Weekend Outlook: Live Music, Workshops, and More By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:03PM / Thursday, January 18, 2024 | |
Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this weekend including live music, a talent show, workshops, and more. '62 Center For Theatre & Dance, Williamstown Time: Thursday at 6 p.m. Start your weekend early with Black Arts Council's first annual Talent Show. This free and public event will showcase works from a range of mediums including dance, film, music, fashion, and more. Complete lineup here. The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown Time: noon Experience the Clark's permanent collection in a new light as a Williams College graduate students share their thoughts on an object in >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Music, Comedy, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:41PM / Thursday, January 11, 2024 | |
 Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this weekend including live music, museum tours, and more.
Zainab Johnson Mass MoCA, North Adams Time: Saturday, 8 p.m. Standup comedian, actor and writer Zainab Johnson will share her perspective that was shaped by growing up as one of 13 siblings in a Muslim family. She is a regular at the Comedy Cellar in New York and the Comedy Store and Improv in Los Angeles. She hosts Netflix's "100 Humans" and can be seen on the Amazon series "Upload." Tickets cost $22 in advance, $32 the week of, and $46 for preferred seating. More >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: First Friday, Live Music, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
01:42PM / Friday, January 05, 2024 | |
 Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this weekend including a First Friday event, live music, and last chance holiday light experiences. Downtown North Adams Time: 5 to 9 p.m. Just because the holidays are over does not mean you can't celebrate the winter season. This month the First Friday event will have a "Cozy" theme. Downtown North Adams will be lit up with the LumiNAMA holiday lights festival. Gather with fellow community members to explore downtown businesses that have extended hours. There will also be events including art receptions, a Pajama Party, s'more making, crafts, and >> Read More |
BArT Theatre Presents 'She Kills Monsters' | 11:00AM / Thursday, January 04, 2024 | |
ADAMS, Mass. — BArT Theatre presents, "She Kills Monsters," by Qui Nguyen. The dates of the performances are: Friday, Jan. 12 at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets are available to purchase online at this link. According to a press release: "She Kills Monsters" tells the story of Agnes Evans, an average woman who loses her parents and little sister Tilly in a car accident. Having been very distant from her sister while she was alive, Agnes >> Read More |
North Adams Public Schools Art Teacher Wins Award| 02:08PM / Wednesday, January 03, 2024 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — This fall, the North Adams Public Schools (NAPS) District Arts Integration Specialist, Leslie Appleget, won the 2023 Outstanding Community Arts Education Collaborative Multidisciplinary Award from stateside arts collaborative Arts|Learning. The award was conferred at Arts|Learning's 36th Annual Champions of Arts Education Advocacy Awards in November at Boston Renaissance Charter School. Appleget is the only award recipient in the 2023 award cohort to represent arts education work based in Berkshire County. According to a press release, this award recognizes arts educators who have developed a model of arts education collaborative between >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Ringing in the New Year| 11:57AM / Friday, December 29, 2023 | |
 Ring in the New Year with activities and events around Berkshire County this weekend. Tyler Street Lab, Pittsfield Time: 6 p.m. The Women of Color Given Circlehttps://www.facebook.com/wocgc1/ hosts this annaul Kwanzaa event celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa and African American culture. Well-known singer and lead vocalist Wanda Houston will be this year's special guest. 6 Anthony St., Adams Time: 7 to 10 p.m. A wide variety of songs to choose from, so everyone can find something to sing their heart out to with DJ Seth P. Fun, friendly and supportive environment. Admission is free; more information >> Read More |
BAAMS Presents Live at Studio 9| 12:37PM / Saturday, December 23, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Berkshires Academy for Advanced Musical Studies, Inc. (BAAMS) announced a monthly residency at Studio 9 at the Porches' Inn in North Adams beginning in January 2024. Led by BAAMS' founder and Executive Director Richard Boulger, the monthly concerts will feature faculty from the Berkshires' Academy for Advanced Musical Studies, students, and special guests. The first concert, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 20, features Richard Boulger on trumpet flugelhorn, Dario Boente pn piano/keyboards, Tony Lewis on drums and Alex Blake on bass. The monthly concerts will be highlighted by live performances of original jazz, funk, world music, >> Read More |
Media & Technology Company Moving Headquarters to Mass MoCA By Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
12:18PM / Thursday, December 14, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — A media and technology company is moving to Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts. The Mass MoCA Commission on Monday approved a tenant agreement for Kinetek Inc., which will relocate its headquarters from Montpelier, Vt., to Building 1. Principals Hugh and Debra McGrory and their new business partner Eyal Rimmon were introduced by Morgan Everett, head of public initiatives and real estate for MoCA. "Kinetic is generative media company, working at the intersection of film, art and emerging technologies. They do a lot of amazing work," he said. "We're incredibly excited to welcome them to the Mass >> Read More |
Multiple Berkshire Cultural Districts Receive Grants| 04:00PM / Wednesday, December 06, 2023 | |
GLOUCESTER, Mass. — The Mass Cultural Council announced $810,000 in new grant funding to 54 state-designated cultural districts. These districts, located in host communities in every region of the Commonwealth, will receive awards from the Fiscal Year 2024 Cultural District Investment Grant Program. The grants are intended to encourage the development and success of the cultural districts and foster local cultural preservation. Berkshire County Districts awarded $15,000: Great Barrington Cultural District Lenox Cultural District North Adams Cultural District Williamstown Cultural District As the Commonwealth's independent state arts agency, Mass >> Read More |
MCLA Theatre Program, MOSAIC Presents: Fornés Festival | 10:45AM / Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | |
NORTH ADAMS, Mass.—Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) and MOSAIC, in partnership with the Fine and Performing Arts Department Theatre Program, presents Fornés Festival – a year-long series of events dedicated to honoring the life and legacy of Cuban American playwright, Maria Irene Fornés (1930-2018). The festival is part of the Fornés Institute's national initiative, "Celebrando Fornés / Celebrating Fornés," part of their "Decade of Fornés (2021-2030)" events designed to increase the visibility of Fornés's work. For more information, see the Fornes Institute at >> Read More |
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