The annual Labor Day Tanglewood Jazz Festival is the most noteworthy event on the Berkshires performing arts schedule, which also inludes plays at Barrington Stage, Shakespeare & Co., Berkshire Theatre Festival and the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. September marks the transition to the always fabulous Berkshires Fall Foliage season, celebrated in Lenox and Lee with the Lenox Apple Squeeze and Lee Founders’ Weekend, and also is time for the number one athletic event in Berkshire county, the Josh Billings RunAground.
Looking ahead? Berkshires fall foliage events.
- Trinity Art Show – September 1 – 5 Noon – 4 PM – Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Rd, Lakeville, CT,
- Music and More Presents the The Goldberg Trio – Sept. 3, 2011 – 4:30 PM – The Meeting House in New Marlborough
- Peace Conference – Hancock Shaker Village – Sept. 17, 2011;
- 35th Josh Billings RunAground – Sunday, September 18, 2011
- Lenox – Tub Parade — Noon – Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011
- Lee – Founders’ Weekend — Friday, Sept. 23, 2011
- Lee – Founders’ Weekend — Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011
- Lee – Founders’ Weekend — Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011
- North Adams Harvest Fest — Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011
- Lenox – Apple Squeeze — All day – Saturday, Sept. 24
- Pittsfield – Artscape outdoors public sculpture tours – Saturday, Sept. 24
- Lenox – Apple Squeeze — All day – Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011
- Lenox – Brock Trot — 7AM registration – Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011
- Adams – Annual Fall Run to Charlemont — 11AM – Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011
- Lenox – Sweet Adeline’s Chorus & Open House – 4-6 PM Tues, Sept. 27 – Cameron House, 109 Housatonic St
September 2011 Barrington Stage Co. schedule
Barrington Stage Co. 2011 schedule details and links
- Theatrical runMy Name Is Asher Lev at Barrington Stage Co. – Aug. 18 – Sept. 4, 2011 – BSC Stage2 – Pittsfield
- Tuesday-Friday 7:30pm
- Saturday 4pm and 8pm
- Sunday 3pm
- Additional matinees: Thursday, Aug. 25 and Sept. 1 at 3pm
- Please note: No 4pm matinee on Saturday, Sept. 3
- Songs By Ridiculously Talented Composers And Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know But Should – Sept. 2 & 3, 2011 – Mainstage – Pittsfield
- Various Composers and Lyricists, Narrated by William Finn
- Sept. 2 & 3 at 8pm
- Kunstler, By Jeffrey Sweet – Sept. 3 & 4, 2011 – BSC Stage 2 – Pittsfield
- A staged reading.
- Saturday, September 3 at 4pm; Sunday, September 4 at 7:30pm
- Amanda Mcbroom With Michele Brourman – Sept. 23 & 24, 2011 – BSC Stage 2 – Pittsfield
- Friday, September 23 at 8pm; Saturday, September 24 at 8pm
September 2011 Berkshire Theatre Festival schedule
Berkshire Theatre Festival 2011 schedule details and links
- Theatrical runPeriod of Adjustment – Aug. 16 – Sept. 3, 2011 – Fitzpatrick Main Stage, Stockbridge
- Opening Night/Press Night Aug. 20 at 8pm
- Previews August 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 – 2pm
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday at 8pm
- Wednesday at 7pm,
- Thursday and Saturday at 2pm
- Closes Sept. 3
- Theatrical runBirthday Boy – Aug. 30 – Sept. 3, 2011 and Sept. 29 – Oct. 6, 2011 – BTF Unicorn Theatre, Stockbridge
- Opening Night Aug. 31 at 7pm
- Previews August 30 – 2pm
- Thursday-Saturday at 8pm
- Saturday at 2pm
- Closes Sept. 3 – Final Closing October 16
- World Premiere
- The Wizard of Oz – Aug. 30 – Sept. 9, 10, 11, 2011 – Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
- Opening Night Sept. 9 at 7:30 pm
- Friday-Saturday at 7:30pm; Saturday-Sunday at 2pm
- Featuring the Berkshire Theatre Festival Children’s Theatre Company
September 2011 Clark Art Institute schedule
Clark Art Institute details and links
- ExhibitionPissarro’s People – July 12 – Oct. 2, 2011
- ExhibitionRomantic Nature: British and French Landscapes – through September 20, 2011
- ExhibitionEl Anatsui sculpture exhibition – Stone Hill Center – Williamstown
- July 12 through October 16, 2011 – Related events:
- Ghanaian storyteller will present weekly tales – Stone Hill Center balcony
- ExhibitionSpaces: Photographs by Candida Höfer and Thomas Struth – Clark Art Institute – Williamstown
- July 12 through September 5
- Public Lecture: Agency in the Renaissance – September 24, 2011 – 5:00 pm
September 2011 Colonial Theatre schedule
