Things to do in the Berkshires during November 2011 include a great variety of entertainment at venues in Berkshire county towns such as Pittsfield, Lenox, Williamstown, North Adams, and Great Barrington. Every performing arts organization with access to a big enough screen seems to have gone decidedly high brow lately with “Live” presentations of opera. If there ever was a near confluence of opera and pop, it was James Brown; his sax player, Maceo Parker, headlines Still Black Still Proud – An African Tribute to James Brown at the Mahaiwe PAC in Gt. Barrington on Nov. 18.
November in the Berkshires, just as in your family and mine, also is a time for tradition, marked on the Berkshires’ events calendar by an Arlo Guthrie concert at The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, and the presentation of the Fall Festival of Shakespeare, now in its 23rd year at Shakespeare and Co. in Lenox, and the Festival of Trees at the Berkshire Museum.
Legend – for easy scanning:
- Stage – Live – on stage
- Music – Live in concert
- Screen – Movie or video presentation
- Art – Visual art exhibition
Barrington Stage Company schedule
- Nov. 10 – Live From 92Y: Paula Deen With Dr. Gail Saltz
Barrington Stage Company tickets contact information
- Mainstage: 30 Union Street – BSC Stage 2: 36 Linden Street (Pittsfield VFW)
- Box Office: 413-236-8888 – Administration: 413-499-5446
- Website: barringtonstage.org
Berkshire Museum schedule
- Nov. 18 – Jan. 2, 2012 – Under the Big Top: Festival of Trees 2011
Berkshire Museum tickets contact information
- 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
- 413-443-7171
- Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;Sun. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
- Closed Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day
- Berkshire Museum
Berkshire Theatre Festival schedule
- No performances or events listed at press time./li>
Berkshire Theatre Festival tickets contact information
- PO Box 797, Stockbridge, MA 01262
- Box Office – 413-298-5576 ext. 33
- website: BerkshireTheatre.org
Clark Art Institute schedule
- ExhibitionRomantic Nature: British and French Landscapes – through November 13, 2011
- Exhibition – Rembrandt and Degas: Two Young Artists – Nov. 13 – Feb. 5, 2012
- Nov. 6 – Noon – The Met: Live in HD – Wagner’s Siegfried (Encore Performance)
- Nov. 19 – 1 pm – The Met: Live in HD – Glass’s Satyagraha
Clark Art Institute tickets contact information
- 225 South Street – Williamstown, MA 01267
- 413-458-2303
- Galleries open daily – Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- web: clarkart.edu
Colonial Theatre schedule
- Nov. 3 – 9pm – Chris Merenda & The Wheel
- Nov. 4 – 7pm – The Eagles Band
- Nov. 5 – 7:30pm – Crazy ‘Bout Patsy
- Nov. 7 – 7:30pm – U.S. Army Field Band and Chorus
- Nov. 9 – 7:30pm – Ani DiFranco; plus: Melissa Ferrick
- Nov. 11 – 8pm – The Four Tops
- Nov. 12 – 8pm – Christopher O’Riley
- Nov. 17 – 6 & 9pm – Warren Miller’s Like There’s No Tomorrow
- Nov. 19 – 8pm – Arlo Guthrie
- Nov. 25 – 8pm – Barefoot Truth & Catfish Blue
- Nov. 26 – 10am-4pm – A 250th Birthday Community Open House
- Nov. 230 – 7:30pm – Natalie MacMaster
The Colonial Theatre tickets contact information
- 111 South St. – Pittsfield, Mass 01201
- 413-997-4444
- TheColonialTheatre.org
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center schedule
- Nov. 5 (Nov. 16 Encore) – Noon – The Met: Live in HD – Wagner’s Siegfried
- Nov. 10 & 11 – 7:30pm – Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker
- Nov. 15 – 7pm – Construct, Inc. Benefit for Local Fuel Assistance
- Nov. 18 – 8pm – Maceo Parker – Tribute to James Brown
- Nov. 19 – 1 pm – The Met: Live in HD – Glass’s Satyagraha
- Nov. 23 – 1 pm – The Met: Encore in HD – Glass’s Satyagraha
- Nov. 26 – 1 & 4pm – WIZARD OF OZ (1939)
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center tickets contact information
- 14 Castle Street – Great Barrington, MA 01230
- Box Office: 413-528-0100
- Mahaiwe.org
MASS MoCA schedule
- Nov. 5 – 8pm – Salsa Dura Dance Party with La Excelencia
- Nov. 11 – 8pm – The Feelies
- Nov. 19 – 8pm – Sam Amidon
MASS MoCA tickets contact information
- 87 Marshall St.; North Adams, MA 01247
- Fall, Winter, Spring Hours: 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. closed Tuesday
- Phone: 413.MoCA.111
- Web: massmoca.org
Shakespeare & Company schedule
- Through Nov. 6 – War of the Worlds
- Nov. 17 – 20 – Fall Festival of Shakespeare
Fall Festival of Shakespeare
Shakespeare & Company tickets contact information
- 70 Kemble Street
- Lenox, MA 01240
- phone: 413-637-1199
- www.shakespeare.org
