The Classical Beat: Tanglewood, Sevenars Offer Culminating ProgramsBy Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:00AM / Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | |
During this penultimate week of the Tanglewood Music Festival, the spotlight will focus on a wide range of standard repertoire in both the concerto and symphony genres: Mozart piano concerti, performed by the stellar Knights chamber orchestra, with the masterful soloist Emanuel Ax; Prokofiev's brilliant Violin Concerto No. 1, with the luminous Midori as soloist; and for fans of Tchaikovsky, the lushly lyrical Symphony No. 5. Later in the week, don't miss out on Prokofiev's alternatively lyrical, boisterous, majestic and thrilling Symphony No. 5; Beethoven (the joyous and heartfelt Seventh Symphony) and Schumann (the extraordinary Cello Concerto, performed by the great master
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Annual Stockbridge Summer Arts and Crafts Show| 11:02AM / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | |
 STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Stockbridge Summer Arts and Crafts Show, now in its thirty second year, will be held Aug. 17 and 18 on the grounds of the Town Offices and Bidwell Park, 50 Main Street. The event is open free to the public. Over 85 jury-selected artists and crafters will display their work ranging from paintings to ceramics, firberware to jewelry, sculpture to photography. Hours are Saturday from 10am to 5pm and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Among the returning artisans will be Su Chi Pottery of Pittsford, VT. Barbara Doncaster, a Berkshire Artist with her studio in Great Barrington, offers paintings. Local artisan Linda Barbadoro of >> Read More |
Triplex Screening of 'Dory Previn: ON My Way Where'| 11:20AM / Monday, August 12, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema announced a special screening on Saturday, Aug. 17, of "Dory Previn: On My Way to Where," which celebrates the life of the late Berkshires singer/songwriter, followed by a talkback with co-director Julia Greenberg, and animator Emily Hubley. The film, which recently premiered at the SXSW Film and TV Festival, uses archival footage together with animation to illustrate the complicated and creative life and work of Dory Previn. Tickets are available at the Triplex website. The screening takes place on Aug. 17 at 4 pm. According to a press release: Born in New Jersey in 1923, Previn began a career as a >> Read More |
Triplex Cinema Screening of 'Bill Cunningham New York'| 04:06PM / Friday, August 09, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema announced a special screening of the award-winning documentary "Bill Cunningham New York." The screening will be followed by talkback with director Richard Press and producer Philip Gefter, interviewed by award-winning documentarian Bobby Houston. The screening will take place on Wednesday Aug. 14 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are available at Triplex Cinema Website. According to a press release: Cunningham was for more than 50 years a legendary photographic chronicler of fashion trends, often seen on the streets of New York City and at high society charity events. His work appeared in many places, most notably in The >> Read More |
House of Hamill To Play at Guthrie Center| 11:33AM / Wednesday, August 07, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — House of Hamill will perform at the Guthrie Center on Saturday, Aug. 10, as a part of the Troubadour Series of Saturday night concerts. Showtime is 8:00 PM. According to a press release, House of Hamill's music is described as "upcycled Celtic folk; vintage vibes with a modern message." The band line-up includes Rose Baldino (fiddle and vocals), Brian Buchanan (fiddle, vocals, and guitar), and Caroline Browning (bass, mandolin, vocals and piano). The trio tours nationally, performing at festivals and established folk venues. Their fourth full-length album, "Wildfire," will be released to radio and streaming >> Read More |
Tanglewood, Sevenars Offer Thrilling Music and Performances By Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:10AM / Wednesday, August 07, 2024 | |
THE CLASSICAL BEAT By STEPHEN DANKNER TANGLEWOOD, SEVENARS OFFER THRILLING MUSIC AND PERFORMERS With the second week of August, Tanglewood continues its high energy 2024 classical programming with four powerhouse concerts in the Shed. These include performances by the Boston Symphony; the outstanding visiting guest artists the National Children's Symphony of Venezuela, led by the superlative, world-renowned maestro Gustavo Dudamel; the thrillingly Romantic and virtuosic Third Piano Concerto of Rachmaninoff, composed in 1909, and on the same program the transcendent "Le Sacre du printemps," composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1912-‘13 and premiered in Paris. Gratefully, there
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Triplex Screens Norman Mailer Documentary | 01:00PM / Tuesday, August 06, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema announces a special screening of "How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer," a documentary film which looks at Mailer's legacy as a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, speaker, filmmaker and cultural icon. Following the Aug. 9 screening will be a talkback with Mailer's daughter Maggie, who lives in Lenox and Lenox bookstore owner Matt Tannenbaum. Tickets are available at the Triplex Cinema website. According to a press release: Directed by Jeff Zimbalist, the documentary includes frank discussions with some of Mailer's children and ex-wives, and explores the rollercoaster life of one of >> Read More |
Redware Collections Tour at the Bidwell House Museum| 11:41AM / Monday, August 05, 2024 | |
 MONTEREY, Mass. — On August 8, join redware expert Lorraine German on a private tour of the Bidwell House Museum's collection of redware pottery. Attendees will see some of the unique pieces on display and learn about various styles of redware pottery created throughout the 18th and 19th centuries in the northeastern United States. Lorraine German and her late husband Steve established Mad River Antiques, LLC in 2001, with a concentration on 18th, 19th, and 20th century Americana and decorative arts. She has been a guest speaker at antiques shows, museums, and antiques organizations, where she has covered a variety of topics, including stoneware, redware, >> Read More |
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Welcomes Parsons Dance| 01:09PM / Saturday, August 03, 2024 | |
 BECKET, Mass. — Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival welcomes the internationally-touring modern dance company Parsons Dance back to the Ted Shawn Theatre, 25 years after their last engagement with the festival in 1999. Parsons Dance will perform pieces choreographed by founder David Parsons, Robert Battle and Jamar Roberts from Wednesday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 11. Tickets start at $65. Also during this week — the seventh of Jacob's Pillow's nine-week festival this summer — contemporary dance company Gibney Company will perform on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage from Wednesday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 11. Tickets start at $40. All >> Read More |
Tea And Talk: Artificial Women| 11:01AM / Thursday, August 01, 2024 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Julie Wosk, Author and Professor Emerita of English, Art History, and Studio Art at State University of New York, Maritime College will speak at Ventfort Hall on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 4 pm. A tea will be served after the presentation. According to a press release In America's Gilded Age and in Europe, clockwork female dolls decorated fashionable parlors. These mechanical wonders came in many guises---from demure women with their parasols to a dying Cleopatra in her harem outfit. Today there is a burst of fascination with simulated females, as seen in films, novels, art, and AI-enhanced dolls. They appear as companions, >> Read More |
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