Events Calendar
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Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
April 19, 2024 :
A Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents Production. The touring initiative provides an affordable opportunity to present great jazz programming, featuring up-and-coming musicians who have been identified as rising stars by JALC.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Shinners and Shein
Sherman Chamber Ensemble
April 21, 2024 :
1PM
Shinners and Schein.Featuring Evan Shinners (piano), Jane Chung and Doori Na (violin), Susan Rotholz (flute), Sarah Adams and Michael Roth (viola) and
Eliot Bailen (cello). Music by Bach, Schein, CPE Bach, Telemann and Albinoni.
April 21 @ 5PM in Kent
Eliot Bailen (cello). Music by Bach, Schein, CPE Bach, Telemann and Albinoni.
April 21 @ 5PM in Kent
Contact: 860.355.5930
Location: Salem Covenant Church, Washington CT
The Best of Baroque
Sherman Chamber Ensemble
April 21, 2024 :
5PM
Shinners and Schein.Featuring Evan Shinners (piano), Jane Chung and Doori Na (violin), Susan Rotholz (flute), Sarah Adams and Michael Roth (viola) and
Eliot Bailen (cello). Music by Bach, Schein, CPE Bach, Telemann and Albinoni
Eliot Bailen (cello). Music by Bach, Schein, CPE Bach, Telemann and Albinoni
Contact: 860.355.5930
Location: Salem Covenant Church, Washington CT
The Golden Girls
Warner Theater
April 26, 2024 :
The Laugh Continues. Miami's sassiest seniors have returned for one more hurrah.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Arts Connected
NWCT Arts Council
April 27, 2024 :
5PM – 8PM
Arts Connected aims to not only raise vital funds for the Northwest CT Arts Council, but also to shine a spotlight on the rich tapestry of artistic talent that thrives throughout the region. will feature live performances from songwriter Adelaide Punkin, a drum circle presented by Our Culture is Beautiful, fire spinning by Jay Anderson, Cuatro Puntos string quartet, a dance performance by Momix, aerial bartending by Matica Circus, live puppetry by Sova Puppet Theater and music by DJ Arvolyn Hill.
Contact: 860.618.0075
Location: Spring Hill Vineyards. Washington CT
Ralph Arlyck’s I Like It Here
Cranndell Theatre
April 27, 2024 :
4PM
Crandell Live! screening of documentary filmmaker Ralph Arlyck’s latest film, a poetic and deeply moving visual essay about the simple pleasure of being alive and the undeniability of aging. He and FilmColumbia’s Co-Artistic and Co-Executive Director Laurence Kardish will discuss the film following the screening.
Location: 48 Main Street Chatham NY 12037
Liquid States
Stissing Center
April 27, 2024 :
3PM & 7PM
Cave Dogs brings together visual artists, musicians, puppeteers, and storytellers in the spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration.
Contact: 518.771.3340
Location: Pine Plains NY 12567
Siudy Garrido's Intimate Flamenco
MASSMoCA
April 27, 2024 :
An artistic creation by Siudy Garrido with original music by award-winning Flamenco guitarist Jose Luis de la Paz, delves into the intimate interpretation of personal artistic emotions through the art form of Flamenco.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
BACK TO THE LAND
Hudson Hall
April 28, 2024 :
Pieter Estersohn & Edible Hudson Valley. Pieter travels throughout the Hudson Valley to visit people who have left the city to live closer to the land. Jennifer Solow and Pieter will discuss Pieter’s luminous images, subjects selected for the book and what fascinated him about their lives.
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson. NY 12534
Columbia & Berkshire County Open Days
The Garden Conservancy
May 4, 2024 :
The Olana Partnership
• HUDSON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, NY, 12534
Wombat Crossing
• HILLSDALE, COLUMBIA COUNTY, NY, 12529
Black Barn Farm
• RICHMOND, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MA, 01254
• HUDSON, COLUMBIA COUNTY, NY, 12534
Wombat Crossing
• HILLSDALE, COLUMBIA COUNTY, NY, 12529
Black Barn Farm
• RICHMOND, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MA, 01254
Contact: 845.424.6500
Location: Various
Choral Spring Concert
Crescendo
May 4, 2024 :
6PM
Trial by Jury and “The Trials of Love in the Spring! The duo of Gilbert and Sullivan are famous for their ridiculous twists and turns of the plot. Virtually all of their works are spoofs and satires of the British legal and social class system.
A second concert in Great Barrington on May 5 at 4PM
A second concert in Great Barrington on May 5 at 4PM
Contact: 806.435.4866
Location: Trinity Church. Lakeville CT
Brendan Flaherty The Dredge
Hickory Stick Bookshop
May 4, 2024 :
3PM
In Flaherty's debut novel, two estranged brothers must confront the violence of the past when they find out a pond where they played as children will be dredged.
Contact: 860.868.0525
Location: 2 Green Hill Road Washington Depot CT 06793
Beatles vs Stones
Warner Theater
May 8, 2024 :
7PM
The two greatest rock 'n' roll bands of all time face off with tributes to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Renowned tribute bands Abbey Road and Satisfaction - The International Rolling Stones Show engage in a musical showdown of the hits.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
LYLE LOVETT AND LISA LOEB: IN CONVERSATION AND SONG
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
May 10, 2024 :
A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums.Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb started her career with the platinum-selling Number 1 hit song “Stay (I Missed You).”
