Events Calendar
CURRENT EVENTS
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Omega Institute
Explore a contemporary approach to the teachings of Buddhism and discover how it can bring greater compassion and wisdom into your life.
Contact: 845.266.4444
www.eomega.org
Location: 150 Lake Drive Rhinebeck NY 12572
Melancholy, Desire & Joy
Crescendo
The wooden, one-keyed Baroque flute (traverso) emerged toward the end of the 17th century in Paris and quickly became a very popular instrument in the rest of Europe. he Op. 5 collection is a masterpiece, and it influenced Baroque composers like Handel and Bach, who admired and studied them.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 352 Main Street Great Barrington MA 01230
An Evening in the Tropics
Norfolk Library
Join for hors d'oeuvres, champagne, wine and mojitos. There will be outstanding items up for bid: from a private villa in Corsica to an ornamental garden trellis.
Contact: 860.542.5075
www.norfolklibrary.org
Location: 9 Greenwoods Road East Norfolk CT 06058
Rigoletto
Berkshire Opera Festival
When his daughter is seduced and abducted, a devoted father is driven to murder in this devastating story of love, betrayal, and vengeance. Few characters in opera are as compelling as the court jester Rigoletto, whose blind desire for revenge leads to tragic consequences.
Contact: 413.213.6622
www.berkshireoperafestival.org
Location: 352 Main Street Suite 211 Great Barrington MA 01230
Melancholy, Desire & Joy
Crescendo
The wooden, one-keyed Baroque flute (traverso) emerged toward the end of the 17th century in Paris and quickly became a very popular instrument in the rest of Europe. he Op. 5 collection is a masterpiece, and it influenced Baroque composers like Handel and Bach, who admired and studied them.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 319 Main Street Lakeville CT 06039
Open Days: Litchfield County
The Garden Conservancy
Visit multiple gardens around Litchfield County.
Contact: 845.424.6500
www.gardenconservancy.org
Location: Litchfield County CT
Ode to Bernstein with a Dvorak Nightcap
Sherman Chamber Ensemble
Benjamin Hochman will be be joined by Susan Rotholz (flute), Jill Levy (violin), Doori Na (violin), Michael Roth (viola) and Eliot Bailen(cello).
Contact: 860.355.5930
www.shermanchamberensemble.org
Location: 1 North Main Street Kent CT 06757
Steve Martin and Martin Short
Tanglewood
Enjoy this amazing comedy duo! Reviews are raving about this comedic team!
Contact: 413.637.5180
www.eventticketscenter.com
Location: 297 West Street Lenox MA 01240
Bluegrass Jamboree
Sherman Chamber Ensemble
Join the annual Bluegrass Jamboree featuring Paul Woodiel (fiddle), Gary DiGiovanni (banjo) and The SCE Blue Grass Band. Make sure you bring some blankets and chaires.
Contact: 860.355.5930
www.shermanchamberensemble.org
Location: 1 North Main Street Kent CT 06757
4th Annual Oldtone Roots Music Festival
Cool Whisper Farm
The Oldtone Roots Music Festival features hand-picked artists. The event has an intimate and hands-on atmosphere where audience members can engage directly with the artists.
Contact: 646.269.9216
www.eventbrite.com
Location: 1011 County Route 21 North Hillsdale NY, 12529
Spotlight Gala
Sharon Playhouse
Join fro a star filled evening to celebrate the Sharon Playhouse!
Contact: 860.364.7469
www.sharonplayhouse.org
Location: 49 Amenia Road Sharon CT 06069
Open Days: Dutcchess County
The Garden Conservancy
Visit the The Brine Garden in Dutchess County
Contact: 845.424.6500
www.gardenconservancy.org
Location: Dutchess County NY
Bill Shannon's - Maker Moves
PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
Bill Shannon assumes the character of a street busker for this lively and humorous movement piece. Among the props Shannon employs are wood, steel and aluminum crutches he has fabricated himself.
Contact: 518.392.6121
www.ps21chatham.org
Location: 2980 NY-66 Chatham NY 12037
Aging With Sass & Class
Omega Institute
Discover the joys and perks of life with best friends Joan Borysenko and Loretta LaRoche.
Contact: 845.266.4444
www.eomega.org
Location: 150 Lake Drive Rhinebeck NY 12572
FreshGrass
MASS MoCA
50+ bands swoop into North Adams to play three days of bluegrass and roots music, pop up in our galleries for surprise performances, score live and original music to silent film, lead workshops, and supply the whole family with summer's best swan song.
