Thursday
June 7
THEATER
Barrington Stage Company
"Lungs," 3 and 7:30 p.m., Stage 2, Pittsfield.
COMMUNITY
Dalton Fair
Mark Fanelli's Traveling Amusement Park, 6 p.m. Midway rides. Tickets at Dalton General Store, Dalton CRA, Greenridge Variety and from Lions Club. American Legion Field, Route 9, Dalton.
Thursday Night Out
Community festival: Gallery Walk, food, shops open late, 6 to 8 p.m., downtown Great Barrington.
WRITING
Bloomsday
Leading up to Bloomsday celebration on June 16, weekly readings of chapters from James Joyce's "Ulysses," 7:30 p.m., to read and discuss the book and the event. Williamstown. Details on Facebook at "Bloomsday in Williamstown" and email at BloomsdayinWilliamstown@gmail.com.
Friday
June 8
COMMUNITY
Dalton Fair
Mark Fanelli's Traveling Amusement Park, 6 p.m. Midway rides and fireworks. American Legion Field, Route 9, Dalton.
Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
"The Delicious and Sometimes Challenging Intersection of Food and Judaism," 7:30 p.m. -- talk on "Jewish Food Choices: Ritual and Ethics Meet" with scholar-in-residence Mary L. Zamore. Free. Great Barrington.
Sheffield Historical Society
Annual General meeting and ice cream social, 7:30 p.m. at Dewey Memorial Hall ,
MUSIC
Guthrie Center
The Nields, off-the-hook idiosyncratic and kicking tunes in the Troubador folk series. Doors open at 6 p.m.; show begins at 8. Great Barrington.
THEATER
Barrington Stage Company
"Lungs," 7:30 p.m., Stage 2, Pittsfield.
Shakespeare & Company
"Cassandra Speaks," portrayal of iconic journalist Dorothy Thompson, 8:30 p.m. Lenox.
Saturday
June 9
ART
Arrowhead
Unveiling of "Ahab and the Whale" -- hay sculpture by artist Michael Melle, 11 a.m. A program will follow to create sailors for the whaleboat. Part of "Call Me Melville" celebration. Pittsfield.
Clark Art Institute
"Alice Neel," 2 p.m. Free film series examines the challenges female artists face. Williamstown.
Lichtenstein Center for the Arts
"Projective Preservation and the Small American City: An Installation by Tessa Kelly" opens today, noon. Intertwining history, education and the landscape of Pittsfield in four layers referencing Pittsfield's industrial, literary, Mohican and natural history. Free. Pittsfield.
Norman Rockwell Museum
"Howard Pyle: American Master Rediscovered," exhibit on the art of the influential Golden Age Illustrator opening 6 to 8 p.m. with "swagger and dagger" pirate party. Remarks at 7 p.m. by Margaretta S. Frederick, Chief Curator/ Curator of the Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Collection, Delaware Art Museum. Stockbridge, (413) 298-4100.
COMMUNITY
Berkshire Carousel
Music Festival with DJ Flirt, former Miss Massachusetts USA Alida D'Angora , Bow Thayer and the Train Wrecks, Deja Vu with Mike Sacco, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Music for all ages: six bands will perform throughout the day. Food and fun. Berkshire Mall, Routes 7 or 8, Lanesborough. (413) 499-0342.
Dalton Fair
Mark Fanelli's Traveling Amusement Park, noon. Midway rides and fireworks. American Legion Field, Route 9, Dalton.
Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
"The Delicious and Sometimes Challenging Intersection of Food and Judaism," 10 a.m. -- talk on "Chametz, Matzah and Manna: Jewish Identity and Food" with scholar-in-residence Mary L. Zamore. Kosher and Israeli wine tasting with a guided discussion, 4 p.m. Free. Great Barrington.
NAMA Prom
Super-sassy, glamtastic party with candy-inspired ‘Sweet Dreams' theme. DJ, free hors d'oeuvres, photo opps, door prizes. 8:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Elks Lodge, 100 Eagle St., North Adams. (413) 652-2462.
