“Tenderness,” a performance by First Generation/The Performance Project, will be presented Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. as part of the “Ko Festival of Performance.”
From the website: “ ‘Tenderness’ is a multi-lingual, physical theater piece, that underscores the dehumanization at the core of all violence, and the connection between racism, the school-to-prison pipeline and mass incarceration in contrast with the eternal power of human tenderness and connection.
“ ‘Tenderness’ incorporates movement, music and text in six languages: Arabic, Mandingo, Kirundi, Creole, French, and English.”
The shows are in Holden Theater at Amherst College. For tickets, call 542-3750 or visit kofest.com.
This show is not suitable for people under the age of 13.
“still we climb,” tinydance project’s newest work, will be presented Saturday through Aug. 13.
The troupe, run by Kelly Silliman, is expanding its annual “tiny tour” this year, and will head to Amherst and Easthampton as well as to Northampton and Florence, towing an 4-foot-by-8-foot-stage by bicycle along the way.
The company, which sings its own accompaniment, offers ultra-low-tech community events, free for audience members, in outdoor public spaces.
Community members are invited to join the bike rides to venues, and to participate in discussion forums after each performance. Two performances will be followed by community potlucks.
The tour dates are:
Saturday, 1 and 2 p.m. on the Amherst Town Common
Sunday, 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Easthampton Bike Path, near Tandem Bagel. The performances will be followed by a community potluck.
Monday, 5 and 6 p.m.: Florence Bike Path, near Straw Avenue
Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.: Forbes Library in Northampton
Aug. 12, 4:30 and 5:30 p.m.: Memorial Hall or Pulaski Park during Northampton’s Arts Night Out
Aug. 13, 2 and 3 p.m.: Look Park in Florence. The performances will be followed by a community potluck.
For more information, visit www.tinydanceproject.com.
West and Jackson will be the musical guests Saturday at the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum’s “A Perfect Spot of Tea.”
The group performs instrumental jazz, pop and original songs.
Peter West has been performing at “A Perfect Spot of Tea” for more than a decade, and has been playing guitar professionally since 1980.
Guitarist Bert Jackson has more than 25 years experience playing blues, jazz and other styles.
The event features pastries and Earl Grey tea.
Seatings are at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Admission costs $12.
The museum is at 130 River Drive in Hadley. For information, visit www.pphmuseum.org or call 584-4699.
“The Painting” will be presented Saturday at 10 a.m. at Amherst Cinema, 28 Amity St. in Amherst, as part of the theater’s “Family Film” series.
A kingdom within a painting is divided into three castes: the impeccably colored Allduns, the incomplety Halfies and the barely outlined Sketchies. A forbidden romance leads to an epic adventure through the different worlds of the painter’s studio.
The 76-minute-long film is in English is not rated.
Tickets cost $5 (free for theater members).
“The Third Man” will be shown Sunday at 2 p.m .and Tuesday at 7 p.m. as part of the theater’s “Orson Welles Retrospective.”
A pulp writer, Holly Martins (Joseph Cotton), travels to post-World War II Vienna to visit his old friend Harry Lime (Welles), only to discover Lime’s funeral is underway. Martins begins to investigate his friend’s mysterious death and is drawn into postwar intrigue.
This 93-minute-long film is not rated. In English, German and Russian, with subtitles.
Regular admission.
“A Poem is a Naked Person” will be shown Aug. 11 at 7 p.m. as part of the theater’s “Sound & Vision” summer music series.
The film presents the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell as filmed by documentarian Les Blank between 1972 and 1974. It captures intimate, off-the-cuff moments and combines them with scenes of Russell and his band performing live.
This 90-minute-long film in English is not rated.
Regular admission.
For information about any of these films, or to reserve tickets, visit amherstcinema.org.
“Brown Bear Everywhere: A Pop-Up Exhibition” will be on view Monday through Oct. 10 in locations around Amherst.
The exhibit celebrates the upcoming 50th anniversary of “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See” by Bill Martin Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle. The book launched Carle’s career.
The exhibit takes 14 reproductions of Carle’s original collage illustration to Amherst restaurants, schools and recreational sites, including Amherst Commons, Bangs Community Center, Fort River Elementary School, the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, and many more spots.
The book was published in 1967 and has been translated into 31 languages and has sold more than 16 million copies.
The celebration continues with the exhibit “Brown Bear Turns 50!,” opening Sept. 13 at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, 125 West Bay Road, Amherst.
For information, visit www.carlemuseum.org.