A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(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 range from classical greats such as Johann Christian Bach and…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Canadian dance company RUBBERBANDance Group brings its fusion of hip-hop, ballet and modern dance to PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24, 2013, at 8pm. The ensemble will perform Gravity of Center, which follows the journey of five dancers representing a family, a nomadic…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Free readings by writers and poets with ties to the Berkshire region, the Berkshire premiere of “Literary Death Match,” and a free public reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand are just some of the events that will be included under the umbrella of WordFest at The Mount, the three-year-old literary festival…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – MASS MoCA screens Airplane!, one of the most iconic comedies in American movie history, at Harriman-West Airport in North Adams on Saturday, August 24, 2013, at 8pm. Already boasting the largest movie screen in New England at the center of its renovated 19th-century factory campus, the museum takes over an old…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Williamstown resident Jeff Kleiser supervised 800 artists for over two years to create the visual effects for science-fiction superhero Bollywood film, Ra.One, which will be shown at MASS MoCA on the largest movie screen in New England on Thursday, August 22, 2013, at 8pm. Over 125 of the most complex shots…
(NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass.) – The Daedalus Quartet returns to the Music and More Festival at the Meeting House on Saturday, August 24, 2013, at 4:30 p.m., with a performance of Schubert, Beethoven, Smetana and Schulhoff. A reception follows at the Meeting House Gallery. The quartet musicians are Min-Young Kim and Matilda Kaul, violins; Jessica Thompson,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Devil Makes Three, Sam Bush, the Deadly Gentlemen, Sarah Jarosz, and Greensky Bluegrass have been added to an already impressive lineup for this year’s FreshGrass, MASS MoCA‘s three-day fall festival of bluegrass and roots music, on the weekend of September 20-22, 2013. These five acts join such stars as Del McCoury,…
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) — Verlyn Klinkenborg, Peter Biskind, Taylor Mali, Charles Dubow and Hugh Howard are featured authors at this year’s Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s Festival of Books, taking place over Labor Day weekend, August 30 through September 2, 2013. The festival features a giant used book sale, two days of readings and book signings by…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Roots-rock singer-songwriters Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Gordon Lightfoot and Dave Mason top a fall lineup at the Colonial Theater that also includes the current version of 1970s pop vocal group Three Dog Night. Singer-guitarist Dave Mason performs on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at 7:30pm. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall…
‘SURREAL’ MARCHING BAND TAKES OVER MASS MOCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Combining the spirit of punk rock with the fun of a fireman’s parade, the 30-member Mucca Pazza – “the marching band that thinks it’s a rock ’n roll band” – takes over MASS MoCA‘s campus for five performances throughout the weekend of August 16-18,…
