(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Modern blues artist Keb’ Mo’ will appear with his band at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Thursday, October 18, 2012, at 7:30pm. A singer, guitarist and songwriter, Keb’ Mo’ is a three-time Grammy Award winner for Best Contemporary Blues Album and a key figure in the acclaimed 2003 PBS series…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – In an evening of unprecedented folk-pop royalty, Grammy Award-winning folk music pioneer Judy Collins will share the stage at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center with hit songwriter Jimmy Webb as her opening act on Sunday, August 26, 2012, at 7 pm. Known for her blend of interpretive folk songs and contemporary…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Housatonic, Mass.-based author Gina Hyams and The Meat Market will host a chili contest to celebrate publication of Hyams’s new book/kit, Chili Cook-off in a Box: Everything You Need to Host a Chili Cook-off, on Sunday, October 7 2012, from 4 pm to 6pm at The Meat Market (389 Stockbridge Rd.).…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Tony Award-winning singer and actress Betty Buckley performs at the Mahaiwe in Ah, Men! The Boys of Broadway on Sunday, August 19, 2012, at 7pm. The concert features Buckley performing men’s songs from Broadway shows that she has always wanted to sing, including numbers from Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, Guys…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The so-called Great American Songbook will be the script from which Broadway musical star Barbara Cook and jazz singer-guitarist John Pizzarelli will read when they join forces for an exclusive duet concert at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, August 4, 2012, at 8 p.m. Cook’s silvery soprano, purity of…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Modern bluesman Keb’ Mo’, reggae legends Toots and the Maytals, and Motown stars the Temptations are among newly announced acts that will be appearing at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center this fall. Three-time Grammy Award-winner Keb’ Mo’, the stage name of Kevin Moore, will be performing his brand of modern blues…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Sruti Yoga Center, located on the second floor of 33 Railroad St., will host an all-day open house featuring a wide variety of free drop-in classes, a photography exhibit and talk, raffles, an apparel sale, and an evening Kirtan on Saturday, August 4, 2012, from noon to 10 p.m., to mark…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Great Barrington, the “best small town in America,” according to Smithsonian Magazine, now has an app to prove it. The Great Barrington Historical Commission has produced a smartphone historic walking tour of the town’s Victorian Main Street. The tour covers sixteen civic, commercial, religious and residential historic sites in Great Barrington’s…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Innovative dance ensemble MOMIX brings its evening-length Botanica program to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7, 2012, at 8pm. MOMIX director Moses Pendleton’s most recent work, Botanica is a multimedia journey through the seasons blending movement, circus, athleticism, and magical effects. Botanica’s eclectic score…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Jazz and world-music innovator Paul Winter has chosen to mark the 50th anniversary of his first band, the Paul Winter Sextet, with two reunion concerts at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on June 6 and 7, 2012, at 7:30pm. The band will include four of the original Sextet members – pianist…
