BRUSHY ONE STRING BRINGS RAW JAMAICAN SOUND to MASS MoCA
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Brushy One String brings his mix of reggae, blues, rap, and traditional African rhythms, as well as his classical guitar with only one string (a D string), to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, January 11, 2014, at 8pm. The Jamaica-born performer – who with his voice and single string is a veritable one-man band – has garnered countless fans across the world through live performances, YouTube videos, and as a featured musician in the documentary film “RiseUp,” about the underground music scene of Jamaica.
Bettye LaVette
BETTYE LAVETTE BRINGS DISTINCTIVE SOUL-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Soul singer Bettye LaVette, the self-described “overnight sensation after 50 years in the music business,” brings her impassioned, elastic vocals and her dynamic R&B remakes of pop and rock hits by the likes of the Who, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, the Animals, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Lucinda Williams and Sinead O’Connor to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, January 11, 2014, at 9pm.
LINCOLN RUSSELL to DISCUSS PHOTOGRAPHIC NUDES at SOHN FINE ART GALLERY
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – An artist’s talk and book signing featuring photographer Lincoln Russell will take place at Sohn Fine Art Gallery on Saturday, January 11, 2014, from 2 to 4pm. The event is in conjunction with the exhibition NUDE, featuring the work of a dozen artists, and which has been extended through mid-March. Russell’s paranormal panoramic scenes are included in the exhibition; his books include “Artist Seeking Models,” “Adventures in Burgundy,” and “An Intimate Portrait of Seiji Ozawa, Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.”
PHOTOGRAPHERS SHARE GLOBAL VISUAL JOURNEY in BERKSHIRE MUSEUM SERIES
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – An Infinite Odyssey, a four-part series of illustrated talks by international photographers Dan Mead and Sally Eagle of MeadEagle Photos, continues on Saturday, January 11, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at Berkshire Museum, with Untamed: Wild and Endangered Animals. The photographers will share their stunning images of wildlife, nature, and foreign cultures along with fascinating tales of their extensive travels to some of the most majestic and breathtaking locations in the world. Untamed: Wild and Endangered Animals, the second talk in the series, will include images of silverback gorillas in Rwanda, big cats in Kenya, majestic grizzly bears in Alaska, and much more.
YIDDISH BOOK CENTER EXHIBIT DOCUMENTS CREATION of AMERICAN FAMILY
(AMHERST, Mass.) – No One Remembers Alone: Memory, Migration, and the Making of an American Family, an exhibition that tells the story of an American family that immigrated from Eastern Europe through postcards, photographs, travel documents, and materials from newly opened Soviet archives, is on exhibit at the Yiddish Book Center through March 2014.