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# The Rogovoy Report

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- [Klezmatics, Eleanor Reissa, Joanne Borts, and Michael Winograd Headline Yidstock 2025](https://rogovoyreport.com/2025/06/28/klezmatics-eleanor-reissa-joanne-borts-and-michael-winograd-headline-yidstock-2025/) - (AMHERST, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, Eleanor Reissa, Joanne Borts, and Michael Winograd are among the internationally acclaimed performers taking the stage at Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music, returning to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst from Thursday, July 10, through Sunday, July 13, 2025. Now in its thirteenth year, Yidstock showcases both celebrated
- [THIS IS (MOSTLY) AN ARCHIVAL SITE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR....](https://rogovoyreport.com/2025/05/07/this-is-mostly-an-archival-site-if-youre-looking-for/) - 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
- [Seth Rogovoy to Write George Harrison Book](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/06/15/seth-rogovoy-to-write-george-harrison-book/) - UPDATED MARCH 25, 2024 (HUDSON, N.Y., June 15, 2021) – Seth Rogovoy will write a book about George Harrison for Oxford University Press, according to Publishers Marketplace, which describes WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU: Listening to George Harrison as “a critical reappraisal, giving Harrison his due as a musician, composer, and human being, revealing the crucial
- [Hudson community activist calls proposed city charter change fatally flawed](https://rogovoyreport.com/2025/02/04/hudson-community-activist-calls-proposed-city-charter-change-fatally-flawed/) - 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
- [James Taylor to Receive 2024 Tanglewood Medal](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/06/15/james-taylor-to-receive-2024-tanglewood-medal/) - 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
- [Rees Shad, Greg Glassman Headline Summer-Long Berkshire Busk Festival in Great Barrington](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/06/15/rees-shad-greg-glassman-headline-summer-long-berkshire-busk-festival-in-great-barrington/) - (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Once again, the summer-long Berkshire Busk! downtown music and arts festivalwill bring weekly live music and performances to downtown Great Barrington. Highlights of its fourth season include a performance by Americana group Rees Shad & The Conversations – whose new album, The Galahad Blues, reimagines the story of The Knights of
- [Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward, Ladysmith Black Mambazo Headed to Mahaiwe](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/05/24/moody-blues-justin-hayward-ladysmith-black-mambazo-headed-to-mahaiwe/) - 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
- [Famed Klezmer Clarinetist Margot Leverett to Perform at Chatham Synagogue](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/05/24/famed-klezmer-clarinetist-margot-leverett-to-perform-at-chatham-synagogue/) - (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
- [Career-Spanning Concert Pays Tribute to Composer-Trumpeter Frank London](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/05/10/career-spanning-concert-pays-tribute-to-composer-trumpeter-frank-london/) - (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
- [Klezmatics, Eleanor Reissa, Socalled, Daniel Kahn, and Judy Bressler Headline Yidstock 2024](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/05/07/klezmatics-eleanor-reissa-socalled-daniel-kahn-and-judy-bressler-headline-yidstock-2024/) - (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
- [Pam Tanowitz to Receive 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/04/24/pam-tanowitz-to-receive-2024-jacobs-pillow-dance-award/) - 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
- [Beck, Trey Anastasio, Boyz II Men Headed to Tanglewood This Summer](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/04/09/beck-trey-anastasio-boyz-ii-men-headed-to-tanglewood-this-summer/) - (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 Development Corporation (HDC) Hopes to Develop Old School Building as a Community Hub](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/03/27/hudson-development-corporation-hdc-hudson-hub/) - (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,
- [Robert Burke Warren to Celebrate Birthday with Solo Concert in Saugerties](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/03/24/robert-burke-warren-to-celebrate-birthday-with-solo-concert-in-saugerties/) - by Noah Peretz (Intern, the Rogovoy Report) (SAUGERTIES, N.Y.) - Singer-songwriter, author, and all-around Renaissance man Robert Burke Warren will present his Big Birthday Shindig: An Evening of Songs, Stories, and Celebration at The Local in Saugerties, N.Y., on Saturday,March 30, at 8pm. The Hudson Valley-based Warren will perform a blend of original songs and
- [Lyle Lovett, Ben Folds, Suzanne Vega, Keb’ Mo’, and BoDeans Headed to Mahaiwe in 2024](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/03/08/lyle-lovett-ben-folds-suzanne-vega-keb-mo-and-bodeans-headed-to-mahaiwe-in-2024/) - (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Singer-songwriters Lyle Lovett, Ben Folds, Keb’ Mo’, Suzanne Vega, and rootsy heartland-rockers BoDeans will perform at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., between May and October 2024. Lyle Lovett, joined by singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb will perform in a collaboration on May 10, roots-rock band BoDeans on May 25, blues guitarist and