Ventfort Hall
Dancin' at the Mansion, with live music and refreshments, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., Lenox.
HISTORY
Hancock Shaker Village
Oval Box Making: Box Basics with Steve Grasselli, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pittsfield.
MUSIC
Aston Magna Music Festival
40th Season with a Gala Concert, 6 p.m.; madrigals by Monteverdi, excerpts from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Handel's The Triumph of Time and Truth, and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 1. Vocal soloists: sopranos Kristen Watson and Roberta Anderson, mezzo soprano Deborah Rentz-Moore, alto Lynn Torgove, tenor Frank Kelley and baritone David Ripley. Ozawa Hall,Tanglewood, Lenox. (413) 528-3595, www.astonmagna.org.
Eagles Band
Berkshires' oldest continuously perfrorming band perfoms at opening ceremonies for alumni weekend, 8 a.m., Chapin Hall, Williams College, Williamstown.
Guthrie Center
The Berkshires Tribute to Woody Guthrie: Local Berkshire artists celebrate 100 years of his legacy. Troubador folk series. Doors open at 6 p.m.; show begins at 8. Great Barrington.
OUTDOORS
Field Farm
Guided hike, 1 and 2 p.m. Trails past fields, wander through manicured gardens graced by modern sculptures, and discover New England's youngest historic house museum. Pair of Modernist homes with 300 acres of open fields, woods and wetlands. Sloan Road near five corners, Williamstown.
Mass Audubon
"Chirps, Cheeps, and Warbles -- Birding by Ear," 9 to 11 a.m., Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox.
Project Native
Guided Birdwalk with Ed Neumuth at Project Native, 7 a.m., Housatonic.
THEATER
Barrington Stage Company
"Lungs," 4 and 8 p.m., Stage 2, Pittsfield.
Berkshire Playwrights Lab
Fifth-season gala, 7:30 p.m.: Staged readings of new plays, including a new short piece by David Mamet, performed by actors Jay Thomas, Treat Williams and others; the premiere of a short film by Joe Cacaci starring Minnie Driver and Tony Shalhoub; excerpts from new musicals by NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program students, and more. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington. (413) 644-9040, www.berkshireplaywrightslab.org.
Shakespeare & Company
"Cassandra Speaks," portrayal of iconic journalist Dorothy Thompson, 8:30 p.m. Lenox.
Sunday
June 10
COMMUNITY
Dalton Fair
Mark Fanelli's Traveling Amusement Park, noon. Midway rides and firemens' muster. American Legion Field, Route 9, Dalton.
Hevreh of Southern Berkshire
"The Delicious and Sometimes Challenging Intersection of Food and Judaism," 10 a.m. brunch and 10:30 talk, "The New Jewish Movement: Why, Where, Who, and Me?" with scholar-in-residence Mary L. Zamore. Free. Great Barrington.
The Mount
Free Family Day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. House tours, the gardens and trails, scavenger hunts, storytimes, and other activities throughout the day. Picnickers welcome and food available for purchase, Lenox.
HISTORY
Hancock Shaker Village
Oval Box Making: Box Basics with Steve Grasselli, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pittsfield.
Williamstown History Museum
"A Curator's Tale: the History of the Clark Art Institute," 1:30 p.m., with Richard Rand, and annual meeting, Williamstown.
MUSIC
Bascom Lodge
Johnny Salsa, 6 p.m. Free. Summit of Mount Greylock, Adams.
Gospel Express
Macedonia Baptist Church presents Berkshires Best Gospel Express, in celebration of African-American Music Appreciation Month, 4 p.m. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington.
Temple Anshe Amunim
Free evening of Jewish Music with Cantor Elias Rosemberg of Temple Emanuel in Newton and David Sparr, music director of Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline: Sephardic, Yiddish and Israeli songs, bothclassic works and contemporary favorites. Pittsfield.
