A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The four-day, 240-mile Berkshires to Boston Bicycle Tour kicks off on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at 7:30pm, at Hancock Shaker Village with a concert by the Pioneer Valley-based female folk trio Boxcar Lilies. Riders will be gathering at the village from 15 states and three countries to begin their four-day ride across…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Comedian Bill Cosby will headline the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 2013 Gala on Sunday, October 13, 2013, at 7:30pm in a festive evening to benefit the Mahaiwe.. Over the past century, few entertainers have achieved the legendary status of Bill Cosby. His successes span five decades and virtually all media, remarkable…
PARSONS DANCE CELEBRATES ELLSWORTH KELLY’S 90th BIRTHDAY at PS21 (CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Parsons Dance Company previews EK90, a newly commissioned dance work celebrating artist Ellsworth Kelly’s 90th birthday, at PS21 on Friday and Saturday, August 30 and 31, 2013, at 8pm. The program also includes Nascimento Novo, Brothers, Ebben, and Caught. These two special…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The eighth annual edition of Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know But Should…, a cabaret hosted by Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist William Finn (Falsettos, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) featuring works by a new generation of Broadway songwriting talent, takes place at Barrington Stage on Friday,…
(SHEFFIELD, Mass.) – Ukulele virtuoso and singer-songwriter James Hill teams up with cellist Anne Davison for a duo concert at Dewey Memorial Hall on Sunday, September 1, 2013, at 7:30pm. The duo’s recording, True Love Don’t Weep, was named Traditional Album of the Year by the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Hill, who always combines…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Comedian and singer Sandra Bernhard returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, August 31, at 9pm. The keen cultural observer, political satirist, actress and author straddles the line between comic and performance artist while always pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a comedian in the great tradition of Lenny…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Canadian EDM group A Tribe Called Red, who combine dubstep with elements of First Nations music, bring down the curtain on MASS MoCA’s summer performing arts season with their club-style dance music on Saturday, August 31, 2013, at 8pm in MASS MoCA’s brick-lined courtyard. Tinting Native American tradition with a distinctly…
(NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass.) – The distinctly American musical works of Connecticut Yankee composer Charles Ives will be presented at the Meeting House on Saturday, August 31, 2013, at 4:30 p.m., as part of the Music & More series. Performers include mezzo-soprano Deborah Rentz-Moore, pianist Donald Berman, and violinist Daniel Stepner. Ives, whose music was largely…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Parsons Dance Company previews EK90, a newly commissioned dance work celebrating artist Ellsworth Kelly’s 90th birthday, at PS21 on Friday and Saturday, August 30 and 31, 2013, at 8pm. The program also includes Nascimento Novo, Brothers, Ebben, and Caught. These two special evening performances bring down the curtain on the PS21 2013…
EVENING-LENGTH WORK FUSES URBAN and CLASSICAL INFLUENCES at JACOB’S PILLOW (BECKET, Mass.) – Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion will perform its evening-length dance piece, Pavement, about the decline of inner-city black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, in the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow from Wednesday, August 21, through Sunday, August 25, 2013. The diverse music used in the work…
