Events Calendar
Current Events
Click here for ongoing events.Oldtone Music Festival
September 5, 2024 – September 8, 2024 :
This year’s headlining act is Grammy Award-winning recording artists Los Texmaniacs, a conjunto band created by Max Baca in 1997. The festival is a three-day hoot.
Contact: jvprpr@gmail.com
Location: Cool Whisper Farm Hillsdale NY
Democracy Festival
Common Ground
September 8, 2024 :
Contact: 203.947.1968
Location: The Frederick Gunn School Washington CT
Farewell to Summer
Stissing Center
September 8, 2024 :
4PM – 6PM
The Host Committee, Board of Directors, and the Osofsky Family cordially invite you to a Cocktail Party Fundraiser in support of the Stissing Center for Arts & Culture.
Contact: 518.771.3340
Location: Globe Hill. 246 Schultz Hill Road. Pine Plains NY 12567
Getting the Love You Want
Omega Institute
September 20, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
The Workshop gives couples the concepts and skills they need to co-create a safe relationship, eliminate negativity, experience and sustain deep connection, and experience joyful aliveness.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
Fresh Grass
MASSMoCA
September 20, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
The best in bluegrass and roots music filling the fields, courtyards and galleries of MASS MoCA (free gallery admission included with all tickets!)
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Upstate Benefit
Art Omi
September 21, 2024 :
5:30 PM – 10 PM
Honoring Elena Mosley Founder & Executive Director Operation Unite New York & Tschabalala Self Artist. Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and live music. Dinner a sumptuous feast followed by a spirited live auction of unique experiences with dessert and dancing.
Contact: 518.392.4747
Location: The Caboose 60 South Front South Hudson NY 12534
The Way of Awareness
Omega Institute
September 22, 2024 – September 27, 2024 :
With Will Kabat-Zinn and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness has everything to do with open-hearted attention to the unfolding of experience as it is. In most Asian languages, the word for "mind" and the word for "heart" are the same word.
Mindfulness has everything to do with open-hearted attention to the unfolding of experience as it is. In most Asian languages, the word for "mind" and the word for "heart" are the same word.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
The Music of ABBA
Warner Theater
September 22, 2024 :
7:30PM
Founded in 1995 by Vicky Zetterberg-Norbäck and original ABBA musician Rutger Gunnarsson, quickly became a leading ABBA tribute act.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Democracy Festival
Common Ground
September 22, 2024 :
Contact: 203.947.1968
Location: The Frederick Gunn School Washington CT
WIT:Words, Ideas and Thinkers Literary Festival
Authors Guild Foundation'
September 27, 2024 – September 29, 2024 :
The Power of Words: Why Writers Matter with a special lineup of conversations featuring outstanding novelists, playwrights, journalists, translators, poets, critics, historians and essayists including; Emily Wilson & Stephen Greenblatt; Tony Kushner & Rachel Maddow; Ruth Simmons & Sherrilyn Ifill; Cathy Park Hong & Sayed Kashua ; Jamaica Kincaid & Sandra Guzmán; Marie Arana & Luis Alberto Urrea.
Contact: 732.692.4255
Location: : Shakespeare & Company 70 Kemble Street Lenox MA.
Berkshire Pottery Tour
September 28, 2024 – September 29, 2024 :
10AM – 5PM
Admission is free and families are welcome. The potters will be available to talk about their clay work and/or to demonstrate techniques. With seven host studios and eleven guest potters, there will be a wide variety
of styles shown and many pots for sale.
of styles shown and many pots for sale.
