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July 22, 2004
• Enjoy family day at the Clark Enjoy family day at the Clark Children and adults of all ages are invited to a day of family fun, indoors and out, at the Clark Art Institute on Sunday from 11 to 4. This year's theme is "Finders, Keepers, and Collectors," celebrating the themes of collecting and French art in the exhibition "Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!": The Bruyas Collection of the Musée Fabre. Activities include live performances of music, dancing, magic, and marionettes; children’s art making activities; a flea market; a fun park; a zoo with live animals; food vendors; and more. The program will take place rain or shine; most outdoor activities are under tents. Admission is free. Additional parking is available at Mount Greylock High School, with a free shuttle transporting guests to and from the Clark. Outdoor activities available from 11 to 4 include a fun park with a collection of mirrors and sprinklers (you will get wet!). Flag Acres Farm will show a group of animals. The "Finders Keepers" flea market will operate all day. Throughout the day, hands-on art making will be offered. Kids may decorate mirrors or make "python pencils." From 11 to 4, artists Maggie Mailer and Chuck Webster will be on hand to sketch portraits. Cost for a portrait is $5. The Albany Berkshire Ballet will dance quadrilles on the front steps every hour on the hour. At 11 and 2 the No Strings Marionette Company will present "Terrifically Twisted Tales" in the performance tent. Based in Randolph, Vt., the group's hand-crafted characters frolic through not-so-traditional versions of classic stories by the Brothers Grimm and Mother Goose. At noon, magician Robert Olson will perform historical conjuring tricks in the performance tent. Olsen, from Old Sturbridge Village, recreates magic from 150 years ago using cards, coins, ribbons, and boxes. In addition, Olsen will roam the grounds throughout the day. At 1 and 3, guests will enjoy the "Courbet Cabaret" produced by Ralph Patillo and his troupe of actors. The animated film "Gay Purr-ee," featuring the voices of Judy Garland and Robert Goulet will be shown continuously in the air-conditioned auditorium. Gallery talks of the exhibition, appropriate for all ages, will be offered at 11, 1, and 3. Gallery admission is free on family day. An outdoor food court will feature a variety of foods from around the world, presented by local vendors. Selections for sale will include falafel, hot dogs and burgers, pizza, ice cream, quiche, salad and more. On view at the Clark through Sept. 6, "Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!" features masterpieces by Courbet, Delacroix, Ingres, Corot, Gérôme, Cabanel, and others. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is located at 225 South St. in Williamstown. The galleries are open daily 10 to 5. For more information, call 458-2303 or visit www.clarkart.edu/courbet. Guthrie Center presents John Gorka
The Guthrie Center will present folk singer John Gorka on Friday as part of its Troubadour Concert Series. The concert will begin at 8, doors open at 7. The Guthrie Center is located at 4 Van Deusenville Road in Great Barrington. John Gorka, who grew up in Colonia, N.J., started writing songs and singing with a church folk group in high school. When he went to Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., he started performing in the school coffeehouse programs and the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band, a non-traditional bluegrass, country, blues and folk band. By the early 80s he was opening for Nanci Griffith, Bill Morrissey, Claudia Schmidt and Jack Hardy. Gorka describes his musical philosophy this way, "I consider myself to be an aspiring folksinger, not an accomplished one. I think of modern folk music to be more of an attitude or an approach than a musical style. Folk music is music that makes a difference in people's lives and one that finds a useful place. And there is more than one way to get there. To make music that makes a difference is the ideal. I guess that is my mission statement, my musical manifesto." According to George Laye, director of the Troubadour Series, "John Gorka has been called a 'folk hero'... one of a new generation of folksingers who promises to keep folk music alive and vibrant for the next generation." Tickets for John Gorka are $20, $18 for Guthrie Center members. For more information, call 528-1955 or visit www.guthriecenter.org. Dafe Brudago to perform at St. Luke's
Dafe Brudago will perform at St. Luke's Old Stone Church in Lanesboro on Sunday at 5. Vocalists Bruce Wheat, Ferrilyn Sourdiffe, David Fowle, and David Norman along with guitarist Josh Kleederman offer original music with a Latin or jazz influence as well as jazz standards and their own arrangements of new folk, rock, reggae and blues-influenced material. Wheat plays sax and guitar; Fowle, bass and mandolin; and Norman and Sourdiffe percussion. Donations will be accepted for the musicians, and refreshments will be sold. The concert is the third in the Sunset Concert Series now in its fifth year. For more information, call 499-8928. Diva of Jewish song in concert
