BerkshireWeekend Cultural Preview, Dec 3-6, 2014

' Jonah's Trip,' Paul Graubard

‘ Jonah’s Trip,’ Paul Graubard

ARTIST PAUL GRAUBARD GETS RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBIT at CITY MUSEUM

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Self-taught artist Paul Graubard is the subject of a retrospective exhibition of his paintings at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in December 2014. The show opens Friday, December 5 and runs through December 27. There will be a reception with the artist on Friday, December 5, from 5 to 8pm during the city’s First Fridays Artswalk. Musician Paul Green will perform klezmer music during the reception.

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Violist Jessica Meyer (photo Ana Pinto)

Violist Jessica Meyer (photo Ana Pinto)

BAROQUE HOLIDAY CHAMBER CONCERT at THE MAHAIWE

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Works by Vivaldi, Handel, Pergolesi, Monteverdi, Telemann and J. S. Bach will be performed by members of Baroque ensembles including the Diderot Quartet, Apollo’s Fire, the Handel and Haydn Society, Les Arts Florrisants, and New Utrecht Baroque in “A Holiday Celebration — Best of the Baroque,” the second in Close Encounters With Music’s 23rd season of concerts, at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at 6pm.

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wailersWAILERS to PLAY BOB MARLEY’S GREATEST HITS at THE COLONIAL

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The legendary reggae group The Wailersled by founding bassist Aston “Family Man” Barrett – bring their patented Jamaican riddims to the Colonial Theatre on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, at 7:30pm. Best known for their groundbreaking work with the late Bob Marley, the will perform Bob Marley’s greatest hits album, “Legend,” released 30 years ago, in its entirety.

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DalaCANADIAN FOLK-POP DUO DALA OFFERS HOLIDAY SHOW at MCLA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Canadian acoustic folk-pop duo Dala will perform an intimate evening of holiday classics and original music in the Eleanor Furst Auditorium at the MCLA Church Street Center on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at 7:30pm.

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Simi StoneSIMI STONE BRINGS ‘MOUNTAIN MOTOWN,’ ALL-STAR BAND, to HELSINKI HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Woodstock soul-rock singer-songwriter Simi Stone brings her signature brand of “Mountain Motown” music and her all-star band comprised of bandmates of David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, the B-52s, and Gang of Four when she returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, December 6, at 9pm, capping off Hudson’s annual “Winterwalk” event. Stone’s band includes drummer Zack Alford (Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Vernon Reid), bassist Sara Lee (Gang of Four, B-52s, Ani DiFranco), and guitarist Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie, Tears for Fears, Gang of Four), as well as keyboardist David Baron.

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