A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Boston Sculptors Gallery at Chesterwood 2015, an exhibition featuring site-specific contemporary sculptures by 24 Boston-area artists, opens at Chesterwood on Saturday, May 23, 2015, and remains on view through October 12. The new works by two-dozen members and alumni of Boston Sculptors Gallery, based in Boston’s South End, represent a diverse range…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — Three new exhibitions of contemporary photography open at MASS MoCA with a reception on Saturday, May 23, 2015, from 5 to 6:30pm. The exhibits include Clifford Ross: Landscape Seen & Imagined; Liz Deschenes: Gallery 4.1.1; and Artists’ Choice: An Expanded Field of Photography. The opening reception is free for members and…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Immortal Present: Art and East Asia, a new exhibition featuring the Berkshire Museum’s historic collection of Asian art and showcasing works by a number of significant and influential contemporary artists with ties to Asia, opens at Berkshire Museum on Saturday, May 23, 2015, will be on view through September 7, 2015. The…
ROSANNE CASH to SING of AMERICAN SOUTH at MAHAIWE (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Rosanne Cash brings her “The River & the Thread” tour to the Mahaiwe on Sunday, May 17 at 7pm. Accompanied by longtime collaborator, producer, guitarist, and husband John Leventhal and musical partner Zev Katz, Cash will take the audience on a journey…
(KINDERHOOK, N.Y.) – Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui will be the subject of a comprehensive survey spanning the last fifty years of his celebrated career, at Jack Shainman Gallery: The School, opening on Sunday, May 17, 2015, with a reception from 1 to 4pm. The works will remain on view through September 26, 2015. The exhibition,…
(GHENT, N.Y.) – The spring writers-in-residence program at Omi concludes with a public reading by nine Writers Omi residents followed by a barbecue celebration at the Visitors Center at Omi International Arts Center on Saturday, May 16, 2015, at 5pm. The reading is free and open to the community at large; donations are appreciated for…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Boston-based folk-rock collective Session Americana kicks off the 2015 Mr. Finn’s Cabaret season at Barrington Stage Company (BSC) on Sunday, May 17, and Monday, May 18, at 8pm. A kind of all-star supergroup of Boston-based roots-music talent, the core of the band includes singer-songwriter Ry Cavanaugh, drummer Billy Beard (Patty Griffin), multi-instrumentalist…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The three musicians currently performing as the Kingston Trio take the stage at the Colonial Theatre on Friday, May 15, 2015, at 7pm. Placing value on entertainment more than on folk authenticity or politics, the original Kingston Trio helped to popularize and commercial folk music during the original folk revival of the…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Rosanne Cash brings her “The River & the Thread” tour to the Mahaiwe on Sunday, May 17 at 7pm. Accompanied by longtime collaborator, producer, guitarist, and husband John Leventhal and musical partner Zev Katz, Cash will take the audience on a journey through song to the people, places, and musical traditions…
(LANESBOROUGH, Mass.) – The summer season opens at Ramblewild with an open house and forest concert featuring jazz-classical pianist Joel A. Martin on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Doors to the aerial adventure park open at 11am; Martin inaugurates the Music in the Trees concert series at 2pm. The park stays open until 6pm. Joel A.…
