Tanglewood Summer Home of the Boston Symphony
Lenox MA

Founder's Theatre of Shakespeare & Co.
Lenox MA

LINKS BELOW provide an array of information on the art institutions
of Berkshire County

Barrington Stage - Click Here
Venues: Main Stage & Box Office:
                  30 Union Street (just west of North St.), Pittsfield.
                  Air-conditioned. Handicap accessible
                  413.236.8888
             BSC Stage 2: PITTSFIELD VFW
                  36 Linden St., (at Center St., 1 block west of North St., 2 blocks north of Main Stage), Pittsfield.
                  Air-conditioned & Handicap accessible.
             BSC Youth Theatre: FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
                   27 East Street, (north side of Park Square), Pittsfield.
                   Air-conditioned &. Handicap accessible
             BSC Cabaret Space: DOTTIE’S COFFEE HOUSE
                   444 North St., (at Maplewood), Pittsfield

Berkshire Bach Bach Society - Click Here

Berkshire Choral Festival - Click Here

Berkshire County Visitor's Bureau - Click Here

Berkshire Museum - Click Here
Something for everyone! Offering a unique blend of exhibitions, galleries, and attractions for families of all ages: exhibitions, fine art, and sculpture from around the world. Explore the touch tank and aquarium. View the collection of artifacts from Native American cultures and ancient cultures of Egypt, China, and more. Marvel at the technology that awaits in the new Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation. Go ahead, Discover the World Inside.39 South Street (Route 7), Pittsfield MA 01201
413 443-7171

Berkshire Opera Co. - Click Here
Founded in 1985, Berkshire Opera was first to bring professional, fully staged opera to the Berkshires and continues today to be the only professional opera company performing in Massachusetts during the summer and is now located
In 2007, Berkshire Opera offered its first performances in the newly renovated Colonial Theatre, marking a wonderful new milestone in the company’s history. The company now enjoys performing at both the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center and the Colonial Theatre, two beautiful venues that enable Berkshire Opera to continue its fine performance legacy.

Berkshire Scenic Railroad - Click Here

Berkshire Theatre Festival - Click Here
Founded in 1928, Berkshire Theatre Festival is one of the oldest professional regional theatres in the United States and the longest-running cultural organization in the Berkshires. BTF presents world premieres, contemporary works, and classics that speak to who we are. The Main Stage (408 seats), cataloged by the National Register of Historic Places, was originally designed and built by Stanford White as the Stockbridge Casino in 1888. The BTF’s second stage, the intimate Unicorn Theatre (99 seats),provides a home for emerging artists and new theatrical ideas.
413-298-5576

        
The Berkshire Theatre Festival
Stockbridge MA
 

Chesterwood - Click Here
Country home and studio of Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) sculptor of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Memorial in Washington, DC, and The Minute Man, Concord, MA. The buildings are furnished with American and European decorative arts and paintings, collected by the sculptor. Woodland walks featuring mountain vistas and perennial gardens are French's own design. Chesterwood, A National and Massachusetts Historic Landmark, is a historic house museum of the National Trust for Historic Preservation
4 Williamsville Road, PO Box 827, Stockbridge, MA  01262
413 298-3579

     

Chesterwood
Stockbridge MA

        

          Original Exhibition Hall 1953
         Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
            Williamstown MA

The Clark - Click Here
In 1955 the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute opened its original exhibition hall.  It was heralded in the Berkshire Eagle as “a mecca of the art world” and a “cultural asset” for Berkshire County as well as a resource for Williams College. The Boston Globe praised its incredibly modern and innovative lighting and climate control systems. Even with such high praise and expectations none could have imagined what the Institute would become in the next half-century.  
       The Clark is a dynamic art museum welcoming visitors year-round to experience outstanding European, American, and British art in a beautiful, rural setting. Situated on 140 acres of woodlands, meadows, and hiking trails, the Clark's intimately scaled galleries are home to an exceptional collection. The Clark is renowned for its French Impressionist paintings by Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, and especially Pierre-Auguste Renoir, with more than thirty paintings by the artist.
225 South Street, Williamstown, MA 01267  
413 458-2303

Close Encounters with Music - Click Here  

Colonial Theatre -
"A Gilded Age architectural gem brought back to life as a performing arts center in the “heart of the Berkshires.” Kept safely behind temporary walls and ceilings of a retail store for over 50 years, the ornately appointed and now fully restored Colonial emerged in August, 2006 as a cultural and economic development force in the Berkshires.
The theatre is currently a major venue for the Barrington Stage and the Berkshire Opera and offers it's own programs of classic film and other entertainments.
111 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201413-997-4444

The Restored Colonial Theatre
Pittsfield MA

Hancock Shaker Village - Click Here
Beautifully restored village, set on 1,200 acres of farm, woodland and pasture, is home to the premier collection of Shaker buildings and artifacts. Graceful Shaker furniture, craft and household items - oval boxes, brooms, baskets and textiles - are exhibited in 20 historic buildings, each an architectural gem. The Round Stone Barn, perhaps the most famous of all Shaker buildings, is a testament to Shaker innovation and design.
 

Hancock Shaker Village
Pittsfield MA
 

Jacobs Pillow - Click Here
In 1930, modern dance pioneer Ted Shawn bought the farm as a retreat. Shawn and his wife, Ruth St. Denis, were America's leading couple of the dance. Shawn had long harbored a dream of legitimizing the dance in America as a honorable career for men  His athletic dancers were intent on challenging the "sissy" image of men in the dance; they forged a new, boldly muscular style in dances. In July 1933 the first audience made up of 45 curiosity-seekers  By the end of the week they were turning people away.  On July 9, 1942, the Ted Shawn Theatre, the first theatre in the United States designed specifically for dance, opened its doors.

