This iteration of the Rogovoy Report is now mostly an archival site. If you are looking for the home of the Rogovoy Report news aggregation and weekend cultural preview (for the Berkshires and Hudson Valley), you can find those here on Substack. If you are looking for the current site for author Seth Rogovoy, mow…
Hudson community activist Peter Frank drafted the following open letter, in which he shares his thoughts about the flaws in the proposed City Charter revision: by Peter Frank I am a longtime proponent of the council/manager model for city government. The recent Hudson Charter Change proposal, which would adopt that model, has done a service…
by Noah Peretz (Rogovoy Report intern) (LENOX, Mass.) – James Taylor will receive the 2024 Tanglewood Medal from the Boston Symphony Orchestra in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishments as a singer-songwriter and performer as well as his many significant contributions to the BSO and Berkshires communities. The Tanglewood Medal will be presented to Taylor during…
by Noah Peretz (Rogovoy Report intern) (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Moody Blues frontman Justin Hayward (Fri, July 19) and Grammy Award-winning South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Fri, Aug 9) have been added to the summer concert calendar at the Mahaiwe. As the driving force behind the Moody Blues, Justin Hayward wrote classics…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Margot Leverett, one of the greatest living exponents of klezmer clarinet, will be joined by her trio for a free concert, open to the public, at The Chatham Synagogue on Friday, May 31, at 7:45pm. Leverett’s appearance is part of a special musical evening ushering in the Sabbath at the unaffiliated, lay-led…
(NEW YORK, N.Y.) — Composer/trumpeter and bandleader Frank London — the “mystic high priest of avant klez-jazz” (All About Jazz) — presents SPIRIT STRONGER THAN BLOOD: A Retrospective Celebration of Frank London’s Life & Works, at Brooklyn’s Roulette on June 3, 2024, at 8pm. The concert takes place the week London turns 66 and on…
(AMHERST, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, Eleanor Reissa, Socalled, Daniel Kahn, and Judy Bressler are just some of the world-renowned Yiddish and klezmer artists who will be performing at Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music, at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, from Thursday, July 11, through Sunday, July 14, 2024. Now in its twelfth…
by Noah Peretz (Intern, the Rogovoy Report) (BECKET, Mass.) – Critically acclaimed American choreographer Pam Tanowitz will receive the 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. Tanowitz will accept the award at Jacob’s Pillow’s Season Opening Gala in Becket on Saturday, June 22. The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award is presented each year to an artist of exceptional…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Innovative alt-rock singer-songwriter Beck will make his Tanglewood debut on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, performing with the Boston Pops. The concert, to be conducted by Edwin Outwater, will feature unique arrangements of familiar favorites and seldom-heard deep cuts from the master of perpetual reinvention. In addition, pop vocal trio Boyz II Men…
(HUDSON, N.Y, March 27, 2024) – At its meeting last night, the Hudson City School Board accepted an offer from the Hudson Development Corporation (HDC) to purchase and develop the John L. Edwards School as a centralized community hub for Hudson residents. The Hudson Development Corporation (HDC) – a nonprofit with the mission of promoting,…
