Community Calendar

Material Shift showcases work by 13 Haudenosaunee artists who employ found objects and other unconventional materials to create or illustrate traditional cultural objects or concepts and those who, conversely, explore traditional materials in unexpected ways. Works range from playful to provocative. These events are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum & Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and friends and members of the Iroquois Museum. For more information contact: info@iroquoismuseum.org

The Devil is in the Detail: Drawings, Prints & Collages by Steven Specht
November 6-28 at The Other Side Gallery, 2011 Genesee St., Utica
Opening Reception, Friday, November 6, 5-7 p.m.
Artist Talk, Saturday, November 28, 1 p.m.
Regular Gallery Hours: Thursdays & Saturdays from 12-2 p.m.
Exhibit is open and free to the public. Donations gratefully accepted.
For additional information contact Rainer Wehner at 315-395-5235 or rainermariawehner@web.de.

250 years ago, eight Shakers fled England, bound for New York in hopes of finding religious freedom. Named for their trembling “religious ecstasies,” the Shakers received gifts of revelation; communications from the spirit world. Led by a woman whom they called, "Mother Ann", they were subject to bloody persecution. Shakers were beaten, imprisoned, abducted, and chased out of town on both sides of the Atlantic. Undeterred, they persevered to build their vision of Heaven-on-Earth right here, in Albany. We invite you to join us as we pull back the veil separating this world from the next at America's First Shaker Settlement.

Tour Dates: October 16,17,18 and 23,24,25

*This ghost tour touches on sensitive topics including sickness, mental illness, suicide, physical abuse, religious persecution, and death, both of children and of adults. If these topics hit too close to home, we hope that you will take good care and join us for a regular tour another time

This adult-focused escape room-styled event will include light refreshments and a cash bar. Come see the museum after hours and experience the magic of Ancient Egypt at the Berkshire Museum’s Soulful Creatures exhibition’s themed event: Creatures of the Night at the Museum.

Travel to the distant past thousands of years ago, learn about the practices and magic of the ancient Egyptians in this exhibition’s Night at the Museum! The journey to the afterlife was a complicated process, do you have what it takes to complete the challenges necessary to earn your final rewards in the Field of Reeds?

FRI Nov. 6, 6:30pm to 7:30pm
FIRST FRIDAY music with Belle-Skinner

Belle-Skinner is a dark nostalgic singer-songwriter based in New York. With a hauntingly beautiful, lilting soprano and innate sense of melody she crafts tales of songbirds, sirens and desert nomads - nuanced and layered stories which bridge the gap between past and present. Though her influences cover a broad range of genres - from French chansons and Russian folk to contemporary alt-pop and rock - her voice often draws comparisons to the likes of Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Jeff Buckley, Mary Hopkin, and early St. Vincent.

Field Notes: An Evening of New Dances brings together a group of Hudson Valley dance
veterans — longtime collaborators who’ve spent years shaping the contemporary dance scene.
Between them, they’ve moved audiences across NYC, the Hudson Valley, the Americas, Europe,
and India. Now they’re bringing it home. This isn’t just a shared bill — it’s a creative kinship
distilled into two nights of new work. Expect the kind of chemistry that comes from years of
trust, risk, and shared stages. Catch it live at Arts Society of Kingston (A.S.K.), 97 Broadway in
the Roundout neighborhood of Kingston. Don’t miss this one!
With: Meg Fry, Ashley Hartka, Amii LeGendre,
Sondra Loring (choreographed by Stephen Petronio),
Jack Magai, Jill Ann Schwartz, Teresa Smith, and Debra Wanner.

The Friends of the West Stockbridge Library invite you to join celebrated local author Heather A.Campbell for an entertaining and heartfelt conversation inspired by her book, "Good Is Amazing: Stop Overstriving and Celebrate Being Enough!" In a world that constantly tells us it’s all about more, better, best, Heather asks: What if a life that is healthy, connected, purposeful, and joyful is already an amazing accomplishment? Through funny and relatable stories, Heather invites us to rethink success, quiet the inner critic, recognize the good we are already creating, and make more room for what matters.

Come for the stories, laughter, and conversation. Leave with permission to give yourself and those you love, credit and perhaps a better idea of how to celebrate being good enough.

Free and open to all.

DARLIN’ — A World Premiere at Bridge Street Theatre!

Mothers. Daughters. Family secrets. And a whole lot of unfinished business.

Bridge Street Theatre presents the world premiere of “DARLIN’,” a wickedly funny, wildly imaginative new play by two-time PEN USA Award-winning playwright Michelle Carter, November 5–15, 2026.

Kate's just lost the job she's had for nearly three decades. Her 82-year-old mother, Liza, is as sharp-tongued and impossible as ever. And the family stories she's been telling for years? Let's just say the truth is considerably more interesting.

With the help of an unconventional caregiver, Kate tumbles into a journey through her mother's past, landing in 1958 San Francisco, where a teenage Liza confronts the mother who abandoned her. What unfolds is a deliciously unpredictable collision of three generations, full of sharp wit, surprising revelations, and unexpected tenderness.

Directed by Katy Early, featuring Barbara Pitts, Amanda Duarte, and Phil Mansfield.

November 5–15, 2026. Thursday–Saturday at 7 PM; Sunday at 2 PM. November 5 is a pay-what-you-wanna preview.

Tickets: https://bridgest.org/darlin/

Turn up the volume and step into the smoky, riff-driven world of Texas blues rock as ThunderBeard brings the gritty swagger of ZZ Top to the stage. With authentic showmanship, signature beards and plenty of guitar, ThunderBeard recreates the raw energy of “That Little Ol’ Band from Texas,” delivering a live experience that captures the attitude, sound and cool that defined a generation.

The show dives deep into ZZ Top’s blues-soaked 1970s era with classics like “La Grange,” “Waitin’ for the Bus” and “Brown Sugar,” then shifts into the slick, synth-infused hits that dominated the MTV-driven 1980s, including “Gimme All Your Lovin’,” “Sharp Dressed Man” and “Legs.” From dusty barroom grooves to arena-ready anthems, ThunderBeard spans decades of iconic rock with note-perfect musicianship and high-energy performance.

Packed with driving rhythms, guitars and unmistakable Southern rock swagger, this is a full-throttle celebration of one of rock’s most legendary bands. Whether you grew up with vinyl, cassette or MTV, ThunderBeard delivers a night of gritty ’70s blues rock and ’80s cool that will have you singing along from the first riff.

Anthony De Ritis’s Jiggedy, Jingle, Jaunty, Jaunty, a world premiere for orchestra and electronics, pays homage to two 20th-century giants, James Joyce and Luciano Berio ,through a dialogue that stretches across time. BMOP welcomes soprano Julia Bullock for Samuel Barber’s iconic Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a setting of James Agee’s 1938 prose text whose childlike recollection of a summer evening remains one of Barber’s most beloved creations. In addition, Ms. Bullock also performs two movements from Matt Aucoin’s The No One’s Rose, settings of poems by Paul Celan that explore memory, language, and loss. The evening concludes with Charles Wuorinen’s Delight of the Muses, a homageto Mozart based on material from Don Giovanni. Outlandish, sentimental, and a rousing good time, this ballet shows this iconic American composer at his irreverent best.