Colonial Theatre 2011 schedule details and links
- The Wizard of Oz – Aug. 30 – Sept. 9, 10, 11, 2011 – Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield
- Opening Night Sept. 9 at 7:30 pm
- Friday-Saturday at 7:30pm; Saturday-Sunday at 2pm
- Featuring the Berkshire Theatre Festival Children’s Theatre Company
- Berkshire Comedy Spotlight II – Saturday, September 24 – 8pm
September 2011 Guthrie Center schedule
- James Montgomery – Fri. & St., Sept. 2 & 3
- Dust Poets – Sun., Sept. 4
September 2011 Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center schedule
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 2011 schedule details and links
- An Evening With Barry Lopez, Author and Naturalist – Thurs, Sept. 22 at 8PM
September 2011 MASS MoCA schedule
MASS MoCA 2011 details and links
- I Love Vinyl Dance Party – Sun, Sept. 4 – 8PM
- Bureau for Open Culture: All Hands on Deck! – September 8 – September 11
- Bureau for Open Culture: Bartleby’s Pen – Dylan Gauthier & Kend – Friday, September 9, 2011, 8:30 pm
September 2011 Shakespeare and Co. schedule
Shakespeare and Co. 2011 schedule details and links
- September 1, 2011
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona – 12:45 pm
- As You Like It – 2:00 pm
- EveryActor – 5:30 pm
- The Hound of the Baskervilles – 7:30 pm
- Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins – 8:00 pm
- September 2, 2011
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona – 12:45 pm
- The Hound of the Baskervilles – 2:00 pm
- Romeo and Juliet – 7:30 pm
- September 3, 2011
- Behind the Scenes Tour – 10:00 am
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona – 12:45 pm
- Romeo and Juliet – 2:00 pm
- As You Like It – 7:30 pm
- The Memory of Water – 8:00 pm
- September 4, 2011
- EveryActor – 12:30 pm
- As You Like It – 2:00 pm
- The Memory of Water – 3:00 pm
- EveryActor – 5:30 pm
- The Hound of the Baskervilles – 7:30 pm
- Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins – 8:00 pm
- September 5, 2011 – Studio Festival of Plays – 11:00 am
2011 Tanglewood Jazz Festival – Ticket Prices and Schedule At-a-glance
Friday, September 2
- Friday, September 2, 6:30 pm
- Ulysses Owens Quintet
- Free with ticket to main stage concert
- Friday, September 2, 8 pm
- Robin McKelle Quartet
- Michael Kaeshammer Sextet
- $42-62/lawn $18
Saturday, September 3
- Saturday, September 3, 11:30 am
- Interview: Bob Blumenthal and John Santos
- Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34
- Saturday, September 3, 12:30 pm
- Sarah Manning Quartet
- Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34
- Saturday, September 3, 2 pm
- Judy Carmichael’s Jazz Inspired with special guest TBA
- $33-56/lawn $19
- Saturday, September 3, 4:15 pm
- Interview: Bob Blumenthal and NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Cobb and Gunther Schuller
- Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34
- Saturday, September 3, 6:30 pm
- Cedric Hanriot Trio
- Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34
- Saturday, September 3, 8 pm
- A Latin Jazz Tribute to Cachao
- John Santos Sextet
- Federico Britos Sextet
- $45-77/lawn $19
- Sunday, September 4, 12:30 pm
- Master class with NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb and the rhythm section of the Coast to Coast Septet
- Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34
Sunday, September 4
- Screening of Charles Mingus’ “Epitaph” conducted by Gunther Schuller at Lincoln Center in 1989
- Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34
- Sunday, September 4, 2 pm
- Coast to Coast Septet featuring NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb with special guest Mary Stallings
- The Mingus Orchestra with guest conductor NEA Jazz Master Gunther Schuller
- $33-56/lawn $19
- Sunday, September 4, 4 pm
- “Listen Here” discussion with Bob Blumenthal on a recording by a legendary jazz vocalist to be announced
- Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34
- Sunday, September 4, 6:30 pm
- The Rebecca Martin Trio with Larry Grenadier and Bill McHenry
- Free with ticket to main stage concert or all day pass – $34
- Sunday, September 4, 8 pm
- Sing the Truth: Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright
- With all-star band Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington, James Genus, Munyungo Jackson and Romero Lubambo
- $42-62/lawn$18
Here’s an extra-Berkshires event of note: Hudson Valley Garlic Festival – Sept. 24 & 25, 2011 – Saugerties, NY