Contact: 413.662.2111
www.freshgrass.com
Location: 1040 Mass MoCA Way North Adams MA 01247
Apricot Brandy - 50th Anniversary Bash !
Warner Theatre
The Apricot Brandy have been playing soul music all around NWCT for 50 years!The concert will be held outdoors, and is rain or shine. All are welcome to 'BYOB' and picnic on the grounds, food will be available for purchase.
Contact: 860.489.7180
www.tickets.warnertheatre.org
Location: 104 Wright Road Torrington CT 06790
Tim Fain
Leaf Peeper Concert Series
Tim Fain is violinist and composer and will present a
one-man show with his own compositions as well as classical works and works with electronic accompaniment.
Contact: 413.551.9901
www.leafpeeperconcerts.org
Location: 327 Warren Street Hudson NY 12534
Open Days: Fairfield County
The Garden Conservancy
Visit three gardens in Greenwich, Westport and Wilton CT.
Contact: 845.424.6500
www.gardenconservancy.org
Location: Fairfield County CT
Million Dollar Quartet
Warner Theatre
illion Dollar Quartet is the national touring company and the Tony Award winning smash hit musical inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time.
Contact: 860.489.7180
www.tickets.warnertheatre.org
Location: 68 Main Street Torrington CT 06790
The BSO with Yo-Yo MA
Tanglewood
This summer he’s paired with the BSO (under the baton of Andris Nelsons) in a particularly Tanglewood-y program, featuring works by Aaron Copland (“An Outdoor Adventure”), Leonard Bernstein (“Three Meditations from “Mass,” for cello and orchestra) and a seemingly Tanglewood-inspired world premiere by John Williams called “Highwood’s Ghost.”
Contact: 413.637.5180
www.www.eventticketscenter.com
Location: 297 West Street Lenox MA 01240
Reo Speedwagon
Warner Theatre
REO Speedwagon is a band where the main constant over the decades is a never-ending desire to give their all to their fans, year in and year out.
Contact: 860.489.7180
www.tickets.warnertheatre.org
Location: 68 Main Street Torrington CT 06790
Natalie Merchant
Hancock Shaker Village
atalie Merchant lights up the barn with an intimate evening of music. Beginning her career in 1981 with indie rock band 10,000 Maniacs.
Contact: 413.443.0188
www.hancockshakervillage.org
Location: 1843 West Housatonic Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Made By Hand
The Garden Conservancy
Spend the afternoon with Christopher exploring design ideas in both his garden and the adjacent nineteenth-century Grange Hall, which has been converted to a pottery studio where artisans make his tableware and accessories by hand.
Contact: 845.424.6500
www.gardenconservancy.org
Location: 857 North Clove Road Millbrook NY 12545
Amazing Annuals
The Garden Conservancy
Guests will learn the best care and placement of standout annuals. Amy Pelletier Clark has curated many distinguished gardens of the Hudson Valley. She currently serves on the board of the Beatrix Farrand Garden at Bellefield. A plant list and plant sources list will be provided.
Contact: 845.424.6500
www.gardenconservancy.org
Location: 1249 Route 343 Dover Plains NY 12522
Open Days: Dutchess County
The Garden Conservancy
Visit five wonderful gardens in Dutchess County.
Contact: 845.424.6500
www.gardenconservancy.org
Location: Dutchess County NY
Digging Deeper: Amazing Annuals—Usual, Unusual, and Where to Find Them
The Garden Conservancy
my Pelletier Clark, landscape gardener and garden designer at Copperheads, will lead a walk through the gardens, talking about the annuals along the way. Guests will learn the best care and placement of standout annuals.
Contact: 845.424.6500
www.gardenconservancy.org
Location: 1249 Route 343 Dover Plains NY 12522
Lewis Black: Jokes' on US Tour
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Lewis' comedic brilliance lies in his ability to make people laugh at the absurdities of life, with topics that include current events, social media, politics and anything else that exposes the hypocrisy and madness he sees in the world.
Contact: 413.644.9040
www.mahaiwe.org
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
20th Annual Harvest Supper
Berkshire Grown
Berkshire Grown member chefs are committed to creating their menus using food grown on Berkshire farms. Sample their creations and eat fresh. There will also be a silent auction!