- [Brandi Carlile, Roger Daltrey, John Fogerty and Jon Batiste Added to 2024 Summer Lineup at Tanglewood](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/03/07/brandi-carlile-roger-daltrey-john-fogerty-and-jon-batiste-add-to-2024-summer-lineup-at-tanglewood/) - (LENOX, Mass.) - Brandi Carlile, Roger Daltrey, John Fogerty, and Jon Batiste have been added to Tanglewood’s Popular Artists Series for summer 2024, joining the previously announced James Taylor, the Pretenders, Kool & the Gang, Judy Collins, Rufus Wainwright, and Indigo Girls. Other performers include indie-rockers Dispatch, Scottish alt-rock singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, George Thorogood, folk-pop
- [Yiddish Book Center Founder and President Aaron Lansky to Retire; To Be Succeeded by YBC Executive Director Susan Bronson](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/02/28/yiddish-book-center-founder-and-president-aaron-lansky-to-retire-to-be-succeeded-by-ybc-executive-director-susan-bronson/) - (AMHERST, Mass.) February 27, 2023 -- Aaron Lansky, the Yiddish Book Center’s visionary founder and MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant winner, will retire from his role as president of the center in June 2025. Susan Bronson, the center’s long-time and accomplished executive director, will assume the position of president. Following his retirement, Lansky will remain at
- [Theater, Comedy, and Music Slated for the Foundry's Winter-Spring Season](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/01/26/theater-comedy-and-music-slated-for-the-foundrys-winter-spring-season/) - (WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) by Noah Peretz and Seth Rogovoy - Theater, comedy, and an eclectic musical menu are on tap for The Foundry’s winter-spring season, kicking off with a weekend of comic performances featuring New York City comedian Mina Hartong on Friday, February 9, at 1pm, when Hartong, a member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab
- [Ny Whitaker Named Director of Du Bois Freedom Center](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/01/17/ny-whitaker-named-director-of-du-bois-freedom-center/) - (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) -- Ny Whitaker has been named executive director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy (known as the Du Bois Freedom Center), following a seven-month, national search funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Whitaker will oversee operations, fundraising, and programming while reporting to
- [James Taylor to Mark 50 Years at Tanglewood with Fourth of July Weekend Concerts (Summer 2024)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/01/17/james-taylor-to-mark-50-years-at-tanglewood-with-fourth-of-july-weekend-concerts-summer-2024/) - (LENOX, Mass.) - James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his All-Star Band for performances on Wednesday, July 3, and Thursday, July 4, 2024, at 8pm, in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. This summer marks 50 years since Taylor first performed at Tanglewood on July 30, 1974. The two dates scheduled this July will bring the total
- [Restaurateur Josh Irwin to Open ‘Fast Casual’ Restaurant, Juju’s, in Space Adjoining Triplex](https://rogovoyreport.com/2024/01/17/restaurateur-josh-irwin-to-open-fast-casual-restaurant-jujus-in-space-adjoining-triplex/) - (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) - Berkshire restaurateur Josh Irwin (Cantina 229, MoonCloud) will open a “fast casual” food establishment in a space adjacent to the Triplex Cinema. Plans call for a 550-square-foot space, accessible from both the interior of the Triplex and the exterior on the Triplex patio via a takeout window. Juju’s will open in
- [Bob Dylan Center and Universal Music Announce Inaugural Bob Dylan Center Songwriter Fellowship](https://rogovoyreport.com/2023/08/23/bob-dylan-center-and-universal-music-announce-inaugural-bob-dylan-center-songwriter-fellowship/) - Created to develop rising talent, Fellowship recipients will be selected by a world-class panel of songwriters: Juliette Armanet, Patty Griffin, John Mellencamp, Carla Morrison and Nas (TULSA, Okla.) — The Bob Dylan Center [BDC] and Universal Music Publishing Group [UMPG], the world’s leading music publishing company, have joined forces to launch the Bob Dylan Center
- [Yidstock Festival to Present the Klezmatics, David Krakauer, Eleanor Reissa and Socalled Alongside Rising Stars of Klezmer](https://rogovoyreport.com/2023/06/14/yidstock-festival-to-present-the-klezmatics-david-krakauer-eleanor-reissa-and-socalled-alongside-rising-stars-of-klezmer/) - (AMHERST, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, Frank London and the Yidstock All-Stars, and David Krakauer’s Mazel Tov Cocktail Party headline the 11th annual YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music, taking place at the Yiddish Book Center over the course of four days, Thursday, July 13-Sunday, July 16, 2023. YIDSTOCK artistic director Seth Rogovoy curated this
- [Cousin Jerry: Soul Man](https://rogovoyreport.com/2011/08/09/jerry-ragovoy-tribute-tablet-magazine/) - by Seth Rogovoy I’ve been asking the questions of musicians over the course of my quarter-century career as a music journalist. But the question I’ve regularly been asked by musicians on the other end of the phone — as well as by fans, industry people, and music geeks — has been, “Are you by any
