(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Art of the Print, a new exhibition at the White Gallery in Great Barrington, opens with an artist reception on August 6, 2011, from 5 to 7 p.m., and runs now through September 24. The show features new work artists Nancy McTague-Stock, Sergio Gonzalez-Tornero, Pavel Roucka, Frances B. Ashforth, Deborah Weiss…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – “Women are digging in their heels,” says Jo Ellen Harrison, owner of Ruby Sparks, a new women’s clothing store that opened on Easter weekend on Spring Street. “They’re tired of buying clothes in big box mall stores. They’re looking for a more personal experience with smaller, locally owned stores that bring back…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Tanglewood on Parade, a family-friendly highlight of every summer cultural season – a sort of show-and-tell of all that Tanglewood has to offer, including an easy-listening variety show of classical music greatest hits and a stunning display of fireworks, takes place on Tuesday, August 2, 2011. One of the festival’s most beloved…
(LENOX, Mass.) – This weekend’s highlights at Tanglewood include the Berkshires’ own Peter Serkin, the world-renowned concert artist, joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra for an all-Brahms program on Saturday night. The weekend kicks off on Friday night with pianist Orion Weiss, filling in for the ailing Leon Fleisher, joining the BSO in a program of…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Ecuadorian-Floridian pop experimentalist Roberto Carlos Lange, a new generation’s answer to Tom Zé, performs his gauzy electronic soundscapes under the nom-de-band Helado Negro at Club Helsinki in Hudson, N.Y., on Saturday, July 30, at 9 p.m. Helado Negro’s alternate universe features lilting melodies, purred Spanish lyrics and beats that dance from tranquil…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Beauty In Decay, a group show of photography and a solo show of sculpture by Gordon Chandler, opens at Ferrin Gallery on Saturday, July 30, with a reception from 4 to 6. The two exhibitions with the same title explore themes of beauty drawn from decaying surfaces, objects and structures. The photography…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Artscape, a public outdoor art exhibition, resumes its monthly tours of public art in downtown Pittsfield on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. Artist and educator Craig Langlois narrates the 90-minute tours, which conclude on Oct. 8. Free of charge and made possible by a grant from the Pittsfield Cultural Council, the Artscape…
(BECKET, Mass.) – South Korea’s award-winning contemporary company LDP/Laboratory Dance Project headlines Korea Week, a special program focusing on dance from Korea, at Jacob’s Pillow from Wednesday, July 27 to Sunday, July 31, 2001. Korea Week also includes a free performance by the Korean Traditional Music and Dance Institute on the Indoor/Outdoor stage on Thursday,…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Singers Jay Farrar and Mia Dyson, authors Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding, Julie Klausner, and Jami Attenberg, and a half-dozen National Poetry Slam champs, including Buddy Wakefield, Rachel McKibbens and the Berkshires’ own Taylor Mali, will be featured at the 2011 Word X Word Festival, a week of live performances celebrating…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) — The Clark’s chamber music series begins with the acclaimed Borealis String Quartet on Tuesday, August 2 at 8 pm. For their concert at The Clark, the Borealis String Quartet will perform Haydn’s Quartet in G Major, Opus 76, No. 1; the premiere performance of local composer Stephen Dankner’s Quartet No. 12; and…
