Special Events - 2008

Space is limited, pre-register on Registration Form for events with fees or call the Arts Center 413 623-6635.

Summer Solstice Bash
Saturday, June 21^st • 6 pm - 9:30 pm

Free, but donations are welcome to defray cost of the band

Bring: shish kabobs,( and we'll provide the grills), a favorite side dish or dessert to share and your own beverages, beer, wine, etc.

Come celebrate midsummer's night with us. Listen to the sounds of Trio Hispanico with guest vocalist and guitarist Juan Basillo Sanchez from Nicaragua. Intermission features a cinemascape medley of short films/videos produced, and directed by award winning filmmaker, Fidel Moreno. Then it's your turn to perform: deliver some lines from a few of your favorite movies, and we'll try to guess the title or actor. (Costumes optional.) Awards will include a gift certificate to Pancho's restaurant in Pittsfield!


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Guided Garden and Artist Studio Tour
Sunday, July 20^th • 10 am - 2 pm

Master Gardener Sharon-Hughes will guide tour.

Fee: $10; non-members: $15

Bring a snack

Tour will be led by Jane Falcone. Sharon Hughes will explain and answer questions about various plants.

Gardeners:

Eve & Sid Cholmar , garden and photovltaic cell panels (their electrical power is derived from the cells). Sid will explain this fascinating process.

Rita Furlong, Blueberry Ledge gardens.

Ro & Tom Koelle, greenhouse & gardens

Nicoles & Elliot Stetzer, garden

Larry & Eileen Gordon, studio and garden


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Donors' Buffet Reception
Monday, July 21^st • 6pm - Becket Arts Center

Members who have contributed $120 or more will be invited to this special buffet.

Following the buffet at 7:30pm participants are invited to a presentation Achieving Color and Rhythm in Music.

John Paxton, with his fabulous trio will perform their unique and remarkable arrangements of gospel music.


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Becket Arts Center of the Hilltowns Gala Fundraiser

Honoring Marge Champion at the Becket Arts Center followed by a sumptuous dinner at the DreamAway Lodge, Becket, MA
Sunday, August 17^th 2008 • 5pm
Cost: $75 per person including dinner

Presentation by Marge Champion: "Highlights of My Life: the Joys and Challenges of Being an Artist"

Marge and Gower Champion were legendary in the '50s for their dancing in nightclubs, MGM musicals and on television. During their collaboration, Marge and Gower Champion staged the dances for Broadway musical revues and had their own television show. Marge began her dance career with Walt Disney as the live action model for Snow White. The Champions were awarded the 2002 Career Achievement Award of the 8th Annual American Choreography Awards . Marge continues to dance with her current partner, Donald Saddler, and they appeared together for a six-month run in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Follies in 2001. Marge was celebrated at Disneyland in the fall of 2007 when she received the Disney Legends Award.


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Exploration of the Connection between The Artist, Their Subject and the Viewer

Monday, August 18^th • 7:30pm
Members: Free Admission; non-members: $5.00

This innovative, twenty-minute film explores the very personal attachments that people form with paintings. The film first shows the special way artists look at their subject in order to paint it. It then relates this special seeing to the museum-visitor's experience when viewing completed art. The video features work by Cezanne, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Velasquez, and Vermeer , artists who painted what they saw (whether their subject is people, landscapes, or still life). Using special effects, it shows how the artist's and viewer's visions are connected at a very deep level. Questions will be entertained after the video.

William Oberst is a professional artist specializing in contemporary, realistic oil paintings employing old master techniques. He holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School, and an M.F.A. in painting from Stony Brook University, where he has been lecturer and visiting artist since 1997.
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