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Feb. 12-14 2016 eventsin the Berkshire region and Southern VermontFamily, nightlife and 10x10 Festival

BTW Winter / Spring 2016 btwberkshires.com

At the height of winterand cabin fever, thisweekend rolls around togive us ways to get out.The temperature is drop -ping, and since NewYears we have holed upwith warm socks and hotsoup. But this weekend,with friends, with a part-ner, or with two feet anda need to move, wehave a chance to get outof the house.

The 10x10 festival inPittsfield brings bonfires,oil paintings, live com-edy and 1940s jazz. Andacross the mountainsthenights are night full ofmusic — Grammy win-ners Angelique Kidjo atMass MoCA and Lady-smith Black Mambazo atthe Troy Music Hall — ordance to live rhythmswith Kusika and theZambezi Marimba Band.

You might read roll upyour sleeves in the stu-dios at IS183 or read"Much Ado about Noth-ing" aloud at Get Lit, orshare a scone at thePrairie Whale. You mightsnowshoe aroundNotchview. You might sitby the fire in the lobby ofthe Red Lion Inn andhave a quiet talk withSimon, the black andwhite inn cat.

You might split a cupof Chocolate Springs hotchocolate with a friend or

sample the hot chocolatebar at Rubiner’s or starta search for the Berk-shires' best brownie. (Ifyou do, please tell mewhat you find.)

If you want to cele-brate Valentine's Day —you singular or plural —the question isn't whatyou do. It's how.

One of the bestValentine's Days I'veever had happened at asnack bar. A former part-ner and I had ice creamsundaes in paper bowls,

Keepwarm ... andprosper

Courtesy photo by Susan Geller

and we laughed likeloons, and it wouldn'thave mattered if we'dbeen in a basement or afield or a wooden whal-ing ship, because thewhole point and the onlypoint was that we weretaking some time to bein the same place. And itwas still endlessly aston-ishing to both of us thatwe had someone to bein the same place with.

You don't have tohave a partner or a hotfudge sundae to laughlike that. I once had asgood a time walking twomiles in the snow to thenearest grocery store tobuy peach-colored car-nations so I could leavethem anonymously at myfriends' doorways. It wasa cold and clear after-noon, and my blood wasup and the sunset was

carnation-colored. Andthat day was a holiday.

Today can be another.Holiday, holy day,

comes from two Old Eng-lish words: holy from halig— sound, happy, whole— and day from daeg,sunrise to sunset, with theroot dhegw, to burn. SoHolidays are a time to feelwhole, hale and warm. I’lldance to that.

— Kate Abbott

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Courtesy photo by Susan GellerFamily events and warmly lit dinners fill this winter weekend.

Editor: Kate Abbott Contributing Photographer:Susan Geller

With thanks to Deborah,Laura, Stephen and Tony Abbott, Joan Entmocher andespecially to Mark Leymaster

Cover photo: Students inIS183 art classes will showtheir work at the LichtensteinCenter for the Arts in February.Photo courtesy if IS183.

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Friday Feb. 12Art

iMotif art show— Opening re-ception foriPhone photogra-phy exhibit inPittsfield’s 10x10Festival curatedby Sohn Galleryat Hotel on North,5 to 7 p.m. 297North St., Pitts-field. discover-pittsfield.com

IS183— ArtsNight Out, informalartmaking in thestudios for adults(BYOB), “Say Itwith Clay,” 7 to 9p.m., Citizens Hall,13 Willard HillRoad, Stock-bridge. 413-298-5252, is183.org

Makers Mill —“Make a Valentine”workshop, 6:30 to9 p.m. Communitymaker space at 73

Main St., NorthAdams. northadamsmakersmill.org

Norman Rock-well Museum—“Norman Rock-well in Detail”2:30 p.m., explor-ing his humor. 9Route 183, Stock-bridge. 413-298-4100, nrm.org

Williams CollegeMuseum of Art— “Both SidesNow,” Lexa andDan Walsh mini-mal abstractionopens. Free.Hours 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Friday toTuesday, closedWednesday, 10a.m. to 8 p.m.Thursday. 15Lawrence Hall

Drive (off Route 2),Williams College,Williamstown.wcma.williams.edu

Books and writers

10x10’s Wordx-Word RockwellProject— 10performances ofpoetry inspired byNorman Rockwellpaintings: Wordx-


Night out

Photo courtesy of IS183IS183 opens its studios for an informal Arts Night Out.

