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Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra • “America, Land of Transformation.” Experience Americana with music, film and history. Charles Ives’ Third Symphony, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, is his most nostalgic and melodic. Ned Rorem’s Pilgrims features the sound of strings in a beautiful, bittersweet reflection on pioneer life. Then Aaron Copland’s musical score to the documentary film, The City, will be performed. The film will be screened during the performance. A panel discussion based on themes presented in the film follows the concert • 4 pm • Zankel Music Center, Skidmore • Info and tickets ($30, or $10 for students) at www.theglensfallssymphony.org or 518-793-1348

Helsinki Hudson • Bindlestiff Cirkus Cabaret (family oriented show). Each month this winter, Bindlestiff Cirkus brings a new lineup, with acts including trapeze, contortion, acrobatic balance, sword swallowing, juggling, physical comedy, and oddball novelty turns • 3 pm (doors 2 pm)info and tickets ($12-$45) • at helsinkihudson.com

Mahaiwe • Met Opera Live in HD: Rossini’s Semiramide” encore • 1 pm • $25 or $10 for age 21 and under • www.mahaiwe.org

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Ghent Playhouse • “Cabaret” (runs March 16-April 1) • today’s time, 2 pm

MISC.

Old Chatham Quaker Meeting • Michael Mears performs his one man play “This Evil Thing,” a compelling and rarely told story about conscientious objectors in the First World War, men who said no to war and consequently endured ostracism, beatings, torture, imprisonment and even death., Dicussion follows • 1:45 pm (preceded by a potluck at 12::45) • Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham, NY, across from Pitt Hall Road and Powell House • $10 • more info at 518-766-2992. Directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org

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Would you like to learn more about the Protestant Reformation? • A four-session mini-course explores three of the most important figures of the Protestant Reformation. Today’s class, “ Does It Continue to Matter 500 Years Later?” • 7:00-8:30 pm • Reserve your spot today by contacting All Saints Berkshires, 59 Summer Street, North Adams, MA at 413-664-9656 or email allsaintsberkshires@gmail.com

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Northshire Saratoga Knit Wits Reading Group discusses “The 6th Extinction: A Sigma Force Novel” by James Rollins • 6:30 pm • at Common Thread, 512 Broadway • Please email Leah Moore at lmoore@northshire.com to inquire or join this group!

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Berkshire Bach Society • Bach’s Birthday Dinner Party
with Juilliard Pre-College students • 6 pm • White Hart Inn, Salisbury, CT

Paramount • “Celtic Nights-Oceans of Hope” — the Epic story, told through song, music, dance and narration, of “people moving across Oceans from all the nations to free themselves from hunger, war, persecution and famine to find a better place” • 8 pm • info and tickets ($30–$35) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903

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Ghent Playhouse • “Cabaret” (runs March 16-April 1) • today’s time, 8 pm

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Mahaiwe • London National Theatre in HD: “Julius Caesar.” Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate • 2 pm • $17 or $10 for 21 and under, • www.mahaiwe.org

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Ghent Playhouse • “Cabaret” (runs March 16-April 1) • today’s time, 8 pm

Chatham Bookstore Wanda Fischer with Novel on Baseball and Life, Chatham Bookstore, March 24. Wanda Fischer discusses her book “Empty Seats” on Saturday, March 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. She is perhaps best known for her folk music show on WAMC public radio, "The Hudson River Sampler." A conversation with Thomas Chulak from the bookstore and Q & A will follow a brief reading. Free. Refreshments. Live at the Chatham Bookstore, 27 Main St., Chatham, NY. 518-392-3005. 
https://chathambookstore.com/

Merck Forest • Maple Celebration/Pancake Breakfast at Merck Forest (also on 3/25). Fabulous Maple Celebration features Merck’s own sausage and syrup, and is a terrific way to send Old Man Winter packing. There are wagon-rides, plenty of sugaring-themed demonstrations and family-friendly farm fun • 9 am - 2 pm • Merck Forest and Farmland Center, 3270 Route 315, Rupert, VT • adults $10, and children 5-12 are $5