A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, March 6, at 8pm, for the final swing of his “All Love, Future’s Bright” tour with the Stephen Kellogg Band, celebrating the release of his ninth studio album, “Blunderstone Rookery.” Kellogg got his start in the thriving new-folk scene of Northampton,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Mike Doughty brings his world-renowned, award-winning “Question Jar Show” to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at 9pm. The former Soul Coughing frontman will pick audience questions and requests out of a jar, and his loyal, fervent audience is wickedly good at coming up with extremely weird things to ask.…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Movement artist Jeanine Durning brings her solo performance experiment, inging, to the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance’s Directing Studio at Williams College on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, and Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 8pm both nights. The program is being presented as part of the ’62 Center’s Off-CenterSeries, whose stated mission…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – In his first major museum exhibition on the East Coast, painter Darren Waterston‘s installation Filthy Lucre – the centerpiece of his exhibition Uncertain Beauty – reimagines James McNeill Whistler’s decorative masterpiece Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room (1876-77). The exhibition, for which the artist has been in residency at…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Canadian indie-rock group Cowboy Junkies return to the Mahaiwe with a new batch of their patented alternative country/blues/folk rock songs on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at 8pm. With its quiet, Velvet Underground-influenced drone-rock combined with a rootsy, country-folk approach, the Cowboy Junkies were one of the original bands to give birth…
COLORADO RIVER SALUTED in LIVE MUSIC VIDEO with GRAMMY-WINNING CHORAL GROUP at MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Water Songs: Ha Tay G’am, a new live music and video project exploring the profound history of the Colorado River, featuring compositions by John Luther Adams, William Brittelle, Shara Worden, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Paola Prestini performed…
(WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – There will a reception for artists Shaun O’Boyle and Mariah Doren at No. 6 Depot Gallery on Saturday, March 1, 2014, at 6pm, in honor of their exhibitions currently on display at the gallery, located at 6 Depot Street, in the Old Train Station in West Stockbridge. Shaun O’Boyle’s Housatonic River:…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The Interview, written by artist Guillaume Leblon with curator and critic Thomas Boutoux, will be given a staged reading in Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Thursday, February 27, 2014, at 6pm. The short play takes the format of an interview, centering around Leblon’s desire to produce a non-traditional text on…
(SHEFFIELD, Mass.) – The third annual “Out of the Mouths of Babes” event, part of the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers and featuring readings by a half-dozen female Berkshire writers, will take place on Saturday, March 1, 2014, at 7pm, at Dewey Memorial Hall. In addition to readings, the event will feature live music, video,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Water Songs: Ha Tay G’am, a new live music and video project exploring the profound history of the Colorado River, featuring compositions by John Luther Adams, William Brittelle, Shara Worden, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and Paola Prestini performed by Grammy Award-winning choral group Roomful of Teeth, will receive a work-in-progress staging in…
