A Celebration of Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary - Free
2020-04-25 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
As the Arts Center celebrates its 25th anniversary, Earth Day celebrates its 50th. Our Earth Day community celebration kicks off the season and a “going green” initiative at the Arts Center.
Join us for activities and fun for all ages! Help create a nature-inspired art installation. Be motivated by your neighbors’ skills as they demonstrate a wide range of homemade, earth-friendly crafts. Learn to turn trash into reusable treasures. Get information on what we can do as individuals and as a community to decrease our carbon footprints for a more sustainable planet. Bring yourself, your family and friends, your ideas, your hopes and dreams. Celebrate Earth and her future!
Look for more environmentally-themed events throughout the season.

Open Mic Plus Grown-Up Show and Tell (FREE)
2019-11-22 19:00 - 22:00
Help us send off our 2019 season in style at our Fall FREE Open Mic Night and Party!
Open Mic Night is a BYOT–Bring Your Own Talent event. What better way to spend a chilly autumn evening than warming it up with your friends and an adult beverage, as we entertain one another with our songs, stories, jokes, monologues, or poetry and offer a show and tell of some of our favorite experiences or accomplishments?
Whether you’re sharing or just coming to listen and raise a toast to your neighbors’ talents (and nerve), your presence will make this a memorable end to the Sandisfield Arts Center 2019 season.

Evening of Song Our Hit Parade (fundraiser) The Songs of Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
2019-11-16 20:00 - 22:00
Come spend a very special evening immersed in the music of two of the most beloved song writers of all time. Their music is timeless and has been sung by all the greats. Time magazine said Cahn & Styne were the country’s most successful songwriting team after Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Jule Styne is the versatile, prolific songwriter whose tunes became standards for three generations and the composer of such classic Broadway musicals–Gypsy, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Funny Girl. He was a notorious collaborator, which is why his name is less familiar than his music. This was probably because of his consummate flexibility. “You write as well as who you write with,” he said, and he usually let a musical’s lyricist and star set the tone for the score.
Sammy Cahn is the burlesque violinist who grew up to write some of America’s favorite songs and win four Academy Awards for such tunes as “Three Coins in a Fountain” and “All the Way.”
Now the voices of Mary Verdi, Linda Mironti, and Brian DeLorenzo, with piano accompaniment by Joe Rose offer their interpretations of Cahn and Styne’s work.

This special evening includes an intermission with Prosecco and a resplendent dessert table.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Sandisfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

CELEBRATING THE WORK OF NEIL SIMON
2019-11-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
The Sandisfield Players bring to the stage excerpts from The Odd Couple, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers, and other Neil Simon comedies. The performances will be script-held. The program is developed by Ben Luxon, Charles Evers Whyte, and Mary Anne Grammer.

Neil Simon, 1927-2018
Most playwrights are lucky if they have one play that becomes a household name and a repertory staple. Mr. Simon had several; Barefoot in the Park, The Odd Couple, The Sunshine Boys, California Suite, and Brighton Beach Memoirs were just a selection of his many hits. He also succeeded with musicals, collaborating on Little Me, Sweet Charity, Promises, Promises, and They’re Playing Our Song.
Note: This is the only performance of this show — the November 10 Sunday matinee is canceled.

FREE MOVIE NIGHT FOR GROWN-UPS with Potluck Dinner
2019-11-08 18:00 - 21:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
The James Mason/Judy Garland feature A Star is Born is this season’s selection. Bring a dish to share and the beverage of your choice. The audience can discuss the merits of the four different versions of this story.
Run time 178 minutes or just shy of 3 hours.

Andy Holtzman — Opening Reception. Show runs through November 28
2019-11-02 14:00 - 16:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
Free opening reception Saturday, November 2nd 2:00-4:00 PM.
After the opening reception, the show will run until November 28th, and can be seen before performances or by appointment. Call 413-258-4100.
Artist’s Statement:
If I have a definable photographic style, it’s dedicated to capturing the diverse ways which natural light and saturated color play on any of my subjects. My eye is not particular to any specific subject matter. Anything and everything that’s in the way of my lens is fair game, and they tend to pursue me! I still love printing on traditional fine art paper, but more recently I have been experimenting with printing on stretched canvas, metals, hard resin coating and encaustic.
Andy has logged over 25 years of executive leadership across a diverse marketing career, incorporating brand strategy and creative management.
Photography is a lifelong hobby of his, guided by a personal perspective on how we observe life around us.