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Nuclear Energy: A Solution to Climate Change
Salisbury Forum
May 11, 2024 :
6:30 PM
Joshua S. Goldstein is an award-winning scholar of international relations who has written and spoken widely on war and society, including war's effects on gender, economics, and psychological trauma and on peace and diplomacy.
Contact: 860.435.4804
Location: The Salisbury School 251 Canaan Road Salisbury CT
Louise Bichan
The Foundry
May 11, 2024 :
USA-based Scottish musician and photographer who uses both mediums to tell stories old and new. Growing up in the remote but culturally rich Orkney islands, a place where creativity abounds and playing music has been a part of the social fabric for centuries, gave Louise a solid grounding in music.
Contact: 413.232.5222
Location: 2 Harris Street. West Stockbridge MA 01266
Season 2024 Launch Party
Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
May 17, 2024 :
5:30PM – 9:30PM
Beyond Ballet. Beyond Hip-Hop. Two genre-defying works that illustrate the groundbreaking directions of Japan’s current dance scene.
Contact: 800.838.3006
Location: 980 Route 66 in Chatham NY 12037
Dutchess County Open Days
The Garden Conservancy
May 18, 2024 :
Neverest
• WASSAIC, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY
Broccoli Hall—Maxine Paetro
• AMENIA, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12501
• WASSAIC, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY
Broccoli Hall—Maxine Paetro
• AMENIA, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12501
Contact: 845.424.6500
Location: Various
Moonlight Flight | 2024 Gala Celebration
Warner Theater
May 18, 2024 :
Indulge in a soirée of hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, and the enchanting music of MJ Vaciaunas. The evening will continue with a celestial dining experience, an open bar, sumptuous dinner, live entertainment by the Gatsby Gang Jazz Band and a live auction.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Spring Gala & Auction
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon
May 18, 2024 :
5 PM – 7 PM
Contact: 860.364.5041
Location: 9 Sharon Mountain Road Sharon CT 06069
Café Vienna—Nervous Splendor
Close Encounters with Music
May 19, 2024 :
4PM
A cross-section of Viennese musical modes—from operetta to waltz, Beethoven’s Piano Trio which spins on a popular song by Weigl to Schubert’s sublime testament to his beloved métier, “An die Musik.”
Contact: 518.392.6677
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington MA 01201
Berkshire Comedy Festival
Barrington Stage
May 23, 2024 – May 25, 2024 :
The ART of LIVE Stand-Up Comedy! Each show features an awesome line-up of comedians from the New England area, from the NYC Comedy Scene, and beyond!
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: Barrington Stage 30 Union Street Pittsfield MA
From Lonely to Free
Omega Institute
May 24, 2024 – May 26, 2024 :
Kyle Cease is known for his gift of merging comedy with personal transformation. It's not something that’s been done before—not the way he does it. Kyle says it was scary to let go of being a normal stand-up comic.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
Spotlight Gala
Sharon Playhouse
June 1, 2024 :
The evening will be filled with enchanting performances, delectable dining, and unforgettable moments shared with friends, old and new.
Contact: 860.364.7469
Location: 49 Amenia Road Sharon CT 06069
25th Annual Fundraiser
ASAP!
June 1, 2024 :
6PM – 9PM
Get ready to play, party, and feel the love at ASAP!’s biggest fundraising event of the year. Join us in celebrating curiosity with a fun variety show of entertaining performances, live music and surprise guests.
Doors open at 5:30pm,
Show begins promptly at 6:00pm.
Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and ASAP! art exhibition to follow show.
Doors open at 5:30pm,
Show begins promptly at 6:00pm.
Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and ASAP! art exhibition to follow show.
Contact: 860.868.0740
Location: Thomas S. Perakos Arts and Community Center, Frederick Gunn School
Visionary Healing:Unraveling the Mysteries of Pain & Trauma
Omega Institute
June 2, 2024 – June 7, 2024 :
Unravel the mysteries of healing through osteopathy, energy medicine, sacred geometry, and native traditions with Steven Weiss, DO.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
Litchfield & Duchess County
Garden Conservancy Open Days
June 2, 2024 :
Wethersfield Estate & Garden
• AMENIA, DUTCHESS, NY, 12501
Squirrel Hall
• MILLBROOK, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12545
Clove Brook Farm - Christopher Spitzmiller and Anthony Bellomo
• MILLBROOK, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12545
Broccoli Hall—Maxine PaetroBroccoli Hall—Maxine Paetro
• AMENIA, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12501
Roxana Robinson - TreetopRoxana Robinson - Treetop
• WEST CORNWALL, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06796
Isabel and Winston Fowlkes
• WASHINGTON, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06793
Japanese Gardens at Cedar Hill
• ROXBURY, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06873
Church House-The Garden of Page Dickey and Bosco Schell
• FALLS VILLAGE, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06031
• AMENIA, DUTCHESS, NY, 12501
Squirrel Hall
• MILLBROOK, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12545
Clove Brook Farm - Christopher Spitzmiller and Anthony Bellomo
• MILLBROOK, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12545
Broccoli Hall—Maxine PaetroBroccoli Hall—Maxine Paetro
• AMENIA, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12501
Roxana Robinson - TreetopRoxana Robinson - Treetop
• WEST CORNWALL, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06796
Isabel and Winston Fowlkes
• WASHINGTON, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06793
Japanese Gardens at Cedar Hill
• ROXBURY, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06873
Church House-The Garden of Page Dickey and Bosco Schell
• FALLS VILLAGE, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06031
Contact: 845.424.6500
Location: Litchfield & Duchess Counties
Getting the Love You Want
Omega Institute
June 7, 2024 – June 9, 2024 :
The Workshop gives couples the concepts and skills they need to co-create a safe relationship, eliminate negativity, experience and sustain deep connection, and experience joyful aliveness.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
Summer Benefit
Wassaic Project
June 8, 2024 :
5PM – 7PM
Please join us in honoring two people who have been with us from almost the very beginning: Jeila Gueramian and Scott Anderson. Enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, wine and a thank you gift.
