(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — The Campbell Brothers bring their signature “sacred steel” guitars to Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) as they headline this year’s GospelFest on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 7pm, in the MCLA Church Street Center. In addition to the Campbell Brothers, who will perform with vocalist Katie Jackson, Harold “Zion” Edwards…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – LeeSaar The Company, an international dance-theatre ensemble founded in Israel and now based in New York City, performs grass and jackals, a new performance work which is alternately funny, scary, violent, disturbing, dreamy and intensely erotic, in MASS MoCA‘s Hunter Center on Friday, February 8, 2013, at 8 p.m. The piece…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Brooklyn-based dance-rock outfit Superhuman Happiness brings its unique combination of funky Afrobeat and infectious electronica to MASS MoCA‘s Club B-10 into Dance Club B-10 on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at 8 p.m. Featuring multiple instrumentalists including charismatic percussionists and brass players, the group boasts a big sound and joyful spirit. Its…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – As the culmination of a technical residency at MASS MoCA, the unique contemporary theater company Half Straddle presents Seagull (Thinking of you), a new, experimental interpretation of Anton Chekhov’s classic play, The Seagull, in the Hunter Center on Saturday, December 15, at 7:30 pm. At MASS MoCA, Half Straddle partners with…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – After a week-long dance residency, Alaskan choreographer Emily Johnson and her company, Catalyst, present a work-in-progress showing of her newest work, Niicugni (Listen), in MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center on Friday, November 16, 2012, at 8 pm. Up to 40 participants from the local community will participate in this piece. Johnson will…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Ben Perowsky’s Moodswing Orchestra, featuring emcee TK Wonder and singer Jennifer Charles, brings its dance-floor-ready trip-hop sounds to MASS MoCA’s Club B-10 on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at 8 p.m. Rounding out drummer and bandleader Perowsky’s funky combo onstage will be David Baron on keyboards and Michael Blake on saxophone. Ben…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Before popular world-building games like Sim City and Minecraft, there was visual artist Jerry Gretzinger. Gretzinger has created a vast living map comprised of individual, handcrafted panels, a map which evolves and shape-shifts as he reworks a panel every day. With over 2,600 painted and collaged panels spanning a jaw-dropping 2,000…
(NORTH ADAMS and PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The most famous novel ever written in the Berkshires – and perhaps anywhere in America and the world – comes to life this week courtesy of the Gare St. Lazare Players Ireland, when they bring their innovative adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick to the MCLA Church Street Center in…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Downtown North Adams will host 10 new art exhibitions and live performances by MCLA’s fine and performing arts students and local bands on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, from 6 to 9 p.m., as part of DownStreet Art 2012. All events are family-friendly, free and open to the public. The celebration begins…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – MCLA Gallery 51 will present Compendium, a solo exhibition of new drawings and sculptures by local artist Richard Criddle, from Friday, August 30, 2012, through September 23, 2012. A free reception will be held Thursday, August 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. as part of the DownStreet Art Thursday celebration. Richard…
