Events Calendar
Current Events
Click here for ongoing events.10 x 10 New Play Festival
Barrington Stage Company
February 13, 2025 – March 9, 2025 :
10 Ten-Minute Plays x 10 Paywrights = 100 Minutes of Pure Joy. Now in its 14th year!
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: St. Germain Stage. 36 Linden Street. Pittsfield MA 01201
when i am alone
MASS MoCA
February 22, 2025 :
4 PM
Composer David Lang’s piece, when i am alone, is performed alongside Amy Podmore’s sculptural wall installation, Audience. Embracing nuance and ambiguity, the two pieces together reflect the harmonies and balances, as well as the contradictions and paradoxes, of what it means to be both an individual and a citizen of this world. when i am alone will be performed by the Williams College Chamber Choir, under the direction of Anna Lenti.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 Mass MoCA Way. North Adams MA 01247.
Nora Ephron at the Movies
The Moviehouse
February 22, 2025 :
7PM
A special screening of Ephron's "When Harry Met Sally", followed by a Q&A with author Ilana Kaplan. "Norah Ephron at the Movies" is the first illustrated monograph on the visionary behind When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and You’ve Got Mail, and offers an unfiltered look at Ephron as a champion of the rom-com and as a feminist Hollywood trailblazer.
Contact: 518.789.0022
Location: 48 Main Street. Millerton NY 12546.
Marc Ribot Quartet
Hudson Hall
February 22, 2025 :
7PM
Marc Ribot is a musician’s musician. In his over 40 year career, the gifted guitarist has created iconic music with the likes of Tom Waits, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, Marianne Faithful, and many more. For his Hudson Hall debut, Ribot reunites with drummer Chad Taylor to continue the Albert Ayler-tinged trajectory they begun in the early aughts with their band Spiritual Unity.
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson NY 12534
Weekend in Norfolk
February 22, 2025 – February 23, 2025 :
The 8th annual Winter Weekend in Norfolk, features live music, art shows, winter sports, movies, tours, open houses and more. Fun for everyone, indoors and out!
Location: Locations throughout Norfolk CT
Saturday Matinee: A Spotlight on Filmmaking
Five Points Arts Center
February 22, 2025 :
3 PM – 5 PM
Discover the secrets behind the scenes that brought iconic films to life – and explore the making of the first two films of the Indiana Jones series. Led by Jay Ignaszewski, this program highlights aspects of production and visual effects challenges, sharing insight from his experience as an editor in production and post-production of these projects.
Presenting footage and discussing the making of the films, Jay will later open for Q&A.
Presenting footage and discussing the making of the films, Jay will later open for Q&A.
Contact: 860.618.2167.
Location: 855 University Drive. Torrington CT 06790.
Puppy Yoga
Litchfield Perfect Pups
February 22, 2025 :
12 PM
Enjoy this one-of-a-kind experience that combines gentle yoga, playful puppy cuddles, and pure relaxation. This unique class is perfect for all levels (ages 8+), blending wellness and joy while supporting local breeders and rescues.
Contact: 860.567.8302
Location: Litchfield Community Center. 421 Bantam Road. Litchfield CT 06759
Book Release Tea & Talk
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum
February 23, 2025 :
3 PM
Celebrate the release of Harlem Rhapsody, the latest solo novel by acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Victoria Christopher Murray. Hear a reading from the book by Victoria, get your copy signed, and have tea with fellow historical fiction fans in a beautiful Gilded Age mansion.
Contact: 413.637.3206
Location: 104 Walker Street. Lenox MA 01240.
Rod Oneglia Book Signing
Hickory Stick Bookshop
February 23, 2025 :
2 PM
The Hickory Stick Bookshop is delighted to welcome author Rod Oneglia who will be here signing copies of his new novel “A Quiet Grief.”
Contact: 860.868.0525
Location: 2 Green Hill Road. Washington Depot CT 06793.
6 Unaccompanied Bach Suites for Cello
Close Encounters with Music
February 23, 2025 :
4 PM
Leading Back interpreters Colin Carr and Yehuda Hannani set out on an "unaccompanied" voyage traversing Bach's Six Suites, the apogee of the cello repertoire. Filled with mystery and beauty, blasted through with rapture, every note is a bold statement.
Contact: 800.843.0778
Location: St. James Place. 352 Main Street. Great Barrington MA 01230.
