Monica Bliss grew up in the Berkshires and now lives in New Lebanon, N.Y. with her husband, daughters, dog, and cats. She spends her time singing, acting, directing, writing, cooking, baking, and working towards social change.
Gnawa music is the ritual trance music of Morocco’s black communities, originally descended from the enslaved people and soldiers once brought to Morocco from Northern Mali and Mauritania.
“It’s beautiful to be a part of a theater community that is taking the steps necessary to be proactive in their efforts to create spaces of belonging, and interrogate our own processes that are rooted in white supremacy characteristics,” said Sabina Denise Jacques.
Inspired by Frederic Church’s own relationship with the art market, this informal conversation will examine how art and commerce shape the way artists relate to their work and their environments.
Winner of Best Screenplay and Audience Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival, director Mira Nair’s “Mississippi Masala” is a luminous look at the complexities of love in the melting pot of the Deep South.
By fusing journalistic exposé with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the sustainable food movement, “Common Ground” unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system.
“I really want to contribute something intellectually, spiritually, morally, back to my community. It’s life changing. There’s nothing more productive in here for a man than that college education.”
Lady Moon & The Eclipse blend soaring vocal textures with R&B/afrobeat-influenced rhythms to create inspirational music with an emphasis on inclusivity and spiritual unity.
The four-course brunch menu features Irish soda bread scones with maple butter; Guinness pie, bangers and mash, and gold creme brûlée; with live music by Christine Bilé.
“Last year, audiences left the theater dancing and humming ABBA tunes after our production of Mamma Mia, and this year I guarantee audiences will leave being more than suspicious of their house plants’ intentions.”
Weege and Slater both sing with unique, recognizable voices; Weege marries smoky 50’s jazz with wild, arena-ready 70’s rock, while Slater overlays a smooth, melodic croon with laconic delivery and blue-collar beat poetry.
Dorothy’s Estaminet, which has newly opened in the space previously occupied by Mission, is absolutely phenomenal and has just become my new favorite restaurant in Pittsfield.
