An event every week that begins at 7:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, repeating until August 13, 2022
Barrington Stage presents a world premiere musical, The Supadupa Kid with lyrics by Sukari Jones and music by Joel Waggoner, based on the novel by Ty Allan Jackson and directed by NJ Agwuna.
Javon Williams is just a normal kid until a freak accident gives him amazing superpowers. The only problem? The neighborhood bully, Hoody, has acquired superpowers of his own — and is using them to terrorize the city.
Javon must work to save the city by becoming… The Supadupa Kid. Ty Allan Jackson’s book comes alive on stage in this brand new musical with one of the first-ever teenage Black superheroes in America.
The play will run from July 29 to August 13 at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center. 36 Linden St., Pittsfield.
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Pushcart-prize winning poet, author, editor, translator and professor Ravi Shankar comes to Edith Wharton's house and gardens to talk about his newest book, 'Correctional: A Memoir.'
This summer, The Mount and Lenox Yoga are offering a blending of arts and movement with outdoor yoga classes all summer long.
“Parlez-vous français?” Enjoy French conversation on the Terrace Tuesday mornings in honor of Edith Wharton's love affair with France.
Pushcart-prize winning poet, author, editor, translator and professor Ravi Shankar comes to Edith Wharton's house and gardens to talk about his newest book, 'Correctional: A Memoir.'
BIFF presents Four Winters: A Story of Jewish Partisan Resistance and Bravery During WWII, a film screening and talkback with Jewish partisan Michael Stoll and director Julia Mintz.
One of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedic masterpieces, Much Ado About Nothing celebrates love, friendship and comedy in some of Shakespeare’s most satisfying language.
Ty Allan Jackson's novel inspires a world premiere musical about a Black teenage superhero with lyrics by Sukari Jones and music by Joel Waggoner.
PS21 holds adventurous sessions held in the Dance Barn, open to all ages and levels, focused on mind, body, and spirit — including yoga on Wednesays.
Astrid Schween, Instrumental Faculty in cello with the Tanglewood Music Center, will lead an open cello workshop with the Tanglewood Learning Institute.
Ty Allan Jackson's novel inspires a world premiere musical about a Black teenage superhero with lyrics by Sukari Jones and music by Joel Waggoner.
Songs For A New World is about one moment — it’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice or take a stand or turn around and go back.
Mass Audubon naturalist Zach Adams will look into the busy, seasonal world of insects — stoneflies, skippers, skimmers and all sorts of flying neighbors.
Heard World Jazz, a collective of musicians, will perform world music, jazz and improvisation with influences from West Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean.
In the 2022 Festival of Contemporary Music, the Tanglewood Music Center's mixed chamber ensembles, TMC conducting and vocal fellows will give a free chamber music concert with soprano Tony Arnold.
Simon and his mother, Ora, have always been close. She’s been his champion, his defender, and his friend. But when a life-changing secret comes to light, can their bond survive?
Alex Edelman takes the audience through hilarious anecdotes from his own life, and at its center an astonishing and frighteningly relevant story.
In the 2022 Festival of Contemporary Music, composers will talk informally about their work with the Tanglewood Learning Institute.
Simon and his mother, Ora, have always been close. She’s been his champion, his defender, and his friend. But when a life-changing secret comes to light, can their bond survive?
Alonzo King Lines Ballet will perform works set to music by composers including Gabriel Fauré, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain, as well as Azoth set to music by venerable jazz musicians.
Singer Michael Feinstein salutes and celebrates the great Judy Garland on her 100th birthday in Get Happy, a musical tribute at the Mahaiwe.
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
In the 2022 Festival of Contemporary Music, composers will talk informally about their work with the Tanglewood Learning Institute.
Simon and his mother, Ora, have always been close. She’s been his champion, his defender, and his friend. But when a life-changing secret comes to light, can their bond survive?
Alex Edelman takes the audience through hilarious anecdotes from his own life, and at its center an astonishing and frighteningly relevant story.
