A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Storyboard P and his troupe, the Warriorz, bring their stylized street dance to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, February 28, 2015, at 8pm. Storyboard P has been called “the Basquiat of street dance,” and “a man whose dancing seems to belong less to the limitations of the human body…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The adventurous Momenta Quartet will perform works by Charles Ives and Tan Dun at Simon’s Rock College as part of the South Berkshire Concerts series on Saturday, February 28 at 8pm in the McConnell Auditorium of the Daniel Arts Center. The program will include the Second String Quartet of Charles Ives…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Grammy Award-nominated North Mississippi Allstars and singer-guitarist Anders Osborne will combine forces as N.M.O. (North Mississippi Osbornes) at Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, March 1, 2015, at 8pm. The evening will feature one acoustic and one electric set, combining the Southern blues-rock approach of the North Mississippi Allstars with Anders Osborne’s…
ACCLAIMED AUTHOR LYDIA DAVIS to READ at WILLIAMS (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Short story writer Lydia Davis, winner of the Man Booker International Prize as well as a host of other awards, will read from her works of fiction in Griffin Hall, Room 3, at Williams College tonight (Wednesday, February 18, 2015) at 7pm. The reading…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Short story writer Lydia Davis, winner of the Man Booker International Prize as well as a host of other awards, will read from her works of fiction in Griffin Hall, Room 3, at Williams College tonight (Wednesday, February 18, 2015) at 7pm. The reading is free and open to the public. Lyda…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Musicians who teach jazz at Williams College will offer a Jazz Faculty Concert, featuring all original compositions, in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall on the Williams College campus on Thursday, February 19, at 8pm. The concert is free and open to the public. The ensemble includes jazz director Kris Allen, saxophonist Mike Kolodny, trombonist…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – New York City-based pianist Bill Mays will offer a program called “Ten Decades of Jazz Piano” as part of the Pittsfield 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 8pm, at Baba Louie’s Backroom. The program, a presentation of Berkshires Jazz, takes familiar works by 10 different composers – one…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Artist Mark Dion will discuss his career and The Octagon Room, his current installation, in Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 5:30 pm. The Octagon Room is a mini-retrospective that is equal parts cabinet of curiosity, Victorian sitting room, and military bunker, from the artist known…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Author and film critic Peter Biskind will discuss “An Insider’s View of Celebrity Journalism” as part of the monthly, free Authors & Artists Series at the Chatham Public Library on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at 3 pm. A renowned film critic for many years, Biskind is well known in Columbia County for…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Mavis Staples, a scion of America’s first family of socially conscious soul-gospel music and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, brings her contemporary sound, crafted in collaboration with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, February 22, at 8pm. Even after achieving the status of…
