A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Cellist Edward Arron leads a string quintet performing works by Mozart, Brahms, Arvo Pärt, and Giya Kancheli.at The Clarkon Sunday, November 17, 2013, at 2 pm. Arron will be joined by world-renowned violinists Jennifer Frautschi and Tessa Lark and violists Che-Hung Chen and Max Mandel, all performing artists in residence at The…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – “The Yellow Ticket,” a forgotten gem of the silent film era, will be screened at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 8pm, with a new score composed and performed live by violinist Alicia Svigals. Featuring a larger-than-life performance by the great Polish silent film star Pola Negri, the film…
POP-COLLAGE DUO JAVELIN BRINGS OTHERWORLDLY SOUNDS to MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Boom box-wielding duo Javelin brings its witty, catchy collage of catchy melodies, ethereal vocals, synth-pop soundscapes and danceable rhythms to MASS MoCA‘s intimate Club B-10 on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at 8pm READ MORE… PLAY ABOUT VOLTAIRE’S MISTRESS at…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – The Red Lion Inn Gift Shop will be hosting five Berkshire County artists for the third “Meet the Artist” reception on Saturday, November 9, 2013, from 4 to 6pm in the Side Parlor of the Red Lion Inn. Artists featured are jewelry designers Peg and Frank Biscotti; textile artist and author Janet…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Boom box-wielding duo Javelin brings its witty, catchy collage of catchy melodies, ethereal vocals, synth-pop soundscapes and danceable rhythms to MASS MoCA‘s intimate Club B-10 on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at 8pm. Founded in 2005 by multi-instrumentalist cousins George Langford (guitar, bass guitar, drums, and mandolin) and Tom Van Buskirk (cello…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – It’s a weekend of Americana trios at Club Helsinki Hudson, with old-timey trio the Wiyos on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 9pm, followed by Montreal indie-rockers Plants and Animals on Saturday, November 9, at 9pm. the Wiyos play and compose music inspired by the early American musical idioms of the 1920s and…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Norman Rockwell Museum celebrates award-winning illustrator Wendell Minor’s four-decade career — highlighting his many cover illustrations and children’s books illustrations, each inspired by his love of history, art, science, and the natural world — in Wendell Minor’s America, on view from November 9, 2013 through May 26, 2014. Pulitzer Prize-winning author…
(HILLSDALE, N.Y.) – Oil paintings by Joel Griffith will be displayed at Neumann Fine Art (65 Cold Water St) from November 9, 2013, through January 4, 2014. A reception and gallery talk by the artist will take place on Saturday, November 30, at 5pm. Joel Griffith was named the official Painter Laureate of his hometown…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Revered folk-pop singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot performs at the Colonial Theatre on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 8pm. The Grammy Award-nominated and Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee is expected to play well-known hits from throughout his career as well as some deep album cuts for the longtime fans, on what is being called…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Cowboy singer Don Edwards, who favors the Western half of the Country & Western equation, performs at MASS MoCA in the Hunter Center on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 8pm No one knows cowboy lore like Grammy Award-nominated singer and guitarist Don Edwards. Equal parts historian, musicologist, and balladeer, Edwards croons…
