(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – My Name Is Asher Lev, a play based on the acclaimed novel by Chaim Potok, opens this week at Barrington Stage Company. Adapted for the stage and directed by Aaron Posner, My Name Is Asher Lev, which follows the journey of a young Jewish painter torn between his Hasidic upbringing and his…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — It was a tea-time treat lauded not only for its delicious taste and distinct hint of citrus, but for its potential to launch an industry that could put a small community on the map. But the legendary “Egremont biscuit” instead became an enduring symbol of strife and lost opportunity. The little-understood episode…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — Acclaimed contemporary photographer Gregory Crewdson, a longtime part-time resident of the Berkshires whose work is often staged on location in towns around the region and on stage sets at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass., will have his work discussed at two events this Friday, August 19, 2011,: at the Berkshire Museum…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Deval Patrick, the governor of Massachusetts, will share “Lessons from an Improbable Life,” the subtitle of his memoir, A Reason to Believe, at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday, August 18, at 7, as part of the city’s third annual Word X Word Festival, which kicks off on Saturday, August 13, and takes…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Berkshire Actors Theatre, a new theater company founded by local actors and directors, bows with Four Dogs and a Bone, John Patrick Shanley’s show business comedy. The play follows a screenwriter, a producer, and two manipulative actresses as they simultaneously strive to take control of a floundering Hollywood film. Inflated egos, brazen…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Beauty In Decay, a group show of photography and a solo show of sculpture by Gordon Chandler, opens at Ferrin Gallery on Saturday, July 30, with a reception from 4 to 6. The two exhibitions with the same title explore themes of beauty drawn from decaying surfaces, objects and structures. The photography…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Artscape, a public outdoor art exhibition, resumes its monthly tours of public art in downtown Pittsfield on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 1 p.m. Artist and educator Craig Langlois narrates the 90-minute tours, which conclude on Oct. 8. Free of charge and made possible by a grant from the Pittsfield Cultural Council, the Artscape…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Singers Jay Farrar and Mia Dyson, authors Wesley Stace aka John Wesley Harding, Julie Klausner, and Jami Attenberg, and a half-dozen National Poetry Slam champs, including Buddy Wakefield, Rachel McKibbens and the Berkshires’ own Taylor Mali, will be featured at the 2011 Word X Word Festival, a week of live performances celebrating…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) — First Church of Christ, Congregational will open its doors on Saturday, June 25 at 11 a.m. for a special tour highlighting the architectural history of its building and sanctuary, along with an exhibit of historic artifacts and a demonstration of the church’s organ. Church historian Martin Langeveld, who has researched the history…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Nearly seven months after two of the Berkshire’s top producing and performing theaters said that they intended to join forces, artistic director and chief executive officer Kate Maguire announced that both have merged into one organization: Colonial Theatre/Berkshire Theatre Festival Merger Corporation. “The new name, of course, is an interim ‘mouthful,’” said…
