BerkshireWeekend

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

Berkshire Weekend Cultural Preview, Jan 16-22, 2013

ECOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC DISCUSSED at BERKSHIRE MUSEUM   (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at 7 p.m., Berkshire Museum hosts author Bob Reiss for a multimedia discussion about his Arctic travels and his book, The Eskimo and the Oil Man (Business Plus). In The Eskimo and the Oil Man, author Bob Reiss…

Berkshire Weekend Cultural Preview, Jan 9-13, 2013

  NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL at WILLIAMS FEATURES CONTEMPORANEOUS, PAUL DE JONG and MELISSA ST. PIERRE (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – I/O Fest ‘13, a three-day festival of new music from around the globe featuring five concerts with several world premieres, works by thirty composers, and performances by Contemporaneous, Paul de Jong (formerly of The Books), and Melissa…

Berkshire Weekend Cultural Preview Jan 2-8, 2013

INDIE FOLK-ROCK DUO DAVID WAX MUSEUM to PLAY COLONIAL   (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The David Wax Museum brings its rootsy fusion of folk, rock, Mexican and musical curiosity to the Colonial Theatre on Friday, January 4, 2013, at 8pm. A duo, the group features singer-guitarist David Wax, who primarily plays the jarana, a Mexican instrument…

Berkshire Weekend Cultural Preview Dec 28, 2012-Jan 1, 2013

BACH SOCIETY HOSTS TRADITIONAL NEW YEAR’S CONCERTS   (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Berkshire Bach will offer a triple-play of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos as well as works by Vivaldi and Handel in concerts in Northampton, Great Barrington and Troy, N.Y., on December 30 and 31, 2012, and January 1, 2013, respectively. On the program will be…

Berkshire Weekend Cultural Preview, Dec 21-23, 2012

PAIRED ARTWORKS from COLLECTION, CHOSEN by ARTIST MAGGIE MAILER, DISPLAYED at BERKSHIRE MUSEUM   (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Wink: Pairings from the Berkshire Museum’s Collections, on display at the Berkshire Museum through early spring, is the interpretive brainchild of guest artist/curator Maggie Mailer, who chose to bring pairs of artworks – paintings, photography, and prints from the Berkshire Museum’s…

Berkshire Weekend Cultural Preview, Dec 13-17, 2012

  CHEKHOV’S ‘SEAGULL’ GIVEN REMIX by EXPERIMENTAL THEATER COMPANY at MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – As the culmination of a technical residency at MASS MoCA, the unique contemporary theatre company Half Straddle presents Seagull (Thinking of you),  a new, experimental interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, The Seagull, in the Hunter Center on Saturday,…

Berkshire Cultural Weekend Preview, 11.28.12

  RITA COOLIDGE CHRISTMAS CONCERT KICKS OFF HOLIDAY WALK WEEKEND at THE CLARK (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) — Two-time Grammy Award-winning pop-country vocalist Rita Coolidge will perform in a special concert featuring a mix of her greatest hits, jazz standards, and Christmas songs as part of Williamstown’s annual Holiday Walk weekend at The Clark on Friday, November…

Berkshire Weekend Cultural Preview, Nov 23-25, 2012

  GRAHAM PARKER REUNITES THE RUMOUR, PERFORMS at THE BARDAVON (POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.) – New wave/pub-rock legend Graham Parker has reunited his original band, the Rumour, and performs with all six original members on Sunday, November 25, 2012, at 7pm at the Bardavon Opera House in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.  When Parker first hit the scene in the…

Berkshire Weekend Cultural Preview, Nov 14-18, 2012

RETRO-ROCKER EILEN JEWELL to PERFORM at CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Eilen Jewell, self-styled “queen of the minor key,” brings her blend of noirish rockabilly, surf-tinged country, retro-rock and jazzy folk to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, November 15, 2012, at 8pm. It is the battered cassette jammed in the tape deck of the…

Berkshire Weekend Cultural Preview, Nov 7-11, 2012

  ALSARAH AND THE NUBATONES BRING HIP SUDANESE MUSIC TO MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Blending 1970s Nubian songs, Western soul, and vintage Sudanese pop, Alsarah and the Nubatones rock Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 10, 2012, at 8 p.m. Alsarah, a Sudanese-American firecracker, is the leading lady of this extraordinary…