Viva la Danse! (April 6-8). Skidmore’s Music and Dance departments join for a grand performance featuring classical ballet workshop students led by ballet master Denise Warner Limoli, with the Skidmore College Orchestra conducted by Anthony Holland. The program includes selections from Swan Lake, Act II and Gaîté Parisienne, a light-hearted “operetta in dance.” • today’s time, 3 pm • Zankel Music Center • Adults $10, Senior citizens $7, free for students and children. • ticket info at 518-580-5321 or www.skidmore.edu/Zankel
FILM
Images • “ The Leisure Seeker” — Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are a runaway couple going on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker • today’s times, 3 & 5:30 pm • ww.www.imagescinema.org
MISC.
Fish Creek Rod and Gun Club • All welcome to Sunday breakfast (second Sunday of the month). Eggs cooked to order, bacon, sausage, toast (white or wheat), pancakes (regular, blueberry, buckwheat, apple cinnamon), french toast, home fries and beverages • 8-11 am • route 32 south of the village of Victory (look for the sign) • $8 for adult; $4 child • 518-695-3917
Green Mountain Club (Killington section) • Annual Meeting. Bring a dish to share and your own place setting for a potluck meal, followed by a short meeting to update everyone on trail news and election of officers. All welcome! • noon • Godnick Center, Deer Street, Rutland City • more info from Sue Thomas 802-773-2185
Maple Leaf Quilters present 29th Festival of Quilts (April 7 & 8) — Spectacular quilts - Guild Challenge - Vendors Demonstrations - Antique Quilts - Basket Auction Consignment Boutique - Raffle Quilt. Featured Quilter Sharon Shorey, Mini Quilts • today’s times, 10 am-4 pm • at NEW LOCATION! College of St. Joseph, 71 Clement Rd, Rutland VT • One day Admission $6 • info at www.mapleleafquilters.org
Northshire (Manchester store) • Meet and Greet and Fundraiser for Kathleen James for State Representative • 5:30 pm • www.northshire.com
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Images • “ The Leisure Seeker” — Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are a runaway couple going on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker • today’s times 2:20,, 4:30, 7, & 9:10 pm • ww.www.imagescinema.org
MISC.
Moreau Lake State Park • Meandering Mondays — This series starts off with something a little less challenging: a hike along the back pond on the Wetland trail • 10 am-noon • Registration necessary with 24 hours advance notice; please call 518-793-0511. Fees apply
Skidmore • “Along the Border” Brown Bag Lunch —
Tuesday
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Images • “ The Leisure Seeker” — Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are a runaway couple going on an unforgettable journey in the faithful old RV they call The Leisure Seeker • today’s times 2:20,, 4:30, 7, & 9:10 pm • ww.www.imagescinema.org
MISC.
Caffè Lena •“Immigrant Stories: In Their Own Words” — organized and sponsored by the Saratoga Immigration Coalition • 7 pm (6:30 doors) • FREE • info at www.cafelena.org
Northshire (Manchester store) • Poetry Reading with former U.S Poet Laureate Billy Collins • 7 pm • www.northshire.com
Northshire (Saratoga store) • RESCHEDULED! Saratoga Reads Marquee Event: An Evening with Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Kolbert, author of this year’s Saratoga Reads selection, “The Sixth Extinction.” Free tickets are required for this event, but the supply is now exhausted. Contact the Saratoga Springs Public Library, 49 Henry Street about the waitlist • 7 pm • at Gannett Auditorium in Palamountain Hall
Mass Audubon • Woodcock’s Sky Dance — As the sun sets in early spring, wet meadows and fields become the American woodcock’s “runway” for a beautiful aerial courtship display. Viewing the woodcock’s sky dance is a natural spectacle that shouldn’t be missed • 7:30-9:00 pm • Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox, MA • adults $5/$7; children free • Register at massaudubon.org/pleasantvalley or call 413-637-0320
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Helsinki Hudson • The Suitcase Junket — Matt Lorenz: a one-man salvage specialist singing into the hollow of a dumpster guitar, railing on a box of twisted forks and bones, and belting out mountain ballads till the house sings back • 9 pm (doors 6 pm) • info and tickets ($15/$18) at helsinkihudson.com
COMEDY
Berkshire Theatre Group • satiricist David Sedaris, one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers • 8 pm • at the Colonial • tickets ($65/$40) at 413-997-4444 or www.berkshiretheatregroup.org
THEATER
Skidmore • Theater: “Julius Caesar” — In Shakespeare’s timely political tragedy, a group of senators betray him in order to save the democracy (April 13-15,19-22) • today’s time, 8 pm • Bernhard Theater • adults $12, senior citizens and students $8 • more info at 518-580-5439
Town Players of Pittsfield presents its spring production of “The Prodigal Cow” and Nine Other Shorts by Mark Harvey Levine (runs April 13-22) • today’s time, 8 pm • in K111 at Berkshire Community College, 1350 West St. • Ticket info at www.townplayers.org or 413-443-9279
FILM
Images • “ Isle of Dogs” • today’s times, 2:25, 4:30, 7 & 9:05 pm • www.imagescinema.org
MISC.
