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OUR PANDEMIC FUTURE
Salisbury Forum
December 1, 2023 : 7:30PM
Dr. James Shepherd, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases at Yale University School of Medicine will discuss how our rapidly changing world brings together a toxic brew of conditions that can spawn future pandemics...including a warming planet, urbanization and a declining natural world.
Contact: info@salisburyforum.org
Location: Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village, CT.
Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas
Berkshire Bach
December 2, 2023 : 7PM
This festive holiday concert is part of the Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas celebration. Share the magic of the season with The Berkshire Bach Players in a program of Baroque favorites performed by a superb quartet of violin, viola, cello, and harpsichord, complete with a sing-along that gets everyone in on the act.
Contact: 413.528.9277
Location: First Congregational Church 4 Main Street | Stockbridge, MA
Winter Walk
Hudson Hall
December 2, 2023 : 5PM – 8PM
A magical evening of family friendly attractions, performances, beautifully decorated shop windows, unique holiday shopping, delicious local food and spectacular fireworks, all up and down Hudson’s historic Warren Street.
Contact: hello@winterwalkhudson.org
Location: Warren Street. Hudson NY
Nocturne Night and Dreams
Close Encounters with Music
December 3, 2023 : 4PM – 6PM
Nuances of the night are explored in this multi-faceted program. Release from the brightness of daylight, from consciousness into sleep and dreaminess, the night’s seductive, mysterious potion-like allure has fascinated artists throughout the ages. Lullabies celebrate repose, the restful charm; serenades celebrate love.
Contact: 413.528.0100
Location: The Mahaiwe. 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington MA 01230
Stephen Sanchez
MASSMoCA
December 3, 2023 : 8PM
With a dusty baritone as bright as an eternally lit jukebox and tattooed fingers around the fretboard of a rare guitar, Stephen Sanchez tunes into longing and love with the acuity of a tried-and-tested troubadour.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
The Nutcracker
Warner Theater
December 9, 2023 – December 10, 2023 :
With beloved characters, dazzling sets and a story that will ignite the imagination of children and adults alike, The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory presents two weekends of this timeless classic.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Michael Gross
Merritt Bookstore
December 10, 2023 : 12PM
Michael Gross, renowned for his bestsellers 740 PARK, MODEL, ROGUES' GALLERY and his latest, FLIGHT OF THE WASP. He’ll give a talk and q+a before signing, and, as ever, is guaranteed to have great stories…
Contact: 845.677.5857
Location: 57 Front Street Millbrook, NY 12545
Douglas J. Cohen
Hickory Stick Bookshop
December 10, 2023 : 2 PM
Author Douglas J. Cohen to sign copies of his recently released book How To Survive a Killer Musical. It chronicles Cohen's decade-long quest to bring a musical to the stage--writing, re-writing, and shepherding it...
Contact: 860.868.0525
Location: 1201 2 Green Hill Road Washington Depot CT 06793
MOVIEHOUSE SHORTS: CONTENDERS
The Moviehouse
December 13, 2023 : 7PM
A collection of 7 short films, all of which, with one exception, are recipients of the top awards from the South by Southwest (SXSW), Tribeca, Berlinale, Palm Springs, and AFI film festivals which qualifies them for Academy® Award submission.
Contact: 518.789.0022
Location: 48 Main Street Millerton NY 12546
The Nutcracker
Warner Theater
December 16, 2023 – December 17, 2023 :
With beloved characters, dazzling sets and a story that will ignite the imagination of children and adults alike, The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory presents two weekends of this timeless classic.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
John Pizzarelli Trio | Stage & Screen
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
December 16, 2023 : 8PM
John Pizzarelli’s newest show with his new trio focuses on music from the Broadway stage and the silver screen.
Contact: 413.528.0100
Location: Mahaiwe. 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington. MA 01230
Carols for the Earth
Crescendo
December 16, 2023 – December 17, 2023 :
The concert will present a mixture of old and new holiday music, from both Christian and Jewish traditions, with an earth-conscious message.
Saturday, December 16 4PM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Stockbridge, MA
Sunday, December 17 4PM at Trinity Church, Lakeville, CT
Contact: 860.435.4866
Location: Various
A Celtic Family Christmas
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
December 17, 2023 : 7PM
NATALIE MACMASTER & DONNELL LEAHY “Christmas is where the whole concept started, and we are very excited to be travelling as a family again” says Donnell Leahy. “It’s a perfect time to travel with the children and bring light and happiness to families and fans across the country.
