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7:30 pm Pittsfield, MA–“The Birds” Perfo... @ Barrington Stage Company

Pittsfield, MA–“The Birds” Perfo... @ Barrington Stage Company

Jun 23 @ 7:30 pm

8:00 pm Becket, MA–MIAMI CITY BALLET Per... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Becket, MA–MIAMI CITY BALLET Per... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Jun 23 @ 8:00 pm

Described as “bold, light, immediate, intensely musical” (The New York Times), Miami City Ballet makes its first Festival appearance since 1998. Works on the program exhibit the company’s wide range and prowess, including master choreographer[...]

8:00 pm Great Barrington, MA–Troubadour ... @ The Guthrie Center at the Old Trinity Church

Great Barrington, MA–Troubadour ... @ The Guthrie Center at the Old Trinity Church

Jun 23 @ 8:00 pm

To purchase tickets, call (413) 528-1955 — Tuesday thru Saturday, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM “No artist on the coffeehouse circuit today is better than Don White at combining the heartfelt aesthetics of the singer-songwriter[...]

8:00 pm Pittsfield, MA–“Ragtime” Perform... @ Barrington Stage Company

Pittsfield, MA–“Ragtime” Perform... @ Barrington Stage Company

Jun 23 @ 8:00 pm

8:00 pm Stockbridge, MA–“Million Dollar ... @ The Unicorn Theatre--The Berkshire Theatre Group

Stockbridge, MA–“Million Dollar ... @ The Unicorn Theatre--The Berkshire Theatre Group

Jun 23 @ 8:00 pm

Tony Award-winning jukebox musical, and epic night of rock ‘n roll, Million Dollar Quartet brings you into the recording studio with icons, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Based on a[...]

8:00 pm Stockbridge, MA–Children of a Le... @ The Fitzpatrick Main Stage--BTG’s Stockbridge Campus

Stockbridge, MA–Children of a Le... @ The Fitzpatrick Main Stage--BTG’s Stockbridge Campus

Jun 23 @ 8:00 pm

In today’s culture, there are endless methods of communication. Are we truly listening to one another? At the core of the Tony Award-winning Children of a Lesser God, written by Tony Award-winner Mark Medoff, is[...]

8:15 pm Becket, MA–JONAH BOKAER CHOREOGR... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Becket, MA–JONAH BOKAER CHOREOGR... @ Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Jun 23 @ 8:15 pm

9:00 am Sheffield, MA–Housatonic River G... @ Bartholomew's Cobble--The Trustees of the Reservations

Sheffield, MA–Housatonic River G... @ Bartholomew's Cobble--The Trustees of the Reservations

Jun 24 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am

Join us every Saturday and Sunday morning for a guided trip on the Housatonic River from June 3 thru Sept 3. See great blue herons, otters, beavers, diving spiders and so much more. This trips[...]

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Housatonic Heritage

The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Exists To Illuminate The Diverse, Rich Identity Of The Upper Housatonic River Valley Region & To Preserve & Promote Its Historical, Cultural & Natural Resources.

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Jacob’s Ladder Scenic Byway — Route 20 in Becket & Lee, Mass

Jacob’s Ladder Scenic Byway–From the rocky heights of Mt. Tekoa, in Russell, MA, to the Lee/Lenox town line in Berkshire County, the Jacob’s Ladder Scenic Byway winds through the small towns of Russell, Huntington, Chester, Becket and Lee, providing views of the Wild and Scenic Westfield River along the way. Known also as the “Jacob’s […]
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Beartown State Forest, MA – Monterey, Mass

Beartown State Forest has two distinctly different worlds between the summer and winter. During the warm months the pristine 35-acre Benedict Pond attracts swimmers, boaters and fishermen. An extensive network of trails on over 12,000 acres offers visitors a chance to glimpse deer, bear, bobcat, fisher and other wildlife, including the park’s namesake, the Black […]
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Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center – Gt. Barrington, Mass

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 and performers such as John Philip Sousa. It was transformed into a movie palace in 1930 and has been in continuous operation for over 100 years. Celebrated […]
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Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival – Becket, Mass

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, lauded worldwide as a “hub and mecca of dancing” (TIME Magazine) and “one of America’s most precious cultural assets” (Mikhail Baryshnikov), is home to America’s longest running international dance festival. The Pillow is a designated National Historic Landmark. National Historic Landmarks are nationally significant historic places designated by the Secretary of […]
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Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument – East Canaan, Conn

The Beckley Blast Furnace was one of three blast furnaces in operation along Lower Road and the Blackberry River in East Canaan during the period 1832-1923. Knowledgeable guides — members of the Friends of Beckley Furnace — are onsite at the Furnace from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each Saturday in the summer.
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Friends of Du Bois Homesite – Gt. Barrington, Mass

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Naumkeag Museum and Gardens – Stockbridge, Mass

One of the Berkshires’ original gilded-age “cottages”, Naumkeag is famous for its eight acres of terraced gardens and landscaped grounds surrounded by forty acres of woodland, meadow, and pasture that stretch to the Housatonic River Valley. The gardens and landscaped grounds, first designed in the late 1880s by Nathan Barrett, were transformed and expanded between […]
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Housatonic River Walk National Recreation Trail – Gt. Barrington, MA

The River Walk is a greenway trail along the Housatonic River in the downtown center of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where 2,200 citizen volunteers are working to reclaim the beauty of a “working river” abused by years of industrial waste and neglect. River Walk roughly follows the west bank of the Housatonic River between Cottage Street […]

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