Grammy-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta joins internatinally acclaimed violinist Joshua Bell, performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
The internationally acclaimed Mark Morris Dance Group will perform Words, Jenn and Spencer and Grand Duo — set to music by Felix Mendelssohn and more.
In the 2022 Festival of Contemporary Music, composers will talk informally about their work with the Tanglewood Learning Institute.
In the 2022 Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood Music Center Fellows will perform a free chamber music concert with works by Carlos Simon and more.
Two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet in the woods outside Geneva and develop a friendship that belies the antagonisms of their nations.
Songs For A New World is about one moment — it’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice or take a stand or turn around and go back.
Alonzo King Lines Ballet will perform works set to music by composers including Gabriel Fauré, Edgar Meyer and Zakir Hussain, as well as Azoth set to music by venerable jazz musicians.
Susan Branson comes to Edith Wharton's house and gardens to talk about her book, Scientific Americans: Invention, Technology, And National Identity.
In the 2022 Festival of Contemporary Music, the Tanglewood Music Center will present George Benjamin conducting his own work with the TMC Vocal Fellows.
This summer, The Mount and Lenox Yoga are offering a blending of arts and movement with outdoor yoga classes all summer long.
“Parlez-vous français?” Enjoy French conversation on the Terrace Tuesday mornings in honor of Edith Wharton's love affair with France.
Susan Branson comes to Edith Wharton's house and gardens to talk about her book, Scientific Americans: Invention, Technology, And National Identity.
One of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedic masterpieces, Much Ado About Nothing celebrates love, friendship and comedy in some of Shakespeare’s most satisfying language.
Earth, Wind and Fire, an American band that has spanned the musical genres of jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, EDM, Latin, and Afro pop for 50 years, will return to Tanglewood.
PS21 holds adventurous sessions held in the Dance Barn, open to all ages and levels, focused on mind, body, and spirit — including yoga on Wednesays.
Songs For A New World is about one moment — it’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice or take a stand or turn around and go back.
Ty Allan Jackson's novel inspires a world premiere musical about a Black teenage superhero with lyrics by Sukari Jones and music by Joel Waggoner.
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
Celebrated for athleticism, humor, theatricality and commitment to collaboration, Dance Heginbotham, led by Artistic Director John Heginbotham, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary.
The Mount welcome the community to a monthly Storywalk to read a picture book along a path through the woods — today 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh.
Mass Audubon naturalist Zach Adams will lead a twilight paddle through the Housatonic Valley Wildlife Management Area.
Over the last 40 years, Jacob’s Pillow has been an artistic home for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and this summer they will perform As the Wind Blows, B/olero and Little Rhapsodies.
A Little Night Music, the Tony awardwinning musical by Stephen Sondheim, leads to a life-changing weekend in the country where confusion rules and passions reign.
Simon and his mother, Ora, have always been close. She’s been his champion, his defender, and his friend. But when a life-changing secret comes to light, can their bond survive?
Two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet in the woods outside Geneva and develop a friendship that belies the antagonisms of their nations.
The Nields, a nationally touring folkduo from Western Mass., will perform live in the Back Porch music series at Hancock Shaker Village.
Over the last 40 years, Jacob’s Pillow has been an artistic home for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and this summer they will perform As the Wind Blows, B/olero and Little Rhapsodies.
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
Internationally acclaimed musicians Emanuel Ax, Pamela Frank, Leonidas Kavakos Antoine Tamestit and Yo-Yo Ma will perform Pathways from Prague, Program 3.
Chocolate peanut butter cookies, fresh flowers, jams and pickles and cheeses ... the North Adams Farmers Market returns weekly with more than a dozen farmers and makers.
Simon and his mother, Ora, have always been close. She’s been his champion, his defender, and his friend. But when a life-changing secret comes to light, can their bond survive?
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
A Little Night Music, the Tony awardwinning musical by Stephen Sondheim, leads to a life-changing weekend in the country where confusion rules and passions reign.
