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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1969
Page
2
A critic notes Americans’ restlessness and rapid channel change. Live theatre and baseball suffer attendance drops when shows fail to captivate. Audiences leave quietly at movies but cause disruption exiting a play, highlighting the tension between artistic control and audience demands.
An observer recalls a summer theatre incident where a man rose to leave as performers faced each other on stage. The moment drew the spotlight and a drum as his wife watched, sparking a brief domestic interruption. The piece laments modern overstuffed writing and short attention spans.
A Berkshire art exhibit curates six local sculptors including George Debreczeny Franc Tipping Otello Guarducci Homer Gunn Fred Lancome and Alexander Stoller. The display hall enhances the works with careful arrangement and variety in style yielding a strong, professional presentation. Lancome’s four wood figures are meticulously finished and anatomically correct notably Sorrow. Stoller, with prior showings in major museums, presents Isadora among other pieces.
The Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge will host its first annual art show from August 7 through 11. Sponsored by the town chamber of commerce the exhibit features more than 1 000 works by seven professional artists across oils watercolors sketches crafts sculpture and graphics. The show runs 10 a.m. to dusk with free admission and all works for sale.
The Lenox exhibition features strong rough wood carvings and a polished Kennedy cast head by Homer Gunn. Debreczeni’s life-size figurative sculptures close the show, with Otello Guarducci’s Seasons组合 and Epping’s Sibyl head drawing praise for blending tradition and modernist echoes.
Kerr comedy Marty Mary opens tonight at the MacHaydn Theatre in Chatham New York. The Broadway hit runs through July 27 with performances at 8 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sundays.
A television film about Jacob's Pillow airs Sunday August 10 at 8 pm on educational stations. Filmed recently by National Educational Television, the program features the ballet school recital hall and an interview with founder Ted Shawn.
Two one man shows open August 2 at the Berkshire Museum. Robert Angeloch, art teacher, displays 37 works. Pierre Jacquemon, self taught French artist, 32 works. Angeloch teaches in New York and Woodstock. Jacquemon has shown in the East and Europe. A reception for Jacquemon is set for August 2 from 2 to 5 p.m.
Teresa, renowned Spanish dancer, will lecture on Spanish dance this Sunday as part of the Jacob's Pillow dance appreciation course. Joseph Giacobbe assists with demonstrations of classic Spanish dance and flamenco. The pair perform during the festival’s sixth week, Teresa teaching Spanish dance to students for two weeks. Sunday’s talk is free to the public.
A large crowd at Tanglewood enjoyed Joni Mitchell Tim Hardin and the Butterfield Blues Band in a Contemporary Trends show. Mitchell delivered social commentary from Chelsea Morning to Moon Song while Hardin performed lilting ballads with piano, and Butterfield offered a blues jazzy sound with guitar and brass.
A compiled timetable lists film showings across multiple venues including Capitol Palace Little Cinema Paris Cinema and several drive-ins. Titles include Otley The Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies Goodbye Columbus Oliver Lady and the Wrecking Crew Mackenna's Gold and The Love Bug with varied daily times and matinees across locations.
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