The city in the hills is at play. The annual 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival is in town, and you can watch a ceramics artist or an ice sculptor at work. You can listen to jazz at Dottie’s Coffee Lounge and writers dreaming of new futures, or move with a chreorgapher in Ghanaian dance and talk about strength in a changing world.
Every year in late February, the city holds a weeklong celebration with art and music, theater and independent film. Barrington Stage Company started the idea more than 10 years ago, and it has grown. It’s that time of year when winter has hung on and spring is barely on the horizon, and people want color and energy.
For 10 days, the locals will an art show and live music, hand drumming and walks on local trails. Hancock Shaker Village will get involved, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, naturalists from the Berkshire Resources Council. In 2022, events will take place around town, at theaters and coffee shops, parks and museums.
Look down and you’ll find upcoming events below (or check out the BTW events calendar).
Berkshire artist Barbara Patton whoo show her ceramics at the Lichtenstein. Press image courtesy of Love Pittsfield
Three glasses of beer catch the light in varying shades of tan and gold and brown. Creative Commons courtesy photo.
Wally the stegosaurus stands at the door of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield.
Andy Wrba and Berkshire musicians perform Monday night jazz at Mission Tapas. Photo courtesy of Love Pittsfield and 10x10
Downtown Pittsfield lights up with winter fireworks at the annual 10x10 Festival. Press photo courtesy of 10x10.
Maya Loren Jackson performs in 2021 in Barrington Stage's annual 10x10 festival of 10 new short plays. Press photo courtesy of BSC
Doug Harris carries an amful of paper parcels, wearing a shopkeeper's apron, in 2021 in Barrington Stage's annual 10x10 festival of 10 new short plays. Press photo courtesy of BSC
10×10 Festival 2022 — Highlights
Dancer, storyteller and drummer Iddrisu Saaka will lead a workshop exploring Ghanaian culture through movement and storytelling. Press photo courtesy of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
Doug Harris Maya Loren Jackson laugh together in Barrington Stage's annual 10x10 festival of 10 new short plays. Press photo courtesy of BSC
Peggy Pharr Wilson performs in the annual 10 x 10 Plays Festival at Barrington Stage Company. Press photo courtesy of BSC.
Keri Safran blows across her palm with a determned gaze in 2021 in Barrington Stage's annual 10x10 festival of 10 new short plays. Press photo courtesy of BSC
Andy Wrba and Berkshire musicians perform Monday night jazz at Mission Tapas. Photo courtesy of Love Pittsfield and 10x10
Tubers laugh as they head down the hill at Bousquet. Press image courtesy of Love Pittsfield.
Wally the stegosaurus looks out at South Street in front of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield.
Downtown Pittsfield lights up with winter fireworks at the annual 10x10 Festival. Press photo courtesy of 10x10.
The Berkshire Museum presents We Make History for kids ages 5 and up.
Hancock Shaker Village on a winter day. Photo courtesy of HSV.