Hard Cider Tasting conducted by Tom Christopher with Steve Adams of The Tangled Party performing
2019-10-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, 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.
We’ll explore a range of flavors and styles of cider, from traditional New England farmhouse ciders made locally to European inspired ciders from some of the best cider houses in the region.

“Singer/songwriter Steve Adams”, is the song writing half of “The Adams Brothers”, who released his newest CD, “Steve Adams and the Tangled Party” 2 years ago, which can be heard on Spotify, YouTube, and most other streaming services. Steve will entertain with musical interludes while you taste the ciders.

Apple picture is from Yankee Magazine, “History of Hard Cider in New England,” August 23, 2010.

Val Coleman on "The Constitution Alive"
2019-10-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, 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, and Abraham Lincoln provided a long view on these subjects, and encouraged a vigorous discussion with members of the audience. This subject is sure to do the same.
Our blog features several of Coleman’s previous talks.

Ed Arron and Jeewon Park, cello and piano
2019-10-06 16:00 - 18:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, 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 Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Praised for her “deeply reflective playing” (Indianapolis Star) and “infectious exuberance” (New York Times), Korean-born pianist Jeewon Park has garnered the attention of audiences for her dazzling technique and poetic lyricism. Since making her debut at the age of 12 performing Chopin’s First Concerto with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Park has performed in such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, 92nd Street Y, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Kravis Center, and Seoul Arts Center in Korea.
Program
Variations Concertantes, Opus 17 (1829) by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Pohádka (A Tale) (1910/12) Leos Janacek (1852-1928)
Con moto; Andante
Con moto; Adagio
Allegro
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1948) by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Allegro, Tempo di Marcia
Cavatine
Ballabile
Finale: Largo; Presto
Intermission
Sonata in A Major for Cello and Piano, Opus 69 (1807/1808) by Beethoven (1770-1827)
Allegro ma non tanto
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Adagio cantabile; Allegro vivace
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Sandisfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Open House, Barbecue, Family Fun, Volunteer Appreciation
2019-10-05 16:30 - 18:30
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 on October 19).
Drop by to meet neighbors and friends and find out about volunteer opportunities and what’s upcoming at the Arts Center this season and next.
We’ll have a short session to honor our current volunteers and share some of the many volunteer opportunities (more here).
If you’re going to the Gallery reception for Mark Farnum and Alan Papscun (2 to 4 PM), stay on for more food and socializing.
Rain or shine!

Mark Farnum and Alan Papscun — Opening Reception. Show runs through October 31
2019-10-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, 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. He works with acrylic paints, and his subjects are landscapes, seascapes, barns, people, things — whatever inspires him on any given day.
He lives in Tyringham.
Alan Papscun Artist’s Statement:
The human form has directed me for over 30 years, from my initial focus as a student of mostly classical figure to the more abstracted forms of my graduate work. I continue to move back and forth between them to maintain my own balance. My work references wholeness, vulnerability, deformation, fragmentation, so as to reflect what it is to be imperfectly human, as we all ultimately exist.

