January 2012 Berkshires events schedules

By Dave Read | Published: January 2, 2012
Mavis Staples on Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center schedule January 2012.

January 2012 Berkshires events schedules feature films at the Berkshire Museum Little Cinema in Pittsfield, the new Escapist Entertainment Film
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Berkshires skiing map

By Dave Read | Published: November 1, 2010

Updated Jan. 18, 2012 – Follow the Google camera down the slopes at Ski Butternut in Great Barrington, MA by
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David Grover plays Club Passim

By Dave Read | Published: January 13, 2012
Berkshires musician David Grover

Legendary local musician David Grover will play a concert of children’s music at legendary Cambridge coffee house Passim this Saturday,
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Colonial Theatre events 2012 schedule

By Dave Read | Published: December 9, 2011
Bettye Lavette onstage at the 2009 San Jose Jazz Festival

Events on the Colonial Theatre schedule for winter and spring 2012 indicate that the Pittsfield, MA arts and entertainment calendar
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Clark Art exhibits Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists

By Dave Read | Published: November 14, 2011
Self-Portrait as a Young Man, 1629, by Rembrandt van Rijn

The Clark Art Institute, located in the Berkshires at Williamstown, features an exhibition that looks at the influence that Dutch
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Tanglewood season 2012 schedule overview

By Dave Read | Published: November 18, 2011
John Williams 80th birthday to be celebrated at Tanglewood 75th anniversary gala concert Aug. 18, 2012.

Tanglewood, the summer home in the Berkshires of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, celebrates its 75th anniversary with a season of
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James Taylor at Tanglewood

By Dave Read | Published: November 19, 2011
James Taylor One Man Band at Tanglewood Aug. 24, 2007;photo Jamie Goldenberg

James Taylor has three concerts and one Gala appearance on the Tanglewood 2012 schedule, marking the 20th summer he has
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Clark Art Institute 2012 schedule

By Dave Read | Published: January 2, 2012

Clark Art Institute’s 2012 events and performance schedule includes, in addition to Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists, the main
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December 2011 Berkshires schedules

By Dave Read | Published: November 30, 2011
A Christmas Carol at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield highlights Berkshires schedules for December 2011.

The Berkshires offer an interesting variety of entertainment during December 2011, from James Taylor in his acting debut in A
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James Taylor to play Bob Crachit in A Christmas Carol

By Dave Read | Published: November 12, 2011
James Taylor joins cast of A Christmas Carol

James Taylor who has been a resident of the Berkshires for several years and a frequent summertime attraction at Tanglewood
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2011 Festival of Trees Berkshire Museum

By Dave Read | Published: October 15, 2011

The theme for the 2011 Festival of Trees at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, MA, named Under the Big Top,
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Arlo Guthrie and family concert Colonial Theatre Pittsfield, MA

By Dave Read | Published: November 21, 2011
Arlo Guthrie and family played Pittsfield's Colonial THeatre, Nov. 19, 2011.

Nov. 19, 2011 concert reviewed by Dave Conlin Read. Arlo Guthrie and Family entertained a near-capacity audience at the Colonial
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