“The Era of Manifestations” was a period from 1837 to the mid-1850s when Shakers came under a spiritual revival marked by visions and ecstatic experiences among the followers.
Replete with dancing bears and bags of luck, and set on the day after the Emancipation Proclamation, “Jubilee” joyfully asks what the world might become when all people are truly free.
The evening-long dance piece is set to composer Julius Eastman’s jubilant work of the same title, “Femenine” is a vibrant embodiment of queer joy, celebrating Black and Brown LGBTQ+ people and artistry in times of resilience and solidarity.
Wilder’s rich, soulful sound and growing catalog of original, captivating music will be accompanied by the Moonflowers in front of the Fitzpatrick Greenhouse.
“Reading Frederick Douglass Together" is being presented at more than 50 sites across Massachusetts in partnership with the Du Bois Freedom Center, the West Stockbridge Historical Society, and American Composer and West Stockbridge resident Eric Shimelonis.
The Pittsfield Parade Committee presents the Pittsfield Parade Concert, an evening of incredible live music at the Pittsfield Common, featuring the iconic Greater Kensington String Band, affectionately known as “The Mummers” with special guests, the WhoaPhat Brass Band.
As they addressed the audience with warmth, humor, and intelligence, we were not only impressed by their musicianship but by the thoughtful, poised young adults they have become.
You’re invited to an evening of visionary improvisation as William Parker and Patricia Nicholson present a duo adaptation of “Hope Cries for Justice,” an urgent call for justice and to create a world rooted in hope and equity.
Called one of “the most exciting young vocalists in jazz” by The New York Times, Jazzmeia Horn has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards on top of winning the 2013 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition.
Drawing examples from her own work as well as her observations of Daniel Chester French, Heidi Wastweet will demonstrate harmonious geometry hidden in select pieces.
If stalk-eyed flies thrive along with skunk cabbage in the Berkshires, we might see them feeding on the remains of skunk cabbage blossoms, fungi and unseen bacteria which they scavenge from decaying vegetation.