Contact: 413.528.0100
Location: Mahaiwe. 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington. MA 01230
Winter Celebration | The Talea Ensemble
PS 21 Chatham
December 21, 2023 : 4:26PM – 6PM
Celebrate the beginning of winter with Georg Friedrich Haas’s Solstices (2017), performed at sunset in complete darkness. Praised for their “verve and immaculate virtuosity” by The Washington Post, the Talea Ensemble guides audiences through an immersive and powerfully sensory musical experience.
Location: PS21 Black Box Theater. 2980 New York 66. Chatham. New York 12037
BACH AT NEW YEAR’S
Berkshire Bach
December 31, 2023 : 6PM
A very Baroque Celebration. Celebrate New Year’s with the virtuosi of The Berkshire Bach Ensemble and Music Director Eugene Drucker playing Baroque music by the very best—Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi, and others.
Contact: 413.528.9277
Location: The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center |Great Barrington, MA
Get the Lead Out
Warner Theater
January 5, 2024 : 8PM
From the bombastic and epic, to the folky and mystical, GTLO has captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
LIZZIE NO: ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
MASSMoCA
January 20, 2024 : 8PM
Celebrate the release of Lizzie No’s new album Halfsies at an electrifying show at MASS MoCA this January.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
FIREBIRD
MASSMoCA
January 26, 2024 : 8PM
A rule-breaking concert program and an extraterrestrial installation in one — including an “orchestra” concepted entirely of light.
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
The Art of the String Quartet | The Avalon
Close Encounters with Music
February 11, 2024 : 4PM – 6PM
The notable Avalon String Quartet returns with another Berkshire premiere, “For Such a Time as This,” a retelling of the biblical Esther story for string quartet and vocalist, from a feminist perspective.
Contact: 413.528.0100
Location: The Mahaiwe. 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington MA 01230
A Bach Family Concert | Celtic Baroque
Close Encounters with Music
March 17, 2024 : 4PM – 6PM
In his dance suites, J. S. Bach ventures into Spanish sarabandes, French bourrées and British gigues. He and family members delighted in arranging Celtic and Scottish folk music. They will be joined by Beethoven and Haydn, who also forayed into Irish folk music with their own arrangements.
Contact: 413.528.0100
Location: The Mahaiwe. 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington MA 01230
The Doo Wop Project
Warner Theater
April 5, 2024 :
The dynamic, rave-reviewed celebration of a beloved music genre, has a brand new “DOO” with their all star band, this exciting new show features fresh renditions of classic Doo Wop hits.
Contact: 860.489.7180
Location: 68 Main Street. Torrington. CT. 06790
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Close Encounters with Music
April 14, 2024 : 4PM – 6PM
Cross-Cultural Synergy. An afternoon of Gershwin, Max Bruch (German composer uses synagogue “Kol Nidrei” prayer), Cesar Cui (Russian composer writes “Orientale”), Ravel’s “Habanera,” Haydn Trio (Gypsy movement) and more. When the main stream gets tired, foreign tributaries recharge it!
Contact: 413.528.0100
Location: The Mahaiwe. 14 Castle Street. Great Barrington MA 01230
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
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
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
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
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 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.
Contact: 845.266.4444
Location: 150 Lake Drive. Rhinebeck. NY 12572
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

Ongoing Events

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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
Jason Moran Black Stars: Writing in the Dark
MASSMoCA
December 17, 2022 – December 31, 2023 :
Visual artist, composer, and musician Jason Moran has said of his artworks, “These pieces emerge from my performance practice. My body in relationship to the piano and to bodies in the audience.”
Contact: 413.662.2111
Location: 1040 MASS MoCA WAY North Adams, MA 01247
Elizabeth Atterbury: Oracle Bones
Clark Art Institute
February 11, 2023 – January 21, 2024 :
installation presenting the work of contemporary artist Elizabeth Atterbury (b. 1982, West Palm Beach, Florida; lives and works in Portland, Maine). This is a free exhibition on view in the Clark Center’s lower level and in the reading room of the Manton Research Center.
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street. Williamstown. MA 01267
The Business of Illustrating the American Dream
Norman Rockwell Museum
June 10, 2023 – December 31, 2023 :
A new exhibit exploring the business and cultural context of Rockwell’s art. The show examines how Rockwell navigated relationships with publishers, advertising clients and other business entities to create work that shapes and reflected American culture and influenced notions of the American Dream.
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
In What Way Wham?
MASSMoCA
June 18, 2023 – March 30, 2024 :
White Noise and Other Works (1996-2023) brings visitors into the experience of "watching the world with the sound turned off"—a reality familiar to artist Joseph Grigely who has been deaf since the age of 10.
