A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Walking the dog Theater will perform its trademark long-form improvisational shows for three evenings, Thursday-Saturday, June 26-28, 2014, at 8pm at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century. With long-form improv, which is the focus of this season’s performance, the actors take a theme or familiar story and create a theater piece from it, or they…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Trisha Brown Dance Company kicks off the 2014 annual Bard SummerScape Festival with three performances of Proscenium Works: 1979–2011 this Friday, June 27, at 7:30pm, through Saturday, June 28 at 2pm and 7:30pm, in the Fisher Center. The program features the final creation of MacArthur Fellow Trisha Brown, alongside revivals of…
by Seth Rogovoy In anticipation of seeing Beck perform at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass, on Tuesday, June 24, I’ve checked out a few recent reviews of his performances to try to get some idea of what to expect. I like to be as familiar as I can with the songs I’m going to…
(AMHERST, Mass.) – The Klezmatics and the Klezmer Conservatory Band – widely considered to be the two greatest modern klezmer groups – headline Yidstock 2014: the Festival of New Yiddish Music at the Yiddish Book Center from Thursday, July 17, through Sunday, July 20, 2014. The third annual Yidstock Festival features an international cast of…
ALT-ROCK SUPERSTAR BECK to PERFORM at MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Beck, one of the most critically acclaimed and influential creative forces in alternative rock over the past 20 years, will perform at MASS MoCA on Tuesday, June 24, at 8pm. The concert comes on the heels of the release of “Morning Phase,” a…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – “Working on A Special Day,” a production of The Play Company and Mexico City-based Por Piedad Teatro, runs on the St. Germain Stage at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) from Wednesday, June 18 through Sunday, July 6, 2014. Directed by and featuring Ana Graham and Antonio Vega, “Working on A Special Day” is…
(WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – A staged reading of “How the World Began” by Catherine Trieschmann will take place at No. Six Depot Roastery and Café (6 Depot St.) on Sunday, June 22, 2014, at 3pm, as part of WAM Theatre’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. Trieschmann’s provocative and intelligent play about the collision of faith…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Between now and Friday, June 20, 2014, contributors of $5 or more to the Rogovoy Report will be eligible to win a free pair of tickets – a $60 value — to see Iron and Wine, which performs at MASS MoCA on Sunday, June 22, 2014, at 6pm. Every multiple of $5…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Stasis Horror, more than 80 of Christopher Chiappa‘s riotous paintings – executed on stools – will be installed in the Hunter Center hallway at MASS MoCA on June 21, 2014. Arranged on shelves, designed and built by Chiappa, these playful hybrids of fashion and function read as a collection of individual…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Contemporary string quartet Ethel will perform “Grace,” an innovative, adventurous program featuring works by Ennio Morricone, Jeff Buckley, Vijay Iyer, Son Lux, Marcelo Zarvos, Nico Muhly and others, at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, June 21, 2014, at 8pm. The centerpiece for the program is Ethel’s own adaptation of Ennio Morricone’s score…
