Bobby Sweet & Adam Michael Rothberg Together in Concert

Posted by: BVPAC on July 24th, 2012

Bobby Sweet & Adam Michael Rothberg Together in Concert

Saturday, August 11th, 7:30pm At The Spectrum Playhouse Free with Suggested Donation of $10 A Berkshire native and sixth-generation musician, Bobby Sweet began his perfoming career in his father’s band at age 7. As a performer, he has shared the bill with some of the top country and folk artists, including Vince Gill, Bill Staines,

Berkshire Gateway Jazz Festival – Sept 14-16, 2012

Posted by: BVPAC on July 18th, 2012

Berkshire Gateway Jazz Festival – Sept 14-16, 2012

What could be better than to spend a “Jazz Weekend” in the Berkshires in September? Great Music, Great Food, Art, shopping, and lots of other activities will be as abundant as a New England Harvest! Click here to read more. KARRIN ALLYSON Sat, September 15 – 8PM. In a special appearance with the Amherst Jazz

Spectrum Playhouse Grand Opening Weekend!

Posted by: BVPAC on June 29th, 2012

Spectrum Playhouse Grand Opening Weekend!

The Good Purpose Gallery and Spectrum Playhouse in Lee, MA celebrate the official kick-off the Berkshire Visual & Performing Arts Center (BVPAC) 2012-2013 season. On July 6-7,2012, BVPAC hosted a weekend filled with music, performance, and art for all ages. After a year of renovations, the Spectrum Playhouse and Joyous Studios is holding it’s grand

Two Great Shows, One Day: Alice’s Adventures and the Reluctant Dragon

The Spectrum Playhouse and the CIP Berkshire Student Puppet and Drama Troupes present two brand new shows that are sure to entertain! Choose one or the other and attend both! Join us on July 17, 18 and 19. “Alice’s Adventures” is based on Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, performed by CIP’s Student Drama Troupe.

Good Purpose Gallery: Charcoal & Stone

Posted by: BVPAC on June 12th, 2012

Good Purpose Gallery: Charcoal & Stone

Exhibit: June 14 – July 30, 2012 Gala Event: July 6th @ 6pm This show was absolutely stunning with Kayla Corby’s dramatic charcoal painterly drawings and Myrna Lieb Citron’s powerful and sensuous stone carved sculpture. These amazing artists took us on an intimate unforgettable experience of beauty, light and shadows.

Good Purpose Gallery: The Collector’s Study

Posted by: BVPAC on May 25th, 2012

Good Purpose Gallery: The Collector’s Study

May 4 – June 11, 2012 For over fifty years, the Collector has acquired a collection of paintings, sculpture, oriental rugs, as well as etchings and other works on paper. Acquisitions were made primarily in San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C. and Germany. There are approximately 300 pieces in the entire collection. The items in

2012 Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School Art Show

Posted by: BVPAC on February 9th, 2012

2012 Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School Art Show

March 9, 2012 – April 30, 2012 This “Juried Show” brought together a gallery full of  fine artists, craftsmen, and sculptors in joint collaboration with the Good Purpose Gallery and the Rudolph Steiner School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Opening Night Reception – Saturday, March 10th, 6 to 8 PM First Friday Gallery Night – Friday, April

Shining at the Good Purpose Gallery!

Posted by: BVPAC on November 29th, 2011

Shining at the Good Purpose Gallery!

by Francine Britton, SEDF Coordinator Opening night on Friday, November 18 brought a full house and about 150 people from the ‘Berkshires’ and beyond out to meet and greet the artists of a brand new show  entitled – “Reflections on Color/Color upon Reflection – at SEDF’s Good Purpose Gallery in Lee, MA. While the night

Imparting Timely and Important Knowledge: Dr. George McCloskey in Melbourne, FL

November 11, 2011 – By Francine Britton, SEDF Event Coordinator The presentation – Coping with Asperger’s by Building a Better Brain – Executive Function and Assessment Strategies and Interventions for Those Working with Students on the Autism Spectrum – attracted 44 participants on a fine, sunny, beautiful Florida day in November. Dr. McCloskey gave an

Exhibit: Reflections on Color/ Color upon Reflection at the Good Purpose Gallery

We are delighted to have Terry Wise’s works grace all of the walls in the Good Purpose Gallery, and are excited to be concurrently showing the impressive glass sculpture of Nathan Hoogs and Elizabeth Crawford as it shines through our front window and lights up our space! Terry Wise: “My paintings hover somewhere between reality