A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Performance artist Cynthia Hopkins brings her newest work, “A Living Documentary,” to the LUMA Theater in the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College on Friday, February 20, and Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 7:30 pm. “A Living Documentary” is a hilarious and searing reflection on the trials and tribulations…
POPS PETERSON REINVENTS ROCKWELL for SOHN FINE ART GALLERY EXHIBITION (LENOX, Mass.) – Reinventing Rockwell, a solo show featuring works by Pops Peterson, reinterprets Norman Rockwell’s artwork with contemporary views on politics, social issues, and technology. The exhibition is on view at Sohn Fine Art Gallery now through Sunday, March 15, with a reception on…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Grammy Award-winning ensemble Roomful of Teeth will perform in Thompson Memorial Chapel on the Williams College campus on Friday, February 13, 2015, at 8pm. The group will present a master class along with Williams music students on Thursday, February 12 at 4:15 pm in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall. Both events are free and…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Reinventing Rockwell, a solo show featuring works by Pops Peterson, reinterprets Norman Rockwell’s artwork with contemporary views on politics, social issues, and technology. The exhibition is on view at Sohn Fine Art Gallery now through Sunday, March 15, with a reception on Saturday, March 7, 2015, from 4 to 6:30 pm. Reimagining…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Barrington Stage Company’s fourth annual 10X10 New Play Festival – featuring ten, 10-minute plays, as part of the annual 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival in Pittsfield – kicks off on Thursday, February 12, 2015, and runs through Sunday, March 1. Playwrights represented include Chris Newbound, Emily Taplin Boyd, Christopher Innvar, and Kelly Younger.…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Voodoo Orchestra North, led by legendary jazz drummer, improviser, bandleader and composer Bobby Previte and featuring many great upstate New York musicians, continues its regular series of performances devoted to exploring the music of Miles Davis’s eternal electric jazz-funk masterpiece, “Bitches Brew,” at Club Helsinki Hudson, on Friday, February 13, 2015,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Indie-rock singer-songwriter Nicole Atkins brings her blend of pop-fueled hooks and moody introspection to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, February 14, at 9pm, providing a perfect soundtrack for a modern-day Valentine’s Day adventure. Atkins’s unique blend of styles connects the dots from Roy Orbison to the Shangri-Las to Janis Joplin to Led…
(LENOX, Mass.) – WAM Theatre’s production of “Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight” by Lauren Gunderson will make the rounds of three locations in the Berkshires and the Capital Region of New York, reviving this critically acclaimed enhanced staged reading this week, beginning Tuesday, February 10, 2015, at 7:30 pm, at the…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — Where (we) Live, a multimedia theatrical performance featuring new-music ensemble So Percussion and guitarist Grey McMurray, takes place in the LUMA Theater of the Fisher Center at Bard College on Saturday, February 14, 2015, at 7:30pm and Sunday, February 15, at 3pm. The performance blends music, video, and storytelling in a theatrical…
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO BRING SOUTH AFRICAN CHORAL STYLE to MAHAIWE (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Four-time Grammy Award-winning South African vocal and dance troupe Ladysmith Black Mambazo – best known for its groundbreaking work with Paul Simon on his landmark “Graceland” album – brings its joyful choral music to the Mahaiwe on Friday, February 6, at…
