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June 2020
Shakespeare from the Whole Self: The Creative Voice (Online Class)
Join us for six transformative weeks of awareness and creative voice work. Experience the synergy of three potent methods offered together: Shakespeare & Company’s text work, Linklater Voice and The Feldenkrais Method. Discover how the liberating power of awareness can awaken your confidence, and ignite your creativity as an actor. In a supportive and playful environment, explore your voice as an expression of self and your connection to character. This online workshop is designed to serve anyone interested in exploring…
Find out more »Violent Femmes And X
With its self-titled, platinum-selling 1983 debut album, the Violent Femmes instantly became one of the most inventive and surprising bands of the era, brandishing a singular blend of folk and punk, sarcasm and spirituality, which made brilliant stories of anguish, shame and lust into hilariously dark tragicomedies on songs like “Blister in the Sun,” “Kiss Off,” and “Add It Up.” Seven albums later, in 2000, they took a long break — only to return with a vengeance with 2016’s We…
Find out more »Family Fun Day
This is an online event. This year, Mass Audubon Pleasant Valley is taking Family Fun Day virtual! Tune in on June 6 for visits from animal ambassadors, guided nature exploration, and creative, hands-on nature activities. Then you and your family can get outside to participate in a nature scavenger hunt!
Find out more »Shakespeare from the Whole Self: The Creative Voice (Online Class)
Join us for six transformative weeks of awareness and creative voice work. Experience the synergy of three potent methods offered together: Shakespeare & Company’s text work, Linklater Voice and The Feldenkrais Method. Discover how the liberating power of awareness can awaken your confidence, and ignite your creativity as an actor. In a supportive and playful environment, explore your voice as an expression of self and your connection to character. This online workshop is designed to serve anyone interested in exploring…
Find out more »The Suffrage Project
Due to COVID-19 mandated social Isolation, THE SUFFRAGE PROJECT has moved on-line! With the help of our partners at the Berkshire Museum, we have distributed a packet of suffrage documents to our ensemble members and challenged them to create a piece of original art (a poem, a song, a sculpture, a monologue, a dance, etc.) that speaks to this theme for them personally. Check our website and social media platforms in May and June for an evolving exhibition of original art…
Find out more »Mahaiwe Presents: Inside the Bolshoi Ballet
“Inside the Bolshoi Ballet,” a live conversation with Marina Harss and Norton Owen, will be held via Zoom, Sunday, June 7 at 5:30pm. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Bolshoi in Cinema broadcasts and the partnership with Jacob's Pillow to introduce these screenings, Pillow Director of Preservation Norton Owen sits down with dance writer Marina Harss to get an exclusive look inside this fabled institution. Harss is currently at work on a book about choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, who was director…
Find out more »Discourse & Process Chat with Eve Kahn
This is a virtual event. Discourse & Process is a new online companion series to our 2020 Summer Lectures (which is postponed until further notice). Moderated by Julie Scelfo, past Lecture Series presenter and author of The Women Who Made New York, this series will give the authors an opportunity to discuss elements of the writing and research process. This online program will be streamed live via Zoom.
Find out more »Wednesday Shorts
Listen to professional actors read a selection of Edith Wharton's short stories. Stories are pre-recorded and posted to EdithWharton.org on Wednesday mornings.
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