A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Canadian acoustic folk-pop duo Dala will perform an intimate evening of holiday classics and original music in the Eleanor Furst Auditorium at the MCLA Church Street Center on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at 7:30pm. This will be the third time the Juno Award nominees and winners of the 2010 Canadian Folk…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Woodstock soul-rock singer-songwriter Simi Stone brings her signature brand of “Mountain Motown” music and her all-star band comprised of bandmates of David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, the B-52s, and Gang of Four when she returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, December 6, at 9pm, capping off Hudson’s annual “Winterwalk” event. Stone’s band…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Works by Vivaldi, Handel, Pergolesi, Monteverdi, Telemann and J. S. Bach will be performed by members of Baroque ensembles including the Diderot Quartet, Apollo’s Fire, the Handel and Haydn Society, Les Arts Florrisants, and New Utrecht Baroque in “A Holiday Celebration — Best of the Baroque,” the second in Close…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The legendary reggae group The Wailers – led by founding bassist Aston “Family Man” Barrett – bring their patented Jamaican riddims to the Colonial Theatre on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, at 7:30pm. Best known for their groundbreaking work with the late Bob Marley, the Wailers – who have also played or performed…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Self-taught artist Paul Graubard is the subject of a retrospective exhibition of his paintings at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in December 2014. The show opens Friday, December 5 and runs through December 27. There will be a reception with the artist on Friday, December 5, from 5 to 8pm during…
NEW EDITH WHARTON ONE-ACTS GET STAGING at THE MOUNT THANKSGIVING WEEKEND (LENOX, Mass.) – Two new adaptations of Edith Wharton short stories, “The Long Run” and “The Rembrandt,” will receive a Thanksgiving Week run at The Mount from Wednesday, November 26, to Sunday, November 30, 2014. The program is a cooperative venture between the Wharton…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Once again the holiday-funk spectacular Holidelic – the brainchild of Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, actor and dancer Everett Bradley – will usher in the holiday season at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday and Saturday, November 28 and 29, at 9pm. Part dance party, part funk concert, part comedy show, the Yuletide-themed event features…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Two new adaptations of Edith Wharton short stories, “The Long Run” and “The Rembrandt,” will receive a Thanksgiving Week run at The Mount from Wednesday, November 26, to Sunday, November 30, 2014. In “The Long Run” (1916), Ames, a gentleman engineer, returns to his social circle in New York after twelve years’…
CLARK ART EXHIBIT CONSIDERS MONET’S INFLUENCE on ELLSWORTH KELLY (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Monet | Kelly, the first exhibition to consider the influence of Impressionist painter Claude Monet on the works of leading contemporary American artist Ellsworth Kelly, opens at the Clark Art Institute on Sunday, November 23. The works in the exhibition were selected by…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Chuck Prophet, one of contemporary rock’s greatest songwriters, brings his group, the Mission Express, back to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, November 22, at 9pm. Chuck Prophet writes and sings wry, trenchant rock songs that connect the dots, musical and otherwise, between Tom Petty and Warren Zevon. Stylistically, Prophet embraces a host…