Today's Poets in Conversation with the Masters
2019-09-28 16:00 - 18:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, 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 Sandisfield Players Mary Anne Grammer, Jean Atwater-Williams, Tina Sotis, Charles Fidlar, and Val Coleman, in dialog with poems they have inspired by award-winning poets Hilde Weisert, Rebecca Hart Olander, Jayne Benjulian, Irene Willis, and others.
James Kraft, distinguished writer and general editor of the works of Witter Bynner and the biography Who Is Witter Bynner?, will read several of the most enduring Bynner poems, including this one:
Defeat
On a train in Texas German prisoners eat
With white American soldiers, seat by seat,
While black American soldiers sit apart,
The white men eating meat, the black men heart.
Now, with that other war a century done,
Not the live North but the dead South has won,
Not yet a riven nation comes awake.
Whom are we fighting this time, for God’s sake?
Mark well the token of the separate seat.
It is again ourselves whom we defeat.
Witter Bynner, 1881-1968
Bynner, largely forgotten today, was widely published and well-known in the early and mid-20th century. He was a champion of the women’s movement and racial equality and friend to Robert Frost, D.H. and Frieda Lawrence, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Khalil Gibran. His translations brought Chinese poetry to an American audience, and his version of The Way of Life, according to Lao-Tzu is still considered definitive.
The program will be followed by a wine and cheese reception.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students.
About the poets:
Jayne Benjulian is author of the critically-praised Five Sextillion Atoms. Jayne will teach a new workshop Writing and the Art of Revising at the Foundry in West Stockbridge Friday mornings nine to noon from October 18 – November 22. Information here.
Rebecca Hart Olander’s debut full-length collection, Uncertain Acrobats, is forthcoming from CavanKerry Press in 2021. Rebecca teaches writing at Westfield State University and is editor/director of Perugia Press.
Hilde Weisert lives part-time in Sandisfield and is author of The Scheme of Things. Poems to be on the program include “The Pity of It,” winner of the 2016 Tiferet Poetry Prize, and the Calyx Lois Cranston Award, “Finding Wilfred Owen Again.”
Irene Willis is the author of five collections of poetry, has won numerous awards, is poetry editor of the online International Psychoanalysis, and is at work on an anthology on immigration.
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The postcard above is the Poet’s Seat Tower in Greenfield, Massachusetts, which has this plaque commemorating Greenfield poet Frederick Goddard Tuckerman. Come on the 28th and you’ll discover the connection between Tuckerman, Richard Wilbur, and others.

In his introduction to the Collected Poems of Tuckerman, poet Witter Bynner wrote:
“Though Robinson and Millay and Masefield have undoubtedly never read him, they would seem to have tapped his philosophy as well as his diction…He is as Chinese as he is American…He happened to belong to New England.”

Wanda Houston Band: '40's, '50's, & '60's R&B and Jazz
2019-09-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, 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 combination of experienced musicians. Wanda Houston has traveled the world using her vocal gifts in an amazing variety of settings and styles. Rob Kelly is a gifted pianist, brilliant arranger, and a master vocal accompanist. Jay Bradley is one of the most skilled and seasoned drummers in the Northeast. Jeff Stevens is a versatile trumpet player who has worked with some of the greatest musicians of our time.

Fascism and Racial Laws in Mussolini's Italy
2019-09-21 10:30 - 12:30 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, 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 (and their relatives and friends) and the Jesuit priest Pietro Tacchi Venturi (1861–1956) who interceded within the Fascist government in order to circumvent or alleviate various provisions of the 1938 anti-Jewish legislation. Maryks discovered these letters in a Roman archive and published them in a recent book.
Robert A. Maryks, PhD (Fordham University) has published widely on the history of the Jesuits, including, most recently, the edited volume Encounters between Jesuits and Protestants in Asia and the Americas (Brill, 2018). He is the editor of the Journal of Jesuits Studies, Brill’s series of Jesuit Studies, Jesuit Historiography Online, and Brill Research Perspectives in Jesuit Studies.

Film: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
2019-09-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, 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 the political atmosphere becomes increasingly hostile to its Jewish citizens, the handsome and carefree Finzi-Contini children, Micol (Dominique Sanda) and Alberto (Helmut Berger), turn their well-appointed home into a refuge for their young friends as Fascism gradually descends upon their world. A simply breathtaking film about a way of life now lost forever. Gorgeously restored and remastered in Dolby Stereo.
Winner of 26 Major International Awards. “This is truly one of the great films of all time.” — Joel Siegel, Good Morning America.
The run time is 1 hour 34 min. The film is in Italian and has subtitles.
Pizza and light refreshments will be provided; beer and wine are available.

