Berkshire Museum's Festival of Trees Brought Out the 'Nostalgia'
The beloved wintertime exhibit returned to the museum for the first time since 2019.
Berkshire Museum Development Associate Eloise Baker with her parents Julie and Dave Baker, the evening's special guest Paul Williams, and the Museum's Executive Director Kimberley Bush Tomio
Returning indoors for the first time since 2019, the Berkshire Museum’s Festival of Trees debuted with a soiree on Friday evening, Nov. 17. With the theme of “Nostalgia,” this year’s exhibit harks back to all that the greater Pittsfield community loves about its downtown museum, which is currently celebrating its 120th anniversary. Prior to sipping, snacking, and mingling in the Crane Room upstairs, guests were treated to a talk by songwriter, actor, and ASCAP President and Board Chairman Paul Williams in the first-floor theater. Williams, the winner of an Oscar, three Grammys, and two Golden Globes, has written songs for the Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley, and David Bowie.
“Festival of Trees: Nostalgia” is on view through January 7, 2024.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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