Almost Spring Weekender Brings Global Dance and Music to Sheffield| 08:17AM / Friday, February 28, 2025 | |
 SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Northampton-based music promoter Secret Planet is hosting the Almost Spring Weekender, a two-day mini-festival of dance and live music at Race Brook Lodge on March 7-8. The event features a lineup of international artists and DJs aimed at breaking cabin fever before spring arrives. The festival kicks off Friday with Congolese electronic dance band KOKOKO! headlining, supported by Deejay Theory and MODRUMS. Saturday offers a mix of contemplative and high-energy performances, including a mountain hike with double bassist Garth Stevenson, a set by pianist BIGYUKI, and evening performances from LA LULU, Underground System, and DJ Busquelo. Tickets are available for the
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CATA Announces New Staff| 03:50PM / Thursday, February 27, 2025 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community Access to the Arts (CATA) announces the hiring of Nina Boutsikaris as Grants & Communications Coordinator and Jeremy Lovelett as Communications Associate. These new positions will support CATA's Communications department to help grow public awareness and expand financial support for CATA's work. CATA has expanded programs serving people with disabilities in recent years, with an innovative, community-based model rooted in partnerships with disability agencies, day-habilitation programs, residences, and schools. CATA currently provides more than 2,500 arts workshops annually for 1,250 children, teens, and adults with >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Film Screenings, Live Music, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:08PM / Thursday, February 27, 2025 | |
There are several events this weekend to help you recharge from your week, including film screenings, museum activities, live music, and more. The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. The museum is opening its doors for free to provide people the chance to see its permanent and temporary collections. This month, it will celebrate the final days of its exhibit "Wall Power! Modern French Tapestry from the Mobilier National, Paris," which closes on March 9. At 11:15 am, a Clark educator will lead a guided tour of the exhibition, pick up a ticket at the admissions desk on a first-come, first-served >> Read More |
Warm Up the Winter Musical Supports South Berkshire Residents| 07:06AM / Thursday, February 27, 2025 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Guthrie Center will host the Warm Up the Winter Musical Celebration on Thursday, March 6, to benefit Construct’s annual winter assistance campaign. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with performances starting at 7:15 p.m. This year's event, a tribute to working families, features a lineup of local musicians, including Wanda Houston and Jeff Gonzales, youth Elvis tribute band Made in Memphis, and special guest Doug Mishkin. Tickets are $100 and include live music, dinner catered by Juju’s of Great Barrington, and beverages. Proceeds will support South Berkshire residents with emergency needs such as heating fuel, utilities, and rent assistance.
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Triplex Living Room Oscar Party | 03:46PM / Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema announced its 2025 "Living Room Oscar Party" which will be held on Sunday, March 2, at 6:00 pm. Tickets are free and can be reserved at the Triplex website. Beginning with red carpet arrivals, the event will feature gifts and prizes, trivia questions, and Oscar ballots for all attendees. The 2025 Academy Awards features a number of diverse films competing for Best Picture and other awards. Nominated for Best Picture are "Anora," "The Brutalist," "A Complete Unknown," "Conclave," "Dune: Part Two," "Emilia Perez," "I’m Still There," >> Read More |
Triplex's Yearlong Series Celebrates 1975 Films| 04:14PM / Saturday, February 22, 2025 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema will host a year-long series showcasing films released in 1975, widely considered one of cinema's greatest years. The series, "'75 at 50," begins Feb. 24 with Hal Ashby's "Shampoo," starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Lee Grant, and Goldie Hawn. Local director and film historian Deborah Reinisch will introduce the film. The series will feature films from renowned directors like Stanley Kubrick, The Maysles Brothers, Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Sidney Lumet, Milos Forman, and Arthur Penn. The series will feature a variety of genres, including comedy, drama, and science
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Call for Art for the Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists| 08:00AM / Sunday, February 16, 2025 | |
SANDISFIELD, Mass. — The Sandisfield Arts Center announces the 2025 Call for Art for the 4th Annual Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists. Works will be accepted through April 7, 2025. The prize is in support of young artists in Berkshire County. Artist Josephine Halvorson will return as judge for this year's award. Up to three artists will be selected as finalists, each receiving $400 to support their art practice as well as a group show of their work at the Sandisfield Arts Center in the 2026 Gallery season. Winners will be notified and announced the first week of June 2025. The prize was created by Adam Manacher and Carol Birnbaum, Daniel >> Read More |
Triplex Cinema To Honor David Lynch| 08:02AM / Saturday, February 15, 2025 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema will present a new series, "Time to Wake Up: A Tribute to David Lynch," to celebrate Lynch's iconic body of work. The series will premiere with the film "Wild at Heart," which screens on Feb. 15. The series will continue with the films "Eraserhead," "Lost Highway," "Mulholland Drive," "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me," concluding with "Blue Velvet" on April 26. "When news of David Lynch's passing was announced on January 16th, the reaction fit the artist. Lynch's death brought about the usual online tributes and posts, but also saw >> Read More |
The Triplex Cinema to Host Valentine’s Day Screening of 'Roman Holiday'| 12:53PM / Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema will celebrate Valentine’s Day with a special screening of the classic 1953 romantic comedy “Roman Holiday” on Friday, Feb. 14, at 5:00 PM. Tickets are available for purchase at thetriplex.org. According to a press release Directed by William Wyler, Roman Holiday stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess exploring Rome on her own, where she crosses paths with an American reporter, played by Gregory Peck. The film was widely acclaimed upon its release, winning three Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Hepburn. Recognized for its cultural significance, it has been preserved in the United States National Film Registry
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Hillman-Jackson Gallery Presents 'Free-Form' by Lucien Dante Lazar| 09:20AM / Sunday, February 09, 2025 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Hillman-Jackson Gallery in The Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock will present Free-Form: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Fiber Works by Lucien Dante Lazar. Opening Reception Monday, Feb. 10 at 5:30PM. Artist's Talk 6PM. According to a press release: In Free-Form, Lucien Dante Lazar explores the activity of creating as an initiative of love and freedom. He is interested in how human beings can learn to realize themselves as spiritual beings living an earthly experience; and through this realization, to develop agency in becoming emblems of truth, beauty, and goodness for the sake of each >> Read More |
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