Tag Archive for North Adams

Works by Dawn Black on View at IAP

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Incitements of Folly, a new show of works on paper and paintings by Baton Rouge artist Dawn Black opens at Independent Art Projects (IAP) with an artist reception on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at 3pm. Incitements of Folly takes a candid look at the personifications of “folly” within the broader context…

Storyboard P Brings Brooklyn ‘Street Dance’ to MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Storyboard P and his troupe, the Warriorz, bring their stylized street dance to Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, February 28, 2015, at 8pm. Storyboard P has been called “the Basquiat of street dance,” and “a man whose dancing seems to belong less to the limitations of the human body…

ReMINDers and Maya Azucena Headline MCLA Blues & Funk Fest

(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…

Singer/Slam Poet Aja Monet to Perform at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass,) – Singer and spoken-word artist Aja Monet, the youngest-ever individual to win New York City’s famed Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam Champion title, will perform in Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at 8pm. Armed with extraordinary authenticity and a passion for storytelling, Monet announced her presence at…

Craig Harris to Perform Music of Sun Ra at MCLA

(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…

‘Michael Clayton’ Director to Reveal the Art of Suspense at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Director-screenwriter Tony Gilroy, best known for his Oscar-winning thriller “Michael Clayton,” will pull back the curtain on the art of cinematic suspense in a multimedia presentation in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Friday, November 7, 2014, at 8pm, as part of the Williamstown Film Festival’s proceedings. Gilroy will talk…

Abstracted Landscapes by Three Painters at Eclipse Mill Gallery

'Berkshire Blast' by Sharon Carson

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – To Each Her Own, an exhibit featuring paintings by Sharon Carson, Cathy Doocy, and Debi Pendell, opens at the Eclipse Mill Gallery with an opening reception on Saturday, October 11, 2014, from 6 to 8pm, and remains on view through October 26. All three artists play with line, shape, form, color,…

Rap Icon Talib Kweli to Perform at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.)  – Hip-hop star Talib Kweli brings his singular brand of socio-political rap to the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, October 19, 2013, at 8pm. In 1998, Brooklyn-based rapper Kweli blasted into the public consciousness as one half of rap duo Black Star. The group released only one album – “Mos…

MASS MoCA to Screen ‘Airplane!’ at Airport

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – MASS MoCA screens Airplane!, one of the most iconic comedies in American movie history, at Harriman-West Airport in North Adams on Saturday, August 24, 2013, at 8pm. Already boasting the largest movie screen in New England at the center of its renovated 19th-century factory campus, the museum takes over an old…