BerkshireWeekend Cultural Preview, November 6-10, 2013

JavelinPOP-COLLAGE DUO JAVELIN BRINGS OTHERWORLDLY SOUNDS to MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Boom box-wielding duo Javelin brings its witty, catchy collage of catchy melodies, ethereal vocals, synth-pop soundscapes and danceable rhythms to MASS MoCA‘s intimate Club B-10 on Saturday, November 9, 2013, at 8pm

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Playwright Lauren Gunderson

Playwright Lauren Gunderson

PLAY ABOUT VOLTAIRE’S MISTRESS at WAM THEATRE

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Lauren Gunderson’s play Emilie: La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight receives its Northeast regional premiere in a production by WAM Theatre, on Barrington Stage’s St. Germain Stage in the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (36 Linden St.) from November 7 through November 24, 2013. Emilie Du Châtelet (1706-1749), best known for her 15-year-liaison with Voltaire, the French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher, was far more than a great man’s mistress. She became a highly regarded interpreter of modern physics and a master of mathematics and linguistics during the Age of Enlightenment. In the play, Emilie searches for a formula that will convince the world of her worth by tallying her achievements in love and philosophy.

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GORDON LIGHTFOOT to PLAY HITS at THE COLONIAL

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Revered folk-pop singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot performs at the Colonial Theatre on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 8pm. The Grammy Award-nominated and Songwriters Hall Of Fame inductee is expected to play well-known hits from throughout his career as well as some deep album cuts for the longtime fans, on what is being called the “50 Years on the Carefree Highway Tour.”

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Wendell Minor, "Heartland (Red Barn Flag)," 1989. Cover illustration for "Heartland" by Diane Siebert, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York. ©Wendell Minor. All rights reserved.

Wendell Minor, “Heartland (Red Barn Flag),” 1989. Cover illustration for “Heartland” by Diane Siebert, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York. ©Wendell Minor. All rights reserved.

WENDELL MINOR EXHIBITION at NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Norman Rockwell Museum celebrates award-winning illustrator Wendell Minor’s four-decade career — highlighting his many cover illustrations and children’s books illustrations, each inspired by his love of history, art, science, and the natural world — in Wendell Minor’s America, on view from November 9, 2013 through May 26, 2014. Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough, who has collaborated with the artist on such books as “1776,” “John Adams,” and “Truman,” will offer remarks during a special exhibition opening at the museum on Saturday, November 9, 2013, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

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Omaha Diner

Omaha Diner

JAZZ SUPERGROUP PLAYS NUMBER-ONE POP HITS at CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Omaha Diner, a jazz supergroup featuring guitarist Charlie Hunter, trumpeter Steven Bernstein, saxophonist Skerik and drummer Bobby Previte, will tackle the top of the pop charts, playing jazz versions of number-one pop hits from the 1950s to today, at Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, November 7, at 8pm.

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'House on West Kerley' by Joel Griffith

‘House on West Kerley’ by Joel Griffith

NEUMANN FINE ART to FEATURE JOEL GRIFFITH, PAINTER LAUREATE of TIVOLI, in SOLO EXHIBITION

(HILLSDALE, N.Y.) –  Oil paintings by Joel Griffith will be displayed at Neumann Fine Art  (65 Cold Water St) from November 9, 2013, through January 4, 2014. A reception and gallery talk by the artist will take place on Saturday, November 30, at 5pm. Joel Griffith was named the official Painter Laureate of his hometown of Tivoli, N.Y., in 2003. His paintings, many of which grace the walls of Tivoli’s Town Hall, “are like a great story told at the local bar by a profound poet with a visionary eye,” said Bard College associate professor Tim Davis in an essay on Griffith’s work.

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Don EdwardsDON EDWARDS to SING COWBOY BALLADS at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.)  – Cowboy singer Don Edwards, who favors the Western half of the Country & Western equation, performs at MASS MoCA in the Hunter Center on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 8pm. No one knows cowboy lore like Grammy Award-nominated singer and guitarist Don Edwards. Equal parts historian, musicologist, and balladeer, Edwards croons and spins canonical tales of the American West with passion, poetry, and sharp factual detail.

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Tote by Janet McKinstry

Tote by Janet McKinstry

‘MEET THE ARTIST’ RECEPTION at RED LION INN  

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – The Red Lion Inn Gift Shop will be hosting five Berkshire County artists for the third “Meet the Artistreception on Saturday, November 9, 2013, from 4 to 6pm in the Side Parlor of the Red Lion Inn. Artists featured are jewelry designers Peg and Frank Biscotti; textile artist and author Janet McKinstry; travel writer Stephanie Abrams; Riverbrook-On-Main artisans; and photographer Stephen Donaldson. Visitors may chat with the artists, who will be on hand to discuss their creative process and showcase their work.

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The Wiyos

The Wiyos

AMERICANA BANDS at CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – It’s a weekend of Americana trios at Club Helsinki Hudson, with old-timey trio the Wiyos on Friday, November 8, 2013, at 9pm, followed by Montreal indie-rockers Plants and Animals on Saturday, November 9, at 9pm. the Wiyos play and compose music inspired by the early American musical idioms of the 1920s and ’30s, including blues, country, ragtime, gospel, and swing. With their inventive folk-rock, Plants and Animals could be Canada’s answer to Wilco.

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elvis costelloELVIS COSTELLO HITS REGION with SOLO CONCERTS

(TROY and KINGSTON, N.Y.) – Elvis Costello will perform two solo concerts in the greater region: at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Wednesday, November 6, 2013; and at the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston, N.Y. on Thursday, November 14, at 8pm. Having just released “Wise Up Ghost,” an album he recorded with the Roots, Costello – who is an amazing entertainer and a wonderful solo performer – is expected to play songs from throughout his career.

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The Klezmatics

The Klezmatics

KLEZMATICS to BRING KLEZMER-ROCK FUSION to MAHAIWE

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, widely considered to be the world’s greatest modern klezmer group, perform at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 8pm. The concert is presented by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst as part of Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music.

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