Arts Glance
KIDS & FAMILIES
Battenkill Books
Cambridge, N.Y. 518-677-2515
Tuesdays through Aug. 28 at 10 a.m. -- Summer Story Time, for ages 2-6 with caregiver. Special guests: July 24 is Nancy Carpenter Czerw's "Itty & Bitty" series. Free. Images Cinema
Williamstown, Mass. 413-458-5612.
On Morgan Lawn, top of Spring Street; rain location is at Images.
July 22 at sundown (about 8:15 p.m.) -- Family Flicks Under the Stars, "A League of Their Own." Free.
July 29 at sundown (about 8:15 p.m.) -- Family Flicks Under the Stars, "The Sound of Music." Free.
Off the Wall Comedy
At Mt. Anthony Union High School
Bennington. offthewallproductions.com
July 28 at 7 p.m. -- Family Friendly Standup Comedy Show, to benefit Bennington Banner Newspapers in Education program. Tickets at the Banner or at the door.
Village Chocolate Shop
Bennington. 802-447-3789.
Continuing through August -- Funtastic Friday; next one July 20.
Walloomsac Farmers Market
Bennington. bccdvt.org.
July 21 (Saturdays through October) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. -- at Riverwalk at Bennington Station (Depot Street). Free.
July 24 (Tuesdays through October) from 3 to 6 p.m. -- At Greenberg's home center parking lot downtown. Free.
NIGHTLIFE
(Drive
Doug's On Main
Bennington. 802-447-0045.
July 23 -- Indie pop artist Jon Sandler in concert, touring in support of his new debut full length CD "Late Night Champ."
Kevin's Pub and Resturant
North Bennington. 802-442-0122.
July 20 -- White Water Duet.
July 21 -- DJ Jim.
July 27 -- Gary Frost.
July 28 -- Paul Harmonic Duo.
LECTURES/READINGS
Northshire Bookstore
Manchester. 802-362-2200.
July 21 at 7 p.m. -- David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times and twice a member of Times teams that won the Pulitzer Prize, talks on how Obama has dealt with foreign policy and national security challenges and signs his new book "Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power." Free.
July 22 at 1 p.m. -- Best selling author Tom Angleberger -- bestselling author of the Origami Yoda series, which includes The Strange Case of Origami Yoda and Darth Paper Strikes Back -- will teach you how to fold your own Fortune "cookiee cootie catcher." Free.
Palace Theatre
Albany, N.Y. 518-465-3335.
Aug. 12 at 3 p.m. -- Theresa Caputo, "Long Island Medium," from TLC's television show.
Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. -- Comedy show with Gabriel Iglesias, "Stand Up Revolution" Tour.
Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. -- Bill Cosby Live! Comedic legend and television star.
Rensselaerville Festival of Writers
At Carey Conference Center
Rensselaerville, N.Y. 518-797-3949.
July 28 at 8:30 p.m. -- Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead reading from her new book of essays "Lizz Free or Die," as part of festival running July 26-29 (complete information at rensselaervillelibrary.org). Benefit for the historic Rensselaerville Library. Donation.
FILM
Cinema7
Bennington. 802-442-8179
Call for regular film schedule.
The Clark Art
Williamstown, Mass. 413-458-0524.
July 23 at 3 p.m. -- Adventures in Exploration film series "Black Robe" (1991). In the 17th century, two French Jesuits travel through Quebec to claim the land for France and the souls of Algonquin and Huron Indians for God. Free.
Images Cinema
Williamstown, Mass. 413-458-5612.
Call for regular film schedule.
DANCE
Ballet Mancheter
At Southern Vermont Arts Center
Manchester 802-379-0759.
Aug. 8 at 7:30 p.m. -- A performance of international ballet stars including principal dancer Charles Askagard, formerly of the New York City Ballet.
Bennington Contra Dance
At the Masonic Lodge
Bennington. 802-447-2173.
Aug. 3 at 7:30 p.m. -- Community dance and lessons with callers.
MUSIC
Bennington Center for the Arts
Bennington. 802-442-7158.
July 21 at 8 p.m. -- Classic guitarist Gabriel Ayala, winner of Native American Music Awards Best Instrumental CD, Best World Music, and Artist of the Year and the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards Best International Album.
Aug. 25 at 8 p.m. -- Classical pianist Mackenzie Melemed, young pianist who has performed at the White House and on the PBS television show "From the Top: Live from Carnegie Hall."
Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. -- An Evening with Tom Rush, a night of humor and musical entertainment.
Berkshire Choral Festival
Sheffield, Mass. 413-229-8526.
July 28 -- "A Night at the Opera," with scenes from works by Puccini, Bizet and Verdi.
Aug. 4 -- Schubert's "Mass in A-flat" and Hayden's "Lord Nelson Mass," both in Latin.
Carriage Barn Concerts
at Park-McCullough House
North Bennington. 802-442-5441.
Reception after each concert.
Aug. 5 at 4 p.m. -- Bennington Cellos (Michael Finckel, Marc Humburg, Perry Morris, Maxine Neuman, Nat Parke, William Peck, Steven Reid, and Jared Shapiro) program includes works by Bach, Shawn, Calabro, Nowak, and Villa Lobos.
Aug. 19 at 4 p.n. -- Brahms with George Lopez, Andrea Schultz, and Michael Finckel, program includes Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes and "Piano Trio in B Major."
The Clark Art
Williamstown, Mass. 413-458-0524.
July 24 at 6 p.m. -- Outdoor Concert Series presents Latin guitar world-fusion group Incendio. Free.
Jamaica Community Arts
At Jamaica Town Hall
Jamaica. 802-896-6810.
July 21 at 7 p.m. -- Hungrytown, with West Townshend residents Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson, as part of Summer Music Series.
Aug. 1-3 -- Pikes Falls Chamber Music Festival, featuring musicians including New York City Ballet concertmaster Kurt Nikkanen. Free. (pikesfallschambermusicfestival.com).
Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. -- John and daughter Ida Mae will provide some fabulous fiddling, as part of Summer Music Series.
Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. -- Blues guitarist and historian, Scott Ainslie , as part of Summer Music Series.
Manchester Music Festival
At SVAC's Arkell Pavilion
Manchester. 802-362-1956.
July 26 at 7:30 p.m. -- Orchestral concert featuring works by Beethoven with soloists Joana Genova on violin, cellist Benjamin Katz and pianist Julio Elizard.
Aug. 2 at 7:30 p.m. -- Trio of piano works by Dvorak.
Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. -- Russian chamber music with violinist Stefan Belinkovich and pianist Daniel Devoe.
Music From Salem
At Hubbard Hall
Cambridge, N.Y. 518-677-2495.
Aug. 4 at 8 p.m. -- "Northern Lights: Brahms/O'Connor/Onslow"; program includes George Onslow's "Piano Trio in D Minor"; pay what you can.
Aug. 12 2 p.m. -- "Contours: Cage/Debussy/Mozart/Ravel"; program includes Ravel's "Introduction and Allegro"; pay what you can.
Palace Theatre
Albany, N.Y. 518-465-3335.
Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. -- Sandy Hackett's "Rat Pack Show," with music by impersonators of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Joey Bishop, with voice overs by the late comedian Buddy Hackett.
Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. -- "An Evening with Johnny Mathis."
Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. -- Return of "The Australian Pink Floyd Show" and its "Exposed to the Light" production.
Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. -- Straight No Chaser," male a cappella group that is neither straight laced or straight faced.
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. spac.org.
Through July 21 -- New York City Ballet.
July 29 to Aug. 14 -- Saratoga Chamber Music Festival.
Aug. 1-18 -- The Philadelphia Orchestra.
Aug. 19-28 -- Live from the Algonquin at SPAC, cabaret series.
South Mountain Concerts
At Mass. routes 7 and 20
Pittsfield. Mass. 413-442-2106.
Sept. 2 at 3 p.m. -- Kalichstein, Laredo, Robinson Trio; program includes Beethoven's "Trio in G Major."
Sept. 9 at 3 p.m. -- American String Quartet; program includes Mozart's "Trio in E Major Flat."
Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. -- Emerson String Quartet; program includes Dvorak's "Quartet in F. Major."
Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. -- Brentano String Quartet; program includes world premiere of Eric Moe's "Of Color Braded All Desire."
Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. -- Saint Lawrence String Quartet; program includes world premiere of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's "Voyage for String Quartet."
THEATER
Dorset Theatre Festival
At the Dorset Playhouse
Dorset. 802-867-2223.
Through July 28 -- Mark Camoletti's French farce "Boeing-Boeing," directed by Jenn Thompson.