Claudia D'Alessandro "The Nature of Things" — Opening Reception. Show runs through September 28
2019-09-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, 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 drama, intricate patterns, faces, shapes, and colors are all around, and sometimes, the most beautiful of these lasts only an instant.
The light, patterns, colors and shapes found in Nature’s palette of sweeping landscapes, skies, and waterways blend realism, impressionism, and abstractions. As part of my joy in living, I transfer those images onto paper, canvas, and aluminum, creating photographs that can ornament, inspire — perhaps transform — our living spaces.

Children's Book Author Jana Laiz Reads from Recent Books and Talks about Being "A Writer with a Purpose"
2019-08-24 16:00 - 18:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
Jana Laiz, writer in residence at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead, will read from and talk about recent books such as Blanket of Stars and Billy Budd in the Breadbox: The Story of Herman Melville, as well as two books in development for film, Weeping Under This Same Moon and A Free Woman on God’s Earth: The True Story of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, The Slave Who Won Her Freedom.
A writer with a purpose, Laiz’s goal is to “change the world one book at a time.” A great event for the whole family!
This event is timed so that if you are participating in the Sandisfield Library’s “READING IS OUT OF THIS WORLD” program, ending with a Celebration Party with Ed the Wizard and Alien Balloon Twisting at 1 PM, you can come on over to the Arts Center to keep the reading fun going!
Visit Jana’s website at www.janalaiz.com.
More about some of Jana’s books:
Blanket of Stars (co-authored with Sean Vernon, Illustrated by Anastasiia Kuusk): Join Little Bird, Little Fox and Little Bunny as they get ready for bed. Lull your little ones to sweet sleep with the lush illustraions and soothing lullabies of Blanket of Stars. Sean Vernon’s original music accompanies this vividly illustrated picture book.
Weeping Under This Same Moon was a ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Gold Medalist and an International Reading Association Notable Book. Based on the true story of two teenage girls from different cultures, whose paths intertwine, dramatically altering the course of their lives, the book is in development for film.
A Free Woman On God’s Earth (co-author, Ann-Elizabeth Barnes; Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers) is a juvenile biography for ages 8 and up containing over 40 illustrations. It is the story of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, the enslaved African woman who had the courage and conviction to speak what was in her heart, suing for her freedom in a Massachusetts court of law. ​An engaging history that fulfils the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for third, fourth and fifth grades in the categories of Local Biography, Local History, Revolutionary War Heroes.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Sandisfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. This support will allow us to provide some of Jana’s books for the Sandisfield Library and the Farmington River Regional School!

Bill Cohn on "Combating the Enemy Within"
2019-08-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
Early in the Depression, on February 2, 1931, Silas H. Strawn, Chairman of the United States Chamber of Commerce, warned, “in a condition of this kind, the thing to be feared most is fear itself.” In March 1933 President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt echoed this same sentiment in his inaugural address when he told the American people “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Even before America’s entry into World War II and then during the war, FDR discovered there was something to fear in the likely presence of fascist and communist foreign agents who were engaged in internal subversion, among other things.
Internal dangers and combating the enemy within has a history dating back to the late nineteen century if not before, reaching full maturity in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Cohn is a retired college professor who taught history and American studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and European history at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.

FREE Family Movie Night
2019-08-09 17:30 - 20:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
It’s Friday night at the movies at the Arts Center. This month’s selection for the whole family is “The Empire Strikes Back”
The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back) is a 1980 American epic space-opera film directed by Irvin Kershner. Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan wrote the screenplay, with George Lucas writing the film’s story and serving as executive producer. The second installment in the original Star Wars trilogy, it was produced by Gary Kurtz for Lucasfilm and stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, and Frank Oz. It is the fifth film in the nine-part “Skywalker saga”.

