A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
COMPOSER AND BOOMBOX ARTIST PHIL KLINE BRINGS CLASSICAL MUSIC to THE MASSES at THE MOUNT (LENOX, Mass.) – Think classical music is stuffy and only for old farts? Well, you’re partially right. It’s often presented that way, or as if it’s something good for you that doesn’t taste good. But critically acclaimed new-music composer and…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Larchmere String Quartet will perform works by Haydn, Brahms and Ligeti in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at 8pm. The concert is free and open to the public. The quartet presents a program from Classical, Modern, and Romantic eras. They open the program…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Critically acclaimed new-music composer and all-around Renaissance man Phil Kline surveys the classical music scene from a composer’s viewpoint, looking at and listening to a wide variety of music written in the last few years, in “Unsilent Composer,” a presentation in The Stables at The Mount on Sunday, May 3, 2015, at…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sean Rowe, a Troy, N.Y. native and lifelong naturalist, brings his gritty style of singer-songwriter folk-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, May 1, at 9pm. A throwback to 1970s-era soulful rock poets like Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen and Van Morrison, with a hint of punk-rock energy, Rowe boasts an impossibly…
(HILLSDALE, N.Y.) – Leon A. Comstock Jr. Paintings, a new solo exhibition of works by the Springfield, Mass.-based artist, opens at Neumann Fine Art on Saturday, May 2, 2015, with a reception at 5:30 pm. The show will remain on view through July 11, 2015. Comstock received numerous awards in the 1970s and ’80s, including…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Comedienne and bestselling author Alison Larkin will perform a sneak preview of her new show, Alison Larkin LIVE!, at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at 7pm. Amongst other things, Larkin – author of “The English American” – will talk about her adoption and reunion, England, America, life in the…
LITERARY DEATH MATCH RETURNS to THE MOUNT (LENOX, Mass.) – Authors Jedediah Berry, Arda Collins, Ron Currie Jr., Paul La Farge, Courtney Maum, Sue Smith and Jenny Zigrino will take part in a Literary Death Match at The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home, on Friday, April 24, at 8pm. Four of these authors will read original…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Tina Packer, Shakespeare & Company’s founding artistic director, actor, writer — and one of the country’s foremost experts on Shakespeare — celebrates the publication of her new book, “Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare’s Plays,” in the Bernstein Theatre at Shakespeare & Company on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at 7:30pm.…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Family Affair, a group exhibition featuring painted porcelain sculptures created by Sergei Isupov, Kadri Pärnamets, and their five-year-old daughter, Roosi Isupov, opens at Independent Art Projects (IAP) on the MASS MoCA campus on Saturday, April 25, 2015, and remains on view through May 25, 2015. There will be an opening reception…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Authors Jedediah Berry, Arda Collins, Ron Currie Jr., Paul La Farge, Courtney Maum, Sue Smith and Jenny Zigrino will take part in a Literary Death Match at The Mount: Edith Wharton’s Home, on Friday, April 24, at 8pm. Four of these authors will read original work before a panel of three all-star judges.…