- [The Rogovoy Report Finds a New Home on Substack](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/11/24/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 (Nov 18-20, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/11/17/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-nov-18-20-2022/) - 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 … TAYLOR MAC RETURNS to MASS MoCA Taylor Mac and longtime musical partner Matt Ray sit down with MASS MoCA director Kristy Edmunds to dig into
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Nov 11-13, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/11/10/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-nov-11-13-2022/) - 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 … Fans of chamber music have lots to choose from this weekend. THE ORCHESTRA NOW OFFERS FREE CHAMBER MUSIC at BARD FISHER CENTER Members of The
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Nov 4-6, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/11/03/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-nov-4-6-2022/) - 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 … DIRTY DOZEN BRASS BAND and SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS at MAHAIWE Tonight at 8pm at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Oct 21-27, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/10/20/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-oct-21-27-2022/) - 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 … TRIBE DEBUTS ‘Touch of RED’ at MASS MoCA The visionary arts collective TRIBE—led by artistic director and choreographer Shamel Pitts—debuts its new program, Touch of RED,
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Oct 14-20, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/10/13/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-oct-14-20-2022/) - 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 … PALMER TRIO JOINS CANTILENA CHOIR for DANCE-RELATED PROGRAM Music at Trinity and the Cantilena Chamber Choir present Music for the Dance, a program combining choral
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (October 7-13, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/10/06/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-october-7-13-2022/) - 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 … STRING BEAN PARTY BRINGS QUIRKY ACOUSTIC BLEND to DEWEY HALL Old-time acoustic duo String Bean Party brings its quirky blend of early folk, string-band music,
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Sep 30-Oct 2, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/09/29/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 23-25, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/09/22/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-sept-23-25-2022/) - 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 … FRESHGRASS BRINGS GARY CLARK JR., YOLA and TANYA TUCKER to MASS MoCA The annual FreshGrass Festival of roots music at MASS MoCA in North Adams takes place
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Sept 16-22, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/09/15/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-sept-16-22-2022/) - 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 … PATRICK WATSON in SHEFFIELD, Mass., and WOODSTOCK, N.Y. Montreal-based singer-songwriter Patrick Watson bookends our region with two shows this weekend, playing Race Brook Lodge in
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Sept 9-14, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/09/08/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 (Sept 2-4, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/09/01/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-sept-2-4-2022/) - 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 … PS21 BRINGS CURTAIN DOWN ON SUMMER PS21 Performance Spaces for the 21st Century in Chatham, N.Y., brings the curtain down on its summer season with a
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Aug 26-31, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/08/25/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-aug-26-31-2022/) - 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 … TERENCE BLANCHARD BRINGS JAZZ to MASS MoCA Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard stops by MASS MoCA with his Grammy Award-nominated quintet The E-Collective, joined by the
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (August 19-25 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/08/18/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](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/08/16/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 (August 5-11, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/08/04/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-august-5-11-2022/) - 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 … CHVRCHES and CAFUNÉ BRING INDIE-POP SOUNDS to MASS MoCA Female-led indie pop is on tap tonight at MASS MoCA in North Adams at 8pm, with Scottish electro-pop
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (July 29-31, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/07/31/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
- [(Opera Review) 'The Silent Woman' by Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig at Bard SummerScape](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/07/31/opera-review-the-silent-woman-by-richard-strauss-and-stefan-zweig-at-bard-summerscape/) - The Silent Woman Opera by Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig Bard Summerscape Review by Seth Rogovoy (ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y., July 29, 2022) – For anyone who thinks they can’t stand operatic singing, The Silent Woman is the opera for you. It’s all about an old man who abides by a one-word creed: RUHE (German for quiet).