Aug 2-11 -- World Premire of Pulitzer and Tony award winning actor/playwright Michael Cristofer's "The Whore and Mrs. Moore."
Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. -- New Play Reading Series featuring new works-in-progress by Laura Easib abd Cusi Cram.
Aug. 16 to Sept. 1 -- Murder and Mayhem Series presents Ira Levin's "Deathtrap," directed by Givoanni Sardelli.
Fort Salem Cabaret
Salem, N.Y. 518-854-9200.
Fridays to Sundays through July 22 -- "The Singing Anchors On Broadway," with Albany television anchors Jerry Gretzinger, Jessica Layton and Benita Zahn.
Hubbard Hall Opera Theater
Cambridge, N.Y. 518-488-7733.
Aug. 8-19 -- Mozart's "The Magic Flute," directed by Paul Houghtaling with music conductor Kelly Crandell.
Aug. 17-18 -- Opera Select Conservatory presents "Cox and Box" and "Trouble in Tahiti," directed by Jason Dolmetsch and musical direction and piano by Elizabeth Bonomo. (Pay what you will.)
Sept. 28-30 -- Guerilla Opera presents "Rojahn, Heart of a Dog," with chamber orchestra. (Pay what you will.)
Oct. 27 (at Dorset Playhouse) and Oct 28 (at University of Albany) -- Puccini's "La Boheme," piano, reduced version, semi costumed and staged.
Feb. 7-15 -- Verdi's "La Traviata," fully costumed and staged and sung in Italian, at Proctors Theater in Albany, N.Y.
MHCA
(formerly Memorial Hall Center for the Arts)
Wilmington. 802-464-8411.
July 24 at 7:30 p.m. -- Diana Stugger and Don Albano in A. R. Gurney's 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominated play, "Love Letters." At Dover Town Hall in East Dover.
Shakespeare & Company
Lenox, Mass. 413-637-3353.
Opening weekend, through Aug. 19 -- Shakespeare's "The Tempest," directed by artistic director Tony Simotes, and starring Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis; in Founder's Theatre.
Through Aug. 19 -- Shakespeare's "King Lear," directed by Rebecca Holderness, and staged in 1909 Imperial Russia; in Founder's Theatre.
Aug. 22 to Sept.16 -- New England premire of Terry Teachout's "Satchmo at the Waldorf," directed by Gordon Edelstein, and starring John Douglas Thompson; in Founder's Theatre.
Through Sept. 1 -- Charles Busch's "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife," directed by Johnathan Croy; in Bernstein Theatre.
Through Sept. 2 -- Norman Plotkin's "Cassandra Speaks," directed by Nicole Ricciardi; in Bernstein Theatre.
Thorugh Sept. 2 -- Mark Robert's "Parasite Drug," directed by Stephen Rothman; in Bernstein Theatre.
Williamstown Theatre Festival
Williamstown, Mass. 413-597-3400.
Opening weekend, through July 29 -- "Far From Heaven," book by Richard Greenberg, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie, directed by Michael Greif, on Main Stage.
Closing through July 22 -- "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," by Neil Simon, directed by Jessica Stone, on Nikos Stage.
July 20-27 -- WTF Free Theater at Poker Flats, "The Valley of Fear," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by Steve Lawson, directed by Lila Neugebauer. Free.
Opening July 25 to Aug. 5 -- "The Elephant Man," by Bernard Pomerance, directed by Scott Ellis, on Nikos Stage.
Aug. 1-19 -- "A Month in the Country," by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, directed by Richard Nelson, on Main Stage.
Aug. 8-19 -- "WHADDABLOODCLOT!!!" by Katori Hall, directed by May Adrales, on Nikos Stage.
MUSEUMS/GALLERIES
Opening, closing, special events
Bennington Center for the Arts
Bennington. 802-442-7158.
Opening July 21 (through Sept. 23) -- "California Art Club" presents "Saving Paradise: The Symbiosis of Landscape Painting and Environmental Awareness."
Valley Artisans Market
Cambridge, N.Y. 518-672765.
Opening reception July 21 3-6 p.m., through Aug. 14 -- "Beauty's Where You Find It" photographs by Diana Spencer.
Dorset Inn
Dorset. 802-867-5500.
Opening reception July 22 from 4-6 p.m. -- Paintings by Elaine Coffee. Free.
