Berkshire County is offering a variety of events this rainy weekend from festivals and plays to concerts and movies.
Third Thursday
The Common, Pittsfield
Thursday, July 21
July's Third Thursday runs from 5 to 8 p.m. on the Common and will feature performances by
Jacob's Pillow On The Road and Berkshire Bateria
Lenco Armored Vehicles will be showcasing three vehicles alongside the city of Pittsfield and County Ambulance as part of a Touch-a-Truck event.
'Hymn'
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox
July 22 until Aug. 28
Shakespeare & Company presents a new performance of "Hymn" by Lolita Chakrabarti in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre starting Friday, July 22, through Sunday, Aug. 28.
The play directed by Regge Life follows two men who meet at a funeral and form a deep bond that is challenged when they begin to the different forms of courage. The performance questions what it takes to be a good father, brother, or son.
Berkshire Busk! Roadside Quiet Houses
Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Sheffield
Saturday, July 23
Berkshire Mountain Distillers is hosting a performance by Quiet Houses as part of its Live Music Saturdays in Summer Series this Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Singer-songwriter Chris Eriquezzo, bassist Josh Loell, and drummer Will Carolblends alternative, folk, and progressive music in their performance.
Williamstown Theatre Festival
'62 Center, Williamstown
Thursday-Saturday, July 21-23
Last chance to see Anna Ouyang Moench's comedy thriller "Man of God" this Friday night on the Nikos Stage.
The Main Stage features "Most Happy in Concert" with songs from Frank Loesser's 1956 musical "The Most Happy Fella." Some 20 actors and musicians, choreographed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and directed by Daniel Fish, offer up classics like "Standing on the Corner" and "Big D."
This week's Fridays@3 reading on the Nikos Stage is "And Then We Were No More," about a lawyer fighting for the life of her client. The cast includes David Aaron Baker, Bree Elrod, Henry Stram, Maura Tierney, and Quincy Tyler Bernstine.
Downtown Pittsfield Summer Outdoor Movie Series
Clapp Park, Pittsfield
Friday, July 22
Downtown Pittsfield continues its summer outdoor movie series this Friday at Clapp Park, located on West Housatonic Street, with the Sony Pictures and Columbia Pictures film “Goosebumps.”
Families can bring their blankets and lawn chairs beginning at dusk, around 8:30, to watch as Zach teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine to stop the imaginary demons that escaped Stine's books and wreak havoc on Madison, Delaware
In case of rain, the film will be postponed to Aug. 5.
Tanglewood in the City
The Common, Pittsfield
Friday, July 22, 6 p.m.
The fourth annual Tanglewood in the City, presented by Tanglewood and Mill Town Foundation, begins at 6 p.m. with a pre-concert performance by the Eagles Band trombone ensemble and Kids 4 Harmony. This will be followed at 7:30 with a video presentation of the Boston Symphony Orchestra performing works by Carlos Simon, Barber Knoxville, Duke Ellington, and George Gershwin.
Bring blankets, chairs and a picnic; free admission. (Rain date is Sunday, July 24.)
Music @ The Taft
Berkshire Music School, Pittsfield
Friday, July 22
The Berkshire Music School will be hosting music by pianists Miro Sprague, bassist Marty Jaffe, and guitarist Jason Ennis as they perform original and cover jazz compositions on Friday starting at 7 p.m.
The trio will perform in the Taft Recital Hall, located at 30 Wendell Ave. Tickets cost $15 and can be purchased
here, or by calling 413-442-1411.
Bang On A Can Gallery Concerts
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams
Thursday-Friday, July 20-21
The Bang On A Can Summer Festival continues this week with festival fellow performing in the galleries on Thursday and Friday at 1:30 p.m. and Mark Stewart and friends on Thursday at 4:30. The lineup for concerts early next week can be found on the
Mass MoCA website.
Performances are free with museum admission; the series will culminate for Loud Weekend on July 28-30.
Ski Butternut Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival
Ski Butternut, Great Barrington
Saturday, July 23
The Ski Butternut Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival returns for a second year this Saturday at noon and will run until 5 p.m.
Participants can enjoy food from 30 of New England's most popular food trucks and over 50 national, regional and local craft beers while participating in lawn games, and listening to music.
Music in the Park
First Congregational Church, Lee
Sunday, July 24
The Lee Cultural Council and the Starving Artist Café sponsor the Sundays In The Park series starting at 12:30 p.m. in front of First Congregational Church, located at 25 Park Plaza. This Sunday, Sherry Steiner plays her double ukulele at 12:30 and Bill Taylor and Jaye Alison Moscariello perform original, classic and popular music at 1:30.
Lineup and more information
here.
ReWritten Returns to Arrowhead
Pittsfield, Mass.
July 22 - July 24
Arrowhead will be offering a performance this weekend that will explore the relationship between authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville through dance, live music, visual art, projection, and text from Friday until Sunday starting at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for Berkshire County Historical Society members, $15 for non-members, and children 12 and under are free. Use your EBT card and get half off.
Movies Under the Stars
Visitors Center, Adams
Friday, July 22, 7:30 p.m.
This week's family film is Pixar's "Up," about an elderly widower who takes his house and a couple friends on a trip to South America to fulfill his late wife's wish. Bring chairs and blankets to set on lawn. Film starts at dusk; lawn opens at 7:30.
The market will be open in its new location 80 Church Street, formerly the Cafe Lucia, this Friday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Participants can pursue local vendors while enjoying food and listening to music.
The Sheffield Farmers' Market is open this Friday from 3 until 6 p.m. at First Congregational Church located at 125 Main St.
The market will feature healthy food and products from a variety of local vendors in an attempt to nourish the community by protecting "local small farms, land, bees, and economy."
Powered by Roots Rising, the market is open every Saturday rain or shine from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. through Oct. 8.
Each week the market will have fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables, along with meat, eggs, cheese, baked goods by local vendors. Participants can shop for flowers, and artisan goods while listening to music and participate in family activities.
The market is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. until the end of October.
Every week there will be locally grown food, flowers, and plants along with other local vendors.
This market is open every Saturday from 10 until 2 p.m. It accepts SNAP/HIP, Senior Coupons, WIC coupons, and offer market match.
St. Anthony Municipal Parking Lot
The market is open every Saturday from 9 until 1 p.m. into October in the parking lot across from St. Elizabeth's Church.
The market is open every Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. into October in the parking lot at the bottom of Spring Street.
This year the market will feature returning and new vendors, including a fish monger, knife sharpener, baker, chef, and much more.
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