A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The fifth annual 10X10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage Company completes its three-week run this weekend through Sunday, February 28, as part of the 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival. The new play festival features ten new 10-minute plays performed at BSC’s St. Germain Stage at 36 Linden St. Showtimes are Thursday, Friday…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, best known for his signature tune, “Walking in Memphis,” performs at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday, February 25, at 8pm. Cohn’s short-story songwriting style is heavily influenced by Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, and Jackson Browne, and he is often named among the most personal and introspective lyricists…
A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshires region, including Richard Marx at the Colonial, Jason Walker at MASS MoCA, Wintergreen at Berkshire Museum, and iPhone photography at Sohn Fine Art Gallery. RICHARD MARX BRINGS CHART-TOPPING POP-ROCK to the COLONIAL (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Grammy Award-winning pop-rock singer, songwriter,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Hudson’s own Bindlestiff Family Cirkus continues its wintertime tradition of hosting a monthly cabaret, featuring a variety of circus, theater, comedy and musical entertainers, at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, February 20, at 9pm. Each month this winter, Bindlestiff Cirkus will bring a new lineup, with acts including trapeze, contortion, acrobatic balance,…
(LENOX, Mass.) – iMotif, an exhibit of iPhone photography featuring 75 artists and over 350 photographs, is on view Sohn Fine Art Gallery in Lenox, with a reception on Sat, Feb 20, 4-7pm; and at the Gallery at Hotel on North in Pittsfield (February 2 – March 2). Different work is exhibited at each location.…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Wintergreen, the longstanding regional folk trio featuring Alice and Larry Spatz and Jared Polens, brings its mixture of traditional and contemporary music from the British Isles and America along with their own compositions to Berkshire Museum on Saturday, February 20, at 1:30pm. Geared for children, the program – a presentation of Berkshire…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — Vocalist Jason Walker brings his singular brand of gospel-infused folk-soul to Club B10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, February 20, at 8pm. Walker combines jazz, gospel, classical, and soul in a manner that connects Mahalia Jackson to Mick Jagger and Bernice Johnson Reagon to Philip Glass. Fans rave about this crooner’s…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Grammy Award-winning pop-rock singer, songwriter, and musician Richard Marx performs at the Colonial Theater on Friday, February 19, at 8pm. Marx’s eponymous debut went to number eight on the album charts and spawned four Top 5 singles, including the chart-topping “Hold on to the Nights,” with “Don’t Mean Nothing” earning him a…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Roots-rock singer-songwriter Jackie Greene, perhaps best known for his work as guitarist for Black Crowes and Phil Lesh & Friends, helps Club Helsinki Hudson celebrate its 20th anniversary with an encore performance on Thursday, February 18, at 8pm. Roots-rock outfit Hollis Brown warms up the crowd for Greene. Greene is touring behind…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Bard SummerScape 2016 will focus on the music and culture of Italy, with seven weeks of music, opera, theater, dance, film, and cabaret keyed to the theme of the 27th Bard Music Festival, “Puccini and His World,” taking place in the Frank Gehry-designed Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and…
