BerkshireWeekend

A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.

Exhibition of Midori Curtis Prints and Drawings at Monterey Library

(MONTEREY, Mass.) – Midori Curtis:  Abstract Prints and Drawings will open at the Knox Gallery at the Monterey Library on Friday, October 4, 2013, with an opening reception on Saturday, October 5, from 7 to 8:30 pm. The exhibit can be viewed during library hours through November 2. Midori Curtis grew up with the tradition…

‘Typewriter Plays’ by Joan Ackermann Get World Premiere Staging

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – A series of four one-acts called Q W E R T Y; Typewriter Plays by Joan Ackermann receives its world premiere staging at Mixed Company beginning Thursday, October 3, 2013, and running Thursdays through Sundays at 8pm through Sunday, October 27. “Q W E R T Y” is comprised of four…

Exhibition Features Art of the Nude

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Nude, an exhibition featuring photography and mixed media by John Atchley, Peggy Braun, John Clarke, Greg Gorman, Eric Korenman, Hildy Kronen, Jack Krove, Mona Mark, Matuschka, Irmari Nacht, Lincoln Russell and Cassandra Sohn, is on display at Sohn Fine Art from Friday, October 4, 2013 through February 2014. An opening reception for…

Sonic Youth Offshoot Band to Play CD Release Show at Club Helsinki Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sonic Youth offshoot band Lee Ranaldo and the Dust, featuring Sonic Youth members Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley, will perform at Club Helsinki Hudson on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, at 8pm, simultaneous with the release of their new album, “Last Night on Earth,” that same day. The album’s first single, “Lecce, Leaving,”…

Ben Perowsky’s Moodswing Orchestra Brings Ambient Trip-Hop to MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Bandleader/drummer Ben Perowsky brings his musical collage ensemble, the Moodswing Orchestra, comprised of all-star talents from New York City’s jazz, rock and trip-hop scene, to MASS MoCA on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 8pm in Club B-10. The group plays a blend of ambient, moody instrumental soundscapes and upbeat, funky, beat-heavy…

Trio to Inaugurate New City Chamber Series with Bach

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Violinist Susanna Ogata, viola da gamba player Anne Legene, and harpsichordist Larry Wallach will perform Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in B Minor on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 4pm, in the inaugural event of a new chamber music concert series at the Whitney Center for the Arts. Susanna Ogata, one of…

Rock Legend Dave Mason to Play the Colonial

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Legendary rocker Dave Mason, a founding member of the English rock group Traffic, will perform at the Colonial on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at 7:30pm. Mason is best known for writing and recording “Feelin’ Alright” with Traffic (later made into a hit by Joe Cocker) and for his 1977 soft-rock hit single,…

Saint Anyway Brings ‘Stomp-Grass’ to Castle Street Café

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Minnesota-based string band Saint Anyway brings its unique “stomp-grass” sound to Castle Street Café on Saturday, October 5, 2013, at 7:30pm. Hailing from Duluth, Minn., the birthplace of Bob Dylan, Saint Anyway plays a hard-driving, hard-picking North Country bluegrass-inflected original roots music it calls “stomp-grass” that should appeal to fans of…

Films by Stephen Frears, Coen Brothers, Alexander Payne and Claude Lanzmann Top FilmColumbia 2013 Lineup

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – New movies by Stephen Frears, the Coen Brothers, Alexander Payne and Holocaust documentarian Claude Lanzmann top the lineup at FilmColumbia, taking place Tuesday, October 22, through Sunday, October 27, 2013. Many of the films being screened are prize-winning films and audience favorites from prestigious international film festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Berlin…

BerkshireWeekend Cultural Preview, September 26-30, 2013

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ‘CLYBOURNE PARK’ SET FOR BARRINGTON STAGE (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris and inspired by A Raisin in the Sun, is being produced on the mainstage at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) from Thursday, September 26, 2013, through Sunday, October 13, 2013.  Inspired by A…