... just-released top images!
Berkshire Magazine is thrilled to announce the winner of this year's photo contest, in the just-released Holiday issue. The theme was "The Great Outdoors," which coincided with the debut of the magazine's newest special section, Outdoor Rec 413. First place is "Lone Fishermen" by Beth Carroll. View this beautiful photo and the other finalists in the latest issue of Berkshire Magazine. More info
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Thurs–Sun Nov 17–20
Teenagers from area high schools are turned loose through the power of Shakespeare’s language. The 34th Annual Fall Festival is presented at Shakespeare & Company's Tina Packer Playhouse and live-streamed via CTSB and other platforms. Pictured above, Monument Mountain High School students perform Henry V. More info
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Fri Nov 18, 7–9 p.m.
"Genticorum, An Evening of Québécois Music" will be at Dewey Hall in Sheffield. With multiple Canadian Folk Music Awards, Genticorum is a leading voice in the evolution of Québécois traditional music. The group's three musicians—Pascal Gemme, Yann Falquet, and Nicholas Williams—will weave intricate fiddle, flute, and accordion lines, gorgeous vocal harmonies, subtle guitar textures, and exhilarating foot percussion in this performance. More info
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Fri Nov 18, 7:30 p.m.
After a decade of performing The Last Waltz LIVE in theaters and festivals across the U.S., Rev Tor and Friends will have their final performance of the show back where it all began, in Berkshire Theatre Group's Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. More info
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Thurs Nov 17, 7:30–9 p.m.
Trickery. Deceit. Magic. In F for Fake (1975, 88 minutes), a free-form documentary by Orson Welles, the legendary filmmaker (and self-described charlatan) gleefully reengages with the central preoccupation of his career: the tenuous lines between illusion and truth, art and lies. Welles exposes, and revels, in fakery and fakers of all stripes—not the least of whom is Welles himself. This free screening will be at the Clark. More info
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Fri–Sun, Nov 18–20
Downtown Pittsfield and Lenox will be sprawling with live music this weekend with the first Berkshires Jazz Fall Sprawl. Artists range from small, local groups to the 17-piece Amherst Jazz Orchestra, and the spotlight is on 16-year-old prodigy Brandon Goldberg, who is making his Berkshire debut in a sold-out show. Most events are free. More info
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Sun Nov 20, 3 p.m.
Berkshire International Film Festival and the Austen Riggs Center present a screening and conversation at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington on youth mental illness and suicide prevention. The community event will screen a segment from the documentary Hiding in Plain Sight, followed by the screening of a three-minute PSA produced in the Berkshires, Up on the Roof, which features Carole King. More info
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Tues Nov 22, 5–7 p.m.
Join us for the opening reception for the annual winter exhibition and closed-bid auction at Bennington Museum. Art is available for BUY-IT-NOW prices on the evening of November 22 only, prior to the bid opening on November 25. The event is open to the public and free of charge. Refreshments will be served. (sponsored) More info
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