- [(Dance Review) Vertigo Dance Company soars at PS21](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/07/30/vertigo-dance-company-ps21/) - Vertigo Dance Company One. One & One PS21 Review by Seth Rogovoy (CHATHAM, N.Y., July 28, 2022) - One. One & One by Vertigo Dance Company begins with sounds of rain and dirt being shoveled and dogs barking off in the distance. The curtain opens to reveal a woman standing with her back to us,
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (July 22-28)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/07/26/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-july-22-28/) - GRAHAM NASH at BARDAVON and MAHAIWE Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of Crosby Stills & Nash and the Hollies Graham Nash is playing in our region twice the weekend: at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., tonight at 8pm, and at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., on Saturday
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (July 15-19, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/07/14/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-july-15-19-2022/) - 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 … JOHN CAMERON ‘HEDWIG’ MITCHELL and AMBER MARTIN at MASS MoCA Tony Award-winner John Cameron Mitchell – best known for his punk-goddess alter ego, Hedwig -- teams
- [(Dance Review) Pam Tanowitz and David Lang's 'Song of Songs' at Bard SummerScape](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/07/03/dance-review-pam-tanowitz-and-david-langs-song-of-songs-at-bard-summerscape/) - BARD SUMMERSCAPE 2022 SONG OF SONGS (world premiere) Pam Tanowitz and David Lang Fisher Center July 1-3, 2022 Review by Seth Rogovoy (ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y., July 2, 2022) – The Biblical Song of Songs, alternatively called Song of Solomon and, in Hebrew, Shir ha-Shirim, has inspired countless works of art over the centuries. This largely erotic
- [Aston Magna Series Features Works by Schumann, Bach, Handel, Others](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/06/29/aston-magna-series-features-works-by-schumann-bach-handel-others/) - (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) - The Aston Magna Music Festival celebrates its 49th season with a return to live, in-person concerts featuring works by Bach, Schumann, Handel, and others, with weekly performances at St. James Place in Great Barrington, Mass., and Hudson Hall in Hudson, N.Y., through July 23. Performing on period instruments, Aston Magna performs
- [(Concert Review) From Bach to Wuorinen, dazzling chamber music at PS21](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/06/25/concert-review-from-bach-to-wuorinen-dazzling-chamber-music-at-ps21/) - Review by Seth Rogovoy (CHATHAM, N.Y., June 24, 2022) – PS21’s House Blend concert series kicked off on Friday night with a program of music stretching across centuries, with mid-18th century works by J.S. Bach juxtaposed with mid-to-late 20th century works that offered a variety of sounds, instruments, and stylistic approaches, all comfortably united under
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview, Jun 24-26, 2022](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/06/23/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-jun-24-26-2022/) - A highly selective preview of what looks best in the performing arts in our region this coming weekend... This weekend PS21 in Chatham, N.Y., kicks off its second annual House Blend concert series, presenting stimulating, often challenging programs by talented soloists and ensembles who find surprising new life in canonical works and illuminate contemporary music
- [TSL Presents Multimedia Sonic Composition, Improvisational Quartet Manali, in Hudson, N.Y.](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/06/18/tsl-presents-multimedia-sonic-composition-improvisational-quartet-manali-in-hudson-n-y/) - Time and Space cofounders Linda Mussmann and Claudia Bruce join forces with sonic landscape artist John Moletress for “these three together,” a multimedia sonic composition exploring a meditative use of language to make statements about seeing & saying, weather reports, time & space, and how to move from the meaning of words to the sound
- [New Exhibit at Norman Rockwell Museum Confronts Stereotypes and Opens Dialogue](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/06/03/new-exhibit-at-norman-rockwell-museum-confronts-stereotypes-and-opens-dialogue/) - (STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Imprinted: Illustrating Race, a landmark exhibition, opens at the Norman Rockwell Museum on June 11 and runs through October 30, 2022. This special exhibition examines the role of published images in shaping attitudes toward race and culture. More than 150 works of art and artifacts of widely circulated illustrated imagery will be
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview, May 27-29](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/05/27/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-may-27-29/) - The cultural highlights in our region this weekend include chamber music, cabaret, roots music, folk-rock … plus a whole lot more. WILCO'S SOLID SOUND FESTIVAL RETURNS to MASS MoCA Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival returns to MASS MoCA in North Adams this weekend, today through Sunday, featuring dozens of acts from all over the musical
