A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – New Orleans pianist Henry Butler brings his rollicking gumbo of jazz, Caribbean, pop, blues, and R&B to MASS MoCA on Saturday, October 3, 2015, at 8pm. The peerless Butler’s piano-playing combines impeccable musical polish with a refreshingly fearless attitude, resulting in music with singular storytelling ability and emotional capacity. With both…
(NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass.) — Indian actress and cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey and Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Peter Godwin will attempt to answer the question, “Why America?”, in a conversation hosted by Englishman Simon Winchester in Music & More’s literary series at the Meeting House on the Village Green on Saturday, October 3, at 4:30 pm.…
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – A fun-filled “Evening of British Music Hall,” featuring an evening of British vaudeville with music, jokes, and skits, takes place at the Spencertown Academy Arts Center on Saturday, October 3 at 7pm and Sunday, October 4, at 2pm, in an event presented by PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century. The program,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Old-timey trio the Wiyos bring their original blend of music inspired by the early American musical idioms of the 1920s and ’30s, including blues, country, ragtime, gospel, and swing, to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, October 2, at 9pm. The Wiyos are Michael Farkas, Teddy Weber, and “Sauerkraut” Seth Travins. Beloved…
(TROY, N.Y.) – The alternative cello ensemble Rasputina and gothic-folk group Dust Bowl Faeries, both based in Hudson, will play the Takk House on Saturday, October 3, at 6:30pm, during The Enchanted City “Queens Ball,” an afterparty for Troy’s second annual steampunk festival. Rasputina is fronted by cellist/vocalist Melora Creager, who played cello for Nirvana…
DWIGHT YOAKAM, DEL MCCOURY, LEFTOVER SALMON and VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ HEADLINE ROOTS-MUSIC FESTIVAL at MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Trad-country-rocker Dwight Yoakam, bluegrass legends the Del McCoury Band, Indiana alt-country rockers Houndmouth, Malian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vieux Farka Touré, jam-band avatars Leftover Salmon, Boston-based trio the Ballroom Thieves, and acoustic roots band Cat and…
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – Spaces and Moments: Images by Marcia Powdermaker and B. Docktor, a photography exhibition by the winners of last year’s Spencertown Academy Arts Center juried regional art exhibition, opens on Saturday, September 26, 2015, with a reception from 4 to 6pm. The show will remain on display through October 18. Gallery hours are…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Meghan Daum, one of the premiere essayists of contemporary letters, will discuss the necessity of authentic personal writing in a world that prefers sentiment over truth with author Kate Bolick, as part of Touchstones: Conversations at The Mount, on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 7:30pm. The ostensible subjects of Daum’s essays range…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – American West, a dual exhibition of photography and objects, opens at the Berkshire Museum on Friday, September 25, 2015. Included are the travelling exhibition “National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West,” featuring stunning photography from the last 125 years, and “Go West,” organized by the Berkshire Museum, and including objects, artwork,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) –The Orchestra Now, conducted by Dr. Leon Botstein, will make its debut performance at Simon’s Rock College on Friday, September 25, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Daniel Arts Center’s McConnell Theater. The orchestra, featuring pianist Anna Polonsky, will perform works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Haydn. This event is free, and…