                                                                        Jacobs  Pillow

Today, down-home traditions at Jacob's Pillow, such as the ringing bell announcing that the Ted Shawn Theatre is open  and pre-curtain speeches, continue from Shawn's day. Through careful and considered expansions of Jacob's Pillow programs and campus, this historic site in American dance retains the rustic ambiance of "the farm," as Shawn called it.
358 George Carter Road, Becket MA 01223
413 243-9919  

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center - Click Here  
The Mahaiwe Theater opened in September 1905 and is one of the oldest surviving theaters in the country. In its early years, the theater presented touring vaudeville acts. It was transformed into a movie palace in 1930 and has been in continuous operation for over 100 years. With its splendid acoustics, the theatre has played an important role in the area. The Performing Arts Center was formed in December 2002.
       Through programs high quality in dance, music, theatre opera and film, the Mahaiwe ensures a diversity of talent on the stage of the newly restored historic theater, at ticket prices affordable the community. Our goal is to present available programs that appeal to all ages and interests. The Performing Arts Center is determined to be the leading year-round presenter of performing arts, film, and educational programs for the Southern Berkshires and neighboring communities.
244 Main St, Great Barrington, MA
413 644-9040 

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Great Barrington MA
The theater has been newly restored, with great attention
to historical detail, at a cost of over $9 million.

Information is provided here as a PUBLIC SERVICE guide and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
 As schedules do change from time to time,  I recommend that you call the source with any questions.

         
        Kinderhook NY 12106
     518 758-1300 Ext 408 or 518 758-8337

Norman Rockwell Museum - Click Here
The Museum houses the world's largest and most significant collection of Rockwell's work, including 574 original paintings and drawings. Rockwell's Stockbridge studio, moved to the Museum site, is open to the public from May through October, and features original art materials, his library, furnishings, and personal items. The Museum also houses the Norman Rockwell Archives, a collection of more than 100,000 items, including working photographs, letters, personal calendars, fan mail, and business documents.
9 Glendale Road, (Route 183) Stockbridge, MA 01262 
413 298-4100     
 

The Mount
Edith Wharton's Estate and Gardens

          The Mount needs to raise up to $3 million through the Save The Mount campaign by Oct. 31, 2008.
        Click here to Save The Mount
 

The Mount - Click Here

The Mount, the home of Pulitzer-prize winning author Edith Wharton, who designed the house and gardens with the same intelligence and sensitivity that distinguishes her writing. Wharton designed and built her "first real home," The Mount, in 1902.  It was her design laboratory where she implemented the principles articulated in her first major book, "The Decoration of Houses" (1897). She believed that the design of a house should be treated architecturally and should honor the principles of proportion, harmony, simplicity, and suitability. "No one fully knows our Edith who hasn't seen her in the act of creating a habitation for herself," remarked Henry James, Wharton's close friend.
413 551-5111
Located at the corner of US Route 7 and Plunkett Street

Shaker Mountain Opera - Click Here

Shakespeare & Co. - Click Here

Tanglewood - Click Here
In the winter of 1936 Mrs. Gorham Brooks and Miss Mary Aspinwall Tappan offered Tanglewood, the Tappan family estate, with its buildings and 210 acres of lawns and meadows, as a gift to Koussevitzky and the orchestra. The offer was gratefully accepted, and on August 5, 1937, the festival's largest crowd so far assembled under a tent for the first Tanglewood concert, an all-Beethoven program.   Today Tanglewood annually draws over 350,000 visitors. Each season offers not only a vast quantity of music but also a vast range of musical forms and styles, all of it presented with a regard for artistic excellence that makes the festival unique.
297 West Street, 297 West Street, Lenox, MA 01240
Located in Berkshire County of western Massachusetts, it's just a short drive from the Massachusetts State Turnpike. 413 637-1600

Williamstown Theatre Festival - Click Here        
Every summer, WTF presents classic and new plays on its main stages, Free Theatre, Late-Night Cabaret, readings & workshops.
Center for Theatre and Dance of Williams College
1000 Main St., on Route 2, P.O. Box 517, Williamstown, MA 01267
413.597.3400

Columbia County
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Map of Area - Click Here

Agriculture - Click Here

Antique Dealers Association - Click Here

ARTS in Columbia County - Click Here

ARTS to the Nearby North - Click Here

Columbia County Government - Click Here

Col. Cty. Chamber of Commerce Click Here

Columbia County Living - Click Here

Dining - Click Here

Education - Click Here

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Farms Fresh Produce & Mkts - Click Here

Galleries - Click Here

G L B T  Friendly - Click Here

Historic Sites - Click Here

Lodging in the County- Click Here

Lodging in HUDSON -Click Here

Medical Centers - Click Here

Outdoor Resources - Click Here

Towns & Villages - Click Here
 

Over the proscenium arch, in a “sail vault”, is a soundboard concealed by a mural representing Art and Music The soundboard, rounded room elements, and articulated plaster detail are design signatures of J.B.McElfatrick and are thought to contribute to the superior natural acoustics of the theatre.

The Colonial Theatre opened on September 28, 1903 with a production of the operetta Robin Hood. The house sold out. 1400 attended. The Colonial became
the stop for big-name
entertainers, including:
Maude Adams,
John & Ethel Barrymore
Sarah Bernhardt 7 times, Eubie Blake1925
George M. Cohan
Max Fiedler and the Boston Symphony
Orchestra 1913
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Anna Pavlova
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Will Rogers
John Philip Sousa
The Ziegfeld Follies 1928 tour with a cast of 100 including the Rockettes