WORDS, WORDS

Bennington Free Library

Bennington

March 1 at 7 p.m. -- "An Evening with Chris Kimball"

The Egg

Albany, N.Y. 518-473-1845

April 11 at 8 p.m. -- David Sedaris

April 13 at 8 p.m. -- Amy Schumer Mark Skinner Library

Manchester

Feb. 21 at 10:30 a.m. -- "Ice Cream Land" author Lana Hauben presents story time.

Northshire Books

Manchester

Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. -- Alan Benoit

March 2 at 7 p.m. -- Jamaica Kincaid

FILM

Cinema7

Bennington. 802-442-8179

Call for regular film schedule.

Images Cinema

Williamstown, Mass. 413-458-5612.

Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. -- Images Cinema Oscar party.

March 9 at 4:30 p.m. -- "More Than Honey," part of the Fresh Fest film series.

MASS MoCA

North Adams, Mass.

Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. -- Documentary "Brooklyn Castle"

March 7 at 7:30 p.m. -- Documentary "Kings of Pastry."

March 23 -- "One Minute Film Festival: 10 Years" opens.

April 4 at 7:30 p.m. -- Documentary "Buzkashi!"

April 6 at 5 p.m. -- Opening reception for "One Minute Film Festival: 10 Years" part of "3-2-1!" With openings for "Life's Work: Tom Philips and Johnny Carrera" and "Mark Dion: Octagon Room." Plus closing reception for "Oh, Canada."

April 23 at 7:30 p.m. -- Documentary "The Human Tower."

DANCE

MASS MoCA

North Adams, Mass.

March 2 at 8 p.m. and 3 at 3 p.m. -- Jacob's Pillow Dance and MASS MoCA co-present "Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal."

Wilburton Inn

Manchester

Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m. --HotChocolate Society presents 2013 Culinary Awards and Oscar Party

Williams College

Williamstown, Mass.

March 8 at 8 p.m. -- The Rite of Spring (MST)

March 8 at 3 p.m. -- The Rite of Spring (MST)

March 9 at 8 p.m. -- The Rite of Spring (MST)

March 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. -- -- INISH (CST)

April 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. -- Kusika and the Zambezi Marimba Band (MST)

April 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. -- Sankofa

May 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. -- CoDa

MUSIC

Bennington College

Bennington

Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. -- Israeli-Palestinian music community, Heartbeat.

Bennington County Choral Society

Bennington

March 24 at 3 p.m. -- "Faure's ‘Requiem'" at the First Baptist Church

April 9 -- Deadline for scholarship applications.

May 7 at 6 p.m. -- Auditions for scholarships.

June 16 at 3 p.m. -- "A Patchwork of American Folk" at the Second Congregational Church.

The Egg

Albany, N.Y. 518-473-1845

Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. -- Shawn Mullins

March 2 at 8 p.m. -- Enter the Haggis

March 9 at 7:30 p.m. -- Altan

March 10 at 7:30 p.m. -- SFJAZZ Collective

March 17 at 7:30 p.m. -- Maura O'Connell

March 24 at 7:30 p.m. -- Kurt Elling

April 7 at 7:30 p.m. -- Al Dimeola & Gonzalo Rubalcaba

April 17 at 7:30 p.m. -- Renaissance

April 26 at 8 p.m. -- Leo Kottke

April 27 at 7:30 p.m. -- Time for Three

EPOCH

Pittsfield, Mass.

Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. -- Local musician Wesley Thouin

Feb. 25 at 10:30 a.m. -- Dave "The Rockin' Robin" Mindell

Hoosick Falls Central School

Hoosick Falls, N.Y.

Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. -- Annual Pops Concert.

The Hyde Collection

Glens Falls, N.Y.

Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. -- Lake George Chamber Orchestra

March 18 at 7:30 p.m. -- deBlasiis Chamber Music Series at the Hyde. Rebel Baroque Ensemble.

April 22 at 7:30 p.m. -- deBlasiis Chamber Music Series at the Hyde. Ann Alton on violoncello and Gabrielius Alekema on Piano.

May 5 at 2 p.m. -- Lake George Chamber Orchestra

May 20 at 7:30 p.m. -- deBlasiis Chamber Music Series at the Hyde. Yvonne Chavez Hansbrough on flute and Young Kim on Piano.

Kevin's Sports Pub

Bennington

Feb. 22 Fun Addicts

Feb. 23 Through Seasons

MASS MoCA

North Adams, Mass.

Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. -- "My Robot Friend" electronica, multimedia experience.

March 9 at 8 p.m. -- Mamie Minch.

March 16 at 8 p.m. -- Balkan Beat Box.

April 13 at 8 p.m. -- Darlingside.

April 20 at 8 p.m. -- Dan Deacon.

