Events Calendar
Current Events
Click here for ongoing events.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
From Suffering to Salvation
Omega Institute
July 26, 2024 – July 28, 2024 :
Join Panache Desai in this weekend retreat as he energetically supports you to meet what's unfolding and embrace the truth that within you is the capacity to be safe, secure, and empowered in yourself.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: Live Stream
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
Bobby Previte: No Bells, No Whistles
Hudson Hall
July 27, 2024 :
7PM
A Concert for Solo Drum Set. Bobby Previte performs solo pieces for the modern drum set that will change your perception of the instrument’s identity.
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson. NY 12534
ARKAI
The Foundry
July 27, 2024 :
7:30PM
Graduates of The Juilliard School, their past engagements have included performances at The Met Museum, Carnegie Hall, Public Theater, World Trade Center, US Air Force Academy, Lincoln Center, Musikfest, and Chateau Marmont.
Contact: 413.232.5222
Location: 2 Harris Street. West Stockbridge. MA 01266
Dan Tepfer
Stissing Center
July 27, 2024 :
7PM
One of his generation’s extraordinary talents, Dan Tepfer has earned an international reputation as a pianist-composer of wide-ranging innovation, individuality, and drive—one “who refuses to set himself limits” (France’s TéléramaFo).
Contact: 518.771.3340
Location: 2950 Church Street Pine Plains NY 12567
Dutchess County
Garden Conservancy Open Days
July 27, 2024 :
Tour the Gardens of Dutchess County
Lithgow Cottage Farm
• MILLBROOK, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12545
Highgrove Cottage
• MILLERTON, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12546
Wethersfield Estate & Garden
• AMENIA, DUTCHESS, NY, 12501
Lithgow Cottage Farm
• MILLBROOK, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12545
Highgrove Cottage
• MILLERTON, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY, 12546
Wethersfield Estate & Garden
• AMENIA, DUTCHESS, NY, 12501
Contact: 845.424.6500
Location: Duchess County
Berkshire County
Garden Conservancy Open Days
July 27, 2024 :
Garden of Jeffrey A. Steele
• ASHLEY FALLS, BERKSHIRE, MA, 01222
• ASHLEY FALLS, BERKSHIRE, MA, 01222
Contact: 845.424.6500
Location: Duchess County
Litchfield County
Garden Conservancy Open Days
July 27, 2024 :
Hollister House Garden
• WASHINGTON, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT, 06793
Sculpturedale
• KENT, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06757
Juniper Ledge
• LAKEVILLE, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT, 06039
Lagniappe Garden
• ROXBURY, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT, 06783
• WASHINGTON, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT, 06793
Sculpturedale
• KENT, LITCHFIELD, CT, 06757
Juniper Ledge
• LAKEVILLE, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT, 06039
Lagniappe Garden
• ROXBURY, LITCHFIELD COUNTY, CT, 06783
Contact: 845.424.6500
Location: Duchess County
Yoga & Longevity
Omega Institute
July 28, 2024 – August 2, 2024 :
8 Secrets to a Long, Happy & Healthy Life. Enjoy daily yoga and meditation practices and learn what happy, long-lived people share in common on retreat with author and yogi Bender.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
2024 Gala
Barrington Stage
July 29, 2024 :
Bernadette Peters headlines 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
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival
July 31, 2024 – August 4, 2024 :
Four-time Tony Award-nominated choreographer and director Camille A. Brown continues her meteoric rise creating new work on stage, TV, and film as the founder of Camille A. Brown & Dancers.
Contact: 413.243.0745
Location: 358 George Carter Road Becket MA 01223
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
2024 Gala: Samara Joy
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
August 1, 2024 :
8PM
Samara Joy will headline the Mahaiwe's 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
Annual Art Exhibition
Norfolk Artists & Friends
August 1, 2024 – August 4, 2024 :
• Sneak Preview: Thursday, August 1, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
• OPENING PARTY: Friday, August 2, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, August 3 – 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Sunday, August 4, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sponsored by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
• OPENING PARTY: Friday, August 2, 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, August 3 – 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Sunday, August 4, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Sponsored by the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.
