Classical Beat: Tanglewood Music Festival Concludes Its Classical Season By Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:00AM / Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | |
This week, Tanglewood concludes its magnificently curated, presented and performed 2024 classical music summer festival season with panache by showcasing several performing soloists and a noted Finnish conductor – all making their Tanglewood debut performances. Orchestral masterworks by Brahms, Beethoven, Elgar and Ravel, as well as stellar concerto performances of works by Mozart and Chopin will take center stage in the Shed. These, in addition to several outstanding Ozawa Hall chamber music programs, leading to the traditional Tanglewood Music Festival season- concluding performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 ('Choral') will enthrall listeners. Read below for the
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Triplex Cinema Environmental Film Series| 08:17AM / Friday, August 16, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema and the Dr. Robert C and Tina Sohn Foundation announced the second film in their summer environmental series. "Into the Weeds" is a critically acclaimed documentary about Roundup herbicide and its effects on the environment, and will screen on Aug. 20 at 7:15pm. Free tickets are available at the Triplex website. Prior to the screening, nine-term Massachusetts State Representative Carmen Gentile of Sudbury will introduce the film and speak about House Bill 813, which seeks to govern the use of pesticides container the herbicide substance Glyphosate in the Commonwealth. Gentile serves on the House Environmental >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Community Day, Riverfest, Aggie Fair & MoreBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
12:45PM / Thursday, August 15, 2024 | |
 There are a variety of events this weekend, including the annual arts and crafts show in Stockbridge, Riverfest, a community day at Jacob's Pillow, an agricultural fair and more. See a list of Farmer's Markets here. 358 George Carter Road, Becket Time: all day Friday The grounds are open for self-guided tours, with crafts, face painting, games and snacks; from 3 to 4 p.m. there's will be a tea party for kids, drag story hour and interactive demonstrations, and a drum circle is set at 4 followed by a children's movement calse and Cooper the dancing llama. Performances at 6 p.m. on the Henry J. Leir Stage are >> Read More |
Berkshire Pulse Welcomes New Board Members| 11:29AM / Thursday, August 15, 2024 | |
 HOUSATONIC, Mass. — Berkshire Pulse, South County's dance and performing arts education center, announced the recent appointment of 3 new members to its board of directors: Kelly Baxter-Spitz has over 30 years of experience in development and fundraising, and has held leadership positions at Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires, Berkshire Country Day School, Indian Mountain School, Kripalu, and Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation since moving to the Berkshires in 2001. She currently serves as the Director of Development at Community Health & Wellness Center, a federally qualified health center with sites in North Canaan, Winsted and Torrington, CT. Kelly was >> Read More |
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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