(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Catherine Burton Deely has been named board chair of Berkshire Creative, succeeding Kevin Sprague. In addition to overseeing the organization’s programs and operations, Deely will continue to serve as one of three Berkshire Creative representatives on the board of 1Berkshire, the new, collaborative economic development effort of Berkshire Creative, the Berkshire Chamber…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Arias from Anna Magdalena’s Notebook as well as major organ works from Bach’s Little Organ Book, and a Trio Sonata and the celebrated Pièce d’Orgue will be performed as part of The Inner World of Feeling: Organ and Vocal Music of J.S. Bach on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at 4pm at St.…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – 10X10 On North, a winter contemporary arts festival kicking off next week in downtown Pittsfield, will feature performances and events for ten days spanning visual art, dance, film, music, theater, and poetry. Barrington Stage Company will present the 10X10 On North New Play Festival; the Beacon Cinema in tandem with Berkshire International…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Boston-based actress Annette Miller, a longtime member of Shakespeare & Company, was recently nominated for a prestigious Carbonell Award, which recognizes excellence in South Florida Theatre. Miller was nominated for her role as Violet Weston in the Actors’ Playhouse production of August: Osage County, the critically acclaimed play by Tracy Letts, which…
(LONDON) – Following the recent announcement of a 19-date tour to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the landmark progressive rock album Thick as A Brick by Jethro Tull, Ian Anderson, Tull founder and frontman, has announced the release of a sequel to the original album on April 2, 2012 (April 3, 2012, in North America).…
NICK ZAMMUTO of THE BOOKS DEBUTS NEW BAND at MASS MOCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – On Friday, February 3, 2012, at 8 p.m., MASS MoCA is the site for the debut of Zammuto, the newest project from Nick Zammuto, co-founder of the sonically and visually innovative (and North Adams-based) band The Books. Previously, as part…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972–1987, the first retrospective to present the wide-ranging work of the Chicano performance and conceptual art group Asco (1972 – 1987), co-organized with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and on view starting Saturday, February…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sean Rowe, a Troy, N.Y. native, lifelong naturalist and ANTI- recording artist, performs his original singer-songwriter folk-rock at Club Helsinki on Friday, February 3, 2012, at 9 p.m. A throwback to 1970s-era soulful rock poets like Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen and Van Morrison, Rowe boasts an impossibly deep and rich baritone, a…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Jazz pianist Fred Hersch, a multiple Grammy Award nominee and one of the most critically acclaimed soloists of the last 30 years, performs on Friday, February 3, 2012, at 8 p.m. in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus. Hersch teaches a master class the same day at 1 p.m. Both free…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Paul Winter, the composer, bandleader, saxophonist, musicologist and naturalist who combines all his interests and skills into a unique style he calls “Earth Music,” brings his ensemble, the Paul Winter Consort, to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, February 4, 2012, at 8 p.m. Winter’s music and wildlife odysseys have…
