A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Husband-and-wife piano duo Soyeon Kate Lee and Ran Dank will perform a holiday-themed concert at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, December 12, at 6pm, as part of the Close Encounters With Music chamber music series. Works on the two- and four-handed program include Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite,” Debussy’s Preludes, Barber’s…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Once again the holiday-funk spectacular Holidelic – the brainchild of Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, actor and dancer Everett Bradley – will usher in the holiday season at Club Helsinki Hudson, this year with a two-night stand celebrating the club’s 20th anniversary season, on Friday and Saturday, December 11 and 12, at 9pm. Part…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Acclaimed soprano and Grammy Award-winner Dawn Upshaw will be joined by actress Mary Stuart Masterson, singers of the Bard Conservatory Graduate Vocal Arts Program, pianists of the Conservatory Post Graduate Piano Fellowship Program, and The Chancellor-Livingston 5th Grade Chorus for “A Winter Songfest,” in a family-friendly program of festive songs and ensembles…
SAN FERMIN BRINGS ORCHESTRAL POP to MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – San Fermin brings its enchanting orchestral indie-rock to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, December 5, at 8pm. Folk revivalist and MASS MoCA favorite Sam Amidon, a singer and multi-instrumentalist, warms up the crowd for San Fermin. Sounding something like a…
(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Author Jim Shepard, who teaches English at Williams College, will give a fiction reading in Griffin Hall, room 3, at Williams College on Monday, December 7, at 7pm. Shepard is the author of six previous novels and four story collections. His most recent novel, “The Book of Aron” (2015), tells the story…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — Folk singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell will perform in the Eleanor Furst Roberts Auditorium at the MCLA Church Street Center on Friday, December 4, at 7:30pm as part of the 2015-16 MCLA Presents! series. Mitchell, who is based in Vermont, recorded for Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records for several years before starting her…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – San Fermin brings its enchanting orchestral indie-rock to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, December 5, at 8pm. Folk revivalist and MASS MoCA favorite Sam Amidon, a singer and multi-instrumentalist, warms up the crowd for San Fermin. Sounding something like a blend of Arcade Fire, the National, Bang on…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – “The Collected Works of Lady Ramshackle,” a mixed-media installation by Ryder Cooley, and a performance by chamber-folk ensemble Ryder Cooley & Dust Bowl Faeries, both at the Whitney Center for the Arts, will highlight the First Fridays Artswalk in downtown Pittsfield on December 4, 2015. Cooley’s installation is part of the Whitney’s…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Roots-rock singer-songwriter Jackie Greene, perhaps best known for his work as guitarist for Black Crowes and Phil Lesh & Friends, helps Club Helsinki Hudson celebrate its 20th anniversary with a two-night stint on Friday and Saturday, December 4 and 5, at 9pm. Greene is touring behind his critically acclaimed new album, “Back…
ARLO GUTHRIE on HAND to SCREEN ‘ALICE’S RESTAURANT’ on 50TH ANNIVERSARY of LITTERING ARREST (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Nearly 50 years to the date when Arlo Guthrie and his pal, Rick Robbins, were arrested by Stockbridge Police Officer Bill Obanhein, setting into motion a cross-platform series of cultural events that has made “Alice’s Restaurant” nearly as much a…
