(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Williamstown resident Jeff Kleiser supervised 800 artists for over two years to create the visual effects for science-fiction superhero Bollywood film, Ra.One, which will be shown at MASS MoCA on the largest movie screen in New England on Thursday, August 22, 2013, at 8pm. Over 125 of the most complex shots…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Devil Makes Three, Sam Bush, the Deadly Gentlemen, Sarah Jarosz, and Greensky Bluegrass have been added to an already impressive lineup for this year’s FreshGrass, MASS MoCA‘s three-day fall festival of bluegrass and roots music, on the weekend of September 20-22, 2013. These five acts join such stars as Del McCoury,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Combining the spirit of punk rock with the fun of a fireman’s parade, the 30-member Mucca Pazza – “the marching band that thinks it’s a rock ’n roll band” – takes over MASS MoCA‘s campus for five performances throughout the weekend of August 16-18, 2013. The Mucca Pazza catalog covers everything…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – A screening of the hit independent film Beasts of the Southern Wild at MASS MoCA’s Cinema Courtyard – the largest movie screen in New England – will be accompanied by a live score performed by composer Dan Romer and director and co-composer Ben Zeitlin on Saturday, August 10, at 8:30pm. Romer…
Concerts feature music by Julia Wolfe, Aphex Twin, David Lang, Michael Gordon(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The 12th Annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA, a utopian residency program dedicated entirely to the creation, study, and performance of the most adventurous music of our time, takes place now through Saturday, August 3,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Sol LeWitt, move over, and make room for Anselm Kiefer. In a major new collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation, MASS MoCA will expand its constellation of visual arts offerings with a quasi-permanent installation devoted to the sculpture and paintings of contemporary German artist Anselm Kiefer. Kiefer’s works are often realized…
BRIAN BROOKS MOVING COMPANY at JACOB’S PILLOW (BECKET, Mass.) – The dynamic contemporary dance ensemble Brian Brooks Moving Company presents a daring program featuring larger-than-life stage design, bold costuming, and full-out movement in the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance from Wednesday, July 10 to Sunday, July 14, 2013. Led by choreographer and…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Electronic composer-musician Dan Deacon brings his dance-ready beats to MASS MoCA‘s Hunter Center on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 8pm. If you’re thinking of attending, be sure to bring your smartphones. In August 2012, Deacon launched a Smartphone app that synchronizes in real time to the show’s light and sound components,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Masters in Cardboard, an exhibition of reference works made on cardboard replicating works from the collection at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute created – or re-created, as the case may be – by North Adams artist Andy Davis is enjoying its own showcase at Gallery 51 now through Sunday,…
(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Balkan Beat Box brings its eclectic and infectious mix of Balkan, Middle Eastern, hip-hop, electronica, punk and other musical stylings to MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center for what is likely to become a dance concert as soon as the first number kicks off on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at 8 pm. Founded…
