Sinuous and striking, heartbreaking and strange, Costalegre is heavily inspired by the real-life relationship between the heiress Peggy Guggenheim and her daughter,

The evening’s guests will be the first to learn about the beneficiary for WAM’s fall Mainstage production of PIPELINE by Dominque Morisseau, directed by Dawn M. Simmons, and produced in partnership with BRIDGE, and will get an exclusive premiere performance of the 2019 inter-generational collaboration between WAM’s Teen Ensemble and their new Elder Ensemble.

Tara Brach shows you how to discover a sanctuary of wisdom and peace in your own awakened heart in this weekend meditation retreat.

Get ready to dance as the ever-pleasing ensemble channels New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets, and New Orleans jazz halls.

Enjoy three days of mainstage acts for the Litchfield Jazz festival! Enjoy concerts in the afternoon, a Jazz brunch and much more.

The Pretenders will be in North Adams for the band's only North American concert of this year.

Vocalist Alexis Cole has sometimes called herself the "Canary in Combat Boots. Come see this amazing show and find out why.

This concert will have J.S. Bach:Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049 Cantata for Soprano: “Non sa che sia dolore,” BWV 209 and Pachelbel’s Canon and Gigue
Villa Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

Renowned art collector, Dorothy Vogel will speak on a panel alongside Jane Eckert of Jane Eckert Fine Arts and Judith McElhone, Founder and Executive Director of FPCVA; discussing Vogel’s life and time as a collector with her late husband Herb Vogel. The discussion will follow a viewing of the 60 Minutes Mike Wallace interview of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel.

The Berkshire Comedy Festival returns this summer with an ALL NEW line-up of top comedians from around the country!

Marina Svetlova: A Tribute is a book that is intended to engage the professional dancer, as well as the layman, to the dance. The work celebrates the career of one of the most influential ballerinas of the twentieth century.

Maggies' exceptional blend of soulful pop and indie folk marks her as a singular new voice in music, and her sold-out world tour is the hottest ticket in town from the UK to Europe to Australia to Coachella.

This year there will be nine guest artists that will join the 26 members of the Norfolk Artists & Friends.

With a commitment to the accurate reproduction of The Beatles' repertoire, The Fab Faux treat the seminal music with unwavering respect. This will be a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Abbey Road.

This years book signing will be features the likes of Henry Kissinger, George Packer, and current New York Times bestsellers Martha Hall Kelly and Tyler Kepner.

Over the three-day period, more than 30 concerts will take place in the museum’s galleries and throughout its stunning collection of indoor and outdoor performing arts venues.

Kinetic, cultured and connected, this internationally renowned Grammy-nominated female a cappella vocal quartet has a history of over four decades of distinguished service.

This concert will consist of Schubert’s “Die schöne Müllerin” , Beethoven Horn Sonata Op. 17 and Schubert’s “Auf dem Strom”.

Natalie Merchant will perform with her long-time guitarist, Erik Della Penna.The concert will include material from the past 35 years of Merchant’s career.

Part of the QI Super Summit. Learn to transcend life's obstacles and be healthier with Robert Peng, Jon Gabriel, and Stig Severinsen.

Enjoy the musical stylings of Natalie Merchant at Hudson Hall.

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. He is the master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers addressing the human condition.

Each benefit ticket includes dinner and a premium seat at the performance. Proceeds support the artistry and continuing presentation of the Bard Music Festival.

. Do you like Funky Reggae with a Jazzy Blues fusion to it? And some fun brass tones? Entrain will be sure to bring some serious fun to the stage!

Pianist Orion Weiss joins Maestro Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra for their first concert of the Bard Music Festival season.

Erin Markey and Peter Smith invite you into their magical and weird worlds for an evening of stand-up and song

This show features beautiful floral arrangements. Enjoy this upbeat, judged event featuring six design and nearly 80 horticulture classes. New this year is a digital on-screen photorgaphy exhibition presented by the BBG photography group all weekend, and Game of Flowers, an epic live battle of floral designers held on Saturday, August 10 at 3 PM.