Contact: 413.528.0041
www.berkshiregrown.org
Location: 380 State RoadGreat Barrington MA 01230
Joëlle Tuerlinckx
Dia Art Foundation: Beacon
For more than twenty years, Joëlle Tuerlinckx has been widely known for complex installations that combine film projections, video, drawings, collages, photographs, and materials from her personal archive.
Contact: 845.440.0100
www.diaart.org
Location: 3 Beekman Street Beacon NY 12508
Caroline Myss
Omega Institute
Caroline is dedicated to creating educational programs in the fields of human consciousness, spirituality and mysticism, energy anatomy, health, energy medicine, and the science of medical intuition.
Contact: 845.266.4444
www.eomega.org
Location: 150 Lake Drive Rhinebeck NY 12572
The Neave Piano Trio
Leaf Peeper Concert Series
The Neave Piano Trio will be playing: Haydn Trio in D major Hob. XV no.16 Dale Trumbore "Another Chance"
Leonard Bernstein Trio.
Contact: 413.551.9901
www.neavetrio.com
Location: St James Place Great Barrington MA 01230
Angel Olsen
MASS MoCA
Angel Olsen has refused to succumb to a single genre, expectation, or vision. Singing her precise, often revelatory lyrics with a warbling wild voice that blends Dolly Parton and Patti Smith, Olsen swirls sun-kissed dream pop and brooding garage rock into something whole, impressionistic, and new.
Contact: 413.662.2111
www.massmoca.org
Location: 1040 Mass MoCA Way North Adams MA 01247
The Road to Road Jam: A Battle of Jam Bands
Warner Theatre
Five area jam bands will compete for the first place prize. The winning band will play at the Road Jam Music Festival, as well as win a cash prize, tickets for the Jam Fest, swag bags and beer.
Contact: 860.489.7180
www.warnertheatre.org
Location: 68 Main Street Torrington CT 06790
Chris Botti
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
For over two decades, Botti has amassed a spectacular variety of honors, including multiple Gold and Platinum albums, to become the nation’s largest-selling instrumental artist.
Contact: 413.644.9040
www.mahaiwe.org
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
A Tribute to Wanda Landowska
Crescendo
The harpsichord was one of the most popular Baroque keyboard instruments and suffered a long period of neglect through all of the 19th century. It was brought back to the concert platform by the visionary performer Wanda Landowska (1879-1959), who lived for some time in Lakeville, CT. This concert honors her legacy.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 319 Main Street Lakeville CT 06039
The Midtown Men
Warner Theatre
The Midtown Men will be singing their favorite "Sixties Hits" from The Beatles, The Rascals, The Turtles, Motown, The Four Seasons and more!
Contact: 860.489.7180
www.warnertheatre.org
Location: 68 Main Street Torrington CT 06790
The Amernet String Quartet
Leaf Peeper Concert Series
Praised for their “intelligence” and “immensely satisfying” playing by the New York Times, the Amernet String Quartet has garnered recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets.
Contact: 413.551.9901
www.leafpeeperconcerts.org
Location: 352 Main Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Blues Traveler
Warner Theatre
Blues Traveler emerged in the late ‘80s and are best known for their improvisational live shows and tireless touring, and their breakthrough, multi-platinum selling album four. Enjoy this spectacular performance.
Contact: 860.489.7180
www.warnertheatre.org
Location: 68 Main Street Torrington CT 06790
Brian Regan
Warner Theatre
Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country. Come see him live right in your backyard!
Contact: 860.489.7180
www.warnertheatre.org
Location: 68 Main Street Torrington CT 06790
New York Polyphony
Leaf Peeper Concert Series
This is a quartet of four male voices "singers of superb musicianship and vocal allure," (The New Yorker), singing pre-baroque, baroque and some later works.
