Friday, May 9

Art

*** Bisque, Beads & Beyond, Diva Night, a ladies only evening of food, friendship and creativity, 6-9 p.m. Registration required. 370 Pecks Road, Pittsfield. Info: 413-442-9300.

Southern Vermont Arts Center, beginning of two-day "Fur and Feathers," a back-by-popular-demand workshop that explores the marvels of our four-legged and flying friends, domestic or wild, with master pastel artist Robert K. Carsten, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: $165, $140/members. Off West Road, Manchester, Vt. Info: 802-362-1405 or svac.org.

Berkshire Museum, opening gala and lecture for "Galleries in Bloom," a celebration of art and designers, featuring inaugural lecture by renowned event planner and garden designer Renny Reynolds, 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: $150. South Street, Pittsfield. Info: berkshiremuseum.org or 413-443-7171.

Williams College Museum of Art, opening reception for "...The Horse You Rode In On," the Williams College senior students' art exhibition that celebrates the culmination of each artist's work, featuring the work of 14 Williams College art majors in a variety of media, including oil paint, charcoal, ink, acrylics, cartoon animation, coffee, spray paint, rubber and aluminum

foil, 7:30 p.m. Main Street, Williamstown.

DANCE

Williams College, Dance Company spring concert, 7:30 p.m. '62 Center, Williamstown. Info: 62center.williams.edu.

Film

Images Cinema, Williams College Department of English sponsors screening of "No Country for Old Men," 4:30 p.m. Cost: Pay what you can. 50 Spring St., Williamstown. Info: imagescinema.org.

Music

The Colonial, "Cats and Dogs Reign on Memory Lane," a delightful journey filled with musical memories, with performers of all ages taking the stage in a series of comedic skits sure to amuse the entire family in a benefit for the Berkshire Humane Society, 7:30 p.m. Cost: $15-$21. South Street, Pittsfield. Info: 413-997-4444 or thecolonialtheatre.org.

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, "Opera in Concert: Gluck's Orfeo ed Eduridice," containing some of Gluck's most moving choral music and arias, along with descriptive instrumental ballets, with the Berkshire Bach Singers, with distinguished soloists including Teresa Buchholz, and the Berkshire Bach Orchestra, all under the direction of world-renowned maestro James Bagwell, 8 p.m. Cost: $25-$40. Castle Street, Great Barrington. Info: mahaiwe.org.

Williams College, Symphonic Winds, conducted by Steven Dennis Bodner, will present its final concert of the academic year, featuring the American premiere of Kyle Gann's "Sunken City (Concerto for Piano and Winds in Memoriam New Orleans)" with sophomore Brian Simalchik and senior Noah Lindquist as soloists, as well as the recently rediscovered original chamber version of Silvestre Revueltas' "Sensemaya: Chant for the Killing of the Snake," 8 p.m. Free. Chapin Hall, Williamstown. Info: music.williams.edu or 413-597-3146.

Theater

Berkshire Community College, "Oliver!," the musical produced by the Eagles Band and The Two Of Us Productions, 8 p.m. Cost: $17, $15/students and seniors. Boland Theater, West Street, Pittsfield. Info: thetwoofusproductions.org or 518-329-6293.

Williamstown Elementary School, presentation of "Mulan, Jr.," 7 p.m. Cost: $3, $1/seniors. School Street, Williamstown. Info: 413-458-5707.

Miscellaneous

*** Williams College, astronomy students will host shows from the high-precision Zeiss Skymaster ZKP3/B opto-mechanical planetarium projector to introduce the public to the wonders of the universe at the Milham Planetarium, 7:30 p.m. Free; reservations recommended. Old Hopkins Observatory, Williamstown. Info: 413-597-2188.

*** Berkshire Enterprises, monthly Breakfast Business Forum featuring "What Do You Do When the Lights Go Out" with Alan Rubin, owner for more than 30 years of RCI Discount Appliances in New York City, talking about what to do in various situations when things go wrong and how to make those decisions, 7:30-9 a.m. Free; registration required. 1 Fenn St., Pittsfield. Info: 413-236-2141.

Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, monthly forum will feature members of UNITY Youth Leadership Program leading a discussion about youth substance abuse, 10 a.m. First Baptist Church, Main Street, North Adams. Info: 413-663-7588.

St. Mary's School, Mother's Day hanging basket plant sale, featuring more than 200 flowering baskets, including geraniums, fuchsia, mixed, petunia, begonia and impatiens, noon-4:30 p.m. Orchard Street, Lee. Info: leaguelineup.com/stmarysknights.

Berkshire Botanical Garden, annual plant sale, featuring specialty plants attracting birds, bees and butterflies, along with succulents for reduced water consumption, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Routes 102 & 183, Stockbridge. Info: 413-298-3926 or berkshirebotanical.org.

Northshire Bookstore, Charles Osgood, the Emmy Award-winning host of CBS News Sunday Morning, will present "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House," his new book featuring humorous anecdotes from the last 70 years of political campaigns, Cost: $45 and $26. The Equinox, Manchester, Vt. Info: 800-437-3700 or northshire.com.