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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: May 18-24, 2007

May 18th, 2007 · No Comments


Friday & Saturday night: Mystification at the Colonial



Berkshire home boy and professional illusionist
Nick Felix grabs the imagination through mind boggling illusions. After nine months of touring with stops in Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, Boston, and Cancun, Mexico, he’s bringing his touring show
"Depth of Illusion" back home for four shows.

Friday & Saturday, May 18 & 19 | 7pm & 9:30pm | Colonial Theatre | 111 South St |
997-4444 | $35


Click here to visit Nick Felix’ website and find out more.


Friday & Saturday night: Rocky Horror at Pittsfield High



Are you ready to do the Time Warp

again? Proteus, Pittsfield High School’s fabulous drama society, presents The Rocky Horror Picture Show this weekend and next. This is the original musical on which the cult film was
adapted: sure to be an entertaining and memorable performance. A classic spoof of 1950's horror movies that preconceived notions of gender.


Friday, Saturday, May 18, 19 & Thursday, Saturday, May 24, 26, 7:30pm | Friday, May 25, 9:30pm understudy performance | Pittsfield High School | 300 East St | 499-9535 | $10-12 adults/$8
students/$5 limited availability seats



Click here to read the Eagle’s feature story on the Rocky Horror Picture Show production.


Saturday: David Grover at the Boys & Girls Club!



This Saturday's Success By Six Fun Fair
moves to the Boys & Girls Club due to possible cold and rainy weather, but will still be filled with fun, music and info for you and your family. Best of all, it's free! Hear Berkshire
favorite David Grover and his Big Bear Band play and much more.

Saturday, May 19 | 12-2pm | Boys and Girls Club | 16 Melville Street | FREE




Saturday: The art of wine at the Berkshire Museum



Every other year, the Berkshire Museum hosts
an over-the-top wine auction and gala to benefit its educational programs. Tickets are still available! If you can’t make Saturday’s gala, you can enjoy several new related exhibits
including artist-inspired tablescapes, for one week only, artist-designed wine labels, and food-inspired art. The later two exhibits will be up through June 17.

Saturday, May 19 | 4:30pm | Biennial Wine Auction & Gala | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 443-7171 | Call for ticket prices


Click here for more yummy details on the wine auction.


Saturday night: Waltzing at the Masonic



Dancers of all levels are invited to come and
put your dancing shoes on in the splendor of the Masonic Temple's ballroom. Come early and learn to waltz from 7-7:45, and then keep dancing until 11pm. The Berkshire Ballroom Dancers are
dedicated to promoting the mental, physical and social benefits of ballroom dancing to everyone in Berkshire County. Free refreshments for all attendees.

Saturday, May 19 | 7-11pm | Masonic Temple | 116 South St. | 684-1510 | $10, $7 for USA Dance Members, $5 students



Saturday night: Live samba at the Brazilian Restaurant



Enjoy live
music in Pittsfield at the Brazilian Restaurant and Pub on Saturday for the Berkshire Bateria's wide variety of music from Brazil, including hot samba rhythms and bossa nova jazz. Get your ya-yas
out to the beat of repinque, tamborim, and caixa de guerra samba drums, among others!

Saturday, May 19 |
10pm-close | Brazilian Restaurant & Pub | 75 North St | 235-9100 | $5



Saturday & Sunday: Gertrude Stein downtown



Presented by the Way the Heck Off-Broadway Theatre Company style="font-family: Georgia"> at the Blue Iguana Room, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein is a one-woman play done in true
Stein style. It covers her childhood in California, her studies at Harvard, and her decision to leave America and come to Paris. In the process, she reminisces about the famous people they have
entertained—including Picasso, Isadora Duncan, Hemingway, and many others.

Saturday, May 19 | 7pm | Sunday, May 20
| 3pm | The Blue Iguana Room | 156 North St. inside Pancho's Mexican Restaurant  |  464-0919 |  $10/seniors & students, $15/adults



Monday night: Cabaret-To-Go at Asters



Berkshire
Music School’s popular Cabaret-To-Go perform at Asters Restaurant. Members of Sherri James Buxton's adult
cabaret class present their final spring performance Spring cabaret students include lawyer-by-day, crooner-by-night Jeff Cook, Debbie Zecher, Lisa Kantor, Caroline Meyer-Yound and Mary Farley,
accompanied by pianist John Sauer.

 Monday, May 21 | Dinner 6pm, cabaret 7:30pm | Aster's | 1015 South St | 499-2075 | $5
cover benefits Berkshire Music School


Click here to visit the website of the Berkshire Music School and see what else they have in store!


Wednesday: New York photographer Bruce Panock



Le Petit Musee at Wild Sage features the work
of photographer Bruce Panock of New York City from May 23 to June 23.  His work can be found in numerous private collections.

Wednesday, May
23-June 23 | 12-6pm | Le Petit Musee at Wild Sage | 333 North St | 447-7000 | FREE


Click here to visit Bruce Panock’s website.


Thursday night: Making a Living in Crafts



Find out all you need to know about Making
A Living In Crafts
, a book by author Donald Clark, artist and co-owner of the Ferrin Gallery, at this free talk and book signing. Product development and marketing, legal and financial matters,
product development, presentation materials, art shows and working with shops and galleries will all be discussed.

Thursday, May 24 | 7pm |
Lichtenstein Center for the Arts | 28 Renne Ave | 499-9348 | FREE


Click here for the website of Making a Living in Crafts.

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