A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The 85-voice Berkshire Lyric Chorus will be joined by its youth faction, the Blafield Children’s Chorus, in “Making Spirits Bright, a Concert of Christmas Music,” a wide-ranging choral program of some of the most beloved music of the Xmas season, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Park Square in downtown Pittsfield on…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — Israeli violinist and international superstar Vadim Gluzman will perform works by Mozart, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Castelnuovo-Tedesco in a duet concert with his wife, pianist Angela Yoffe at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 21, 2013, at 6pm, as part of the Close Encounters with Music chamber series. In…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – R&B singer-songwriter Judith Hill, star of the TV reality show “The Voice” and the documentary film “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” brings her original blend of pop, soul and jazz to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 13, at 9pm. Newly signed to a deal with Sony Records, Hill is fresh from a…
MATISYAHU BRINGS SPIRITUAL REGGAE-ROCK BACK to CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Almost a year to the day that he last performed there, Grammy Award-nominated reggae-rock performer Matisyahu brings his annual “Festival of Light” tour to Club Helsinki Hudson on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at 8pm. Fresh from tours of Mexico, South America and Israel,…
(NORTH ADAMS and NORTHAMPTON, Mass., and HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Sweetback Sisters bring their honky-tonk holiday sing-along tour to the greater region with stops at MCLA in North Adams on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at 7:30pm; at Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, December 15, at 8pm; and at the Academy of Music in Northampton on…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol gets its eighth annual staging by Berkshire Theatre Group, presented for the third time at the Colonial Theatre, in a run from Saturday, December 14 through Sunday, December 29, 2013. The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the infamous miser who is reformed and shown the error of…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Almost a year to the day that he last performed there, Grammy Award-nominated reggae-rock performer Matisyahu brings his annual “Festival of Light” tour to Club Helsinki Hudson on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at 8pm. Fresh from tours of Mexico, South America and Israel, the spiritual seeker and beat-boxing phenomenon will perform Hanukkah-themed…
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – Author Ruth Reichl and chef Zak Pelaccio will discuss trends in locavorism and farm-to-table in “Beyond Local: Taking Local Food to a New Level,” as part of the Conversations with Neighbors series at Spencertown Academy Arts Center on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at 4p.m. A reception featuring tasty illustrations of the subject…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Phish bassist Mike Gordon and Jamaican legend Burning Spear, along with cutting-edge choreographers Beth Gill and David Neumann and contemporary art world superstars Izhar Patkin and Darren Waterston headline a lively, abundant winter-spring performing and visual arts season in early 2014 at MASS MoCA. Beth Gill and David Neumann will bring…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – You might as well just set up shop at Club Helsinki Hudson for the weekend, as the cutting-edge nightclub boasts three back-to-back shows that span rock, roots and R&B, and that you won’t want to miss. The music kicks off Saturday, December 7, 2013, at 9pm, with Simi Stone’s patented style of…