Word partners withNorman RockwellMuseum, 7 p.m. atthe Whitney Cen-ter for the Arts, 42Wendell Ave.,Pittsfield. wordx-wordfestival.com

NorthshireBookstore—Triathlete KarenNewman on “JustThree Words,”her memoir abouteating disorders,cancer and sur-vival, 7 p.m. 4869Main St., Man-chester Center,Vt. 802-362-2200,northshire.com

Conversations

Williams College— MathematicsClass of 1960stalk with ProfessorJohn Cullinan ofBard College on“Legendre Polyno-mials: From Math-ematical Physicsto Numbers The-ory,” 1 p.m. Route2, Williamstown,Mass. williams.edu

Williams LogLunch —“Ground workUSA: ConnectingSustainability andEquity in Cities”

with Stephen Bur-rington, executivedirector of Ground-work USA, noon.The Log, 78Spring St.,Williamstown,Mass. williams.edu

Dance

Mass MoCA —Big Dance The-atre: “This PageIntentionally LeftBlank,” noon and3 p.m. — work-in-progress perform-ance and wildmuseum tour byAnnie-B Parsonand Paul Lazar,

an interactiveevent meant tochange how peo-ple experience amuseum. Co-pre-sented withJacob’s PillowDance Festival.87 Marshall St.,North Adams.413-662-2111,massmoca.org

Film

Berkshire Mu-seum— Oscar-nominated shortfilms: Live Action 4and 7 p.m. — “AveMaria,” “Day One,”“Shok,” “Stutterer,”“Every thing Will BeOk.” Little Cinema.39 South St., Pitts-field. 413-447-7171, berkshiremuseum.org

Food

10x10 Tacos—Taco night 7 to 10p.m. with wine andbeer for 10x10Festival. Dottie’sCoffee Lounge,444 North St.,Pittsfield. 413-443-1792, dottiescoffeelounge.com


Photo courtesy of the Norman Rockwell MuseumThe Norman Rockwell Museum will host a holiday talk at homeand partner with WordxWord in the 10x10 Festival in Pittsfield.


Kids

Berkshire Mu-seum— TenDays of Play forPittsfield’s an-nual 10x10 Festi-val, 11 a.m. to 3p.m. — Imagina-tion Playground,Legos, buildingand magneticblocks and more.Weekly WeeMuse adventures11 a.m. 39 SouthSt., Pittsfield,Mass. 413-447-7171, berkshiremuseum.org

Music

Vermont ArtsExchange—Gypsy Lanecabaret, Base-ment Music Se-ries 8 p.m. at theOldcastle The-atre, 331 MainSt., Bennington,Vt. 802-442-5549, vermontartsxchange.org

Williams College’62 Center—Zambezi DanceParty with theZambezi Marimba

Band, 8 p.m. Cen-terStage, 1000 MainSt., Williams Col-lege, Williamstown.

Williams College— WilliamsChamber Playersin concert 8 p.m.:work by com-poser Chen Yi ti-tled, YangKo forSolo Violin andTwo Percussion-ists: Elas ticallywith Joana Gen-ova, violin; Mat -thew Gold andConor Meehan,percussion; song

cycle by com-poser andWilliams facultymember ZacharyWadsworth;Shostakovich trioby Joana Genova,violin; Nathaniel Parke, cello, andElizabeth Wright,piano. BernhardMusic Center, 54Chapin Hall Drive,Williamstown.

Outdoors

BerkshireBotanical Gar-den— Cocktails

Pachedu-Dashiell / Courtesy of Williams College ’62 CenterKusika dancers perform with the Zambezi Marimba Band at Williams College.


with Anna Pavord,garden columnistfor The Guardian,former editor of Gar-dens Illustrated,best-selling authorof TheTulipand TheNaming of Names,speaks on “Creat-ing Your Own Gar-den Style,” 5:30 to7:30 p.m. at theWest Stockbridgehome of Dan andSherry Kasper.

413-298-3926,berkshirebotanical.org

Theater

Dorset Players— Staged read-ing of “Morning’sat Seven” by PaulOsborn, 7:30p.m., free. Foursisters in a smallmidwestern townquestion their

lives. Communitytheater at DorsetPlayhouse, 104Cheney Road,Dorset, Vt. 802-867-5770, dorsetplayers.org

10x10 New PlayFestival— 10new plays withBarrington StageCo., 7:30 p.m. MainStage, 30 UnionSt., Pittsfield.

Paramount Theatre—“Much Ado aboutNothing,” Shake-spearean com-edy with theMarble ValleyPlayers, 7 p.m.West RutlandTown Hall, Rut-land, Vt. 802-775-0903.

Williams CollegeStory Slam—StorySLAM liveopen mic story-telling competi-tion on the themeof love, 8:30 p.m.The Log, 78Spring St.,Williamstown.

SaturdayFeb. 13Art

Makers Mill —Typeset notecards workshop, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,with metal typeand relief printing.Community makerspace at 73 MainSt., North Adams.northadamsmakersmill.org

Courtesy photo by Susan Geller Anna Pavord, author of ‘The Tulip,’ will give Berkshire BotanicalGarden’s annual winter talk, focusing on garden design.


