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Saturday, May 8, 2004
  Articles on this page: • What's Fun
What's Fun POINTS OF INTEREST AND ATTRACTIONS Ashley Falls Bartholomew's Cobble Weatoque Road 229-8600 www.thetrustees.org westregion@ttor.org National natural landmark, gardens, and 300 acres. The Colonel John Ashley House Cooper Hill Road 298-3239 www.thetrustees.org westregion@ttor.org 1735 country home. Open May - Oct. Becket Becket Arts Center of the Hill Towns Brooker Hill Road Route 8, P.O. Box 286 623-6635 becketarts@aol.com Exhibits of local artists, special events and workshops. Mid-June - Labor Day. Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 358 George Carter Road, (P.O. Box 287, Lee) 243-0745 www.jacobspillow.org info@jacobspillow.org Summer dance festival with performances and free events. Chester the miniature theatre of chester Town Hall, 15 Middlefield Street, P.O. Box 722 354-7770/354-7771 www.miniaturetheatre.org info@stuffbynet.com Summer theatre, professional Actor's Equity company and new plays. Great Barrington Aston Magna Festival St. James Church, 352 Main Sreet 528-3595/(800)875-7156 www.astonmagna.org Jorchard@astonmagna.org Summer music festival – Baroque to early Romantic music. Berkshire Bach Society P.O. Box 563, South Egremont 528-9277 www.berkshirebach.org Concerts of Bach's works and lectures on the famous composer Close Encounters with Music St. James Church, 352 Main Street. (and other locations) (518)392-6677/ (800)843-0778 www.cewm.org cewmusic@aol.com Fall, winter, and spring music series. Club Helsinki 284 Main Street 528-3394 www.Clubhelsinkiweb.com Year-round live music venue. Ski Butternut Summer Concerts 380 State Street, Rte. 23 528-2000 www.skibutternut.com groups@skibutternut.com Summer concerts and arts festivals. Stockbridge Chamber Concerts At Searles Castle, 389 Main Street 442-7711 eahscc@hotmail.com Chamber concert series (July/August), Holiday concerts (December). Lee October Mountain State Forest October Mountain 243-1778 16,627-acre state forest - boating, camping, fishing, hiking, and more. Lee Sandy Beach Route 20 Town beach on Laurel Lake - bathhouse, lifeguard, dock and picnic tables. Laurel Lake Boat Ramp Route 20 Free boat launch - open year round Lenox Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum East end of Housatonic Street. Willow Creek Road, P.O. Box 2195 637-2210 www.berkshirescenicrailroad.org pieter.lips@berkshirescenicrailroad.org Historic train station and museum. Trains run weekends/holidays, May – October. Berkshire Wildlife Sanctuaries Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary 472 West Mountain Road 637-0320 www.massaudonbon.org berkshires@massaudobon.org 1500 acres, trails, and nature programs; open Tuesday – Sunday. The Mount, Edith Wharton Estates and Gardens 2 Plunkett Street and Route 7, P.O. Box 974 637-1899/(888)637-1902 www.edithwharton.org admin@edithwharton.org Edith Wharton's 1902 mansion and gardens; Tours daily, May – October Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio 92 Hawthorne Street, P.O. Box 2256 637-0166 www.frelinghuysen.org info@frelinghuysen.org Bauhaus home with artwork and collection. Open: Summer, Thurs.-Sun; Fall, Thurs.-Sat. Housatonic Philharmonic 241 Main Street 637-2802 www.housatonicphilharmonic.com andy@banjovi.com Instrumental folk music. The News In Revue Cranwell Resort 637-1364/(888)401-NEWS www.newsinrevue.com nholson@aol.com Satire troupe presents topical revue skewering people/places/events in the news. Summer season. Kennedy Park Route 7 397-acres, extensive trails for hiking, cross-country skiing and picnics. Ventfort Hall - The Museum of the Gilded Age Ventfort Hall 104 Walker Street , P.O. Box 2424 637-3206 www.gildedage.org info@gildedage.org 1893 Berkshire Cottage - tours, programs, lectures & exhibits. Tours daily, June – October. Winter, Sat. & Sun. Shakespeare & Company 70 Kemble Street 637-3353/637-1199 www.shakespeare.org boxoffice@shakespeare.org