A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Melora Creager’s ever-evolving indie-rock cello band Rasputina returns to its hometown rock venue Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, October 15, at 8pm, as part of its “Unknown” tour, so named for the latest album of original material by the group, its first in six years. The current tour reunites Creager with Carpella…
LUCINDA WILLIAMS BOOKENDS REGION at MAHAIWE and BARDAVON (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., and POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.) – Three time Grammy Award-winner Lucinda Williams bookends our region with back-to-back concerts at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington on Saturday, October 10, at 8pm, and at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on Sunday, October 11, at 7pm. Williams has been one…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., and POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.) – Three time Grammy Award-winner Lucinda Williams bookends our region with back-to-back concerts at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington on Saturday, October 10, at 8pm, and at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on Sunday, October 11, at 7pm. Williams has been one of the most consistently lauded Americana singer-songwriters, incorporating…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — Dr. Dog brings its swirling, Beatlesque psychedelia to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, October 10, 2015, at 8pm. The quintet from West Grove, Pennsylvania, combines a love of stomping melody and harmonies out of the late 1960s with lo-fi indie-rock featuring grungy guitars recalling Dinosaur Jr and Guided…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Nick Lowe brings his perfectly crafted, rootsy power-pop to Club Helsinki Hudson on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at 8pm. Folk/roots pop singer-songwriter Josh Rouse warms up the crowd for Lowe. Best known for his songs “Cruel to Be Kind” (a US Top 40 single) and “Breaking Glass” (a top 10 UK hit),…
PINTER CLASSIC ‘THE HOMECOMING’ GETS BTG STAGING (STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – “The Homecoming,” one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, by Harold Pinter, one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, runs at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre from Thursday, October 1, through Sunday, October 25, at 2pm. The play, ostensibly about a…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – “Freeheld,” the new feature adaptation of the award-winning documentary of the same name by Berkshire filmmaker Cynthia Wade, gets a special pre-release screening at the Triplex on Sunday, October 4, at 4pm. A presentation of Berkshire International Film Festival, the film stars Julianne Moore, Ellen Page and Steve Carell, and was…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The Hands Free, an acoustic quartet comprised of four of today’s most innovative contemporary musicians – James Moore (guitar/banjo), Nathan Koci (accordion), Eleonore Oppenheim (bass) and Caroline Shaw (violin) – performs in the second concert of the new Fringe Music series at Shire City Sanctuary on Friday, October 2, 2015, at 7pm,…
(PITTSFIELD, MA)— “Veils,” a new play by Tom Coash that deals with acceptance and discrimination, gets is regional premiere at Barrington Stage Company from Thursday, October 1, through Sunday, October 18, 2015. Directed by Leah C. Gardiner (BSC debut), the production stars Hend Ayoub (Samar) and Donnetta Lavinia Grays (Intisar), in their BSC debuts. “Veils”…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – “The Homecoming,” one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, by Harold Pinter, one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, runs at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre from Thursday, October 1, 2015, through Sunday, October 25, at 2pm. The play, ostensibly about a family reunion, written in 1964 by…