Mass MoCA—Richard Nonas,“The Man inEmpty Space,”opening recep-tion for totemic,earthy, industrialsculptures 4:30to 6 p.m. 87 Mar-shall St., NorthAdams. 11 a.m.to 5 p.m. dailyexcept Tuesdays.413-662-2111,massmoca.org

Norman Rock-well Museum—“Georgia O’Ke-effe: Portrait ofthe Artist,” one-woman show5:30 p.m. withColleen Webster.Art in Motion:Drawing in thegalleries with il-lustrator Pat O’-Donnell, 2 p.m. 9Route 183, Stock-bridge. 413-298-4100, nrm.org

Southern VermontArts Center—Solo shows openwith reception 2to 4 p.m. forworks from 11local paintersand 3D design-

ers. 930 South-ern Vermont ArtsCenter Drive,Manchester, Vt.svac.org

Williams CollegeMuseum of Art— “Both SidesNow,” Lexa andDan Walsh mini-mal abstraction,sew-in on an over-sized sampler, 2 to4 p.m. Free. 15Lawrence HallDrive off Route 2,

Williams College,Williamstown.

Books

Berkshire Festi-val of WomenWriters— “Writ-ing out lives asfiction and mem-oir” workshop, 11 a.m., Bush-nell-Sage Library,48 Main St.,Sheffield Mass.berkshirewomenwriters.org

Dance

Mass MoCA—Big Dance The-atre: “This PageIntentionally LeftBlank,” noon and3 p.m. — work-in-progress per-formance-basedmuseum tourcreated byAnnie-B Parsonand Paul Lazar,an interactiveevent meant tochange howpeople experi-ence a museum.Co-presentedwith Jacob’s Pil-low Dance Festi-val. 87 MarshallSt., NorthAdams. 413-662-2111, mass-moca.org

10x10 FanasticFebruary Frolic— Alternativedance party withelectronic musicduo Home Body— new-wavy-electronic-a’pop’-calyptic-shimmer-core, down toearth, vivid, andvisceral — andDJ BFG, 8 to

Courtesy photo by David DashiellThe Mount will screen ‘Jane Eyre.’

11:45 p.m. atShire City Sanctu-ary, 40 Melville St.,Pittsfield. 413-236-9600, shirecitysanctuary.com

Film

Berkshire Mu-seum— Oscar-nominated shortfilms: Live Action7 p.m. — “AveMaria,” “DayOne,” “Shok,”“Stutterer,”“Everything WillBe Ok.” Little Cin-ema. 39 SouthSt., Pittsfield,Mass. 413-447-7171, berkshiremuseum.org

Clark Art Insti-tute — “Rio” 2:30p.m. 225 SouthSt., Williamstown.413-458-2303,clarkart.edu

Crandell Theatre— Tribute, “Ells -worth Kelly: Frag-ments,” screeningin memory of theacclaimed con-temporary artistwho lived nearbyin Spencertown,

2 p.m. 48 MainSt., Chatham,N.Y. Receptionfollows at CadyHall, 13 Main St.,second floor, inKelly’s first localworking studio.518-392-3331,crandelltheatre.org

Images Cinema— Oscar-nomi-nated shorts, ani-mations: “BearStory,” “Pro-logue,” “Sanjay’sSuper Team,”“World of Tomor-row,” “We Can’tLive without Cos-mos,” also “TheShort Story of aFox and aMouse,” “TheLoneliest Spot-light” and “Catch

It,” 2:30 p.m. 50Spring St.,Williamstown.413-458-5612,imagescinema.org

The Mount —“Jane Eyre,” 3p.m. with a talkon the connectionbetween Whartonand the book.“Stories SheLoved” film festi-val inspired byEdith Wharton’slibrary. 2 PlunkettSt., Lenox. 413-511-5111, edithwharton.org

Food

10x10 FarmersMarket — Kid-run market high-lighting young

growers and bak-ers, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Pittsfield FarmersMarket partnerswith Boys & GirlsClub at the clubLighthouse, 16Melville St., Pitts-field. farmersmar-ketpittsfield.org

BerkshireGrown— “LoveYour Farmer”Valentine’s Farm-ers Market withlocally grown andproduced foodsand gifts, fruitsand vegetables,cheeses, icecreams, meats,breads, yarn, andmore, live music,lunch fare andchildren’s activi-ties, 10 a.m. to 2p.m., MonumentValley MiddleSchool, 313 Mon-ument ValleyRoad, Great Bar-rington. Free.

Ventfort Hall —Chocolate fromBean to Bar, talkwith food historianFrancine seganand tasting 3:30 p.m.Victorian tea.


Photo courtesy of Clark Art InstituteThe Clark will celebrate with live a cappella.