Contact: 855.927.7242
Location: Wassaic NY 12592-0220
Workshop Experience Weekend
Hillsdale Workshop Alliance
June 8, 2024 – June 9, 2024 :
The event will feature a weekend packed with 30+ workshops & classes on a wide variety of topics plus two open gardens and plant sales.
Contact: mwhite@whitewebb.com
Location: Various
Namoli Brennet
The Foundry
June 8, 2024 :
A trans artist whose music has been described as, "an uplifting shot of hope.. that queers the sonic landscape."
Contact: 413.232.5222
Location: 2 Harris Street. West Stockbridge MA 01266
Canellakis Brown Duo
Clarion Concerts
June 8, 2024 :
3PM
Cellist Nicholas Canellakis and pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown, comprising the Canellakis-Brown Duo, have been uniting their multi-disciplinary talents and honing their unique musical voice for over fifteen years. They bring their affectionate, brutally honest, and infectious rapport to the stage while presenting programs celebrating the standard literature, little-known gems and original works and arrangements.
Contact: 413.551.9901
Location: Private Residence
Aging Backwards for All Ages
Omega Institute
June 14, 2024 – June 16, 2024 :
Learn how to maintain or regain a youthful body, and be healthy, pain-free, and energetic in life with Miranda Esmonde-White's Essentrics® workout.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
The Legendary Ingramettes
Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
June 16, 2024 :
2:30PM
Richmond’s “First Family of Gospel,” bring their roof-raising harmonies in celebration of Juneteenth. Inspired by the Black gospel quartets of the 1940s and 50s, an all-woman group.
Contact: 800.838.3006
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Hudson 369 Warren Street Hudson New York
The Greatest Love of All
Omega Institute
June 21, 2024 – June 23, 2024 :
Cultivating Self-Love for Personal & Collective Liberation
With Kate Johnson, Dawn Mauricio, La Sarmiento, and Sebene Selassie
With Kate Johnson, Dawn Mauricio, La Sarmiento, and Sebene Selassie
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
BETTY
Hudson Hall
June 21, 2024 :
7PM
OutHudson Pride Official Kickoff! indie rock trio celebrating 38 years of incredible live shows and the release of their 11th studio album, powerhouse performers Alyson Palmer, Elizabeth Ziff, and her sister, Amy Ziff bring their energetic mix of music, performance art, politics and comedy
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson. NY 12534
FREEDOM FROM CHRONIC PAIN
Omega Institute
June 23, 2024 – June 28, 2024 :
A Mind-Body Approach With Nicole Sachs. Understanding the mind-body connection is key to freeing ourselves from the protective mechanism by which the brain and nervous system create chronic pain.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
Shawn L. Stevens
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
June 26, 2024 :
6PM
A musician, dancer and storyteller Shawn L. Stevens, enrolled member of the Stockbridge Munsee band of Mohicans and Friends, for a special opening performance of Festival 2024.
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
June 26, 2024 – June 30, 2024 :
8PM
The Trocks “delight with fabulous charm” while staying true to their roots. Founded in the wake of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City as a gender-skewering company of professional male dancers, the Trocks perform a full range of ballet and modern dance repertoire, offering humorous yet faithful renditions that are both “delightful” and “rebellious”.
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
M.A.D.D. Rhythms
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
June 27, 2024 – June 28, 2024 :
Based in Chicago, M.A.D.D. (Making A Difference Dancing) Rhythms is a multi-generational tap dance collective with one passion: to spread the love and joy of tap worldwide.
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
Living in Alignment
Omega Institute
June 28, 2024 – June 30, 2024 :
Quiet the Ego & Connect with Your Soul with Cory Muscara. Find true alignment in your life by learning to quiet the noise of the ego and connecting to the truth of your soul.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
Jon Batiste
Tanglewood
June 28, 2024 :
Contact: 413.637.1600
Location: Koussevitzky Music Shed 297 West Street Lenox MA 01240
Annual Gala
Shakespeare & Company
June 29, 2024 :
5PM
The Gala kicks off with cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres, followed by a tribute film in the theater with special live appearances. A seated dinnerwill follow in the elegant Rose Meadow tent with the evening culminating with dessert, an ice-cream station featuring Shakespeare-inspired flavors and dancing the night away
Contact: 413.637.1199
Location: 70 Kemble Street Lenox MA 01240
Brandi Carlile
Tanglewood
June 30, 2024 :
Contact: 413.637.1600
Location: Koussevitzky Music Shed 297 West Street Lenox MA 01240
Gala 2024 | A Faustian Fête
Berkshire Opera Festival
June 30, 2024 :
Please join friends and supporters for an evening of music and merriment at our annual gala. Guests can look forward to enjoying a heavenly meal and devilishly divine drinks, silent and live auctions, and performances from Maestro Brian Garman and a special guest artist.