Location: Art Barn Gallery, Battell Stoeckel Estate Norfolk CT
LOUD Weekend
MASSMoCA
August 1, 2024 – August 3, 2024 :
Annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival with renowned special guests, BoaC faculty and young players. A series of playful and heady collisions of jazz, classical, rock and beyond.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Sharon Summer Book Signing
Hotchkiss Library of Sharon
August 2, 2024 :
4:45PM – 7:30PM
Our 26th Annual Event. Meet your favorite authors, discover new ones, chat with your friends and neighbors, buy signed copies of books for yourself and as gifts.
Contact: 860.364.5041
Location: 10 Upper Main Street Sharon CT 06069
Brandenburgs, Promethean Fire and Runes
Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
August 2, 2024 – August 3, 2024 :
“It zeroes in on a mystery. . . . how Taylor, one of the greatest modern-dance choreographers, uses a simple formula of people plus time to make a work of art that pulls you in like an undertow.” – Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post
Contact: 800.838.3006
Location: Pavilion Theater 2980 Route 66 Chatham NY 12037
Classic Jazz on Dual Steinways
Berkshires Jazz
August 2, 2024 :
7:30PM
The original works of Fats Waller, George Gershwin and other jazz masters come to life again under the watch and care of Paul Posnak and Anita Castiglione. They will be performing memorable and historic compositions on two Steinway grand pianos.
Contact: 413.841.7718
Location: Berkshire Music School 30 Wendell Avenue Pittsfield MA
Weekend in Norfolk
August 2, 2024 – August 4, 2024 :
Old-fashioned fun is not out of style! This town-wide celebration makes the most out of the long summer days of August by hosting a wide variety of activities that are sure to banish boredom; without breaking the bank for most events are free!
Location: Town of Norfolk
John Williams’ Film Night
Tanglewood
August 2, 2024 – August 3, 2024 :
The Boston Pops includes a celebration of Henry Mancini’s 100th birthday, with conductors Ken-David Masur and David Newman.
Contact: 413.637.1600
Location: Koussevitzky Music Shed 297 West Street Lenox MA 01240
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
Eugene Drucker & Friends
Berkshire Bach Society
August 3, 2024 :
5PM
The concert celebrates the appointment of Mr. Drucker as Artistic Director of BBS and kicks off the new season. A reception follows to meet the artists.
Contact: 413.528.9555
Location: Kellogg Music Center | 84 Alford Road | Great Barrington MA
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
Conversations
Ancram Center for the Arts
August 4, 2024 :
4PM
This music-theater piece features songs drawn from Redbone’s conversations with tribal elders, family members and advisors who have been in her life for decades.
Contact: 518.329.0114
Location: 1330 County Route 7 Ancram NY 12502
Tanglewood on Parade
Tanglewood
August 6, 2024 :
Dedicated to Seiji Ozawa, with conductors Keith Lockhart, Alan Gilbert, Ken-David Masur, and Anna Rakitina and guests, soprano Christine Goerke and the Marcus Roberts Trio (August 6)
Contact: 413.637.1600
Location: Koussevitzky Music Shed 297 West Street Lenox MA 01240
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
I Make Envy on your Disc
Oblong Books
August 9, 2024 :
6:30PM
Author Eric Schnall is interviewed by Jenny Jackson. It’s the new millennium and the anxiety of midlife is creeping up on Sam Singer, a thirty-seven-year-old art advisor. Fed up with his partner and his life in New York, Sam flies to Berlin to attend a gallery opening. There he finds a once-divided city facing an identity crisis of its own.
Contact: 518.789.3797
Location: The White Hart 15 Undermountain Road Salisbury CT 06068
Rose Algrant Art Show
August 9, 2024 – August 11, 2024 :
This exhibition will feature a diverse collection of artworks from talented artists residing in Cornwall. Attendees will enjoy an array of media, including paintings, photography, drawings, ceramics, handmade shoes, textiles, prints, furniture, and sculptures. The event promises a remarkable showcase of artistic expression and creativity.