Singer-songwriter Debbie Friedman will perform at Lenox Memorial High School-Middle School, located on East Street in Lenox, on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The concert is sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires. Appealing to young and old alike, Friedman -- influenced by American popular music of the 1960s and '70s, Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, Joan Baez, and Peter, Paul & Mary -- gives voice to a unique styling, which has been hailed as both traditional and contemporary. Noting that people are starving for spiritual connectedness, Friedman said she, "seeks to bring spiritual nourishment to the soul by making prayer through song 'user friendly.' " Over a 33-year career, including 19 albums, Friedman, singing in both English and Hebrew, has guided adult Jews to embrace the words of the prophets and view the messages of the rabbis and cantors of old as vibrant and relevant, while her charming music for children reflects a spirited adventure in learning the Jewish faith. Tickets, with net proceeds benefiting the Israel Emergency Campaign, are at $36 and $50 and may be reserved through Arlene D. Schiff, Executive Director, Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, 442-4360, ext. 12. or arlene.schiff@verizon.net. IS183 to hold a 'hip little tag sale' IS183, Art School of the Berkshires, will present "The Hippest Little Tag Sale in the Berkshires" this Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 3. An early bird preview will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday. The sale will be held under a tent and will include baked goods. For those who would like to donate their own tag sale items, IS183 will be accepting items, with specific areas like art materials and collection corner. All proceeds will go toward the programs and expenses of the school. Those wishing to donate items may deliver them to the school tomorrow until 7:30 p.m. For those interested in volunteering, contact Mary at mary@studiotwo.com, or Ken at KDeLoreto@msn.com. IS183 is located at 13 Willard Hill Road in Stockbridge. Berkshire Artisans to present an exhibition of altered polaroids
An exhibition of photographs, polaroids, watercolors and other forms of art by Sunny D'Amore and Alexandra Warshaw will be on display in "Polaroids ... and more," Monday, July 26, through Aug. 28 at Berkshire Artisans, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts. A black & white and color printer for more than 30 years, D'Amore will show a mix of polaroid manipulations, photos enhanced with oil paints and watercolors and traditional black and white and color photos. Photographs of Aruba, Cuba and local scenes by Warshaw will be on display. A public reception will be held Saturday, July 31, from 7 to 9 p.m. The gallery, which is located at 28 Renne Ave. in Pittsfield, is open Monday through Friday, 11 to 5, and Saturday, 1 to 5. Housatonic River Summer events July 24, at 2 -- 19th Century Art Maureen Hickey will present a talk and slide show titled "A Return to Arcadia: Nineteenth Century Berkshire County Landscapes," at the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA. Cost for the talk is $5 for museum members; $12.50 for non-members, Museum admission is included. This slide presentation illustrates the historical and geographical influences that drew 19th century American landscape painters such as Thomas Cole, Arthur B. Durand and Frederic E. Church to the Berkshires. Art historian and museum educator, Maureen J. Hickey, Ed.D., presents the cultural context surrounding these artists, including other writers of the period such as William Cullen Bryant, Hawthorne, and Melville, and their patrons who summered in the area and how those influences were embodied in the style and content of the nineteenth century landscape painting. The talk will be followed by a reception, and time to view the museum's 19th and 20th century painting gallery. Presented by Berkshire Museum, located at 39 South St., Pittsfield. For information or tickets, call 443-7171. July 25, all day -- HRI River Festival Day Activities will take place along the Housatonic, sponsored by the Housatonic River Initiative, based at the Lee Soccer Field, Route 102, Lee. A day to celebrate the clean-up of the Housatonic River and advocate for further clean-up of the PCBs. The river is still one of the most contaminated rivers in the country. HRI's annual river awards and new lifetime achievement awards will be presented. Music, naturalist-guided canoe trips, childrens’ activities, food, and environmental fun will all be part of the day’s activities. For information, contact Tim Gray at 243-3353 or at timegray@berkshire.net July 31, 8:30 to 2:30 -- Canoe trip A trip from the Sheffield Covered Bridge to Bartholemew's Cobble will be offered jointly by The Trustees of Reservations and the Housatonic Valley Association. Explore an extraordinarily scenic 9-mile stretch of the Housatonic River, rich with wildlife and local history with two naturalist/guides. It’s a fairly strenuous six-hour trip. Bring a picnic lunch. Call for more information and to register, call 394-9796. For a minimum of 8 participants. Please pre-register. For TTOR and HVA members: adult $40, child (12-16) $25. For nonmembers, adult $60, child $35. |
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