A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – CJ Ramone, a former bassist and singer for the seminal punk-rock group the Ramones, will perform at Casey’s Billiards on Sunday May 18, 2014, at 7pm. This will mark Ramone’s second performance in the Berkshires and his touring band includes members of southern California’s the Adolescents. Other acts on the bill include…
(WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – An all-female company of actors will perform a staged reading of Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare at No. Six Depot Roastery and Café on Sunday, May 18 at 3p.m., as part of WAM Theatre’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series, which offers new and reimagined works that tell women’s stories. This…
(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, at Barrington Stage Company on Friday and Saturday, May…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven’s pathway from disciple of classical composer Haydn to hero of the Romantic movement will be traced in “Beethoven and the Dawn of Romanticism,” a chamber concert at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at 6pm, as part of the Close Encounters With Music series. Works to…
ANTON CHEKHOV, M.D., BROUGHT to STAGE at MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – It’s often forgotten or overlooked that throughout his life, Anton Chekhov, best known as a writer and dramatist, practiced medicine. In his work-in-progress The Russian Doctor, performed live in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Friday, May 9, at 8pm, Andrew…
(RHINEBECK, N.Y.) – No Theme Performance, featuring an eclectic mix of young artists from Bard, Brooklyn, Bennington, Philadelphia, and elsewhere showing new work in dance, theater, music, and art, will take place at the Cocoon Theatre in Rhinebeck on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at 7pm. Among the performers are Magdalene San Millan, Chelsea Murphy, Anna…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – It’s often forgotten or overlooked that throughout his life, Anton Chekhov, best known as a writer and dramatist, practiced medicine. In his work-in-progress The Russian Doctor, performed live in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Friday, May 9, 2014, at 8pm, Andrew Dawson teams up with a neuroscientist and a…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass. and POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.) – Justin Hayward, the lead guitarist and vocalist of legendary rock band the Moody Blues, will perform with his own band at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at 7:30pm, and at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on Saturday, May 17, at 8pm. Performing and recording for…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Brooklyn-based indie folk-rock singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten will preview new songs from her upcoming recording, “Are We There,” when she performs at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, May 9, 2014, at 9pm. Van Etten is an integral part of the new Brooklyn indie scene, having collaborated, performed or recorded with members of…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Singer-songwriter and alt-country pioneer Jay Farrar brings his singular blend of country, folk and rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, May 11, 2014, at 8pm. A cofounder of legendary alt-country outfit Uncle Tupelo with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Farrar went on to form the group Son Volt and also to carve out…
