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November 2019
Arlo Guthrie: 50th Anniversary of Alice’s Restaurant
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the movie Alice’s Restaurant, based on the song by Arlo Guthrie. To commemorate the occasion, Guthrie is on extensive tour stretching from the fall of last year through 2020. Guthrie wrote a folk song about a series of unbelievable events that began on Thanksgiving in 1965. “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” struck a chord with the anti-war counterculture. By 1967 Guthrie had gone from playing small clubs to playing festivals and stadiums. “Arthur Penn (who…
Find out more »TLI Open Forum: Finding Home/Belonging
Keynote presentation by Eva Millona (Executive Director, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition), performance with Neuza de Pina (Cape Verdean singer).Panel Discussion with Neuza de Pina, Eva Millona, artist Frances Jetter, and Berkshire Immigrant Center Senior Case Worker Lorena Dus.
Find out more »An Afternoon at the Opera
The Berkshire Concert Choir, Paula Nuss, Artistic Director, presents “An Afternoon at the Opera” featuring choruses from Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Phantom of the Opera with soloists and piano. At Common Room, Zion Lutheran Church, 74 First Street, Pittsfield.
Find out more »Arlo Guthrie: 50th Anniversary of Alice’s Restaurant
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the movie Alice’s Restaurant, based on the song by Arlo Guthrie. To commemorate the occasion, Guthrie is on extensive tour stretching from the fall of last year through 2020. Guthrie wrote a folk song about a series of unbelievable events that began on Thanksgiving in 1965. “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” struck a chord with the anti-war counterculture. By 1967 Guthrie had gone from playing small clubs to playing festivals and stadiums. “Arthur Penn (who…
Find out more »BSO Community Chamber Concert at MCLA
Community Chamber Concerts build personal connections to the BSO and orchestral music, allowing community members to become more deeply engaged with the BSO over time. Each concert is followed by a coffee and dessert reception for the audience and musicians. Free.
Find out more »Handel’s MESSIAH Sing
A memorable tradition, Berkshire Bach Society’s annual Messiah Sing, always held on Thanksgiving weekend, is the Society’s gift to the community and heralds the beginning of the holiday season and the coming New Year. For over 50 years now, communities both large and small across the U.S. have organized Messiah Sings based on George Frideric Handel’s English language oratorio composed in 1741. Sometimes called a Messiah “sing-in” or Messiah “sing-along”, these sings have become increasingly popular and are a fun…
Find out more »December 2019
TLI Concert: KODÁLY & BEETHOVEN
Victor Romanul & Xin Ding, violin; Daniel Getz, viola; Adam Esbensen, cello. KODÁLY Duo for violin and cello, Op. 7. BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat, Op. 74, The Harp.
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Hotel on North
Winterlights @ Naumkeag
The Briarcliff Motel
Berkshire Elegant Country Inns
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