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By Claudia D'Allessandro

Claudia D’Alessandro “The Nature of Things” — Opening Reception. Show runs through September 28

Sandisfield Arts Center 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, United States

Free opening reception Saturday, September 7th 2:00-4:00 PM. After the opening reception, the show will run until September 28, and can be seen before performances or by appointment. Call 413-258-4100. Artist’s Statement: All around us, the natural world offers a distant mirror of our experiences:  in the sky and water and on the earth.  Great [...]

Film: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Sandisfield Arts Center 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, United States

Join us for this Academy Award - winning classic (Best Foreign Language Film, 1971), setting the context for historian Robert Maryks’ talk the next day, which will include correspondence from the Finzi-Continis. Amid the ravages of WWII, the Finzi-Continis, a cultured Jewish family, live in aristocratic splendor on their Eden-like estate in Ferrara, Italy. As [...]

Fascism and Racial Laws in Mussolini’s Italy

Sandisfield Arts Center 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, United States

In his talk and slide presentation, historian and part-time Sandisfield resident Dr. Robert A. Maryks will tell a story of the impact of the racial laws on the Jews (and those who were considered Jews) under the Mussolini regime. This story is based on 139 letters that were exchanged between the victims of those laws [...]

$10.00

Wanda Houston Band: ’40’s, ’50’s, & ’60’s R&B and Jazz

Sandisfield Arts Center 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, United States

The Wanda Houston Band features the incomparable vocalist Wanda Houston accompanied by three virtuoso and diverse musicians specializing in unique interpretations of American Music. The band’s repertoire includes selections from the great American Songbook, Jazz, Motown, R&B, and Pop from the early 20th century to modern. It’s all crystallized through a unique instrumental and vocal [...]

$20.00
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Today’s Poets in Conversation with the Masters

Sandisfield Arts Center 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, United States

"A large number of the poems I most admire and which seem to be most original are talking back to other poets of other ages." —Richard Wilbur Join us for this unique poetry program with poems of masters such as Frost, Auden, Wilbur, Plath, Owen, Boland, Kumin, Bynner, and Yeats performed by Ben Luxon and [...]

$5.00 – $10.00

by Mark Farnum

Mark Farnum and Alan Papscun — Opening Reception. Show runs through October 31

Sandisfield Arts Center 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, United States

Painting above is by Mark Farnum Free opening reception Saturday, October 5th, 2:00 – 4:00 PM. After the opening reception, the show will run until October 31, and can be seen before performances or by appointment. Call 413-258-4100. Mark Farnum Artist’s Statement: Mark started painting when he retired from the Army in his early sixties. [...]

Open House, Barbecue, Family Fun, Volunteer Appreciation

The Sandisfield Arts Center is hosting a family-friendly open house with burgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, sides and dessert Saturday October 5 from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. Games, music, and a drawing for 2 free tickets to the "Hard Cider Tasting" with Tom Christopher, cider expert, and music by a local group (TBA) (4 PM [...]

Ed Arron and Jeewon Park, cello and piano

Sandisfield Arts Center 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, United States

The 2018-19 season marks Mr. Arron’s tenth anniversary season as the artistic director and host of the acclaimed Musical Masterworks concert series in Old Lyme, Connecticut. He is also the artistic director of the Festival Series in Beaufort, South Carolina, and is the co-artistic director with his wife, pianist Jeewon Park, of the Performing Artists in Residence series at the Clark [...]

$20.00

Val Coleman on “The Constitution Alive”

Sandisfield Arts Center 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, United States

Val Coleman will argue that the American constitution is alive and well, despite the assaults on its tenets throughout the history of this country.  Val Coleman, known as the poet laureate of Sandisfield, is also a citizen-scholar. His previous presentations on the history of poetry, the rise and persistence of fascism in the 20th century, [...]

$10.00
From Yankee Magazine

Hard Cider Tasting conducted by Tom Christopher with Steve Adams of The Tangled Party performing

Sandisfield Arts Center 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, United States

Join us for an introduction to the flavors and history of New England’s traditional beverage:  hard cider. Long-time cider maker and enthusiast Tom Christopher will speak about the history of cider making in our region, and then invite the audience to taste a flight of ciders from a variety of makers, both amateur and professional. [...]

$20.00