A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshire region, including pop legends at Tanglewood; abstract expressionism at the Rockwell Museum; new plays; old musicals, and a whole lot more. DOLLY PARTON, BRIAN WILSON, JACKSON BROWNE and EW&F KICK OFF TANGLEWOOD POP SEASON (LENOX, Mass.) – A grand slam…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – “Fiorello!,” the 1959 musical about New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who broke up the stranglehold so-called Tammany Hall had on New York City politics, is being revived by Berkshire Theatre Group at the Unicorn Theatre from Wednesday, June 15, through Saturday, July 23. The winner of three Tony Awards, the musical,…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The summer theater season at Barrington Stage Company gets fully underway this weekend when Debra Jo Rupp opens in Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire’s “Kimberly Akimbo” and Tamara Tunie of TV’s “Law and Order” creates the lead role in the world premiere of “American Son,” written by Christopher Demos-Brown and already winner of…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The Clark Art Institute isn’t the only venue featuring artworks featuring the human form in the way nature intended. “EXPOSED: Heads, Busts, and Nudes,” an exhibition of figural ceramic sculpture from 1970 to the present, goes on view at Ferrin Contemporary on Saturday, June 18, with a reception at 4–6pm. The…
(EGREMONT, Mass.) – Marshall Crenshaw, John Davidson, Roy Zimmerman, and Trout Fishing in America are just some of the acts that will be performing in “Gems of Many Genres,” a new music series in the newly restored Egremont Barn, a part of the historic Egremont Village Inn, kicking off this weekend with Richie Havens…
(LENOX, Mass.) – A grand slam of superstar artists from country, pop, R&B, and folk-rock, including Dolly Parton (June 17), Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys (June 19), Jackson Browne (June 21), and Earth, Wind & Fire (June 18), kick off the 2016 summer popular artists series at Tanglewood in back-to-back shows in the Shed this…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – For the first time ever, Norman Rockwell Museum will explore the contrast between the abstract and realist movements, placing works by Rockwell, Andrew Wyeth, and Andy Warhol side by side with Jackson Pollock, Alexander Calder, Jasper Johns, and over 40 other preeminent artists, including Walton Ford, Larry Rivers, Helen Frankenthaler, Jeff Koons,…
(SANDISFIELD, Mass.) – Jacob’s Pillow Ballet Program director Anna-Marie Holmes will reveal secrets of the ballet at Sandisfield Arts Center on Sunday, June 19, at 2pm. The afternoon will include Emmy Award-winning choreographer Holmes’s commentary on her remarkable life in ballet, from a young girl to an international prima ballerina and master teacher. Holmes will…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Award-winning composer Bobby Previte brings his new band, the Visitors, to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, June 17, at 9pm. Previte’s new quartet features young and upcoming stars of the Brooklyn scene, including guitarist Mike Gamble; Michael Kammers on saxophone and organ; and bassist Kurt Kotheimer. Having just recently returned from a…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y. and GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Aston Magna, the nation’s longest-running festival of early music, celebrates its 44th season with “Love and Lamentation,” featuring Friday and Saturday evening concerts at Bard College and in venues in Great Barrington, respectively, running weekends from June 17 through July 9. The concerts feature virtuoso early music artists…
