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The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, Conn. www.thealdrich.org 

American Museum of Tort Law, 654 Main St, Winsted, Conn. www.tortmuseum.org 

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

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

Berkshire Art Center, 13 Willard Hill Road, Stockbridge, Mass. www.berkshireartcenter.org 

Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, Mass. www.berkshirebotanical.org 

Berkshire County Historical Society, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, Mass. www.berkshirehistory.org 

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

Bidwell House Museum, 100 Art School Road, Monterey, Mass. www.bidwellhousemuseum.org 

Bushnell-Sage Library, 48 Main St., Sheffield, Mass. www.bushnellsagelibrary.org

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, N.Y. www.caryinstitute.org 

The Clark Art Museum, 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass. www.clarkart.edu 
PERMANENT COLLECTION: WEEKLY GALLERY TOUR, Saturdays, 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Claverack Free Library, 629 NY-23B, Claverack, N.Y. www.claveracklibrary.org 

Conversations on the Greenwww.conversationsonthegreen.com 

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

Cornwall Conservation Trust, Cornwall, Conn. www.cornwallconservationtrust.org

The Cornwall Library, 30 Pine St., Cornwall, Conn. www.cornwalllibrary.org

D. M. Hunt Library, 63 Main Street, Falls Village, Conn. www.huntlibrary.org

Doolittle Lake Club House, 526 Doolittle Drive, Norfolk, Conn. 

Douglas Library, 108 Main St., Canaan, Conn. www.douglaslibrarycanaan.org 

Falls Village-Canaan Historical Society, Falls Village, Conn. www.fallsvillage-canaanhistoricalsociety.org 

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

Five Points Center for the Visual Arts, 855 University Dr., Torrington, Conn. www.fivepointsarts.org 

Five Points Gallery, 33 Main St., Torrington, Conn. www.fivepointsarts.org 

Gunn Memorial Library & Museum, 5 Wykeham Road, Washington, Conn. www.gunnlibrary.org 

Hancock Shaker Village, 1843 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield, Mass. www.hancockshakervillage.org 

Hollister House Garden, 300 Nettleton Hollow Road, Washington, Conn. www.hollisterhousegarden.org 

Hotchkiss Library of Sharon, 10 Upper Main St., Sharon, Conn. www.hotchkisslibrary.org 

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

Innisfree Garden, 362 Tyrrel Road, Millbrook, N.Y. www.innisfreegarden.org 

The Institute for American Indian Studies Museum & Research Center, 38 Curtis Road, Washington, Conn. www.iaismuseum.org 

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Pittsfield, Mass. www.jewishberkshires.org
The Einstein Effect: How the World's Favorite Genius Got Into Our Bathrooms, Dec. 18, 7 to 8 p.m. (online).

Kent Art Association, 21 S. Main St., Kent, Conn. www.kentart.org 
“Second-Saturday Coffee and Art Talk”, every second Saturday of the month.

Kent Historical Society, Kent, Conn. www.kenthistoricalsociety.org 

Kent Memorial Library, 32 N. Main St., Kent, Conn. www.kentmemoriallibrary.org

The Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road, Litchfield, Conn. www.thecommunitycenter.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

Music Mountain, 225 Music Mountain Road, Falls Village, Conn. www.musicmountain.org 

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

Noble Horizons, 17 Cobble Road, Salisbury, Conn. www.noblehorizons.org 
The JFK Assassination Lecture Series, Dec. 8, 15, Jan. 5, 19, 26, 10:30 a.m. to noon.

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

Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge, Mass. www.nrm.org

NorthEast-Millerton Library, 75 Main St., Millerton N.Y. www.nemillertonlibrary.org 

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

Salisbury Association, Salisbury, Conn. www.salisburyassociation.org 

The Salisbury Forum, Salisbury, Conn. www.salisburyforum.org 

Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Main St., Salisbury, Conn. www.scovillelibrary.org 

Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. www.shakespeare.org 

Sharon Audubon Center, 325 Cornwall Bridge Road, Sharon, Conn. sharon.audubon.org 

Sharon Historical Society, 18 Main St., Sharon, Conn. www.sharonhist.org 

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

Stanford Free Library, 6035 Route 82, Stanfordville, N.Y. www.stanfordlibrary.org 

Troutbeck, 515 Leedsville Road, Amenia, N.Y. www.troutbeck.com

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 
Curator Talk | Talia Chetrit / MATRIX 193 with Jared Quinton, Dec. 15, 1 p.m.

Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock, N.Y. www.woodstockart.org 

Yale Norfolk School of Art, 20 Litchfield Road, Norfolk, Conn. norfolkart.yale.edu 

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