Contact: 413.551.9901
www.hudsonhall.org
Location: 327 Warren Street Hudson NY 12534
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox (PMJ)
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Founded by pianist and arranger Bradlee in 2009, the large ensemble reimagines contemporary pop, rock, and R&B hits in the style of various yesteryears, from swing to doo-wop, ragtime to Motown—or, as Bradl
Contact: 413.644.9040
www.mahaiwe.org
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
The Sound of the Trumpet—Celebrating Life in England & New England
Crescendo
The performers will be the Crescendo Chorus, Vocal Ensemble and Soloists (including countertenor Nicholas Tamagna), with Period Brass, Strings, Basso Continuo and Organ, directed by Christine Gevert.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 352 Main Street Great Barrington MA 01230
The Sound of the Trumpet—Celebrating Life in England & New England
Crescendo
The performers will be the Crescendo Chorus, Vocal Ensemble and Soloists (including countertenor Nicholas Tamagna), with Period Brass, Strings, Basso Continuo and Organ, directed by Christine Gevert.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 319 Main Street Lakeville CT 06039
Conversations With... Author and Scholar Mitchell Cohen On the Politics of Opera
Close Encounters With Music
Mitchell Cohen, who combines his academic expertise in political science and lifelong interest in the spectacle of opera in his new book (The Politics of Opera-A History from Monteverdi to Mozart, Princeton Press), will underscore the political dimensions of libretti and ideological elements of opera, which absorbs and mirrors currents of the day in dramatic dress-up.
Contact: 518.392.6677
www.cewm.org
Location: St James Place Great Barrington MA 01230
Arlo Guthrie
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Arlo Guthrie will return to the Mahaiwe with his “Alice’s Restaurant Back by Popular Demand” show. The concert will be a celebration of the 50th anniversaries of the film, Alice’s Restaurant, as well as Woodstock and 50 years of Flower Power.
Contact: 413.644.9040
www.mahaiwe.org
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Music in the Museum: Paintings in Song
Crescendo
John Myers’ “Paintings in Song,” a multimedia composition of nine choral pieces based on on Norman Rockwell’s paintings, including the Four Freedoms
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 9 Glendale Road Stockbridge MA 01262
John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey: Radio Deluxe Live
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Renowned jazz musicians John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey will record their syndicated American-songbook radio program, “Radio Deluxe,” live.
Contact: 413.644.9040
www.mahaiwe.org
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Sublime Love- The life of the Mexican nun, Sor Juana Ine?s de la Cruz in 17th century Latin American Music, Poetry and Images
Crescendo
The program features a selection of sacred and secular cantatas from the 1600s New World Colonies (Guatemalan, Peruvian and Mexican sources), featuring vocal compositions by Toma?s de Torrejo?n y Velasco and his contemporaries.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 319 Main Street Lakeville CT 06039
Sublime Love- The life of the Mexican nun, Sor Juana Ine?s de la Cruz in 17th century Latin American Music, Poetry and Images
Crescendo
The program features a selection of sacred and secular cantatas from the 1600s New World Colonies (Guatemalan, Peruvian and Mexican sources), featuring vocal compositions by Toma?s de Torrejo?n y Velasco and his contemporaries.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 352 Main Street Great Barrington MA 01230
The Mystical 16: the 1616 Settings of Psalm 116 & contemporary version
Crescendo
The program will feature motets from this collection by three composers as well as earlier settings of Psalm 116: Gregorian Chant, and works by Benedictus Ducis and Orlando di Lasso.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 352 Main Street Great Barrington MA 01230
The Mystical 16: the 1616 Settings of Psalm 116 & contemporary version
Crescendo
The program will feature motets from this collection by three composers as well as earlier settings of Psalm 116: Gregorian Chant, and works by Benedictus Ducis and Orlando di Lasso.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.worldclassmusic.org
Location: 319 Main Street Lakeville CT 06039
Mamma Mia!
Warner Theatre
Enjoy the extraordinary story-telling magic of timeless songs, that propel this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, creating an unforgettable show featuring a large cast, non-stop laughs and explosive dance numbers!
Contact: 860.489.7180
www.tickets.warnertheatre.org
Location: 68 Main Street Torrington CT 06790
ONGOING EVENTS
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James Turrell: Into the Light
MASS MoCA
Turrell began using light as a sculptural medium in 1966, painting the windows of his studio in Santa Monica to seal off the natural light and experimenting with projections. His practice has been shaped by the ongoing manipulation of architecture, framing and altering the way viewers engage with the environment.
Contact: 413.662.2111
www.massmoca.org
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA Way North Adams MA 01247
Keepers of the Flame: Parrish, Wyeth, Rockwell and the Narrative Tradition
Norman Rockwell Museum
The exhibition will shed light on the thread connecting American narrative painting—as embodied by legendary illustrators Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966), N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945), and Norman Rockwell (1894–1978)—to the roots of European painting, tracing the long line of teachers who, through the centuries, passed wisdom, knowledge, and techniques to the next generation of creators.
