A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(LENOX, Mass.) – Among the highlights of this weekend’s programs at Tanglewood is the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom’s Circus Overture, commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to celebrate conductor Leonard Slatkin’s 70th birthday, on Friday, August 8, 2014, in a program featuring violinist Gil Shaham and BSO principal oboe John…
(NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass.) – The Boston Duo, a husband-and wife team of Boston Symphony violinist Tatiana Dimitriades and pianist Jonathan Bass, will inaugurate the 2014 season of the Music & More chamber series at historic Meeting House on the Village Green on Saturday, August 9, 2014, at 4:30 pm. Making its festival debut, the…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – “Dancing Lessons,” the new romantic comedy by playwright and BSC associate artist Mark St. Germain, receives its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) from Thursday, August 7, 2014, through Sunday, August 24. Directed by Barrington Stage artistic director Julianne Boyd, “Dancing Lessons” stars John Cariani and Paige Davis. The play centers…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Hard-driving modern jazz trio the Bad Plus joins forces with dynamic saxophonist and improviser Joshua Redman for a unique program at the Mahaiwe on Friday, August 8 at 8pm. The Bad Plus initially gained fame for its innovative jazz versions of modern tunes by rock bands including Blondie, Nirvana, the Bee…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The PigPen Theatre Company brings its critically acclaimed, low-fi, original music-theater production, “The Old Man and the Old Moon,” to the Nikos Stage at the Williamstown Theatre Festival from Wednesday, August 6, 2014, through Sunday, August 17. The “play with music,” as the troupe of seven — all of whom met…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Eclipse, a site-specific installation at MASS MoCA on view beginning Saturday, August 9, 2014, evolved from a series of conversations between New Yorker writer Elizabeth Kolbert and artist duo Sayler/Morris (Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris). The exhibition examines species extinction through the passenger pigeon, whose once-massive population disappeared 100 years ago.…
(LENOX, Mass.) — Authors Andre Dubus III, Joanna Rakoff, Scott Stossel, and Jennifer Finney Boylan will take part in “Touchstones,” a new interview series at The Mount featuring celebrated journalist Kate Bolick in conversation with leading writers. The one-hour conversations will take place on four successive Friday evenings: August 8, August 15, August 22, and…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — The world-renowned Bard Music Festival, now celebrating its Silver Jubilee with an exploration of “Schubert and His World,” opens Friday, August 8, 2014, with Weekend One: The Making of a Romantic Legend, featuring five themed concerts including orchestral and chamber concerts, recitals, operetta, plus talks, panel discussions, and commentary, at the Fisher Center…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Bringing a contemporary variation on the traditional coming of age story, David Roussève/REALITY comes to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with the company’s latest dance-theatre work, Stardust, running from Wednesday, August 6, through Sunday, August 10, 2014, in the Doris Duke Theatre. The 80-minute piece explores the world of a young, gay, African-American…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Jerry Douglas, whose name is practically synonymous with the resonator guitar called the Dobro, and whose playing has been heard on over 2,000 albums, garnering him 13 Grammy Awards, three Country Music Association’s ‘Musician of the Year’ awards, a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Lifetime…
