West Stockbridge Celebrates Zucchini Fest on Saturday| 10:44AM / Thursday, August 07, 2025 | |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The annual Zucchini Fest returns to the downtown this Saturday from 10 to 10. Depot and Center streets will host booths of vendors, artists and crafters, and a local food court from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There will also be a pet parade and "Handcrafted Zuke Games," including a Zucchini Weigh-Off and a zucchini decorating contest. Other daytime activities include a rock climbing wall, poetry corner, and live music. The evening program begins at 4:30 p.m., with the food court remaining open until 9:30. Highlights of the evening include street performers, a "Gadzukes! Costume Contest," and more live music. The festival >> Read More |
The Classical Beat: Tanglewood Showcases Innovative Musical Forms; Sevenars Presents an Emerging Piano VirtuosoBy Stephen Dankner, iBerkshires columnist
03:41PM / Wednesday, August 06, 2025 | |
 Tanglewood this week will be very rewarding and diverse, with innovative musical riches across genres, representing the progressive continuum of today's evolving musical styles: in one instance, music that crosses boundaries - part music theatre and song cycle, and everything in-between; in another, a musical biography via a poetical setting that explores the life of a beloved grandmother. What's going on? Composers are probing and inventing uniquely creative ways to communicate their personal histories, and in the process, are reaching out to audiences universally. Attend and participate in these imaginative musical explorations. Tanglewood also continues its traditional
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Jacob's Pillow 2025 Festival CanceledBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
09:50PM / Tuesday, August 05, 2025 | |
Kat Sirico BECKET, Mass. — Jacob's Pillow has canceled its 2025 festival following the death of one of its production managers. "We have come to this difficult decision following the tragic accident on our campus on August 1. Ticket buyers affected by the cancellations will receive refunds," the venue posted to its Facebook page Tuesday evening. "For 93 years, Jacob's Pillow has been a haven for dance and a community dedicated to its creation, presentation, education, and preservation. We look forward to welcoming audiences back to our campus." The "tragic accident," resulting in the death of Kathryn "Kat" Sirico,
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Mahaiwe Presents Comedian Gary Gulman| 08:28AM / Monday, July 28, 2025 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will present stand-up comedian Gary Gulman on Thursday, July 31 at 8 p.m. According to a press release: Over 25 years in comedy, Gary Gulman has established himself as an eminent performer and peerless writer. A product of Boston, Gulman has been a scholarship college football player, an accountant, and a high school teacher. He has made countless television appearances as both a comedian and an actor. Gulman has made five masterful TV specials including his most recent stand-up special, Born on Third Base, which premiered December 2023 on MAX. His previous, universally acclaimed special >> Read More |
The Classical Beat: Late July is High Season for Tanglewood, SevenarsBy Stephen Dankner, iBerkshires columnist
03:27PM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 By late July, the peak of the summer classical music festival high season has arrived, anchored by concerts at Tanglewood in Lenox and at Sevenars Concerts in South Worthington; both festivals offer sure-fire and enticing, yet diverse and innovative contemporary programming. Offerings this week include revelatory chamber and orchestral works, with the focus on the 5-day Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music in Ozawa Hall and at the Linde Center Studio E (read below for the details). Boston Symphony performances include classical works by Bach, Mahler. Mendelssohn and Saint-Saens, as well as a major Festival highlight: the not-to-be-missed premiere in the Shed on Saturday, July 26 of a
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The Bidwell House Museum: Plan, Form and Construction| 03:15PM / Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
 SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Architectural historian Eric Gradoia will discuss the Bidwell House Museum as an example of 18th century New England domestic architecture. The talk will be held on July 26 at 11 am at the Bidwell House Museam. This in-Person event costs $15 for members and $25 for Non-Members $25. Via zoom the event is free for members and $15 for non members. According to a press release: The Bidwell house is a fascinating example of New England vernacular architecture. A product of several building campaigns, the core of the house was built c.1760, with additions made to it at different times throughout the 19th century. This talk will look at the >> Read More |
New Exhibit Looks to Past, Future at Jacob's PillowBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:26PM / Saturday, July 19, 2025 | |
BECKET, Mass. — With the opening of the new Doris Duke Theatre last week, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival is using its new space to host two exhibits that represent the festival's past and look to its future. "To Touch a Wide Span" and "Dancing the Algorithm" were unveiled during a community open house on July 6 in celebration of the rebuilt theater's opening. "By integrating indigenous perspectives and cutting-edge technology, these inaugural exhibits transform the Doris Duke Theater into a forward-thinking cultural space that celebrates artistic evolution," Executive Director Pamela Tatge >> Read More |
Great Barrington Public Theater Hosts Benefit Reading of 'Amchitka'| 10:13AM / Wednesday, July 16, 2025 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Great Barrington Public Theater adds programming to its 2025 Summer Season with a new reading of Mark St. Germain's latest play, "Amchitka." The first staged reading of this new play will take place on July 23, 2025 at 7:00pm. Tickets will cost $30; all proceeds from the reading will go to support GB Public's legacy of New Work and its playwriting development program. "Amchitka" will be directed by Barrington Stage Company's Founding Artistic Director, Julianne Boyd and will star Debra Jo Rupp alongside James Barry and Sarah Keyes. Mark St. Germain describes Amchitka as a thriller. The play takes >> Read More |
Deadline Nears for Triplex Festival Submissions| 04:02PM / Monday, July 14, 2025 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Triplex Cinema is taking submissions for Trifest, an inaugural International Youth Film Festival to be held Sept. 19 to 21. Trifest will showcase and celebrate films made by young filmmakers from around the world, aged 25 years and younger. The festival will screen films in all categories, including narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation, with programs focusing on both the international and local perspectives. Films, can be any genre or length, made with any camera — including mobile phones and other devices. The festival weekend will include an opening reception, screenings of all selected films, conversations with the >> Read More |
The Classical Beat: Tanglewood, Taconic Music, Sevenars Take Center Stage By Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
03:46PM / Wednesday, July 09, 2025 | |
Tanglewood enters its second week of classical programming with inspiring concerts in the Shed and in Ozawa Hall. As always, excellence is the watchword: from great early 20th century French vocal and chamber works by Ravel and Faure, to the full Prokofiev "Romeo and Juliet" ballet presented as a theatrical concert performed by Andris Nelsons and the BSO with actors, to both Ravel piano concertos paired with Debussy's "La Mer," Tanglewood hits all the high notes. Wait - there's more: a feast of Sibelius, featuring his soulful Violin Concerto paired with the Fifth Symphony. On Monday evening the brilliant Tanglewood Festival Orchestra performs two additional >> Read More |
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