Museum of theGilded Age, 104Walker St., Lenox.413-637-3206,gildedage.org

Kids

Berkshire Mu-seum— JunkMusic with theJunk Man, per-cussion with un-usual and foundmaterials, interac-tive concert, mak-ing wind chimesand more, 10:30a.m. to 5 p.m. TenDays of Play forPittsfield’s annual10x10 Festival, 11a.m. to 3 p.m. —Imagination Play-ground, Legos,building and mag-netic blocks andmore. 39 SouthSt., Pittsfield,Mass. 413-447-7171, berkshire-museum.org

Mason Library— Make Valen-tine cards, familyactivity 1 p.m.231 Main St.,Great Barrington.413-528-2403,gblibraries

10x10 KidsDance Party—Pre-nap jam forpre-schoolersand toddlers withmuic from DJBFG, 11 a.m. to12:30 p.m. Colo-nial Theatre, 111South St., Pitts-field. berkshiretheatregroup.org

Music

Colonial Theatre— BeatlemaniaAgain, Beatles

stage show, 7:30p.m. 111 SouthSt., Pittsfield.413-997-4444,

Mass MoCA—Beninois musicicon AngeliqeKidjo, Grammy-winning andgenre-bendingvocalist, 8 p.m.Valentine’s Daydinner before theshow. 87 MarshallSt., North Adams.413-662-2111,massmoca.org

Massry Centerfor the Arts —Saint Rose Cam-erata, chambermusic with voice:Le Rossignol byLéo Delibes,Cantata 82 byJ.S. Bach, 7:30p.m., free. Col-lege of St. Rose,432 WesternAve., Albany, N.Y.800-637-8556,

NorthshireBookstore—Concert withacoustic-electricalgroup LuminousCrush, 7 p.m.4869 Main St.,Manchester, Vt.802-362-2200,

OMI InternationalArts Center—Candlelight con-cert, OMI musicalums Nadje No-ordhuis and JamesShipp performjazz, 6:30 p.m. Re-ception to followwith Joto sake,cheese from OldChatham Sheep-herding co. andmore. 1405 N.Y.County Route 22,Ghent, N.Y.


Courtesy photo by Nevit DilmenOMI musicians will perform by candlelight.

Paramount Theatre— PhilVassar, award-winning Countrysinger-songwriter,8 p.m. 30 CenterSt., Rutland, Vt.802-775-0903,paramountvt.org

SpencertownAcademy— In-tentional Jazz En-semble performsjazz from the bluenote era, 7:30

p.m. 790 Route203, Spencer-town, N.Y. 518-392-3693,

10x10 Festival— Thrush Hour: AMusical Study of10 Great Ladiesof Jazz,StephanieNakasian per-forms classicvocal works withthe Hod O’BrianTrio, 7:30 p.m.,

Pancho’s Restau-rant, 154 NorthSt., Pittsfield.

10 Shaker Songs— HancockShaker Villagehosts a concert 2p.m. as part ofPittsfield’s 10x10Festival at SouthCongregationalChurch, 110South St., Pitts-field. hancock-shakervillage.org

Troy City MusicHall — LadysmithBlack Mambazo,Grammy-winningSouth African acappella group,7:30 p.m. 30 Sec-ond St., Troy, N.Y.518-273-8945.

Vermont ArtsExchange—Gypsy Lanecabaret, Base-ment Music Se-ries 8 p.m. at theOldcastle The-atre, 331 MainSt., Bennington,Vt. 802-442-5549.

Williams College’62 Center—Taylor Mac, Obie-Awardwinningplaywright, actorand singer-song-writer, in “TheDecades Project,”series of 24 con-certs of popularsongs in America,8 p.m. on Main-Stage. ZambeziDance Party withthe ZambeziMarimba Band, 2p.m. CenterStage,1000 Main St.,Williams College,Williamstown.


Courtesy photo by Nevit DilmenGrammy-winning musician Angelique Kidjo will sing at Mass MoCA.


Outdoors

American Mu-seum of FlyFishing — Fit toBe Tyed noon to4 p.m., work-shops with fly-tyers for alllevels. Family ac-tivites and crafttables. 4104 MainSt., Manchester,Vt. 802-362-3300, amff.com

BerkshireBotanical Gar-den— Anna Pa-vord, gardencolumnist for TheGuardian, formereditor of GardensIllustrated, best-selling authorof The Tulipand The Namingof Names,speaks on “Creat-ing Your OwnGarden Style,” 2p.m. MonumentMountain HighSchool, 247StockbridgeRoad, Route 7,Great Barrington.413-298-3926,

