A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – San Francisco-based soul-jive outfit Royal Jelly Jive and roots-blues musician David Jacobs-Strain will entertain the crowd at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, July 3, at 9pm. Fronted by the sultry and soulful vocals of Lauren Bjelde, Royal Jelly Jive play a fusion of the jumpin’ jive of the 1940s, brass band music…
(AMHERST, Mass.) – The fourth annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music opens on Thursday, July 16, 2015, at the Yiddish Book Center with an already sold-out concert by the Grammy Award-winning Klezmatics, and runs through Sunday, July 19, when members of all the ensembles featured throughout the festival will form a unique, one-time…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Ryder Cooley & Dust Bowl Faeries and Melora & Luis, featuring Melora Creager of Rasputina, will perform a double bill of original, ethereal gothic-folk at Caffe Lena on Saturday, June 27, at 8pm. Melora & Luis are Melora Creager, the founder/leader of the all-cello rock group Rasputina, and Luis Mojica, the internationally…
IRA GLASS and MONICA BILL BARNES TEAM UP at JACOB’S PILLOW (BECKET, Mass.) – Ira Glass, the host and executive producer of the beloved public radio program “This American Life,” will be joined by brilliant, funny choreographer/dancer Monica Bill Barnes and fellow dancer and collaborator Anna Bass in “Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host,”…
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – “Searching for the Moon: A Heroine’s Journey Tales of Love, Despair, Faith and Forgiveness,” written by and starring Amber Chand, will be staged at the Unicorn Theatre of Berkshire Theatre Group on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at 7pm. In the show, directed by Jayne Atkinson, global entrepreneur and visionary storyteller Amber Chand…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – A major installation of work by Italian contemporary artist Francesco Clemente opens at MASS MoCA on Saturday, June 13, at 11am. There will be an opening reception for Francesco Clemente: Encampment on Friday, June 12, 2015 at 5:30pm in the galleries for museum members and for the members of the public…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – David Parsons Dancers will accompany a trio of musicians from Close Encounters With Music for “Invitation to the Dance,” a gala performance at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at 6pm. Works by Chopin, Bartok, Brahms and Piazzolla played by cellist Yehuda Hanani, violinist Bella Hristova, and pianist David Aladashvili,…
(BECKET, Mass.) – Ira Glass, the host and executive producer of the beloved public radio program “This American Life,” will be joined by brilliant, funny choreographer/dancer Monica Bill Barnes and fellow dancer and collaborator Anna Bass in “Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host,” a special pre-season performance at Jacob’s Pillow in the Ted Shawn…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Rootsy folk-rock outfit Parsonsfield brings its unique, hard-hitting take on acoustic Americana music to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, June 13, at 9pm. The five piece, Connecticut-based ensemble (formerly known as Poor Old Shine) boasts three-part, high lonesome harmonies, banjos and mandolins, and an overall sound and approach that should appeal to…
(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – Metropolitan Opera baritone Tyler Duncan and pianist Pedja Muzijevic will perform a program featuring works by Schumann and Schuert in the Tannery Pond Concert Series at the Darrow School on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at 8pm. Duncan will sing Schumann’s beautiful Dichterliebe (with English translation provided), and Muzijevic will play…
