The Foundry presents Billy Wylder
West Stockbridge— On Friday, August 23rd at 7:30 p.m., The Foundry presents Billy Wylder.
Billy Wylder’s live shows are known for bringing together diverse audiences and building community through uplifting performances, movement, and a sense of universal goodwill.
Evoking musical evolutions built on grooves informed by ancient African rhythms, art-rock textures, expansive guitars, violins, synths, and drum machines, their latest album grapples with some of the most critical questions of our time. What is freedom? Has the American dream died? What is truth and what is truly important to us? The band knows that it takes courage to follow your dreams, to create your own sense of purpose and meaning while living in a society where the media and politics relentlessly project fear, hatred, division, and consumerism.
The concert is on Friday, August 23rd at 7:30 p.m. at The Foundry at 2 Harris Street in West Stockbridge. Tickets and more information can be found online.
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Teddy Sandoval exhibition to open at Williams College Museum of Art
Williamstown— From August 23rd through December 22nd, Williams College Museum of Art presents “Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art,” a retrospective dedicated to the inventive though overlooked artist Teddy Sandova.
A central figure in Los Angeles’s queer and Chicanx artistic circles, Sandoval was an active participant in both U.S. and international avant-garde movements. For twenty-five years, he produced subversive, yet playful artworks that explored the codes of gender and sexuality and continuously mined archetypes of masculinity in his work. This expansive survey, curated by former Williams College professor C. Ondine Chavoya and David Evans Frantz, assembles works by Sandoval across many media, with particular attention on his printmaking, drawings, mail art, and xerography.
In the spirit of collectivity suggested by the “school of art,” this exhibition includes works by other queer, Latinx, and Latin American artists who share similar graphic sensibilities, approaches to media, or thematic interests. The exhibition proposes an alternative model for the solo survey that incorporates unanticipated affinities and parallel histories across the Americas.
The exhibit runs from August 23rd through December 22nd at Williams College Museum of Art at 15 Lawrence Hall Drive in Williamstown. More information can be found online.
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The Becket Arts Center presents ‘Centered,’ the work of Donna Bernstein, Tara Bronner, Shany Porras, Brent Ridge, and Kim Saul
Becket— From August 23rd through September 15th, the Becket Arts Center presents ‘Centered,’ the work of Donna Bernstein, Tara Bronner, Shany Porras, Brent Ridge, and Kim Saul.
The exhibit is at the Becket Arts Center on Brooker Hill Road in Becket. There will be an opening reception on Friday, August 23rd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. There is a coming reception on Sunday, September 15th from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. More information can be found online.
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The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum presents ‘Seated by Susan: Birthplace Museum’
Adams— On Friday, August 23rd at 4 p.m., the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum opens “Seated by Susan: Birthplace Museum,” a special exhibit featuring historic children’s chairs and stimulating learning games and activities.
The exhibit provides a glimpse into what working children’s lives were like in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring an extensive collection of children’s chairs placed throughout the museum, visitors young and old will engage with labels that include different facts and tidbits about working life in the 1800s, which tie into a larger scavenger hunt that includes a prize at the end if all questions are answered correctly.
The free event is on Friday, August 23rd at 4 p.m. at the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum at 67 East Road in Adams. More information can be found online.
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Movie night under the stars at Olana State Historic Site
Hudson, N.Y.— On Friday, August 23rd at 8 p.m., join The Olana Partnership and Upstate Films at Olana State Historic Site for a movie night under the stars, as part of Upstate Films’ 2024 Hudson Valley Picture Show.
Showing is the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” (2004) a sci-fi love story for the ages about memory, ideals, and tenderness. When Joel (Jim Carrey) discovers his ex-girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had memories of him erased from her mind, he desperately decides to match the process and have her removed from his memory. But as Joel’s memories progressively disappear, he begins to rediscover his love for Clementine. Told with playfulness and detail-driven, imaginative sets and characters, this slightly tilted reality is completely embraced by anyone who has ever been in love.
The movie is on Friday, August 23rd at 8 p.m. at Olana State Historic Site at 5720 NY-9G in Hudson, N.Y. The doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets and more information can be found online.