Contact: 413.997.4444
Location: Lenox Club 111 Yokun Avenue Lenox MA 01240
The Royal Ballet
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
July 3, 2024 – July 7, 2024 :
One of the most famous and celebrated companies in the world, The Royal Ballet of the United Kingdom will appear as the company’s sole stop in the US. On each performance day, the company will perform one program on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage, followed by another distinct program in the Ted Shawn Theatre.
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
The Royal Ballet
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
July 3, 2024 – July 7, 2024 :
One of the most famous and celebrated companies in the world, The Royal Ballet will appear at Jacob’s Pillow for the first time, as the company’s sole stop in the U.S. in 2024.
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists
Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
July 4, 2024 – July 5, 2024 :
7:30PM
It’s 2028, and every year, a Portuguese family commemorates the 1954 murder of activist Catarina Eufémia at the hands of the Salazar dictatorship by kidnapping and killing a fascist. But this year, the young woman chosen to carry out the ritual refuses.
Contact: 800.838.3006
Location: PS21 Pavilion Theater 980 Route 66 in Chatham NY 12037
Elevate Your Consciousness
Omega Institute
July 5, 2024 – July 7, 2024 :
Accelerate your spiritual awakening with an enlightened master, Her Holiness Sai Maa. Align with your soul's purpose, tap into your inner peace and be of service during this critical time on the planet.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
MOBBALLET: CREATING PATHWAYS TO PERFORMANCE
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
July 10, 2024 – July 11, 2024 :
The Pathways to Performance (PTP) Choreographic Program is an exciting new initiative by Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet) founder Theresa Ruth Howard, supported by Jacob’s Pillow and The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
J S Bach: The Three Partitas for Solo Violin
Aston Magna Festival
July 13, 2024 :
6PM
Performance and Commentary - Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director, Baroque Violin
Contact: 888.492.1283
Location: St James Place. 352 Main Street. Great Barrington MA
An Evening with Pretenders
Tanglewood
July 16, 2024 :
Contact: 413.637.1600
Location: Koussevitzky Music Shed 297 West Street Lenox MA 01240
Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues,
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
July 19, 2024 :
8PM
Known principally as the vocalist, lead guitarist and composer for The Moody Blues, his is an enduring talent that has helped to define the times in which he has worked.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Hamlet
Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
July 19, 2024 – July 20, 2024 :
Hamlet, boldly reimagined by Chela De Ferrari, founding artistic director of Peru’s Teatro La Plaza, adapts Shakespeare’s classic for a group of young actors with Down syndrome. woman chosen to carry out the ritual refuses.
Contact: 800.838.3006
Location: PS21 Pavilion Theater 980 Route 66 in Chatham NY 12037
Side-By-Side-By-Side: Schubert, Chopin, and Three Grand Pianos
Aston Magna Festival
July 20, 2024 :
6PM
David Hyun-su Kim, Piano, Guest Curator. Schubert Bb Sonata, D. 960. Chopin: Mosaic Suite in the Style of Clara Schumann.
Contact: 888.492.1283
Location: St James Place. 352 Main Street. Great Barrington MA
Patton Oswalt: Effervescent
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
July 21, 2024 :
8PM
Patton Oswalt continues to leave his distinctive imprint across all areas of entertainment, from his award-winning comedy specials to his many guest roles on television.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
29th Annual Litchfield Jazz Festival
Litchfield Performing Arts Inc
July 26, 2024 – July 28, 2024 :
FRIIDAY, JULY 26
5:45PM The Opening Night Gala
7:45PM- Alexa Tarantino Quartet
SATURDAY, JULY 27
3:00PM – Amina Figarova Sextet and the Matsiko Orphan Choir
4:45PM - Allison, Cardenas and Nash
6:30PM - Bill Charlap Trio with Bill on Piano
SUNDAY, JULY 28
12:00PM - Sunday Jazz Jazz Brunch starring Albert Rivera
5:45PM The Opening Night Gala
7:45PM- Alexa Tarantino Quartet
SATURDAY, JULY 27
3:00PM – Amina Figarova Sextet and the Matsiko Orphan Choir
4:45PM - Allison, Cardenas and Nash
6:30PM - Bill Charlap Trio with Bill on Piano
SUNDAY, JULY 28
12:00PM - Sunday Jazz Jazz Brunch starring Albert Rivera
Location: The Frederick Gunn School 22 Kirby Rd Washington CT 06793
DANCERS OF DAMELAHAMID
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
July 26, 2024 – July 27, 2024 :
The Dancers of Damelahamid is an Indigenous dance company from the Northwest Coast of British Columbia with a rich history of masked dance. Through dramatic dance, captivating narrative, intricately carved masks, and elaborate regalia, the company finds innovative ways to bring all audiences into the art, history, language, and traditions of Indigenous culture.
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
Fête des Fleurs: The Founders' Gala
Berkshire Botanical Garden
July 27, 2024 :
6PM – 11PM
BBG's 90th Birthday Celebration. As the sun sets over a summer garden in bloom, we welcome you to cocktails around the Center House veranda and fire fountain, followed by a delicious meal under a festive tent, capped by a glorious night of dancing under the stars.
Contact: 413.944.8504
Location: 600 Stockbridge Road Great Barrington MA 01230
Sonata, What Do You Want From Me?
Aston Magna Festival
July 27, 2024 :
6PM
Julie Andrijeski, Guest Director, Violin, and ensemble. Sonatas and solo works from 1600 - 1713.
