“Nascimento Novo” / Parsons Dance
PARSONS DANCE CELEBRATES ELLSWORTH KELLY’S 90th BIRTHDAY at PS21
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Parsons Dance Company previews EK90, a newly commissioned dance work celebrating artist Ellsworth Kelly’s 90th birthday, at PS21 on Friday and Saturday, August 30 and 31, 2013, at 8pm. The program also includes Nascimento Novo, Brothers, Ebben, and Caught. These two special evening performances bring down the curtain on the PS21 2013 season under the tent at 2980 Route 66 in the town of Chatham.
Elizabeth Stanley
WILLIAM FINN INTRODUCES NEW BROADWAY TALENTS at BARRINGTON STAGE CABARET
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The eighth annual edition of Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know But Should…, a cabaret hosted by Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist William Finn (Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) featuring works by a new generation of Broadway songwriting talent, takes place at Barrington Stage on Friday, August 30 and Saturday, August 31, 2013 at 8pm. Performers include Elizabeth Stanley and Alysha Umphress, both of whom starred in Barrington Stage Company’s critically acclaimed production of On the Town that kicked off the summer 2013 season.
ELECTRONIC POW-WOW DANCES SUMMER AWAY at MASS MOCA
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Canadian EDM group A Tribe Called Red, who combine dubstep with elements of First Nations music, bring down the curtain on MASS MoCA’s summer performing arts season with their club-style dance music on Saturday, August 31, 2013, at 8pm in MASS MoCA’s brick-lined courtyard.
SANDRA BERNHARD to PERFORM at CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Comedian and singer Sandra Bernhard returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, August 31, at 9pm. The keen cultural observer, political satirist, actress and author straddles the line between comic and performance artist while always pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a comedian in the great tradition of Lenny Bruce.
Taylor Mali
SPENCERTOWN FESTIVAL of BOOKS CELEBRATES LITERARY EXCELLENCE and SPOKEN WORD
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) — Verlyn Klinkenborg, Peter Biskind, Taylor Mali, Charles Dubow and Hugh Howard are featured authors at this year’s Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s Festival of Books, taking place over Labor Day weekend, August 30 through September 2, 2013. The festival features a giant used book sale, two days of readings and book signings by nationally known and local authors, and a children’s program. Admission is free to all of the events, save for the early book-buying opportunities detailed below.
Charles Ives
CHARLES IVES MUSIC at the MEETING HOUSE
(NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass.) – The distinctly American musical works of Connecticut Yankee composer Charles Ives will be presented at the Meeting House on Saturday, August 31, 2013, at 4:30 p.m., as part of the Music & More series. Performers include mezzo-soprano Deborah Rentz-Moore, pianist Donald Berman, and violinist Daniel Stepner.
UKULELE VIRTUOSO LEADS CONCERT, WORKSHOP
(SHEFFIELD, Mass.) – Ukulele virtuoso and singer-songwriter James Hill teams up with cellist Anne Davison for a duo concert at Dewey Memorial Hall on Sunday, September 1, 2013, at 7:30pm. The duo’s recording, True Love Don’t Weep, was named Traditional Album of the Year by the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Hill, who always combines concert appearances with music instruction, will conduct an intermediate level “Swing Ukulele” workshop earlier that day at 3pm at The Magic Fluke Uke Shop.