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Singer-Songwriter Dan Bern Offers Songwriting Workshop

Dan Bern

(FALLS VILLAGE, Conn.) – Critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter Dan Bern leads a two-day songwriting workshop for songwriters of all levels of experience and ability at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center on Wednesday and Thursday, August 17-18, 2011. The workshop is suitable for everyone from veterans who have already recorded several CDs to novices interested in working on…

Gov. Deval Patrick to Perform at Word X Word Festival

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts, will share “Lessons from an Improbable Life,” the subtitle of his memoir, A Reason to Believe, at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday, August 18, at 7, as part of the city’s third annual Word X Word Festival, which kicks off on Saturday, August 13, and takes…

All-Star Weekend at Tanglewood Features Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Stephanie Blythe, Pepe Romero

Emanuel Ax

(LENOX, Mass.) – A full weekend’s program at Tanglewood includes an evening of Spanish music with Maestro Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos leading the BSO on Friday in a program dedicated to Spanish and Spanish-inspired music, featuring world-renowned guitar virtuoso and fellow Spaniard Pepe Romero making his Tanglewood debut. Saturday night’s program features cellist Yo-Yo Ma…

Christine Ebersole to Perform Cabaret-Style at the Mahaiwe

Christine Ebersole

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Singer and two-time Tony Award-winning actress Christine Ebersole, whose career ranges from soap operas to Saturday Night Live and from sitcoms to stage to feature films (including Amadeus, Mac and Me, ‘Til There Was You and My Favorite Martian) will perform a cabaret-style evening of American popular standards with a theme…

Pianist to Provide Live Musical Accompaniment to The Mark of Zorro

Pianist and silent-film accompanist Ben Model

(NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass.) – Music & More will re-create the experience of watching a silent film with live musical accompaniment on Saturday, August 13, at 8, at the historic Meeting House on the Village Green, where Ben Model, resident silent film accompanist of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, will provide a…

Trisha Brown Marks 40th Anniversary with Jacob’s Pillow Residency

Trisha Brown Dance Company in 'Les Yeux et l'âme' (photo Deen van Meer)

(Becket, Mass.) –  Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Trisha Brown Dance Company with a commemorative program of works highlighting Brown’s inventive choreographic range in the Ted Shawn Theatre from August 10 through August 14. The program includes the 1973 work Spanish Dance, set to Bob Dylan’s version of Gordon Lightfoot’s…

Award-Winning Pianist to Perform Bach, Chopin and Enescu at Tannery Pond

Pianist Ilya Poletaev

(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – Pianist Ilya Poletaev performs works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, and Enescu on Saturday, August 13 at 8 pm in the Tannery Pond Concert Series in the Shaker Tannery on the grounds of the Darrow School in New Lebanon, N.Y. Poletaev recently captured First Prize at the prestigious XVII International Johann…

Gallery to Feature Local Handmade Jewelry

Red Bursts by Martha Naomi Archambault (photo by Cassandra Sohn)

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – On Saturday, August 13, Sohn Fine Art Gallery celebrates the launch of Martha Naomi Archambault’s (MNA) new summer jewelry line, Laurelin, featuring handmade, one of a kind, necklaces and earrings, with a cocktail reception with the artist from 5 to 7. MNA’s new line was inspired by Laurelin, the golden tree of…

Romantic Comedy to Get Staged Reading

Kate MacCluggage

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present a staged reading of Matt Hoverman’s The Glint, directed by Matthew Penn, on Wednesday, August 10 at 7:30 pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. The reading will feature actors Leslie Lyles, Kate MacCluggage, James Murtaugh, and Richard Poe. Admission is free, but reservations are suggested.…

A Unique Pas de Deux by Two Dancer/Choreographers at Jacob’s Pillow

David Neumann (photo Cherylynn Tsushima)

(Becket, Mass.) – Two highly respected contemporary artists and choreographers, Jodi Melnick and David Neumann, will dance together in a unique collaboration choreographed expressly for their residency at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival this week, as their respective company’s share the stage in the Doris Duke Theatre on August 10-14. In her Pillow debut performance, two-time…