A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Upstate New York’s own ska-reggae group, the Big Takeover, celebrates the release of its new recording, “Children of the Rhythm,” with a release party at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, March 1, at 9pm. The group’s third album, “Children of the Rhythm” boasts the band’s signature blend of upbeat, horn-inflected ska, deep,…
PLAY SURREALIST GAMES with ROGER CLARK MILLER at MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – In smoke-filled rooms along rue Pierre Fontaine in the 1920s, Andre Breton and his co-conspirators developed a corpus of mind-bending games to supplement their new philosophy of surrealism. Musician/performer Roger Clark Miller (Mission of Burma, Alloy Orchestra) brings these riotous, interactive…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Banjoist Noam Pikelny will lead an all-star bluegrass outfit at Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, February 23, 2014, at 8pm, performing as Noam Pikelny & Friends featuring Brian Sutton, Luke Bulla, Barry Bales & Jesse Cobb. With each member being a front man in his own right, the band will present an…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Singer-songwriter Holly Williams, a scion of one of America’s first families of Americana music, brings her unique blend of country, folk and rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, February 21, at 9pm. The granddaughter of the legendary country singer-songwriter Hank Williams and daughter of country star Hank Williams Jr., the 32-year-old…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Kickwheel Ensemble Theater will present a reimagined version of their original theater piece, DARK: An End of the World Play with Music and an Exercise Bike, at Mixed Company in Great Barrington from Friday, February 21, to Sunday, March 2, 2014. Set in the aftermath of a cataclysmic event, DARK chronicles…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – In smoke-filled rooms along rue Pierre Fontaine in the 1920s, Andre Breton and his co-conspirators developed a corpus of mind-bending games to supplement their new philosophy of surrealism. Musician/performer Roger Clark Miller (Mission of Burma, Alloy Orchestra) brings these riotous games to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, February 22,…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Pianist Roy Gerson will take the works of 10 different jazz pianist-composers and reimagine them in his own style with his trio, as part of the 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival, on Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Baba Louie’s Backroom. The concert is a presentation of Berkshires Jazz. With a style that ranges…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The third annual 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival in downtown Pittsfield, featuring an array of art, theater, dance, film, music and more, takes place from Thursday, February 13 to February 23, 2014 in various venues around the city. The festival kicks off on Thursday, February 13, with two art openings at Pittsfield City…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Barrington Stage Company‘s popular 10X10 New Play Festival, featuring ten new 10-minute plays, returns with performances from Thursday, February 13, 2014, through Sunday, March 2, as part of the 2014 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival. This year’s festival includes plays written by Jodi Rothe, Gwendolyn Rice, David MacGregor, Megan Dieterle, and Suzanne Bradbeer.…
BETH ORTON to BRING INTROSPECTIVE FOLK-ROCK to CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – English folk-rock singer-songwriter Beth Orton brings her unique, soulful art-folk to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, February 7, 2014, at 9pm, for “An Evening with Beth Orton.” The Brit Award-winning artist was a pioneer of “folktronica,” a style mixing elements of folk…