OUTDOORS
Garden Conservancy
Garden tour to benefit The Garden Conservancy and the Berkshire Botanical Garden: Seekonk Farm, 296 Division St., Great Barrington; Wheelbarrow Hill Farm, Route 23, Great Barrington; Peter Bevacqua and Stephen King, Willmon Road and Route 23B, Claverack, N.Y.; garden of Jeffery Ruzich and Scott Canning, 340 Northern Boulevard, Germantown, N.Y.; Forth House, 2751 Route 9, Livingston, N.Y.; River School Farm, 80 Hill Road, Livingston, N.Y.; or garden of Kevin Lee Jacobs, 3007 Main Street, Valatie, N.Y. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Garden Days.
Sandisfield 250th summer
Bird Walk with Doug Bruce, Berkshire Natural Resources Council, 8:30 a.m. Meet at Lower Spectacle Pond to walk along Cold Spring Road. www.sandisfield.info.
THEATER
Barrington Stage Company
"Lungs," 3 p.m., Stage 2, Pittsfield.
Shakespeare & Company
"Cassandra Speaks," portrayal of iconic journalist Dorothy Thompson, 3 p.m. Lenox.
WRITING
Clark Art Institute
Award-winning local author Roland Merullo reads, 3 p.m. Merullo has published more than a dozen books of fiction, from the Revere Beach Trilogy set in his hometown of Revere, and "Leaving Losapas," to his most recent novel, "The Talk-Funny Girl." Williamstown.
Robert Frost Stone House
"Fact, Dream and Labor: Robert Frost and the New England Attitude" with Sydney Lea, Poet-Laureate of Vermont, novelist, essayist, literary scholar and teacher, a "Sunday Afternoons with Robert Frost" talk, 2 p.m., free.
Steepletop
Open mike poetry readings in the Dingle at Steepletop, 4 to 6 p.m. Austerlitz, N.Y.
Monday
June 11
ART
Bascom Lodge
Roy Superior (artist talk), 6 p.m. Free. Summit of Mount Greylock, Adams.
MUSIC
Congregation Knesset Israel
"The Jewish Composer and the Hollywood Musical" with N.Y.C. film historian and author Phillip Harwood on Jerome Kern, 7:30 p.m., Pittsfield.
OUTDOORS
Clark Art Institute
Yoga at Stone Hill Center, 11 a.m.: free yoga class for all on the terrace, weather permitting. Mats and props will be available. Williamstown.
Tuesday
June 12
COMMUNITY
Ventfort Hall
Tea and Talk, Nolan Bushnell, "Cutting Edge Education," followed by a Victorian Tea, 4 p.m., $16 non-member, $14 member. Lenox.
MUSIC
Celebration of Jewish Music
Klezmer concert. 7:30 p.m. Tickets, $12. Temple Anshei Amunim, 26 Broad St., Pittsfield.
THEATER
Shakespeare & Company
"The Allergist's Wife," a once vivacious woman rediscovers flamboyance, preview, 8:30 p.m. Lenox.
Wednesday
June 13
HISTORY
Bascom Lodge
Lesley Herzberg talks about the WPA photo show at Hancock Shaker Village, 6 p.m. Free. Summit of Mount Greylock, Adams.
MUSIC
Colonial Theatre
Raekwon, 7:30 p.m. Corey Woods, from legendary hip-hop group the Wu-Tang Clan. Pittsfield.
OUTDOORS
Mass Audubon
Evening at the Beaver Ponds, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Search for beavers and other kinds of wildlife that are attracted by the series of ponds that the beavers have created. Learn about the natural history of beavers and how they continue to change our landscape 80 years after their reintroduction. Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, Lenox.
THEATER
Barrington Stage Company
"Fiddler on the Roof," 7 p.m., Mainstage, Pittsfield.
Shakespeare & Company
"The Allergist's Wife," a once vivacious woman rediscovers flamboyance, preview, 8:30 p.m. Lenox.
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