Contact: rosealgrantshow at gmail.com
Location: Cornwall Consolidated School. Cream Hill Road. West Cornwall CT.
Annual Art of Brewing Festival
Norman Rockwell Museum
August 10, 2024 :
1PM – 4PM
Sample the best craft brews in the region. Spend an afternoon with friends and families all while sampling local and regional beer, wine, cider, distilled drinks and coffee! Enjoy delicious food from local eateries, start a friendly competition with some lawn games and relax on a perfect Berkshire summer day.
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
AugustFest in the Village
David Hunt Library
August 11, 2024 :
4PM – 6PM
A Benefit for the David M. Hunt Library, held outdoors on the library’s shady lawn. Join for a fun afternoon of brats, beer, live music and auction items.
Contact: 860.824.7572
Location: 63 Main Street. Falls Village. CT 06031
Stockbridge Summer Arts and Crafts Show
Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce
August 17, 2024 – August 18, 2024 :
Blessed with internationally renowned summer festivals of music, theater and dance, major art museums and historic homes brings hundreds of thousands of art and craft lovers to visit the most famous Main Street in America, as painted by Norman Rockwell.
Contact: 413.298.5200
Location: 50 Main Street. Stockbridge MA.
The Righteous Brothers
Warner Theater
August 18, 2024 :
7:30PM
Bill Medley & Bucky Heard Lovin' Feelin' Farewell Tour
The Tour promises a captivating musical odyssey, spanning the early days of rock and roll, the era of Blue-Eyed Soul and as far reaching as the movie Dirty Dancing.
The Tour promises a captivating musical odyssey, spanning the early days of rock and roll, the era of Blue-Eyed Soul and as far reaching as the movie Dirty Dancing.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
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
Music in the Barn
Art Omi
August 24, 2024 :
5PM – 7PM
The perfect space for our annual concert of new, experimental music created during the course of the 2024 Art Omi: Music residency. Musicians from a multitude of traditions and genres combine their approaches for novel and unforeseeable results!
Contact: 518.392.4747
Location: 1405 County Route 22 Ghent. NY. 12075
Democracy Festival
Common Ground
August 25, 2024 :
Saving the Shining City on the Hill
In the face of blinding polarization before November’s balloting, a PBS celebration of America’s democracy – its storied past, its complex present and its hopeful future.
In the face of blinding polarization before November’s balloting, a PBS celebration of America’s democracy – its storied past, its complex present and its hopeful future.
Contact: 203.947.1968
Location: The Frederick Gunn School Washington CT
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
An Evening with Darlene Love and Natasha Bedingfield
Barrington Stage
August 29, 2024 :
7:30PM
Darlene Love continues to captivate audiences worldwide with her warm, gracious stage presence and superb performances.
Natasha Bedingfield’s iconic 2004 hit “Unwritten” has re-entered the UK Top 20, charting at #18, thanks to its inclusion in the new rom-com Anyone But You.
Natasha Bedingfield’s iconic 2004 hit “Unwritten” has re-entered the UK Top 20, charting at #18, thanks to its inclusion in the new rom-com Anyone But You.
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: The Colonial Theatre 111 South Street Pittsfield MA
100 Years of Rhapsody in Blue
Stissing Center
August 30, 2024 :
7PM
A tribute to Gershwin.Celebrate the 100th anniversary of George's musical legacy. The spotlight will be on the iconic "Rhapsody in Blue," a masterpiece that transcends time with its fusion of classical and jazz influences.
Contact: 518.771.3340
Location: Pine Plains NY 12567
Judy Collins, Indigo Girls and Rufus Wainwright
Tanglewood
August 30, 2024 :
Contact: 413.637.1600
Location: Koussevitzky Music Shed 297 West Street Lenox MA 01240
Authors James Biber &Jessie Janowitz
Merritt Bookstore
August 31, 2024 :
Two amazing authors to celebrate our Labor Day Farmer's Market! James Biber turned a COVID project into a gorgeous fun birthday book. Jessie Janowitz will sign copies of her new book, All the Ways to goabout a chess prodigy who starts to feel a bit differently about chess.