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
120th: Building the Museum |1939-1978
Berkshire Museum
October 7, 2023 – January 7, 2024 :
A unique opportunity to step back in time and explore the Berkshire Museum through the headlines, stories, and cultural phenomena that shaped an era. Under Henry's visionary guidance, the Museum not only weathered the challenges of wartime but also thrived, becoming a cultural hub for the community.
Contact: 413.443.7171
Location: 39 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Nothing Ever Happens
Wassaic Project
October 13, 2023 – July 7, 2024 :
Jeff Barnett-Winsby: A solo show. A visual diary of our family as our two daughters, Gilvey and Fenner, grow up. We are often caught in a dichotomy between the fast and the slow, the overwhelming and the boring.
Opening October 13, 5–7PM
Contact: 855.927.7242
Location: Troutbeck 515 Leedsville Rd Amenia NY 12501
Free verse, Paradise, Cha Cha
Kenise Barnes Fine Art
October 21, 2023 – December 10, 2023 :
New painting by Gabe Brown and Josette Urso
Reception 21 October 4-6PM
Contact: 860.592.0220
Location: 7 Fulling Lane. Kent. CT 06757
One-of-a-Kind Wonders
Berkshire Museum
October 28, 2023 – January 7, 2024 :
Featuring a captivating collection of extraordinary artifacts that have remained hidden within the museum's archives.
An opening preview event will be held on Friday, October 27 followed by a screening of Brian De Palma’s 1974 cult film, Phantom of the Paradise starring Paul Williams. Doors open at 6 PM, the film begins at 7 PM.
Contact: 413.443.7171
Location: 39 South Street Pittsfield MA 01201
Flower Paintings
Standard Space Gallery
November 4, 2023 – December 10, 2023 :
Our next exhibition features Alexander Russi and Alexandria Tarver.
Opening reception, Saturday November 11th 4:30 - 7:30PM
Contact: 917.627.3261
Location: 147 Main Street. Sharon. CT 06069
Norman Rockwell: Winter Wonderland
Norman Rockwell Museum
November 4, 2023 – February 25, 2024 :
A curated display of beloved original Norman Rockwell paintings and studies depicting holiday and winter scenes.
Contact: 413.931.2221
Location: 9 Route 183 Stockbridge MA 01262
Seeing Words
Cornwall Library
November 11, 2023 – December 30, 2023 :
New Work by Sally Van Doren. A selection of works on paper that explore the conceptual terrain created when words become image.
Opening Reception November 11, 5-7 PM with artist’s talk and poetry reading at 6PM
Contact: 860.672.6874
Location: 30 Pine Street Cornwall CT 06753
Alex Katz Men
Craven Contemporary
November 11, 2023 – January 28, 2024 :
Katz has a distinctive approach to painting the human face – large scale, pared down and cropped, the works combine elements of realism and abstraction at the same time.
Contact: 646.355.8142
Location: 5 Old Barn Road. Kent CT 06757
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
50 Years and Forward: British Prints and Drawings Acquisitions
Clark Art Institute
November 18, 2023 – February 11, 2024 :
In the wake of the Manton gift, to enrich the British works on paper collection—ensuring that it grows in strength and variety far into the future.
Exhibition Preview 17 November from 6PM-8PM
Contact: 413.458.2303
Location: 225 South Street. Williamstown. MA 01267
Think Twice
Carol Corey Fine Art
November 18, 2023 – December 23, 2023 :
The third iteration of our December group exhibition of works by gallery and invited artists. The works are hung in pairs for context and comparison.
Opening reception, Saturday, November 18 4-6PM
Contact: 917.797.9654
Location: 12 Old Barn Road. Kent CT 06757
Dion "TYGAPAW" McKenzie: 3WI
Art Omi
November 18, 2023 – February 17, 2024 :
A live, solo modular synthesizer and drum machine performance by McKenzie, informed by their experiences touring the world as an electronic music producer, that will serve as the exhibition’s centerpiece.
Opening Performance Nov 18 @ 8PM
Contact: 518.392.4747
Location: Benenson Center. 1405 County Route 22 Ghent. NY. 12075
I Should Have Been a Pair of Ragged Claws
Wassaic Project
December 9, 2023 – March 16, 2024 :
Winter Exhibition. The show will feature eleven artists throughout all seven floors of Maxon Mills.
Contact: 855.927.7242
Location: Troutbeck 515 Leedsville Rd Amenia NY 12501
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sharon Playhouse
December 13, 2023 – December 17, 2023 :
That master of imaginative enchantment, C.S. Lewis has created a unique world and he invites children to walk into it and enjoy both surprise and adventure.
Contact: 860.364.7469
Location: The Bok 49 Amenia Road Route 343 Sharon CT 06069
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