Contact: 413.298.4100
www.nrm.org
Location: 9 Glendale Road Stockbridge MA 01262
Art of the Hills
Berkshire Museum
Celebrating the rich, creative culture of the region, Art of the Hills highlights the works of both emerging and established Berkshire-based artists working in all styles and genres. Opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 2 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM.
Contact: 413.443.7171
www.berkshiremuseum.org
Location: 39 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
GETZ: Covers from The New Yorker Magazine
The Moviehouse Studio Gallery
The exhibit will feature over thirty original New Yorker cover paintings by Getz, ranging from the 1940s through the 1980s. Art historian Richard Boyle will offer a brief talk at the opening. An Opening reception will be held on Saturday June 2 from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM.
Contact: 518.789.0022
www.themoviehouse.net
Location: 48 Main Street Millerton NY 1254
2nd Annual Art Show
The River Art Project
Bring friends and family to the historic train station in Stockbridge. Enjoy cocktails and light refreshments, view the incredible river-inspired art and meet the artists. Opening reception will be held on June 8 from 6 PM to 8 PM.
Contact: 413.298.5163
www.riverartproject.com
Location: 2 Depot Road Stockbridge MA 01262
The Art of Iron
Clark Art Institute
The Art of Iron: celebrates the beauty of old wrought iron collected largely during the late nineteenth century, a period of rapid modernization in France and Europe.
Contact: 413.458.2303
www.clarkart.edu
Location: 225 South Street Williamstown MA 01267
Women Artists in Paris, 1850–1900
Clark Art Institute
Women Artists in Paris, 1850–1900 recognizes the accomplishments of an international group of women who, despite gender-based restrictions, continued to advance their art.
Contact: 413.458.2303
www.clarkart.edu
Location: 225 South Street Williamstown MA 01267
Through Fire
The Good Purpose Gallery
This show will feature two artists whose work is vastly different and exciting in their own was. An opening reception with the chance to meet the artists will be held on Thursday, June 28 from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM.
Contact: 413.394.5045
www.goodpurpose.org
Location: 40 Main Street #1 Lee MA 01238
SummerScape 2018
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard
The fifteenth annual Bard SummerScape festival features seven weeks of world-class opera, theater, dance, cabaret, film, and music.
Contact: 845.758.7900
www.fishercenter.bard.edu
Location: 60 Manor Avenue Annandale-On-Hudson NY 12504
Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood: 40 Years
Chesterwood
Chesterwood will be celebrating forty years of outdoor contemporary sculpture with this year's exhibition and will feature works by multiple artists.
Contact: 413.298.3579
www.chesterwood.org
Location: 3 Williamsville Road Stockbridge MA 01262
A City Transformed: Photographs of Paris, 1850-1900
Clark Art Insitute
The exhibition features more than 30 photographs made in the late nineteenth-century as Paris was being transformed through a grand-scale urban renewal plan that set in motion renovation, demolition, and new construction projects.
Contact: 413.458.2303
www.clarkart.edu
Location: 225 South Street Williamstown MA 01267
Duet: Lynn and Ron Jones
Kent Memorial Library
Artists Lynn and Ron Jones will have their artwork displayed together at the Kent Memorial Library in an exhibit titled "Duet". The opening reception will be held on July 14 from 2 PM to 4 PM.
Contact: 860.927.3761
www.kentmemoriallibrary.org
Location: 32 North Main Street Kent CT 06757
Steady As She Goes
The Stationery Factory
This is a group art show featuring women’s art. The opening reception will be held on July 6 from 5 PM to 8 PM.
Contact: 413.329.5499
www.stationery-factory.com
Location: 63 Flansburg Avenue Dalton MA 01226
Josh Simpson: Galactic Landscapes
Berkshire Museum
This will be a olo show of innovative works by renowned glass artist Josh Simpson. Opening Reception will be held on Saturday July 14 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM.
Contact: 413.443.7171
www.berkshiremuseum.org
Location: 39 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Farm to Table
The Sharon Historical Society
This is an exhibition and sale of artwork is by a collection of local artists. Join for the opening reception, which will be held on July 14 from 5 PM to 7 PM with wine and hors d'oeuvres.
Contact: 860.364.5688
www.sharonhist.org
Location: 18 Main Street Sharon CT 06069
Peter C Jones: Confluence
KMR Arts
Peter C. Jones' photographs within Confluence aspire to accurately depict life by the sea. Water is a source of calm, cleansing energy. This tranquil quality has long attracted people to the ocean’s shores. An opening reception will be held on July 14 from 4 PM to 7 PM.
