Proposition Theater to perform two children’s shows at Berkshire Festival
Boston based Proposition Theater brings The Proposition Circus and The Boston Tea Party to Berkshire Theater Festival Stockbridge Mass for outdoor shows through August 28. Shows are audience driven improv musical revues with history themes and audience participation. Groups of 20+ can book in advance with workshops available for a fee. Reservations via Berkshire Theater Festival Stockbridge Mass box office at 413 298 5536 or 298 4800.
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Stockbridge
Mass
Proposition Theater
Berkshire Theater Festival
Proposition Circus
Cornucopia Piano Concert in Pittsfield by Lydia Artymiw
Pianist Lydia Artymiw headlines South Mountain’s Cornucopia concert in Pittsfield Mass on Saturday July 23 at 3 p m in the chamber music hall near Routes 7 and 20. The program features Haydn Variations in F minor Schumann Fantasiestucke Op 12 Beethoven Sonata in F sharp major Op 78 Mendelssohn Fantasy in F sharp major Op 28 and Prokofieff Sonata No 2 in D major Op 14.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Lydia Artymiw
South Mountain
Chamber Music Hall
Haydn
Schumann
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Prokofieff
Philadelphia
July and August Kids Shows at Local Museum
The Children’s Museum schedules multiple July and August events including The Three Little Pigs puppets at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for $1, plus Instrument making parts and Create a World workshops led by Bruce Stanley. shows run July 23 to Aug 25 with various dates and times. Tickets at door or by mail.
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Robbins Zust
Bruce Stanley
Robbins-Zust
Stringfellow
Family contra dance at Willow Park on July 20
A free family contra dance is held at Willow Park on Wednesday July 20 at 7 p.m. sponsored by Tansitor Electronics. Music by Joan Pelton and her contra dance band, some performers who played the Bicentennial picnic on July 4. For more information contact the Recreation Department at 442-5446.
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Willow Park
Tansitor Electronics
Joan Pelton
The
Recreation Department
Watercolor Course Offered by Northern Berkshire Arts
An eight week watercolor course titled Techniques of watercolor painting will start July 28 in Williamstown at the Gallery 84 Spring Street. Instructor Jack Flynn of Worthington brings training from Don Stone and William Schultz and is an American Watercolor Society member. Advanced registration is encouraged. students supply materials, some easels provided. Contact Northern Berkshire Council of the Arts at (413) 663-3651 for details.
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North Adams
Mass
Northern Berkshire Council of the Arts
Spring Street
Williamstown
Jack Flynn
Worthington
Flynn
Don Stone
Rockport
William Schultz
Lenox
Butera School of Fine Arts
Boston
Berkshire Museum
Pittsfield
Winsted, Conn
Longmeadow
New England
New York
American Watercolor Society
Council Office
Regional Craft Show Planned in Schenectady Museum
The Designer Crafts Council of the Schenectady Museum will host its sixth Regional Craft Show starting October 8. Jurors include Ruth Holroyd textiles Regis Brodie ceramics and Barry Merritt metals. Entries are limited to three works within a 100 mile radius and must be completed in the last five years.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Designer Crafts Council
Schenectady Museum
Ruth Holroyd
Regis Brodie
Barry Merritt
Miriam Butzel
Loudon Lace
JoAnna Pence
Collins St
Scotia
Pirates of Penzance set for Castleton Summer Festival
The Manhattan Savoyards present Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance at Castleton State College on Friday July 22 at 8 15 p m in the Fine Arts Center Tickets may be bought at the Fine Arts Center or reserved by calling 468 5611 The program features top Gilbert and Sullivan professionals with Victorian era costumes and staging The festival also includes Gary Shore Mime benefiting Appletree Childrens Center and a Boston Ballet Company performance on August 5 plus a July children’s film festival.
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Castleton
Manhattan Savoyards
Castleton State College
Fine Arts Center
United States
Robert Singer
Gary Shore
Frog Hollow crafts catalogue highlights Vermont makers
The 1978 79 Frog Hollow catalog showcases George Havell and 24 Vermont craftsmen chosen for the Vermont State Craft Center permanent collection. It features Havell’s fork making since 1971, plus statewide exhibits, a new calendar with color and black and white photos, and histories. Limited to 1000 copies, the calendar catalog's price is $10.
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Middlebury
George Havell
West Townshend
Vermont
Havell
Vermont State Craft Center
Frog Hollow
Vermont Opera Workshop at Bennington College
The Vermont Opera Theatre Summer Workshop presents works in progress at Bennington College Carriage Barn on Thursday July 21 at 8:30 p.m. Nine singers with piano by Glenn Parker and Deborah Chaffee perform scenes from Mozart La Boheme and Die Fledermaus plus Puccini. Admission is free.
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Vermont Opera Theatre Summer Workshop
Bennington College
The
Seraglio
Johann Strauss
Puccini
Barbara Owens
Glenn Parker
Deborah Chaffee
Colenton Freeman
Frank Farina
Jody Rapport
Allison Vulgamore
Jon Freeburg
Daryl Davis
Parker
Oberlin Conservatory
Ms. Owens
Bruce Hall
Kathleen Tucker
Michigan
New York
Celina Moore
North
Salzburg
Austria
Gian Carlo Menotti
Vermont
Bennington
Celebration Northeast festival lights Dartmouth in Hanover
Hanover New Hampshire hosts Celebration Northeast a two day folk festival on July 22 23 with over 50 performers from the Northeast and Canada. French Canadian Night features Jean Carignan Jeanne D Arc Charlebois Louis Beaudoin and Les Gens de Mon Pays at Spaulding Auditorium. Saturday includes free Dartmouth Green events a children's concert Norman Kennedy Paul Cole and workshops plus a 2 p m open air concert in Webster Hall and a gala finale at Spaulding Auditorium with Omer Marcoux Joseph Pomerleau Amy Jobin Norman Kennedy John Roberts and Tony Barrand among others.
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Hanover
N.H
Dartmouth College
United States
Canada
Spaulding Auditorium
Hopkins Center
Dartmouth Green
Spaulding
Les Gens de Mon Pays
Gilles Lesier
Mon Pays
Quebec
Atlantic
Norman Kennedy
Paul Cole
Cole
New England
Omer Marcoux
Joseph Pomerleau
Amy Jobin
Maine
Sara Cleveland
Hudson Valley
John
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Metropolitan Museum
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Kennedy Center
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Hilarie Delman
Larry Greenfield
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Rita Moldovan
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Ruth Benson
Becky Hedges
Chris Wolfe
Blum
Ponce
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University of Albany
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Performing Arts Center
Saul Bellow
Ron Leibman
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Waldorf Astoria
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Mr. Sammler
New Haven
Poppa
CBS
Jill O’hara
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Evel Knievel
Ty i
Penzance
Gilbert
Constabulary
Peerage
Vt. Crafts Catalogue
Rick Mitchell
WGY
Fred Peabody
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Cannon Releasing Corporation
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Starring Roy Scheider
Deniro
United Artists
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Joseph Cormier
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