- [Members of New York Philharmonic to Perform Haydn and Schubert for Clarion Concerts Gala](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/05/26/members-of-new-york-philharmonic-to-perform-haydn-and-schubert-for-clarion-concerts-gala/) - (EGREMONT, Mass.) - A quartet of players from the New York Philharmonic will perform works by Haydn and Schubert as part of the Annual Spring Fundraising Gala for Clarion Concerts on Sunday, June 5, at 3pm, at a private location in Egremont. The players include violinists Sheryl Staples and Yulia Ziskel, violist Cong Wu, and
- [Berkshire Culturals Offer Season-Long Celebration of Lincoln Memorial Centennial](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/04/27/berkshire-culturals-offer-season-long-celebration-of-lincoln-memorial-centennial/) - (STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – Norman Rockwell Museum, Chesterwood, and the Mahaiwe are teaming up to commemorate the centennial of the Lincoln Memorial, the centerpiece of which is The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated exhibition at Norman Rockwell Museum, on view from May 7 through September 5, 2022. Created in collaboration with Chesterwood -- the historic summer home and
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (April 1-7, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/03/30/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-april-1-7-2022/) - The highly selective cultural highlights in our region this weekend include contemporary dance, blues, country, jazz … plus a whole lot more. EXPERIMENTAL DANCE at THE FOUNDRY Tonight at 7:30pm choreographer Fiona Scruggs brings her multi-piece work titled "Qualia" to the Foundry in West Stockbridge, Mass. Qualia is defined as one’s own individual experience
- [Yidstock Celebrates 10th Anniversary with All-Star Lineup of Klezmer and Yiddish Talent](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/03/29/yidstock-celebrates-10th-anniversary-with-all-star-lineup-of-klezmer-and-yiddish-talent/) - (AMHERST, Mass.) – The Klezmatics, Eleanor Reissa, Socalled, and Paul Shapiro’s Ribs & Brisket Revue headline the 10th annual YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music, taking place at the Yiddish Book Center over the course of four days, Thursday, July 7-Sunday, July 10, 2022. This year’s festival – once again curated by Yidstock artistic
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Mar 25-31)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/03/24/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,
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Mar 11-18, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/03/10/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-mar-11-18-2022/) - The cultural highlights in our region this weekend include Indian music, Irish music, Greek and Yiddish music, modern dance … plus a whole lot more. CRASH TEST DUMMIES in DALTON Left-of-center alternative rock group Crash Test Dummies -- best known for lead singer Brad Robert’s impossibly low bass-baritone voice and hits including “Superman’s Song,” “Mmm
- [Niki Jacobs Brings Yiddish Version of Theodorakis’s ‘Mauthausen Cycle’ to Northeast Region](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/03/07/niki-jacobs-brings-yiddish-version-of-theodorakiss-mauthausen-cycle-to-northeast-region/) - Internationally acclaimed Dutch Yiddish singer Niki Jacobs will bring her Yiddish version of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis’s “Mauthausen Cycle” to three Northeastern U.S. venues in mid-March. Performing with her classical/klezmer ensemble, Jacobs will present her Holocaust-themed program drawn from “The Ballad of Mauthausen,” also known as the “Mauthausen Cantata,” at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre
- [Bob Dylan’s new book ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’ coming in November](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/03/08/bob-dylans-new-book-the-philosophy-of-modern-song-coming-in-november/) - (NEW YORK, N.Y.) - Simon & Schuster will publish The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan on November 8, 2022. This is the first book of new writing since Dylan’s Chronicles, Volume One (published in 2004 and on the New York Times bestseller lists for over 50 weeks) and since winning the Nobel Prize
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview, March 4-6, 2022](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/03/03/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-march-4-6-2022/) - The cultural highlights in our region this weekend include all varieties of chamber music, rock, pop, folk … plus a whole lot more. HELEN GILLET at THE FOUNDRY Belgian-born cellist, singer, composer Helen Gillet has been described as a "whirling dervish of the cello." Gillet brings her diverse, eclectic sounds to the Foundry in
- [Berkshire Opera Festival Presents ‘Mid-Winter Mozart’ Recital at St. James Place](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/03/01/berkshire-opera-festival-presents-mid-winter-mozart-recital-at-st-james-place/) - (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) -- 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 on Sunday, March 27, at 4pm. The vocalists will be accompanied by pianist Noah Palmer. The festival’s inaugural winter concert