Hildene — BirdWalk with Ver-

mont Bird andSky Watch to sur-vey wild birds, 8a.m., free. RobertTodd Lincoln fam-ily mansion, homeof Abraham Lin-coln’s son, withHildene Farm withherd of goats,Pullman car Sun-beam and about12 miles of trails.1005 HildeneRoad, off Route7A, Manchester,Vt. 802-362-1788,802-362-2270.hildene.org

Mass Audubon— Animal tracksand signs, 10 a.m.Nature center withfields, pond andgentle trails. Pleas-ant Valley Sanctu-ary, 472 WestMountain Road,Lenox, Mass. 413-637-0320,

Notchview—Valentine Eve Ski& Sweets,evening skiingand snowshoeingby half moonlight,

tasting of choco-late and warmdrinks for allages, 7 to 10p.m. Nordic ski-ing, snowshoing,cross-country ski-ing on groomedtrails, lessonsand equipmentrentals. 83 OldRoute 9, Windsor.413-684-0148,thetrustees.org

WilliamstownRural Lands —Antique work sledrestoration, livinghistory workday9:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m., free.Nature centerwith fields, pondand gentle trails.671 Cold SpringRoad, Route 7,Williamstown.413-458-2429,

Theater

ParamountTheatre—“Much Ado aboutNothing,” Shake-spearean comedywith the MarbleValley Players, 7p.m. West Rut-land Town Hall,

Courtesy photo by Mainjith KainickaraLook for winter birds and tracks in the snow.

Rutland, Vt. 802-775-0903.

10x10 ComedyShow— Stand-up with ThomasLewis 8 to 10:30p.m. at Dottie’sCoffee Lounge,444 North St.,Pittsfield. 413-443-1792,

10x10 New PlayFestival— 10new plays withBarrington StageCompany, 3 and7:30 p.m. MainStage, 30 UnionSt., Pittsfield.

Sunday,Feb. 14ArtClark Art Insti-tute — Lovesongs in the gal-leries all day byWilliams Collegea cappellagroups. Valen-tine’s Day brunchat the café 11a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Valentine’s Daytea party 3 to 4:30p.m. 225 SouthSt., Williamstown.413-458-2303,clarkart.edu

Norman Rock-well Museum—“Politics and Ro-mance? NormanRockwell’s Presi-dents and Valen-tines,” 11 a.m.Political figuresRockwell knewand illustrationsabout love. “Foodfor Thought: Cu-ratorial Perspec-tives,” talk withbrunch. 9 Route183, Stockbridge.

Community

Berkshire Com-munity College— 15th annual

Not Your AverageDog Show 11:30a.m. to 3 p.m.with classes frombest ears andbest trick to mys-tery mutt andphoto contest, tobenefit scholar-ships, at Patter-son Field House.1350 West St.,Pittsfield, Mass.berkshirecc.edu

Film

Berkshire Mu-seum— Oscar-nominated shortfilms: Live Action7 p.m. — “Ave


Courtesy of Williams College ’62 CenterCabaret actor and singer Taylor Mac will perform selections from his ‘Decades Project’.


Maria,” “DayOne,” “Shok,”“Stutterer,”“Everything WillBe Ok.” Little Cin-ema. 39 SouthSt., Pittsfield.

Images Cinema— Oscar-nomi-nated shorts, ani-mations: “BearStory,” “Prologue,”“Sanjay’s SuperTeam,” “World ofTomorrow,” “WeCan’t Live withoutCosmos,” also“The Short Story of aFox and a Mouse,”“The Loneliest Spot-light” and “Catch It,”1 p.m. 50 SpringSt., Williamstown.413-458-5612, imagescinema.org

Mahaiwe Per-forming ArtsCenter—“Roman Holiday,”classic romancewith Audrey Hep-burn and GregoryPeck, 14 CastleSt., Great Bar-rington, Mass.413-528-0100,mahaiwe.org

10x10 Festival10 Shorts —Berkshire Interna-tional Film Festivalshort films, BeaconCinema, 2:30 p.m.Free. 57 North St.,Pittsfield.

Food

Dorset FarmersMarket— Veg-

etables and fruits,home bakedbreads and pas-tries, artisancheeses andwines, grass-fedmeat and poultry,free-range eggs,canned condi-ments and pick-led produce,specialty goods,hot foods, Ver-mont crafts, andlive, local music.10 a.m. to 2 p.m.at J.K. Adams,1430 Route 30,Dorset, Vt. 802-353-9656, dorsetfarmersmarket.com

10x10 Valen-tine’s Soiree —Holiday choco-late-themed din-

ner 7 p.m. withmusic by Spnk &Sass at Dottie’sCoffee Lounge for10x10 Festival.No date needed;couples welcome.444 North St.,Pittsfield. RSVP413-443-1792,dottiescoffeelounge.com

