A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – “Waxworks,” a new play by Trina Davies about Madame Tussaud, will have one of its first public readings as part of WAM Theatre’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series at No. Six Depot Roastery and Café on Sunday, September 21 at 3pm. “Waxworks” tells the story of Madame Tussaud, an extraordinary artist…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Having just released their eponymous debut album, Hudson’s own Buffalo Stack brings its bluesy brand of roots-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, September 19, at 9pm. With slide blues guitar, gospel organ chords, New Orleans-style horns, and group harmonies, Buffalo Stack can’t help but recall Woodstock heroes the Band. In fact,…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Sharon Olds will read from her work at The Mount on Friday, September 12, at 7 pm. The reading — the Amy Clampitt Memorial Reading — will be free and open to the public. A book signing and reception will follow. Born in San Francisco, Sharon Olds studied at…
(NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass.) – Cabaret star Karen Akers performs her “Time Flies” program, featuring an updated version of the so-called Great American Songbook at the New Marlborough Meeting House on Saturday, September 13, 2014, at 4:30pm, as part of the Music & More series. In addition to songs by Gershwin, Cole Porter, Kurt Weil, and…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Dan Kennedy & Stephen Katz of Northampton will offer a mesmerizing evening with sophisticated and eclectic compositions on piano and cello, concluding the Second Sundays concert series at Field Farm presented by The Trustees of Reservations, on September 14, 2014, at 4:30pm. Free guided nature walks of Field Farm precede each Second…
SUZANNE VEGA to PLAY BARRINGTON STAGE (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Suzanne Vega — one of the most literate and poetic singer-songwriters of the rock era – will perform on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage at Barrington Stage Company on Friday, September 12, 2014, at 8pm. READ MORE… KAREN AKERS to SING STANDARDS and POP TUNES…
LIZZ WRIGHT to BRING SOUL-GOSPEL FUSION to HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Critically acclaimed soul-gospel vocalist Lizz Wright, whose music spans jazz, gospel, and R&B, will perform an intimate gig at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, September 6, 2014, at 9pm. Wright can sing a loty spiritual like “Amazing Grace,” and then turn on…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Seun Kuti, son of the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, whose name was nearly synonymous with “Afrobeat,” will carry on his father’s legacy, combining swirling African rhythms and gritty textures with horn-laced funk in songs laced with social and political messages performed by his 15-piece band, Egypt 80, the combo formerly fronted…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Vijay Seshadri, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, will read from his poetry as part of the fall Poetry & Fiction Reading Series at Simon’s Rock College on Thursday, September 4, 2014, at 6:30pm. The Bard College at Simon’s Rock fall Poetry & Fiction Reading Series brings four award-winning…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Old-fashioned storytelling in new-fashioned dress will return to The Mount, the home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, Mass., with three storytelling events this fall, kicking off on Friday, September 5, at 8pm, with seven award-winning storytellers — H.R. Britton, Jannelle Codianni, Norah Dooley, Liz Martin, Theresa Okokon, Brendyn Schneider, and Darlene White…
