{"id":12608,"date":"2014-12-05T09:11:48","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T14:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/?p=12608"},"modified":"2014-12-05T09:11:48","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T14:11:48","slug":"christmas-in-the-berkshires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/christmas-in-the-berkshires\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2014 in the Berkshires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"https:\/\/apis.google.com\/js\/plusone.js\"><\/script><g:plus action=\"share\"><\/g:plus> <span class=\"updated\">Dec. 5, 2014<\/span> Article by <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveRead\/\" rel=\"author\">Dave Read<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Berkshires at Christmas<\/strong> is something easily imagined, thanks especially to the nostalgia-inducing work of <strong>Norman Rockwell<\/strong> and the ubiquity of his painting <em>Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas<\/em>, which the Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce has appropriated into a destination weekend: <strong>December 5, 6 &#038; 7, 2014<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<h2>A Christmas Carol at Pittsfield&#8217;s Colonial Theatre<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/berkshires-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A-Christmas-Carol-photo-by-Christina-Riley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/berkshires-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/A-Christmas-Carol-photo-by-Christina-Riley-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"A Christmas Carol at The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA; photo: Christina Riley\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14029\" \/><\/a><em>A Christmas Carol<\/em>, the Victorian story of Ebeneezer Scrooge by <strong>Charles Dickens<\/strong> and adapted by <strong>Eric Hill<\/strong>, runs at Pittsfield&#8217;s <strong>Colonial Theatre<\/strong> between Dec. 14 and Dec. 22. Tickets for A Christmas Carol are: Adults: $37 Children 16 and under: $27. The Christmas 2014 schedule at the Colonial also includes performances of <em>The Nutcracker<\/em> by the <strong>Albany Berkshire Ballet<\/strong> Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 2:30pm &#038; 6:30pm, Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 1:30pm &#038; 4:30pm.<\/p>\n<h3>Schedule for A Christmas Carol<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2pm<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, Dec. 18 at 7pm<\/li>\n<li>Friday, Dec. 19 at 7pm<\/li>\n<li>Saturday, Dec, 20 at 2pm and 7pm<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, Dec. 21 at 2pm and 7pm <\/li>\n<li>Monday, Dec. 22 at 7pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Berkshire Museum Festival of Trees 2014<\/h2>\n<p>This <strong>Berkshire Museum&#8217;s Festival of Trees 2014<\/strong>, dubbed On Safari, is matches the museum&#8217;s current traveling exhibition, <em>Lions &#038; Tigers &#038; Bears: Through the Lens with National Geographic<\/em>, which features photographs by the magazine&#8217;s <strong>Michael <em>Nick<\/em> Nichols, Steve Winter, and Paul Nicklen<\/strong>.The Christmas tree show and Lions &#038; Tigers &#038; Bears will be on view from Saturday, November 15, through Sunday, January 4.<\/p>\n<h2>It\u2019s A Wonderful Life at Shakespeare &#038; Co.<\/h2>\n<p>At Shakespeare &#038; Co. in Lenox, MA, the Christmas schedule is highlighted by the return of <em>It\u2019s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play<\/em>. Running in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre from <strong>December 5 through December 28, 2014<\/strong>, the production, directed by <strong>Jenna Ware<\/strong>, is an adaptation by <strong>Joe Landry<\/strong> based on the original radio script that was written by <strong>Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Dec. 2014 schedule<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Close Encounters with Music &#8211; A HOLIDAY CELEBRATION, Best of the Baroque &#8211; Saturday, December 6th at 6pm<\/li>\n<li>London&#8217;s National Theatre in HD: John, Sunday, December 14th at 3pm<\/li>\n<li>London&#8217;s National Theatre in HD:Broadway&#8217;s Of Mice And Men, Saturday, December 20th at 7pm<\/li>\n<li>Met Opera Live in HD: Wagner&#8217;s Die Meistersinger von N\u00fcrnberg, Sunday, December 21st at 12pm<\/li>\n<li>Big Apple Circus in HD:METAMORPHOSIS &#8211; Tuesday, December 23rd at 6pm<\/li>\n<li>A Holiday Celebration with John Pizzarelli and Jane Monheit, Saturday, December 27th at 8pm<\/li>\n<li>Berkshire Bach Society, BACH at NEW YEARS, &#8220;A Blast of Brass,&#8221; Wednesday, December 31st at 6pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>MASS MoCA Dec. 2014 schedule<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sundance Theatre Lab: Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up, Saturday, December 6, 8pm<\/li>\n<li>Hari Kondabolu, Saturday, December 13, 8pm<\/li>\n<li>Winter Break at the ArtBar; Saturday, December 26, 2014 &#8211; Thursday, January 1, 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Clark Art Institute tickets contact information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>225 South Street &#8211; Williamstown, MA 01267<\/li>\n<li>413-458-2303<\/li>\n<li>Galleries open daily &#8211; Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/li>\n<li>web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarkart.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">clarkart.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Colonial Theatre tickets contact information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>111 South St. &#8211; Pittsfield, Mass 01201<\/li>\n<li>413-997-4444<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecolonialtheatre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">TheColonialTheatre.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center tickets contact information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>14 Castle Street &#8211; Great Barrington, MA 01230<\/li>\n<li>Box Office: 413-528-0100<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahaiwe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mahaiwe.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>MASS MoCA tickets contact information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>87 Marshall St.; North Adams, MA 01247<\/li>\n<li>Fall, Winter, Spring Hours: 11:00 a.m.\u20135:00 p.m. closed Tuesday<\/li>\n<li>Phone: 413.MoCA.111<\/li>\n<li>Web: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massmoca.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">massmoca.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Berkshire Museum tickets contact information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201<\/li>\n<li>413-443-7171<\/li>\n<li>Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.;Sun. 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Closed Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year&#8217;s Day <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/berkshiremuseum.org\/\" title=\"Berkshire Museum\" target=\"_blank\">Berkshire Museum<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Berkshire Theatre Festival tickets contact information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>PO Box 797, Stockbridge, MA 01262<\/li>\n<li>Box Office &#8211; 413-298-5576 ext. 33<\/li>\n<li>website: <a href=\"http:\/\/berkshiretheatre.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">BerkshireTheatre.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Shakespeare &#038; Company tickets contact information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>70 Kemble Street<\/li>\n<li>Lenox, MA 01240<\/li>\n<li>phone: 413-637-1199<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakespeare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.shakespeare.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[schema type=&#8221;event&#8221; evtype=&#8221;Festival&#8221; name=&#8221;Berkshire Museum Festival of Trees&#8221; description=&#8221;Festival of Trees 2014: On Safari.&#8221; sdate=&#8221;2014-11-15&#8243; edate=&#8221;2015-01-04&#8243; street=&#8221;39 South St.&#8221; city=&#8221;Pittsfield&#8221; state=&#8221;MA&#8221; postalcode=&#8221;01201&#8243; country=&#8221;US&#8221; ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec. 5, 2014 Article by Dave Read The Berkshires at Christmas is something easily imagined, thanks especially to the nostalgia-inducing work of Norman Rockwell and the ubiquity of his painting Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas, which the Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce has appropriated into a destination weekend: December 5, 6 &#038; 7, 2014. 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