Kids

Berkshire Mu-seum— JunkMusic with theJunk Man, per-cussion with un-usual and foundmaterials, interac-tive concert, mak-ing wind chimesand more, noon to5 p.m. Ten Daysof Play for 10x10Festival, noon to 4p.m. 39 South St.,Pittsfield. 413-447-7171,berk-shiremuseum.org

Music

Colonial Theatre— The Wailers inConcert — BobMarley’s band withAston ‘Family Man’Barnettperformsclassic reggae, 8

Courtesy photo by Bev SykesrPups will gather at BCC’s annual Not Your Average Dog Show.

p.m. during 10x10Festival. 111 SouthSt., Pittsfield. 413-997-4444, berkshiretheatregroup.org

10x10 ValentineCabaret— “Loveme TENder,” 10+most romanticsongs, doorsopen at 5:30 p.m.,concert at 6:30p.m. and danceparty at 8:30.Three-courseprix-fixe dinneravailable. Whit-ney Center forthe Arts, 42 Wen-dell Ave., Pittsfield.413-443-0289,

Sage City Sym-phony— GrandeDuo for Cello andDouble Bass, by ,with soloistsDavid Runnion oncello and RobertZimmerman onbass, along withConcerto GrossoOpus 6, No. 4 inD Major by andby Beethoven, 4p.m. GreenwallAuditorium,VAPA, Benning-ton College, 1College Drive,

Bennington, Vt.sagecitysymphony.org

Williams College— Student musi-cians in the Berk-shyre Symphonysoloist competi-tion perform, free.3 p.m., BernhardMusic Center, 54Chapin Hall Drive,off Route 2,Williamstown.

Outdoors

Bartholomew’sCobble — Snow-shoe Sunday 10

a.m. to 3 p.m.,snowshoe rentalsand cocoa. Win-ter Wanderings,hour-long snow-shoe with hotcider, cocoa andtalk about herbsand potions, 2 to4 p.m. Trusteesof reservationsproperty, onWheatogueRoad, Sheffield.413-298-3239,ext. 3013.

Theater

Paramount Theatre— “Much

Ado about Noth-ing,” Shake-spearean comedywith the MarbleValley Players, 2p.m. West Rut-land Town Hall,Rutland, Vt. 802-775-0903,

10x10 New PlayFestival— 10new plays withBarrington StageCompany, 3 p.m.Main Stage, 30Union St., Pittsfield.


Courtesy of Berkshire Museum‘The Junk Man’ will perform off-beat percussion.

10x10 events:See pages 16-20.


10x10 Festival

Thursday, February 11

IS183 Learning throughthe Arts — Student artshow opening of workfrom IS183 program, 5 to7 p.m. at the LichtensteinCenter for the Arts. 28Renne Ave., Pittsfield.

10x10 New Play Festival— 10 new plays with Bar-rington Stage Company,7:30 p.m. Main Stage, 30Union St., Pittsfield.

Friday, Feb. 12

10 Days of Play— TenDays of Play, 11 a.m. to 3p.m. — Imagination Play-ground, Legos, building andmagnetic blocks and more.Berkshire Museum, 39

South St., Pittsfield, Mass.413-447-7171, berkshire-museum.org

iMotif art show— Openingreception for iPhone photog-raphy exhibit with 75 artists,curated by Sohn Gallery atHotel on North, 5 to 7 p.m.Show through March 2. 297 North St., Pittsfield.

10x10 Tacos— Taconight 7 to 10 p.m. withwine and beer for 10x10Festival. Dottie’s CoffeeLounge, 444 North St.,Pittsfield. 413-443-1792,dottiescoffeelounge.com

WordxWord RockwellProject— 10 perform-ances of poetry inspired byNorman Rockwell paint-

ings: WordxWord partnerswith Norman Rockwell Mu-seum, 7 p.m. at the Whit-ney Center for the Arts, 42Wendell Ave., Pittsfield.wordxwordfestival.com

10x10 New Play Festival— 10 new plays with Bar-rington Stage Company,7:30 p.m. Main Stage, 30Union St., Pittsfield.

Saturday, Feb. 13

10x10 Farmers Market —Kid-run market highlightingyoung growers and bak-ers, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pitts-field Farmers Market,Boys & Girls Club Light-house, 16 Melville St.,Pittsfield. farmersmarketpittsfield.org

A bonfire warms the Common.Photo courtesy Cultural Pittsfield.


10 Days of Play— JunkMusic with the Junk Man,percussion with unusualand found materials, inter-active concert, makingwind chimes and more,10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. TenDays of Play, 11 a.m. to 3p.m. Berkshire Museum,39 South St., Pittsfield.

