Club Helsinki Hudson to present Dust Bowl Faeries and Luis Mojica
Hudson, N.Y. — Dust Bowl Faeries and Luis Mojica will bring their alternative, ethereal sounds to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m.
Founded by artist/musician Ryder Cooley in 2013, Dust Bowl Faeries is a gothicfolk ensemble with roots in Gypsy, klezmer, and vaudeville music combined with such instruments as accordion, singing saw, ukulele, lapsteel and electric guitars, and percussion. The group released its Seth Rogovoy-produced eponymous debut album earlier this year.
Mojica uses the piano to weave words, chants, and sounds through a loop pedal combining Baroque-style compositions with beatbox and pop percussion. After spending four years in the mountains, Mojica has emerged with his debut album “Wholesome” featuring Melora Creager of Rasputina on cello and Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls and Violent Femmes on drums. Mojica also lent his keyboards and vocals to Dust Bowl Faeries’ first album.
For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or call the Club at (518) 828-4800.
–E.E.
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Free flu clinic
Great Barrington — Fairview Hospital and the Berkshire Public Health Alliance will sponsor a public flu clinic on Thursday, Nov. 10, from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School gymnasium. Vaccinations, including a preservative-free vaccine, are available for anyone 6 months of age and older. Participants are advised to wear short-sleeved shirts. There is no charge for the vaccinations, but those who have insurance are asked to bring their insurance cards. As per a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation, nasal mist will not be offered. For more information, call Heather Barbieri at (413) 854-9635.
–E.E.
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Cathi Hanauer to speak at the Mount
Lenox — The Mount will host a conversation with Cathi Hanauer, editor of “The Bitch is Back: Older, Wiser, and Getting Happier” on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m.
Hanauer began the project more than 15 years ago while editing the New York Times bestseller “The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage.” The new collection includes both original and new contributors sharing their perspectives on love, sex, work, family, independence, body image, health, and aging from an older, stronger, and wiser perspective.
Hanauer is the author of the novels “My Sister’s Bones,” “Sweet Ruin” and “Gone.” A former columnist for Glamour, Mademoiselle, and Seventeen, she has written for the New York Times, Elle, Self, Real Simple, and other magazines. She lives in Northampton with her husband, New York Times “Modern Love” editor Daniel Jones, and their daughter and son.
Tickets are $8 for Mount members and $10 for the general public. For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or call (413) 551-5100.
–E.E.
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‘Hissing Cousins’ tea and talk at Ventfort Hall
Lenox — On Saturday, Nov. 12, at 3:30 p.m., Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer will give a talk based on their new book “Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth” at Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum. A Victorian tea will follow.
Cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth were born eight months and 20 blocks apart in New York City and spent much of their childhoods together, but their politics and personalities were very distinct. Democratic icon Eleanor was committed to social justice and hated the limelight. Republican Alice was an opponent of big government who gained notoriety for her cutting remarks. During the 1930s, the cousins wrote opposing syndicated newspaper columns and embarked on competing nationwide speaking tours.
Peyser is a writer and former deputy editor at Newsweek and Budget Travel. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Life, Vogue, TIME and Condé Nast Traveler. He is currently the deputy editor of All You magazine. Dwyer’s work has appeared in TIME, Washingtonian and online at the Atlantic. He is the chief executive officer of the School Choice Group, an education advisory company.
Tickets are $24 in advance and $29 on the day of the event. For more information or to make reservations, contact Ventfort Hall at (413) 637-3206 or info@gildedage.org.
–E.E.
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‘Music Is Medicine’ concert to feature Susanna Raven
Sheffield — Race Brook Lodge will present “Music Is Medicine” with Susanna Raven, an evening of healing songs inspired by indigenous musical traditions around the world, on Thursday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m.
Raven is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who focuses on medicine songs and traditional sacred instruments. Her music is inspired by healing songs from the Peruvian Amazon and other indigenous traditions, and she performs with rattles, shruti box, drums, Tibetan bowls, shacapa and didgeridoo. She will be joined by her friends and musicians Maryn Azoff, Daniel Waples, Patrick Surdam and Seth Moutal.
Tickets are $16 in advance and $20 at the door. For tickets and more information, see the Berkshire Edge calendar or call Race Brook Lodge at (413) 229-2916.
–E.E.
