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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1970
Page
2
A fever dream in 1929 inspired notes on Joyce Finnegans Wake and the Exagmination letters. The narrator, sick with influenza, recalls reading Work in Progress and a soap opera style operation scene, then collapses back to bed unsure of what comes next.
The scene shifts from a soap opera where a nurse tries to wipe sweat as a final commercial breaks in. Dana Andrews appears in a future episode set at a university where a English professor issues a cruel ultimatum to his wife then admits his student affair. A farewell kiss seals the tension as the narrator returns to work.
The listing outlines multiple cinemas with schedules and titles. Palace shows 101 Dalmatians cartoons with 1750, 4:33, 5:40, 7:50. Paris presents Cactus Flower with Sun-Thurs 7:00 and Fri Sat 7:30 and 9:30. West Springfield Cinema 1 offers Paint Your Wagon with 8:15 and Wed Sat Sun matinees 2:15. Cinema 2 screens The Magic Christian at 2:00 and 7:30 with additional Sat Sun slots. Cinema 4 presents Goodbye, Mr Chips at 8:00 with Wed Sat Sun matinees 2:00. Showcases The Arrangement with 6:40 and 8:34. Hickory Film Club Stockbridge open weekend.
Arts critic notes Berkshire focus in Manhattan venues highlighting Calder at MoMA with 30 works and Baskin's near Berkshire ties and gallery at Smith College. Describes Baskin’s print portfolio at Far Gallery and Whitney Realists exhibit with Gabriel Laderman Wynn Estes. Shaker tinwork shown at Museum of American Folk Art, with items from Berkshire-Lebanon area.
Williams College opens an evening of unusual theatre in Adams Memorial Theatre with two one acts The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter and Act Without Words by Samuel Beckett. The 9:30 p m performances run Thursday Friday and Saturday with Jeff Nelson Gordon Clapp Randy Livingston and others in a tight cast. Tickets are free but limited and available via the AMT box office. callers are urged to reserve quickly.
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