(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – On Saturday, June 2, 2012, Great Barrington native Galen Clark returns home with his Portland, Oregon-based electronic jazz group, Trio Subtonic, to Castle Street Café, as part of an East coast tour celebrating the release of their third recording, I’ll Meet You There Tomorrow. Trio Subtonic evolved from a long-time collaboration…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Golden Globe Award-nominee Treat Williams, who is also an airplane pilot and a children’s book author, will take part in the fifth season-opening gala for Berkshire Playwrights Lab on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. The multimedia event will also include a new short piece by Pulitzer…
(HOUSATONIC, Mass.) – Having faced temporary homelessness as a result of a real estate deal, Berkshire Pulse has reached an agreement with its current landlord, Jolly Roger Realty LLC, which will allow the dance school to remain in its present space at 410 Park Street in Housatonic through July 1, 2012, so that its current…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors will be screened at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Thursday, March 1, 2012, at 7 p.m. (and at 2 p.m. at The Clark in Williamstown, Mass.) as part of the London National Theatre Live in HD series. This new production, directed by the Royal Court’s Artistic Director…
(WILLIAMSTOWN and GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Verdi’s sweeping romantic opera Ernani will be screened at The Clark and the Mahaiwe on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at 1p.m., Live in HD from the Metropolitan Opera. (There will be an encore screening at the Mahaiwe on Wednesday, March 7, at 1 p.m. at the Mahaiwe.) In Ernani,…
(WILLIAMSTOWN and GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Travelling Light, a new tragicomic fable of enchantment by renowned U.K. playwright Nicholas Wright, about the invention of the movies, pre-World War I Jewish life, and the price one pays for artistic passion and commitment, will be screened Live in HD from London’s National Theatre at The Clark in…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Paul Winter, the composer, bandleader, saxophonist, musicologist and naturalist who combines all his interests and skills into a unique style he calls “Earth Music,” brings his ensemble, the Paul Winter Consort, to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, February 4, 2012, at 8 p.m. Winter’s music and wildlife odysseys have…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center has been awarded a $100,000 capital grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Cultural Facilities Fund in conjunction with MassDevelopment. This grant requires a 100 percent match, meaning the Mahaiwe must raise one dollar for every dollar granted. The funds will support important safety upgrades, chimney repair, painting…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Mavis Staples, whose musical career has spanned over a half century spanning gospel, spirituals, R&B, rock, pop, folk, country, protest, Americana and indie rock, and who was a longtime member of her legendary family ensemble, the Staples Singers, performs at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Sunday, January 22 at 7…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Members of the public are invited to submit their nominations for a “dream season” schedule of any seven performers – living or dead – whom they would love to see on the stage of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. A winner of the “Mahaiwe Mix” Dream Season Contest will be selected…