Tony Award-winning tap dancer and choreographer Savion Glover will present a new show created in collaboration with the percussion group OUT’KNiGHTz.

Join at this historic setting with Adam Bernstein, Cameron Greider and Jack Petruzzelli who will be playing originals as well as a few covers in the style of folk, pop and western swing.

Albany Berkshire Ballet celebrates a half century with a night of dinner, dance and revelry at its 50th anniversary gala.

In this play Don Pasquale decides to marry a much younger wife and produce an heir to spite his nephew, Ernesto, who insists on marrying for love rather than for money.

The Eli Young Band has always been unique true band of brothers who play their own instruments, write their own songs and cling fast to their Texas roots.

Address your deepest life questions using the Life Visioning Process with Agape spiritual director Michael Bernard Beckwith.

Gourmet cook-out style dinner, music by Joint Chiefs, video of veteran graduates and equine coaches, silent auction and reading from Sparta.

Pioneering band Low, rising punk outfit Dilly Dally, Katie Crutchfield’s Waxahatcheeproject, jazz pioneer Alan Braufman and opera/metal composer M. Lamar are among the first names to be announced for the event,

Kevin James began his career as a stand-up on the Long Island comedy scene. After being discovered at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival, he signed a network development deal to create his own sitcom. The King of Queens, which premiered in 1998, ran for nine seasons on CBS. Tickets go on sale May 24 at 10 AM.

Mark your calendars for the annual FreshGrass Music Festival, filled with bluegrass and bliss.

Getting the Love You Want gives couples the tools they need to achieve safety, sustain deep connection, and experience joyful aliveness. By learning a new way to talk, how to remove negativity, and how to express caring behaviors, you can transform your relationship into an instrument of healing and spiritual growth.

When Elizabeth Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for Olive Kitteridge, the citation said the novel-in-stories packed “a cumulative emotional wallop, bound together by polished prose and by Olive, the title character, blunt, flawed and fascinating.” A book signing will take place after the presentation.

Pink Martini’s "little orchestra" draws inspiration from the romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s and `50s and crosses genres to make an eclectic, modern sound. Their arrangements of Latin music, jazz, cabaret and cinema scores come together in a sound that defies categorization but is guaranteed to get the audience up out of their seats and dancing in the aisles.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the movie Alice’s Restaurant, based on the song by Arlo Guthrie. To commemorate the occasion, Guthrie is on extensive tour stretching from the fall of last year through 2020.

John Pizzarelli makes his yearly return to the Mahaiwe for a rare evening of big band music, featuring a 16 piece big band playing arrangements from Mr. Pizzarelli’s one of a kind band book.

he epic struggle between good and evil comes to life on stage in the musical phenomenon, Jekyll & Hyde. Based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson and featuring a thrilling score of pop rock hits from multi-Grammy- and Tony-nominated Frank Wildhorn and double-Oscar- and Grammy-winning Leslie Bricusse, Jekyll & Hyde has mesmerized audiences the world over

The Hotchkiss Library of Sharon is pleased to announce our summer art exhibition, Peter Steiner: Paintings, and opening reception on Saturday, June 1 from 4 PM to 6 PM.

Take the Toltec apprenticeship journey don Miguel Ruiz Jr. learned from his father, don Miguel Ruiz Sr., and his grandmother, Madre Sarita.

This daring exhibition is the first major exploration of Renoir’s unceasing interest in the human form, and it reconsiders Renoir as a constantly evolving artist whose style moved from Realism into luminous Impressionism, culminating in the modern classicism of his last decades.

This exhibit will be featuring works by more than 40 artists—some on view for the first time—as well as archival materials, the exhibition illuminates how Rockwell and other illustrators reflected popular culture during the final year of the tumultuous decade.

This exhibit will feature the works of Carl Grauer, Nicholas Kahn, Richard Selesnick, Mark Beard, Juan Garcia-Nunez, Dadid Sokosh and John T. Unger. The opening reception will be held on June 15 from 5 PM to 7 PM.

