Love and Information, directed by Professor Standley and MCLA Theatre’s directing class, wraps up the season from May 2-4. Caryl Churchill’s play takes audiences on a whirlwind journey through more than 50 short scenes, each examining the nature of love, memory, and identity in the digital age.
Performing Arts & Entertainment
Mariel Capanna (b. 1988) plays what she calls “games of remembering” as a way of reckoning with loss. Working from home videos and family slideshows, whose runtime is her constraint, the artist races to record fleeting memory images in oil paint. She scatters these flat, pastel forms like confetti across deep, atmospheric surfaces, creating compositions […]
Meet the newest farm babies – lambs, piglets, calves, chicks and kids! Baby animals are the stars of the show, but you can also join in daily talks about the farm and the Shakers, craft demonstrations, and walks along the Farm & Forest Trail.
Family Friendly, Nature and Recreation
Explore color, texture, and line with one-of-a-kind prints! Students will be introduced to the history and basic techniques of monotype printmaking. We'll experiment with creative stencils and texture tools to build skills that can be applied to a variety of projects. Come learn about ghost prints and gelli plates! Ages 10 and up.
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
BerkChique! is a unique community-driven event focused on sustainability and support for local non-profits. This year, Ventfort Hall continues to align with the event's ethos of community engagement and cultural preservation. Proceeds from BerkChique! are allocated to several local on-profits, exemplifying the event's commitment to community welfare. This year's beneficiaries include Ventfort Hall Gilded Age […]
The idyllic tranquility of the lives of shepherds became a prominent subject in literature, music, and the visual arts during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. A new exhibition at the Clark Art Institute, Pastoral on Paper, explores artistic depictions of rural life by considering their representations of the people and animals who inhabited the landscapes. […]
Theater enthusiasts are invited to go Behind the Curtain this spring and summer, through Shakespeare & Company’s series of discussions led by Shakespeare scholar Ann Berman. Held on select Saturdays throughout the spring and summer at the Shakespeare & Company campus, these free public talks offer audiences insight into the creative process of Season 2025’s productions, […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Performing Arts & Entertainment
Included in admission/free to members. Visit website for details. Celebrate the arrival of spring with our merino sheep as they get their annual haircuts. Follow the wool from sheep to cloak with demonstrations of sheep shearing by champion shearer Fred DePaul. A woolly, wonderful weekend of family fun with all the baby animals.
Discover the fundamentals of animation in this hands-on introductory course. Explore key concepts like squash and stretch, anticipation, and character performance while creating your own short animated sequences. This workshop is appropriate for a multigenerational audience and families. Children must be accompanied by an adult and the recommended minimum age is 10+.
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Step into a realm where imagination knows no limits. The boundaries of gravity and creativity blur, offering an intimate window into the essence of creativity itself with Pilobolus's re:CREATION tour. Pilobolus has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies since being founded at Dartmouth College in 1971. The mission of […]