A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(NEW LEBANON, N.Y. ) – The Brentano String Quartet will play works by Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn in the final program of the Tannery Pond Concerts season on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at 6pm. The program includes Beethoven’s String Quartet in D major, OP. 18, No. 3; Debussy’s Quartet in G minor, Op. 10; and Mendelssohn’s…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Singer/songwriter Michele Brourman and cabaret artist Heather Mac Rae star in “Love & Take Out” at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at 9:30pm and Sunday, September 22, 2013, at 7:30pm. The show takes place at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret, located on the lower level of the Sydelle and Lee…
PAUL MCCARTNEY’S ‘ROCKSHOW’ to SCREEN at THE CLARK (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) — The Paul McCartney and Wings concert film Rockshow will be screened at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Friday, September 13, 2013, at 7pm. Filmed during Wings’ landmark 1975-1976 Wings Over America tour the new version of the concert film, documenting a…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) — The Paul McCartney and Wings concert film Rockshow will be screened at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Friday, September 13, 2013, at 7pm. Filmed during Wings’ landmark 1975-1976 Wings Over America tour – which produced the 3-LP live album of the same name, arguably one of the greatest live…
(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – Pianist Vincent Adragna will join duo parnas – violinist Madalyn Parnas and cellist Cicely Parnas – to play works by Prokofiev, Brahms, and Schubert, as part of the Tannery Pond Concerts series in the barn at the Darrow School, on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at 8pm. The Parnas sisters grew up…
WORDFEST KICKS OFF with ‘RAMBLING POETS’ (LENOX, Mass.) – On Thursday, September 5, 2013, at 5 pm, The Mount will kick off WordFest 2013 by welcoming the public to a free poetry event featuring Christian Phiffer and Rambling Poets. The event, which will be held on Edith Wharton’s expansive Terrace, will showcase gifted poets…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion bring their new sound and new repertoire of songs from their third studio album, Wassaic Way, to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at 9pm. Produced by Jeff Tweedy and Patrick Sansone of Wilco, the 11-song album introduces a new Guthrie and Irion, with…
(SHARON, Conn.) – An exhibition of paintings by Copake, N.Y., artist Jeffrey L. Neumann – who some consider an inheritor of a torch figuratively passed down by Edward Hopper, in terms of Neumann’s vision of the loneliness of small-town life in America – opens at the Sharon Historical Society and Museum with an artist’s reception…
(NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass.) – Noted actor Jonathan Epstein appears in a dramatic reading of King Henry VIII’s love letters to Anne Boleyn, Chaucer’s bawdy tales, Shakespeare’s sonnets and the writings of Aubrey and Donne, accompanied by early music ensemble Calliope, on Saturday, September 7, 2013, at 4:30 p.m., as part of the Music & More…
(LENOX, Mass.) – On Thursday, September 5, 2013, at 5 pm, The Mount will kick off WordFest 2013 by welcoming the public to a free poetry event featuring Christian Phiffer and Rambling Poets. The event, which will be held on Edith Wharton’s expansive Terrace, will showcase gifted poets from the Berkshire, Albany, and Pioneer Valley…