Marguerite "Marge" Bride — Opening Reception, Sat, Aug 3rd
2019-08-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
Free opening reception Saturday, August 3rd, 2:00 – 4:00 PM.
After the opening reception, the show will run until August 28, and can be seen before performances or by appointment. Call 413-258-4100.
Artist’s Statement:
“Wherever I go I cannot help but see the colors and scenes around me as a painting. Watercolor always provides a fun surprise … no matter how I may initially visualize the finished painting; the medium always tells me who is really the boss here. Often those little unplanned-for happenings are the most interesting part of the painting. When that happens, I just let the water do its thing.
“Creating painterly architectural images is most intriguing for me. I enjoy painting the old buildings and the lovely town centers here in the Berkshires and New England, and of course, lighthouses and house portraits. I’ve waited many years before permitting myself to become immersed in art. The time spent in other professions has made this one all the more precious.”
Bride is a Berkshires resident and works out of her studio in Pittsfield, where she also gives lessons and meets with clients. Visit her website (https://margebride-paintings.com) or Facebook page for updates on her exhibit schedule.

Berkshire Opera Festival
2019-07-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
Have you ever wondered how a fully-staged opera is brought to life? Have you wondered if opera was something you’d enjoy? Berkshire Opera Festival co-founders Brian Garman and Jonathon Loy will answer all your questions through an interactive presentation on their summer 2019 production of the comic opera Don Pasquale, which will be performed at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. Brian and Jonathon will introduce Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, a riotous comic opera sung in Italian with projected English translation, to the audience through video, audio, and discussion. They will also describe the process of how they bring a fully-staged production to the stage. If you have never been to the opera and want to try it out, this is the perfect opera to start with. Don Pasquale is also a great introduction to opera for children because it is so much fun. So, before you go see the opera, make your experience deeper by coming to Jonathon and Brian’s presentation.

Frederick Moyer Piano Recital
2019-07-20 20:00 - 22:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
We are thrilled to bring back Frederick Moyer after his wonderful recital (and the debut of our Stainway) last year.
Moyer is equally at home with Bach, Rachmaninoff, and Schoenberg as well as Ellington and Peterson. His recitals are engaging and generally include time-honored favorites. His MoyerCam is a projection system that allows the audience to see his hands as he plays. Audience members at his 2018 Arts Center recital raved about how much this brought them into the music as he played it, and garnered some converts to classical music.
Get your tickets early, this event is likely to fill the house!
Mr. Moyer will perform a program of classical piano masterpieces. Here is the 2019 program lineup as we have it.
Bach’s “Prelude in B Minor BWV 855A” (Siloti arrangement)
Beethoven’s “Sonata in C Major, Op 53” (“Waldstein”)
Debussy’s “Suite Pour le Piano”
Intermission
Schubert’s “Impromptu in G flat Major, Op. 90, No. 3
Art Tatum’s arrangement of Get Happy by Arlen/Koehler
Oscar Peterson’s “Blues Etude”
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue for Piano and Orchestra (Plovdiv–Bulgaria–Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor, Nayden Todorov, used with the permission of Music Minus One.

About Fred Moyer
In his more than thirty years as a full-time concert pianist, Moyer has established a vital musical career that has taken him to forty-three countries and to such far-flung venues as Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Sydney Opera House, Windsor Castle, Carnegie Recital Hall, Tanglewood, and the Kennedy Center.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Sandisfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

This introduction to Ravel’s “Ondine” with an introduction by Moyer captures his engaging approach to making the music accessible and alive.

Words Matter - Fun with Crossword Puzzles for All Ages with Michelle Arnot
2019-07-13 10:30 - 12:30 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
Michelle is the author of Crossword Puzzles for Dummies and Four Letter Words: Secrets of a Crossword Insider.
She is also an official at the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Stamford, CT, and a resident of Sandisfield. Michelle’s crossword workshop last season drew a packed (and passionate) house, so reserve early!
Late-breaking news! This event is now free. If you already purchased tickets, we’ll have your refund when you come in.

FREE Family Movie Night
2019-07-12 17:30 - 20:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
It’s Friday night at the movies at the Arts Center. This month’s selection for the whole family is Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2. Popcorn and snacks are provided.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy and the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Written and directed by James Gunn, the film stars an ensemble cast featuring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone, and Kurt Russell. In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the Guardians travel throughout the cosmos as they help Peter Quill learn more about his mysterious parentage.

