A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – The Emerson String Quartet will perform works by Beethoven, Brahms, and Shostakovich in a free concert in Chapin Hall at Williams College campus on Monday, April 25, at 8pm. The Emerson String Quartet — Eugene Drucker and Philip Setzer, violins; Lawrence Dutton, viola; and Paul Watkins, cello – will perform String Quartet…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Avant-jazz ensemble Bigmouth, led by bassist-composer Chris Lightcap (Williams ’93), performs a free concert in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall at Williams College on Wednesday, April 20 at 8 pm. Bigmouth’s music is characterized by the twin tenor saxophones of Tony Malaby and Chris Cheek, Craig Taborn’s keyboards, Gerald Cleaver’s musical drums, and Lightcap’s…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – New York City-based contemporary dance company ZviDance will present in a work-in-progress showing of “On The Road” in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, April 23, at 8pm. Inspired by Beat author Jack Kerouac’s novel by the same title, “On the Road” is an evening-length, multimedia dance piece that…
A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshires region, including the kickoff a new play reading series; a chamber concert devoted to Jewish music; Ethiopian pop-funk at MASS MoCA; and an album release concert by a local favorite. CHAMBER CONCERT to EXPLORE ‘WHAT IS JEWISH MUSIC?’ (GREAT…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Bella’s Bartok celebrates the release of its new album, “Change Yer Life,” with a “CD Release Masquerade Show,” featuring special guests Whiskey Treaty Roadshow and DJ BFG, at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday, April 16 at 8pm. Bella’s Bartok, birthed in the Berkshires and now based in Northampton, is a six-piece ensemble…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Debo Band, a large, Boston-based ensemble led by Ethiopian-American saxophonist Danny Mekonnen and fronted by charismatic vocalist Bruck Tesfaye, brings its groove-inducing style of “Ethio-pop” to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, April 16, at 8pm, culminating a day featuring the opening of three new exhibitions in the galleries. The…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – “Fiddler OFF the Roof,” a chamber music program exploring the question “What Is Jewish Music?” and featuring works by Felix Mendelssohn, Gustav Mahler, Ernest Bloch, Darius Milhaud, George Gershwin, Max Bruch, plus the world premiere of contemporary composer Paul Schoenfield’s “ZEMER,” takes place at the Mahaiwe on Sunday, April 17, at…
A highly selective preview of cultural events taking place this weekend in the greater Berkshires region, including six decades of 19th century pop at MASS MoCA; humorist David Sedaris; American Idol star Crystal Bowersox, Bach for trumpet and organ, and comedian Giulia Rozzi. TAYLOR MAC BRINGS SIX DECADES of 19TH C. AMERICAN POP MUSIC to…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Organist Peter Sykes and trumpeter Robinson Pyle will duet in “New Directions for Trumpet and Organ,” a Berkshire Bach program, at the First United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 9, at 6pm. The concert features Baroque and modern works by Johann Heinrich Fasch, Kent Kennan, and Johann Sebastian Bach. The program includes…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Comedian Giulia Rozzi performs in the Garage at the Colonial Theatre as part of BTG’s Laugh Lounge Series on Wednesday, April 6, at 8pm. Storyteller, writer and actress, Giulia Rozzi’s blunt and animated humor has earned her the honor of being a Moth GrandSLAM champion and a Boston Comedy Festival finalist, in…
