Friday-Monday: A Separation at the Little Cinema The Little Cinema at the Berkshire Museum presents the Best Foreign Film Academy Award-winning A Separation, a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage, set in contemporary Iran. Click HERE to watch a trailer … Continue reading
The Office of Cultural Development for the City of Pittsfield, MA has posted a job opening for Administrative Assistant to the Director. If you are interested please drop off your resume to the Personnel Office at City Hall in Pittsfield, … Continue reading
Friday-Sunday: Last Chance to see Blood Sky at NEW Stage! NEW Stage Performing Arts Center presents Blood Sky, and directed by Mari Andrejco. A new play from acclaimed playwright Yasmine Beverly Rana, Blood Sky is a provocative and moving work … Continue reading
Friday & Wednesday: Young & Gifted Performance Auditions Berkshire County youth are invited to audition to be part of a performance showcasing young talent called Young & Gifted to be held Saturday, March 3rd, at 7pm at Barrington Stage Company’s … Continue reading
The Office of Cultural Development has sent out a new call to artists for their up and coming spring show titled “Outside In: The Art of the Garden”. We encourage all artists interested to submit work, details are below. Outside … Continue reading
CALL FOR BAA FELLOWSHIP ENTRIES The Berkshire Art Association [BAA] is issuing a “call for entries” for its 2012 college art fellowships. Berkshire Art Association [BAA] President Mary Rentz announced today that the BAA will award $5,000 in prizes to … Continue reading
Out in the Berkshires November 10 -13, 2011 The Office of Cultural Development invites you to join them for a weekend of celebrating our GLBTQ Community with a film festival and exciting gatherings of all kinds; karaoke, dance party and … Continue reading
Skateboarders, bike riders and rollerbladers can expect to see a new skate park in Pittsfield before Thanksgiving, city officials said on Thursday. Construction is scheduled to begin today weather permitting, on a skate plaza adjacent to Pittsfield High School that … Continue reading
Grace Kelly, Phil Woods, Armen Donelian, Gregory Caputo, and the Berkshires Jazz Youth Ensemble will be among the performers at the 2011 Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, October 7-20. Now in its seventh year, the festival comprises some two dozen concerts and … Continue reading
Founder 250 years ago, Pittsfield, Mass., is a model of old Americana: a mixture of handsome 19th-century buildings and stately early-20th-century homes, with the Berkshire Mountains just a stone’s throw away. By the middle of the last century, it was … Continue reading
Massachusetts cities that don’t always get as much attention or investment as Boston are part of a new economic revitalization effort — with the arts at its core. Boston-based public policy institute MassInchas received a $125,000 grant to explore arts-based … Continue reading
All 103 men made it a mile up and down North Street in their three-inch stilettos, go-go boots and ballerina flats, raising over $15,000 for the Elizabeth Freeman Center, the county’s domestic violence and rape crisis center. The men may … Continue reading
Everyone may have a different definition for “peace” and, from internal peace to international peace, a plethora of personal and public practices that can help to bring it about. A local conference and festival will explore the ideas and efforts … Continue reading
She started by making toys, but Crispina ffrench wasn’t just playing around. The Pittsfield artist and designer who began by making “Ragamuffin” toys out of felt and later sweater scraps has turned her interest into a business venture, a means … Continue reading
The economy may be sluggish, but it hasn’t prevented the Barrington Stage Company from reaching the $1 million mark in ticket sales this year. With its summer season just completed, BSC has registered $1.3 million in total ticket sales this … Continue reading
The “tradition” continues with Fiddler on the Roof – one of the great American musicals that will make you laugh out loud and move you to tears with such songs as “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” “If I Were a Rich Man” and … Continue reading
The geckos are sticking around! The hit summer exhibition Geckos: Tails to Toepads has been extended and will now be on view at Berkshire Museum through October 30. Geckos: Tails to Toepads offers an up-close opportunity to meet more than … Continue reading
The City of Pittsfield and the Artscape Public Art Committee invite artists to send in proposals for the annual yearlong Artscape public art exhibition in Pittsfield, the largest city in culturally-rich Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The 2012 exhibit will be held … Continue reading
OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS AND ARTWORK FORTY SHADES OF GREEN GROUP SHOW CELEBRATES IRELAND & IRISH CULTURE Artists from Berkshire County and beyond are invited to submit original two and three-dimensional artwork for a group exhibit entitled Forty Shades of … Continue reading
Flag Design Contest Announced (download application form here) Pittsfield- Senator Benjamin B. Downing (D-Pittsfield) and Mayor James Ruberto announce today that they are sponsoring a contest to design an official flag for the City of Pittsfield. The contest is open … Continue reading
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