A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Hudson Valley region.
The cultural highlights in our region this weekend include Punjabi party music, Mozart, theater, memoir … plus a whole lot more. SONNY SINGH at MASS MoCA On Saturday at 8pm, Sonny Singh, the vocalist and trumpeter who fronts the bhangra brass band Red Baraat, brings his own band to perform boundary-defying Punjabi anthems…
As one might expect, there are not a lot of live performances happening this holiday weekend, but there are a few that should not be overlooked: West Stockbridge Chamber Players Winter Concert The West Stockbridge Chamber Players present their annual Winter Concert at the West Stockbridge Congregational Church on Monday (December 27) at…
World-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli, who has established himself as a prime interpreter of the so-called Great American Songbook, will expand his musical palette when he performs at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., on Saturday at 8pm, playing new standards, with a repertoire that includes Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, and The…
“32 Sounds,” an immersive “live cinema” documentary that explores the elemental phenomenon of sound, by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green, takes place on Saturday at 8pm at MASS MoCA in North Adams. The film weaves together 32 audio experiences, crafting a cinematic poem that is a meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., and HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Aston Magna Chamber Players present a live holiday concert, “Handel & Bach: Music for a Winter Solstice,” featuring works by George Frideric Handel and J.S. Bach, at Hudson Hall on Tuesday, December 21, at 7pm, and at St. James Place in Great Barrington on Wednesday, December 22,…
(HUDSON, N.Y., October 25, 2021) – A new series of wall sculptures built from geometric planes of foam board, Venetian plaster, pigments, and beeswax by Berkshire-based artist Dai Ban are featured in Fragments of Time and Space, a multi-artist exhibition on view at Carrie Haddad Gallery now through Sunday, November 21. The exhibit also…
(HUDSON, N.Y., and GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — The Aston Magna Chamber Players will perform two September concerts of baroque music, live in-person, at Hudson Hall in Hudson, N.Y., on Saturday, September 25, at 7pm and at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, Mass., on Sunday, September 26, at 3pm. Concertgoers must present proof of vaccine…
by Seth Rogovoy (CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Douglas J. Cuomo’s Savage Winter, a contemporary reimagining of Wilhelm Müller’s poetry cycle Winterreise, will bring down the curtain on PS21’s Modern Opera Fest on Thursday, September 9, at 7pm. In Savage Winter, composer Cuomo has created a thought-provoking opera that mirrors the complexity of modern life and relationships.…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – This year’s The Hudson Eye, an annual festival of arts and performance, features a diverse array of artists in free and ticketed events at a variety of indoor and outdoor venues throughout Hudson from Friday, August 27, to Monday, September 6. Artists include Claudia Bruce, Pauline DeCarmo, Shelley Hirsch, Reginald Madison, Linda…
by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Renowned avant-garde cellist Maya Beiser will be joined by a group of all-star cellists to perform works from her new solo album, Maya Beiser x Philip Glass, at Hudson Hall on Saturday, July 24 at 7pm. The venue is most appropriate for the music’s world premiere, as the album…
