(NORTH ADAMS, MASS.) – The ReMINDers and Maya Azucena headline the 10th Annual Blues and Funk Festival at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) on Friday, February 6, and Saturday, February 7, 2015, at 7:30pm in the MCLA Venable Gymnasium at 375 Church St. Other performers include the Berkshires’ own Albert Cummings Band, Arthur Holmes…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Canadian acoustic folk-pop duo Dala will perform an intimate evening of holiday classics and original music in the Eleanor Furst Auditorium at the MCLA Church Street Center on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, at 7:30pm. This will be the third time the Juno Award nominees and winners of the 2010 Canadian Folk…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Trombonist and composer Craig Harris will lead an ensemble to perform the music of the late Sun Ra, one of the most original voices and visionaries in jazz, at MCLA in the Church Street Center’s Eleanor Furst Roberts Auditorium on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at 7:30pm. For this concert, Harris will…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) — The Campbell Brothers bring their signature “sacred steel” guitars to Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) as they headline this year’s GospelFest on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 7pm, in the MCLA Church Street Center. In addition to the Campbell Brothers, who will perform with vocalist Katie Jackson, Harold “Zion” Edwards…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Canadian acoustic folk-pop duo Dala returns to perform a Christmas concert at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., as part of the MCLA Presents! performance series. Melody Rolph ’14 will warm up the crowd for Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine, who together as…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Haitian guitarist and singer BélO brings his high energy mix of jazz, worldbeat, rock, reggae and Afro-Haitian traditional rhythm known as Ragganga to MCLA’s Church Street Center on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at 8 p.m. as part of the MCLA Presents! performance series. Born in Haiti in 1979 as Jean Bélony…
(NORTH ADAMS and PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The most famous novel ever written in the Berkshires – and perhaps anywhere in America and the world – comes to life this week courtesy of the Gare St. Lazare Players Ireland, when they bring their innovative adaptation of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick to the MCLA Church Street Center in…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sonia Nazario, a graduate of neighboring Williams College one town over in Williamstown, will speak at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) about her book, Enrique’s Journey, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at 7 p.m., in the MCLA Church Street Center’s Eleanor Furst Roberts Auditorium. Enrique’s Journey is…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – MCLA Presents!, a performance series of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA), will kick off its 2012-13 season on Saturday, September 15, 2012, at 3 p.m. in the MCLA Quad with Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez and his Afro-Cuban/Afro-Beat Band. Deeply rooted in Afro-Cuban Rumba tradition, Martinez and his ensemble will bring…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Beginning Thursday, June 28, 2012, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ (MCLA) Gallery 51 will present VS., a solo exhibition of artwork by Ven Voisey. The public is invited to attend a free opening reception in conjunction with the kickoff celebration of DownStreet Art 2012, on Thursday, June 28, 6-9 p.m. The…
