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THE CALENDAR  • CALENDAR DIRECTORYEXHIBITIONS

November 11-17 • November 18-24 November 25-30

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MUSIC


Caffè Lena • Bobby Long — Long emerged from Londons club scene with a reputation for creating haunting songs that are sincere, simple and gracious • 7 pm • $18/$16 or $9 for children/students) • www.caffelena.org

 

Close Encounters with Music presents Conversations with…Caryl Clark
“RECONSIDERING THE LEGACY OF HAYDN” — the first installment of the “Conversations with….” series.
Is Haydn, Father of the symphony and the string quartet, the underappreciated Classical composer, a duller, rougher antecedent to Mozart and Beethoven? • 3 pm • at West Stockbridge Historical Society, Old Town Hall, West Stockbridge, MA • tickets ($20) at cewm.org, at 800-843-0778, or at the door

 

Helsinki Hudson • Bobby Previte’s Double Trio — just the latest project of the innovative bandleader, composer, and drummer • 8 pm (doors 6 pm) • info and tickets ($15) at helsinkihudson.com

 

Paramount • Met Opera Live in HD: Nico Muhly’s “Marnie,” a reimagining of Winston Graham’s novel which also inspired a film by Alfred Hitchcock • 12:55 pm • Adults $23 / Students $10 • info and tickets at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903

 

DANCE

 

Mahaiwe • Bolshoi Ballet in HD: “La Sylphide.” On his wedding day, the young Scotsman James is awakened with a kiss from an ethereal winged creature, a Sylph • 1 pm (12:40 pm talk with Jacob’s Pillow) • $17 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under • www.mahaiwe.org

 


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Bridge Street Theatre presents “CASSE NOISETTE” (runs Nov. 8-18) • 2 pm

 

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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


 


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Bridge Street Theatre presents “CASSE NOISETTE” (runs Nov. 8-18) • 7:30 p

 

MISC.

 

Northshire (Saratoga store) • KIDS EVENT:Learn about 21 women who changed the way we think. Caldecott medalist Emily Arnold McCully reads from and discusses her book “She Did It!” • 4 pm • details at www.northshire.com

 

Northshire Women Reading Group (Manchester store) meets to discuss “The Keeper of Lost Things: A Novel” by Ruth Hogan • 6 pm • at The Inn at Manchester • Please email Denise Elwell at delwell@gmail.com to inquire or join this group!


 

 


 

TUESDAY
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MUSIC

 


Caffè Lena • JAZZ at Caffe Lena with Chuck Lamb Trio with Guest Valery Ponomarev • 7 pm • info and tickets ($20/$18 or $10 for children/students) at www.caffelena.org

Paramount • Brick Box Live: featured musician Kris Collett and Damn It All, from Rutland, VT • 7:30 pm • info and tickets ($10) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903

 

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Bridge Street Theatre presents “CASSE NOISETTE” (runs Nov. 8-18) • 730 pm


MISC.


Northshire History Reading Group (Manchester store) meets to discuss “Frederick Douglass” by William S. McFeely
• 5:30 pm • at the bookstore • Please email Louise Jones at ljones@northshire.com to inquire or join this group!

 

Northshire Saratoga Romance Reading Group meets to discuss “It Takes Two to Tumble: Seducing the Sedgwicks” by Cat Sebastian • 6 pm • at the bookstore • Please email Rachel Person at rperson@northshire.com to inquire or join this group!



 

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Caffè Lena • Jonathan Scales Fourchestra — “one of the most innovative steel pannists on the planet” • 7 pm • tickets ($22/$20 or $11 for children/student) • info at www.caffelena.o

Mahaiwe • encore of Nico Muhly’s “Marnie” based on Winston Graham’s novel, which in turn inspired Alfred Hitchock’s suspenseful thriller, live in HD from the Met (also at The Clark, see above) • 1 pm • $25 adults / $10 everyone 21 and under • www.mahaiwe.org

 

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Bridge Street Theatre presents “CASSE NOISETTE” (runs Nov. 8-18) • 7:30

 

MISC.

 

Northshire Dark Side Reading Group (Manchester store) meets to discuss “The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian” by David Dyer • 1 pm • at the bookstore • New members welcome: send email to agraves@northshire.com

 

 


 

THURSDAY

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MUSIC


Caffè Lena • Beaucoup Blue — “smooth, deep Philadelphia duo that blends folk, R&B, jazz and country blues together in songs that might be classics, or might just sound like it” • 7 pm • tickets ($18/$16 or $9 for children/students) • info at www.caffelena.org

Berkshire Theatre Group • $5 Comedy Garage: Catherine Cohen • 7:30 pm • at The Garage (located in the Colonial lobby) • tickets $5 • info at www.berkshiretheatregroup.org


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Bridge Street Theatre presents “CASSE NOISETTE” (runs Nov. 8-18) • 7:30 pm

 

MISC.

 

Hubbard Hall • storytelling evening (monthly event) Community members are invited to come and share their stories, with up to 10 storytellers sharing each night • 6 pm • in the Round House Bakery Café • info at 518-677-2495 or www.hubbardhall.org

 

Northshire Mystery and Thriller ReadinStef Penneyre) meets to discuss “The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel” by Stef Penney • 2 pm • at the bookstore • Please emeal Sarah Knight at sknight@northshire.com to inquire or join this group!

