A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshire region, including a Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble singing death metal; Katie Roiphe in conversation; a young blues guitar sensation; and a whole lotta dancin’ going on.
A scene from Heaven on One’s Head by Pam Tanowitz Dance (photo Chris Duggan)
PAM TANOWITZ, FLEXN DANCE at JACOB’S PILLOW
(BECKET, Mass.) – Pam Tanowitz Dance makes its debut at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in the Doris Duke Theatre from Wednesday, August 17, through Sunday, August 21, in a program accompanied by FLUX Quartet, with music by composers Julia Wolfe (Bang on a Can), Dan Siegler, and Conlon Nancarrow.
The Chase Brock Experience (photo Danie Roberts)
CHASE BROCK EXPERIENCE DANCES to NELLIE MCKAY MUSIC at PS21
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – The Chase Brock Experience performs in the third annual Chatham Dance Festival, a month-long celebration of American dance at PS21 on Friday and Saturday, August 19 and 20 at 8pm. The program features dances set to music by Nellie McKay, Joshua Rosenbloom, and the New Christy Minstrels among others.
Katie Roiphe
AUTHOR KATIE ROIPHE in CONVERSATION at THE MOUNT
(LENOX, Mass.) – Essayist Katie Roiphe discusses her work with cultural critic Kate Bolick as part of the annual Touchstones series at The Mount on Thursday, August 18, at 5:30pm. Katie Roiphe is the author of several books, including “The Morning After: Sex, Fear, and Feminism”; “Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Marriages”; “In Praise of Messy Lives: Essays”; and a novel, “Still She Haunts Me.”
Roomful of Teeth
ROOMFUL OF TEETH TACKLE DEATH METAL, NICK ZAMMUTO, and RINDE ECKERT at MASS MoCA
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — Roomful of Teeth, the ensemble of Grammy Award-winning vocal titans led by Williams College faculty member Brad Wells, returns to its summer home at MASS MoCA to create new works and hone techniques, culminating in a performance of works Nick Zammuto, Toby Twining, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Rinde Eckert among others in the Hunter Center on Friday, August 19, at 8pm.
Quinn Sullivan (photo Seth Rogovoy)
QUINN SULLIVAN BRINGS ELECTRIC BLUES to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Blues guitar prodigy Quinn Sullivan brings his electric blues sound to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, August 21 at 8pm. Sullivan is noted as much for his singing and songwriting as he is for blistering playing.