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May 6-12 • May 13-19 • May 20-26 May 27-31

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13

 

MUSIC


Battenkill Chorale presents “RISING ABOVE THE BATTLEGROUND: The Music of France and Belgium”(also on 5/12). Joseph Jongen, Mass, Op. 130, and works of Flor Peeters, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, and Charles-Marie Widor. Janet McGhee, Artistic Director; Gene Marie Callahan, Guest Conductor; Erich Borden, Accompanist; with Soloists Sara White, Paula Sawyer, Michael Gallagher, Nicholas Lasoff • today’s time, 4 pm • Immaculate Conception Church 67 Main St. Hoosick Falls, NY • Purchase tickets in advance ($20) by calling 518-692-7458 or emailing battenkilltickets@gmail.com

 

Paramount • Ronan Tynan, member of the Irish Tenors • 4 pm • info and tickets ($34-$39) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903


Williams • Qiana Yang ’19, piano • 1 pm • Brooks-Rogers • free • music.williams.edu

 

Williams • Piano Studio Recital • 3 pm • Brooks-Rogers • free • music.williams.edu

 

THEATER


PS21 presents Nancy Rothman as Erma Bombeck in a Staged Reading of “At Wit’s End”(also on May 12) • today’s time, 2 pm • at PS21’s new theater located at 2980 Route 66, Chatham, NY • tickets ($20/$15) and info at www.ps21chatham.org

 

FILM

 

Images • “Tully“ — A young mother forms a unique bond with her thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (runs May 4-17) • today’s times,3 & 5:30 pm • www.imagescinema.org

 

MISC.


Skene Manor • Mother’s Day Brunch — Treat Mom to beautiful views and brunch in an elegant Victorian Tea Room at Skene Manor, which is on the Registry of Historic Buildings. Everything is included, even a flower for Mom • 11 am-3 pm • 8 Potter’s Terrace, Whitehall, NY • Adults $20.00; ages 5-12 years old $10.00; under 5 free • Reservations are best; please call 518-499-1906

 

Claverack Free Library • annual spring book and plant sale (runs May 11, 12 & 13). The weekend offers book lovers the region’s largest selection of gently used fiction and non-fiction titles and children’s books, all organized by subject beneath the tents. Today’s sale also features live plants – vegetable, annuals and perennials – as well as an offering of gardening and landscape design books • today’s times, 10 am-2 pm • 629 State Route 23B • info at 518 851-7120


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MUSIC


Caffè Lena • Open mic night • Sign-up is 7 pm to 7:25 pm Show at 7:30 / 2 songs or 10 minutes • info at www.caffelena.org

 

Williams • Cello Studio Recital • 6 pm • Brooks-Rogers • free • music.williams.edu

 

FILM


Images • “Tully“ — A young mother forms a unique bond with her thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (runs May 4-17) • today’s times, 2:30, 4:30, 7 & 9 pm • www.imagescinema.org

 

MISC.


Northshire Women Reading Group (Manchester store) meets to discuss Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee • 6 pm • at The Inn at Manchester, 3967 Main St., Manchester Center, VT • Please email Denise Elwell at delwells@gmail.com to inquire or join this group

 

Northshire Saratoga Romance Reading Group meets to discuss “A Duke in Shining Armor: Difficult Dukes” by Loretta Chase • 6 pm • at the Bookstore • Please email Rachel Person at rperson@northshire.com to inquire or join this group!

 

 


 

Tuesday
15

 

MUSIC


Caffè Lena • Rochmon Record Club listens to and discusses The Door’s debut album “The Doors.” A Rochmon Record Club Listening Party is meant to inform and deepen understanding of the history of the individual performers, the songs and the stories that went into the making of the iconic album • presentation at 7 pm (doors 6:30 pm) • tickets ($8) and more info at www.caffelena.org

 

Williams • MIDWEEK MUSIC • 12:15 pm (bring lunch) • Chapin Hall • music.williams.edu

 

Williams • Jazz Guitar Studio Recital • 7 pm • Brooks-Rogers • free • music.williams.edu

 

Williams • Piano Studio Recital • 3 pm • Brooks-Rogers • free • music.williams.edu


Williams • Piano Studio Recital • 3 pm • Brooks-Rogers • free • music.williams.edu

 

FILM


Crandall Library • film “The Women’s Balcony” (2016) An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem • 2:30 & 6:30 pm • Community Room • 518-792-6508 or www.crandalllibrary.org

 

Images • “Tully“ — A young mother forms a unique bond with her thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (runs May 4-17) • today’s times, 2:30, 4:30, 7 & 9 pm • www.imagescinema.org

 

MISC.


