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Ancram Center for the Arts, 1330 County Route 7, Ancram, N.Y. www.ancramcenter.org

BaerHands Theater, Rhinecliff, N.Y. www.baerhandstheater.com 

Bantam Cinema & Arts Center, 115 Bantam Lake Rd. Bantam, Conn. www.bantamcinema.org 

Bardavon, 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. www.bardavon.org

Barrington Stage Company, 122 North St., Pittsfield, Mass. www.barringtonstageco.org

Berkshire Museum, 39 South St. (Route 7), Pittsfield, Mass. www.berkshiremuseum.org 

Berkshire Opera Festival, www.berkshireoperafestival.org 

Berkshire Theatre Group, www.berkshiretheatregroup.org

The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, N.Y. www.centerforperformingarts.org

The Center on Main, 103 Main St., Falls Village, Conn. www.thecenteronmain.org 

The Clark Art Museum, 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass. www.clarkart.edu
The MET: Live in HD—The Magic Flute, Dec. 30, 12:55 to 2:55 p.m.

Claverack Free Library, 9 Route 9H, Claverack, N.Y. www.claveracklibrary.org 

Congregational Church of Salisbury, UCC, 30 Main St., Salisbury, Conn. 

Copake Grange, 628 Empire Road, Copake, N.Y. www.copakegrange.org

Fisher Center at Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. fishercenter.bard.edu

The Ghent Playhouse, 6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, N.Y. www.ghentplayhouse.org

Goshen Players, Goshen, Conn. www.goshenplayers.org

Great Barrington Public Theater, Great Barrington, Mass. www.greatbarringtonpublictheater.org 

Grumbling Gryphons Traveling Children's Theater, www.grumblinggryphons.org 

Housatonic Musical Theater Society, Falls Village, Conn. www.facebook.com/HMTSct 

Hudson Hall, 327 Warren St, Hudson, N.Y. www.hudsonhall.org

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Pittsfield, Mass. www.jewishberkshires.org 

The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, 1 Green Hill Road, Washington, Conn. www.thejudyblackparkandgardens.org 

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, 120 Broadway, Tivoli, N.Y. www.kaatsbaan.org

Mac-Haydn Theatre, 1925 NY-203, Chatham, N.Y. www.machaydntheatre.org 

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, Mass. www.mahaiwe.org

MASS MoCA, 1320 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, Mass. www.massmoca.org

Mattatuck Museum, 144 West Main St. Waterbury, Conn. www.mattmuseum.org

Millbrook Library, 3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook, N.Y. www.millbrooklibrary.org

The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox, Mass. www.edithwharton.org

The Moviehouse, 48 Main St., Millerton, N.Y. www.themoviehouse.net

New Marlborough Meeting House, 154 Hartsville-New Marlborough Road, New Marlborough, Mass. www.nmmeetinghouse.org 

Norfolk Library, 9 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, Conn. www.norfolklibrary.org 

Pawling Concert Series, Pawling, N.Y. www.pawlingconcertseries.org 

PS21 Chatham, 2980 Route 66, Chatham, N.Y. www.ps21chatham.org
Sex Variants 1941 Work-in-process showing open to the public, Dec. 17, 2 p.m.

Race Brook Lodge, 864 Undermountain Road, Sheffield, Mass. www.rblodge.com

Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Rhinebeck, N.Y. www.rhinebeckwriters.org 

Roeliff Jansen Library, 9091 Route 22, Hillsdale, N.Y. www.roejanlibrary.org 

Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. www.shakespeare.org 
Merry Wanderers’ Guided Tours, Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.

Sharon Playhouse, 49 Amenia Road, Sharon, Conn. www.sharonplayhouse.org

The Sherman Players, 5 Route 39 N, Sherman, Conn. www.shermanplayers.org

Spencertown Academy Arts, 790 State Route 203, Spencertown, N.Y. www.spencertownacademy.org 

The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St., Pine Plains, N.Y. www.thestissingcenter.org
Tangent Theatre: The Seafarer, Dec. 15, 7 p.m.

Dig We Must, Dec. 17, 3 p.m.

Stissing Theatre Guild, Stissing Mountain High School, 2829 Church St., Pine Plains, N.Y. www.stissingtheatreguild.org 

Taconic Stage, 240 Island Drive, Craryville, N.Y. www.taconicstage.com

TheatreWorks, 5 Brookside Ave., New Milford, Conn. www.theatreworks.us

The Two of Us Productions, Copake, N.Y., www.thetwoofusproductions.org

Upstate Films, Rhinebeck, N.Y. and Saugerties, N.Y. www.upstatefilms.org 

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Guilded Age Museum, 104 Walker St., Lenox, Mass. www.gildedage.org

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St., Hartford, Conn. www.thewadsworth.org 

WAM Theatre, Lenox, Mass. www.wamtheatre.com 

Warner Theatre, 68 Main St., Torrington, Conn. www.warnertheatre.org

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