- [Darlene Love, Joan Osborne, Kate Pierson Headline ‘We Got the Beat’ Women in Music Summit at Bearsville Theater](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/03/01/darlene-love-joan-osborne-kate-pierson-headline-we-got-the-beat-women-in-music-summit-at-bearsville-theater/) - (WOODSTOCK, N.Y.) — Darlene Love, Joan Osborne, Kate Pierson (B-52s), Genya Ravan, Amy Rigby, and Simi Stone headline We Got the Beat, a women-in-music summit featuring three days of concerts, panel discussions, film screenings, conversations, and more, at the legendary Bearsville Theater in Woodstock on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 25-27, 2022. The brainchild
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview, Feb 11-13](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/02/10/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-feb-11-13/) - The cultural highlights in our region this weekend include lots of jazz, symphonic music, punk-rock, Celtic fusion … plus a whole lot more. HUDSON JAZZ FESTIVAL The Hudson Jazz Festival kicks off the first of a two-weekend run celebrating the artistry of Black jazz musicians and their innovations as part of the festival’s “Lift
- [Hudson Jazz Festival’s ‘Lift Every Voice’ Program Celebrates Black Artistry](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/02/08/hudson-jazz-festivals-lift-every-voice-program-celebrates-black-artistry/) - (HUDSON, N.Y.) – The 2022 edition of the Hudson Jazz Festival, dubbed “Lift Every Voice” after the Black national anthem, promises an eight-day festival celebrating the artistry of Black jazz musicians and their innovation of the genre. The festival, taking place over the course of two long weekends (February 10-13 and 17-20) at Hudson Hall,
- [Regional Cultural Preview (January 21-27, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/01/20/regional-cultural-preview-january-21-27-2022/) - The cultural highlights in our region this weekend include ballet, chamber music, jazz, comedy … plus a whole lot more. THE LUCKY 5 BRINGS SWING-JAZZ to EGREMONT BARN On Saturday at 7:30pm, the Lucky 5 brings its hard-swinging jazz, drawing on the tradition of jazz from the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s, to the
- [Eleanor Reissa Wrestles with Holocaust Legacy in New Memoir](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/01/10/eleanor-reissa-wrestles-with-holocaust-legacy-in-new-memoir/) - (NEW YORK, N.Y.) -- Eleanor Reissa’s new memoir, The Letters Project: A Daughter's Journey, will be published on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, by Post Hill Press. A second-generation Holocaust memoir, Reissa’s new book reads like a mystery, recounting the compelling story of her discovery of a cache of letters written in the 1940s from her
- [(Recording Review) Jessie Lee Montague snares listeners with 'Unhooked'](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/11/23/recording-review-jessie-lee-montague-snares-listeners-with-unhooked/) - Jessie Lee Montague, Unhooked Review by Seth Rogovoy Hudson Valley-based alt-rock singer-songwriter Jessie Lee Montague recorded several albums and performed widely around the region and in New York City in the late 1990s and early 2000s under the band name Jake. After a decade-plus hiatus from performing and recording, Montague is back with a terrific
- [Regional Cultural Preview (Jan 13-19, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/01/13/regional-cultural-preview-jan-13-19-2022/) - The cultural highlights in our region this weekend include jazz, comedy, opera … plus a whole lot more. MONOLOGUES at PS21 In early December, acclaimed playwright/director Pascal Rambert arrived at PS21 in Chatham, N.Y., from France for a weeklong residency with actors Jim Fletcher and Ismail ibn Conner, to rehearse and refine two of
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Cultural Preview (Jan 7-13, 2020)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2022/01/06/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-cultural-preview-jan-7-13-2020/) - The cultural highlights in our region this weekend include Punjabi party music, Mozart, theater, memoir … plus a whole lot more. SONNY SINGH at MASS MoCA On Saturday at 8pm, Sonny Singh, the vocalist and trumpeter who fronts the bhangra brass band Red Baraat, brings his own band to perform boundary-defying Punjabi anthems
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Dec. 17-23, 2021)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/12/16/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-dec-17-23-2021/) - World-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli, who has established himself as a prime interpreter of the so-called Great American Songbook, will expand his musical palette when he performs at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., on Saturday at 8pm, playing new standards, with a repertoire that includes Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Tom Waits, and The
