A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(LENOX, Mass.) – Shakespeare’s Will, a provocative one-woman play by Canadian playwright Vern Thiessen about the bold and unapologetic journey of William Shakespeare’s enigmatic wife, Anne Hathaway, and the couple’s unconventional courtship and marriage, kicks off the 2014 season in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre at Shakespeare & Company on Friday, May 23, 2014, and…
(SHEFFIELD, Mass.) – Les Inegales, the French Baroque duo featuring Rodrigo Tarraza on traverso (Baroque transverse flute) and Christine Gevert on harpsichord, will perform works by French and German Baroque composers at Dewey Hall on Sunday, May 25, 2014, at 4pm. The program, to be played on period instruments, includes works by the French composers…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – The 2014 season at Chesterwood – the former summer home, studio and gardens of America’s foremost public sculptor Daniel Chester French – includes an exhibition of photography by Julie McCarthy, Chesterwood’s 2013/2014 artist-in-residence; contemporary sculpture by Albert Paley; and a series of outdoor Americana music concerts called Chesterfest. Chesterwood will open for…
(WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Multi-instrumentalist Paul de Jong, formerly of collage-rock duo The Books, will perform improvised and composed music at No. Six Depot on Sunday, May 25, 2014, at 3pm. De Jong will play cello, bass guitar, and arpeggione, a bow-able guitar.
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – MASS MoCA will mark its 15th anniversary on Saturday, May 24, 2014, beginning at 4pm with a series of events culminating with a dance party featuring the Bhangra funk of Red Baraat and tunes by DJ Rekha. The hours leading up to the dance concert, which takes place at 8:30pm, will…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Emmy Award-winner and Golden Globe nominee Marg Helgenberger stars in Sharr White’s The Other Place, which opens the 2014 season at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) from Wednesday, May 21, through Saturday, June 14, on the St. Germain Stage. The play is directed by BSC Associate Artist Christopher Innvar, and features Katya Campbell…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – “The Great Quintet Caper,” a program of 18th-century chamber music by Fasch, Haydn, Mozart, Brahms and the Bach Brothers, will be performed by the Berkshire Bach Ensemble at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at 7:30pm. The concert, led by Kenneth Cooper, fortepiano, marks the Berkshire Bach Society’s season finale.…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Grammy Award-nominated British singer-songwriter Karl Wallinger, who performs under the band name World Party, brings his catalog of pop-rock confections to Club Helsinki Hudson on Monday, May 26, 2014, at 8pm. The music of World Party is influenced by and recalls the greats of the rock era, from the Beatles to the…
AMANDA McBROOM DOES BROADWAY LOVE SONGS at BARRINGTON STAGE (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Cabaret singer Amanda McBroom will inaugurate the 2014 season at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret with “Let’s Fall in Love,” a program of songs of romance by Broadway songwriters including Cole Porter, Jacques Brel, Sammy Cahn, and Jerome Kern, as well as her own compositions,…
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – Works by New Hampshire-based artists J. Ann Eldridge and Bill Duffy will be on display at Spencertown Academy Arts Center from May 17 through June 22, 2014. There will be an opening reception for “Off the Beaten Path: Prints by J. Ann Eldridge and Photographs by Bill Duffy” on Saturday, May 17,…
