A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(AMHERST, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, Frank London and the Yidstock All-Stars, and David Krakauer’s Mazel Tov Cocktail Party headline the 11th annual YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music, taking place at the Yiddish Book Center over the course of four days, Thursday, July 13-Sunday, July 16, 2023. YIDSTOCK artistic director Seth Rogovoy curated this…
With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … TAYLOR MAC RETURNS to MASS MoCA Taylor Mac and longtime musical partner Matt Ray sit down with MASS MoCA director Kristy Edmunds to dig into…
With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … Fans of chamber music have lots to choose from this weekend. THE ORCHESTRA NOW OFFERS FREE CHAMBER MUSIC at BARD FISHER CENTER Members of The…
With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND and SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS at MAHAIWE Tonight at 8pm at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., the Dirty Dozen Brass Band…
With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … TRIBE DEBUTS ‘Touch of RED’ at MASS MoCA The visionary arts collective TRIBE—led by artistic director and choreographer Shamel Pitts—debuts its new program, Touch of RED,…
With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … PALMER TRIO JOINS CANTILENA CHOIR for DANCE-RELATED PROGRAM Music at Trinity and the Cantilena Chamber Choir present Music for the Dance, a program combining choral…
With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … STRING BEAN PARTY BRINGS QUIRKY ACOUSTIC BLEND to DEWEY HALL Old-time acoustic duo String Bean Party brings its quirky blend of early folk, string-band music,…
With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … FRESHGRASS BRINGS GARY CLARK JR., YOLA and TANYA TUCKER to MASS MoCA The annual FreshGrass Festival of roots music at MASS MoCA in North Adams takes place…
With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … PATRICK WATSON in SHEFFIELD, Mass., and WOODSTOCK, N.Y. Montreal-based singer-songwriter Patrick Watson bookends our region with two shows this weekend, playing Race Brook Lodge in…
With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … THE ORCHESTRA NOW PLAYS MAHLER’S FIFTH The Orchestra Now kicks off its eighth season with Mahler’s heroic Fifth Symphony plus George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs and…