10x10 Kids Dance Party— Pre-nap jam for pre-schoolers and toddlerswith muic from DJ BFG, 11a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Colo-nial Theatre, 111 SouthSt., Pittsfield. berkshiretheatregroup.org

10 Shaker Songs — Han-cock Shaker Village hostsa concert 2 p.m. at SouthCongregational Church,

110 South St., Pittsfield.hancockshakervillage.org

10x10 New Play Festival— 10 new plays with Bar-rington Stage Company, 3and 7:30 p.m. Main Stage,30 Union St., Pittsfield.

10x10 Jazz— “ThrushHour: A Musical Study of10 Great Ladies of Jazz,”Stephanie Nakasian per-forms classic vocal workswith the Hod O’Brian Trio,7:30 p.m., Pancho’sRestaurant, 154 North St.,Pittsfield.

10x10 Comedy Show—Stand-up with ThomasLewis 8 to 10:30 p.m. atDottie’s Coffee Lounge,444 North St., Pittsfield.

10x10 Dance Your FaceOff— Dance party 8 to11:45 p.m. at Shire CitySanctuary, 40 Melville St.,Pittsfield. 413-236-9600,

Sunday, Feb. 14

10 Days of Play— JunkMusic with the Junk Man,percussion with found ma-terials, interactive concert,making wind chimes andmore, noon to 5 p.m. TenDays of Pla,y noon to 4p.m. Berkshire Museum,39 South St., Pittsfield.

10x10 Festival 10 Shorts— Berkshire InternationalFilm Festival brings shortfilms to Beacon Cinema,2:30 p.m. Free. 57 NorthSt., Pittsfield. biffma.org

10x10 New PlayFestival— 10 newplays with BarringtonStage Company, 3p.m. Main Stage, 30Union St., Pittsfield.

10x10 ValentineCabaret— “Love meTENder,” 10+ mostromantic songs,doors open at 5:30p.m., concert at 6:30p.m. and dance partyat 8:30. Three-courseprix-fixe dinner avail-able. Whitney Centerfor the Arts, 42 Wen-dell Ave., Pittsfield.413-443-0289, thewhit.org

10x10 Valentine’sSoiree — Holidaychocolate-themeddinner 7 p.m. withmusic by Spnk &Sass at Dottie’s Cof-fee Lounge for10x10 Festival. Nodate needed; sin-gles and coupleswelcome. 444 NorthSt., Pittsfield. RSVP413-443-1792,

The Wailers inConcert — BobMarley’s band withAston ‘Family Man’Barnett performsclassic reggae, 8p.m. Colonial The-atre, 111 South St.,Pittsfield. 413-997-4444, berkshiretheatregroup.org

Monday, Feb. 15

10 Days of Play—“Play Ball!” withBerkshire TheatreGroup, family theateron the origins ofbaseball, 11 a.m. TenDays of Play, 11 a.m.

to 3 p.m. — Imagina-tion Playground,Legos, building andmagnetic blocks andmore. Berkshire Mu-seum, 39 South St.,Pittsfield, Mass. 413-447-7171, berkshiremuseum.org

Tuesday, Feb. 16

10 Days of Play—“Play Ball!” withBerkshire TheatreGroup, family the-ater on the origins ofbaseball, 11 a.m.Records andBurpee Zoo Show,1:30 p.m. Ten Daysof Play for Pitts-field’s annual 10x10Festival, 11 a.m. to3 p.m. — Imagina-tion Playground,Legos, building andmagnetic blocks andmore. Berkshire Mu-seum, 39 South St.,Pittsfield, Mass.413-447-7171,

Light Wire The-atre’s Moon Mouse— Join Marvin on atrip to the surface ofthe moon on hishomemade rocket,where he meetsmisfit creatures,danger and awe-some beauty. 2 p.m.at Colonial Theatre,110 South St., Pitts-field. 413-997-4444,berkshiretheatregroup.org

Music by 10 —Berkshire MusicSchool faculty andstudents, with 10performances, 4 to7 p.m. Taft RecitalHall, 30 WendellAve., Pittsfield. 413-442-1411, berkshiremusicschool.org


Wednesday, Feb. 17

10 Days of Play —“Play Ball!” withBerkshire TheatreGroup, family the-ater on the origins ofbaseball, 11 a.m.Ten Days of Play, 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Berk-shire Museum, 39South St., Pittsfield.

10x10 Moby Dick— Theater Trieb-wick performs Her-man Melville’sclassic sea story,family-style, 2 p.m.Colonial Theatre,110 South St., Pitts-field. 413-997-4444.

10x10 Permaculture— Film and talk ondiverse, stable andnatural systems forfarming and garden-ing, 7 p.m., BYOB.Dottie’s CoffeeLounge for 10x10Festival. 444 NorthSt., Pittsfield. RSVP413-443-1792.

