Friday
September 28
ART
Berkshire Arts Festival
11th annual festival featuring a juried show with works for sale in ceramics, painting, jewelry, glass, wood and mixed media, 10 to 6, Ski Butternut, Route 23, Great Barrington, berkshireartsfestival.com.
COMMUNITY
Fall Classic
11th annual Fall Classic to benefit Hillcrest Educational Centers, 11:30 a.m. shotgun start, scramble format, Waubeeka Golf Links, Williamstown.
MUSIC
Williams College
Visiting artist Avery Sharpe: Sojourner Truth "Ain’t I a Woman" project, 8 p.m., Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, Williamstown.
THEATER
Barrington Stage Company
"Dr. Ruth, All the Way," new play by Mark St. Germain, 7:30 p.m., 36 Linden St., Pittsfield, (413) 236-8888.
The Garage
"Moby Dick Rehearsed," Orson Welles’ adaptationm of Herman Melville’s novel, 7:30 p.m., Colonial Theatre, South Street, Pittsfield, (413) 997-4444.
Shakespeare & Company
"The 39 Steps," adaptation of John Buchan’s novel, 7:30 p.m., Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, Kemble Street, Lenox, (413) 637-1199.
Saturday
September 29
ART
Berkshire Arts Festival
11th annual festival featuring a juried show with works for sale in ceramics, painting, jewelry, glass, wood and mixed media, 10
COMMUNITY
Hancock Shaker Village
15th annual Country Fair, family event featuring Shaker-inspired games, heirloom vegetables, vendors and demonstrations, also chicken games with races at 11 and 2, fair is from 10 to 5, Route 20, Pittsfield, (800) 817-1137.
Lee Sportsmen’s Association
Centennial celebration featuring hot air balloon rides, hot rod show, Medieval games, firearms demonstrations and more, 9 to 6, Fairview Street, Lee, (413) 243-9721.
MUSIC
Dalton United Methodist
Gospel music concert, "Pathway," non-perishable food items accepted at door, 6:30 p.m., 755 Main St., Dalton, (413) 684-0521.
Mohawk Theater
"The Spirit of Johnny Cash," live in concert with Harold Ford, 8 p.m., Main Street, North Adams, (413) 662-2111.
‘Music & More’
Latin-jazz vocalist and composer Maria Rivas, clarinetist Paul Green and Jewish Jazz Project Ensemble, jazz, Latin, Klezmer and Sephardic music, Meeting House, Route 57, New Marlborough, (413) 229-2785.
OUTDOORS
Berkshire Knapsackers
Tyrngham bicycle and hike, hike to Tyringham Cobble overlook for lunch, then bike to Ashintulley Gardens, helmets required; information: Kathy Lee, (413) 443-9562 or klee@nycap.rr.com.
Natural Resources Council
Hoosac Range night hike in North Adams, fire and s’mores making, 6 p.m.; call for more information: (413) 499-0596.
THEATER
Barrington Stage Company
"Dr. Ruth, All the Way," new play by Mark St. Germain, 4 and 8 p.m., 36 Linden St., Pittsfield, (413) 236-8888.
Shakespeare & Company
"The 39 Steps," adaptation of John Buchan’s novel, 7:30 p.m., Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, Kemble Street, Lenox, (413) 637-1199.
WORKSHOP
Berkshire Museum
Family-friendly activities as part of "Rethink! American Indian Art," this week is "Rethink! Stuff," with quilt worker David Holland, 11 a.m., tickets available at front desk at 10 a.m., free with museum admission, 39 South St., Pittsfield, (413) 443-7171.s
Sunday
September 30
ART
Berkshire Arts Festival
11th annual festival featuring a juried show with works for sale in ceramics, painting, jewelry, glass, wood and mixed media, 10 to 5, Ski Butternut, Route 23, Great Barrington, berkshireartsfestival.com.
