(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Part stand-up comedy, part lecture, Nerd Nite combines the entertaining and the educational. An underground phenomenon featuring authentic TED Talk-style presentations on topics ranging from math feuds, the science of the Simpsons, to the geneology of Godzilla, Nerd Nite has been spreading across the U.S. and the world for nearly a…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The Bandana Splits bring nostalgic charm to MASS MoCA’s Club B-10 on Saturday, October 6, 2012, at 8pm. The Brookyn-based trio of Dawn Landes, Lauren Balthrop, and Annie Nero re-creates the bubblegum pop and doo-wop styles of the 1950s and ’60s with upbeat three-part harmonies featuring ukuleles, guitars, and even kazoos.…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Before popular world-building games like Sim City and Minecraft, there was visual artist Jerry Gretzinger. Gretzinger has created a vast living map comprised of individual, handcrafted panels, a map which evolves and shape-shifts as he reworks a panel every day. With over 2,600 painted and collaged panels spanning a jaw-dropping 2,000…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – On Saturday, August 25, 2012, at 8 pm, after a two week-long residency at MASS MoCA, renowned choreographer and dancer Nora Chipaumire, former associate artistic director of Urban Bush Women, works with an all-star team including acclaimed Grammy Award-nominated composer and pianist Omar Sosa, Long Wharf Theater associate artistic director Eric…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Hailing from Alberta, Canada, and now based out of New York City, comedian and storyteller Ophira Eisenberg performs at MASS MoCA on Saturday, August 18, at 8 p.m., for an Alt Cabaret performance on the Club B-10 stage, in conjunction with Oh, Canada, the cultural laboratory’s year-long salute to contemporary Canadian…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Real Estate brings its considered, melodic pop songs to MASS MoCA in North Adams on Thursday, August 9, 2012, at 8 p.m.. From suburban New Jersey, the band comes with music that echoes the mellow and unique charm of rural life. Real Estate plays lo-fi, summery songs – think Yo La…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The long-form dance music video Girl Walk // All Day kicks off a dance party on Saturday, August 4, 2012, at 9 p.m. at MASS MoCA. Directed by Jacob Krupnick, Girl Walk // All Day is set to Greg Gillis’s (a.k.a. Girl Talk) album All Day, in which three dancers move…
by Seth Rogovoy From children’s songs like “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” to blues like “Freight Train Blues” to the Clash’s “Train in Vain,” the relentless, repetitive rhythms of the railroad have inspired countless songs that recapitulate those rhythms musically while making overt reference to them textually. But perhaps no music has ever made…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – On Saturday, July 21, 2012, at 8p.m., the Bang on a Can All-Stars will perform their brand-new, evening-length masterpiece, Field Recordings, with guests Nick Zammuto and Todd Reynolds, as part of the 11th annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA, part of Bang on a Can’s 25th…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – While new-music collective Bang on a Can has been busy all year celebrating its quarter-century anniversary since its founding in New York City in 1987, it also is marking a landmark year in the Berkshires, commencing the second decade of its summer residency at MASS MoCA, including a summer institute, a…
