Yellow Barn Music Festival The Jupiter Quartet, featuring Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violin; Liz Freivogel, viola; and Daniel McDonough, cello, and The Parker Quartet, featuring Daniel Chong and Karen Kim, violin; Jessica Bodner, viola; and Kee-Hyun Kim, cello, will present "String Quartet x 2" at 8 PM. The concert will include works by Bartok, Ives and Mendelssohn. Stockbridge Congregational Church, 4 Main St., Stockbridge. For tickets, call 413-298-5440 or 1-800-639-3819 or visit www.yellowbarn.org.

Hancock Shaker Village The Village will hold its annual sheep shearing day during which the Village's flock of Merino sheep and others will be shorn by expert shearer Fred DePaul. DePaul will demonstrate a variety of historic and modern shearing techniques and guilds from around the region. He will also demonstrate the entire sheep-to-shawl process, from cleaning wool to spinning to weaving. Herding demonstrations by working dogs will also take place at 11 and at 2. Route 40, Hancock, 413-443-0188.

An exhibit of works by Kathy Clegg is on display at the Wake Robin Inn in Lakeville through May 8. There will be an artist's reception Sunday, April 24, from 3 to 6 p.m.

Michael Winther will sing Broadway show tunes in a benefit for the Housatonic Valley Regional High School Musical Theater Society at The Hotchkiss School, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. Call 860-435-4423 for more information.

A collection of several hundred old books belonging to Dewey Memorial Hall in Sheffield, MA will be sold to the public Saturday, April 23, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale will continue the following Saturday, April 30, at the same time. The bulk of the library, will be priced mainly from 50 cents to $5, with some more expensive volumes.

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