END-DAYS DOC by BILLSVILLE FILMMAKER GETS SCREENING at TRIPLEX
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – “Good People Go To Hell, Saved People Go To Heaven,” a new documentary by Williamstown filmmaker Holly Hardman examining the arcane world of evangelical outreach rallies, high-octane church services, and old-time tent revivals, will be screened at the Triplex Cinema on Sunday, January 19 at 11am, in a presentation by the BIFF REEL Friends Film Society. Film director Hardman will be in attendance for a Q&A following the film. The event includes a farm-to-table brunch prepared by chef Daire Rooney of Allium Restaurant.
Izhar Patkin
IZHAR PATKIN OPENING RECEPTION and ARTIST TALK at MASS MoCA
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Izhar Patkin discusses his exhibition, The Wandering Veil, with writer and curator David Ross, at MASS MoCA on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 2pm. The talk is expected to cover politics and the role of narrative, symbolism, and representation in art today, and will be followed by the official opening reception for the exhibition.
HONKY-TONK AMERICANA FESTIVAL COMING to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Seth’s Sauerkraut Revue, a mini-festival of regional Americana and honky-tonk performers hosted by “Sauerkraut” Seth Travins, returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 9pm, featuring Two Gun Man; Chops, Sauerkraut and the Velvet Frog; Chris Neumann; and special surprise guests.
Young Edith Wharton
EDITH WHARTON: POP STAR at THE MOUNT
(LENOX, Mass.) – Edith Wharton continues to find relevance with contemporary audiences, and popular culture continues to find relevance in the works of Edith Wharton, and The Mount – the home of Wharton – honors the acclaimed author with three special events showcasing Wharton in current-day context, beginning on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 3pm, with pop culture journalist David Kamp in a discussion entitled “From The House of Mirth to The House of Crawley: Downton Abbey Hits The Mount.”
BESSIE AWARD WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER BRINGS WORK-IN-PROGRESS to MASS MOCA
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Working with an all-star team of dancers and designers,
choreographer Beth Gill will present a work-in-progress performance of New Work for the Desert in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA, where she has been developing the piece while in residence, on Saturday, January 18, 2014, at 8pm. Presented in association with Vermont Performance Lab, as part of the Hatchery Project, the showing will feature technical and choreographic elements achieved during Gill’s residency.
SWEAR AND SHAKE BRINGS INDIE-FOLK to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Brooklyn-based neo-folk outfit Swear and Shake brings its hard-charging indie-folk to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, January 19, at 8pm. The band may remind some listeners of 10,000 Maniacs, another folk-rock group with roots in upstate New York.