Bennington College • Visual Arts Lecture Series: today, Odili Donald Odita whose signature geometric murals and site-specific flags appeared in New Orleans’ citywide art triennial, “Prospect4” • 7 pm • Tishman Hall • Learn more at bennington.edu

 

Northshire History Reading Group (Manchester store) meets to discuss “Mother Jones” by Elliott Gorn • 5:30 pm • at the bookstore • Please email Jean Miller at vtjem@comcast.net to inquire or join this group

 

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MUSIC


Caffè Lena • monthly Bluegrass Jam hosted by Schroon River String Band. ALL are welcome to join the circle for an evening playing and listening to classic grass and new grass • doors 6:30 pm; music at 7 • info at www.caffelena.org

 

Paramount • the Mersey Beatles — This Liverpool-based Beatles Tribute Band was the resident band for over a decade at the world famous CAVERN CLUB, where The Beatles got their start • 7 pm • info and tickets ($29-$49) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903

 

FILM

 

Images • “Tully“ — A young mother forms a unique bond with her thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (runs May 4-17) • today’s times, 2:30, 4:30, 7 & 9 pm • www.imagescinema.org

 

MISC.


Northshire Saratoga Truth & Tales Reading Group meets to discuss “The Great Derangement: ClimatChange and the Unthinkable” by Amitav Ghosh • 5:45 pm • at the bookstore • www.northshire.com

 

Northshire Saratoga Knit Wits Reading Group discusses “Picnic at Hanging Rock” by Joan Lindsay • 6:30 pm • at Common Thread, 512 Broadway • www.northshire.com

 




 

 

Thursday
17

 

COMEDY


Berkshire Theatre Group • $5 Comedy Garage: Comedian Kat Radley • 7:30 pm • at the Garage (in the lobby of the Colonial) • tickets ($5) at 413-997-4444 or wwwberkshiretheatregroup.org

 

MUSIC

 

Caffè Lena • Slaid Cleaves — Maine-born, Austin-based singer-songwriter who spins earthy ballads “with a novelist’s eye and a poet’s heart” • 7 pm • info and tickets ($24/$22 or $12 for children/students) at www.caffelena.org

 

Crandall Library Live! Folklife Concert: Techung, a Tibetan folk and freedom singer/songwriter best known for his performances of traditional Tibetan music, dance and opera • 7 pm • Community Room

 

FILM


Images • “Tully“ — A young mother forms a unique bond with her thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging young nanny named Tully (runs May 4-17) • today’s times, 2:30, 4:30, 7 & 9 pm • www.imagescinema.org

 

MISC.

 

Northshire (Manchester store) • George Michelsen Foy presents “Run the Storm,” the harrowing true account of the mysterious disappearance of the SS El Faro, a gigantic American cargo ship that sank in the Bermuda Triangle • 6 pm • www.northshire.com

Northshire Mystery and Thriller Reading Group (Manchester store) meets to discuss “Magpie Murders” by Anthony Horowitz • 2 pm • at the bookstore • Please email Sarah Knight at sknight@northshire.com to inquire or join this group!


Slate Valley Museum • Create on Slate;”Rock Mosaics with Pebbles” Kids have the chance to create their own unique artwork by piecing together rocks and pebbles on a slate “canvas” to make an interesting design , 3-5 pm

 

Northshire (Manchester store) • KIDS event: Mo Willems Bus Tour. Come meet Elephant and Piggie costume characters and enjoy extra-special events in the new Mo Willems activities bus • 3 pm • www.northshire.com

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MUSIC


Berkshire Theatre Group • Catch the Fever: An Evening with Fabrizio and the Fever • 7 pm • at the Colonial • tickets ($25/$14) at 413-997-4444 or wwwberkshiretheatregroup.org

 

Caffè Lena • Vilray, who “sings, whistles, and plays guitar with a sound that recalls both the warmth of radio’s golden age and the intimacy of parlor concerts in a time before recordings”
• 8 pm • info and tickets ($18/$16 or $9 for children/students at www.caffelena.org

 

