Berkshires’ Best Events


July 20


Blackstone Valley Bluegrass Bring Your Family And Friends,


A Picnic, Blankets, And Lawn Chairs Sterling And Francine Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown (413) 458-2303


July 21


Beowulf: The Epic In Performance Benjamin Bagby, Voice And Harp Seiji Ozawa Hall, Lenox (800) 347-0808


July 21 - 25


Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Jacobs Pillow - Ted Shawn Theatre 358 George Carter Road, Becket (413) 243-9919


July 22-25 & July 27-28 Pre Broadway Engagement: Lombardi Mahaiwe Performing Arts Theatre 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington (413) 528-0100


July 22 Pieter Wispelwey: J.S. Bach


Tanglewood-Seiji Ozawa Hall 297 West Street, Lenox (800) 347-0808


July 23 Maureen Mcgovern:


A Long And Winding Road: The Concert The Colonial Theatre


111 South Street, Pittsfield (413) 997-4444


July 25 Dave Reed The Lion's Den


Guitars, Banjos And Harps...Oh My!!! 30 Main Street, Stockbridge (413) 298-5545


July 27 - August 28 Babes In Arms


Berkshire Theatre Festival - Unicorn Theatre 6 EAst Street - Stockbridge (413) 298-5536


July 28 - August 8 Our Town


Williamstown Theatre Festival 100 Main Street - Williamstown (413) 597-3400


July 29


Russ Barnett W/ Lewis Weeks Alternative Americana To The Core The Mission Bar & Tapas 438 North Street Pittsfield Missionbarandtapas.Com


July 31 Freddie Roman - Catskills On Broadway


"A Good Old-Fashioned Night Of Comedy" Mahaiwe Performing Arts Theatre 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington (413) 528-0100


Berkshires’ Best Buys, Business & Beyond • July 20-August 2, 2010 7 Jazz, Spirituality & Gourmet Veggies


EnlightenNext hosts a cultural celebration on the historic, 220-acre property at Foxhollow in Lenox, Friday, July 30, beginning at noon. The event features a free, world-class jazz concert with Israeli jazz-rock guitarist, Oz Noy, five-time Gibson Female Jazz Artist of the Year, Leni Stern, and Berkshires based jazz-funk-rock band, Unfulfilled Desires.


Noy is an internationally known jazz musician who has performed and recorded with Harry Bellefonte, Toni Braxton, and others.. He’s lent his talents to several film and television soundtracks, including HBO’s, "Queer as Folk," and Vh1’s documentary series, "The Drug Years." Leni Stern attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, after a successful career as an actor in Germany. She studied jazz guitar for several years, and has released 20 albums since 1985. The musicians of Unfulfilled Desires hail from France, Chile, Germany and the U.S., and now live in Berkshire County. They are appearing at EnlightenNext following two performances at Sunset-Sunside in Paris, France.


The concert is just one part of a day-long event open to the public at EnlightenNext, celebrating culture, creativity, and spiritual activism. India’s Swami Chidanand Saraswati, who is in the U.S. as part of a global tour, is a special guest and will engage with EnlightenNext founder, Andrew Cohen, in a dialogue titled, ‘Spiritually Enlightened Activism: Changing the World from the Inside Out.’ Swami Chidanand is the founder of the Indian Heritage Research Foundation (IHRF), an international nonprofit organization that supports schools, women’s vocational training, medical clinics and orphanages, as well as a recipient of the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award.


A three-course gourmet vegetarian buffet (for purchase) follows the talk, prepared by Executive Chef, Katherine Miller. The event continues with musical performances ongoing into the evening, and is free and open to anyone. EnlightenNext requests that guests RSVP to attend the public talk or gourmet meal by emailing eeday@enlightennext.org. For more info: www. enlightennext.org/eeday or call 413.637.6000.


About EnlightenNext: Founded in 1988 by Andrew Cohen, EnlightenNext is a global 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization based in Lenox. Its principles are centered on the concept of Evolutionary Enlightenment, which aims to pair spiritual values and individual responsibility with the contemporary concerns of today’s world through events, educational courses, and publications. EnlightenNext has additional locations in New York, Boston, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Rishikesh (India), and Copenhagen, plus a membership base spanning 20 countries.


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