Contact: 845.677.5857
Location: Framers' Market Millbrook NY
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
Democracy Festival
Common Ground
September 8, 2024 :
Contact: 203.947.1968
Location: The Frederick Gunn School Washington CT
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
Fresh Grass
MASSMoCA
September 20, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
The best in bluegrass and roots music filling the fields, courtyards and galleries of MASS MoCA (free gallery admission included with all tickets!)
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Upstate Benefit
Art Omi
September 21, 2024 :
5:30 PM – 10 PM
Honoring Elena Mosley Founder & Executive Director Operation Unite New York & Tschabalala Self Artist. Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and live music. Dinner a sumptuous feast followed by a spirited live auction of unique experiences with dessert and dancing.
Contact: 518.392.4747
Location: The Caboose 60 South Front South Hudson NY 12534
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
The Music of ABBA
Warner Theater
September 22, 2024 :
7:30PM
Founded in 1995 by Vicky Zetterberg-Norbäck and original ABBA musician Rutger Gunnarsson, quickly became a leading ABBA tribute act.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Democracy Festival
Common Ground
September 22, 2024 :
Contact: 203.947.1968
Location: The Frederick Gunn School Washington CT
WIT:Words, Ideas and Thinkers Literary Festival
Authors Guild Foundation'
September 27, 2024 – September 29, 2024 :
The Power of Words: Why Writers Matter with a special lineup of conversations featuring outstanding novelists, playwrights, journalists, translators, poets, critics, historians and essayists including; Emily Wilson & Stephen Greenblatt; Tony Kushner & Rachel Maddow; Ruth Simmons & Sherrilyn Ifill; Cathy Park Hong & Sayed Kashua ; Jamaica Kincaid & Sandra Guzmán; Marie Arana & Luis Alberto Urrea.
Contact: 732.692.4255
Location: : Shakespeare & Company 70 Kemble Street Lenox MA.
Berkshire Pottery Tour
September 28, 2024 – September 29, 2024 :
A self-guided motor tour of 7 working pottery studios around the southern Berkshires from 10-5 each day. Admission is free and families are welcome.
Contact: 413.717.0798
Location: Various
Wild Awakenings With Cheryl Strayed
Omega Institute
October 4, 2024 – October 6, 2024 :
In this immersive weekend workshop, Cheryl shares the truest things she knows about how to write with clarity, courage, consciousness and heart.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
HUDSON JAZZ FESTIVAL
Hudson Hall
October 4, 2024 – October 6, 2024 :
October 4 at 7PM: Ekep Nkwelle: Ella Fitzgerald - Against All Odds
Saturday, October 5 at 7PM: Riley Mulherkar Quartet
Sunday, October 6 at 3PM: Ethan Iverson Trio
Saturday, October 5 at 7PM: Riley Mulherkar Quartet
Sunday, October 6 at 3PM: Ethan Iverson Trio
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson. NY 12534
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
Anthony Trionfo and Albert Cano Smit
Stissing Center
November 2, 2024 :
7PM
Known for his “soaring flute... where dance and song become possible again”, Anthony Trionfo is a “breezily virtuosic” musician actively building one of today’s most exciting musical careers.
A musician who has been praised as “a moving young poet”,, Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit enjoys a growing international career on the orchestral, recital, and chamber music stages.
A musician who has been praised as “a moving young poet”,, Spanish/Dutch pianist Albert Cano Smit enjoys a growing international career on the orchestral, recital, and chamber music stages.
Contact: 518.771.3340
Location: Pine Plains NY 12567
The Wailin’ Jennys
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
November 23, 2024 :
8PM
Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse — three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound.