Contact: 860.868.7533
www.kmrarts.com
Location: 2 Titus Road Washington Depot CT 06794
Five Senses Festival
Pilobolus International Dance
Pilobolus's Five Senses Festival brings together artists, movers, and thinkers from many disciplines to create whole-sensory experiences. Kick off opening night with the Festival Ball! Proceed will help go towards the cost of funding programs in order to allow the festivals to be low cost or free to the public.
Contact: see website
www.fivesensesfestival.com
Location: 292 Bee Brook Road New Preston CT 06777
A Day in The Life: Norman Rockwell’s Stockbridge Studio
Norman Rockwell Museum
Explore Norman Rockwell’s original Stockbridge studio, reinstalled to look as it did in 1960, when the artist was working on his iconic Golden Rule painting.
Contact: 413.298.4100
www.nrm.org
Location: 9 Glendale Road Stockbridge MA 01262
Norman Rockwell and the Boy Scouts of America
Norman Rockwell Museum
Look back at Norman Rockwell’s 64 year relationship with this venerable organization—the longest of his professional career.
Contact: 413.298.4100
www.nrm.org
Location: 9 Glendale Road Stockbridge MA 01262
Norman Rockwell's 323
Norman Rockwell Museum
This intimate connection with Rockwell’s art made his images a part of the fabric of American lives. This comprehensive exhibition of original Saturday Evening Post cover tear sheets features each of Norman Rockwell’s illustrations for the publication, created between 1916 and 1963.
Contact: 860.435.4866
www.nrm.org
Location: 9 Glendale Road Stockbridge MA 01262
Anton Rubinstein's Demon
Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard
The drama eatures the rich choruses and fiery libretto of Rubinstein’s 1871 masterpiece performed by an all-Russian cast in a rare new American production.
Contact: 845.758.7900
www.fishercenter.bard.edu
Location: 60 Manor Avenue Annandale-On-Hudson NY 12504
The Fields - Artist Walk
Omi International Arts Center
Artist Walk invites visiting individuals and groups for introduction to featured exhibitions and permanent installations at The Fields Sculpture Park. Conversations in design, cinema and cultural studies beginning in Benenson Center.
Contact: 518.392.4747
www.artomi.org
Location: 1405 County Route 22 Ghent NY 12075
Cristina Dordova: Del Balcon
Ferrin Contemporary Art Gallery
This is a solo exhibition of ceramic sculptures. The artist talk will be held on August 2 at 7 PM.
Contact: 413.346.4004
www.ferrincontemporary.com
Location: 1315 MASS MoCA Way North Adams MA 01247
Photography - A Group Exhibition
Carrie Haddad Gallery
Each represented artist demonstrates how photography responds to its own history and traditions, while also being closely linked to other media. The works in this show pay particular focus to how the power of rapidly changing technology has the ability to enhance our experience through magnification, distillation, and narration in the digital age. Opening reception will be held on August 4th from 5 PM to 7 PM.
Contact: 518.828.1915
www.carriehaddadgallery.com
Location: 622 Warren Street Hudson NY 12534
West Side Story
Barrington Stage Company
Two young lovers fine themselves caught between warring street gangs. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, relevant and deeply moving musicals of our time.
Contact: 413.236.8888
www.barringtonstageco.org
Location: 30 Union Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Dance Festival
PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
Enjoy an array of performances throughout the month of August, from the Parsons Dance Company to a delightfully choreographed show by David Parker called "Mouthful of Shoes"
Contact: 518.392.6121
www.ps21chatham.org
Location: 2980 NY-66 Chatham NY 12037
As You Like It
Shakespeare & Company
Menace gives way to hope, re-invention, poetry, and love, cooked up with a big dose of hilarious comedy!
Contact: 413.637.1199
www.web.ovationtix.com
Location: 70 Kemble Street Lenox MA 01240
Heisenberg
Shakespeare & Company
Alex and Georgie are the very improbable couple at the center of this exploration of love against odds and reason. When they stumble into each others' lives on a bench in London, real questions are raised that defy physics and simple explanation.
Contact: 413.637.3353
www.shakespeare.org
Location: 70 Kemble Street Lenox MA 01240
Undiscovered Country
Thompson Giroux Gallery
This is a join exhibit featuring, Marie-Claude Giroux
Jim Holl and Arthur Sordillo. The artists share an interest in the inner workings of their own imagination, their wonder and wisdom. The study of the self and the impermanence of the human experience is a theme that runs between them. The opening reception will be held on August 11 from 4 PM to 6 PM.