Contact: 888.492.1283
Location: St James Place. 352 Main Street. Great Barrington MA
2024 Gala
Barrington Stage
July 29, 2024 :
The 2024 Gala raises support for BSC's Education Fund, which impacts the lives of more than 4,000 young people across Berkshire County each year.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: The Stationery Factory. 63 Flansburg Avenue. Dalton MA
Mahaiwe Gala
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
August 1, 2024 :
Three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer Samara Joy will headline the 2024 Gala. The 24-year-old vocalist makes her case to join the likes of Sarah, Ella, and Billie as the next mononymous jazz-singing sensation recorded by the venerable Verve Records.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
David Dorfman Dance
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
August 3, 2024 – August 4, 2024 :
David Dorfman has been on a mission “to get the whole world dancing” by delivering audiences a provocative mix of visceral dance, music, and text, in performances that offer post-modern dance as something inviting, accessible and interactive.
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
Gala 2024
Hancock Shaker Village
August 3, 2024 :
The Summer Gala is a benefit to support Hancock Shaker Village’s mission of preserving & sharing the Shaker legacy with all generations. 100% of the net proceeds go to support the operation of the Village.
Contact: 413.443.0188
Location: 34 Lebanon Mountain Road Hancock MA 01237
English Extravaganza
Aston Magna Festival
August 4, 2024 :
3PM
Daniel Stepner, Artistic Director, Violin, with instrumental ensemble and vocal quintet. Henry Purcell: Songs, Sonatas and Catches. John Eccles: The Judgement of Paris (1701) A masque depicting the beauty contest between Venus, Juno and Pallas
Contact: 888.492.1283
Location: St James Place. 352 Main Street. Great Barrington MA
Gibney Company
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
August 7, 2024 – August 11, 2024 :
The creators of “sharp and satisfying” contemporary dance (The New York Times), Gibney Company lives at “the intersection of art and social action.”
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
August 9, 2024 :
8PM
For 60 years, South Africa’s five-time Grammy Award winners, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has warmed the hearts of audiences worldwide with uplifting vocal harmonies, signature dance moves and charming onstage banter.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Gifts of Love
Mac-Haydn Theatre
August 21, 2024 – August 23, 2024 :
From stage to screen, the music of Stephen Schwartz has captured the hearts (and ears) of audiences and artists alike for more than 50 years.
Contact: 518.392.9292
Location: 1925 Route 203 Chatham NY 12037
Faust by Charles Gounod
Berkshire Opera Festival
August 24, 2024 – August 30, 2024 :
Old Dr. Faust sells his soul to the devil to be young again. But his decision has devastating consequences.
Contact: 413.997.4444
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA
Lady Moon & the Eclipse with Kendra McKinley
Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
August 29, 2024 :
8PM
Multicultural music collective layers their soaring vocal textures over contemporary R&B and Afrobeat-influenced rhythms to deliver “celestial magic”.
Contact: 800.838.3006
Location: Pavilion Theatre 980 Route 66 in Chatham NY 12037
Oldtone Music Festival
September 5, 2024 – September 8, 2024 :
This year’s headlining act is Grammy Award-winning recording artists Los Texmaniacs, a conjunto band created by Max Baca in 1997. The festival is a three-day hoot.
Contact: jvprpr@gmail.com
Location: Cool Whisper Farm Hillsdale NY
Getting the Love You Want
Omega Institute
September 20, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
The Workshop gives couples the concepts and skills they need to co-create a safe relationship, eliminate negativity, experience and sustain deep connection, and experience joyful aliveness.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
The Way of Awareness
Omega Institute
September 22, 2024 – September 27, 2024 :
With Will Kabat-Zinn and Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness has everything to do with open-hearted attention to the unfolding of experience as it is. In most Asian languages, the word for "mind" and the word for "heart" are the same word.
Mindfulness has everything to do with open-hearted attention to the unfolding of experience as it is. In most Asian languages, the word for "mind" and the word for "heart" are the same word.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
Alan Cumming
Stissing Center
September 28, 2024 :
8PM
This event is a significant fundraising event for our organization, and we are beyond thrilled that Alan Cumming will be on our stage!!
Contact: 518.771.3340
Location: Pine Plains NY 12567
Suzanne Vega:
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
October 5, 2024 :
8PM
Old Songs. New Songs. Other Songs. Suzanne Vega emerged as a leading figure of the folk revival of the early 1980s when, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar, she sang what has been called contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Meditation Party
Omega Institute
October 11, 2024 – October 13, 2024 :
Reckless Conviviality With Mindfulness Superfriends. Develop mindful connections with yourself and others, and up your game with meditation superfriends Dan Harris, Sebene Selassie and Jeff Warren.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
Pink Martini
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
October 12, 2024 :
8PM
Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop Pink Martini provides more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers for causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education and parks.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Ongoing Events
Click here for current events.James Turrell: Into the Light
MASSMoCA
July 12, 2020 – December 31, 2025 :
In James Turrell’s hands, light is more than simply a source of illumination: it is a discrete, physical object. His sculptures and architectural interventions elevate our experience and perception of light and space.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Rita McBride: Arena Momentum
Dia:Beacon
July 1, 2023 – January 15, 2025 :
This exhibition centers on the artist’s long-standing interest in architecture, design, and sculpture as they relate to the public sphere in forms such as seating structures, movement-guiding systems, and commercial awnings.