Thursday, Feb. 18

10 Days of Play—“Play Ball!” withBerkshire TheatreGroup, family the-ater on the origins ofbaseball, 11 a.m.Ten Days of Play forPittsfield’s annual10x10 Festival, 11a.m. to 3 p.m.Berk-shire Museum, 39South St., Pittsfield.

Real At Party—Live informal artauction as part ofPittsfield’s Annual10x10 Festival;party is free, buttickets (for a fee) in-clude 10x10 pieceof art to take home,5:30 to 8 p.m. Bene-fits Berkshire artstudents. 39 SouthSt., Pittsfield, Mass.413-447-7171, berk-shiremuseum.org

10-Minute Sketches— Burlesque lifedrawing with 10x10Festival, 6 to 7 p.m.Dottie’s CoffeeLounge, 444 NorthSt., Pittsfield. RSVP413-443-1792.

10x10 New PlayFestival— 10 newplays with Barring-ton Stage Company,

7:30 p.m. MainStage, 30 Union St.,Pittsfield. barringtonstageco.org

10x10 Festival 10Shorts — BerkshireInternational FilmFestival brings shortfilms to Beacon Cin-ema, 8 p.m. Free. 57North St., Pittsfield.

PechaCucha Night— Conversationsand presentations8:20 to 9:20 p.m.Berkshire Museum,39 South St., Pittsfield.413-447-7171, berkshiremuseum.org

Friday, Feb. 19

10 Days of Play—Vicanti Ballet fromUMASS visits withchildren’s dancenoon to 1 p.m. and

2 to 3 p.m. “PlayBall!” with BerkshireTheatre Group, familytheater on the originsof baseball, 11 a.m.Ten Days of Play, 11a.m. to 3 p.m. Berk-shire Museum, 39South St., Pittsfield.

10x10 In Motion —Literary Party 7 p.m.with performers cele-brating historic au-thors connected toPittsfield — Kick-wheel EnsembleTheater/BerkshireFringe with OliverWendell Holmes,Berkshire MusicSchool with HermanMelville, PittsfieldShakespeare in thePark with HenryWadsworth Longfel-low, Town Players ofPittsfield withNathaniel Hawthorneand WAM Theatrewith Henry DavidThoreau. Dottie’sCoffee Lounge for10x10 Festival. 444North St., Pittsfield.RSVP 413-443-1792.

10x10 New PlayFestival— 10 newplays with BarringtonStage Company, 7:30p.m. Main Stage, 30Union St., Pittsfield.

10 Shorts on Stage— Pittsfield TownPlayers and theWhitney Center for


the Arts stage 10short plays, 8 p.m.Whitney Center forthe Arts, 42 WendellAve., Pittsfield. 413-443-0289,

Richard Marx inconcert— Per-former, songwriterand pop-rock plat-inum chart-topperperforms 8 p.m. dur-ing 10x10 Festival.Colonial Theatre,110 South St., Pitts-field. 413-997-4444,

10x10 Cabaret—Gypsy Lane andCompany 8 p.m. atHotel on North, 297North St., Pittsfield.

Saturday, Feb. 20

10 Days of Play—Wintergreen familyfolk concert 1:30p.m. Ten Days ofPlay for Pittsfield’sannual 10x10 Festi-val, 11 a.m. to 3p.m. — ImaginationPlayground, Legos,building and mag-netic blocks andmore. Berkshire Mu-seum, 39 South St.,Pittsfield, Mass.413-447-7171.

10x10 Fireworksand Bonfire —Warm up on theCommon, 5:30 to6:30 p.m. at the10x10 Festival. Fire-

works begin at 5:45.First Street, Pittsfield.discoverpittsfield.com

10x10 Cabaret—Gypsy Lane andCompany 8 p.m. atHotel on North, 297North St., Pittsfield.

10x10 New PlayFestival— 10 newplays with Barring-ton Stage Company,3 and 7:30 p.m.Main Stage, 30Union St., Pittsfield.

10 Shorts on Stage— Pittsfield Town

Players and theWhitney Center forthe Arts stage 10short plays, 8 p.m.Whitney Center forthe Arts, 42 WendellAve., Pittsfield. 413-443-0289, thewhit.org

Sunday, Feb. 21

10x10 Dance Ten— Dance perform-ances at BarringtonStage Company, 2p.m. at the 10x10Festival. MainStage, 30 Union St.,Pittsfield. barringtonstageco.org

10 Shorts on Stage— Pittsfield TownPlayers and theWhitney Center forthe Arts stage 10short plays, 2 p.m.Whitney Center forthe Arts, 42 WendellAve., Pittsfield. 413-443-0289, thewhit.org

10x10 New PlayFestival— 10 newplays with BarringtonStage Company, 3p.m. Main Stage, 30Union St., Pittsfield.barringtonstageco.org

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Courtesy of Berkshire Museum10 Days of Play invites children to build, imagine and explore.

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