“Historic Encounters” lecture, Milne Public Library

“Shake, Rattle, & Roll,” Learn about the Earth’s great eruptions and impacts with Robert Campanile and his “Way with Words.”

Milne Public Library, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2 pm.

Tess film, The Clark, Jan 19

“A Green and Pleasant Land” film series: Tess  For director Roman Polanski, as for Thomas Hardy’s original novel, the beauty of rural Britain is an ironic counterpoint to the common tragedies enacted there. Nastassja Kinski plays the ravished and ravishing title character, sad and lovely as the land itself.

Marvel at the beauty of the British landscape so well represented by Constable, Turner, Gainsborough, and other Manton Collection masterpieces during the “A Green and Pleasant Land: Literature and Landscape in Pastoral Britain” film series.

January 19, 2:00 pm (1980, 172 min., rated PG).

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Here, There, Or No Where Tour 08, Knapp’s Underground, Jan 18

Bands appearing at Knapp’s Underground
TheKungFuGirls
LIONOFIDO
Hey Jealousy
Life On Hold
Jake Tallman

447 Main St., Bennington, $7

Viva Quetzal, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bennington, Jan 18

Viva Quetzal is a high-energy, multi-cultural musical group made up of members from North and South America. Viva Quetzal emphasizes the contributions of the four major cultural influences that have shaped modern Latin American music; the indigenous, the West African, the Iberian, and of the United States. They use that music as a base to blend North American Jazz and Rock with the music of South America.

Friday, January 18, 8 pm. Admission $14. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bennington, 108 School St. The Meetinghouse Café is an intimate setting with a maximum of 100 seats. Advance purchase tickets are available by calling 802-440-9816 and leaving a reservation request, name and phone number or by emailing info@uubennington.org. Doors open 1 hour before each concert.

The Perfect Wife author, Northshire Books, Jan 18

Come and meet bestselling author Sue Miller, as she discusses her brilliant new novel The Senator’s Wife at a special luncheon at The Perfect Wife restaurant. The Senator’s Wife is a powerful story of two unconventional women who unexpectedly change each others lives. With rich characters, complexity of experience, and complicated emotions, this book possesses all the things for which Sue Miller is beloved as a writer. Sue Miller’s first novel, The Good Mother (published in 1986), was an international bestseller. In the 1990s and beyond, she followed up with While I Was Gone, Lost in the Forest, The Distinguished Guest, and Family Pictures.

Friday, January 18th at 1 pm Northshire Books. Tickets to the event (available at the bookstore) are $40 per person and include lunch and a copy of the book.

Update: Who Killed the Electric Car, MASS MoCA, Jan 17

Alternative fuels expert Chelsea Sexton comes to North Adams

Former EV1 owner, alternative fuel activist, and featured personality of the film Chelsea Sexton will participate in a Q&A after the screening. She knows everything there is to know about alternative fuel; you owe it to yourself to meet her!

Also tune your radio to WAMC on Wednesday, January 16, at 11AM to hear an interview with Chelsea.