Contact: 845.440.0100
Location: Riggio Galleries 3 Beekman Street Beacon, New York
Between Worlds: The Art and Design of Leo Lionni
Norman Rockwell Museum
November 18, 2023 – May 27, 2024 :
The first major American retrospective dedicated to the art and design work of groundbreaking modernist designer and children’s book illustrator Leo Lionni (1910-1999).
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
Painted Pages
Berkshire Museum
February 3, 2024 – May 5, 2024 :
Illuminated Manuscripts of the 13th to 18th Centuries Including more than thirty-five works from medieval Bibles, Prayer Books, Psalters, Books of Hours, Choir Books, Missals, Breviaries, and Lectionaries drawn from the collection of the Reading Public Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania, who organized the exhibition.
Opening Event Friday, February 2 | 5:30 PM–7 PM
Opening Event Friday, February 2 | 5:30 PM–7 PM
Contact: 413.443.7171 ext. 312
Location: 39 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Complexity and Emergence: New Images
Cornwall Library
February 24, 2024 – April 26, 2024 :
By Bela Selemdy.
Opening reception is Saturday, February 24 5-7 PM
Opening reception is Saturday, February 24 5-7 PM
Contact: 860.672.6874
Location: 30 Pine Street Cornwall CT 06753
Olalekan Jeyifous: Even in Arcadia...
Art Omi
March 16, 2024 – June 2, 2024 :
Drawing inspiration from the Arcadian myth, the exhibition juxtaposes picturesque portrayals of idyllic pastoral life with glimpses of a retro-futurist urban protopia set within the Hudson Valley.
Opening Reception. Saturday, March 16 3-5PM
Opening Reception. Saturday, March 16 3-5PM
Contact: 518.392.4747
Location: 1405 County Route 22 Ghent. NY. 12075
A Light Exists in Spring
Carol Corey Fine Art
March 23, 2024 – April 28, 2024 :
A Light exists in Spring
Not present on the Year
At any other period —
When March is scarcely here.
Not present on the Year
At any other period —
When March is scarcely here.
Contact: 917.797.9654
Location: 12 Old Barn Road. Kent CT 06757
Miracle Island
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
March 30, 2024 – May 12, 2024 :
Paintings by KK Kozik. Kozik’s minor miracles mostly surface from the rhythms of her day. Prosaic encounters of beauty during hikes, strolls and swims simmer on the back burner of her mind until stirred up and warmed
they knock on her door, demanding to be painted.
Reception: Saturday April 6, 4 -6 PM
they knock on her door, demanding to be painted.
Reception: Saturday April 6, 4 -6 PM
Contact: 860 592 0220
Location: 7 Fulling Lane. Kent CT 06757
Untitled
Dia:Beacon
April 5, 2024 – May 1, 2025 :
“Untitled” embodies the productive liminality Gonzalez-Torres embraced throughout his practice, refusing fixed meanings or categories and unfolding at the intersection of private and public, interior and exterior, and domestic and institutional.
Contact: 845.440.0100
Location: 3 Beekman Street Beacon, New York 12508
Every Love Has Its Landscape
Standard Space
April 6, 2024 – May 5, 2024 :
Curated by art advisor Emily McElwreath, the new exhibition features the works of a husband and wife: artists Katherine March Driscoll and Kyle Nilan.
Opening: April 6th, 4-6PM
Opening: April 6th, 4-6PM
Contact: 917.627.3261
Location: 147 Main Street Sharon CT 06069
Open Studio Work by Henry Klimowicz
The Re-Institute
April 6, 2024 – April 27, 2024 :
Opening Saturday April 6th 4-6PM
Contact: 518.567.5359
Location: 1395 Boston Corners Road Millerton NY 12546
I Destroyed the Tennis Ball....
Craven Contemporary
April 6, 2024 – June 2, 2024 :
The show comprises a selection of prints by the artist all featuring animals - some dogs and cats as well as a fish, horse, bird, frog, rabbit and squirrel. Even an elephant and polar bear too!
Contact: 646.355.8142
Location: 5 Old Barn Road. Kent CT 06757
Fred Steins' Black and White Photography
Mad Rose Gallery
April 11, 2024 – May 5, 2024 :
Fred Stein was in Paris in the 1930s, forced to flee from Germany and reinvented himself as a photographer in Paris. He shot exclusively in black-and-white, utilizing available light and hand-held cameras to create compositions that transcended mere observation, embodying the principles of Modernism and the New Vision. A series of special opening events on Saturday, April 13th
Contact: 518.592.1085
Location: 916 North Elm Avenue Millerton NY 12546
Live It Up!, Work by Joelle Sander
Cornwall Library
April 13, 2024 – May 18, 2024 :
A selection of bold, vivid landscape and abstract works
by artist Joelle Sander (1942–2023) that fully justify the name of the show.
Opening reception is Saturday, April 13 5-7PM Registration for the reception is requested
by artist Joelle Sander (1942–2023) that fully justify the name of the show.
Opening reception is Saturday, April 13 5-7PM Registration for the reception is requested
Contact: 860.672.6874
Location: 30 Pine Street Cornwall CT 06753
Baby Animals
Hancock Shaker Village
April 13, 2024 – May 5, 2024 :
Meet the new baby animals. Enjoy the historic Village and farm. Have lunch at our Savory Harvest Cafe, open every day. Shop our Store for unique gifts and one-of-a-kind oval boxes.
Contact: 413.443.0188
Location: 34 Lebanon Mountain Road Hancock MA 01237
New Exhibitions
Five Points Gallery
April 19, 2024 – May 18, 2024 :
“Ukraine Defiant”, by Elena Kalman; and “Paper Play” a group exhibition featuring Meg Bloom, Denise Manseau, Julie Pereira, Krista Narciso, Chris Perry, Julie Shapiro, and Karen Wheeler.
