Upcoming Events in the Creative Economy

Upcoming Events in the Creative Economy

Mieka Pauley : Singer, Songwriter, guitarist and grand prize winner of the Starbucks/NEMO Emerging Artist Award

Friday, October 24, 9:00 pm

Mission Bar & Tapas, 438 North St., Pittsfield, MA $10

Traditional Tattoo Flash Art Drawings: Opening Reception

Friday, October 24th, 2008, 7-9 pm

Storefront Artist Project, 124 Fenn Street, Pittsfield, MA

For more information, call (413) 442-7201 or visit storefrontartist.org

Rocktober Fest hosted by The Crowne Plaza

Friday-Saturday, October 24-25, 8:00 pm-12:00 am

Crowne Plaza Ballroom, 1 West St., Pittsfield, MA

For more information, please call (413) 553-2185

28th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures: Anna Lappe, Dan Barber, and Sally Fallon Morell

Saturday, October 25, 10 am –5pm

First Congregational Church, Stockbridge, MA

25 BerkShares or $25.

To register call 413 528-1737 or use the donation/registration form at http://www.smallisbeautiful.org.

DUB ROCK FOR THE 21rst CENTURY: J-san and the Analogue Sons

Saturday, October 25th, 9:00 pm

Club Helsinki, 284 Main St., Great Barrington, MA, $10

For more information visit www.clubhelsinkiweb.com, call (413)528-3394 or email info@clubhelsinkiweb.com

Alan Chartock Handicaps the Elections

Saturday, October 25th, 10:30am

Hancock Shaker Village, 34 Lebanon Mountain Road, Pittsfield, MA, $10/$15

For more information, call Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at (413) 236-2190

10th annual Williamstown Film Festival

October 17-26, Williamstown, MA

To buy tickets call (413) 458-9900 or visit williamstownfilmfest.com

upstreet writers Aaron M. Beatty of Becket and Lisken Van Pelt Dus of Pittsfield, and fiction writer Linda Pierce of Pittsfield to read at Chapters Bookstore


Thursday, October 30, 7:00 pm

Chapters Bookstore, 78 North Street, Pittsfield, MA.

Refreshments will be available, and admission is free and open to the public.

Kathleen Baldwin Memorial Exhibition: Opening Reception

Saturday, November 1st, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm; Memorial Service at 2:00 pm

Storefront Artist Project, 124 Fenn Street, Pittsfield, MA

Joey Silverstein & Friends: Berkshire Music School Benefit Concert

Sunday, November 2, 3pm

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, MA

For more information visit www.mahaiwe.org!

“Hot Spots” in Estate Planning and Estate Settlement—Identify, Avoid and Repair: Perspectives from the bench and the bar in Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut presented by Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation and Estate Planning Council of Berkshire County

Thursday, November 6, 8:30 am – 10:30 am

Pittsfield Country Club, 639 South Street, Pittsfield, MA

Breakfast will be served $20/general; $15/members of Estate Planning Council of Berkshire County.

To register, call Seth at 413.528.8039 or e-mail seth@berkshiretaconic.org; Registration required.

The Redroom: An evening of mingling, sketching and a special performance by The Royal Berkshire Improv Troupe (RBIT)

Saturday, November 8, 8:00 pm life drawing and light refreshment,

9:00 pm, Improv show

Main Street Stage, 57 Main Street North Adams, MA, $10.00

For more information visit www.theredroomna.com or contact Kelli Newby at theredroomna@gmail.com.

“Meeting Your Muse,” a four-week poetry workshop

Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield, starting October 27

Evening session: Mondays, 7 – 9 pm, October 27, November 3, 10, & 17. Daytime session: Tuesdays, 10 am – Noon, October 28, November 4, 11, & 18. The cost is $100 for four classes.

Meeting Your Muse,” a four-week poetry workshop for adults who want to begin or deepen their involvement with poetry.

Her art and writing can be seen on her website: www.rosemarystarace.com

For further information, call 413-443-6992 or email star@rosemarystarace.com
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