Patricia Hogan — Opening Reception Sat, July 6
2019-07-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
Free opening reception Saturday, July 6th 2:00 – 4:00 PM.
After the opening reception, the show will run until July 27, and can be seen before performances or by appointment. Call 413-258-4100.
Artist’s Statement:
Pat Hogan specializes in paintings inspired by nature. Recent works reflect her respect and love for our beautiful Berkshires, the mountains and sea coast of Maine, and the vanishing islands of the Chesapeake Bay. She is passionate about watercolor and the illusions created through the transparency and luminescence of the medium. New work includes figure drawings and mixed media pieces. Her paintings are in private collections in England, Sweden, and throughout the United States.
Hogan offers painting and drawing instruction for novice and experienced artists. For sixteen years she taught at IS183, previously known as Interlaken School of Art in Stockbridge where she served as Department Head, Drawing and Painting.

Blackstone Valley String Quartet
2019-06-29 16:00 - 18:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
The Blackstone Valley String Quartet gets its name from the quaint small-town area of Central Massachusetts where owner and founder Sylvia DiCrescentis has lived and worked for most of her life. For fifteen years, the members of the BVQ have played together in various orchestras and small groups honing their skills and developing a unique bond as professional performing musicians.
Today’s performance will feature “Dvorak’s American String Quartet.”
This event is made possible with the generous support of Steve and Lynn Rubenstein.

“Grit” a film by Cynthia Wade with Q&A tik
2019-06-23 15:00 - 17:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
It is happening tonight, Sat, the 22nd. Date mix up on website, tickets are available!
Saturday: plenty of tickets, Website tix broken
Please walk in!
Shot over the course of six years and co-directed by Academy Award-winning director Cynthia Wade and award-winning director Sasha Friedlander, Grit has been met with critical acclaim at international film festivals. This cinematic documentary captures a hardly known yet massive environmental disaster: an unstoppable mudflow in Indonesia believed to be caused by natural gas drilling. The story follows Dian, an Indonesian girl in East Java, as she grows up in the shadow of gigantic mud explosions, yearning for her childhood home buried deeply under 60 feet of cracked mud. As Dian matures into a young woman, she challenges the drilling company with gritty determination. The run time is 80 minutes.
After this feature documentary, we will have a Q&A with director Cynthia Wade. John Stanmeyer, founder of the VII Photo Agency, and for the last ten years photographing almost exclusively for National Geographic will join Cynthia in the Q&A.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”— the musical performed by the Sandisfield Players, directed by Jesse Howard and Ben Luxon.
2019-06-16 11:00 - 13:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
A musical at the Arts Center – a first for the Sandisfield Players!
Don’t miss this musical version of Roald Dahl’s famous children’s story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
This is the Sunday 3 PM matinee. Other performances are Friday at 7 PM and Saturday at 7 PM .
$20 adults; children 12 and under $5
NOTE: If no tickets are available, we regret to say that it means we’ve sold out. There may be a few seats left for walk-ins if you want to come to the Arts Center and try your luck.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Sandisfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”— the musical performed by the Sandisfield Players, directed by Jesse Howard and Ben Luxon
2019-06-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
A musical at the Arts Center – a first for the Sandisfield Players!
Don’t miss this musical version of Roald Dahl’s famous children’s story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
This is the Saturday 7 PM show. Other performances are Friday at 7 PM or Sunday matinee at 3 PM.
$20 adults; children 12 and under $5
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Sandisfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”— the musical performed by the Sandisfield Players, directed by Jesse Howard and Ben Luxon
2019-06-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Sandisfield Arts Center, 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, MA, 01255, United States
A musical at the Arts Center – a first for the Sandisfield Players!
Don’t miss this musical version of Roald Dahl’s famous children’s story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
This is the Friday 7 PM (opening!) show. Other performances are Saturday at 7 PM or Sunday matinee at 3 PM.
$20 adults; children 12 and under $5
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Sandisfield Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
