Community Calendar

Explore the colorful and imaginative world of pictorial maps in Armchair Traveler: The Pictorial Maps of Michael R. Stone ’80, on view at Tremaine Gallery at The Hotchkiss School from November 3, 2026, through January 24, 2027. Curated by Joan Baldwin, Curator of Special Collections at The Hotchkiss School, the exhibition features a selection of maps from the collection of Hotchkiss alumnus Michael R. Stone ’80. Created between 1900 and 1960, these illustrated maps offer unexpected glimpses into history, culture, and everyday life, with subjects ranging from Harvard’s campus and Disney Studios to the New Deal and American folk music.

Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, November 7, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Tremaine Gallery, 11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, Connecticut. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

The gallery is closed Nov, 21 – Nov, 30 and Dec, 17 – Jan, 4.

Gallery hours are Tues – Closed Mon, Sat 10 AM – 4 PM, Sun Noon – 4 PM

September 1 - December 5, 2026
Light and Transient Causes
In the 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, this exhibition takes its name from a line in the document that suggests that some grievances may prove too fleeting to justify revolution—and considers asymmetries of perception of what is deemed light enough to ignore, transient enough to postpone. Curated by Marisa Espe.

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.

Paul Taylor Dance Company’s 2026 Lincoln Center Season, featuring classics by Paul Taylor alongside world premieres by Resident Choreographers Lauren Lovette and Robert Battle, a New York premiere by Pam Tanowitz, company premieres of Battle’s "No Longer Silent" and Alwin Nikolais’s "Tensile Involvement" and the return of Battle’s "Under the Rhythm."

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/