Dave Guy
MASS MoCA
February 28, 2025 :
8 PM
NYC trumpet player Dave Guy’s hip-hop and soul-inflected jazz makes it clear why he has regularly appeared on records and onstage with the likes of Amy Winehouse, The Roots, Sharon Jones, and Al Green. See him shine at MoCA fronting his own smoking-hot band.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA Way. North Adams MA 01247.
Spring Benefit:The Orchestra Now & American Ballet Theatre
Bard Fisher Center
February 28, 2025 – March 1, 2025 :
Two of New York’s finest artistic training programs join forces as the talented graduate musicians of The Orchestra Now welcome the exceptional dancers of American Ballet Theatre Studio Company to the Fisher Center at Bard for an exhilarating performance of stirring music and beautiful dance.
Contact: 845.758.7900
Location: 60 Manor Ave. Annandale-on-Hudson NY 12571
All For Laughs Opening Members Reception
Norman Rockwell Museum
March 1, 2025 :
5 PM
Members’ Reception for NRM's new exhibition; "All for Laughs: The Artists of the Famous Cartoonist Course." Enjoy light refreshments and conversation in the galleries with cartoonists/illustrators Elwood Smith and Marc Rosenthal, and Famous Artists School owner Magdalen Livesey.
Contact: 413.298.4100
Location: 9 Glendale Road. Stockbridge MA 01262.
Revolutionary Renaissance
Crescendo
March 1, 2025 :
4 PM
Crescendo presents two concerts with rarely performed works of two minority groups of the Renaissance era. The repertoire includes vocal and instrumental works by six female Italian composers including noted arts patron Isabella de’ Medici.
There will also be a March 2nd concert at 4 PM at Saint James Place in Great Barrington MA.
There will also be a March 2nd concert at 4 PM at Saint James Place in Great Barrington MA.
Contact: 860.435.4866
Location: Trinity Church. 484 Lime Rock Road. Lakeville CT 06039.
Winter Blend
PS21
March 1, 2025 :
3 PM
Quatuor Van Kuijk and harpist Parker Ramsay visit PS21 with a program of colorfully impressionistic works by French composers and Alice Goodman’s The Street. Representatives of the next generation of classical musicians, the internationally celebrated French string quartet and trailblazing American harpist bring their intrepid sense of discovery to classic works of the belle époque and to the vital music of today.
Contact: 518.392.6121.
Location: 2980 Route 66. Chatham NY 12037
Choose Your Own Opera Adventure
Berkshire Opera Festival
March 2, 2025 :
2PM
Join Berkshire Opera Festivals's great cast of artists for an afternoon of interactive opera adventures where YOU get to decide what happens! Featuring favorite arias by Mozart, Puccini, Bizet, and others. This free family concert is recommended for ages 8-14, with accompanying family members of all ages.
Contact: 413.213.6622
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. 20 Castle Street. Great Barrington MA 01230.
Abstract Landscapes
Five Points Arts Center
March 3, 2025 :
10 AM – 2:30 PM
Create four beautiful abstract landscapes using fluid acrylics, mediums, layering, and distinctive mark-making techniques with artist and instructor Heather Neilson.
Contact: 860.618.2167
Location: 855 University Drive. Torrington CT 06790.
Warm Up The Winter 2025
Construct
March 6, 2025 :
6:30 PM
Originating in 2008, The Warm Up the Winter benefit concert has become known as an entertaining, uplifting, and unifying showcase of diversified local talent. Enjoy performances from The Wanda Houston Band, Luke & George Franco, Annie Guthrie & Co., and more.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: The Guthrie Center. 2 Van Deusenville Road. Great Barrington MA 01230.
Terry Fator
The Warner Theatre
March 8, 2025 :
7:30 PM
Legendary America’s Got Talent Winner Terry Fator and his cast of America’s favorite puppets are coming to the Warner with a new version of his long-running Las Vegas headline show, “Terry Fator: On the Road Again”. Special pre-show event starting at 6 PM.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington CT 06790.
A Conversation with Kiki Smith
Clark Art Institute
March 8, 2025 :
2 PM – 3 PM
American artist Kiki Smith, whose large-scale tapestry Seven Seas is the latest work in the Wall Power! exhibition, joins exhibition curator Kathleen Morris in a conversation about how Smith, who has worked in a wide range of materials over her career, became engaged in the medium of tapestry.
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street. Williamstown MA 01267.
Daniel Frisch
Hickory Stick Bookshop
March 8, 2025 :
3 PM – 4 PM
The Hickory Stick Bookshop is delighted to welcome author and architect Daniel Frisch who will be signing copies of his new book “Looking Forward to Monday Morning.” The book is a collection of essays that weaves together stories from Daniel Frisch's thirty-plus year residential architecture practice.
