Community Calendar

Presenting our Fall talk in the Berkshire Nature Series - Thomas Tyning, Professor of Ecology at Berkshire Community College, will share his extensive knowledge and latest research on some of the least known and most fascinating animals living in our own backyard.

Free for West Stockbridge Historical Society members; $10 suggested donation for nonmembers.

Please register at weststockbridgehistory.org

Mesmerizing folk duo Ordinary Elephant has spent nearly a decade on an endless tour, earning widespread acclaim and winning fans including legends like Tom Paxton and Mary Gauthier. Married couple Crystal and Pete Damore first captured the spotlight in 2017 when they took home the International Folk Music Award for Artist of the Year, propelled by their breakthrough album Before I Go. Two years later, their follow-up, Honest, garnered even more praise, with the Associated Press calling it "one of the best Americana albums of the year." Their latest release, a stripped-down, self-titled collection, is the purest expression of their sound yet. The album showcases the breathtaking power of the couple’s harmonies and intricate guitar work. Rooted in timeless, character-driven storytelling, the songs are elevated by the delicate interplay of banjo, guitar, and octave mandolin. Though born from a time of deep uncertainty, the record radiates a sense of profound self-assurance. It’s the work of a duo whose personal and professional lives reflect the endless potential of honest, organic collaboration. Press play on Ordinary Elephant and you’ll hear more than just a husband and wife—you’ll hear a sincere and unwavering commitment to music, patience, gratitude, and the simple, transformative beauty of the present moment.
Two southern Vermont natives, Colin McCaffrey and Lizzy Mandell, have been musical collaborators for more than 15 years. Colin is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, award-winning songwriter, recording engineer, and producer. Over the past two decades, he has engineered, produced, or performed on more than 200 Vermont albums, many considered among the state’s finest. The two met at a songwriter’s workshop Colin hosted at the Center for Arts and Learning in Montpelier. Captivated by Lizzy’s voice and songwriting, Colin produced her debut solo album, Made for Flying (2012), which won Best Album and Best Songwriter of the Year. Now, 13 years later, Lizzy and Colin have released To the Moon, a new collection of 13 original songs, eight of them co-written.

Matt Axton and his band Badmoon will close out the Guthrie Center’s 2025 Troubadour Concert Series on Friday, September 19 at 8pm showcasing Axton’s mountain soul, country rock-n-roll while paying homage to the Axton musical legacy and decades of Axton-Guthrie family and friendship.

The matriarch of the Axton family, Mae Boren Axton, who co-authored “Heartbreak Hotel” (Elvis Presley) is music legend while her son Hoyt Axton penned many hits for notable stars like “Joy to the World (Jeremiah was a bullfrog)” for Three Dog Night and “The No No Song” for Ringo Starr and his own “Boney Fingers.” Like his grandmother and father, Matt Axton’s music spans genres from folk, rock and country to roots, funk and blues while his signature finger picking guitar style and a silky, rich baritone voice are all his own.

“Family” runs deep with the Axtons and the Guthries. Hoyt Axton and Arlo Guthrie are not only blood cousins, Hoyt called Guthrie his “soul brother.” It all started, however, with the late Jackie Guthrie who was best friends with Hoyt while living in Hollywood where Hoyt played the Troubadour club.

This will be Axton’s second appearance at The Guthrie Center, the first in 2013 when Axton was accompanied by his sister, April Axton, and his mother Donna Axton, who was Hoyt Axton’s former piano player. The Berkshires will get a memorable show on September 19. In true troubadour style, Axton will share stories alongside his own original music and music from his family that tells their story and the role it played in Axton’s life. Look out for a potential appearance from Donna, the piano virtuoso, all the way from California.

Matt Axton and Badmoon’s Guthrie Center show is part of the “Beast Goes East Tour” launching September 3rd where he will introduce the Eastern Seaboard to his unique modern spin on Americana that touches on universal experiences.

Mark St. Germain’s play is filled with the humor, honesty, and life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who became “Dr. Ruth,” America’s most famous sex therapist.
Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, know the incredible journey that preceded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a sniper, to her struggle to succeed as a single mother newly-arrived in America, her’s is a stunning tale of becoming Dr. Ruth.

“An illuminating portrait…her story is certainly a stirring one.” - NY Times

90 min | Written by Mark St. Germain | Directed by Stephen Nachamie

Based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly, this hit Broadway musical holds a special recipe for finding love in unexpected places.
Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. Faced with an unexpected pregnancy, Jenna fears she may have to abandon the dream of opening her own pie shop…until a baking contest in a nearby county and the towns handsome new doctor offer her a tempting recipe for happiness.
“Thoroughly charming! A deep dish of feel-good feminist comfort food.” -The Hollywood Reporter

Music and Lyrics by Grammy-winner Sara Bareilles, Directed by Brittany Proia 

THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS and SATURDAYS at 8 PM, SATURDAYS and SUNDAYS at 2 PM

Join us for a trail run and walk to raise funds for the Preserve and the Rensselaerville Library! The Ramble starts and ends at the Huyck Preserve's Eldridge Research Center and will take you through the Huyck Preserve's beautiful forests for distances of 2 miles, 5 miles, or 8 miles.

Join us each Saturday morning at High Rock Park from 9 AM to 1 PM!

Enjoy live music, restock your kitchen with fresh and local goods, or grab breakfast and lunch from our ready-to-eat vendors! Let’s make Saturdays local and lively - see you at the market!

Kadri Pärnamets: Muraka is a new exhibition by one of Project Art’s resident artists. The exhibition features porcelain sculptures reflecting on the universal element of water and natural forms opening during Riverfest and Project Art’s Open House on Saturday, September 20th. The public is invited to a short talk with Kadri and gallery director, Leslie Ferrin followed by a reception at 4:30 pm. The exhibit is on view through November 15, 2025.

The exhibition builds on two bodies of work: Kadri Pärnamets: Choreography of Water, her 2022 solo show at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, Massachusetts, as well as her design for her first site responsive public art commission Fire Sculpture at Claytopia at Guldagergaard in Skælskør, Denmark. The works in Muraka continue themes of abstract biomorphic forms inspired by water, air, and the changing environment of the river ecosystem. Pärnamets uses water as a metaphor; her multicolored surfaces and organic forms visually reference water’s vast, expansive body that connects land and sky and its forces that impact both protect and threaten the land, earth’s inhabitants and possibly humanity itself.

Kadri Pärnamets: Muraka opens during RiverFest on September 20th, organized by Cummington Cultural District. The family-friendly, participatory day long programs celebrate the wild and scenic Westfield River that runs through the heart of Cummington, MA. Throughout the festival, artists, humanists, and scientists share their practices and knowledge as a frame for hands-on, experiential, and sensory experiences for participants across a variety of means of engagement, including workshops, walks, guided movement, performances, and public artworks. As part of this, Kadri and her husband, sculptor Sergei Isupov, will host a day-long RAKU firing. Participants may bring up to four bisqued ceramic pieces to glaze and fire during their chosen firing slot. Visit Project Art’s event page to learn more and register.

The Mountain Top Historical Society of Greene County presents the 13th Annual Postcard Show with John Duda, Saturday, September 20, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM at the MTHS’s Ulster & Delaware Train Station, 5132 Route 23A, Haines Falls, NY.

Peruse through hundreds of postcards produced over many many decades! The MTHS will also be selling ephemera from its attic in a special sale. Vendors contact John Duda at johnalmathduda@gmail.com.

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.