Finland-based Russian conductor Dima Slobodeniouk returns to Tanglewood and joins violinist Leonidas Kavakos in Felix Mendelssohn’s buoyant Violin Concerto and works by Debussy and Ravel.
Tanglewood Music Center offers a free morning of chamber music performances with this summer's music fellows.
Two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet in the woods outside Geneva and develop a friendship that belies the antagonisms of their nations.
Celebrated for athleticism, humor, theatricality and commitment to collaboration, Dance Heginbotham, led by Artistic Director John Heginbotham, is celebrating its 10th Anniversary.
Over the last 40 years, Jacob’s Pillow has been an artistic home for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and this summer they will perform As the Wind Blows, B/olero and Little Rhapsodies.
Songs For A New World is about one moment — it’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice or take a stand or turn around and go back.
Chad Williams, professor and chair of African and African American Studies at Brandeis University, speaks on W.E.B. DuBois and Darkwater, DuBois' reflection on World War I.
Tony nominated Broadway musicians Orfeh and Andy Karl perform together in a night of music at Barrington Stage.
This summer, The Mount and Lenox Yoga are offering a blending of arts and movement with outdoor yoga classes all summer long.
“Parlez-vous français?” Enjoy French conversation on the Terrace Tuesday mornings in honor of Edith Wharton's love affair with France.
Chad Williams, professor and chair of African and African American Studies at Brandeis University, speaks on W.E.B. DuBois and Darkwater, DuBois' reflection on World War I.
Songs For A New World is about one moment — it’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice or take a stand or turn around and go back.
Based on Bram Stoker’s world-famous novel, this classic gothic horror story first introduced the legendary Dracula to the stage.
Mass Audubon naturalist Zach Adams will lead a search for herons, loons, beavers, and other wildlife on a large, secluded lake in October Mountain State Forest.
PS21 holds adventurous sessions held in the Dance Barn, open to all ages and levels, focused on mind, body, and spirit — including yoga on Wednesays.
Songs For A New World is about one moment — it’s about hitting the wall and having to make a choice or take a stand or turn around and go back.
Based on Bram Stoker’s world-famous novel, this classic gothic horror story first introduced the legendary Dracula to the stage.
La Mezcla is a polyrhythmic, multidisciplinary San Francisco-based dance and music ensemble rooted in Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous traditions and social justice.
Internationally acclaimed conductor Dima Slobodeniouk joins the Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI) in an informal conversation to share elements of his work and his life.
PS21 holds adventurous sessions held in the Dance Barn, open to all ages and levels, focused on mind, body, and spirit — including pilates on Thursdays.
Professional Hustle Dance Champions Abdiel Jacobsen and Kristine Bendul bring inclusivity and acceptance to this celebration of the Hustle.
The Pamela Means Jazz Project sings and plays jazz originals and standards made famous by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller, Nina Simone and more.
Mass MoCA hosts live music in their summer outdoor fun spot, with frothy beverages, riverside regulars and friendly new faces.
Two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet in the woods outside Geneva and develop a friendship that belies the antagonisms of their nations.
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
Salem Art Works will hold open studios for SAW’s International Participants in the salem2salem program, Young Artists and Studio Artists in Residence.
The Northeast United States is an incubator for some of the country’s most globally influential street and social dance styles.
Musicians perform outdoors around downtown Great Barrington on summer days and nights — from blues guitar to aerial acrobats to flamenco.
Chocolate peanut butter cookies, fresh flowers, jams and pickles and cheeses ... the North Adams Farmers Market returns weekly with more than a dozen farmers and makers.
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
A Little Night Music, the Tony awardwinning musical by Stephen Sondheim, leads to a life-changing weekend in the country where confusion rules and passions reign.
Tanglewood celebrates the 90th birthday of composer John Williams, in a program of his incomparable concert music for the BSO and Boston Pops, along with beloved film themes.
Shakespeare & Company presents Measure for Measure, the story of a fight against repressive laws and abuse of power.
