Greta Gerwig in Frances Ha
NOAH BAUMBACH, GRETA GERWIG, DARLENE LOVE AT 8TH ANNUAL BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
(GREAT BARRINGTON and PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Noah Baumbach’s new movie, “Frances Ha,” is among the over 75 films that will be screened at the eighth annual Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF), taking place from May 30 to June 2, 2013, in Great Barrington and May 31 to June 2 in Pittsfield. Baumbach, as well as co-writer and actress Greta Gerwig, will be in attendance at the festival-closing screening, which will include a Q&A moderated by artist and Berkshire resident Gregory Crewdson, and which will be followed by a closing night party at Castle Street Café. Legendary girl-group singer Darlene Love will be in attendance for the opening night film, “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” profiling the rock era’s overlooked backup singers.
WILLIAMSBURG SALSA ORCHESTRA at MASS MOCA
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Talk about having your cake and eating it too – fans of salsa and indie-rock can have it all together in one fell swoop when Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra trades in the standard salsa repertoire for dynamic, salsa-fied arrangements of contemporary indie-rock favorites when they take the stage in MASS MoCA‘s Courtyard C on Saturday, June 1, 2013, at 8pm. The 11-piece Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra grabs the top indie-rock songs of today and transforms them into red-hot Latin grooves. The band’s repertoire includes dynamic arrangements of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, the Black Keys, Spoon, Animal Collective, and many more.
Michael Rousseau, ‘La Petite Mort’ 24″ x 48″ – oil on linen
NEW PAINTINGS by MICHAEL ROUSSEAU at yBAR
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – More than 40 new oil paintings by Berkshire artist Michael Rousseau will be on display at yBar in downtown Pittsfield from Saturday, June 1, 2013 through Sunday, June 30 in an exhibition titled Salon Style. The collection of work reflects a four-year, self-guided exploration by the artist into the many facets of oil painting, including an in-depth study of materials and techniques employed by painters from the High Renaissance to modern masters. There will be two opening receptions for the show: Friday, June 7, 2013, from 5pm to midnight, and Thursday, June 20, from from 5-10pm.
VINTAGE AMERICANA BAND YARN PERFORMS at THE GARAGE
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Brooklyn-based Americana jam-band Yarn will performs at The Garage at the Colonial Theatre on Friday, May 31, 2013, at 8pm. Yarn weaves roots-music idioms into a vintage sound familiar to fans of Gram Parsons, Flying Burrito Brothers, and New Riders of the Purple Sage. Yarn is led by singer/songwriter Blake Christiana.
‘Magic Carpet’ by Ellen Hoverkamp
BOTANICAL PHOTOGRAPHY at SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – Beauty and the Feast, an exhibition of botanical photography by Ellen Hoverkamp opens at Spencertown Academy Arts Center with a reception on Saturday, June 1, 2013, from 4pm to 6pm and remain on display through Sunday, June 30. Beauty and the Feast is the kick-off event for the academy’s ninth annual Hidden Gardens, which includes the Twilight in the Garden Cocktail Party on Friday, June 21, 2013, and an array of events designed to inform, inspire, and intrigue garden enthusiasts on Saturday, June 22, including an expanded Garden Market on the Green, Hidden Gardens Tour to seven exceptional private homes, and a lecture by native plants landscape designer Duncan Brine.
‘Thoughts in Passing’ David Dunlop, oil on anodized alumninum, 36″ x 36″
VIBRANT AND LUMINOUS CITYSCAPES by DAVID DUNLOP at WHITE GALLERY
(LAKEVILLE, Conn.) – Return to Gotham, an exhibition featuring the cityscape works of Connecticut artist David Dunlop, opens Friday, May 31, 2013, at White Gallery, and runs through July 14. There will be an opening reception with the artist on Saturday, June 1. The works in Return to Gotham examine a city in motion, a city in perspective, a city in electric color; a city of reflections, vibrating, pulsing, with deep and luminous space.
Shakespeare – Master Class
BSC CABARET OPENS with MILLER & TYSEN
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Mr. Finn’s Cabaret, named after William Finn, the Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist of Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and artistic producer of Barrington Stage Company’s Musical Theatre Lab, kicks off on Friday and Saturday, June 1-2, with the award-winning songwriting team of Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen performing songs from their shows in We Made That. The duo wrote The Burnt Part Boys and The Mysteries of Harris Burdick for the Musical Theatre Lab, from which they will draw for their performance, as well as songs from their new musical, Tuck Everlasting.