A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – A new exhibition, “Hanna-Barbera: The Architects of Saturday Morning,” featuring the work of the creative team behind such memorable Saturday morning cartoons as “The Yogi Bear Show,” “The Flintstones,” and the “The Jetsons,” goes on view at Norman Rockwell Museum on Saturday, November 12, and remains on display through May 29, 2017.…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Writer-editor Cathi Hanauer will discuss the new book, “The Bitch is Back: Older, Wiser, and Getting Happier,” a collection of essays by writers including Kate Christensen, Sarah Crichton, Debora Spar, Ann Hood, Veronica Chambers, and Hanauer herself, at The Mount on Sunday, November 13, at 2pm, in the Drawing Room of the…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The multi-talented Eisa Davis – an acclaimed actress and Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright – sits down at the piano in Club B10 at MASS MoCA for an intimate evening of her intense, minimalist soul-pop on Saturday, November 12, at 8pm. Her shimmering, subtle sound recalls piano-playing soul singers such as Nina Simone,…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Cuban-born Grammy Award-winner Arturo Sandoval and his band bring their distinctive Afro-Cuban sound to the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, November 12, as part of the Clark’s opening weekend celebration of its newly renovated Manton Research Center. The concert inaugurates the Clark’s newly renovated auditorium, which features state-of-the art sound systems and…
A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshire region, including a terrific up-and-coming indie rock band; a concert of Eastern European works for violin; a juried art show in Pittsfield; an intrepid bluegrass group, and a whole lot more. BIG THIEF BRINGS ETHEREAL GUITAR-ROCK to MASS MoCA…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – “Othering,” a juried exhibition featuring works by a diverse mix of nearly three dozen artists from around the Northeast, opens at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts on Friday, November 4, with a free reception from 5pm to 8pm. The reception takes place during Pittsfield’s monthly First Fridays Artswalk. Over a dozen…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Violinist Joanna Kurkowicz, together with pianist Doris Stevenson, will explore “Mystical Voices of Eastern Europe” in a free concert in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall at Williams College on Saturday, November 5, at 8pm. The program includes violin works by Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Kulenty, Silvestrov, Szymanowski, and Auerbach, among others. The program is inspired by…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – North Carolina acoustic country-folk quartet Chatham County Line performs at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, November 5, at 9pm. The group can do the high-lonesome sound with the best of them, but then turn around and stretch out on an improvisation that takes the audience on a ride into jazz or jam-band…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — Brooklyn-based indie-rock group Big Thief brings its ethereal guitar-rock – think Cowboy Junkies crossed with Sonic Youth – to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 5, at 8pm. The group also performs at BSP Kingston in Kingston, N.Y., on Thursday, November 3, at 7pm, in support of Damien Jurado. Led…
A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshire region, including a recital by renowned violinist Joshua Bell; an appearance by vocalist and performance artist Helga Davis; Cuban movies at FilmColumbia; a reading by Jonathan Safran Foer; a concert by country outlaw Elizabeth Cook, and a whole lot more. JOSHUA…