Theatre festival - Shakespeare, Wharton and contemporary writers: May – December. Tanglewood Route 183, 297 West Street 637-5165/(888)266-1200 www.bso.org Boston Symphony's summer music festival, classical, popular and jazz. June - Labor Day. Lilac Park Main Street The park contains the largest collection of lilac bushes in the area. Craft and other festivals are held there during the summer and fall. Monterey Bidwell House Museum 100 Art School Road, P.O. Box 537 528-6888 www.bidwellhousemuseum.org bidwellhouse@verizon.net 1750 home with collection of historic furnishings: Mid May to Mid-October, Tues.-Sun. New Marlborough Music & More in the Meeting House Rte. 57, New Marlborough's Village Green 229-3126 bkelly239@aol.com Chamber music, film, art exhibits: summer – fall. Otis Otis Poultry Farm 1570 North Main Road, Rte. 8 269-4438 www.otispoultryfarm.com lpyenson@prodigy.net A 1904 working poultry farm with food, gifts and tours. Richmond MusicWorks P.O. Box 199 698-2002 www.musicworksintheberkshires.org Chamber music series from fall through spring - co certs in Richmond, Pittsfield, Great Barrington and Lenox. Sheffield Barrington Stage Company Consolati Performing Arts Center, Berkshire School Road Box 1205 528-8888 www.barringtonstageco.org bsc@berkshire.net Theatre productions from June – October. Berkshire Choral Festival 245 North Undermountain Road 229-8526 www.choralfest.org bcf@choralfest.org Summer choral festival with Springfield Symphony. Sheffield Historical Society 159-161 Main Street, P.O. Box 747 229-2694 www.sheffieldhistory.org shs@sheffieldhistory.org 18-century home and Research Center. Tourist programs. Open year round. Stockbridge Berkshire Botanical Garden Routes 102 & 183 298-3926 www.berkshirebotanical.org info@berkshirebotanical.org 15-acre perennial, vegetable & historic herb garden. Berkshire Theatre Festival East Main Street, P.O.Box 797 298-5536/ box office 298-5576 www.berkshiretheatre.org info@berkshiretheatre.org Summer theatre festival: May – October. Chesterwood 4 Williamsville Road, off Route 183 298-3579 www.chesterwood.org Chesterwood@nthp.org Home of Daniel Chester French, sculptor. Studio, garden, museum and shop. Open May – Oct. Merwin House Tranquility 14 Main Street 298-4703 www.spnea.org Turn-of-the-century house museum; open June – Oct. The Mission House Museum and Gardens 19 Main Street, P.O. Box 792 298-3239 www.thetrustees.org westregion@ttor.org 1739 home with period furnishing, & gardens. Open Memorial Day - Columbus Day. National Shrine of the Divine Mercy Eden Hill, 2 Prospect Hill Road 298-3931 www.marian.org/shrine shrine@marian.org Outdoor shrines, Mass, Chapel, and gift shop. Naumkeag House & Gardens Prospect Hill Road, P.O. Box 792 298-3239 www.thetrustees.org westregion@ttor.org 1886 home with original furnishings and formal gardens. Open Memorial Day - Columbus Day. Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Road, P.O. Box 308 298-4100 www.nrm.org emazzer@nrm.org Norman Rockwell's original art and studio. Open year round. Stockbridge Library Historical Room Main Street 298-5501 Repository of local/area history. Open year round. The Lion's Den at The Red Lion Inn 30 Main Street 298-1654 www.lionsdenpub.com Live music every night, smoke free, pub fare and no cover. Tyringham Naoussa Gallery 8 Main Street 243-0456 naoussa66@aol.com Contemporary Art Gallary. Open June – October. Tyringham Cobble Jerusalem Road Trustees of Reservations/ the Ashintully Gardens 298-3239 westregion@ttor.org Area for hiking, bird watching and nature study. West Stockbridge Berkshire Center for Contemporary Glass, Inc. 6 Harris Street 232-4666 Artists form molten glass into art. Gift shop. Open year round. Hoffman Pottery 103 Route 41 232-4646 www.ehoffmanpottery.com Elaine@ehoffmanpottery.com Contemporary pottery gallery, July & August – open daily. September – June – open Friday – Monday.  RETURN TO TOP |
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