 

Ruland County Audubon • West Rutland Marsh Monitoring Walk — 155 species have been recorded at this Important Bird Area. Kids, new birders and non-members always welcome! Try the the 3.7 mile loop around the marsh or go halfway. Meet at the marsh boardwalk on Marble Street at 8 am. Contact birding@rutlandcountyaudubon.org or 802-775-7119


Skidmore • Classics Lecture: “Perpetua–Athlete of God,” by Barbara K. Gold • 5:15 pm • Emerson Auditorium • For more information call 518-580-5462.


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Caffè Lena • Nordlys Global Voices: Stelios Petrakis Quartet • 8 pm • tickets ($25/$22 or $12.50 for children/students) • info at www.caffelena.org

 

Paramount • Singer songwriter Don McLean whose “American Pie” remains one of the great tracks in popular music history, an epic rumination on the 1950s and 60s • 7:30 pm • info and tickets ($45 – $65) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903

 

Williams • Berkshire Symphony offers the season’s second concert featuring music of Shulamit Ran and Sergei Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet,” as well as Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 3 • 8 pm in Chapin (Pre-Concert Talk with conductor Ronald Feldman at 7:15 in Brooks-Rogers) • music.williams.edu


 

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Bridge Street Theatre presents “CASSE NOISETTE” (runs Nov. 8-18) • 7:30 pm


Skidmore College • “We Used to Wear Bonnets” • 8 pm

 

MISC.

 

Northshire (Manchester store) • Historian Rick Winston presents “Red Scare in the Green Mountains: Vermont in the McCarthy Era, 1946-1960, explorng the forgotten history of Vermont during the anti-communist red scare: a high-profile academic firing, left-leaning summer residents, courageous newspaper editors, and a conservative senator who helped take down McCarthy • 6 pm • more info at www.northshire.com

 

Northshire (Saratoga store) • Virginia Sole-Smith reads and discusses her book “The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America” • 7 pm • details at www.northshire.com


‘Yoga Place • Come dance at Nataraja, a monthly gathering for the local dance community on the third Friday of each month. The forming of Nataraja “came out of a desire from and for dancers of any shape, size and ability to have a[ safe and fun place to find their artistic expression” • 7:00-8:30 pm • at The Yoga Place, 532 Main Street in Bennington, VT • $5 donation (for the Greater Bennington Interfaith Community Services) • Please call 802-442-5331 for more information

 

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Berkshire Theatre Group • Berkshire Theatre Group • David Grover’s Children’s Concert • 11 am • at the Garage (located in The Colonial Theatre lobby) • Please reserve your FREE ticket in advance by calling the Box Office: 413-997-4444 • more info at www.berkshiretheatregroup.org

 

Caffè Lena •The Lustre Kings, invigorating rockabilly • 8 pm • tickets ($22/$20 or $11 for children/students) • info at www.caffelena.org

 

Colonial presents Start Making Sense: A Talking Heads Tribute • 8 pm • tickets ($25) and more info at 413-997-4444, or online at www.berkshiretheatregroup.org

 

Mahaiwe • Arlo Guthrie with his Alice’s Restaurant Back by Popular Demand tour • 8 pm • $29 – $79 • www.mahaiwe.org

 

Paramount • country singer Joe Nichols • 8 pm • info and tickets ($50 & $60) at www.paramountvt.org or 802-775-0903

 

DANCE

 

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center • ABT Studio Company — Sascha Radetsky, Artistic Director • 7:30 pm • 120 Broadway PO Box 482 Tivoli NY • For information and reservations (Adults $30; Student Rush and Children $10), call 845-757-5106 x112 or order on-line

 

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Bridge Street Theatre presents “CASSE NOISETTE” (runs Nov. 8-18) • 7:30 pm


Skidmore College • “We Used to Wear Bonnets” • 8 pm

 

MISC.


Northshire (Manchester store) • Teresa Stores presents “Frost Heaves,” a collection of stories • 6 pm • more info at www.northshire.com

 

Northshire (Saratoga store) hosts Robert Broder and Jenn Kocsmiersky as they tell the story of “Paul and His Ukelele” •11:00 am • details at www.northshire.com

Northshire (Saratoga store) Edward G. Lengel reads and discusses his new book “Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War’s Lost Battalion” focusing on the stories of four men whose lives were forever changed by the attack into Europe’s forbidding Argonne Forest. • 7 pm • details at www.northshire.com


Chatham Bookstore • Hudson, NY, artist Maude White shows and describes her papercutting art, and brings two books, the newly published “Leading with Love: Inspiration for Spiritual Activists,” and “Brave Birds.” A conversation with Thomas Chulak from the bookstore and Q & A follow the brief presentation • 5-7 pm • at the booktore, 27 Main, Chatham, NY • free • more info at 518-392-3005 or chathambookstore.com

 

Northshire (Manchester store) • Storytime with Lesley Nase and Rebecca Nase Chomyn: “Who Paints the World?” — a special storytime event with this Vermont mother & daughter/writer & illustrator team presenting their new book which encourages children who need love and support to create their own world • 11 am • more info at www.northshire.com

Skene Manor’s Annual Basket Party • You can help support the Skene Manor Basket Party! Donations of Theme Baskets are needed to make this a successful Fund Raiser. If you need assistance in creating a basket please call 499-0913 and Jean will gladly help. A few completed Sponsor Baskets are available for purchase to donate to this Basket Party • Doors will open at 11:00 am and drawing begins at 1:00 pm • held at the Whitehall High School on Buckley Road • Admission Ticket$, 5.00 (admission is required for ages 5 & up)
Additional Tickets $2.00 Complimentary cookies, iced tea and lemonade. A light lunch is available. Many baskets, raffles and 50/50 raffle