Contact: 518.392.3336
www.thompsongirouxgallery.com
Location: 57 Main Street Chatham NY 12037
Lillian
Taconic Stage Company
This play is about Lillian Hellman by William Luce, starring Diedre Bollinger and directed by TSC founder and Artistic Director Carl Ritchie.
Contact: 518.325.1234
www.taconicstage.com
Location: 261 Route 344 Copake Falls NY 12517
Circlesongs
Omega Institute
Join Bobby McFerrin and his team of teachers for a weeklong workshop in the improvisational singing technique, Circlesongs. Welcoming to beginners and challenging for even the most advance!
Contact: 845.266.4444
www.eomega.org
Location: 150 Lake Drive Rhinebeck NY 12572
Always...Patsy Cline
Sharon Playhouse
This play is based on the true story of one of Country Music’s Legendary and most beloved artists, Patsy Cline and the country stars friendship with housewife Louise Seger.
Contact: 860.364.7469
www.sharonplayhouse.org
Location: 49 Amenia Road Sharon CT 06069
Sergei Fedorjaczenko - Diamonds and Rust
David M. Hunt Library
Opening reception will be held on August 18 from 4 PM to 6 PM.
Contact: 860.824.7424
www.huntlibrary.org
Location: 63 Main Street Falls Village CT 06031
ODC / Dance
Jacob's Pillow & Dance Festival
San Francisco-based ODC/Dance flaunts rigorous technique and full-throttle partnering, performing Dead Reckoning.
Contact: 413.243.0745
www.jacobspillow.org
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
Stars of American Ballet
Jacob's Pillow & Dance Festival
Daniel Ulbricht curates Stars of American Ballet in celebration of choreographic legend Jerome Robbins.
Contact: 413.243.0745
www.jacobspillow.org
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto
Berkshire Opera Festival
Rigoletto will be sung in Italian with projected English translations!
Contact: 413.997.4444
www.berkshiretheatregroup.org
Location: 111 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Distinctions in Glass
Schantz Galleries
These unique artists highlight the diversity of technique, form, and aesthetic which glass allows the maker. The opening reception will be held August 2 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM. There will also be a dinner with the artist to follow at the Red Lion Inn.
Contact: 413.298.3044
www.schantzgalleries.com
Location: 3 Elm Street Stockbridge MA 01262
Mothers and Sons
Shakespeare & Company
Enjoy this play by Terrence McNally featuring David Gow, Annette Miller, and Bill Mootos.
Contact: 413.637.1199
www.shakespeare.org
Location: 70 Kemble Street Lenox MA 01240
Stars of American Ballet
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
New York City Ballet principal dancer Daniel Ulbricht has curated this show, which features an all-star cast of his company-mates, revisiting dances choreographed by legendary Bernstein collaborator Jerome Robbins. Boldfaced selections like “Suite of Dances,” “Interplay” and “Concertino” lead the program.
Contact: 413.243.0745
www.jacobspillow.org
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
The Glass Menagerie
Barrington Stage Company
Enjoy this drama of beauty. One of the greatest plays of the 20th century.
Contact: 413.236.8888
www.barringtonstageco.org
Location: 30 Union Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Digging Deeper: An Autumn Afternoon with Linda Allard
The Garden Conservancy
Join owner Linda Allard as she leads an intimate group through her extraordinary garden. She will talk about the design ideas and choice plants that make the autumn here so spectacular, as well as some of the sustainable techniques used to keep her garden so healthy and lush.
Contact: 845.424.6500
www.gardenconservancy.org
Location: 156 Wykeham Road Washington CT 06793
Ann
WAM Theatre
A one woman tour-de-force, Ann is a hilarious and spirited portrait of Ann Richards, legendary Governor of Texas. Written by award-winning actress and writer Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men), Ann is an inspiring play that brings us face to face with the complex, colorful, and captivating character, with a personality bigger than the state she governed.
Contact: 413.274.8122
www.wamtheatre.com
Location: 70 Kemble Street Lenox MA 01240
Suffering from Realness
MASS MoCA
Suffering from Realness explores the politics of representation — and the ways in which artists use the body to grasp at and re-center the “aura of realness” in an age of uncertainty.
Contact: 413.662.2111
www.massmoca.org
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA Way North Adams MA 01247
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