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THE CALENDAR  • CALENDAR DIRECTORYEXHIBITIONS

February 16-22 • February 23-29 • March 1-7 March 8-14March 15-21March 22-28March 29-31

SUNDAY

MONDAY
TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

23

 

MUSIC


Rock Hill • Ed Martuscello • 11 am-2 pm

 

Academy of Music Theatre • Back to the Bay State • Doors 1:30, show 2 pm

 

Dewey Hall • RUNA Celtic-American Roots Concert • Doors 2:30, concert 3 pm

 

Skidmore • David Le, flute, with Michael Sheppard on piano • 3 pm • Zankel Music Center

 

THEATER

 

Home Made Theater • “Dial M for Murder” • 2 pm • www.homemadetheater.org

 

Barrington Stage • “10x10 New Play Festival” • 3 pm

 

MISC.

 

Hubbard Hall • Russian Tea Party, benefits Hubbard Hall Ballet Costume Fund • 4 pm

 

 

24

 

MISC.


Manchester Community Library • Community Mindfulness Class with Larissa Hall Carlson • 5:30-7:30 pm

 

Greenwich Free Library • Free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance • Appts req’d at 1-800-211-5128

 

 


 

 

TUESDAY
25

 

MUSIC

 


Manchester Community Library • John Nemeth and The Blue Dreamers • 7:30 pm • www.johnnemeth.com

 

MISC.

 

Moreau Lake State Park • Lake Bonita/Lake Ann/Cottage Park Hike (Expert) • 9 am-2 pm • 24-hr adv res req’d 518-793-0511

 

 

26

 

MUSIC


Golden Era Recorded Music • “Steve’s 3 Favorite Conductors” on LP • 7-8 pm • The Listening Place

 

Bennington College • Beethoven Complete Piano Sonata Concert Series • 7:30-9 pm • Deane Carriage Barn

 

FILM

 

Greenwich Free Library (w Agricultural Stewardship Assn. • “No Impact Man” • 6-8 pm

 

MISC.

 

Moreau Lake State Park • Eastern Ridge/Ridge Run/Overlook Hike (Expert) • 9 am-2 pm • 24-hr adv res req’d 518-793-0511

 


 


 

THURSDAY

27

 

MUSIC

 


Spring Street • Jazz at the Spring: Teri Roiger, Joel Frahm & John Menegon • 7:30 pm

 

THEATER

 

Barrington Stage • “10x10 New Play Festival” • 7:30 pm

 

Curtain Call Theater • Preview: “Switzerland” • 7:30 pm

 

MISC.

 

NYS Writers Institute • Yolanda Caraway and Minyon Moore, co-authors of “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics”
• 4:15 pm Craft Talk • Standish Room, Science Library
• 7:30 pm presentation/Q&A • Campus Center Ballroom

 

Northshire
--Manchester • Clare Beams (“The Illness Lesson”) • 5 pm


--Saratoga • Bookseller Bookchat • 5:30-6:30 pm

Tang • Winter-Miller Lecture: Wangechi Mutu • 6 pm • Payne Room

 

Saratoga Springs Preserv. Fdn. • “A Gangster’s Paradise: Saratoga Springs from Prohibition to Kefauver” • 7 pm • The Inn at Saratoga, 231 Broadway

 

Mental Health First Aid • 8 am-5:30 pm • Hotel on North, 297 North St., Pittsfield, MA • Pre-reg. req’d at berkshireahec.org

Tang • Teen Studio Workshop with Wangechi Mutu • 7:30 pm • Somers Room

 

 

 


 

 

28

 

MUSIC


Smith College • Bachata Academy DREAM Project Performance • Doors 6:30, Music 7 pm • 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA • northamptonartscouncil.org

 

Rock Hill • Carolyn Shapiro • 7-9 pm

 

THEATER

 

Barrington Stage • “10x10 New Play Festival” • 7:30 pm

 

Curtain Call Theater • “Switzerland” • 8 pm

 

Skidmore • “Radium Girls” • 8 pm • Bernhard Theater

 

MISC.

 

NYS Writers Institute Albany Film Festival • “Do the Right Thing” (1989) • 7:30 pm • Page Hall • albanyfilmfestival.org • 518-442-5620

 

Northshire (Saratoga)
• Story Time w Symphony Musician • 10:30 am
• Yaddo Presents Jenny Offill (“Weather”) in conversation • 7 pm

 

Williams • Prof. Tim Carter – Class of 1960 Lecture • 4:15 pm • Bernhard Music Ctr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

MUSIC


Rock Hill •
--Dustin DeLuke • 11 am-2 pm
--The Ugly Muppets • 7-9 pm

 

Skidmore • Skidmore College Orchestra • 4 pm • Zankel Music Center

 

Vermont Art Exchange • Eastbound Jesus • Doors 7, show 8 pm • Bennington Brush Bldg., 190 North St., Bennington, VT • www.vtartxchange.org or 800-838-3006

 

Williams • So Percussion – Visiting Artist Series • 7:30 pm • Chapin Hall

 

The Clark • Met: Live In HD with “Agrippina” • 12:55 pm

 

THEATER

 

Barrington Stage • “10x10 New Play Festival” • 3 & 7:30 pm

 

Curtain Call Theater • “Switzerland” • 8 pm

 

Skidmore • “Radium Girls” • 8 pm • Bernhard Theater

 

FILM

 

NYS Military Museum • “Fascinating Life of Dr. Robert Bruce Inverarity,” by Joseph Zarzynski • 2 pm • Free

 

MISC.

 

Northshire
--Manchester:
• Micah Mortali & “Rewilding: Meditations, Practices, and Skills for Awakening in Nature” • 4 pm
--Saratoga:
• David Levine & “The Hudson Valley: The first 250 Million Yrs: A Mostly Chronological & Occasionally Personal History” • 7 pm

 

Cabin Fever Day – Fly Tying Expo • 10 am-4 pm • Field & Stream, Latham, NY • CDFlyfishers.org

 

Mass Audubon • Richardon Brook Wildlife Sanctuary Hike • 10:30 am-12:30 pm • At Richardson Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, Tolland

 

New Russia Cult. Ctr. • Russian Fest. Grand Finale • 11 am-5 pm • At Polish Comm Ctr., 225 Washington Ave. Ext., Albany, NY

 

Tang • Family Saturdays • 1-2:30 pm (5+ w adult) • Res. encouraged
• Tween Family Saturdays • 3-4:30 pm (Ages 10+ w adult)