A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – “Thoreau or, Return to Walden,” a world premiere written and performed by David Adkins, is now running at the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre through Saturday, July 11, 2015, at 8pm. In this one-man show, Adkins takes the stage as New England Transcendentalist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau. The writing of…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Not to be overlooked this weekend with all the well-earned hype surrounding Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival, a major mid-career museum survey at MASS MoCA, “Landscape Seen and Imagined,” documents Clifford Ross’s longstanding project to reconcile realism and abstraction. The exhibition takes place throughout two buildings, six galleries, and an exterior performing…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Tony Award-winning musical “Man of La Mancha” has opened the mainstage season at Barrington Stage Company to rave reviews. The often underestimated and overlooked show runs through Saturday, July 11, 2015, on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage. Inspired by Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright Miguel de Cervantes’ 17th-century masterpiece “Don Quixote,” “Man of La…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Canada’s premier contemporary ballet company, Ballet BC, kicks off this summer’s Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with a diverse program in the Ted Shawn Theatre, from Wednesday, June 24, through Sunday, June 28, 2015. Led by artistic director Emily Molnar, former soloist of Ballet Frankfurt and principal of Ballet BC, the company performs…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – New York-based Tom Gold Dance, an ensemble featuring dancers from New York City Ballet and Miami City Ballet as well as musicians from the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), will perform works by choreographer Tom Gold and Jerome Robbins’s seminal “Concertino” at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 8pm. One…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, NY) – Pam Tanowitz Dance makes its Bard SummerScape debut with a triple bill featuring a world premiere solo for Ashley Tuttle and live music by the FLUX Quartet in the Fisher Center at Bard College on Saturday, June 27, and Sunday, June 28, 2015. The program showcases the choreography of Bessie Award-winning Pam…
(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – The Shaker Museum|Mount Lebanon will open its main season exhibition, Side By Side: Shaker and Modern Design, to the public on Sunday, June 28, 2015. The exhibition, which pairs Shaker works with works by contemporary and modern designers, will be on view during the museum’s hours, every Friday-Monday 10am to 4pm…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — The vibrant music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart and Marais, along with a Baroque dance performance, comprise Aston Magna Music Festival’s 2015 season, “A Musical Feast,” running June 18 through July 18. The longest running summer festival of early music brings virtuoso guest artists on stage with the Aston Magna ensemble, playing…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century opens its 2015 summer season with the Tenth Annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert on Sunday, June 28, 2015, at 2pm. This year’s all-Bach program features the Broad Street Chorale and Orchestra directed by David Smith, performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach for chorus, orchestra,…
by Seth Rogovoy (LENOX, Mass.) – “The First Forty,” a summer-long exhibition celebrating the first four decades of Scott Barrow’s life and work in photography, opens at Scott Barrow Photography on Saturday, June 27, 2015, with a reception from 5 to 7pm. The work will remain on display through Labor Day. As editor-in-chief of Berkshire…
