THE CALENDAR • CALENDAR DIRECTORY • EXHIBITIONS
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Images • Family Flicks Under the Stars, the annual summer outdoor movie series on three consecutive Sunday nights • today’s show, “Black Panther” who defends his home and legacy in this boundary-breaking action movie • at sundown (around 8:15 pm) • Top of Spring Street, Williamstown, MA
Images • “Sorry To Bother You” (runs 7/29-8/9) -— a lampoon of societal mores and hyper-capitalist excess that doesn’t slow down for a moment for you to catch your breath • today’s times, 3 & 530 pm • www.imagescinema.org |
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Berkshire Jewish Film Festival • “A Classy Broad,” a film portrayal of the life and career of trailblazing Hollywood executive Maria Nasatir who broke through the glass ceiling as the first woman to serve as VP of Production at a major Hollywood studio • 4 pm • in the Duffin Theater, Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, MA
Berkshire Jewish Film Festival • “The Cakemaker” Unwittingly united in grief by a closet SPAC affair, a gay German baker and his deceased lover’s weary Israeli widow seek mutual catharsis in this compassionate meditation on the human urge for connection • 8 pm • in the Duffin Theater, Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East Street, Lenox, MA
Images • “Sorry To Bother You” (runs 7/29-8/9) -— a lampoon of societal mores and hyper-capitalist excess that doesn’t slow down for a moment for you to catch your breath • today’s times, 2:15, 4:30, 7 & 9:15 pm • www.imagescinema.org
MISC.
Northshire (Manchester store) • T. Greenwood presents her new book “Rust & Stardust,” a novelization of the event that inspired Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” • 5 pm • www.northshire.com
Tuesday
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Bennington Chamber Music Conference Series 2018: today, Daniel
Caffè Lena • All-day banjo workshops ($30 each, or all four for $100): Bob Altchuiler at 11 am; Jerry Oland-Scruggs at 12:30 pm, Martin Grosswendt at 2 pm and Sara Grey at 3:30 pm • info at www.caffelena.org
Caffè Lena • seventh annual Banjo Revelry. Enjoy the versatility of banjo as four master level players present a dynamic night of Old-Time, Folk, Celtic and Bluegrass of every variety • 8 pm • $20/$18 or $10 for children/students • www.caffelena.org
Guthrie Center • 2018 Troubadour Series: todayTom Paxton & The Don Juans (also on Aug. 3) • 8 pm (doors 6 pm) • Guthrie Center, Van Deusenville Road, Great Barrington • tickets $50/$60 • more info at www.guthriecenter.org
SPAC • The Philadelphia Orchestra — “Mozart & Mahler” • 8 pm • tickets ($18 for lawn - $53) at spac.org
Mahaiwe • The 4th annual Berkshire Comedy Festival with an all new line up of top comedians from around the country! • 8 pm • $25 - $40 • www.mahaiwe.org
Berkshire Theatre Group • “Hair” (runs July 5-Aug. 11) • 2 & 8 pm
MISC.
Northshire (Manchester store) • David D. Kirkpatrick, the New York Times correspondent who covered the Arab Spring, discusses his new book “Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East” — a candid narrative of how and why the Arab Spring sparked, then failed, and the truth about America’s role in that failure and the subsequent military coup that put a new strongman, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in power. • 6 pm • www.northshire.com
Northshire (Saratoga store) • Tumble Science — an afternoon of science storytelling and fun, with the creators of the popular Tumble Science podcast • 2 pm • www.northshire.com
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Caffè Lena • folksinger and songwriter Sylvia Tyson of Ian & Sylvia, accompanied by violinist Scarlet Rivera • 7 pm • info and tickets ($35/$30 or $17.50 for children/students
Music from Salem • 2018 open rehearsal: Come to Music from Salem’s home in Salem NY for an open rehearsal of the weekend’s upcoming concert. Informal and free! • 4 pm • at the Brown Farm,154 Priest Road, in Salem, New York
SPAC • The Philadelphia Orchestra — “ Young Virtuosi: Carnival of the Animals” • 2 pm • info an tickets ($18 for lawn - $53) at spac.org
SPAC • Speakers @ SPAC: Earth and Other Worlds
Tang Museum (Skidmore) • UpBeat on the Roof concert series. Today, William Hale, the Glens Falls-based epic psych-folk band led by vocalist and guitarist Lucas William Hale VanScoy • 7 pm • Tang Teaching Museum, 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs. • free • more info at 518-580-8080 or visit skidmore.edu/tan
Berkshire Theatre Group • “Hair” (runs July 5-Aug. 11) • 7 pm
Mac-Haydn • ”The Wedding Singer” (runs Aug. 9-19) • 2 & 8 pm
FILM
Images • “Sorry To Bother You” (runs 7/29-8/9) -— a lampoon of societal mores and hyper-capitalist excess that doesn’t slow down for a moment for you to catch your breath • today’s times, 2:15, 4:30, 7 & 9:15 pm • www.imagescinema.org
Summerland Music Society presents the film “The Mysterious Lady.” Pianist Cary Brown provides an improvised live soundtrack to this 1928 silent spy thriller starring Greta Garbo • 7 pm • at Crandall Public Library, 251 Glen St., Glens Falls; 518-792-6508 • Admission free, donations appreciated
MISC.
