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24-547: The Fine Arts Center , or The FAC , may refer to: Fine Arts Center (Massachusetts) , at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center (South Carolina) , in Greenville See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Fine Arts Center Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

48-704: A comparatively narrow range along New York's eastern border. Also referred to as the Berkshire Highlands, Berkshire Hills, Berkshire Mountains, and Berkshire Plateau, the region enjoys a vibrant tourism industry based on music, arts, and recreation. Geologically, the mountains are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains . The Berkshires were named among the 12 Last Great Places by The Nature Conservancy . The term "The Berkshires" has overlapping but non-identical political, cultural, and geographic definitions. Politically, Berkshire County, Massachusetts ,

72-773: Is a landmark destination of 750 acres, 20 historic Shaker buildings, and over 22,000 Shaker artifacts. On the National Historic Register, it is one of the most comprehensively interpreted Shaker sites in the world. The Berkshires lie within the New England/Acadian forests ecoregion . Similarly, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Massachusetts (Griffith et al. 1994) has defined six ecoregions within this area: Taconic Mountains, Western New England Marble Valleys, Lower Berkshire Hills, Berkshire Highlands, Vermont Piedmont, and Berkshire Transition. Each region

96-484: Is distinct from the others, providing a unique habitat assemblage. Much of the Hoosic and Housatonic River valleys have underlying bedrock limestone and marble which contribute to calcareous wetlands unique in Massachusetts. The alkaline pH waters support a diversity of plants and animals intolerant of more acidic waters, some of which are state-listed rare or endangered. Combined with the rich mesic forests ranging from

120-590: The Housatonic River . The Berkshire hills runs through: The largest municipalities associated with the Berkshires cultural region include Pittsfield , North Adams , Great Barrington , Williamstown , Stockbridge , Lee , and Lenox, Massachusetts . During the American Revolution a Continental Army force under Henry Knox brought captured cannons from Fort Ticonderoga by ox-drawn sleds south along

144-470: The northern hardwood to the taiga or sub-alpine, the Berkshires have a valuable, biologically diverse ecosystem. The classic study of the vegetation of the Berkshire Highlands was Egler's 1940 monograph, covering the flora of an area stretching roughly from Pittsfield, Massachusetts , in the west to Hatfield, Massachusetts , in the east, and from Goshen, Connecticut , in the south to the Vermont border in

168-583: The Arts serves as a cultural library and regional resource center for the citizens of the Pioneer Valley and the students and faculty from the University of Massachusetts. It also attracts scholars, faculty, students, and families interested in relocating to a community with this type of rich environment. In the late 1960s, Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo were asked to design first-class art, music, and theater spaces for

192-504: The Berkshire plateau. The Berkshires and related Green Mountains formed over half a billion years ago when Africa collided with North America , pushing up the Appalachian Mountains and forming the bedrock of the Berkshires. Erosion over hundreds of millions of years wore these mountains down to the hills that we see today. The average regional elevation of the Berkshires ranges from about 700 to 1,200 feet (210 to 370 m). One of

216-849: The Berkshires include Tanglewood Music Center and Boston University Tanglewood Institute in Lenox , the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra ; the Bang on a Can Summer Festival for contemporary music in North Adams ; Shakespeare & Company in Lenox; summer stock theatre festivals such as the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown , Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield ,

240-663: The United States. Generally, "Berkshires" may refer to the range of hills in Massachusetts that lie between the Housatonic and Connecticut Rivers . Highlands of northwest Connecticut may be seen as part of the Berkshires and sometimes called the Northwest Hills or Litchfield Hills. The segment of the Taconic Mountains in Massachusetts is often considered a part of the Berkshires, although they are geologically separate and are

264-733: The area surrounding Hartford, Connecticut , Worcester County and the Berkshires . Musical acts and shows are attended by a collection of college students, local residents and families. The performance space was renamed from the Concert Hall to the Tillis Performance Hall in October 2021. This venue features: Berkshires The Berkshires ( locally / ˈ b ɜːr k ʃ ɪər z , - ʃ ər z / ) are highlands located in western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut in

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288-545: The border they fall on. In physical geography, the Berkshires extend from the Housatonic River and Hoosic River valleys in western Massachusetts, to the Connecticut River valley in north-central Massachusetts, and to the foot of the lower Westfield River valley in south-central Massachusetts. In Connecticut, where they are referred to as the Litchfield Hills, they extend east from the upper Housatonic River valley in