Contact: 413.717.0798
Location: Stockbridge, Richmond, Monterey, Great Barrington, Housatonic
Wild Awakenings With Cheryl Strayed
Omega Institute
October 4, 2024 – October 6, 2024 :
In this immersive weekend workshop, Cheryl shares the truest things she knows about how to write with clarity, courage, consciousness and heart.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
HUDSON JAZZ FESTIVAL
Hudson Hall
October 4, 2024 – October 6, 2024 :
October 4 at 7PM: Ekep Nkwelle: Ella Fitzgerald - Against All Odds
Saturday, October 5 at 7PM: Riley Mulherkar Quartet
Sunday, October 6 at 3PM: Ethan Iverson Trio
Saturday, October 5 at 7PM: Riley Mulherkar Quartet
Sunday, October 6 at 3PM: Ethan Iverson Trio
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson. NY 12534
Suzanne Vega
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
October 5, 2024 :
8PM
Old Songs. New Songs. Other Songs. Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Meditation Party
Omega Institute
October 11, 2024 – October 13, 2024 :
Reckless Conviviality With Mindfulness Superfriends. Develop mindful connections with yourself and others, and up your game with meditation superfriends Dan Harris, Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
Pink Martini
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
October 12, 2024 :
8PM
Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop Pink Martini provides more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers for causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education and parks.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Tony Bennett | The Official Musical Celebration
Warner Theater
October 12, 2024 :
Join us for an extraordinary evening celebrating the music and life of the legendary Tony Bennett. Featuring a stellar cast of vocalists, dynamic rhythm section, big band and never before seen footage of the life and legacy of Tony Bennett.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Open Days: Dutchess County
The Garden Conservancy
October 19, 2024 – October 20, 2024 :
The Brine Garden--Duncan & Julia Brine
• PAWLING, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12564
This naturalistic, six-acre, garden connects diverse topographical areas of a former dairy farm.
• PAWLING, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12564
This naturalistic, six-acre, garden connects diverse topographical areas of a former dairy farm.
Contact: 845.424.6500
Location: Pawling NY
Anthony Trionfo and Albert Cano Smit
Stissing Center
November 2, 2024 :
7PM
Known for his “soaring flute... where dance and song become possible again”, Anthony Trionfo is a “breezily virtuosic” musician actively building one of today’s most exciting musical careers.
A musician who has been praised as “a moving young poet”,, Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit enjoys a growing international career on the orchestral, recital, and chamber music stages.
A musician who has been praised as “a moving young poet”,, Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit enjoys a growing international career on the orchestral, recital, and chamber music stages.
Contact: 518.771.3340
Location: Pine Plains NY 12567
The Wailin’ Jennys
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
November 23, 2024 :
8PM
Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse — three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Jessica Lynns A Very Merry Christmas
Warner Theater
November 30, 2024 :
7PM
A genuine holiday tradition, rivaling, and even eclipsing some of the biggest Christmas spectaculars.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
The Nutcracker
Warner Theater
December 14, 2024 – December 15, 2024 :
A staple of the holiday season in Connecticut, beloved as a tradition for countless families.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Ongoing Events
Click here for current events.Rita McBride: Arena Momentum
Dia:Beacon
July 1, 2023 – January 15, 2025 :
This exhibition centers on the artist’s long-standing interest in architecture, design, and sculpture as they relate to the public sphere in forms such as seating structures, movement-guiding systems, and commercial awnings.
Contact: 845.440.0100
Location: Riggio Galleries 3 Beekman Street Beacon, New York
David-Jeremiah:I Drive Thee
Clark Art Institute:
February 10, 2024 – January 6, 2025 :
David-Jeremiah's first institutional solo show outside Texas. This exhibition represents an overview of and conclusion to the artist’s cycle of large circular reliefs, or tondos.
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267
Untitled
Dia:Beacon
April 5, 2024 – May 1, 2025 :
“Untitled” embodies the productive liminality Gonzalez-Torres embraced throughout his practice, refusing fixed meanings or categories and unfolding at the intersection of private and public, interior and exterior, and domestic and institutional.
Contact: 845.440.0100
Location: 3 Beekman Street Beacon, New York 12508
The Plastic Bag Store
MASSMoCA
May 9, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
During timed activations, visitors in groups of up to 40 people, step into The Plastic Bag Store which is then transformed into an immersive cinema, using inventive puppetry, shadow play, and intricate handmade sets to present a darkly comedic and sometimes tender story about the enduring effects of single-use plastics.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Kathia St. Hilaire: Invisible Empires
Clark Art Institute:
May 11, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
Haitian-American artist in Kathia St. Hilaire’s distinctive technique combines printmaking, painting, collage, and weavingSeptember 22, 2024 in the galleries of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. A version of the exhibition will go on view at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky from October 25, 2024 through February 9, 2025.
