A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – The House Is Open, a temporary exhibition of performance and installation, will take over the Fisher Center at Bard College from Thursday, November 20, 2014, through Sunday, November 23, 2014. This unique event, featuring six major American artists working at the intersection of the visual and performing arts, poses the question: What…
CONCERT POSTPONED DUE TO SNOWSTORM. STAY TUNED FOR MAKEUP DATE…. (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Guitarist Dave Davies, who with his brother, Ray Davies, cofounded the incredibly influential English rock group the Kinks, will perform at the Colonial Theatre on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at 7:30pm. While Ray Davies was the group’s primary singer and songwriter,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Modern Renaissance, Anne Spalter’s recent photo-based art installations, and artKamp: indigo mass, a collaborative contemporary ceramic installation, open at Independent Art Projects on Saturday, November 22, 2014. There will be an opening reception and artists’ talks from 5 to 7pm. artKamp: indigo mass is an exhibition of selected works created during…
(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, 2014. The works in the exhibition were selected by Kelly and include two paintings and eighteen unpublished…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Artist Teresita Fernández – who is renowned for her ability to transform materials and their settings into an enveloping perceptual experience – will discuss her creative process, touching on past work as well as her current MASS MoCA exhibition, As Above So Below, in Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Thursday, November…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Critically acclaimed folk-rock singer-songwriter Josh Ritter brings his “Trying Out Some New Songs and Such” solo tour, an intimate, acoustic set emphasizing a new body of songs yet to be recorded, to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 22, at 8pm. The Moscow, Idaho-native has a literary disposition…
SINGER/SLAM POET AJA MONET to PERFORM at MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass,) – Singer and spoken-word artist Aja Monet, the youngest individual ever to win New York City’s famed Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam Champion title, will perform in Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 15, at 8pm. READ MORE… …
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Diamond Doves brings its unique blend of indie-rock and electronica to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, November 13, at 8pm, along with neo-folk group Last Good Tooth and art-rocker Adam Schatz. Diamond Dove’s soulful, hook-laden pop-rock has drawn comparisons to Arcade Fire, Ben Folds Five, Soul Coughing and Autumn Defense. Singers and…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The current touring lineup of country-rock outfit Pure Prairie League will bring its peaceful, easy feeling to the Colonial on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at 8pm. Best known for the band’s 1973 hit, “Amie,” the group personified the soft-rock sound of the early 1970s. Pure Prairie League’s eponymous first album used a…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., and LAKEVILLE, Conn.) – Works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Zipoli will be presented by Crescendo, featuring the Crescendo Chorus and the Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra, including several Andean instruments will be joined by guest soloists Julianne Baird, soprano, Nicholas Tamagna, countertenor, and Pablo Bustos, tenor, at the First Congregational Church…
