Lyle Lovett at the Mahaiwe (photo Seth Rogovoy) MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group Saturday, December 17, 2011 Review by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – There are still a few performers out there who work hard for their money, who equally value craftsmanship and entertainment, who continue to challenge themselves…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Pianist Armen Donelian leads his trio in performance at Castle Street Cafe on Saturday, December 10, 2011, at 7:30 pm. Accompanying Donelian, who has performed and recorded since 1975 as a featured solo pianist, leader of his own quintet and trio, and with jazz legends including Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker, Paquito…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Sruti Yoga Center will offer a series of classes for skiers, snowboarders, and winter outdoor enthusiasts to tune up their bodies, strengthen their legs, and get ready to hit the slopes starting on Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at noon on December 8, 11, 15 and 18. Participants…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Castle Street Café’s former neighbor, the Berkshire Community Action Council (BCAC), which used to operate a food pantry and fuel assistance office, shut its doors recently, just when fuel assistance budgets have been decimated and as the price of home heating oil has doubled. The restaurant is stepping in to…
by Seth Rogovoy I’m no arborist, and I don’t know anything about trees. And I know that the Bradford Pear trees lining downtown Great Barrington’s Main Street are controversial, to say the least, and some self-styled experts claim they are the wrong trees in the wrong location, and at the end of their lifespans, anyway.…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Going into its 20th year of presenting outstanding chamber music with lively commentary, Close Encounters With Music (CEWM) presents the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Sunday, October 30, 2011, at 2pm. Conducted by Misha Rachlevsky, the ensemble returns for a second successive season with a program…
MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Richard Thompson October 14, 2011 Review by Seth Rogovoy (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Simply put, Richard Thompson proved once again on Friday night at the Mahaiwe that he is a master – a virtuoso guitarist, an engaging performer, an acute songwriter, and an affecting singer. He puts all the elements together…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Country-folk singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett, folk-gospel legend Mavis Staples, the Blind Boys of Alabama, James Brown sidemen Pee Wee Ellis and Maceo Parker, jazz fusion stars Spyro Gyra, English folk-rock pioneer Richard Thompson, and New Age ensemble Paul Winter Consort – most all of whom have won Grammy Awards — are the…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Internationally renowned Sanskrit chant duo Deva Premal and Miten perform The Yoga of Sacred Song and Chant at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Sunday, October 9, at 7:30 p.m. The duo will be joined by Nepalese flute maestro Manose for the event, presented by Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – National Book Award-winning author Barry Lopez, the author of Arctic Dreams and twelve other works of fiction and nonfiction, will speak on “A Different Kind of Citizenship: Maintaining Good Relations with the Earth,” at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center tonight (Thursday, September 22, 2011) at 8, in a program sponsored by…
