Fiddles and fakery in the age of Prohibition and art fraud
The piece compares bootleg deception to counterfeit violins by Amati Stradivari and Guarneri. It notes label swapping, grafted instruments, and fake antiquities like the Greek Horse. Experts discuss varnish acoustics and authenticity, while honest craftsmen may reconstruct violins.
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van Meegeren
Delft
Metropolitan Museum
Thomas Hoving
General Electric Laboratory
Harvard Physics Department
Harvard
Louis Agassiz
Rupeai
Ing
Sweet Charity at Berkshire Community College
Berkshire Community College plans two weekend runs of the Neil Simon musical Sweet Charity, directed by Robert M. Boland. Performances start Thanksgiving night at 3:30 PM in the college theatre, with shows Nov 27 28 29 and Dec 6. Tickets on sale. reservations via the fine arts department.
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Fine Arts
College Theatre
Simon
Neil Simon
Dorothy Fields
Cy Coleman
Robert M. Boland
BCC
Gwen Verdon
Shirley MacLaine
Sweet Charity
Calabria
Miss Charity Hope Valentine
New York City
Oscar Lindquist
the College
Fine Arts Department
Capitol Offers Butch Cassidy and a Wax Night Lineup
Movie timetable lists Capitol shows Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at 7:00 and 9:00 with a matinee on weekends at 2:00. Palace features Nightmare Wax at 4:00 and 7:20, Blood of Dracula's Castle at 3:40 and 9:10, and Alice's Restaurant at 7:00 and 9:00 with midweek matinees. Berkshire Drive-In screens Hell's Angels on Wheels at 7:00, The Glory Stompers at 8:49, and The Wild Angels at 10:00. Pittsfield Drive-In offers Impasse of Horror at 7:00, Blood Demon at 8:30, and Mad Doctor of Blood Island at 9:50. Coury’s Drive-In presents Baby Love at 9:20 and Woman Ties 7 at 7:30. West Springfield Cinema 1 shows Butch Cassidy at 2:00, 7:20, and 9:40 with weekend matinees. Cinema 2 screens Take the Money at 2:00, 7:20, and 9:55. Cinema 3 features Decade at 2:40, 7:20, and 9:50.
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Williams Harpsichord Recital by Victor Hill at Griffin Hall
Victor Hill, harpsichordist and mathematics professor, will perform Frescobaldi and Scarlatti works in two 3:30 p.m. recitals at Griffin Hall Williams College on November 1 and 2. The program includes nine Frescobaldi pieces plus Scarlatti sonatas. both concerts are free.
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Domenico Scarlatti
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Italy
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Home
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Spain
Williamstown Baroque Consort
Schumann
Richard Strauss
Isaiah Jenkins To Present Yale Concert
Lyrng tenor Isaiah Jenkins will present a Christmas concert Sunday November 9 at Cros by Junior High School at 7 39 p m. He aims to spread peace through carols folk hymns and spirituals with selections including The Moon of Wintertime The Blue Madonna Legende The Holy Child Ave Maria and Behold That Star. Tickets are available at Sammy Vincents and Melody House and at the door.
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Isaiah Jenkins Tol
Crosby Junior High School
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Sammy Vincent’s
Melody House
Free Dance Concert At Windsor Mountain Event
The Southboroa Dance Company performs at Windsor Mountain School Theatre Lenox on Saturday at 8. Students from Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio compose the troupe. Admission is free.
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Windsor Mountain
Windsor Mountain School
Lenox
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Armstrong Museum Tops $500,000 Goal
In Wapakoneta Ohio contributions to the Neil Armstrong Museum have exceeded the goal for construction. Fund raising chairman reported on Thursday night that $528,313 has been raised toward the project.
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Wapakoneta
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