Hari Kondabolu
HARI KONDABOLU to BRING SOCIOPOLITICAL COMEDY to MASS MoCA
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Stand-up comedian Hari Kondabolu brings his incisive, sociopolitical commentary to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, December 13, at 8pm. The son of Indian immigrants, Kondabolu grew up in Queens, N.Y., with a first-hand look at what it means to feel like an outsider in contemporary America, an experience that fuels his work and has made him a regular on late-night TV (Letterman, Conan, Kimmel, Comedy Central) and at festivals from South by Southwest to Bumbershoot to Sasquatch.
Robert Randolph
ROBERT RANDOLPH BRINGS GOSPEL-LACED SOUL-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Robert Randolph and the Family Band bring their unique blend of gospel-influenced soul-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 12, at 9pm. Randolph’s unprecedented prowess on his instrument garnered him a spot on Rolling Stone‘s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” list, and also attracted the attention of such giants as Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana, who have collaborated with him on stage and in the studio.
‘ JonahsTrip,’ 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.
Ellsworth Kelly (American, b. 1923), Tableau Vert, 1952. Oil on wood, 29 1/4 x 39 1/4 in. (74.3 x 99.7 cm). The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of the artist, 2009.51 © Ellsworth Kelly
CLARK ART EXHIBIT CONSIDERS MONET’S INFLUENCE on ELLSWORTH KELLY
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Monet | Kelly, the first exhibition to consider the influence of Impressionist painter Claude Monet on the works of leading contemporary American artist Ellsworth Kelly, is on view at the Clark Art Institute. The works in the exhibition were selected by Kelly and include two paintings and eighteen unpublished drawings by the artist, together with nine paintings by Monet from his Belle-Île series and of his garden in Giverny. The exhibition examines how both Monet’s motifs and the sites that inspired his paintings have shaped Kelly’s approach to his work. Monet | Kelly will be on view through February 15, 2015.
Lee Boroson, Canopy, 2010
LEE BOROSON’S IMMERSIVE ‘LANDSCAPES’ TAKE OVER MASS MoCA’S MASSIVE GALLERY
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Plastic Fantastic, an exhibition of works by New York-based artist Lee Boroson featuring immersive installations that use inflatables, fabric, and light to create phenomenological experiences based on elemental forces in nature, is on view in MASS MoCA‘s largest gallery in Building 5.