Northshire (Saratoga store) • A special kids’ event and storytime! High school junior Jamie Heath, who survived two strokes and had to learn to walk and read again, presents the new, illustrated children’s book (about her) called “Wishes are Medicine! How Make-A-Wish Gave me Hope and Helped me Heal” • 10:30 am • www.northshire.com |
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Guthrie Center • 2018 Troubadour Series: today., Seth Glier: (also on Aug.11) • 8 pm (doors 6 pm) • Guthrie Center, Van Deusenville Road, Great Barrington • tickets $25/$30 • more info at www.guthriecenter.org
Music from Salem • free workshop for kids that provides a lively introduction to music making and listening, featuring Music from Salem musicians • 3 pm • at the Greenwich Youth Center.]6 Academy Street, Greenwich, NY • more info at www.musicfromsalem.org
SPAC • The Philadelphia Orchestra — “ PlayIN for Strings with special guest, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
SPAC • The Philadelphia Orchestra — “All Bernstein: Celebrating 100 Years
Barrington Stage •“West Side Story” (Aug. 3-Sept. 1) • 2 & 8 pm
MISC.
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Caffè Lena • All-day banjo workshops ($30 each, or all four for $100): Bob Altchuiler at 11 am; Jerry Oland-Scruggs at 12:30 pm, Martin Grosswendt at 2 pm and Sara Grey at 3:30 pm • info at www.caffelena.org
Caffè Lena • seventh annual Banjo Revelry. Enjoy the versatility of banjo as four master level players present a dynamic night of Old-Time, Folk, Celtic and Bluegrass of every variety • 8 pm • $20/$18 or $10 for children/students • www.caffelena.org
Fort Salem Theater presents a Farm-to-Table Dinner Theater Cabaret, featuring Kelly Bird. At Gardenworks Farm, 1055 Route 30, Salem. Four-course dinner followed by on-premises pemance, “Kelly Bird: In My Own Way“ • $65 • Tickets may be purchased through the Fort Salem Box Office: (518) 854-9200.
Guthrie Center • 2018 Troubadour Series: todayTom Paxton & The Don Juans (also on Aug. 3) • 8 pm (doors 6 pm) • Guthrie Center, Van Deusenville Road, Great Barrington • tickets $50/$60 • more info at www.guthriecenter.org
Mahaiwe • The 4th annual Berkshire Comedy Festival with an all new line up of top comedians from around the country! • 8 pm • $25 - $40 • www.mahaiwe.org
Berkshire Theatre Group • “Hair” (runs July 5-Aug. 11) • 2 & 8 pm
Shakespeare & Co • “Love’s Labor’s Lost” (runs July 10-Aug.18) • 11 am
FILM
Images • “Sorry To Bother You” (runs 7/29-8/9) -— a lampoon of societal mores and hyper-capitalist excess that doesn’t slow down for a moment for you to catch your breath • today’s times, 2:15, 4:30, 7 & 9:15 pm • www.imagescinema.org
MISC.
Northshire (Manchester store) • David D. Kirkpatrick, the New York Times correspondent who covered the Arab Spring, discusses his new book “Into the Hands of the Soldiers: Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East” — a candid narrative of how and why the Arab Spring sparked, then failed, and the truth about America’s role in that failure and the subsequent military coup that put a new strongman, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in power. • 6 pm • www.northshire.com
Northshire (Saratoga store) • Tumble Science — an afternoon of science storytelling and fun, with the creators of the popular Tumble Science podcast • 2 pm • www.northshire.com
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