Happening this Week
WORLD WATERFOWL DAY: DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS & SCREAMERS
January 17th, Friday, 10AM
Celebrate World Waterfowl Day at Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy with free admission to the aviaries which will be open for self-guided tours. At 11AM & 1PM there will be enrichment and feeding times where you can view the birds behavior while chatting with their aviculturists. Enjoy hot chocolate and hot cider as you celebrate these birds that are so essential to our environment. Free.
Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy. 55 Duck Pond Road. Litchfield CT. 867.567.2062.
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MLK WEEKEND GALLERY TOURS: NORMAN ROCKWELL & CIVIL RIGHTS
January 18th - 20th, Saturday - Monday, 1PM
Join the team from the Norman Rockwell Museum to celebrate and honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr with free programs focusing on the themes of civil rights, social justice and activism. Rediscover Norman Rockwell’s iconic paintings of the 1960s that powerfully captured the complexities of contemporary life in a racially diverse country and expressed the artist’s long-standing belief in the democratic values of tolerance and equality. Free with admission.
Norman Rockwell Museum. 9 Route 183. Stockbridge MA. 413.298.4100.
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MOMIX PERFORMS ALICE: ILLUSION, ACROBATICS AND MAGIC
January 18th, Saturday, 8PM
January 19th, Sunday, 2PM
Seamlessly blending illusion, acrobatics, magic and whimsy, MOMIX sends audiences flying down the rabbit hole in Moses Pendelton’s newest creation, Alice inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. Join this dazzling company on a mind-bending adventure as Alice encounters time-honored characters including the undulating Caterpillar, a Lobster Quadrille, frenzied White Rabbits, a mad Queen of Hearts and a variety of other surprises. Filled with visual splendor and startling creative movement, Alice reveals that nothing in MOMIX’s world is as it seems. $48 - $73.
Warner Theatre. Ognelia Auditorium. 68 Main Street. Torrington CT. 860.489.7180.
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HEIRLOOM APPLES: CIDER MAKING AND TASTING
January 19th, Sunday, 2PM - 3:30PM
Join apple grower Ron Bixby for a talk on orchard restoration and how to cultivate organic heirloom apples for cider pressing. 40 years ago, Ron Bixby acquired an old orchard, overgrown with gnarly little apples. Through years of careful clearing, pruning, replanting and grafting, he restored the orchard which is now thriving and producing organic heirloom fruit including Northern Spy, Golden Russet and Baldwin apples. Stay to enjoy a tasting of hard ciders from Little Apple Cidery. Free.
Scoville Memorial Library. 38 Main Street. Salisbury CT. 860.435.2838.
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WEST STOCKBRIDGE CHAMBER PLAYERS: WINTER CONCERT
January 19th, Sunday, 4PM
The acclaimed West Stockbridge Chamber Players Winter Concert will feature the Chamber Players’ artistic director Catherine Hudgins on clarinet, Sheila Fiekowsky on violin, Lisa Crockett on violin, Daniel Getz on viola, and Adam Esbensen on cello. The program curated by Hudgins with her usual ear for the unusual, is a fascinating mix of well-known and path-breaking works, including Franz Liszt’s <>Am Grabe, Richard Wagners, S. 135, Amy Beach’s String Quartet, Op. 89, Jesse Montgomery’s Source Code and Bernard Herrmann’s Souvenirs de Voyage. $35- $40.
West Stockbridge Historical Society. 9 Main Street. West Stockbridge MA. 413.232.5055.
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