A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Berkshire region.
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – It will be a special homecoming when heartland rockers the BoDeans perform at the Colonial on Thursday, April 16, 2015, at 7:30pm, as the group is touring with Stockbridge native and local hero Kenny Aronoff – one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll drummers in history. Aronoff has played with the group…
SPOKEN WORD ARTIST CARL HANCOCK RUX BRINGS ‘WINTER SONG’ to MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Spoken word artist Carl Hancock Rux returns to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at 8pm, with his program, “Winter Song,” a unique blend of intimate songs and poetry set to live piano music that…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Artists Richard Britell, Julio Granda, and Geoffrey Moss will take place in the first of a projected series of Artists Discussions at the Whitney Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at 5pm. The discussion topic will be “Abstraction,” and admission is free. Britell, Granda, and Moss have long, successful…
(MONTEREY, Mass.) – SPACE-out-LINED, an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Meryl Wilen-Greenfield, will open at Knox Gallery at the Monterey Library on Friday, March 27, 2015. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, March 28, from 6 to 7:30 pm, at which the artist will talk briefly about her influences, work, and process,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Actress and mental health advocate Mariel Hemingway will discuss suicide, mental illness and the stigma attached to both in conjunction with a screening of the documentary film about the Hemingway family, “Running From Crazy,” at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at 2pm, in a co-presentation by the Erikson Institute…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Spoken word artist Carl Hancock Rux returns to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at 8pm, with his program, “Winter Song,” a unique blend of intimate songs and poetry set to live piano music that ranges from the blues to German lieder to Lili Boulanger. Rux will…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Moves & Countermoves, eleven exhibitions and projects curated by second-year students in the graduate program in curatorial studies and contemporary art in the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard), will be on view from Sunday, March 29, 2015, to May 3, 2015, with an opening reception taking place on…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Seth’s Sauerkraut Revue, a mini-festival of regional Americana and honky-tonk performers hosted by “Sauerkraut” Seth Travins, returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, March 27, at 9pm, featuring the Hootinologists, Jim Krewson (of Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops), and other special guests. The house band for the evening will be Chops…
INDIE-ROCKERS ZAMMUTO and GOTYE to PLAY MASS MoCA (NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Zammuto, the nom de bande of the art-rock genius Nick Zammuto, performs in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, March 21, at 8pm, joined by special guest Gotye, the Belgian-Australian international music sensation who already has three Grammy Awards to his…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Entertaining Doubts, the largest exhibition of works by Jim Shaw in the United States, goes on view at MASS MoCA on Saturday, March 28, 2015. The centerpiece of the exhibition will be a series of large-scale paintings that Shaw began in 2004, utilizing old theatrical backdrops that he cuts apart, turning…