Jacqueline Sheehan will offer a daylong novel-writing workshop in Edith Wharton's historic home.
Two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet in the woods outside Geneva and develop a friendship that belies the antagonisms of their nations.
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble will perform a retrospective program of masterworks that draw from a richly diverse and historic repertoire.
Shakespeare & Company presents Measure for Measure, the story of a fight against repressive laws and abuse of power.
Based on Bram Stoker’s world-famous novel, this classic gothic horror story first introduced the legendary Dracula to the stage.
Musician and writer Ann McCutchan comes to Edith Wharton's house to talk about Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Pulitzer prizewinning author Of The Yearling.
Barrington Stage Company hosts an Evening with the Creators of Come From Away, awardwinning musicians Irene Sankoff and David Hein.
This summer, The Mount and Lenox Yoga are offering a blending of arts and movement with outdoor yoga classes all summer long.
“Parlez-vous français?” Enjoy French conversation on the Terrace Tuesday mornings in honor of Edith Wharton's love affair with France.
Musician and writer Ann McCutchan comes to Edith Wharton's house to talk about Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Pulitzer prizewinning author Of The Yearling.
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
Based on Bram Stoker’s world-famous novel, this classic gothic horror story first introduced the legendary Dracula to the stage.
PS21 holds adventurous sessions held in the Dance Barn, open to all ages and levels, focused on mind, body, and spirit — including yoga on Wednesays.
Based on Bram Stoker’s world-famous novel, this classic gothic horror story first introduced the legendary Dracula to the stage.
Shakespeare & Company presents Measure for Measure, the story of a fight against repressive laws and abuse of power.
Ladies of Hip-Hop Dance Collective's the Black Dancing Bodies Project is an ongoing journey through layers of identity and existence for Black women in street dance and the world at large.
Based on Bram Stoker’s world-famous novel, this classic gothic horror story first introduced the legendary Dracula to the stage.
Internationally acclaimed and Grammy awardwinnig Bass-baritone Dashon Burton joins the Tanglewood Learning Institute (TLI) in an informal conversation to share elements of his work and his life.
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
PS21 holds adventurous sessions held in the Dance Barn, open to all ages and levels, focused on mind, body, and spirit — including pilates on Thursdays.
Naumkeag welcomes the community for live music and a restful end to a Berkshire summer day, with local bands in the gardens.
Jacob's Pillow presents Boston Dance Theater, under the co-artistic direction of Jessie Jeanne Stinnett and award-winning, Dutch-Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili.
Shakespeare & Company volunteer Ann Berman will hold a free conversation on Golden Leaf Rag Time Blues with the director and other guests.
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
Salem Art Works will hold a celebration to showcase the artwork created by salem2salem Artist Exchange Residents during their stay at SAW.
Kayla Hamilton, a Black Disabled choreographer, producer and teacher from Texarkana, Texas, who now lives in the Bronx, makes her Pillow debut with her newest work, Nearly Sighted/unearthing the dark.
A predator. A charming aristocrat. A murderer. A womanizer whose sexual conquests number into the thousands ... Berkshire Opra presents Mozart's Don Giovanni.
Chocolate peanut butter cookies, fresh flowers, jams and pickles and cheeses ... the North Adams Farmers Market returns weekly with more than a dozen farmers and makers.
Musicians perform outdoors around downtown Great Barrington on summer days and nights — from blues guitar to aerial acrobats to flamenco.
'ranney' and Kevin Craig West appear in Hymn by Lolita Chakrabarti, a new play filled with music that asks what it takes to be a good father, brother or son.
A Little Night Music, the Tony awardwinning musical by Stephen Sondheim, leads to a life-changing weekend in the country where confusion rules and passions reign.
Michael Tilson Thomas will join Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev in his BSO and Tanglewood debut in a concert of works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff and Copland.
Two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet in the woods outside Geneva and develop a friendship that belies the antagonisms of their nations.
Shakespeare & Company presents Measure for Measure, the story of a fight against repressive laws and abuse of power.