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview (Dec 23, 2021-Jan 2, 2022)](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/12/23/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-dec-23-2021-jan-2-2022/) - As one might expect, there are not a lot of live performances happening this holiday weekend, but there are a few that should not be overlooked: West Stockbridge Chamber Players Winter Concert The West Stockbridge Chamber Players present their annual Winter Concert at the West Stockbridge Congregational Church on Monday (December 27) at
- [Aston Magna to Play Works by Handel, Bach in Winter Solstice Concerts](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/12/09/aston-magna-to-play-works-by-handel-bach-in-winter-solstice-concerts/) - (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass., and HUDSON, N.Y.) - The Aston Magna Chamber Players present a live holiday concert, “Handel & Bach: Music for a Winter Solstice,” featuring works by George Frideric Handel and J.S. Bach, at Hudson Hall on Tuesday, December 21, at 7pm, and at St. James Place in Great Barrington on Wednesday, December 22,
- [Berkshire and Hudson Valley Regional Cultural Preview, December 10-12, 2021](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/12/09/berkshire-and-hudson-valley-regional-cultural-preview-december-10-12-2021/) - “32 Sounds,” an immersive “live cinema” documentary that explores the elemental phenomenon of sound, by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green, takes place on Saturday at 8pm at MASS MoCA in North Adams. The film weaves together 32 audio experiences, crafting a cinematic poem that is a meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross
- [Julianne Boyd, Founder and Artistic Director of Barrington Stage Company, to Retire After 2022 Season](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/11/03/julianne-boyd-founder-and-artistic-director-of-barrington-stage-company-to-retire-after-2022-season/) - (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) - Julianne Boyd, founder and artistic director of Barrington Stage Company (BSC), has announced plans to retire at the end of the 2022 season. The Board of Trustees is conducting a national search for her successor, who will assume leadership in the fall of 2022. For a comprehensive appreciation of Julie Boyd’s accomplishments
- [Columbia County Sheriff’s $57K Pay-to-Play Scheme Stinks of Corruption](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/10/28/columbia-county-sheriffs-57k-pay-to-play-scheme-stinks-of-corruption/) - (COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y.) - On October 25, 2021, Columbia County Sheriff David P. Bartlett announced that an Alabama company, Black Creek Integrated Corporation, was selected as the new records management system for the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO). On August 18, 2021, the Board of Supervisors, on Bartlett’s urging, approved a $57,000 contract with the
- [New Dai Ban Wall Sculptures Featured in Exhibit at Carrie Haddad Gallery](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/10/25/new-dai-ban-wall-sculptures-featured-in-exhibit-at-carrie-haddad-gallery/) - (HUDSON, N.Y., October 25, 2021) - A new series of wall sculptures built from geometric planes of foam board, Venetian plaster, pigments, and beeswax by Berkshire-based artist Dai Ban are featured in Fragments of Time and Space, a multi-artist exhibition on view at Carrie Haddad Gallery now through Sunday, November 21. The exhibit also
- [Seth Rogovoy to Explore Jewish Roots of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen in Multimedia Talks](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/09/23/seth-rogovoy-to-explore-jewish-roots-of-bob-dylan-and-leonard-cohen-in-multimedia-talks/) - Seth Rogovoy, the author of “Bob Dylan: Prophet Mystic Poet” and the winner of a Simon Rockower Prize for his groundbreaking article, “Leonard Cohen’s Mystical Midrash,” will explore the profound Jewish roots of these two artists and how they influenced their creative work in online multimedia presentations in late September 2021. Dorot will present Rogovoy’s
- [Aston Magna Chamber Players to Perform ‘Masterpieces of the Late Baroque’](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/09/20/aston-magna-chamber-players-to-perform-masterpieces-of-the-late-baroque/) - (HUDSON, N.Y., and GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) -- The Aston Magna Chamber Players will perform two September concerts of baroque music, live in-person, at Hudson Hall in Hudson, N.Y., on Saturday, September 25, at 7pm and at Saint James Place in Great Barrington, Mass., on Sunday, September 26, at 3pm. Concertgoers must present proof of vaccine
- [‘Savage Winter’ Brings Down Curtain on PS21’s Modern Opera Series](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/09/08/savage-winter-brings-down-curtain-on-ps21s-modern-opera-series/) - by Seth Rogovoy (CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Douglas J. Cuomo’s Savage Winter, a contemporary reimagining of Wilhelm Müller’s poetry cycle Winterreise, will bring down the curtain on PS21’s Modern Opera Fest on Thursday, September 9, at 7pm. In Savage Winter, composer Cuomo has created a thought-provoking opera that mirrors the complexity of modern life and relationships.