DANCE


Contra Dance in Greenwich, NY • The Library All-Stars dance band presents a lively evening of square and contra dancing as they teach about the deep traditions of this art form and vital contemporary community that continues to practice it. They’ll start with a family dance and then have a short contra lesson; it will be a fun event for families and new dancers as well as the “pros” • 7-10 pm • at the St Joseph’s parish hall on Hill Street in Greenwich • info and directions from Greenwich Free Library 518-692-7157 or amiller@sals.edu

 

THEATER
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Dorset Players •“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” (May 18-20 & 25-27).• today’s time, 7:30 pm


Ghent Playhouse • “Our Town” (runs May 18-June 3) • today’s time, 8 pm
Two of Us Productions presents ”Lend Me a Tenor” (runs May 18-27) • 7:30 pm

 

FILM


Images • film“RBG” about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has unexpectedlly become a pop culture icon (runs May 18-24) • today’s times, 2:30, 4:30, 7 & 9 pm • www.imagescinema.org

 

MISC.


Northshire (Manchester store) • Christopher Wren presents “Those Turbulent Sons: Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution” • 6 pm • www.northshire.com

 

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MUSIC


Berkshire Bach Society • “Go for B’roque!” — A program showcasing and contrasting baroque modern instruments with music of Bach, Corelli, Handel, Stradella, Vivaldi, Telemann, Torelli • 7:30 pm • First Congregational Church, 251 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA • tickets ($35/$30 or free for children and full-time students) at berkshirebach.org

 

Caffè Lena • Rory Block, who’s “committed her life and her career to preserving the Delta blues tradition and bringing it to life for 21st century audiences around the world” • 8 pm • info and tickets ($35/$30 or $17.50 for children/students) at www.caffelena.org

 

Helsinki Hudson • Matthew Logan Vasquez • 9 pm (doors 6 pm) • info and tickets ($12-$15) at helsinkihudson.com

 

Paramount • The Oak Ridge Boys: Shine the Light tour — One of country music’s longest-running groups • 8 pm • info and tickets ($42-$72) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903

 

DANCE

 

Lenox Contra Dance • live music by Polaris with Jesse Ball accordion, guitar, hammered dulcimer, feet, Marta Bartholomew and Rose Jackson fiddles, Sam Zakon-Anderson piano; calling by Quena Crains • 8-11 pm with beginners’ workshop at 7:45 • Lenox Community Center, 65 Walker Street, Lenox, MA • $12/$6 • more info at www.LenoxContraDance.org

 

THEATER
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Paramount • The Rumpus, an evening of storytelling — Storytellers from around the state spin their tales around the theme: “Go Towards The Light” • 7:30 pm • info and tickets ($20) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903


Berkshire Theatre Group presents “There Are Things I Didn’t Tell You” (runs May 19, 20, 26, 27) • 7 pm


Dorset Players •“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” (May 18-20 & 25-27).• today’s time, 7:30 pm


Ghent Playhouse • “Our Town” (runs May 18-June 3) • today’s time, 8 pm


Two of Us Productions presents ”Lend Me a Tenor” (runs May 18-27) • 7:30 pm

 

FILM

 

Images • film“RBG” about U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who has unexpectedlly become a pop culture icon (runs May 18-24) • today’s times, 2:30, 4:30, 7 & 9 pm • www.imagescinema.org

 

MISC.


Northshire (Manchester store) • “Two Lives “ presented by Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of aviator-authors Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who writes about the intersection of fame and privacy from her unique perspective • 6 pm • www.northshire.com

 

Northshire (Saratoga store) • Himanee Gupta-Carlson, a professor at Empire State College, shares her book “Muncie India(na): Middletown and Asian America” and draws parallels between her descriptions of Muncie and life in Saratoga Springs • 6 pm • www.northshire.com


2018 Saratoga Horse Symposium • 27th annual educational event is a celebration of the horse for new, aspiring and experienced horse owners where attendees have the unique opportunities to interact with horses, equine veterinarians, and presenters alike. The event has numerous presenters on toplcs ranging from nutrition, training techniques, podiatry, gastrointestinal issues, and more • 9 am-4 pm • Saratolga County, 4H Training Center, 556 Middle Line Road, Ballston Spa, NY • For more info, please contact Carter Older at co263@cornell.edu, 518-885-8995, or visit the website at www.cceequine.com

 

Northshire (Saratoga store) • KIDS event: Elephant & Piggie Party! A special story time, activities, give aways and a chance to meet Gerald and Piggie — and have a photo taken with them! • 2-3 pm • www.northshire.com