Contact: 413.644.9040
Location: 14 Castle Street Great Barrington MA 01230
Jessica Lynns A Very Merry Christmas
Warner Theater
November 30, 2024 :
7PM
A genuine holiday tradition, rivaling, and even eclipsing some of the biggest Christmas spectaculars.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
The Nutcracker
Warner Theater
December 14, 2024 – December 15, 2024 :
A staple of the holiday season in Connecticut, beloved as a tradition for countless families.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Ongoing Events
Click here for current events.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
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
The Plastic Bag Store
MASSMoCA
May 9, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
During timed activations, visitors in groups of up to 40 people, step into The Plastic Bag Store which is then transformed into an immersive cinema, using inventive puppetry, shadow play, and intricate handmade sets to present a darkly comedic and sometimes tender story about the enduring effects of single-use plastics.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
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
Steve McQueen
Dia:Beacon
May 12, 2024 – May 30, 2025 :
For more than 30 years, artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen has continually investigated the possibilities inherent in film—as a material, a documentary tool, and a storytelling medium—resulting in work that is formally inventive and politically pointed.
Contact: 845.440.0100
Location: 3 Beekman Street Beacon New York 12508
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
Imperiled Species in Our Community
Salisbury Association
May 25, 2024 – July 31, 2024 :
the story of a dramatic decline in the biodiversity of local animal species. The American Kestre is an at-risk species in our area.
Contact: 860.435.0566
Location: Academy Building 24 Main Street Salisbury CT 06068
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
Sculpture at The Mount 2024
The Mount
June 2, 2024 – October 20, 2024 :
24 sculptures of varying scale and media produced by emerging and internationally established artists, thoughtfully sited throughout The Mount's gardens and grounds. Free and open for the public.
Meet the artists on June 23, July 21, August 18, September 22 and October 20.
Meet the artists on June 23, July 21, August 18, September 22 and October 20.
Contact: 413.551.5111
Location: 2 Plunkett Street Lenox MA 01240
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.
Mad Bash Saturday night, June 8 | 6 - 10:30PM
Mad Bash Saturday night, June 8 | 6 - 10:30PM
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
Shapeshifters
Hudson Hall
June 8, 2024 – July 28, 2024 :
An exhibition of paintings celebrating the use of shape and color in the work of two abstract artists: Hudson-based painter Allan Osterweil and his daughter, Ara Osterweil, a painter, writer and scholar of postwar art and cinema.
Opening reception with Artists: Saturday June 8 6-8PM
Opening reception with Artists: Saturday June 8 6-8PM
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson. NY 12534
Microcosms
Berkshire Botanical Garden
June 8, 2024 – August 4, 2024 :
A journey of reverence and wonder, it includes dynamically colored icons and mosaics created by means of old- world techniques as rare and endangered as the flora and fauna they depict.
The opening reception from 5-7PM
The opening reception from 5-7PM
Contact: 413.944.8504
Location: 600 Stockbridge Road Great Barrington MA 01230
New Flora
Craven Contemporary
June 8, 2024 – August 4, 2024 :
A flower-themed group show with work by a curated selection of gallery favorite contemporary artists.
An opening reception for the show will be held Saturday
An opening reception for the show will be held Saturday
Contact: 646.355.8142
Location: 4 Fulling Lane Kent CT 06757
The Gift
Mad Rose Gallery
June 13, 2024 – July 28, 2024 :
A photography series by Han Feng. An exploration of the ordinary transformed into the extraordinary. Through her lens, Han Feng captures the inherent beauty of everyday objects.
Artist Reception Saturday, June 15th, 3-6:00PM
"In Conversation"on Sunday, June 30th, 3:30-5:00PM.
Artist Reception Saturday, June 15th, 3-6:00PM
"In Conversation"on Sunday, June 30th, 3:30-5:00PM.
Contact: 518.592.1085
Location: 916 North Elm Avenue Millerton NY 12546
Black Woman as Muse
Berkshire Museum
June 15, 2024 – September 8, 2024 :
Forty large-scale black and white photographs of African American women from all walks of life, posed and photographed in the style of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Photographer Jerry Taliaferro has selected these photographs from hundreds he has taken for more than two decades.
Contact: 413.443.7171 ext. 312
Location: 39 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
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
Letters Home
The Gunn Museum
June 21, 2024 – May 15, 2025 :
Letters and photographs of World War II Army nurse Helen Wersebe.
