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May 26, Salisbury

Help kick-off TriArts’ 2012 season at the Salisbury School Boathouse with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and music and entertainment by Michael Berkeley.

May 31, Great Barrington
Berkshire International Film Festival kicks off with a cocktail party and dinner at Great Barrington’s Mason Library, the screening of Ethel, Rory Kennedy’s documentary portrait of her mother, and a free dance party on Railroad Street.

June 2, Hyde Park

The Beatrix Farrand Garden Association is celebrating 100 years of the Garden at Bellefield, located at the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt Historic Site, with an afternoon garden party of cocktails, comestibles, conversation and a live auction of unique objects and experiences amidst hundreds of peonies in bloom.

June 2, Copake
Third Annual Gala for the Roeliff Jansen Community Library kicks off with cocktail hour jazz by the Mike Schiffer Trio and food provided by more than 30 chefs, restaurants and food vendors. The evening includes both silent and live auctions, and a musical revue written and directed by Carl Ritchie featuring performers from Taconic Stage Company.

June 2, Lakeville
An Evening Under the Stars~From Ferraris to Fettuccine,  a benefit for Community Mental Health Affiliates, with classic Italian sports cars, Italian wine tasting and cuisine, music and dancing.

Saturday, June 2, Falls Village

Music Mountain, along with Bunny Williams and John Rosselli and Lee and Fritz Link, host a concert with the St. Petersburg String Quartet, a garden tour and a cocktail buffet to benefit The Scholarship Fund of the St. Petersburg International Music Academy.

June 9, Great Barrington

Minnie Driver, David Mamet (above), and Treat Williams will be a part of the Berkshire Playwrights Lab 2012 Gala, a benefit for the group at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. Post-performance reception for premium ticket holders at Castle Street Cafe.

June 9, Washington
Gunn Memorial Library & Museum 17th Annual Library Luminaries Gala.  Cocktails, followed by dinner.

June 9, Red Hook
Hudson Valley Engagement, a cocktail party benefiting the Empire State Pride Agenda at the home of Harlan Bratcher & Toby Usnik.

June 9, Stockbridge

The Norman Rockwell Museum’s Howard Pyle Swagger and Dagger Dance Party.

June 15, Williamstown

Summer Opening Party
Celebrate the opening of the Clark’s summer exhibitions. Enjoy drinks, delicacies, and entertainment with an Asian flair. 

June 15, Spencertown
Spencertown Academy’s Twilight in the Garden Party in advance of the Hidden Gardens Tour the following day.

June 16, Becket

Jacob’s Pillow 80th Anniversary Season Opening Gala, featuring David Hallberg, Mimulus, and a world premiere by acclaimed choreographer Michael Corder, performed by dancers of the Ballet Program.

June 23, Salisbury
“A Fine Romance,” Aglet Theatre’s annual gala, this year with special guests Jonathan Tunick, Broadway orchestrator extraordinaire (Company, Follies, A Little Night Music), and actress singer Leigh Beery Tunick. At Ragamont House,

June 23, Pittsfield
Barrington Stage Company’s Gala Performance and Dinner, including opening night performance of Fiddler on the Roof, followed by cocktails and dinner. Featuring out-of-the box experience packages and fabulous new live and silent auction items.

June 29, Pittsfield

At the Berkshire Museum, a gala to celebrate the installation of a new commission by internationally acclaimed glass artist, Berkshire native Tom Patti.

June 30, Lenox
Join Shakespeare and Company’s artistic director Tony Simotes for a gala honoring founder Tina Packer, as well as the over 1,000 productions and more than 5,000 artists, students and special guests that have graced the company over the past 35 years. Featuring Olympia Dukakis, John Douglas Thompson and other critically acclaimed artists and guests.

July 28, Copake Lake
Hootenanny!, a Friends of the Farmer benefit, at the Copake Country Club, for the group’s scholarship program for Hudson Valley students.

July 14, Annandale-on-Hudson

The 2012 Summerscape Gala Benefit at Bard College includes a festive dinner in the Spiegeltent, followed by a performance of The Imaginary Invalid and a post performance party with the cast.

July 14, Lenox
At Tanglewood’s 75th Anniversary Celebration, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, and Tanglewood Festival Chorus will appear, along with conductors John Williams, Keith Lockhart, and Andris Nelsons; soloists Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Peter Serkin, James Taylor, and Anne-Sophie Mutter.

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