John Irving
JOHN IRVING, TREAT WILLIAMS to ATTEND WILLIAMSTOWN FILM FESTIVAL
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Academy Award-winner John Irving and actor Treat Williams will participate in the 15th annual Williamstown Film Festival. The festival is screening thirty films and hosting events in Williamstown and North Adams from Wednesday, October 30 through Sunday, November 3, 2013.
Vusi Mahlasela
TAJ MAHAL HEADLINES ‘WORLD BLUES’ CONCERT at MAHAIWE
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Iconic folk-blues legend Taj Mahal headlines an evening of “world blues” at the Mahaiwe on Sunday, November 3, 2013, at 7pm. Also appearing on the bill celebrating American blues music’s global influence are South African guitarist/vocalist Vusi Mahlasela – known simply as “The Voice” in his homeland — and blues-rock group Fredericks Brown, a band featuring Mahal’s daughter, Deva Mahal, who hails from New Zealand.
Meg Hutchinson
SINGER-SONGWRITER MEG HUTCHINSON BRINGS NEW SONGS, SOUND to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Meg Hutchinson, a Berkshire native who came of age creatively at the original Club Helsinki in Great Barrington, Mass., brings her new body of work as heard on her terrific new album, “Beyond That” (Red House Records), to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday November 1, at 9pm.
Dust Bowl Faeries
HALLOWEEN CONCERT and EXHIBIT in DOWNTOWN NORTH ADAMS
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Halloween will be marked with more than just trick-or-treating in downtown North Adams this year. In addition to the traditional festivities, there will be a Music Macabre multimedia event featuring Ryder & Hazel with the Dust Bowl Faeries and Shana Falana, and REWILDERMENT: Passing Through the Veil Between Worlds, an exhibition of collaborative and solo works by three New York-based artists: Sarah Falkner, Shannon Taggart and C. Ryder Cooley. The concert takes place on Thursday, October 31, 2013, at 8pm, at Branch Gallery, 18 Holden St., around the corner from Gallery 51, where there will be an opening reception for REWILDERMENT from 5 to 8pm with Ye Olde Dee Jay Mark Mulherrin spinning 78s.