BerkshireWeekend

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

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Sept 16-22, 2022)

  With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend …   PATRICK WATSON in SHEFFIELD, Mass., and WOODSTOCK, N.Y. Montreal-based singer-songwriter Patrick Watson bookends our region with two shows this weekend, playing Race Brook Lodge in…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Sept 9-14, 2022)

With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend …   THE ORCHESTRA NOW PLAYS MAHLER’S FIFTH The Orchestra Now kicks off its eighth season with Mahler’s heroic Fifth Symphony plus George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs and…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Sept 2-4, 2022)

With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend …   PS21 BRINGS CURTAIN DOWN ON SUMMER PS21 Performance Spaces for the 21st Century in Chatham, N.Y., brings the curtain down on its summer season with a…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Aug 26-31, 2022)

With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … TERENCE BLANCHARD BRINGS JAZZ to MASS MoCA Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard stops by MASS MoCA with his Grammy Award-nominated quintet The E-Collective, joined by the…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (July 22-28)

  GRAHAM NASH at BARDAVON and MAHAIWE Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of Crosby Stills & Nash and the Hollies Graham Nash is playing in our region twice the weekend: at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., tonight at 8pm, and at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., on Saturday…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (July 15-19, 2022)

With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend …   JOHN CAMERON ‘HEDWIG’ MITCHELL and AMBER MARTIN at MASS MoCA Tony Award-winner John Cameron Mitchell – best known for his punk-goddess alter ego, Hedwig — teams…

Aston Magna Series Features Works by Schumann, Bach, Handel, Others

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Aston Magna Music Festival celebrates its 49th season with a return to live, in-person concerts featuring works by Bach, Schumann, Handel, and others, with weekly performances at St. James Place in Great Barrington, Mass., and Hudson Hall in Hudson, N.Y., through July 23. Performing on period instruments, Aston Magna performs…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview, Jun 24-26, 2022

A highly selective preview of what looks best in the performing arts in our region this coming weekend…   This weekend PS21 in Chatham, N.Y., kicks off its second annual House Blend concert series, presenting stimulating, often challenging programs by talented soloists and ensembles who find surprising new life in canonical works and illuminate contemporary music…

New Exhibit at Norman Rockwell Museum Confronts Stereotypes and Opens Dialogue

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Imprinted: Illustrating Race, a landmark exhibition, opens at the Norman Rockwell Museum on June 11 and runs through October 30, 2022. This special exhibition examines the role of published images in shaping attitudes toward race and culture. More than 150 works of art and artifacts of widely circulated illustrated imagery will be…