FILM: “Les Miserables” Will Divide Audience Opinions [Berkshire on Stage]
Review by Larry Murray
For the film "Les Misérables," director Tom Hooper took a perfectly good musical which is normally viewed in a theatre at 50 or…
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December 2012
12/28/12: Today’s Tips: Friday
MUSIC: The Rodeo Barons @ the Parting Glass, Saratoga Springs. Led by Chris Carey, they've been banging around the scene for nearly three years, but tonight…
LIVE: The Figgs @ Valentine’s Music Hall, 12/21/12
Review and photograph by Joel Patterson
Rock and roll is not complicated. Its force and majesty is all about the simple. Some of the best songs are just…
Best of 2012: Fred Rudofsky
Fred Rudofsky's Live Music Best of 2012
Story by Fred Rudofsky
Photographs by Fred Rudofsky, Andrzej Pilarczyk, Stanley Johnson
By my estimate, I…
Best of 2012: M.R. Poulopoulos
TOP FIVE CD TRADES OF 2012
Story by M.R. Poulopoulos
I stood in front of Chris Smither after his set at Caffe Lena and told him I had a gift for him. I…
“The Place Beyond the Pines” Trailer…
Yes, much of director Derek Cianfrance's upcoming movie was filmed in Schenectady (and the Altamont Fair, too). Yes, those those two hunky-hunky actors Ryan…
Bach “Brandenburgs plus” for New Year’s set for Great Barrington, Troy and Northampton [Berkshire on…
The Berkshire Bach Society represents the finest Bach in the Berkshires and boasts one of the greatest ensembles in the country, The Berkshire Bach…