Contact: 860. 868-7756
Location: 5 Wykeham Road Washington CT 06793
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
Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor
Norman Rockwell Museum
June 22, 2024 – February 9, 2025 :
Rockwell’s ‘wittiest works’ run concurrently with MAD Magazine exhibition. These thematically linked exhibitions juxtapose and illuminate two strikingly different veins of American humor, from the gently comical to the outrageously satirical.
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
Spiegeltent
Fisher Center at Bard
June 28, 2024 – August 17, 2024 :
The spectacular Spiegeltent returns to SummerScape, offering sumptuous summer weekends of dazzling performances, drinks, and dancing.
Contact: 845.758.7900
Location: 60 Manor Avenue Annandale-On-Hudson NY 12504
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
Birth of a Shadow
Chesterwood
June 29, 2024 – October 21, 2024 :
Curated by gallerist Lauren Clark who has chosen 7 regional sculptors whose work serves as an evocative exploration of the intersection between light, space and form
Artist’s Reception: Saturday, June 29th 5-6:30PM
Artist’s Reception: Saturday, June 29th 5-6:30PM
Contact: 413.298.3579
Location: 3 Williamsville Road Stockbridge MA 01262
Richard Pitts
AmARTHouse
June 29, 2024 – August 31, 2024 :
Opening Reception 29 June 4-8PM
Contact: 212.257.9035
Location: 1062 Bantam Road. Bantam. CT 06750
Where's Waldo
Oblong Books
July 1, 2024 – July 31, 2024 :
The famous fellow in the striped shirt and black-rimmed specs is back visiting local businesses in Rhinebeck & Millerton all through the month of July. Spot him to win prizes, including buttons, books and more!
Location: Various
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
Fragile Beauty
Clark Art Institute:
July 4, 2024 – October 27, 2024 :
Treasures from the Corning Museum of Glass. The show demonstrates how makers from across time and around the globe have taken inspiration from the natural world to create dazzling works of art. The objects in the exhibition range in date from antiquity to the present and show a remarkable breadth of color, technique, form, design and function.
Contact: 413.528.1216 ex 3102
Location: 225 South Street Williamstown Massachusetts 01267
New Exhibition
Five Points Gallery
July 5, 2024 – August 10, 2024 :
“With Deep Thought”, by Harriet Caldwell
“So Long”, by Jakob Fioole
“Past Forward”, by Liz Sweibel
Opening Reception: July 5, 6- 8PM.
In-Person Artist Talk: Friday, August 2, 6:30PM
“So Long”, by Jakob Fioole
“Past Forward”, by Liz Sweibel
Opening Reception: July 5, 6- 8PM.
In-Person Artist Talk: Friday, August 2, 6:30PM
Contact: 860.618.7222
Location: Five Points Gallery 7 Water Street Torrington CT 06790
Nathan Young: Tune It Or Die!
Art Omi
July 6, 2024 – September 3, 2024 :
A new body of work by Nathan Young that includes scores and a set of reimagined flags, focusing on peyote, a medicine and sacrament in the Native American Church. Central to the project is a new series of event scores entitled Tune It Or Die! (2024).
Contact: 518.392.4747
Location: 1405 County Route 22 Ghent. NY. 12075
Nathan Young: Tune It Or Die!
Art Omi
July 6, 2024 – September 3, 2024 :
New body of work by Nathan Young that includes scores and a set of reimagined flags, inspired by the iconography of the Native American Church and symbolism of peyotism, a medicine and sacrament in the church
Contact: 518.392.4747
Location: 1405 County Route 22 Ghent NY
Octopus's Garden
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
July 13, 2024 – August 25, 2024 :
Peter Hamlin, Michiyo Ihara, Catherine Latson, Julie Maren
Reception July 13, 4-6PM
Reception July 13, 4-6PM
Contact: 860 592 0220
Location: 7 Fulling Lane. Kent CT 06757
Lisa Elmaleh: Promised Land/Tierra Prometida
KMR Arts
July 13, 2024 – August 22, 2024 :
This project was inspired by and in contrast to the visual culture and discourse circulating about immigration in mainstream news during the Trump years.
