(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theater in downtown Pittsfield, garnered five award nominations from the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) for last summer’s production of the musical The Game. The nominations include Best Musical; Julianne Boyd, Best Director of a Musical; Darren Cohen, Best Musical Director; Jen Moeller, Best Costume…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Suzi Banks Baum was deep in the wilds of raising two healthy teenagers when she realized she was engaged in a major act of creativity. In talking with other mothers, however, she realized how few of them shared her view. Most dismissed their smaller, everyday creative acts as inconsequential, whether they…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Friends and colleagues of Sanjiban Sellew, the much-beloved Berkshire filmmaker, artist, actor and all-around character, have joined hands to raise funds to help defray medical expenses he is incurring while combating brain cancer with a tribute to his work and artistry in Konkapot Big Boys Present Restless Rascal: A Sanjiban Celebration,…
SHEARWATER BRINGS NEW SONGS to CLUB HELSINKI (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Just two weeks after releasing its latest album, Animal Joy, Austin-based indie-rock group Shearwater, an offshoot of critically acclaimed cult band Okkervil River, will perform at Club Helsinki on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at 8 p.m. Founded in 2001 by Okkervil River members Jonathan Meiburg…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Just two weeks after releasing its latest album, Animal Joy, Austin-based indie-rock group Shearwater, an offshoot of critically acclaimed cult band Okkervil River, will perform at Club Helsinki on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at 8 p.m. Founded in 2001 by Okkervil River members Jonathan Meiburg and Will Sheff as an outlet for…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – On Friday, February 24 at 8 p.m., Tenores de Aterúe, a Williamstown-based quartet, will share the unique style of Sardinian singing called cantu a tenore at St. John’s Church in Williamstown. Proceeds from the concert (which also includes music from Corsica and Italy) will go toward funding their first study tour in…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – New York City-born singer/songwriter and instrumental arranger Emily Mure performs at Mission Bar + Tapas on Friday, February 24, 2012, at 9 p.m., as part of the 10×10 on North Festival in downtown Pittsfield. Mure’s original songs in the Americana style are strongly influenced by Irish fiddle tunes, bluegrass, and country music,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Beginning Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Gallery 51 will present Branching Together, an exhibition of work by Helen Hiebert, Sun Young Kang and Michelle Wilson; three artists who use the physicality of paper as a means of telling a story. An opening reception will be held…
(WILLIAMSTOWN and GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Verdi’s sweeping romantic opera Ernani will be screened at The Clark and the Mahaiwe on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at 1p.m., Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera. (There will be an encore screening at the Mahaiwe on Wednesday, March 7, at 1 p.m. at the Mahaiwe.) In Ernani,…
(BOSTON, February 21, 2012) – The Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight is currently voting on passing a bill that will make Steve Martin’s new song, “Me and Paul Revere,” the Commonwealth’s official Revolutionary War song. Martin’s music video for the song premiered today on RollingStone.com. Filmed in an industrial loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,…
