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  • January 2025

  • Thu 23
    Scott Eyerly

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Verdi’s Aida

    Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

  • March 2025

  • Thu 13
    Scott Eyerly

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Beethoven’s Fidelio

    Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • April 2025

  • Thu 24
    Scott Eyerly

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro

    Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • May 2025

  • Thu 15
    Scott Eyerly

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Strauss’s Salome

    Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Sat 24
    Author Chris Whipple

    OLLI’s Mona Sherman Memorial Lecture presents: Chris Whipple

    Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 5:00 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College, is honored to present Chris Whipple as its 2025 Mona Sherman Memorial lecturer. 

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  • June 2025

  • Thu 5
    Scott Eyerly

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Rossini’s il Barbiere di Siviglia

    Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • July 2025

  • Thu 24
    Graphic to promote Berkshire Opera Festival's La Traviata production

    Berkshire Opera Festival: Behind the Curtain – A Presentation Exploring BOF’s 10th Anniversary Season

    Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Please join Berkshire Opera Festival for a presentation and discussion of BOF's upcoming mainstage production of Verdi's La Traviata.

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  • August 2025

  • Tue 19
    Dramaturg Cori Ellison speaking at a podium

    Berkshire Opera Festival: The Tart with a Heart – La Traviata: Myth or Documentary?

    Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 4:00 pm
    Indigo Room 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    Please join Berkshire Opera Festival and dramaturg Cori Ellison for “The Tart with a Heart: Traviata as Documentary and Myth,” a free and informative talk about the foundations of Verdi’s famous opera.

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  • September 2025

  • Sun 28
    David Blight and Deval Patrick

    WIT Festival presents: David W. Blight and Deval Patrick in conversation with Imani Perry

    Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 11:00 am
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    The conversation between David W. Blight and Deval Patrick is part of the 2025 WIT Literary Festival, an annual celebration of writers, their work, and the vital role they play in society presented by the Authors Guild Foundation.

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  • Sun 28
    Side-by-side portraits of Marianne Budd and Marilynne Robinson

    WIT Festival presents: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde & Marilynne Robinson (in conversation with Paul Elie)

    Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 3:00 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    How do we tend to the human spirit in a time of fear and harm? Join Bishop Budde and Marilynne Robinson, two luminaries cherished for their wisdom and imagination, for a conversation that promises to be gracious, grave, radiant, and revelatory.

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  • October 2025

  • Thu 16
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Bellini’s La Sonnambula

    Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Thu 30
    Wu Man and Sandeep Das

    Silkroad: Behind the Music (Virtual Artist Talk)

    Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 5:00 pm - 5:40 pm
    Virtual Event

    Join Silkroad artists Wu Man and Sandeep Das—virtuosic performers and composers for “American Railroad”—for a glimpse into the creative process behind this groundbreaking, project. “American Railroad” presents a sonic tapestry of the past, evoking the often-overlooked contributions of Indigenous and African Americans, as well as Chinese, Irish, Japanese, and other immigrant communities who laid the tracks that transformed a nation.

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  • November 2025

  • Thu 6
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Puccini’s La Bohème

    Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Sat 8

    On the Rails: African American Experiences in Railroad History

    Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 6:00 pm
    Indigo Room 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    Join this pre-show talk before Silkroad Ensemble's American Railroad concert in the historic theater.

  • Thu 20
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Strauss’s Arabella

    Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • December 2025

  • Thu 11
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Giordano’s Andrea Chénier

    Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • January 2026

  • Thu 8
    Scott Eyerly in the midst of falling mulit-colored pages of sheet music

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Bellini’s I Puritani

    Thursday, January 8 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • Sat 10
    Two men and two bulls in a Revolutionary War reenactment scene

    Revolution 250 Presents: 250th Anniversary Commemoration of Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery

    Saturday, January 10 at 2:00 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Join the towns of the Berkshires as we commemorate the 250th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary feats of the American Revolution: Colonel Henry Knox’s daring winter journey to bring the captured cannon of Fort Ticonderoga to the Continental Army in Boston.

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  • Thu 22
    Scott Eyerly

    Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Kavalier & Clay

    Thursday, January 22 at 5:30 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.

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  • February 2026

  • Thu 12
    The Scottsboro Boys

    Du Bois Freedom Center presents: Reflections on Justice – W.E.B. Du Bois, the Scottsboro Boys, and Legacies of Injustice

    Thursday, February 12 at 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Indigo Room 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United States

    The program will feature Dr. Thomas Reidy, Executive Director of the Scottsboro Boys Museum, in conversation with Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste, Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst, moderated by Marcus P. Smith, History and Archival Fellow at the Du Bois Freedom Center.

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  • Fri 13
    Bust-sized cutouts in order: Lauren Ambrose, David Costibale, Jane Curtin, and Sonia Manzano against a purple background.

    Selected Shorts: Lovers & Strangers – with Jane Curtin, Lauren Ambrose, Sonia Manzano and David Costabile

    Friday, February 13 at 7:00 pm
    Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA

    The popular radio show and podcast Selected Shorts returns for an evening of romance and intrigue. Join us as actors including Jane Curtin and Lauren Ambrose perform funny, mysterious, and poignant short stories about love, competing desires, and unexpected encounters.

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  • Mon 23
    W.E.B. Du Bois

    UPDATE—VIRTUAL EVENT: Du Bois Legacy Festival Keynote & Sorrow Songs Presentation

    Monday, February 23 at 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    Virtual Event

    NOTE: due to inclement weather, this FREE event is now being held virtually on Zoom.

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