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The Rogovoy Report Finds a New Home on Substack

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Rogovoy Report, the long-running weekly email digest linking to news, features, and the arts, has found a new home on Substack. It is now available as a Substack column delivered free to subscriber inboxes as well as being available for viewing in a web browser at https://rogovoyreport.substack.com, where it will be…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Sep 30-Oct 2, 2022)

With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … COCEK! BRASS BAND BRINGS HORNS to LION’S DEN The Cocek! Brass Band brings its eclectic, edgy mix of horn-based ethnic music, drawing from New Orleans, the Balkans,…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Sept 9-14, 2022)

With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend …   THE ORCHESTRA NOW PLAYS MAHLER’S FIFTH The Orchestra Now kicks off its eighth season with Mahler’s heroic Fifth Symphony plus George Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Lilacs and…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (August 19-25 2022)

With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … CIARRA FRAGALE at THE CLARK Indie pop artist Ciarra Fragale, formerly of the Hudson Valley and currently based in North Adams, Mass., performs on the outdoor terrace…

Berkshire Opera Festival Brings ‘Don Giovanni’ to Mahaiwe

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Berkshire Opera Festival’s 2022 season culminates with a new staging of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s comedy-tragedy masterpiece Don Giovanni by BOF co-founder Jonathon Loy at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, August 20, at 1pm; Tuesday, August 23, at 7:30pm; and Friday, August 26, at 7:30pm. BOF artistic director and co-founder Brian Garman conducts…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (July 29-31, 2022)

With so much going on culturally speaking in our region, this is my highly selective, curated snapshot of some of the most promising events happening this weekend … VERTIGO DANCE at PS21 Israel’s renowned Vertigo Dance Company brings its vision of sustainability to PS21 in Chatham, N.Y., with “One. One & One,” featuring ten dancers…

Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Mar 25-31)

The cultural highlights in our region this weekend include opera, comedy, folk, jazz … plus a whole lot more.   MID-WINTER MOZART Soprano Maria Valdes and tenor Alex McKissick will perform arias and duets written throughout Mozart’s career in “Mid-Winter Mozart,” a presentation of Berkshire Opera Festival (BOF) at St. James Place in Great Barrington,…