Opening Fri Feb 17
The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents Across Shared Waters: Contemporary Artists in Dialogue with Tibetan Art from the Jack Shear Collection, on view through July 16. Special events are planned, including an opening celebration on February 24, a tour with guest curator Ariana Maki on February 25, and more. Read more
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Sat Feb 18, 2 p.m.
As part of the 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival, Berkshire Theatre Group presents BTG PLAYS! Magic Tree House: The Knight at Dawn KIDS, based on the book The Knight at Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne. The play features youth actors from the Berkshires. Osborne will sign books in The Colonial Theatre lobby prior to the performance! More info
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Sat Feb 18, 6–8 p.m.
Come to Saint James Place for a chamber music performance presented by Close Encounters With Music. Glittering Berlin and the village of Nelahozeves, Bohemia (now Czech Republic), are the respective places of origin of Felix Mendelssohn and Antonin Dvorak, whose works will be showcased. More info
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Mon Feb 20, 7 p.m.
Brooklyn-based writer and artist Delano Burrowes will deliver the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Lecture entitled "The Languages Black Folks Speak: Letting Go of the Myth about Finding our True Voice.'' The lecture will be held at Bard College at Simon's Rock. It is free and open to the public and will be livestreamed. More info
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Sat Feb 18, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Head over to Hancock Shaker Village to enjoy a day of winter fun. There will be guided walking tours, ice harvesting talks and ice sculpting, story walk and scavenger hunt, "The Shakers and The Presidents" talk, blacksmithing and woodworking demos, live music, farm animals, simple family crafts, and much more! More info
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Sat Feb 18, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Berkshire Grown will hold a an indoor Winter Farmers Market at the Housy Dome in Housatonic, featuring locally grown and produced foods, including fruits, veggies, cheeses, meats, breads, and more. The winter markets, which are free and open to the public, are held monthly on Saturdays. The next ones are on March 18 and April 15. More info
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Sat Feb 18, 8 p.m.
Jlin, whom Pitchfork calls “a producer at the vanguard of electronic music who makes tracks that pulse with a quick and steady heartbeat,” and the multidisciplinary artist Florence To are in residence at MASS MoCA, creating their new collaborative project, Akoma, which they will preview to the world for the first time. More info
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Thurs Feb 23, 6:30 p.m.
Celebrate (and watch) one of the best dark comedies of the '90s at a "killer" event presented by the Boondocks Film Society at Race Brook Lodge. There will be live music, Detroit-themed food, and film-inspired craft cocktails. Gross Pointe Blank is about a hitman who ends up at his high school reunion with the prom date he stood up 10 years earlier. More info
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