leading contemporary artists and curated by independent art historian Glenn Adamson. The installations will remain on view for over one year( closing in October 2026), allowing visitors to encounter the works day or night and throughout the seasons, experiencing them anew as the landscape and weather conditions change. On November 1, the Clark will screen Westermann: Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea, a 3D documentary film about the life and work of artist, marine, and acrobat H. C.“ Cliff” Westermann. A Q & A with one of the film’ s producers, Brian Ashby, follows.
The Foundry
West Stockbridge thefoundryws. com
What does life hold for a queen who has performed over 5,600 shows in a Cirque du Soleil show that sadly closed permanently during COVID? Showgirl Unleashed! tackles“ what’ s next?” on September 20 at 7:30 p. m. as Edie takes a look back at what led her from her hometown of Portland, Oregon, to the bright
lights of New York City, and eventually to Las Vegas. The show is a high-energy, high-kickin’ semi-autobiographical look at a performer’ s career through song, stories, comedy, videos and dance. Rumbo Tumba is a one-man orchestra playing, recording and mixing traditional wooden instruments in real time, taking South American folklore and Andean music to the future. The electro acoustic music project by the Argentine Facundo Salgado experiments fusing rhythms and sound textures from different parts of South America, principally from the Andean region, with urban beats such as dub, hip hop and house. October 17 at 7:30 p. m. Skye Consort & Emma Bjorling on October 29 at 7:30 p. m. perform trans-Atlantic arrangements of songs and tunes from Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Scotland, England, Québec, Acadia, and the U. S., as well as original compositions. Each musician brings their own individual interpretation to these traditions to create this extraordinary collaboration, consisting of voices, fiddle, nyckelharpa, cello, bouzouki, banjo, and percussion. Collectively, the band presents an assortment of whirling polskas, groovy reels, passionate love songs, breathtaking hymns, and original compositions.
Berkshire Botanical Garden Stockbridge berkshirebotanical. org
Berkshire Botanical Garden( BBG) will host a horticulture certificate program, exhibition of the works of Frances Palmer, talks, workshops and a harvest festival. BBG ' s Horticulture Certificate Program begins in September and runs through April. Each class is 12 hours of classroom time, plus a final project( except Landscape Design, which is 21 hours). Level I courses cover material essential for a foundation in good gardening practices, and are designed sequentially, beginning in September and running through April. Daily through October 5. in the Leonhardt Gallery: Works by Frances Palmer: Terracotta and Floral Photography. Step into the world of potter, gardener, and photographer Frances Palmer. Palmer brings together three intimately connected aspects of her artistic life, showcasing her signature terracotta ceramics, platinum palladium photographs of garden flowers, and luminous
ART IN ALL FORMS
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