Thurs July 14, 5:30 p.m.
Franny Choi and Rachel Urquhart will read at Chesterwood as part of its Arts Alive! series. Choi (Floating, Brilliant, Gone) is a faculty member at Bennington College and a poetry editor at The Massachusetts Review. Urquhart is author of The Visionist and has a home in Tyringham. More info
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Fri–Sun July 15–17, 10–5
The Guild of Berkshire Artists will hold a second weekend of its indoor art show on the second floor of the 1854 Historic Old Town Hall in West Stockbridge. The show is free and open to the public. Thirty-three artists are exhibiting more than 125 works. (Pictured here, "Winter Dreams of Summer" by Sarah Morrison, mixed media.) More info
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Through Sun July 17
Jacob's Pillow welcomes A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, performing "An Untitled Love" in the Ted Shawn Theatre. Composed of the catalogue of R&B singer-songwriter D’Angelo, the work is an ode to Abraham’s connection with the artist’s music. "Within his music exists the histories and Neo-romanticism of Black love in America," Abraham explains. More info
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Sat July 16, 9:30 a.m.
Join Berkshire Environmental Action Team (BEAT) to learn how to identify the trees around us. They’ll take a two-mile walk in Pittsfield's Springside Park; email chelsey@thebeatnews.org for more details. Read about the 238-acre park in "The Heart of Pittsfield," in the July issue of Berkshire Magazine. (Photo by Jimmy ienner, Jr., article by Taylor Staubach.) More info
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Sat July 16, 3 p.m.
David Rothenberg will perform in the TurnPark Art Space amphitheater alongside the birds and other natural sounds. In the concert and talk, he will present a musical trajectory through the world of birds, moving from species that live in the Berkshires, onwards to more exotic characters. More info
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Fri July 15, 2:30–4 p.m.
Lenox Library continues its series of pre-concert talks with Dr. Jeremy Yudkin in the Town Hall auditorium. For Friday's program, Yudkin will explain Mozart's opera, Don Giovanni. Then on Saturday night at Tanglewood, Andris Nelsons conducts Don Giovanni, headlined by baritone Ryan McKinny in the title role. More info
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July 15–December 22
"To Shape a Moon from Bone" is Mary Ann Unger’s first solo museum presentation in more than 20 years. The monumental homage to prehistoric migration, "Across the Bering Strait" (1994–96), will be on view at Williams College Museum of Art, as well as previously unseen works on paper and sculptural works. An opening reception is 5–8 p.m. Friday, July 15. More info
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Sat July 16, 3:30–10 p.m.
More than 250,000 pounds of sand, donated by Specialty Minerals and delivered by the City of North Adams, is spread—curb to curb—the entire length of Eagle Street. The family-friendly Eagle Street Beach Party runs from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., and the adult-oriented fiesta, complete with margaritas served on the beach, is from 7 to 10 p.m.
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