Featuring James Klosty’s black and white photographs of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s early years (1968-1972) and Stephanie Berger’s color-saturated photographs from the final years of the last company of dancers from MCDC.

Enjoy various performances between June and August in Bards 20th Music Festival!

The authentic Belgian Spiegeltent provides a sumptuous setting for cutting-edge cabaret, headlined this year by artists including John Cameron Mitchell, Susanne Bartsch, Mx. Justin Vivian Bond, Lisa Fischer, Meow Meow—and world-class jazz, dining, after-hours dancing, and more throughout the seven-week festival.

This exhibition will be held outdoors. You will see outdoor contemporary sculptures featuring site-specific installations by artists-in-residence Rick Brown and Laura Brown.

Gasping on the shores of Illyria after a shipwreck which cast her brother into the raging sea, Viola finds solace disguised as a boy in the service of Duke Orsino, for whom she falls hard. Orsino is smitten with the idea of love in the person of Lady Olivia, who has recently lost her own brother and couldn't be more underwhelmed by his affections. Enjoy this great theatrical production.

Paul's work has been exhibited in New York at First Street Gallery, in New Haven at ALL Gallery,in Willimantic at Windham Arts Collaborative, in Litchfield at the Outsiders Art Gallery and Forman School, as well as in Torrington at the Warner Atrium Gallery, Artwell Gallery for many years.

Expressionistic landscapes and urban scenes are among the highlights of the art show, the artist is Helen Cantrell.

Join the hilarious world of America’s foremost comedic playwright and an evening filled with some of the funniest short plays ever written.

There will be a cookout (burgers, hot dogs, vegetarian grillables, and more!) at Standard Space after the opening—BYOB + The opening reception will be held on July 6 from 5:30 PM to 8 PM.

Alex Katz (born 1927) is an American figurative artist well known for his large scale depictions of landscapes, flowers and portraits.

Smart, passionate, and mad as hell, Kate wants nothing to do with marriage or men. But in Padua, marriage and money are the name of the game, and Kate’s younger sister Bianca is the ultimate prize...see the play to find out what happens next!

Here and There is a show on realist artist, Eric Forstmann highlighting his recent work. For two months in 2019, he held a prestigious residency at the Vermont Studio Center and much of the work will be from that experience. Other paintings created at his main studio in Torrington, Connecticut. will be included. The opening reception will be held on July 13 from 12 PM to 6 PM.

A group show featuring nine contemporary artists:
Jackie Battenfield, Brett Eberhardt, Carlos Gamez de Francisco, David Licata, Melanie Parke, Thomas Sarantonnio, Yolanda Sánchez and Sophie Treppendahl and Josette Urso.
Opening reception: Saturday July 13, 4- 6PM

Independent Two retired physicists have taken shelter in a borrowed cottage on the English coast coping with the aftermath of a nuclear power plant accident after a devastating tsunami.

This is a new play coming to Barrington Stage Company! Passion. Deception. Power. A love story for the ages based on a book by John Updike.

Look Up is comprised of mixed media works whose subject matter includes clouds, butterflies, landscape and hummingbirds.

Enjoy this Disney classic, that tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed into his former self. But time is running out.

There will be two exhibits at The Re Institute - one upstairs and one downstairs by various talented artists. The opening reception will be held on July 20 from 4 PM to 7 PM and a potluck will folllow.

The David M. Hunt Library has put together a special event that coincides with with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, The opening reception will be held July 20 from 4 PM to 6 PM.

The ten-day festival, directed by internationally acclaimed cellist Yehuda Hanani, offers a combination of concerts, lectures and master classes, open to the public and featuring faculty artists and outstanding young musicians from around the world.

The 2019 SummerScape film series explores the history and development of ambitious Hollywood film scores, highlighting the rich orchestral music Erich Wolfgang Korngold wrote for studio films in the 1930s and ’40s.

This celebration of romance takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as ‘the relationship.’ This hilarious revue pays tribute to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance.

E.L. Doctorow’s novel comes to life in what many say is one of the greatest musicals ever written. We follow three families as they pursue their dreams in the early 20th century melting pot of New York City. Their stories weave together through their courage, compassion, and hope for a brighter future in America.

