A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(NORTH ADAMS, MASS.) – The ReMINDers and Maya Azucena headline the 10th Annual Blues and Funk Festival at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) on Friday, February 6, and Saturday, February 7, 2015, at 7:30pm in the MCLA Venable Gymnasium at 375 Church St. Other performers include the Berkshires’ own Albert Cummings Band, Arthur Holmes…
(WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – For months about 20 artists have answered a call for submissions on coffee-inspired art. The results, grouped in the exhibition “Coffee as Muse,” will be on display at No. Six Depot and celebrated with a reception on Sunday February 8, 2015, from 3 to 5pm. Among the artists whose works are…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Works by master silkscreen artist Jon Ahlen, a Pittsfield native, will inaugurate the Shire City Sanctuary Gallery with a solo exhibition, opening with an artist’s reception on Friday, February 6, 2015, from 5 to 8pm. Ahlen began his printing career as a young man at Pittsfield-based Editions Limited, a high-end silk screen…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Four-time Grammy Award-winning South African vocal and dance troupe Ladysmith Black Mambazo – best known for its groundbreaking work with Paul Simon on his landmark “Graceland” album – brings its joyful choral music to the Mahaiwe on Friday, February 6, 2015, at 8pm. In 2015, Ladysmith Black Mambazo – led by…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Barnstar!, an all-star collective of bluegrass and roots-music talent, will celebrate the release of its new album, “Sit Down! Get Up! Get Out!,” at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, February 6, at 9pm. Using the familiar tools of the genre, Barnstar! forges its own brand of song-based bluegrass, gloriously harmonized and raucously…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – The American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) will perform works by Tchaikovsky, Korngold, and Carl Reinecke, in a concert conducted by Leon Botstein, music director, and featuring Concerto Competition winners, at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College on Friday, February 6, 2015, and Saturday, February 7, at 8pm. The program…
GLOBAL HIP-HOP OUTFIT NOMADIC MASSIVE HEADS to MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Nomadic Massive brings its global hip-hop and dance rhythms to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, January 31, at 7pm. Claiming its hometown as “Montreal, Chile, Haiti, Brazil, France, Argentina, St-Vincent, Barbados, France, and Algeria,” the group – based…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Nomadic Massive brings its global hip-hop and dance rhythms to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, January 31, 2015, at 7pm. Claiming its hometown as “Montreal, Chile, Haiti, Brazil, France, Argentina, St-Vincent, Barbados, France, and Algeria,” the group – based in Montreal — is a force to be reckoned…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – “Waking the Sleeping Giant,” a 1972 work by Herbie Hancock crafted for structured improvisation for solo piano and electronics, will form the basis for “You Can Say That Again!,” an evening concert of electronic music and jazz by pianist/composer Bob Gluck, avant-garde keyboard and computer composer Neil Rolnick, and bassist Christopher…
MASS MoCA EXHIBIT ‘BIBLIOTHECAPHILIA’ EXPLORES LOVE of LIBRARIES (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Bibliothecaphilia, an exhibition exploring the medium and ethos of libraries and featuring the work of six artists, goes on view at MASS MoCA beginning Saturday, January 24, 2015. Participating artists include Clayton Cubitt, Jonathan Gitelson, Susan Hefuna, Meg Hitchcock, Dan Peterman, and Jena…