Contact: 413.528.1216 ex 3102
Location: 250 Division Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Steve McQueen
Dia:Beacon
May 12, 2024 – May 30, 2025 :
For more than 30 years, artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen has continually investigated the possibilities inherent in film—as a material, a documentary tool, and a storytelling medium—resulting in work that is formally inventive and politically pointed.
Contact: 845.440.0100
Location: 3 Beekman Street Beacon New York 12508
Tall Shadows in Short Order
Wassaic Project
May 18, 2024 – September 14, 2024 :
Our 2024 Summer Exhibition will feature 30 artists throughout all seven floors of Maxon Mills, with a focus on large, site-specific installations.
Contact: 855.927.7242
Location: Wassaic NY 12592-0220
The Animal Art of Julie Bell
Berkshire Museum
June 1, 2024 – September 23, 2024 :
Fantasy Artist Julie Bell. “When I’m painting animals with all their beauty and wild nature, I experience the kind of at-one-with-the-universe feeling described by people who meditate."
Contact: 413.443.7171 ext. 312
Location: 39 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Sculpture at The Mount 2024
The Mount
June 2, 2024 – October 20, 2024 :
24 sculptures of varying scale and media produced by emerging and internationally established artists, thoughtfully sited throughout The Mount's gardens and grounds. Free and open for the public.
Meet the artists on June 23, July 21, August 18, September 22 and October 20.
Meet the artists on June 23, July 21, August 18, September 22 and October 20.
Contact: 413.551.5111
Location: 2 Plunkett Street Lenox MA 01240
What Me Worry?
Norman Rockwell Museum
June 8, 2024 – October 27, 2024 :
A landmark exhibition exploring the unforgettable art and satire of MAD Magazine. More than 150 original illustrations and cartoons from the magazine's "Usual Gang of Idiots" and next-generation creators.
Mad Bash Saturday night, June 8 | 6 - 10:30PM
Mad Bash Saturday night, June 8 | 6 - 10:30PM
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
Black Woman as Muse
Berkshire Museum
June 15, 2024 – September 8, 2024 :
Forty large-scale black and white photographs of African American women from all walks of life, posed and photographed in the style of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Photographer Jerry Taliaferro has selected these photographs from hundreds he has taken for more than two decades.
Contact: 413.443.7171 ext. 312
Location: 39 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Guillaume Lethière
Clark Art Institute:
June 15, 2024 – October 15, 2024 :
A key figure in French painting during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The son of a white plantation owner and an enslaved woman of mixed race, Lethière moved to France with his father at age fourteen and would soon thereafter begin studying drawing and painting.
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267
Letters Home
The Gunn Museum
June 21, 2024 – May 15, 2025 :
Letters and photographs of World War II Army nurse Helen Wersebe.
Contact: 860. 868-7756
Location: 5 Wykeham Road Washington CT 06793
Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor
Norman Rockwell Museum
June 22, 2024 – February 9, 2025 :
Rockwell’s ‘wittiest works’ run concurrently with MAD Magazine exhibition. These thematically linked exhibitions juxtapose and illuminate two strikingly different veins of American humor, from the gently comical to the outrageously satirical.
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
Birth of a Shadow
Chesterwood
June 29, 2024 – October 21, 2024 :
Curated by gallerist Lauren Clark who has chosen 7 regional sculptors whose work serves as an evocative exploration of the intersection between light, space and form
Artist’s Reception: Saturday, June 29th 5-6:30PM
Artist’s Reception: Saturday, June 29th 5-6:30PM
Contact: 413.298.3579
Location: 3 Williamsville Road Stockbridge MA 01262
Fragile Beauty
Clark Art Institute:
July 4, 2024 – October 27, 2024 :
Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass. The show demonstrates how makers from across time and around the globe have taken inspiration from the natural world to create dazzling works of art. The objects in the exhibition range in date from antiquity to the present and show a remarkable breadth of color, technique, form, design and function.
Contact: 413.528.1216 ex 3102
Location: 225 South Street Williamstown Massachusetts 01267
Edgar Degas: Multi Media Artist in the Age of Impressionism
Clark Art Institute:
July 13, 2024 – October 6, 2024 :
Described by a close friend as “an artisan passionate about all the means of his art,” worked for much of his career with an unusually wide array of media and processes. He emerges as one of the most technically innovative artists of his time through his experimentation with varied printmaking techniques, his distinctive treatment of pastel, and his frequent combinations of multiple media.
