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Berkshires schedules September 2012

What to do in the Berkshires September 2012

Labor Day weekend at Tanglewood will be without jazz in Ozawa Hall for the first time in several years. Instead, the BSO have scheduled rock concerts in the Koussevitsky Music Shed for Fri. and Sat. nights, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 headlined by Train and Evanesence, respectively. Closing the BSO’s 75th Tanglewood season is a Sunday afternoon concert by the Boston Pops, Thomas Wilkins conducting a program that features Christine Ebersole, Betty Buckley, and Michael Feinstein performing selections from the Great American Songbook.

Karrin Allyson headlines the Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend – Sept. 14-16, 2012
Karrin Allyson headlines the Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend – Sept. 14-16, 2012
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 later in North Adams with a weekend of activities including Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage Parade and a 10K/5K Run, Community Walk. The premiere athletic event in Berkshire county, the Josh Billings RunAground, begins in Great Barrington and ends at Tanglwood on Sept. 16.

Berkshires outdoors events September 2012

  • Lee – Founders’ WeekendFriday, Sept. 21 – 23, 2012
    • Lee – Founders’ Weekend — Saturday, Sept. 22
    • Lee – Founders’ Weekend — Sunday, Sept. 23
  • Lenox – Apple Squeeze — All day – Saturday, Sept. 22
  • Lenox – Apple Squeeze — All day – Sunday, Sept. 23
  • Adams – Annual Fall Run Motorcycle Ride to Charlemont — 11AM – Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012
  • Lenox – Brock Trot – 10K/5K Run, Community Walk – Sunday, Sept. 23
  • Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage Parade – Sunday, Sept. 30
    • Northern Berkshire Fall Foliage 5K Road Race – 11:30 am – Sunday, Sept. 30

    • Berkshires arts and cultural events September 2012

    In addition to all the outdoors activities in the Berkshires during September, many cultutal organizations and venues have busy fall schedules. Please see their websites for program information and tickets.

    Berkshire WordFest 2012 – The Mount – Edith Wharton Restoration

    • Fri. Sep 14 – 6:00PM
    • Sat. Sep 15 – 9:00AM
    • Sun. Sep 16 – 9:00AM
    • 2 Plunkett Street- Box 974-Lenox, MA 01240-0974;
    • Web: edithwharton.org

    Herman Melville’s Arrowhead

    • 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA 01201
    • 413-442-1793
    • Open Daily Memorial Day Weekend to Columbus Day, 9:30 – 5:00;Tours Hourly From 10-4
    • mobydick.org

    Barrington Stage Company

    • 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

    • 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
    • berkshiremuseum.org/

    Clark Art Institute

    • 225 South Street
    • Williamstown, MA 01267
    • 413-458-2303
    • web: clarkart.edu

    The Colonial Theatre – aka Berkshire Theatre Group

    Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend – Sept. 14-16, 2012

    • Fri. Sep 14 – 8pm – Sonny and Perley
    • Sat. Sep 15 – Charles Neville – 2pm
    • Sat. Sep 15 – Karrin Allyson – 8pm
    • Sun. Sep 16 – Jazz Brunch
    • Web: berkshiregatewayjazz.com

    Guthrie Center

    Hancock Shaker Village

    • Mail: PO Box 927, Pittsfield, MA 01202
    • Street: 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield, MA 01201
    • 413-443-0188; 800-817-1137
    • web: hancockshakervillage.org

    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

    • 14 Castle Street
    • Great Barrington, MA 01230
    • Box Office: 413-528-0100
    • Mahaiwe.org

    MASS MoCA

    • 87 Marshall St.; North Adams, MA 01247
    • Fall, Winter, Spring Hours: 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. closed Tuesday
    • Admission: $15 adults; $10 students; $5 children 6–16
    • Phone: 413.MoCA.111
    • Web: massmoca.org

    Norman Rockwell Museum

    • 9 Route 183 – Stockbridge, MA 01262
    • phone: 413-298-4100
    • May-October and holidays: open daily: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. and until 7:00 p.m. on Thursdays in July and August
    • November-April: Weekdays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Weekends and holidays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
    • www.nrm.org

    Shakespeare & Company