Opening Reception: April 19, 6-8PM
In-Person Artist Talk: Friday, May 10 at 6:30PM
Opening Reception: April 19, 6-8PM
In-Person Artist Talk: Friday, May 10 at 6:30PM
Contact: 860.618.7222
Location: 7 Water Street Torrington CT 06790
The 18th annual Pittsfield CityJazz Festival
Berkshires Jazz
April 20, 2024 – April 28, 2024 :
11 days of events. Swing Dance. Jam Session
Annual Jazz Crawl. Jazz Prodigy Concert. Jazz Brunches.
The Brandon Goldberg Trio Friday, Apr. 26, 7:30PM
The Marcus Roberts Trio
“Rags to Rhythm to Duke” Saturday, April 27, 7:30PM
Annual Jazz Crawl. Jazz Prodigy Concert. Jazz Brunches.
The Brandon Goldberg Trio Friday, Apr. 26, 7:30PM
The Marcus Roberts Trio
“Rags to Rhythm to Duke” Saturday, April 27, 7:30PM
Location: Throughout Pittsfield’s Upstreet Cultural District
Talking Pictures by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Hudson Hall
April 20, 2024 – June 2, 2024 :
Lindsay-Hogg is best known for his collaborations with Rock’n Roll luminaries The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and many others.
Opening reception Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 5-7PM
Opening reception Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 5-7PM
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson. NY 12534
Elizabeth MacDonald: Finding My Way
Washington Art Association
April 20, 2024 – May 26, 2024 :
In addition to her sculptural and ceramic pieces, MacDonald, an accomplished working artist in a variety of mediums, will also be exhibiting paintings and works on paper created throughout her long and impressive career.
Contact: 860.868.2878
Location: 4 Bryan Memorial Plaza Washington Depot CT 06794
Re-Rooted
Berkshire Botanical Garden
April 20, 2024 – May 27, 2024 :
An exhibition featuring the drawings of Brooklyn-based artist Ellen Driscoll, who takes her inspiration from the resilience and regenerative power of plants.
Opening reception Saturday, April 20 5-7PM
Opening reception Saturday, April 20 5-7PM
Contact: 413.298.3926
Location: 600 Stockbridge Road Great Barrington MA 01230
Julia Kuning, Barbara Zucker, Meg Lipken, Catherin Hall, Joanne Howard
The Re-Institute
May 4, 2024 – May 15, 2024 :
Opening Saturday May 4th 4-6PM
Contact: 518.567.5359
Location: 1395 Boston Corners Road Millerton NY 12546
This MUST be the Place?
Mad Rose Gallery
May 9, 2024 – June 9, 2024 :
An exhibition featuring the photographic works of Lee Day, Alon Koppel, and Jada Fabrizio.
Artist Reception Saturday, May 11th 4-7PM
Artist Reception Saturday, May 11th 4-7PM
Contact: 518.592.1085
Location: 916 North Elm Avenue Millerton NY 12546
Kathia St. Hilaire: Invisible Empires
Clark Art Institute:
May 11, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
Haitian-American artist in Kathia St. Hilaire’s distinctive technique combines printmaking, painting, collage, and weavingSeptember 22, 2024 in the galleries of the Lunder Center at Stone Hill. A version of the exhibition will go on view at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky from October 25, 2024 through February 9, 2025.
Contact: 413.528.1216 ex 3102
Location: 250 Division Street Great Barrington MA 01230
A Star Danced
David Hunt Library
May 11, 2024 – June 7, 2024 :
A Star Danced: The Paintings of Mary Anne Carley and Theresa Kenny. The exhibition features the work of two Sharon-based painters who happen to be mother and daughter. Mary Anne Carley uses a multitude of media in her abstract and impressionist paintings and monoprints including acrylic, watercolor and ink.
Reception: Saturday May 11, 4PM-6PM
Reception: Saturday May 11, 4PM-6PM
Contact: 860.824.7572
Location: 63 Main Street. Falls Village. CT 06031
Tall Shadows in Short Order
Wassaic Project
May 18, 2024 – September 14, 2024 :
Our 2024 Summer Exhibition will feature 30 artists throughout all seven floors of Maxon Mills, with a focus on large, site-specific installations.
Contact: 855.927.7242
Location: Wassaic NY 12592-0220
Dog People
Great Barrington Public Theatre
May 31, 2024 – June 16, 2024 :
Dog People is about two people, two dogs, one day in the park. The dogs are rescues and the people need rescuing. Who rescues who?
Contact: 413.372.1980
Location: Daniel Arts Center Bard College at Simon’s Rock Gt Barrington
The Animal Art of Julie Bell
Berkshire Museum
June 1, 2024 – September 23, 2024 :
Fantasy Artist Julie Bell. “When I’m painting animals with all their beauty and wild nature, I experience the kind of at-one-with-the-universe feeling described by people who meditate."
Contact: 413.443.7171 ext. 312
Location: 39 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
What Me Worry?
Norman Rockwell Museum
June 8, 2024 – October 27, 2024 :
A landmark exhibition exploring the unforgettable art and satire of MAD Magazine. More than 150 original illustrations and cartoons from the magazine's "Usual Gang of Idiots" and next-generation creators.