Old First Church

Bennington

March 3 at 3:30 p.m. -- "Bach Musicale" starring Kerry Ryer-Parke and Katie Beck.

Palace Theatre

Albany, N.Y. 518-465-3335.

May 11, 2013 at 8 p.m. -- An Evening with Joe Bonamassa, award-winning blues rock guitar and singer-songwriter.

Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse Café

Bennington. 802-440-9816.

March 15 at 8 p.m. -- Dafé Brudäjo, the Williamstown, Mass., plays an eclectic mix of contemporary folk, jazz and original compositions.

April 19 at 8 p.m. -- Singer/songwriter Chuck Brodsky, whose songwriting pokes fun at political corruption, road rage, mischief he made as a kid.

Vermont Arts Exchange

Bennington

Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. -- Gypsy Lane caberet

March 9 at 7 p.m. -- Blues Sanctuary

March 22 at 7 p.m. -- Joy Kills Sorrow

April 13 at 7 p.m. -- Daisy Castro and the Gypsy Moth Quartet.

April 20 at 7 p.m. -- Mike and Ruthy

May 3 at 7 p.m. -- David Wax Museum

May 18 at 7 p.m. -- Miss Tess and the Talkbacks

June 8 at 7 p.m. -- Funk in the Trunk

June 29 at 7 p.m. -- Christ Bergson Band

Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. Glen Miller Orchestra

THEATER

Dorset Players

May 16-19, 23-26 Performance of Stephen Soundheim's "Anyone Can Whistle."

Marlboro College

Marlboro

March 2 at 8 p.m. -- "The Vagina Monologues"

MASS MoCA

North Adams, Mass.

April 27 at 8 p.m. -- Sci-Fi love story "Futurity."

eba Theater

Albany, N.Y.

March 2 at 7 p.m. --eba Ruby Cabaret to benefit eba Community Education programs.

The Egg

Albany, N.Y. 518-473-1845

May 2 at 8 p.m. --"SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody"

May 3 at 8 p.m. --"SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody"

Williams College

Williamstown, Mass.

March 7-9 at 7:30 p.m. -- "The Crucible"

May 2-4 at 7:30 p.m. -- "Broken Glass"

MUSEUMS/GALLERIES

Opening, Closing, Events

Bennington Museum

Bennington

Feb. 22 at various times "Vacation Workshops: "Catamount Snarl," "Happy Birthday George Washington," "Paint Your Vegetables" and "The Woods in Winter."

March 13 through May 27 -- "Victorian Extreme: Fancy Work 1850-1900."

March 21, April 25 at 1:30 p.m. -- "Museum ABCs" Free.

March 30 at 1 p.m. --Appraisal Fair.

April 6 at 10 a.m. --"Engage" Community Day and Artist Reception

April 24 at TBD Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

May 2 through July 30 "Disappaerance of the Catamount from Vermont."

May 25 through Octover 27 "Southwestern Vermont and the Civil War."

HAYC3 Armory

Hoosick Falls, N.Y.

March 1 at 6 p.m. -- Openings for 120 Gallery and Gallery 90.

MASS MoCA

North Adams, Mass.

March 23 -- "Mark Dion: The Octagon Room" opens. Through Feb. 2014

March 23 -- "Life's Work: Tom Philips and Johnny Carrera" opens.

Continuing

Bennington Museum

Through Feb. 28 -- Student Art Show

Through May 7. -- "Engage" a show devoted to the works of artists with disabilities.

Through May 7. -- "More Like You Than Not" complement piece to "Engage"

Through April 30 -- "The Catamount in Bennington: Origins of the Mythology"

Berkshire Museum

Pittsfield, Mass.

"Nature Magnified: Photographs by Andreas Feininger" on display through June 2.

Clark Art Institute

Williamstown, Mass.

Through April 21, "Electric Paris."

Williams College

Williamstown, Mass.

Through April 21, 2013 Kidspace at WCMA.

Slate Valley Museum

Granville, N.Y. 518-642-1417.

"Slate Abstracts 2009-2012," photographs by Alyssha Eve Csük, from her photographic sojourns to the quarries of New York and Vermont's Slate Valley, as part of First Friday in Granville. Free.

Bennington College

North Bennington.

Bennington. 802-379-5116.

"Middle Falls"

Vermont Veterans' Home

Bennington

Vermont Arts Exchange presents "MIND MAPS"

MASS MoCA

North Adams, Mass. 413-663-8548.

Permanent -- Sol LeWitt: "A Wall Drawing Retrospective."

South Street Café

Bennington

Through March 31 -- "Dynamics of Labor" by Lucas Osorio.

Through March 31 -- "Figments of Memory" by Daydrielane Osorio.

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