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Helsinki Hudson • Shemekia Copeland, old-fashioned R&B, soul, and blues • 9 pm (doors 6 pm) • info and tickets ($25-$30) at helsinkihudson.com
Mahaiwe • Opera expert Scott Eyerly gives an introductory talk about Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” — one of a series of talks by Eyerly about each Met opera before its broadcast. Everyone is welcome, whether attending the 12:30 pm broadcast or not (see below) • 11 am • $10 • www.mahaiwe.org
Mahaiwe • Met Opera Live in HD: Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” about a peasant girl Luisa who sacrifices her own happiness in an attempt to save her father’s life • 12:30 pm • $25 or $10 for age 21 and under • www.mahaiwe.org
Skidmore • ELM Chamber Music s eries: Bartók String Quartet Series presents Ying Quartet, which performs Mendelssohn’s Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 12, Bartók’s Quartet No. 5 and Dvorak’s Quartet in C major, Op. 61 • 8 pm • Zankel Music Center • Adults $8, Senior citizens $5, free for students and children • info and tickets at www.skidmore.edu/Zankel
Vermont Arts Exchange • Basement Music Series presents the NEKtones who take the stage delivering a full force sound laying down funky soul & R&B. The NEKtones are a quintet with a musical palette defined by the landscape of the North East Kingdom of Vermont • 8 pm (doors 7) • at the Masonic Hall, at 504 Main Street, Bennington • more info and tickets ($15/$18, or $10 for students) at 802-442-5549 or visit vtartxchange.org
Williams • Chamber Orchestra of Williams • 8 pm • Chapin Hall • free • music.williams.edu
DANCE
PS21 • Festive Opening weekend (also April 15) for new Black Box Theater featuring Caleb Teicher & Nic Gareiss, two of America’s most elegant interpreters of traditional American dance forms, including tap, clogging, flatfooting, Irish step, and contemporary hybrids • today’s time, 8 pm • tickets ($45/$40) and info at www.ps21chatham.org
COMEDY
Barrington Stage •
THEATER
Skidmore • Theater: “Julius Caesar” — In Shakespeare’s timely political tragedy, a group of senators betray him in order to save the democracy (April 13-15,19-22) • today’s time, 8 pm • Bernhard Theater • adults $12, senior citizens and students $8 • more info at 518-580-5439
Town Players of Pittsfield presents its spring production of “The Prodigal Cow” and Nine Other Shorts by Mark Harvey Levine (runs April 13-22) • today’s time, 8 pm • in K111 at Berkshire Community College, 1350 West St. • Ticket info at www.townplayers.org or 413-443-9279
Yom Ha Shoah/Holocaust Remembrance Day staged reading of THE INVESTIGATION, a play by the late German artist and writer Peter Weiss. Evening concludes with the lighting of memorial candles and the recitation of memorial prayers “El Maleh Rachamim' and the “Kaddish.” There is no admission fee • 7:30 pm • at The Chatham Synagogue 1536 Rte. 28 Chatham Center www.thechathamsynagogue.org
FILM
Images • “ Isle of Dogs” • today’s times, 2:25, 4:30, 7 & 9:05 pm • www.imagescinema.org
MISC.Northshire (Manchester store) • A Presentation by Northshire Poets reading from their new anthology of poems, “Birchsong: Poetry Centered in Vermont, v. II” • 2 pm • www.northshire.com Northshire (Saratoga store) • Romance author Laura Heffernan,presents “Reality Wedding,” the final book in her Reality Star series, a trilogy of books inspired by the world of reality television • 7 pm • www.northshire.com
Old Chatham Quaker Meeting • “Health Care: Where do we go from here” presented by Michael Kaplan, MD and Charles Wohl, MD. Both Berkshire physicians have been advocates of a single-payer – an improved Medicare-for-all – healthcare system for the United States. Dicussion follows • 7 pm (preceded by a potluck at 6) • Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham, NY, across from Pitt Hall Road and Powell House • free • more info at 518-766-2992. Directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org
Habitat for Humanity barbecue dinner • Fund-raiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties. ($12 dinner includes half chicken, baked potato, coleslaw, dinner roll, oatmeal creme cookie, and a bottle of water.) • Dinners available on first-come, first-served basis from noon to 5 p.m. (advance tickets also available) at Southern Adirondack ReStore, 1373 U.S. Route 9, Moreau, NY• 518-793-7484
Hancock Shaker Village • Baby Animals on the Shaker Farm. Meet the newest arrivals in the must-see restored Round Stone Barn and Dairy Ell.
Mass Audubon • Introduction to Gardening Organically & Community Gardens Registration — Join the Canoe Meadows Community Garden and enjoy the opportunity to grow vegetables in the most scenic community garden in the Berkshires! New garden members register for the free Introduction to Gardening Organically workshop • 10:30 am-noon • Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox • Workshop is FREE for everyone. A 6-month Community Garden membership is $35 for MAS members, $50 for nonmembers
Mass Audubon • Bat Box Building Workshop — Bat houses on your property are a great way to support these declining but important predators of flying insects (e.g. mosquitoes) in your neighborhood. A hands-on workshop to build a bat box (no experience necessary) • 1:00-2:30 pm • Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox • adults $25/$35; children free • Register at massaudubon.org/pleasantvalley or call 413-637-0320
Moreau Lake State Park • Lake Bonita Hike — a fairly flat 2+ mile hike with some beautiful views of the Lake • 1-3 pm • Registration necessary with 24 hours advance notice; please call 518-793-0511. Fees apply
Skidmore • “The Miseducation of the Black Womyn.” This three-part project — documentary film, performance and essay — “tells the stories of black womyn, written and performed by black womyn without the revision of their colonizers” • 7 pm • Tang • info at 518-580-8080 Skidmore • Tang Museum Family Saturdays: Brief tour of a current Tang exhibition followed by a hands-on art activity. Suitable for children ages 5 and up with their adult companions • 2:00-3:30 pm • Tang • Free and open to the public • reservations (strongly recommended) and info at 518-580-8080
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