A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(BECKET, Mass.) – French dance group Compagnie Hervé KOUBI makes its Jacob’s Pillow debut in the highly physical evening-length work “What the Day Owes to the Night (Ce que le jour doit à la nuit)” from Wednesday, August 3, through Sunday, August 7, in the Ted Shawn Theatre. Guided by the artistic vision of French-Algerian…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Artist Maurice “Pops” Peterson will explore the relationship between art and the civil rights movement in “Van Der Zee to Rockwell and Beyond: Art and Civil Rights,” at Norman Rockwell Museum on Saturday, August 6, at 5pm. Peterson was recently honored for his series that re-imagined the art of Norman Rockwell to…
A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshire region, including dance, new music, old music, a hit musical review, comedy, opera, and a whole lot more. WENDY WHELAN & BRIAN BROOKS DANCE with BROOKLYN RIDER at JACOB’S PILLOW (BECKET, Mass.) – Famed New York City Ballet dancer Wendy Whelan and…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons wields the baton at Tanglewood from Friday, July 29, through Sunday, July 31, for his first of his two weekends of programs during the 2016 Tanglewood season, conducting works by Mozart, Mahler, Sibelius, Brahms, and John Corigliano. On Sunday evening in Ozawa Hall, the Chick Corea…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Comedian Rita Rudner, who emerged in the comedy boom of the 1980s through appearances on HBO and late-night TV talk shows, after a career as a Broadway dancer, brings her standup act to the Colonial Theatre on Friday, July 29, at 8pm. After working on Broadway as a dancer (she appeared in…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Rave reviews for Barrington Stage Company’s revival of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” are pouring in from major metropolitan media, including critics from the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and the Albany Times Union, in addition to the Berkshire Eagle. The musical, currently in a limited run at BSC’s…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Neshama Carlebach and Josh Nelson, two of the biggest names in contemporary Jewish music, will perform for the Jewish Federation of the Berkshires’ annual benefit concert in the Duffin Theater at Lenox Memorial High School on Sunday, July 31, at 7pm. Each a star in their own right, together Neshama Carlebach and…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – The Howard Fishman Quintet brings its original blend of New Orleans, country, and gospel music and narrative-driven songs to PS21 on Saturday, July 30, at 8pm. The band combines the exuberance and spontaneity of jazz with a storyteller’s sense of drama, emotional depth, and play, and includes an all-star cast of musical…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The 15th annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA concludes this Saturday, July 30, as always, with a six-hour Bang on a Can Summer Marathon concert from 4 to 10pm, in the Hunter Center, featuring works by special guest composer John Luther Adams, Steve Reich, George Crumb,…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Famed New York City Ballet dancer Wendy Whelan and choreographer Brian Brooks join forces with string quartet Brooklyn Rider in “Some of a Thousand Words,” in the Ted Shawn Theater at Jacob’s Pillow from Wednesday, July 27, through Sunday, July 31. The program is a suite of intimate solos and duets accompanied…