The opening reception | July 13
Artist talk with Lisa Elmaleh | August 22 5-7PM
The opening reception | July 13
Artist talk with Lisa Elmaleh | August 22 5-7PM
Contact: 860.868.7533
Location: 2 Titus Rd # 1 Washington Depot CT 06794
Joshua Frankel: One and the Same Body
Standard Space
July 13, 2024 – August 18, 2024 :
About Crowds—exploring how we're drawn to crowds, the pleasure we find losing our individuality within them, the joy and terror they can create and what these profound effects mean for our conceptions of ourselves.
Opening Reception: July 13th 4-6:PM
Josh Frankel & Barbara London in Conversation
Saturday, August 3: 4:30 6PM
Opening Reception: July 13th 4-6:PM
Josh Frankel & Barbara London in Conversation
Saturday, August 3: 4:30 6PM
Contact: 917.627.3261
Location: 147 Main Street Sharon CT 06069
The Comedy of Errors
Shakespeare & Company
July 13, 2024 – August 18, 2024 :
The Bard’s fast-paced and farcical story of mistaken identities that begins with two sets of twins separated by a storm at sea, and culminates in a raucous series of misunderstandings and mishaps
Contact: 413.637.1199
Location: Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre. 70 Kemble Street Lenox MA 01240
Steven Miller
Alofft Gallery
July 15, 2024 – August 3, 2024 :
An exhibition of paintings by the contemporary abstract artist and master colorist Steven Miller. "The work I produce is all about color, form and simplicity”. Life quite simply as a force of nature captured on canvas.
Contact: 860.361.6389
Location: 41 West Street Litchfield CT 06759
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
Ken MacLean | New Works
Cornwall Library
July 20, 2024 – August 22, 2024 :
Abstract watercolor paintings. MacLean was a prominent architect who also designed the striking library building where the exhibition will take place.
Opening Reception is July 20, from 5-7 PM.
Opening Reception is July 20, from 5-7 PM.
Contact: 860.672.6874
Location: 30 Pine Street Cornwall Connecticut 06753
Berkshire High Peaks Festival
Close Encounters with Music
July 20, 2024 – July 31, 2024 :
The ten-day festival, directed by internationally acclaimed cellist Yehuda Hanani, will continue to make its offerings of “Moonlight Sonatas” concerts, lectures and master classes open to the public.
Contact: 800.843.0778
Location: Bard College at Simon’s Rock Great Barrington MA
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
The Prom
Sharon Playhouse
July 26, 2024 – August 11, 2024 :
THE PROM follows four eccentric Broadway stars who are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue…and themselves.
Contact: 860.364.7469
Location: 49 Amenia Road Sharon CT 06069
Matthias Meyer: Lakes of Light
Carol Corey Fine Art
July 27, 2024 – September 21, 2024 :
While the natural world plays a profound role in Meyer’s work, he maintains a delicate balance in its portrayal between realism and abstraction.
Contact: 917.797.9654
Location: 12 Old Barn Road. Kent CT 06757
Kerry Madigan | New Works
Mad Rose Gallery
August 1, 2024 – August 29, 2024 :
Madigan showcases stunning landscapes and abstract nature photographs and marks her second exhibition at Mad Rose Gallery.
Artist reception Saturday, August 3, 2024, 3-6PM
Artist reception Saturday, August 3, 2024, 3-6PM
Contact: 518.592.1085
Location: 916 North Elm Avenue Millerton NY 12546
School of Rock - The Musical
Warner Theater
August 2, 2024 – August 11, 2024 :
An electrifying Broadway show based on the hit movie. Follow Dewey Finn, a failed wannabe rock star, as he transforms a class of straight-A students into a mind-blowing rock band. Can they make it to the Battle of the Bands without getting caught by their parents and the headmistress?
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Hans Frank: Cosmic Art
Hudson Hall
August 3, 2024 – September 22, 2024 :
An exhibition of some 100 paintings and works on paper celebrating the life and work of a reclusive Rhinebeck artist, whose visionary art has never before been seen by the public.