Contact: 860.868.0525
Location: 2 Green Hill Road. Washington Depot CT 06794
Sky Dance of the American Woodcocks
Mass Audubon
March 15, 2025 :
7 PM – 8 PM
When the sun sets in early spring, woodcock love is in the air. Wet meadows and fields are transformed into a "runway" for their beautiful aerial courtship display. Listen and watch for the woodcock's performance on their breeding grounds. Viewing the woodcock's sky dance is a natural spectacle that should not be missed.
Contact: 413.637.0320
Location: Lime Kiln. 566 Silver Street. Sheffield MA 01257.
Introduction to Weaving Intensive
Five Points Arts Center
March 15, 2025 – March 22, 2025 :
Saturdays
Create an original woven design using yarn made from natural fibers and explore one of the oldest forms of textile production alongside your fellow weaving companions. This traditional hand weaving workshop will cover techniques in winding two-color warps, dressing a floor loom in preparation to weave, and finishing cloth processes. Whether you are a beginner or in search of a refresher, all levels of experience are welcome.
Contact: 860.618.2167
Location: 855 University Drive. Torrington CT 06790
Medusa
The Foundry
March 15, 2025 :
7:30 PM
Wielding a sound that would turn classical music scholars to stone, these four folk musicians are reimagining the Western string quartet. With their Canadian Folk Music Award (CFMA) Nominated debut album, the band connects audiences across dividing lines of culture and identity to reveal the common threads beneath.
Contact: 413.232.5222
Location: 2 Harris Street. West Stockbridge MA 01266.
Angélica Garcia
MASS MoCA
March 22, 2025 :
8 PM
Gemelo, the new record from the beguiling Mexican-Salvadoran American sonic experimentalist Angélica Garcia, is a vibrant, prismatic hybrid-pop masterpiece. It’s a treat to welcome her to the B10 at MASS MoCA while she’s still playing rooms this intimate.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA Way. North Adams MA 01247.
Conservation and Restoration of The Venezuelan Andean Cloud Forests
Great Mountain Forest
March 22, 2025 :
4PM
Dr. Garcia Nunez, Professor at the Institute of Environmental & Ecological Sciences at the University of Los Andes in Merida, Venezuela, has an extensive record of teaching, research, and fellowships, including serving as a visiting scholar at Harvard University. He will be speaking at the David M. Hunt Library about Conservation and Restoration of The Venezuelan Andean Cloud Forests.
Contact: 860.824.7572
Location: David M. Hunt Library. 63 Main Street. Falls Village CT 06031
Rite of Spring: Rachmaninov and Stravinsky
Close Encounters with Music
March 23, 2025 :
4 PM
Two monumental works from two Russian expats of the same aristocratic background - masterpieces of chamber music - and vocal folklore by Tchaikovsky and Moussorgsky.
Contact: 800.843.0778
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington MA 01230
Caribbean Connection
Five Points Arts Center
March 29, 2025 :
12 PM – 3 PM
Discover the rich history of the Caribbean Carnival through dance and visual art. Following a Carnival dance showcase, meet the dancers and learn a few dance moves, then create your own Carnival headpiece to complete your experience.
Contact: 860.618.2167
Location: 855 University Drive. Torrington CT 06790
West Point Band: American Tapestry
Bard Fisher Center
March 29, 2025 :
7 PM
The U.S. Army’s oldest musical ensemble presents a performance in celebration of America’s vast & diverse musical heritage. Comprised of graduates from America’s finest music schools, this versatile ensemble entertains and inspires audiences through innovative programming and world-class performances
Contact: 845.758.7900
Location: 60 Manor Avenue. Annandale-On-Hudson NY 12504
Masterclass
Bard Fisher Center
April 3, 2025 – April 6, 2025 :
Blending together the savagely comic discourse of Adrienne Truscott with the slick dramaturgy of the internationally renowned theatre company Brokentalkers, the award-winning Masterclass is a parody like no other—uncovering excruciating truths about privilege, gender, and power.
Contact: 845.758.7900
Location: 60 Manor Avenue. Annandale-On-Hudson NY 12504
Weber & "Laterna Magica"
Bard Fisher Center
April 5, 2025 – April 6, 2025 :
TThe Orchestra Now (TON)’s tenth season at the Fisher Center concludes with a program of dazzling and colorful music by three European composers: Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica, Carl Maria von Weber’s virtuosic Clarinet Concerto No. 2, and the luminous and beautifully crafted final symphony of French composer Albéric Magnard.
