Happening this Week
SHAKE IT UP: A SHAKESPEARE CABARET
Now through July 6th, days and times vary
July at Shakespeare & Co starts with the reprise of Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret, co-created by Jacob Ming-Trent and Shakespeare & Company Creative Director Allyn Burrows with Burrows directing the production. This mash-up of modern music and Shakespeare verse invites audiences to stamp to the beat, sing along or dance in the aisles as the players take them on a breathless, rocking revue. Don’t miss this limited, six-show run at the peak of the summer! $22 - $65.
Shakespeare & Company. 70 Kemble Street. Lenox MA. 413.637.3353.
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OUT OF CHARACTER: IDENTITY AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE
Now through July 9th, days and times vary
After a powerful developmental debut at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Festival of New Jewish Plays last summer, Out of Character—written and performed by Tony Award winner Ari’el Stachel—returns for a fully realized production. Hailed as a “riveting and deeply personal performance,” Out of Character is as funny as it is deeply affecting. Through storytelling both vulnerable and uplifting, Stachel brings audiences on a journey of discovery that is uniquely his yet universally relatable. This production is not to be missed—an unforgettable night of theatre that challenges, inspires and ultimately celebrates the beauty of embracing who we are. $79 - $94.
The Unicorn Theatre. 6 East Street. Stockbridge MA. 413.997.4444.
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EVENING PADDLE ON THE HOUSATONIC RIVER
July 3rd, Thursday, 5PM - 7:30PM
The evening is a great time to look for wildlife. Explore the rich wetlands of the Housatonic Valley Wildlife Management Area at a leisurely pace in the hours before dusk. After paddling a short distance, the group will find a cove to pause and enjoy listening and watching for wildlife. Kingfishers, herons, muskrats, beavers, and other wildlife are all possible sightings. $55 - $75.
Decker Boat Ramp. 298 New Lenox Road. Lenox MA. 413.637.0320.
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NORFOLK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: OPENING WEEKEND
July 4th & July 5th, Friday & Saturday, 8PM
This summer Norfolk Chamber Music Festival opens with a unique way to celebrate the spirit of Independence Day—with a vibrant concert honoring the rich tapestry of American music. This program captures the creativity, diversity, and enduring beauty of our nation’s musical heritage, including Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Saturday’s concert features The Brentano Quartet in a program of quartet works by Schubert, Webern, and Beethoven. The Quartet has performed across the globe and has been hailed as "Passionate, uninhibited and spell-binding..." by (London). Enjoy a Pre-Concert conversation with Festival Director Melvin Chen as he talks with Festival Artists, sharing performers’ insight into the music and the life of a professional artist. $35 - $70 Adults, $10 Young Adult, Free for children under 19.
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. 20 Litchfield Road. Norfolk CT. 860.542.3000.
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SUMMER AUTHOR SERIES: MICHELLE YOUNG’S THE ART SPY
July 7th, Monday, 4PM - 5PM
July 8th, Tuesday, 11AM - 12PM
Based on troves of previously undiscovered documents, The Art Spy chronicles the brave actions of Rose Valland, a key Resistance spy embedded within the Nazi’s Parisian art looting headquarters. Valland has, until now, been written out of history despite bearing witness to the largest art theft ever. The Art Spy is a riveting and stylish saga that moves from the glittering days of pre-War Paris when the city was home to geniuses of modern culture—Picasso, Josephine Baker and Frida Kahlo—through the tension-riddled Europe on the eve of war, to the harrowing years of the Nazi occupation of France. Author Michelle Young shares how an unlikely heroine infiltrated Nazi leadership, risking everything, to save the cultural legacy of the West. $27 - $42.
The Mount. 2 Plunkett Street. Lenox MA. 413.551.5111.
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