- [Hudson Eye Festival 2021 Expands Diversity and Outreach](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/08/25/hudson-eye-festival-2021-expands-diversity-and-outreach/) - (HUDSON, N.Y.) – This year’s The Hudson Eye, an annual festival of arts and performance, features a diverse array of artists in free and ticketed events at a variety of indoor and outdoor venues throughout Hudson from Friday, August 27, to Monday, September 6. Artists include Claudia Bruce, Pauline DeCarmo, Shelley Hirsch, Reginald Madison, Linda
- [Maya Beiser to Premiere New Philip Glass Project at Hudson Hall](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/07/18/maya-beiser-to-premiere-new-philip-glass-project-at-hudson-hall/) - by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Renowned avant-garde cellist Maya Beiser will be joined by a group of all-star cellists to perform works from her new solo album, Maya Beiser x Philip Glass, at Hudson Hall on Saturday, July 24 at 7pm. The venue is most appropriate for the music’s world premiere, as the album
- [Yidstock 2021 Goes Global with Virtual Program Featuring a Dozen Artists](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/05/07/yidstock-2021-goes-global-with-virtual-program-featuring-a-dozen-artists/) - (AMHERST, Mass.) – YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music will feature a dozen musical artists from around the world—including Eleanor Reissa, Lorin Sklamberg of the Klezmatics, and Daniel Kahn and Sveta Kundish from Berlin—in a program of Yiddish songs of social justice streaming on Sunday, July 11, at 4pm (ET). The ninth annual YIDSTOCK—what
- [Seth Rogovoy to Explore Jewish Protest Singers of the 1960s in Virtual Program](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/07/15/seth-rogovoy-to-explore-jewish-protest-singers-of-the-1960s-in-virtual-program/) - (AMHERST, Mass.) – Seth Rogovoy will debut a new multimedia program called “The Times They Were a-Changin’: Jewish Protest Singers of the 1960s,” in a free livestream on Thursday, July 15, at 7pm (Eastern Time), presented by the Yiddish Book Center as part of its annual YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music and its
- [Brandi Carlile, Mavis Staples, Judy Collins Headed to Tanglewood; JT and Ringo Postponed to 2022](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/06/04/brandi-carlile-mavis-staples-judy-collins-headed-to-tanglewood-jt-and-ringo-postponed-to-2022/) - (June 4, 2021) – With the cap on attendance at Tanglewood this summer now doubled to 9,000, the stage door has opened for concerts by alternative country artist Brandi Carlile (8/21, 7pm), soul-gospel icon Mavis Staples (8/21, 7pm), and legendary folksinger Judy Collins (8/22, 2:30pm). Concerts by James Taylor and Ringo Starr have been postponed
- [Seth Rogovoy to Host Bob Dylan 80th Birthday Virtual Tribute Concert](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/05/19/seth-rogovoy-to-host-bob-dylan-80th-birthday-virtual-tribute-concert/) - (LONDON, U.K.) – Bob Dylan turns 80 years old on Monday, May 24, 2021, and to celebrate and pay tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning rock poet, Seth Rogovoy will produce and host a global, all-star, Jewish-oriented virtual tribute concert, featuring Socalled (Montreal), Niki Jacobs (Amsterdam), Daniel Kahn (Berlin/Hamburg), and Lail Arad (London). In “Happy
- [A Writer’s Room for Hudson?](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/05/07/a-writers-room-for-hudson-2/) - (HUDSON, N.Y.) – The founders of the very successful DC Writers Room are focusing their attention on Hudson as a likely site for their next project. They want to hear from local writers to gauge their interest in such an effort. Charles Karelis and his son, Alexander Karelis, founded a writers’ space in Washington, DC,
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- [Virtual Concert Pays Tribute to Holocaust Survivors](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/05/07/virtual-concert-pays-tribute-to-holocaust-survivors/) - (WOODSTOCK, N.Y.) – A dozen regional musicians will take part in Holocaust Survivors: A Concert of Resilience and Hope, which will be livestreamed from the Bearsville Theatre on Sunday May 23, at 4pm. Performers include Elizabeth Clark, Michael Veitch, Jen Clapp, Vicki Russell, Bonnie Meadow, Elise Pittelman, and Judy Kass. Musical director is Julie Last,
- [Seth Rogovoy Launches New Substack Newsletter for Original Writings](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/05/07/seth-rogovoy-launches-new-substack-newsletter-for-original-writings/) - (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Seth Rogovoy has launched Reflections & Illuminations, a newsletter devoted to his creative, original writing, on the widely popular Substack platform. The newsletter, which will be delivered to subscriber inboxes two to three times per week, is free and will include Rogovoy’s writings and thoughts on culture, politics, and life itself. To
- [The Rogovoy Report Requires Reader Support](https://rogovoyreport.com/2020/09/07/the-rogovoy-report-requires-reader-support/) - If just 1,000 of you donated $1 per month, I would collect $12,000 per year – enough to cover all my expenses and have some money left over for my time.
- [(Film Review) This Musical ‘Kaddish for Bernie Madoff’ Was Chanted Long Before He Died](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/04/18/alicia-jo-rabins-kaddish-bernie-madoff/) - by Seth Rogovoy In a bizarre, almost meta- confluence of perfect timing, disgraced fraudster financier Bernie Madoff died in prison last week, just as Alicia Jo Rabins’s brilliant, rock musical film “A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff” began making the rounds of film festivals, with various online screenings, on its way toward a broader theatrical
- [Rogovoy to Discuss Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Klezmer and More in Spring 2021](https://rogovoyreport.com/2021/02/16/rogovoy-to-disc