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Coming up on the calendar:
- Crescendo's Second Holiday Production: A Tapestry of Traditions: Unraveling the History of Christmas at Saint James Place
- NightWood at The Mount! 💫 Step into a world of wonder! at The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home
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- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 42 and low of 38 degrees.
- Friday: Morning rain, then flurries, temps: high: 54, low: 21.
- Saturday: Breezy and much colder, with a high of 31 and low of 27 degrees.
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- Crescendo's Second Holiday Production: A Tapestry of Traditions: Unraveling the History of Christmas
Saint James Place, 352 Main St, Great Barrington
4:00 pm
Sunday December 21
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- NightWood at The Mount! 💫 Step into a world of wonder!
The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home , 2 Plunkett St , Lenox
5:00 pm
Sunday December 21
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🗓 Events Nearby
- LEGOs in the Library
Stockbridge Library , 46 Main St. , Stockbridge
3:30 pm - Respiratory Pinning Ceremony
Robert Boland Theatre
6:00 pm - Third Thursday Monthly Residency
Luthier's Co-Op & Backstage Bar , 108 Cottage St , Easthampton
7:00 pm - Solstice Event — Becket Arts Center
Becket Arts Center , 7 Brooker Hill Rd , Becket
7:00 pm - Baby Circle
Welles Gallery , 18 Main Street , Lenox
10:30 am - Weekly Spanish Conversation Group
Stockbridge Library Association , 46 Main Street , Stockbridge
11:00 am - Homeschool Art Club
Stockbridge Library , 46 Main St. , Stockbridge
1:30 pm - DB Wine- Holiday Wine Tasting
Spirited Wines , 444 Pittsfield Rd , Lenox
4:00 pm - Weekly Friday Night Jazz
Methuselah Bar and Lounge , 391 North St , Pittsfield
7:00 pm - Chanukah Potluck
270 State Rd , Great Barrington
11:00 pm - Tracking Winter Wildlife for Beginners
Mass Audubon's Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary , 472 W Mountain Rd , Lenox
10:00 am
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Saturday December 20
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- Route 20 in Becket is closed at mile marker 23.5 due to a crash with a fuel spill, with one lane reopened on Route 20 westbound and Route 20 eastbound still closed.
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Lenox
- Combined BMW, Audi and VW dealership open for business on Pittsfield Road in Lenox (berkshireeagle.com)
- Songs of the Season at Ventfort Hall (iberkshires.com)
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