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Live: Ute Lemper @ the Colonial Theatre, 8/27/10

Monday, August 30th, 2010

She owned the stage – slinking and strutting, whirling and waltzing, singing and singing and singing in that sensual, conspiratorial contralto that drew you in close and closer.

There’s nothing like that deliciously decadent Weimar cabaret music, and while popsters from Tom Waits to Nick Cave and beyond have all mined the style in recent years, no one has such a total command of it today as German chanteuse Ute Lemper.

On Friday night, Lemper brought her cabaret show, “The Last Tango in Berlin,” to the intimate yet glamorous Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, and it was masterful, a stunning performance sung in a half-dozen different languages.

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Real Good for Free: Pittsfield’s Live on the Lake

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

The Live on the Lake Concert Series takes place throughout the summer at Burbank Park on Onata Lake in Pittsfield.

The concerts will begin at 6pm on Wednesdays. Here’s the schedule:

July 21: Grind
July 28: The Jill Gallagher Band
August 4: Sirsy
August 11: Rev Tor
August 18: The Sounds of Sinatra
August 25: Smile

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED: REAL GOOD FOR FREE:

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ArtBeat: Pittsfield Art Show and Open Studios, Pittsfield

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Douglass Truth @ Pittsfield Arts Show Invitational

It’s back! The Sixth Annual Pittsfield Art Show takes over downtown Pittsfield this weekend, with 72 artists from Massachusetts, New York, Vermont, Maine and North Carolina displaying their work for the two day sale and exhibit under tents next to the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts. A juried fine art and crafts outdoor show, the exhibit will feature artists working in painting, fine art photography, printmaking, hand-made jewelry, ceramics, wood, sculpture, glass, collage and fabric art.

Also slated is Open Studios and Galleries on Saturday, July 17 from 4-7pm, giving you a chance to tour galleries, museums and the studios of more than 20 artists working on or near North Street. Maps are available at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts and the Storefront Artist Project, as well as downtown retail locations.

This weekend is also your last chance to check out the Pittsfield Art Show Invitational 2010 at the Lichtenstein’s gallery. The month-long gallery exhibition highlights 13 artists from this weekend’s outdoor show.

Tags: Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, Pittsfield Art Show
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ArtBeat: New Shows @ Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Joe Wheaton: Two Rocks

You can start your Fourth of July weekend early at the Berkshire Museum: opening Thursday is Joe Wheaton & Susan Rodgers: Spatial Relationships, an installation of new work by two noted Berkshire sculptors working primarily in metal. Composed of work created specifically for this exhibition, the show focuses on their shared fascination with line, form, balance and shadow and found objects.

The installation opens this Thursday, July 1 with a opening reception for the artists from 5:30-7pm and runs through October 11. Carol Diehl will lead a panel discussion with the artists on Thursday, September 23 at 7pm.

Two exhibitions, both centered around the North African desert, are also on display at the Museum:

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LIVE: “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” @ Barrington Stage Co., 6/23/10

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Jeff McCarthy and Harriet Harris (photo by Kevin Sprague)

“Sweeney Todd” is a tantalizing tale of injustice, obsession and all-consuming revenge. It’s about madness, murder and meat-pies.

Yes, it is classic Stephen Sondheim, a wickedly witty night of theater that is Shakespearean in scope and operatic in its complex musicality and richness of emotion.

And the delightfully deranged production on the boards at Barrington Stage Co. in Pittsfield is as sharp as a razor.

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ArtBeat: Selections from the Cultural Corridor V @ Storefront Artists Project, Pittsfield

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Michael Oatman: Nutrition Error

Selections From The Cultural Corridor V, the current show at the Storefront Artist Project in Pittsfield, winds up this Sunday, and it looks like a not-to-be-missed exhibition.

In 2006 Peter Dudek, then Director of the Storefront Artist Project, branded the area between Beacon, NY and Bennington, VT the “Cultural Corridor”, with Berkshire County as the gravitational center.

This corridor is home to a large and diverse artist population along with an abundance of prominent cultural institutions. The annual Selections from the Cultural Corridor V exhibition presents a sampling of artists who work, live, and otherwise have connections to the area. The Storefront Artist Project, as the presenter of this exhibition, continues in its role of providing an outlet for contemporary art presented in a casual and accessible setting.

This 5th installment of the Cultural Corridor exhibition features the work of 7 regional artists:

Joshua Field, North Adams MA
Lisa Desrosiers, Pittsfield MA
Jessica Hess, San Francisco CA
Holly Lynton, Leverett MA
Michael Oatman, Troy NY
Jennifer Reeves, Callicoon NY
David Ricci, Lee MA

The exhibition closes Sunday, June 27.

Tags: Pittsfield, Storefront Artist Project
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Michael Glabicki, What Was the First Album You Ever Bought?

Monday, June 7th, 2010

(photo by Duane Reider)

“That would be Cat Stevens’ ‘Greatest Hits.’ That’s still a great album.”

Michael Glabicki and the other members of the world-beat rockers Rusted Root step into the spotlight at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield at 7:30pm on Wednesday in support of their new album, “Stereo Rodeo.” Tix are $30, $45.

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LIVE: “The Whipping Man” @ Barrington Stage Co.

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Nick Westrate, LeRoy McClain and Clarke Peters

What an auspicious start to the summer theater season.

There’s no point in dancing around the issue: If you love good theater, stop reading this right now and surf on over to Barrington Stage Co. and buy a ticket. Right now.

Matthew Lopez’s “The Whipping Man” – in the midst of its New England premiere at Barrington Stage Co.’s Stage II Theater in Pittsfield – is a small play about big issues. The intimate three-character drama tackles such important and timeless topics as war, slavery, freedom, betrayal, revenge, loyalty, prejudice and faith.

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Tags: Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield, The Whipping Man
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WAM! A New Theater Group

Friday, April 9th, 2010

WAM Theatre is presenting its inaugural production, “A WAM Welcome,” at the Barrington Stage Company’s Stage 2 in Pittsfield this weekend.

The production features three diverse theatrical selections created by women. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Women for Women International.

Women’s Action Movement Theatre (WAM) is a new theater company based in the Berkshires and the Capital Region, which utilizes theater to take action for women and girls worldwide. The group was co-founded Kristen van Ginhoven and Leigh Strimbeck.

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New Concerts: Karen O, Rosanne Cash, Ute Lemper and More @ the Colonial Theatre

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, Mass. has announced its new 2010-2011 performance series, and it kicks off with a most unexpected show – vocalist Karen O and guitarist-keyboardist Nick Zimmer of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs playing an acoustic concert on Monday, May 24.

A benefit for the theater, the show will also feature former Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Imaad Wasif as the opening act. Priced at $25 and $45, tickets go on sale to the general public at 10am Wednesday.

But that’s not all that’s going on in the fifth season of the intimate 810-seat jewel of a theater. Among the other prime concerts on tap this year are the area debut of Los Lonely Boys (Thursday, June 17), superb singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash (Tuesday, June 29), a tribute to Joni Mitchell (Saturday, August 21), sublime cabaret singer Ute Lemper (Friday, August 27) – and that’s just the summer season of shows.

Tickets are slated to go on sale for all performances on Wednesday. Here’s the full slate:

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