Contact: 845.758.7900
Location: 60 Manor Ave. Annandale-on-Hudson NY 12571
Museum Education as a Factor in the Formation of National Identity
Clark Art Institute
April 8, 2025 :
8PM
In this Research and Academic Program lecture, Svitlana Tymkiv (City Museum of Lviv, Ukraine / Futures Fellow) examines how issues of national identity in Ukraine have become particularly relevant in the country since the outbreak of the full-scale war.
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street. Williamstown MA 01267
LeAnn Rimes
The Warner Theatre
April 13, 2025 :
7:30 PM
LeAnn Rimes is an international multi-platinum selling acclaimed singer and ASCAP award-winning songwriter. She has sold more than 48 million units globally, won 2 Grammy® Awards; 12 Billboard Music Awards; and many other accolades.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington CT 06790.
Ongoing Events
Click here for current events.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
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
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
Osman Khan: Road to Hybridabad
MASSMoCA
October 1, 2024 – April 30, 2025 :
re-reads the magical and fantastical figures found in folktales and lore, with a particular focus on those from South Asia, the Middle East, and other Muslim and immigrant traditions.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Amy Podmore | Audience
MASSMoCA
October 1, 2024 – November 30, 2025 :
Amy Podmore is propelled by an interest in surrealist strategies of transformation and the line between stillness and motion in sculpture.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Like Magic
MASSMoCA
October 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025 :
Like Magic brings together artists who employ technologies of magic to resist systems that attempt to surveil and control people’s lives and stories, often because of their race, ability, sexuality, gender identity, indigeneity, or immigration status.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Local Produce Series
Stissing Center for Arts and Culture
October 20, 2024 – May 18, 2025 :
A unique and exciting series of Staged Readings, bring their creative projects to life with Hudson Valley talent - script in hand.
Contact: 518.771.3340
Location: Pine Plains NY 12567
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
Happy Hour Piano Series
American Mural Project
November 29, 2024 – March 28, 2025 :
5PM – 7PM
Each month, the Happy Hour Piano Series offers an eclectic mix of musical genres, showcasing the region’s wealth of talented pianists. Held on the fourth Fridays, from 5 to 7 pm, the piano series extends AMP’s exhibit hours.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 74 Whiting Street. Winsted CT 06098
A Space Between Worlds
The Wassaic Project
December 7, 2024 – March 15, 2025 :
Wassaic Project's winter show--A Space Between Worlds--features nine artists creating new worlds on each of Maxon Mills’ seven floors. Opening reception on Saturday, December 7th from 3-5PM.
Contact: 855.WASSAIC
Location: Maxon Mills. 37 Furnace Bank Road. Wassaic NY 12592
Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry
Clark Art Institute
December 14, 2024 – March 9, 2025 :
Drawn from the celebrated collection of the Mobilier national from the 1940s to the present day, this exhibition explores the resurgence of the ancient French tradition of tapestry-making, including works by Henri Matisse, Sonia Delaunay, and Kiki Smith. Opening lecture is on Saturday, December 14th from 11AM - 12PM.
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street. Williamstown MA 01267
Cyclical Universe
Craven Contemporary
January 11, 2025 – March 2, 2025 :
Craven Contemporary is excited to present its latest show “Cyclical Universe” featuring work by Christine Romanell. Romanell’s art practice explores the infinite through intricate, ever-expanding circular patterns.
Contact: 646.355.8142
Location: 5 Old Barn Road. Kent CT 06757
Assembled
Mad Rose Gallery
January 16, 2025 – March 2, 2025 :
Mad Rose Gallery is proud to present ASSEMBLED, a captivating group exhibition featuring the works of six extraordinary artists whose diverse backgrounds and mediums reflect a shared commitment to creativity, craftsmanship, and artistic exploration.
Contact: 518.592.1085
Location: 5916 North Elm Avenue. Millerton NY 12546
Ohan Breiding: Belly of a Glacier
Mass MoCA
February 1, 2025 – May 1, 2025 :
In 2019, Iceland constructed the first memorial to mark the death of its Okjökull glacier. Since then, funerals have been held around the world to mark the melting of glacier bodies. Consisting of an experimental documentary and photography that mourn the imminent loss of the planet’s ancient icescapes, Ohan Breiding’s Belly of a Glacier connects this act of mourning to ongoing practices of preservation that strive to protect the ice — a material that contains both remnants of the past and the conditions of a future world.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 Mass MoCA Way. North Adams MA 01247.
