Happening this Week
FAMILY WORKSHOP: NEST BOX BUILDING
February 7th, Saturday, 1PM - 2:30PM
Get crafty with your family and help improve wildlife habitat in your neighborhood. This hands-on workshop will teach you where and how to place nest boxes in ideal habitats to attract nesting birds during the breeding season. As a family, you’ll use simple hand tools to build one of the pre-cut kits and take your box home at the end! $35 - $45 Adults, Free for children.
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. 472 West Mountain Road. Lenox MA. 413.637.0320.
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LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO
February. 7th, Saturday, 3PM & 8PM
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo brings its internationally beloved troupe of male dancers to the Mahaiwe to perform a brilliant combination of skillful pointe work and hilarious parodying of classical ballet favorites like Swan Lake. Revered by ballet aficionados as well as the uninitiated—those who don't know a plié from a jeté—the Trocks are "a guaranteed hoot for people who know nothing of ballet and an absolute must for those who think they know the originals” (Sydney Star Observer). $35 - $70.
The Mahaiwe. 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington MA. 413.528.0100.
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OPHIRA EISENBERG: STAND-UP COMEDY
February 7th, Saturday, 7:30PM
Headliner Ophira Eisenberg (NPR, The Moth, Comedy Central) brings her sharp, fast, relatable wit, joined by Jenny Rubin, Shawn Hollenbach, and Will Purpura. Expect big laughs, punchlines that sneak up on you when you least expect them, and the kind of comedy night that reminds you why laughing together matters.
Eisenberg is a Canadian-born standup comedian, writer, and host who can be seen live, regularly headlining across the United States, Canada, and Europe delivering her unique blend of standup and storytelling to a loyal fan base of smart, irreverent comedy lovers. $30 - $40 Advance, $40 - $50 Day of.
The Stissing Center. 2950 Church Street. Pine Plains NY. 518.771.3339.
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AMERICA’S 250: THE PRESIDENT’S CLUB
February 9th, Monday, 3:15PM - 4:15PM
Join historian, author, and teacher Peter Vermilyea to explore and discuss the life of James Abraham Garfield—one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president—through Candice Millard’s Edgard Award-winning biography The Destiny of the Republic. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, Civil War hero, renowned congressman, and reluctant presidential who took on corruption. But four months after Garfield's inauguration in 1881, he was shot in the back. Though he survived, he became the object of bitter, behind-the-scenes struggles for power—over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic brings alive a forgotten chapter of U.S. history. Free.
Oliver Wolcott Library. 160 South Street. Litchfield CT. 860.567.8030.
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I LOVE A RAINY NIGHT: THE RHYTHM OF FOREST AMPHIBIANS
February 12th, Thursday, 7PM
Join Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies for a virtual lecture on amphibian migrations, featuring Laura Heady, a biologist with the New York State Department of Conservation’s Hudson River Estuary Program and Cornell University. Beneath the towering trees of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains, hunkered down in underground retreats, lives a fantastic group of amphibians. Nocturnal forest salamanders often go undetected–until they move on rainy nights in large numbers for their annual breeding migrations. Along with wood frogs, these amphibians encounter many roads that bisect their habitat, and in some places, they also encounter volunteers who lend a hand to provide safe passage. Discover the fascinating world of forest amphibians, their life histories and role in forest ecosystems, and opportunities to get involved in conservation of vernal pool-breeding amphibians. Free
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