Category: Arts & Entertainment

The Turn of the Scrooge at Ghent Playhouse, December 9 – 11

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This weekend is the final weekend of the Ghent Playhouse’s Annual Panto, ‘The Turn of the Scrooge’.

Spend time with all the familiar characters – and maybe a few new ones – as The Loons return with their own zany spin on the classic holiday tale, “A Christmas Carol,” with another terrific original British-American Panto. Great fun for the whole family!

 Written by The Pantoloons
Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher

DETAILS:
December 9 and 10 (Friday, Saturday) at 8pm
December 11 (Sunday) at 2pm

General $20.00
Members of The Ghent Playhouse $17.00
Student $10.00

For more info, visit GhentPlayhouse.org.

 

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Hudson Winter Walk is This Saturday, December 3!

Every year on the first Saturday in December, Hudson’s Warren street becomes a winter wonderland and celebration of the holidays. The street is closed to automobile traffic and becomes a pedestrian promenade. Most of the stores and galleries use Winter Walk to premier their holiday-inspired decorated store front windows, and stay open later than usual.

The all-ages festivities including a parade down Warren that culminates in a fireworks show. This year, which is the 20th Anniversary of Winter Walk, will also include live reindeers, and performers throughout town, including carolers, fire-throwing jugglers, and one saxophone-playing Santa Claus.

DETAILS:
December 3, 2016, 5–8 pm (Rain, Snow, or Shine)

5pm— Santa Parade kicks off the festivities from the Hudson Opera House
5pm— Phil Kline’s UNSILENT NIGHT steps off from the foot of Warren Street at Front Street
5:45pm— UNSILENT NIGHT culminates at the 7th Street Park
8pm— Fireworks at Promenade Hill

For more info, visit HudsonOperaHouse.org/Winter-Walk by clicking here.

 

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Festival of Trees 2016 at Berkshire Museum

screen-shot-2016-11-16-at-7-59-34-pmThe Festival of Trees at the Berkshire Museum in downtown Pittsfield, MA, is an annual holiday tradition that has grown from a handful of holiday trees, to an exhibition of more than 100 decorated trees. This year’s theme for the decorations is a celebration of cinema, titled Now Playing: Festival of Trees 2016!

The organizations, businesses, and schools that participate in the Festival of Trees came up with innovative and original ways to decorate their movie-themed trees. Visitors can expect to see holiday trees that celebrate the classics of the cinema, including High Noon, Star Wars, Casablanca, Jaws, and the best of the Disney studios.

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WHERE:
The Berkshire Museum is located at 39 South Street (Route 7), in Pittsfield, MA.

WHEN:
The Festival of Trees runs from November 19 through December 31, 2016. 
Monday – Saturday, 10 – 5pm
Sunday, noon to 5pm
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day

COST:
$13 adult; $6 child (under 18)
Museum members & children 3 and under get in for free

MORE:
For more info on this collection, visit BerkshireMuseum.org

 

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Norman Rockwell Museum Special Exhibit: ‘Hanna-Barbera Architects of Saturday Morning’

flintstones-model-sheet-sm‘Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning’ is a new museum exhibition to celebrate the iconic animation partnership between William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.  Hanna-Barbera dominated American television animation for three decades in the mid-to-late 20th century. The duo, and their studio created some of the most memorable, and iconic cartoon characters and series, including The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Jonny Quest, Super Friends, and The Smurfs.

The exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum provides a glimpse of the extraordinary story of how the two former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation directors reacted to a dying film animation industry and revolutionized a new format for their product.’Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning’ was developed in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and has been sponsored, in part, by Keator Group, LLC.

The exhibit runs from November 12, 2016 to May 29, 2017.

LOCATION/HOURS:
The Norman Rockwell Museum is located in Stockbridge, MA, at 9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183.

Open 7 days a week year-round. November – April:
Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Weekends and holidays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADMISSION:
Members: FREE
Adults: $18.00
Seniors (65+): $17.00
Veterans: $16.00
College students with ID: $10.00
Children/teens 6 — 18: $6.00
Children 5 and under: Free

MORE INFO:
Visit nrm.org for more info.
413-298-4100

 

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Last Chance for Follies, Function & Form: Imagining Olana’s Summer House

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This week is the last chance to check out the exhibition, “Follies, Function & Form: Imagining Olana’s Summer House,” at Olana.

The 1886 Plan of Olana is highly accurate, however, the plans contain a mysterious structure labeled “Summer House”. According the the Olana site, “Summer houses were common in early American gardens and public landscapes, yet there is no documentary evidence about the style or form of this structure at Olana”. The exhibition asked 21 architects and landscape architects to imagine what the summer house and it’s environs might look like, then sketch those ideas, much in the way Frederic Church used sketches to convey his design and architectural ideas. Each designer was free to explore and combine historic and contemporary design themes.

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This exhibition is organized by The Olana Partnership, in collaboration with the New York Chapters of The American Institute of Architects (AIANY) and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA-NY).

DATES/TIMES/ADMISSION:

The exhibition, which opened in August, will close on Sunday, November 13. Until then, it is open 10am-5pm at the Coachman’s House Gallery, and is free.

ADDRESS/CONTACT:
Olana Coachman’s House Gallery
5720 State Route 9G
Hudson, NY
Phone: 1 518 828-0135

For more info, check out http://www.Olana.org

 

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