Kim Gordon and Bill Nace are Body/Head
SONIC YOUTH’S KIM GORDON BRINGS NEW DUO to MASS MoCA
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Sonic Youth cofounder Kim Gordon brings her newest musical project, Body/Head — a Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd-inspired improvisational duo – to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, March 15, at 8pm. Joining Gordon will be Northampton-based free-noise guitarist Bill Nace.
The Berkshire Symphony
BERKSHIRE SYMPHONY TACKLES FITCH, RANDS, and BEETHOVEN
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Berkshire Symphony will perform works by Keith Fitch, Bernard Rands, and Ludwig van Beethoven in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus on Friday, March 14, at 8 p.m. There is a pre-concert talk with guest conductor Michael Adelson before the concert at 7:15 p.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, adjacent to the main venue. Both of these events are free and open to the public. Adelson continues the Berkshire Symphony’s tradition of programming that compares and contrasts the great works of yesterday and today.
Chops
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, March 15, at 9pm, featuring Miss Tess; Melora Creager (of Rasputina); Pat Linnan (of Nature Films); the Minivans; Robby Lee Coalter; Chris Neumann; and a reunion of Jim Krewson and Jennie Benford (of Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops). The house band for the evening will be Chops and Sauerkraut.
Shane Baker
YIDDISH THEATER STARS to STAGE VAUDEVILLE PURIM at YIDDISH BOOK CENTER
(AMHERST, Mass.) – Shane Baker, the king of contemporary Yiddish vaudeville, joins forces with contemporary Yiddish theater stars Yelena Shmulenson and Allen Lewis Rickman to present Purim Shmurim, a modern-day megillah, mixing music, magic, and mummery – the tale of Esther told through favorite folk and theater tunes, classic comedy sketches, snippets of historical Purim plays, and a little legerdemain to top it all off – at the Yiddish Book Center on the campus of Hampshire College on Sunday, March 16, at 7pm.
JIMMY GREENE QUARTET BRINGS ORIGINAL JAZZ to WILLIAMS
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Jimmy Greene Quartet, led by saxophonist, composer, and educator Jimmy Greene, will perform at Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus on Saturday, March 15, at 8 p.m. In a concert featuring many of Greene’s own compositions, he will be joined by pianist Xavier Davis, bassist Dezron Douglas, and drummer Jonathan Barber. This free event is open to the public.
DINNER, SCREENING, and DISCUSSION to FOCUS on HUNGER
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Hunger will be on the plate, as well as a free community dinner, a film screening, and a panel discussion, when the Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) and Monument Mountain Regional High School join forces to present an evening focusing on the plague of hunger on Thursday, March 13, at Monument Mountain Regional High School. The dinner will begin at 5:30, with a screening of the award-winning documentary, A Place At The Table, narrated by Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges, at 6:30. This event is free and open to the public. No reservations required.