Free Offerings in the Berkshires

Join us for our Sunset Serenade Music Series! Enjoy great music and spectacular foliage views Saturday nights through October. Events are free, but due to venue capacity, only ticketed guests will be admitted. 6PM – 7:30PM.

Kids and Teens under 18 always get free admission!

Clark/Oakley Humanities Fellow Kirsten Scheid, associate professor of anthropology at the American University of Beirut, presents “Curating Jerusalem Actual and Possible: Political Lessons from a non-Euclidean City,” examining an exhibition Scheid co-curated in 2018 in Jerusalem as a process-space where actors could analyze the bundling of their lives.

WCMA sparks new ways of thinking about the visual world through its innovative exhibitions, programs, publications and initiatives. Always Free!

Horton’s lecture examines Diné (Navajo) artists Bertha and Fred Stevens’ 1966–1968 tour commissioned by the United States government as an exercise of Cold War “soft power,” reframing it as a creative instance of “earth diplomacy.”

All Veterans & a guest are invited for a free dinner to thank you for your service. 4PM. Service of Appreciation & Remembrance, 6PM. All Saints Berkshires Episcopal Church, 59 Summer Street, North Adams, MA. Seating Limited, please RSVP to All Saints Parish Office by October 31 to 413-664-9656.

Manton Fellow Jiat-Hwee Chang, associate professor in the National University of Singapore’s Department of Architecture, presents “The (Trans)formation of Air-conditioning Complexes: Architectural Histories and Futures from Asia.” Chang discusses the ways in which urban populations around the world became dependent on air-conditioning and how this dependency transforms built environments, material culture, and social practices.

Children 12 and under are always FREE on family visits!