A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
‘SATCHMO AT THE WALDORF’ SINGS ‘HELLO BROADWAY’ at SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY (LENOX, Mass., August 17, 2012) – There is nary a wrong nor a false note played in Terry Teachout’s Satchmo at the Waldorf, starring John Douglas Thompson as Louis Armstrong, directed by Gordon Edelstein, and running at Shakespeare & Company through September 16, 2012,…
CANADIAN COMIC OPHIRA EISENBERG PERFORMS at MASS MOCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Hailing from Alberta, Canada, and now based out of New York City, comedian and storyteller Ophira Eisenberg performs at MASS MoCA on Saturday, August 18, 2012, at 8 p.m., for an Alt Cabaret performance on the Club B-10 stage, in conjunction with Oh,…
U.S. PREMIERE of JONAH BOKAER’S INNOVATIVE MULTIMEDIA DANCE PRODUCTION ‘CURTAIN’ at JACOB’S PILLOW (BECKET, Mass.) – Jonah Bokaer, who has been making artistic waves on the international dance circuit since he began choreographing almost ten years ago, will return to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival onWednesday, August 1 through Sunday, August 5, 2012, in the Doris…
BRADLEY COOPER AND PATRICIA CLARKSON TO STAR IN WILLIAMSTOWN’S ‘ELEPHANT MAN’ (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – People Magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” will transform himself into the hideously deformed title character of The Elephant Man when Bradley Cooper, star of Hollywood comedies including The Hangover and Wedding Crashers, tackles the dramatic role of John Merrick at the Williamstown…
BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS to PREVIEW NEW ‘FIELD RECORDINGS’ (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – On Saturday, July 21, 2012, at 8p.m., the Bang on a Can All-Stars will perform their brand-new, evening-length masterpiece, Field Recordings, with guests Nick Zammuto and Todd Reynolds, as part of the 11th annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival…
SINGER-SONGWRITER and LOOPING ARTIST JULIA EASTERLIN to PERFORM at MASS MOCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Vocalist and looping artist Julia Easterlin comes to MASS MoCA on July 14, 2012, at 8 pm, merging composition, production, and performance in one fell swoop. One part siren and one part technology enthusiast, she uses a looping machine to…
JACOB’S PILLOW SHOWCASES CONTEMPORARY ISRAELI DANCE (BECKET, Mass.) – It’s Israeli dance week at Jacob’s Pillow this week, as Israeli contemporary troupe Vertigo Dance Company presents the East Coast premiere of Noa Wertheim’s Mana in the Ted Shawn Theatre and LeeSaar the Company – from Tel Aviv by way of New York City – presents…
BERKSHIRE MUSEUM to INSTALL TOM PATTI ARTWORK (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — Tom Patti, the Pittsfield-based artist internationally renowned for his innovative work in glass, has been commissioned by Berkshire Museum to create original works for the museum’s entry vestibule and lobby area. The site-specific installations are the first major commissions by Patti, one of the most…
WORLD’S GREATEST KLEZMER FIDDLER to PLAY at PS21 in CHATHAM, N.Y. (CHATHAM, N.Y.) – The world’s foremost klezmer fiddler, Alicia Svigals, brings her dazzling style of playing to PS21 on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at 2 pm. The concert will include traditional klezmer tunes, Yiddish songs, some original and new music, and the audience is…
RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM NORTHERN CHINA in EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITION AT THE CLARK (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China, featuring rare Chinese burial objects in an exclusive exhibition that considers both the discovery and the impact of modern Chinese archaeology, opens Saturday, June 16, 2012, at The Clark and runs through October…
