A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds will ring out the old and ring in the new with their old-school, horn-inflected soul and R&B at Club Helsinki Hudson for a New Year’s Eve soul-funk dance party on Tuesday, December 31, 2013, at 9pm. The Brooklyn-based, eight-piece outfit, fronted by Catskill Mountains native Arleigh…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Milton and Americana outfit the Double-D’s share a double-bill at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 27, 2013, at 9pm. New York City-based singer-songwriter Milton boasts a strong regional following based on his tender yet gritty folk-rock tunes evocative of his influences, which include Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, Sam Cooke,…
(LENOX, Mass.) – A radio play version of the classic Christmas film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” is being staged at Shakespeare & Company through Sunday, December 29, 2013. Inspired by Frank Capra’s 1946 film starring Donna Reed and James Stewart, the funny and unique play-within-a-play features five actors playing not only the show’s radio actors,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Berkshire Bach Society celebrates its twentieth year of “Bach at New Year’s” – featuring the celebrated Berkshire Bach Ensemble directed harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper – on Tuesday, December 31, at 6pm, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. This year’s program casts a retrospective and somewhat nostalgic glance back at this annual…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – It’ll be a family affair when husband-and-wife team John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey are joined by the venerable jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli – John’s dad – and bassist Martin Pizzarelli — John’s brother and Bucky’s son – on bass, for a cabaret concert celebrating the so-called Great American Songbook and other…
ISRAELI VIOLIN VIRTUOSO to PERFORM DUO RECITAL at MAHAIWE (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — Israeli violinist and international superstar Vadim Gluzman will perform works by Mozart, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Castelnuovo-Tedesco in a duet concert with his wife, pianist Angela Yoffe at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 21, at 6pm, as part of…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Kristmess Kook, a holiday variety show hosted by Musty Chiffonand featuring a dozen special musical and performing guests, will take place at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, December 21, at 9pm. The show will be followed immediately by a dance party with music spun by DJs T-Bone and Musty Chiffon. Among those…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Voodoo Orchestra North, led by legendary jazz drummer, improviser and composer Bobby Previte and featuring many great upstate New York musicians, continues into the New Year its regular series of performances devoted to exploring the music of Miles Davis’s eternal electric jazz-funk masterpiece, “Bitches Brew,” at Club Helsinki Hudson, with jam…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson brings his glistening tenor vocals and his exquisitely hewn melodies and lyrics to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 20, at 9pm. The only son of British folk-rock legends Richard and Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson has carved out his own niche as a singer and songwriter, which presumably…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Devon Allman, son of Greg Allman, brings his own brand of bluesy guitar-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, December 19, 2013, at 8pm. Allman has appeared at Helsinki previously with his band, Royal Southern Brotherhood; he will be fronting the Devon Allman Band for this performance. As heard on his recently…