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267
Matthias Meyer | Lakes of Light
Carol Corey Fine Art
July 27, 2024 – September 21, 2024 :
While the natural world plays a profound role in Meyer’s work, he maintains a delicate balance in its portrayal between realism and abstraction.
Contact: 917.797.9654
Location: 12 Old Barn Road. Kent CT 06757
Hans Frank: Cosmic Art
Hudson Hall
August 3, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
An exhibition of some 100 paintings and works on paper celebrating the life and work of a reclusive Rhinebeck artist, whose visionary art has never before been seen by the public.
Opening reception with curators David Ebony and Jan Orluck: Saturday, August 3, from 5-7PM.
Opening reception with curators David Ebony and Jan Orluck: Saturday, August 3, from 5-7PM.
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson. NY 12534
Jean Timsit | A Fine Balance
Argazzi Art Gallery
August 3, 2024 – September 15, 2024 :
Opening Reception for the Artist on Saturday August 3rd from 4 until 6PM
Contact: 860.435.8222
Location: 22 Millerton Road Lakeville CT 06039
Family Eye
The Re-Institute
August 10, 2024 – September 14, 2024 :
Opening August 10th 4-6PM
Contact: 518.567.5359
Location: 1395 Boston Corners Road Millerton NY 12546
Alex Katz | A bit of everything
Craven Contemporary
August 10, 2024 – October 5, 2024 :
"A bit of everything" is exactly as it sounds: a curated selection of prints including flowers, trees, landscapes and portraits, all in Katz's instantly recognizable style.
Contact: 646.355.8142
Location: 4 Fulling Lane. Kent. CT 06757
Brendan O'Connell
August 20, 2024 – September 9, 2024 :
Opening Reception August 24 3-5PM
Contact: everyartiststudio@gmail.com
Location: Judy Black Memorial Art Park Washington CT
Diana Weymar: Everything I Touched
KMR Arts
August 24, 2024 – October 19, 2024 :
A collection of compelling quotations meticulously stitched on found fabrics such as vintage handkerchiefs and cocktail napkins. The quotations, explore themes of love, identity, and resilience.
Opening reception with the artist, Saturday, August 24, 3-5PM
Opening reception with the artist, Saturday, August 24, 3-5PM
Contact: 860.868.7533
Location: 2 Titus Rd # 1 Washington Depot CT 06794
Steel Magnolias
Sharon Playhouse
August 30, 2024 – September 8, 2024 :
A beautiful homage to women and female friendships. The play, concerned with a group of southern women in a small-town beauty parlor, is alternately hilarious and touching...
Contact: 860.364.7469
Location: 49 Amenia Road Sharon CT 06069
The Fantasticks
Mac-Haydn Theatre
September 5, 2024 – September 15, 2024 :
The world’s longest-running musical hits our stage after running Off-Broadway for 42 years, a beloved, timeless classic – telling a tale of a young couple navigating the dichotomies of love.
Contact: 518.392.9292
Location: 1925 Route 203 Chatham NY 12037
Downtown Upstate Festival
Ancram Center for the Arts & The Stissing Center
September 7, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
featuring three different shows at two different venues over three consecutive weekends. Also include playwriting, acting, and solo performance workshops for local residents. Produced by Soho Think Tank with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts.
Contact: rlyons@sohothinktank.org
Location: Ancram Center for the Arts & Stissing Center
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Sharon Playhouse
September 20, 2024 – September 29, 2024 :
Explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang. In this charming and endearing revue of songs and vignettes, based on the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip,
Contact: 860.364.7469
Location: 49 Amenia Road Sharon CT 06069
Kathleen Kucka & Janis Stemmermann
The Re-Institute
September 21, 2024 – October 26, 2024 :
Saturday September 21st 4-6PM
Contact: 518.567.5359
Location: 1395 Boston Corners Road Millerton NY 12546
Anita Kunz: Original Sisters
Norman Rockwell Museum
November 9, 2024 – May 26, 2025 :
Portraits of Tenacity and Courage. A stunning series of portraits by internationally acclaimed illustrator Anita Kunz. These portraits honor contemporary and historical women—both noted and little-known—who have made important contributions to art, science, technology, history, politics, education, and more.
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