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
La Cage aux Folles
Barrington Stage
June 11, 2024 – July 7, 2024 :
BSC's glitzy new production kicks of our 30th Anniversary Season. Here's why you should not miss the party of the summer in the Berkshires.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: Boyd-Quinson Stage 30 Union Street Pittsfield MA
West Side Story
Mac-Haydn Theatre
June 13, 2024 – June 23, 2024 :
Often regarded as the greatest love story of all time, this landmark Broadway musical has a powerful, poignant book and unforgettable music and lyrics by iconic team Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim.
Contact: 518.392.9292
Location: 1925 Route 203 Chatham NY 12037
Bard SummerScape
Fisher Center at Bard
June 20, 2024 – August 18, 2024 :
Eight weeks of live music, opera, dance, and theater.
“A hothouse for the creation of uncompromising, cross-disciplinary and sometimes hard to describe hits.”—New York Times
“A hothouse for the creation of uncompromising, cross-disciplinary and sometimes hard to describe hits.”—New York Times
Contact: 845.758.7900
Location: 60 Manor Avenue Annandale-On-Hudson NY 12504
A Body of Water
Shakespeare & Company
June 21, 2024 – July 21, 2024 :
A sophisticated and successful couple, wake up one morning in an isolated summer house high above a body of water. The weather’s fine; the view’s magnificent. There’s only one problem — neither of them can remember who they are.
Contact: 413.637.1199
Location: Roman Garden Theatre 70 Kemble Street Lenox MA 01240
Itty Neuhaus & Bill Schuck
The Re-Institute
June 22, 2024 – August 3, 2024 :
Opening Saturday June 22nd 4-6PM
Contact: 518.567.5359
Location: 1395 Boston Corners Road Millerton NY 12546
Freedom from Chronic Pain
Omega Institute
June 23, 2024 – June 28, 2024 :
A Mind-Body Approach with Nicole Sachs. Understanding the mind-body connection is key to freeing ourselves from chronic pain.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
A Tender Thing
Barrington Stage
June 25, 2024 – July 20, 2024 :
What if Romeo and Juliet did not die as teenagers, but lived on into old age? Ben Power has brilliantly
taken Shakespeare’s words, rearranged and reimagined the play’s scenes, and the result is a provocative
tale of lasting love and commitment.
taken Shakespeare’s words, rearranged and reimagined the play’s scenes, and the result is a provocative
tale of lasting love and commitment.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: St Germain Stage 36 Linden Street Pittsfield MA
By Their Hands | Women Artists
Eckert Fine Art
June 29, 2024 – July 27, 2024 :
Various
To honor the women artists features those who left their mark in years past all the way to current emerging artists. Names known to many: Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Piper, Sally Michel Avery, Carolyn Plochmann and Faith Ringgold will be shown along with talented female artists.
Artist reception June 29th from 2-6PM
Artist reception June 29th from 2-6PM
Contact: 860.619.0707
Location: 10 Titus Road. Washington Depot. CT 06794
BOEING BOEING
Barrington Stage
July 3, 2024 – August 3, 2024 :
Fly to Paris in the swinging ’60s and meet playboy Bernard. With help from his housekeeper, Bertha, who plays flight control, Bernard keeps a rotating group of flight attendants on standby.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: Boyd Quinson Stage 30 Union Street Pittsfield MA
Survival of the Unfit
Great Barrington Public Theatre
July 6, 2024 – July 21, 2024 :
Dog People is about two people, two dogs, one day in the park. The dogs are rescues and the people need rescuing. Who rescues who?
Contact: 413.372.1980
Location: Daniel Arts Center Bard College at Simon’s Rock Gt Barrington
Rent
Mac-Haydn Theatre
July 18, 2024 – July 28, 2024 :
Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning musical is back at the Mac-Haydn. Having paved the way for contemporary musical theatre, RENT is a beloved cultural phenomenon, known for its raw, resonant storytelling and remarkable rock score.
Contact: 518.392.9292
Location: 1925 Route 203 Chatham NY 12037
Night at the Speakeasy
Great Barrington Public Theatre
July 26, 2024 – August 11, 2024 :
A new cabaret show spotlighting up-and-coming stage star Janelle Farias Sando’s powerhouse voice and energizing presence.
Contact: 413.372.1980
Location: Daniel Arts Center Bard College at Simon’s Rock Gt Barrington
Family Eye
The Re-Institute
August 10, 2024 – September 14, 2024 :
Opening August 10th 4-6PM
Contact: 518.567.5359
Location: 1395 Boston Corners Road Millerton NY 12546
The Fantasticks
Mac-Haydn Theatre
September 5, 2024 – September 15, 2024 :
The world’s longest-running musical hits our stage after running Off-Broadway for 42 years, a beloved, timeless classic – telling a tale of a young couple navigating the dichotomies of love.
Contact: 518.392.9292
Location: 1925 Route 203 Chatham NY 12037
Kathleen Kucka & Janis Stemmermann
The Re-Institute
September 21, 2024 – October 26, 2024 :
Saturday September 21st 4-6PM
Contact: 518.567.5359
Location: 1395 Boston Corners Road Millerton NY 12546
Anita Kunz: Original Sisters
Norman Rockwell Museum
November 9, 2024 – May 26, 2025 :
Portraits of Tenacity and Courage. A stunning series of portraits by internationally acclaimed illustrator Anita Kunz. These portraits honor contemporary and historical women—both noted and little-known—who have made important contributions to art, science, technology, history, politics, education, and more.
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
