Happening this Week

DRESSING UP: THE WOMEN WHO INFLUENCED FRENCH FASHION
VIRTUAL
May 13th, Friday, 3:30 - 4:30PM
Join Elizabeth L. Block, Senior Editor in the Publications and Editorial Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for a talk on her book Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion. You’ll learn how wealthy American women—as consumers and influencers—helped shape French couture of the late nineteenth century. Ms. Block earned her PhD in art history with a focus on nineteenth century US painting and holds a masters in American Studies from Columbia. $20.
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LANDSCAPE EXPLORERS: ART, SCIENCE & WELLNESS FOR FAMILIES
IN PERSON
May 14th, Saturday, 10:30AM
Each month Team Innisfree invites the whole family to join Landscape Explorers and investigate one aspect of nature through different lenses with carefully paired art and science activities. This month, help plant their gardens (and learn how to do it properly from expert horticulturist Brad Roeller) while looking at the parts of plants, what they do and how they change through the seasons. Then shift gears to create nature prints using different plants and various natural found objects. This is a family program, best suited for children ages 6 - 14 accompanied by an adult. Starting at $65.
Innisfree Gardens. 362 Tyrrel Road. Millbrook NY. 845.677.8000.
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FURY: AMERICA’S UNCIVIL WAR
IN PERSON
May 15th, Sunday, 3PM
If the country has a national mood…it’s mad. The fury has become so intense that it has fractured our national psyche and has provoked daily speculation from even the most blasé pundits about whether America is on the verge of another civil war. But what are the roots of this intemperate union? Where did all this anger come from, why can’t we just get along and how can we stitch our splintered country together again? Those are the questions an all-star panel of nationally known headliners—including Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Dr. Barbara Walter and Anthony Scaramucci—will explore in Common Ground with Jane Whitney’s” first program of the season. Starting at $25.
Wamogo Regional High School. 98 Wamago Road. Litchfield CT.
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WHY DESIGN MATTERS: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE WORLD’S MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE
IN PERSON
May 15th, Sunday, 4PM
The Mahaiwe and The Mount are co-presenting a conversation with couple Debbie Millman and Roxane Gay about Millman’s new book Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People. Debbie Millman is an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters—one of the world’s first and longest running podcasts. This book showcases dozens of her most exciting interviews from the brilliant minds that have joined her on the podcast. $30 - 50.
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington MA. 413.528.0100.
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MR. FULLERTON, BETWEEN THE SHEETS: PLAY READING
IN PERSON
May 15th, Sunday, 7PM
Join the original Berkshire cast for a reading of Anne Undeland’s newest play, Mr. Fullerton, Between the Sheets. Mr. Fullerton takes us to Paris in 1908 and brings together Edith Wharton, her dear friend Henry James, her lover Morton Fullerton and her Irish lady’s maid Posy in an eyebrow-raising retelling of Wharton’s real mid-life relationships. The play was nominated for four Berkshire Theater Critics Association Awards, including Outstanding New Play. After a sold-out run at Great Barrington Public Theater in 2021, the play was selected by Gloucester Stage for a whole new production this summer! $25. Call to register.
Ventfort Hall. 104 Walker Street. Lenox MA. 413.637.3206.
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HAPPENING SOON

CHEESE MAKING FOR EVERYONE!: CURD IS THE WORD
IN PERSON
May 21st, Saturday, 10AM - 1PM
Come learn the basics of cheesemaking with mother-daughter team Jean and Linnea Koons of Kennebec Cheesery using what you have right in your kitchen! In this class participants will learn the hands-on process of making Ricotta, Paneer and Cast Rexo (Buttermilk Farmer’s Cheese). Jean and Linnea will take you through the processes of culturing (using buttermilk), setting, cutting and cooking the curd and draining and salting to produce delicious, squeaky cheese curds. Make sure to register soon as these cooking classes fill up quickly. $65 Berkshire Botanical Garden Members, $69 Nonmembers.
Berkshire Botanical Garden. 5 West Stockbridge Road. Stockbridge MA. 413.298.3926.
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