Hydroglyphs: A Symbolic Language
Standard Space
February 1, 2025 – March 9, 2025 :
Hydroglyphs: A Symbolic Language, features new work by artist Melinda Hackett that explores organic space and unfixed time transporting the viewer to a foreign and imaginative place, where nature can be experienced without knowing it fully, and where reality is communicated through the senses. Opening reception on February 1st.
Contact: 917.627.3261
Location: 147 Main Street. Sharon CT 06069
Jon Kopita
David M. Hunt Library
February 14, 2025 – March 21, 2025 :
In February and March, the library will host an exhibition of artworks by Jon Kopita, focusing on the playfulness of language, syntax, meaning, graphics, and identity. These framed drawings utilize lined cursive writing paper and document the artist’s meditative thoughts, observations, and obsessions. Opening reception is on February 27th with an Art Talk on February 27th.
Contact: 860.824.7424
Location: 63 Main Street. Falls Village CT 06031
If These Walls Could Talk
Carrie Haddad Gallery
February 14, 2025 – April 6, 2025 :
"If These Walls Could Talk," is a group exhibition featuring painters of interiors and architecture. Exhibiting artists include Richard Britell, Kathryn Freeman, Brigid Kennedy, Glenn Palmer-Smith, and Judith Wyer. These artists similarly explore how built environments can be emblematic of inward human experience. Artists reception on February 22nd from 5PM - 7PM
Contact: 518.828.1915
Location: 622 Warren Street. Hudson, NY 12534
Mariel Capanna: Giornata
The Clark
February 15, 2025 – January 25, 2026 :
Mariel Capanna (b. 1988, Philadelphia, where she lives and works) plays what she calls “games of remembering” as a way of reckoning with loss. Working from home videos and family slideshows, whose runtime is her constraint, the artist races to record fleeting memory images in oil paint. Opening lecture on 2/15 and special event on 5/17.
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street. Williamstown MA 01267.
Whispers of Strength
Barrington Stage Company
February 24, 2025 :
6 PM
Whispers of Strength is a new thought-provoking play that offers a series of intimate, raw conversations between Black youth and adults. We invite audiences to witness the vulnerability, wisdom, and hope that pass between generations, encouraging people to embrace their unique identities, stand in their truth, and rise above the weariness that sometimes comes with being unseen or misunderstood.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: St. Germain Stage. 36 Linden Street. Pittsfield MA 01201
New Exhibitions
Five Points Gallery
February 28, 2025 – April 12, 2025 :
“I Am My Mother’s Savage Daughter”, by Patricia Miranda at the Torrington Savings Bank Gallery.
“The Tale of Lost Water”, by Susan Hoffman Fishman at the Torrington Downtown Partners Gallery.
“Figuring it Out”, featuring Shona Curtis, Sonja Czekalski, Gail Gelburd, Susan Keiser, Jean Scott at Five Points Gallery.
Opening reception on February 26th and Artist Talk on March 28th.
“The Tale of Lost Water”, by Susan Hoffman Fishman at the Torrington Downtown Partners Gallery.
“Figuring it Out”, featuring Shona Curtis, Sonja Czekalski, Gail Gelburd, Susan Keiser, Jean Scott at Five Points Gallery.
Opening reception on February 26th and Artist Talk on March 28th.
Contact: 860.618.7222
Location: Locations vary
All for Laughs: The Artists of the Famous Cartoonist Course
Norman Rockwell Museum
March 1, 2025 – June 15, 2025 :
Enjoy works from the celebrated mid-twentieth century visual humorists who served on the faculty of the Famous Artists Cartoon Course--a popular correspondence course designed to teach artists to be funny. Original cartoons and instructional drawings from the cadre of noted artists will explore the wit and wisdom of the Famouse Artists Cartoon Course.
Contact: 413.298.4100
Location: 9 Glendale Road. Stockbridge MA 01262
Art Collectors & Art Collections Talk
Five Points Arts Center
April 5, 2025 :
2 PM – 3:30 PM
What is a collection? How do you start? Is there such a thing as a “good” collection? As an artist, how do I connect with collectors? Steven Holmes will lead this conversation about collecting art that looks at collecting from both sides of the relationship: collectors and artists.
Contact: 860.618.2167
Location: 855 University Drive. Torrington CT 06790.