312-599: The campus and regional communities in the arts through a broad array of exemplary performances, exhibitions, and educational programs. Since its founding in 1975, the Fine Arts Center has been a central force in the cultural, social and academic life of the university, the Five College campuses , and the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts . The Fine Arts Center's combination of educational, visual, and performing arts programs not only makes it unique, but also helps meet

336-745: The diverse needs of scholars, faculty, students, alumni and the broader community. The 2000-seat performance hall within the Fine Arts building was the main venue on the campus before the Mullins Center was opened in 1993. The hall is still active with performances by a variety of musical genres and other acts from around the world. Of the 30,000 people who attended shows in 2012, 68 percent were from Hampshire County , 13 percent were from Franklin County and 6 percent came from Hampden County . The other 4,000 attendees came from southern New Hampshire and Vermont ,

360-625: The high points is Spruce Mountain, at 2,710 feet (830 m). The highest point in the Berkshires physiographic region is Mt. Greylock at 3488 feet. The Housatonic River, Hoosic River, Westfield River , and Deerfield River watersheds drain the Berkshire region in Massachusetts; in Connecticut the main river drainages are the Farmington River , the Naugatuck River , the Shepaug River , and

384-465: The north. Today, efforts are being made by many organizations to preserve and manage this region for biological diversity and sustainable human development. The Berkshires have numerous shops, motels, hotels, museums, and trails, including part of the Appalachian Trail , large tracts of wilderness and parks Berkshire Botanical Garden and Hebert Arboretum The area includes Bash Bish Falls ,

408-777: The northwest part of the state. Geologically, the Berkshires are bordered on the west by the Taconic Mountains , the south by the Hudson Highlands , and to the east, they are bordered by the Metacomet Ridge . They are on the average 1,000 ft (300 m) lower and less prominent than the Green Mountains of Vermont, and form a broad, dissected plateau punctuated by hills and peaks and cut by river valleys. The Berkshires topography gradually diminishes in profile and elevation from west to east and from north to south, except where rivers have cut deep gorges and sharp bluff faces into

432-579: The royal governor (in office 1760–1769), named the area "Berkshire" to honor his home county in England . In the present, the name of the modern American region is pronounced differently ( BERK -sheer, -⁠shər ) to the modern English County ( BARK-sheer, -⁠shər ). Geologically and physically, the Berkshires are the southern continuation of the Green Mountains of Vermont , distinct from them only by their lower average elevation and by virtue of what side of

456-507: The sons and daughters of working men and women of Massachusetts. The structure was constructed between 1972 and 1974 and opened in 1975. The Bromery Center for the Arts is a 646-foot-long and 66 foot-high, Brutalist, poured stereo metric concrete, partially bridge-like structure, which are reflected in the nearby pond. This venue is accessible according to the Americans with Disabilities Act . The Fine Arts Center seeks to engage and inspire

480-701: The tallest waterfall in Massachusetts. The Berkshire region is noted as a center for the visual and performing arts, many institutions which are associated with Williams College . The art museums include the Norman Rockwell Museum , the Clark Art Institute , the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), Berkshire Museum , Hancock Shaker Village, and the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA). Performing-arts institutions in

504-530: The term "Berkshires" includes all of the highland region in western Massachusetts west of the Connecticut River and lower Westfield River . The cultural region also includes the Taconic Mountains bordering New York, which are geologically distinct from the Berkshires orogeny. Southwest Vermont and the Taconic region of New York are occasionally grouped with the Berkshires cultural region. Sir Francis Bernard ,

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528-505: The title Fine Arts Center . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fine_Arts_Center&oldid=926983479 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Fine Arts Center (Massachusetts) The Bromery Center for

552-612: The west bank of the Hudson River from the fort to Albany , where he then crossed the Hudson. Knox and his men continued east through the Berkshires and finally arrived in Boston . This feat, known as the " Noble train of artillery ", was accomplished in the dead of winter, 1775–1776. The Berkshires is also home to Hancock Shaker Village , which is the oldest continuously working farm in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. Hancock Shaker Village

576-486: Was formed as a governmental unit in 1761. It includes the western extremity of the state, with its western boundary bordering New York and its eastern boundary roughly paralleling the watershed divide separating the Connecticut River watershed from the Housatonic River and Hoosic River watersheds. However, like most other counties in Massachusetts, the active governmental role of Berkshire County has been abolished, so has no legal or governmental function. Culturally,

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