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Dance Company MOMIX Celebrates Nature with ‘Botanica’ at the Mahaiwe

(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…

(Film Review) Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (at The BIFF)

Marina Abramovic at screening of ‘The Artist Is Present’ at the Mahaiwe for The BIFF Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present Berkshire International Film Festival Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Great Barrington, Mass. Friday, June 1, 2012 by Seth Rogovoy The choice to screen Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present at the Berkshire International Film Festival…

New British Play About Intersection of Dawn of Cinema and Jewish Life to Screen at The Clark and the Mahaiwe Live in HD from London’s National Theatre

(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…

New Age Earth-Jazz Artist Paul Winter to Perform at Mahaiwe

(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…

Mahaiwe Receives $100,000 MCC Matching Grant for Capital Improvements

(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…

Gospel-Folk Legend Mavis Staples to Perform at the Mahaiwe

(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…

Mahaiwe Invites Public to Design “Dream Season”

(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…