The Miracle of Heliane features a complicated, erotic triangle between a ruthless despot, The Ruler; his beautiful and neglected wife, Heliane; and a young, messianic Stranger.

A dark mystery play, an intimate psychodrama, and an epic dystopian political thriller all at once.

This irresistibly family musical about the trials and triumphs of Joseph, Israel’s favorite son.

Tschabalala Self builds a singular style from the syncretic use of both painting and printmaking to explore ideas about the black female body. Opening reception 4-6PM Saturday, July 27. Followed by Free Range from 6-10PM.

Three siblings reunite to celebrate their father’s 75th birthday. As long-held secrets and resentments bubble to the surface, they negotiate — with biting humor and razor-sharp insight — how much of the past they’re willing to sacrifice for a chance at a new beginning.

Sir John Falstaff vastly underestimates the Merry Wives in the town of Windsor as he hatches a frothy scheme to drain their bank accounts and drive their husbands insane with jealous.

There’s a new tenant at Armadillo Acres — and she’s wreaking havoc all over Florida’s most exclusive trailer park. When a stripper on the run comes between the Dr. Phil–loving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husband — the storms begin to brew. This hysterical, mud-splattering good time of a show is making its return to The Barn stage and it’s sharp irreverence creates one of the most laugh-out-loud shows you could ask for.

Boulders, buildings, and the occasional bartender are being swallowed into the ground due to fracking. And that’s only the beginning! Come see the show to see what happens next!

With dazzling sets and costumes and rock concert lighting, this high energy sung through tour of the famous bible story is full of catchy songs.

The evening will benefit the Mahaiwe’s year-round programming and celebrate Maggie Buchwald’s board leadership and lifelong commitment to the arts.
John Mulaney is an Emmy Award winning writer and comedian. He recently toured the United States with Kid Gorgeous.

Two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, locked in a battle of wits as quick as their game of Three Card Monte, struggle to come to terms with their identity and what history has handed them, even their names. Suzan Lori-Parks explores the deepest of connections, and what it means to be a family of man.

Part of the QI Summit. Learn to conduct a full qigong healing session for yourself and others in this training with Robert Peng.

Lucky Stiff is an offbeat, hilarious murder mystery farce, complete with mistaken identities, six million bucks in diamonds and a corpse in a wheelchair. Harry Witherspoon stands to inherit the fortune before the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn or to his uncle’s gun-toting ex-mistress.

Nunsense is a talent show staged by five survivors at the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia, Child of God. The remaining "Little Hobos" parade their talents at a variety show staged to raise funds so that the last four of the dearly departed can be buried.

Join philosopher-sage Preethaji as she leads this deeply transformative gathering to explore spiritual solutions to our daily challenges. Field of Abundance is a powerful immersion in consciousness. On this unforgettable journey, you gain insights into key aspects of your life, including partner relationships, parenting, wealth, and leadership.

In 1939, Hollywood producer David O. Selznick shuts down his production of Gone with the Wind. While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick calls in screenwriter Ben Hecht and director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Hilarity ensues when he locks the doors, closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the men begin to fashion a screenplay for one of the most beloved films of all time.

There are exact times when the pursuit of what is important clashes with the consequences of one's choices. Sarah Goodwin, a photo journalist recovering from the blast of a road side bomb overseas, must decide between her life's work of revealing unsettling truths about the world, and domestic comfort.

During multiple teaching sessions, Eckhart guides you to access the formless dimension within yourself, where you find a deeper state of awareness and consciousness.

This play is a mixture of past, present and future. An interracial couple enjoys a visit from their college-aged son when a young Muslim woman arrives at their back door looking for safe passage via a new Underground Railroad

The plot is simple: a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history, thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit!

Matilda is a little girl with astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers. She's unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Over the course of her first term at school, Matilda and Miss Honey have a profound effect on each other's lives, as Miss Honey begins not only to recognize but also appreciate Matilda's extraordinary personality.