Copper Trout Art Gallery
At Cambridge Lantern Works
Cambridge, N.Y. 518-677-8797.
Closing July 23 -- "The 12 Dancing Princesses" by Arla Foster and Paula LaPorte, also works by Rochelle Wald and Cheryl Giulino.
North Adams Artists' Co-Op Gallery
North Adams, Mass. 413-664-4003.
Closing July 25 -- "People I Know," figurative painting and sculpture by Julia Dixon and Phyllis Miller Lee. Free.
Opening reception July 26 from 6-9 p.m. (through Aug. 27) -- "Out of the Dust ... Back to the Earth," a dialogue in ceramics and oils by Lori St. Pierre and Judith Kniffin. Free.
EMPAC at RPI
Troy, N.Y. 518-276-3921.
Closing July 28 -- Ben Rubin "A Shakespeare Accelerator: Experiments in Kinetic Language. In public spaces. Free.
Williams College Museum of Art
Williamstown, Mass. 413-597-3178.
Closing July 29 -- "ASCO: Elite of the Obscure," a retrospective of the 1972-87 work of East Los Angeles Chicano performance and conceptional artist Asco. Free
Continuing
Bennington Arts Guild
Bennington. benningtonartsguild.com.
Through Aug. 20 -- Joint exhibit of photography by Samantha Ambrose and sculpture by Jami Gras. Free.
Bennington Center for the Arts
Bennington. 802-442-7158.
Through Aug. 5 -- "Art of the Animal Kingdom XVII," with special guest Artist Greg Beecham and Kim Diment, and more than 65 pieces will be included.
Opening Aug. 11 (through Sept. 23) -- "The Laumeister Fine Art Competition," artists from around the country and the world are invited to submit work to be included in our fourth annual fine art competition, this year juried by Scott Christensen.
Through Sept. 9 -- "Impressions of New England," more than 60 scenes captured in paint and bronze.
Through Sept. 23 -- "California Art Club" presents "Saving Paradise: The Symbiosis of Landscape Painting and Environmental Awareness."
Opening Sept. 29 (through Oct. 27) -- "Oil Painter of American Eastern Regional Exhibition," about 120 pieces will be on view and for sale this fall.
Bennington Museum
Bennington. 802-447-1571.
Through Aug. 11 -- "Decaying Landscapes," photographs by Ian Creitz, in the Regional Artists Gallery. Free.
Through Oct. 30 -- "Rockwell Kent's Egypt: Shadow and Light in Vermont," the first comprehensive documentation of Kent's life and work in Vermont.
Berkshire Museum
Pittsfield, Mass. 413-443-7171.
Through Jan. 6, 2012 -- "Rethink! American Indian Art," contemporary and historic art objects.
Canfield Gallery
At the Martha Canfield Gallery
Arlington. 802-375-6153.
Through July 30 -- "The Four Seasons in Vermont Valleys," watercolor paintings by Ned Reade. Free.
Doll and Toy Museum of Vt.
Bennington. dollhouseandtoymuseumofvermont.com.
Saturday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. -- Just opened: Beverly Petrellis' collection of more than 500 vintiage postcards of Bennington. "Dolls of the World" collection; featuring baby dolls and baby bottles, including items from the collections of Arleen Saunders and Tedi Petrelis.
MASS MoCA
North Adams, Mass. 413-663-8548.
Through summer 2012 -- "Oh Canada," billed as the first comprehensive survey of Canadian contemporary art in decades, features more than 100 works by 62 artists, including more than a dozen major new commissions.
Through 2012 -- "Sanford Biggers: The Cartographer's Conundrum," in Building 5; "New Work" by Anna Betbeze.
Permanent -- Sol LeWitt: "A Wall Drawing Retrospective."
Thorugh January 2, 2013 -- With Williams College/Clark Art, "Making Room: The Space Between Two and Three Demensions."
Through Feb. 4, 2013 -- Group show: "Invisible Cities," titled after Italo Calvino's book which re-imagines Marco Polo's poetic descriptions of China's cities.
Through Feb. 4, 2013 -- Anna Betbeze: New Work.
Vermont Arts Exchange
North Bennington. 802-442-5594.
Through Aug. 13 -- "Mark Barry: The Return of the Prodigal Son and Other Tales," colorful paintings of life. Free.
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