Opening reception with curators David Ebony and Jan Orluck: Saturday, August 3, from 5-7PM.
Opening reception with curators David Ebony and Jan Orluck: Saturday, August 3, from 5-7PM.
Contact: 518.822.1438
Location: 327 Warren Street. Hudson. NY 12534
Mr. Finn's 2024 Cabaret Series
Barrington Stage
August 4, 2024 – September 1, 2024 :
Matt Doyle | August 4 & August 5 | 8PM
Krysta Rodriguez | August 11 & August 12 | 8PM
Standby, Me | August 30 | 8PM
An Evening with Telly Leung | August 31 - September 1 | 8PM
Krysta Rodriguez | August 11 & August 12 | 8PM
Standby, Me | August 30 | 8PM
An Evening with Telly Leung | August 31 - September 1 | 8PM
Contact: 413.236.8888
Location: The Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center,36 Linden Street Pittsfield.
Corning Glass Mobile Hot Shop
Clark Art Institute:
August 5, 2024 – August 11, 2024 :
10AM – 5PM
Unique equipment to recreate a state-of-the-art studio environment, bringing the artistry and education of glassmaking straight to the public. The Corning Museum glassmiths demonstrate complex hot glassmaking techniques. Located adjacent to the Clark’s main parking lot.
Contact: 413.528.1216 ex 3102
Location: 225 South Street Williamstown Massachusetts 01267
Berlioz and His World
Fisher Center at Bard
August 9, 2024 – August 18, 2024 :
In eleven themed concert programs, the festival examines the life and times of visionary French composer Hector Berlioz, whose grand-scale works, startling sonorities, and advanced literary leanings helped redefine musical Romanticism.
Contact: 845.758.7900
Location: 60 Manor Avenue Annandale-On-Hudson NY 12504
REBEL TOWN The Boston Tea Party Musical
Rebel Town Productions
August 9, 2024 – August 18, 2024 :
REBEL TOWN plunges you into the heart of Boston's political crisis in 1773 as Parliament's Tea Act ignites a firestorm of resistance. Leading the charge is the rabble-rousing Sam Adams who rallies a town meeting to confront the tyranny with three tea ships anchored in Boston Harbor.
Contact: 413.429-.5801
Location: The Duffin Theater 197 East Street Lenox MA
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
Perambulate | Eric Forstmann
Eckert Fine Art
August 10, 2024 – September 1, 2024 :
Various
“Perambulate/ Perambulation: To tour an area for pleasure essentially. I have had the good fortune to have spent 40 years doing just that. Along the route, I have been able to translate my findings into more than 1,000 paintings. And the search continues…” Eric Forstmann
Artist’s Reception 2–6PM with wine & light bites
Artist’s Reception 2–6PM with wine & light bites
Contact: 860.619.0707
Location: 10 Titus Road. Washington Depot. CT 06794
Diana Weymar: Everything I Touched
KMR Arts
August 24, 2024 – October 19, 2024 :
A collection of compelling quotations meticulously stitched on found fabrics such as vintage handkerchiefs and cocktail napkins. The quotations, explore themes of love, identity, and resilience.
Opening reception with the artist, Saturday, August 24, 3-5PM
Opening reception with the artist, Saturday, August 24, 3-5PM
Contact: 860.868.7533
Location: 2 Titus Rd # 1 Washington Depot CT 06794
Steel Magnolias
Sharon Playhouse
August 30, 2024 – September 8, 2024 :
A beautiful homage to women and female friendships. The play, concerned with a group of southern women in a small-town beauty parlor, is alternately hilarious and touching...
Contact: 860.364.7469
Location: 49 Amenia Road Sharon CT 06069
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
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
Sharon Playhouse
September 20, 2024 – September 29, 2024 :
Explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang. In this charming and endearing revue of songs and vignettes, based on the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip,
Contact: 860.364.7469
Location: 49 Amenia Road Sharon CT 06069
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
