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North Adams EZine March 20, 2006
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On March 22 at 8:00 pm Robot Mansion presents Marnie Stern and BARR, The High Strung and Head like a Kite, hosted by Café Latino, 1111 MASS MoCA Way. This is part of a series of Indie-Rock performances, produced by Robot Mansion. For more information, call 413.348.2690
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www.cafelatinoatmoca.com

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts will hold a Faculty Recital on Friday, March 23, at 7:30 pm in the Church Street Center Auditorium, where vocal and instrumental pieces will be performed. On Friday, March 24, the MCLA Brass and Percussion Band will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the First Congregational Church in North Adams. Both events are free and open to the public.
www.mcla.edu/

Get your ticket for Cliff Eberhardt, as he performs at the Railway Café this Friday at 7:30 PM. The Railway Café is hosted by MCLA Gallery 51; at 51 Main St. Cliff was a featured performer during Railway’s second season. Opening the concert is Michigan-based Drew Nelson. Admission for this event is $12 in advance, $15 at the door, $10 for students and senior citizens. To reserve, call 664.6393 or
railwaycafe@juno.com
www.cliffeberhardt.com/
www.drewnelson.net/

“Movies for Kids” continues Saturday, March 24 at Western Gateway Heritage State Park’s Visitors center at 2:00 PM. Popular children’s movies are shown on the large screen television in the Center’s theater. The movies are presented by the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Movie Gallery in the Steeple City Plaza. This week’s movie is “Brother Bear II.” Although no admission is charged, donations of new, unused items will be accepted to support the Military Family Support Group, which tries to send some cheer to American service men and women in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, 663.6312.
www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/western/wghp.htm
www.imdb.com/title/tt0465925/

Opening on Saturday, March 24, the Gallery at North Adams Antiques announces its Spring Group Show. The work of Joseph Beuys, Fritz Buehner, Brantner DeAtley, Dan Field, Laurie Hogin, Douglas Huebler, Jane Hudson, Jeff Hudson, Brian Jewett, Cindy Lewis, Piotr Parda, Shoshana Phillips, Katherine Porter, Rachel Porter, and Diana Walczak will be featured. The premiere is from 3:00 – 6:00 PM and is open to the public. North Adams Antiques is open 10:00 – 6:00 PM Wednesday through Sunday. Call 662.2221
northadamsantiques.com

On Saturday, March 24, The Catholic Churches of North Adams present “Saturday Soup and a Movie,” in the Multi-Purpose room of the Saint Anthony Center. “The Flowers of Saint Francis” will be shown and is on the Vatican’s list of best films of all time. Soup is served from 5:00 – 5:45 PM, and the movie begins at 6:00 PM. The public is welcome to attend both or either of these friendly Lenten fellowships.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent

On Saturday, March 24, Café Latino hosts Café Con Leche Dance Party. Shake it to beats from every decade. Spring is here, so it’s time to have some fun! Café Latino is located at 1111 MASS MoCA Way. For information, 662.2004 or www.cafelatinoatmoca.com

The public is invited to a Hunger Awareness Dinner hosted by UNITY’s Youth Leadership Program on Sunday, March 25 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM at the American Legion Post 125 on American Legion Drive. The dinner will be provided on a donate-what-you-can basis, with both money and non-perishable food items accepted as donations to the Louison House and Elizabeth Freeman Center. Reservations are encouraged, Please call Mary at 663.7588. This program receives funding from the Berkshire Coalition to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and the Northern Berkshire United Way.
www.nbunitedway.org/

The First Congregational Church of North Adams, United Church of Christ will host its monthly 4th Sunday Jazz worship this Sunday, March 25th beginning at 5:30 p.m. in their Assembly Hall. Guided by the toe-tapping sounds of Scott Bailey on piano, Bobby Marshall on drums, Chris Caproni on trombone, Jason Kokoszka on bass guitar, this is a most pleasant hour of worship led by Pastor Jill Graham. Folks are invited to enter through the glass breezeway doors on either Main or Summer Street (the church is on Monument Square, next to the library). Whoever you are, and wherever you are on life’s journey, you are welcome here! Call 663-9940.
www.northadamsucc.org/

Drew and Leigh -Anne Nicastro, proprietors of Isabella’s Restaurant are pleased to announce the second in a series of food and wine pairing events to be held at Isabella’s Restaurant at 896 State Road, to be held on Thursday, March 29th from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. The focus will be on the region of Tuscany, Italy. Please phone 662.2239 to make reservations or for more information on the series.
isabellarestaurant@albany.twcbc.com
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A few openings remain in UNITY’s new creative writing workshop for middle school-aged students. This free workshop, which is held 3:00- 4:30 pm on Wednesdays (through the end of the school year), can be found at the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition at 85 Main Street. The group started meeting in December, but new participants are still welcome. To sign up a student, please call Kate Merrigan at 663.7588 or
kmerrigan@nbccoalition.org
www.nbccoalition.org/

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