Miami City Ballet will perform Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels, the world premiere of Margarita Armas’s Ne me quitte pas and more.
Michael Tilson Thomas will lead a concert of Ives and Beethoven with vocal soloists tenor Ben Bliss and bass-baritone Dashon Burton.
Vladimir and Estragon wait on a deserted country road to meet a person named Godot, killing time with hat tricks and half-remembered stories ...
With unparalleled access to the chancellor’s inner circle, acclaimed biographer Kati Marton sets out to pierce the mystery of Angela Merkel’s ascent.
This summer, The Mount and Lenox Yoga are offering a blending of arts and movement with outdoor yoga classes all summer long.
“Parlez-vous français?” Enjoy French conversation on the Terrace Tuesday mornings in honor of Edith Wharton's love affair with France.
With unparalleled access to the chancellor’s inner circle, acclaimed biographer Kati Marton sets out to pierce the mystery of Angela Merkel’s ascent.
American singer songwriter Brandi Carlile, known for her strong voice in pop, rock, alternative country and folk performs at Tanglewood with folk rock icons the Indogo Girls.
Vladimir and Estragon wait on a deserted country road to meet a person named Godot, killing time with hat tricks and half-remembered stories ...
PS21 holds adventurous sessions held in the Dance Barn, open to all ages and levels, focused on mind, body, and spirit — including yoga on Wednesays.
Shakespeare & Company presents Measure for Measure, the story of a fight against repressive laws and abuse of power.
Wharton on Wednesdays returns, as Berkshire actors bring quintessential Edith Wharton short stories to life.
Vladimir and Estragon wait on a deserted country road to meet a person named Godot, killing time with hat tricks and half-remembered stories ...
Shakespeare & Company presents Measure for Measure, the story of a fight against repressive laws and abuse of power.
PS21 holds adventurous sessions held in the Dance Barn, open to all ages and levels, focused on mind, body, and spirit — including pilates on Thursdays.
Mass MoCA hosts live music in their summer outdoor fun spot, with frothy beverages, riverside regulars and friendly new faces.
Vladimir and Estragon wait on a deserted country road to meet a person named Godot, killing time with hat tricks and half-remembered stories ...
Shakespeare & Company presents Measure for Measure, the story of a fight against repressive laws and abuse of power.
Two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet in the woods outside Geneva and develop a friendship that belies the antagonisms of their nations.
Salem Art Works will hold a celebration to showcase the artwork created by studio artists and young artists during their stay at SAW.
Musicians perform outdoors around downtown Great Barrington on summer days and nights — from blues guitar to aerial acrobats to flamenco.
In this eco-futurist fable, birds have gone extinct, and five scarecrows take up the challenge of restoring life on earth and saving what can be saved.
Jake Blount, a globally honored and award-winning banjoist, fiddler, singer and ethnomusicologist, will perform live at Hancock Shaker Village.
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries ...
Vladimir and Estragon wait on a deserted country road to meet a person named Godot, killing time with hat tricks and half-remembered stories ...
In honor of the album that made them an international act, They Might Be Giants is celebrating Flood’s 30th anniversary by performing the whole album live.
Shakespeare & Company presents Measure for Measure, the story of a fight against repressive laws and abuse of power.
Vladimir and Estragon wait on a deserted country road to meet a person named Godot, killing time with hat tricks and half-remembered stories ...
Two superpower arms negotiators, a Russian and an American, meet in the woods outside Geneva and develop a friendship that belies the antagonisms of their nations.
Shakespeare & Company presents Measure for Measure, the story of a fight against repressive laws and abuse of power.
Nationally acclaimed artist Armando Cortés activates his installation Castillos — on view at Mass MoCA in Ceramics in the Expanded Field — with a performance exploring his Mexican roots.
Vladimir and Estragon wait on a deserted country road to meet a person named Godot, killing time with hat tricks and half-remembered stories ...
Grammy-winning and internationally acclaimed songwriter and Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Van Morrison will perform at Tanglewood.