COMMUNITY
Hancock Shaker Village
15th annual Country Fair, family event featuring Shaker-inspired games, heirloom vegetables, vendors and demonstrations, also chicken games with races at 11 and 2, fair is from 10 to 5, Route 20, Pittsfield, (800) 817-1137.
Wheeler House
Free tours of c. 1771 Capt. Truman Wheeler House operated by Great Barrington Historical Society, noon to 4, tours through Columbus Day weekend, 817 S. Main St., Great Barrington, (413) 528-4871.
LECTURES
Clark Art Institute
Phillip Lopate, fiction/nonfiction author, part of "The Profession of Words" series, 3 p.m., 225 South St., Williamstown, (413) 458-2303.
Stockbridge Library
"Sunday Speaker Series," with Elizabeth Morse, principal harpist for Berkshire Symphony, 4 p.m., Main Street, Stockbridge, (413) 298-5501.
MUSIC
South Mountain Concerts
Brentano String Quarter with guest artist Crhistine Brandes, soprano, works by Haydn and Beethoven, 3 p.m., South Mountain Concert Hall, routes 7 and 20, Pittsfield, (413) 442-2106.
THEATER
Barrington Stage Company
"Dr. Ruth, All the Way," new play by Mark St. Germain, 3 p.m., 36 Linden St., Pittsfield, (413) 236-8888.
Shakespeare & Company
"The 39 Steps," adaptation of John Buchan’s novel, 2 p.m., Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre, Kemble Street, Lenox, (413) 637-1199.
Monday
October 1
COMMUNITY
Hoffmann Bird Club
Monthly meeting featuring "Warblers of Eastern North America," with Sam Fried, author/founder of "Flights of Fancy" Adventures, 7 p.m., Berkshire Life Insurance, 700 South St., Pittsfield.
FILM
Powell House
"Koch Brothers Exposed," on the billionaire brothers who work to undermine the interests of the majority of our population, presented by Old Chatham Quaker Meeting, 7 p.m., Powell House Quaker Conference and Retreat Center, Pitt Hall Road, off Country Route 13, Old Chatham, N.Y., (518) 392-9686.
Tuesday
October 2
COMMUNITY
Berkshire Community College
Pride Fall Fun Fest, food, games, T-shirt decorating and prizes, all welcome, 11:30 to 1, Quad; textbook reading workshop, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., West Street, Pittsfield.
LECTURE
Ventfort Hall
"Tea and Talk," with Nancy Holzner on food-related beliefs and practices prevalent in England and France during the high Middle Ages, preamble to Medieval Faire, 4 p.m., 104 Walker St., Lenox, (413) 637-3206.
LITERARY
Berkshire Athenaeum
"Call Me Melville," with Wintergreen performing "Songs from the Civil War and Underground Railroad," Bernard Drew recounting the history of the Massachusetts 49th - the All-Berkshire Regiment and Alex Reczkowski reading Melville’ poem, "The College Colonel," 7 p.m., 1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield, (413) 499-9480.
THEATER
Town Players
Open auditions for staged reading of "Sorry Wrong Number" by Lucille Fletcher, 6 p.m., at Morningside Community School, 100 Burbank St., Pittsfield.
Wednesday
October 3
COMMUNITY
Berkshire Community College
Selective College Mini-Fair, local and regional colleges and universities to discuss transfer process, 9:30 to 12:30, Susan B. Anthony lounge, rear, West Street, Pittsfield.
THEATER
Barrington Stage Company
"Lord of the Flies," by William Golding, 7 p.m., Mainstage, Union Street, Pittsfield; "Dr. Ruth, All the Way," new play by Mark St. Germain, 7:30 p.m., 36 Linden St., Pittsfield, (413) 236-8888.
Town Players
Open auditions for staged reading of "Sorry Wrong Number" by Lucille Fletcher, 6 p.m., at Morningside Community School, 100 Burbank St., Pittsfield.
WORKSHOP
Berkshire Grown
"Tomatoes 101," 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., The Kitchen Table Cooking School, Hillsdale, N.Y.; information: (413) 528-0041.
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