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Seth Rogovoy to Moderate Digital Media Panel at Spencertown Academy

(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – Seth Rogovoy will moderate a panel discussion about digital media at Spencertown Academy Arts Center on Saturday, March 7, at 2pm, part of the Academy’s Conversations with Neighbors series. “The Impact of Digital Media in Our Region” will feature a panel of local media professionals, including Enid Futterman, founder and editor of…

Regional Cultural Preview, Feb 10-16, 2020

Highlights include saxophonist Jaleel Shaw at MASS MoCA, comedian Caitlin Reese at the Colonial, Mary Fahl at Towne Crier, Slavic Soul Party at Hudson Hall…Saxophonist and bandleader Jaleel Shaw brings his smoky tone and his funky trio to Club B10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, February 15, at 8pm. Shaw won the 2014 Downbeat Critics…

John Legend to Play Tanglewood

(LENOX, Mass.) – Pop/R&B singer-songwriter John Legend brings his Bigger Love 2020 tour to Tanglewood on Friday, August 28, at 8pm. Rootsy Southern soul duo The War and Treaty will warm up the crowd for Legend. Multiplatinum artist John Legend has garnered eleven Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award,…

Whitney Center to Host Eve Ensler V-Day Readings

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The traditional, global VDAY reading of works compiled by Eve Ensler will take place regionally at the Whitney Center for the Arts on Thursday, February 13, at 7pm, and Saturday, February 15, at 2pm. The readings will come from A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer, a collection of monologues…

New Works by Richard Britell at Lauren Clark Fine Art

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Math Homework, an exhibit of new paintings in the sgraffito style by Pittsfield artist Richard Britell, will run at Lauren Clark Fine Art from Saturday, February 15 through Monday, March 16. A reception for the artist will take place Saturday, February 15, from 4 to 6pm.   Richard Britell, career painter,…

Red Lion Inn Presents Inaugural Wine and Spirits Fair to Benefit CATA

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – The Red Lion Inn will host the Red Lion Inn Wine & Spirits Fair, an inaugural tour of wines and spirits from both local and international producers in the hotel’s Hitchcock Room, on Saturday, February 15, at 2-5pm. Presented in partnership with Nejaime’s Wine Cellar, the inaugural fair includes light bites and…

Second Hudson Eye Arts Festival Slated for Summer 2020

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Following the success and local impact of the inaugural edition of The Hudson Eye, the Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation has confirmed renewed funding for Edition #2, which will take place August 28-September 7, 2020. The festival will be curated by Aaron Levi Garvey. In dialogue with local artists and local venues, the…

Lincoln Center’s Liza Parker Named Executive Director of Bard’s Fisher Center

(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — Liza Parker has been named executive director of the Fisher Center at Bard College, a leading performing arts center and hub for research and education, and Gideon Lester has been named the Fisher Center’s new artistic director. The Fisher Center hosts world-class performances in the Hudson Valley year-round. Open to the public,…

Slavic Soul Party!, múm, Billy Harper Quintet and Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss Top Hudson Hall Spring 2020 Season

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Experimental Icelandic band múm, Slavic Soul Party!, the Billy Harper Quintet, and 92-year-old cabaret singer Marilyn Maye headline the spring season at Hudson Hall, which also includes a three-concert tribute to jazz legend Charlie “Bird” Parker, the annual Hudson Jazz Festival, dancer/choreographers Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss, and Hudson’s own genius bandleader,…

Plays About Roe v. Wade and 19th Amendment Top WAM’s 2020 Season

(LENOX, Mass.) – Lisa Loomer’s celebrated play ROE – about the Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court ruling that established a woman’s right to an abortion — will serve as the centerpiece of WAM Theatre’s 2020 season, with performances in September and October. Also on tap are The Suffrage Project, devised by WAM Ensemble members…