The Klezmatics
THE 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 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. Founded in 1986 in New York City, the Klezmatics almost singlehandedly pioneered the klezmer renaissance, helping to revive the traditional music and give it a contemporary, universal appeal in much the same way the Beatles did with rock ‘n’ roll.
Allison Moorer
ALLISON MOORER BRINGS COUNTRY-LACED FOLK-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Singer-songwriter Allison Moorer will bring her country-inflected brand of folk-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, November 15, at 9pm. The Alabama-raised singer — the younger sister of country singer Shelby Lynne and sometime singing-partner of Americana icon Steve Earle — garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for “A Soft Place to Fall,” which was featured in Robert Redford’s film “The Horse Whisperer.”
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.
Edward Arron
BRAHMS, MOZART FEATURED in CHAMBER CONCERT at THE CLARK
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Cellist Edward Arron leads a string quintet performing works by Mozart, Brahms, Arvo Pärt, and Giya Kancheli.at The Clark on Sunday, November 17, 2013, at 2 pm. Arron will be joined by world-renowned violinists Jennifer Frautschi and Tessa Lark and violists Che-Hung Chen and Max Mandel, all performing artists in residence at The Clark.
POLISH SILENT FILM CLASSIC GIVEN NEW LIFE WITH NEW SCORE
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – “The Yellow Ticket,” a forgotten gem of the silent film era, will be screened at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at 8pm, with a new score composed and performed live by violinist Alicia Svigals. Featuring a larger-than-life performance by the great Polish silent film star Pola Negri, the film is the first film to explore anti-Semitism in imperial Russia.
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OMAR SOSA BRINGS MILES DAVIS ‘KIND OF BLUE’ TRIBUTE to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Cuban pianist Omar Sosa brings his Afri-Lectric Sextet, performing a tribute to Miles Davis’s landmark “Kind of Blue” album, to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at 8pm. The ensemble features trumpeter Joo Kraus and saxophonist Peter Apfelbaum.