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September 23, 2004
• Best Bet Best Bet 'Vita & Virginia’ are back at Shakespeare & Co. Shakespeare & Company is bringing back its 2003 sell-out hit, "Vita & Virginia," along with critically-acclaimed actresses Tod Randolph (Virginia Woolf) and Catherine Taylor-Williams (Vita Sackville-West) for a month-long run during the fall foliage season. Adapted by actress Eileen Atkins from the actual correspondence between authors Woolf and Sackville-West, "Vita & Virginia" begins previews tomorrow evening and will run through Oct. 24, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 and Saturday matinees at 3 in the Spring Lawn Theatre. Shakespeare & Company is located at 70 Kemble St. in Lenox. For tickets, call 637-3353 or log onto www.shakespeare.org. Blues at Helsinki
Cummings has gained a reputation over the last few years as the Berkshires' answer to Stevie Ray Vaughan -- partly because of his stinging, lead guitar licks, partly because former Vaughan bandmates Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon have become mentors to the North County native, often performing with him in concert and on record. Cummings has also garnered the attention of blues legend B.B. King, who has asked the Williamstown native to open concerts for him 19 times. Cummings will be performing with his band, featuring bassist Dan Broad and drummer Conor Meehan. Club Helsinki is located on Main Street (across from the Triplex movie theater) in Great Barrington. For reservations, call 528-3394. It's animals on parade at the Hancock Shaker Village Hancock Shaker Village's Country Fair and Crafts Festival featuring the New England Heritage Breeds Conservancy exhibition and sale of livestock is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 to 5. Craft sales and demonstrations, a quilt show, a parade of animals, wagon rides and hands-on farm activities combine to make this a great weekend for the entire family. Children under 18 years of age are admitted free. In addition to the many traditional crafts demonstrated daily at the Village, some 40 of the region's top crafts producers will sell their wares and demonstrate traditional craft techniques throughout the weekend. Shaker and Shaker inspired crafts will be on display alongside a broad array of textile arts. A farmers market will offer a variety of general farm produce, fruits, vegetables, maple syrup, dried flowers, herbs and more. Visitors can see historic breeds of farm animals, presented by upwards of 60 exhibitors from throughout the Northeast in the New England Heritage Breeds Conservancy livestock exhibition and sale. The breeds shown at the event represent a broad spectrum of rare livestock. The owners of these rare animals will share their knowledge of and love for their breeds with many allowing for close contact with the animals. A parade of animals will be held each afternoon at 3.
Hancock Shaker Village is located on Route 20, just west of the junction of Routes 20 & 41. For information, call 1-800-817-1137. Howard Dean to speak at Williams A conversation with Howard dean, former Democratic governor of Vermont, will take place Tuesday evening at 8 in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be moderated by Stephen Frazier, primetime news anchor for CNN Headline News. Dean will address the long-term implications of the 2004 presidential election and youth involvement in the political process. Dean is the author of "Winning Back America," and his most recent book, "You Have the Power: How to Take Back Our Country and Restore Democracy in America," will be published this week. The conversation is the first of three events supported this fall by the Class of '71 Public Affairs Forum. Williams College is located on Route 2 in Williamstown. For locations on the campus, consult the map outside the driveway entrance to the Security Office located in Hopkins Hall on Main Street, next to the Thompson Memorial Chapel, or call the Office of Public Affairs at 597-4279. The map can also be found on the web at www.williams.edu/ home/campusmap/ Political art at Ferrin Gallery "OP.ED.ART," a three-person show of ceramic sculpture that provides political and social commentary, is on display through Oct. 24 at Ferrin Gallery in Lenox. The featured artists are Russell Biles, Jim Budde and Jason Walker. Biles uses a figurine format and the characters from the old Andy Griffith show to explore issues of faith and trust in religion and in political institutions. Budde's teapots include caricatures of George W. Bush, John Kerry and others. Walker’s black-and-white vessels examine the ways technology has transformed our relationship to nature. "OP.ED.ART" is timed to coincide with the final stages of the presidential campaign, and to encourage voter participation. "Drawn By Glass, Turned By Time," an installation of objects and furniture by area artist Miriam Kaye, and a solo show of paintings by Micah Sherrill, "String of Lights: Art About Art,” will also be on view through Oct. 24. The Ferrin Gallery is open Thursday through Monday, 11 to 5, and is located at 69 Church St. in Lenox. For more information, call 637-4414.
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