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As They Saw It: Artists Witnessing War
At Clark Art Institute
By: - Feb 24th, 2022The Clark Art Institute’s latest exhibition presents four centuries of war imagery from Europe and the United States in As They Saw It: Artists Witnessing War, on view March 5–May 30, 2022. Spanning European and American art from 1520–1920, the exhibition of prints, drawings, and photographs shows how artists have portrayed periods of military conflict.
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A Spirit of Gift, A Place of Sharing
Exhibition at Hancock Shaker Village
By: - Feb 24th, 2022In its first major exhibition on contemporary Asian art, A Spirit of Gift, A Place of Sharing is a campus-wide exhibition opening May 30 at Hancock Shaker Village. The exhibition features three artists—Yusuke Asai of Japan, Kimsooja of Korea, and Pinaree Sanpitak of Thailand – who explore links between 19th century Shaker art and contemporary Asian art.
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Today Is My Birthday By Susan Soon He Stanton
At Yale Rep
By: - Feb 24th, 2022While Today Is My Birthday is funny and can be touching, at times you wish author Susan Soon He Stanton had focused the work more. Many of the characters are interesting. Emily’s NYC friend, Halina could be a fascinating character but just when we begin to get involved in why she is doing what she is doing, the voice mail or call ends and we are on to something else.
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Salty by A.J.Clauss
Desert Ensemble Theatre (DET) of Palm Springs
By: - Feb 24th, 2022There is always humor and empathy to ease the pain of life’s ups and downs. The trick is to find it. Desert Ensemble Theatre (DET) of Palm Springs found it in their delightful production of “Salty”, written by A.J.Clauss that is innovatively staged by Artistic Director Jerome Elliott.
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72nd Berlinale - Germany
February 10-20, 2022
By: - Feb 24th, 2022Chapeau! An amazing undertaking has drawn to a close in Berlin, Germany. Amid still active Covid-19, Marietta Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, the heads of the film festival Berlinale, brought about the 72nd international film festival in real time.
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Repertorio Espanol Mounts La Dama Boba
Lope de Vega Amuses and Moves
By: - Feb 22nd, 2022Lope deVega is not simply setting us up for a good laugh. The play takes a sharp look at the meaning of the ideal woman. What attributes are truly important? Is there room in marriage for the intellectually driven woman? Is there room for the woman who cannot enhance her husband's social standing? Is economic security the real motive for our emotional commitments?
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When There Are Nine About Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sally Deering’s Play at Chicago's Pride Arts Center
By: - Feb 22nd, 2022When There Are Nine, a world premiere play about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is an entertaining production that tells the public story of the late Supreme Court associate justice. Playwright Sally Deering positions her work as a dream play, taking place in Ginsburg’s mind, where she recalls important moments in her life and how she addressed challenges.
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The Duration
World Premiere at Palm Beach Dramaworks
By: - Feb 21st, 2022Bruce Graham's new play, The Duration, is about, among other things, how different people deal with grief. The world premiere production is running through March 6 at Palm Beach Dramaworks in South Florida. The Duration is a layered, engrossing piece of live theater.
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Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Book, Film and Now an Opera
By: - Feb 21st, 2022The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, a collaboration between the National Yiddish Theater Folksbiene and New York City Opera opened Off Broadway on Holocaust Remembrance Day for a limited run of eight performance from January 27- February 6 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Sung in English, also with subtitles, and running three barely noticeable hours with one intermission, the opera sold out even before it opened.
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Side By Side
Curators, Sharon Carson and Betty Vera
By: - Feb 21st, 2022Writing about an exhibition or installation in poetic form is a first for me ~ come see!
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Kingston Gallery Exhibitions
Borders/Boundaries a Member's Group Show
By: - Feb 21st, 2022Opening up next week on March 2nd Kingston Gallery presents Borders/Boundaries a member's group show curated by Erica Licea-Kane and Krystle Brown, and Julie S. Graham: Visual Books curated by Chantal Zakari and Mags Harries.
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ORBS: Tunnel City Coffee at Mass MoCA
Installation of Paintings by Jane Hudson
By: - Feb 20th, 2022ORBS by Jane Hudson, a series of 12 paintings on canvas hang on the rough brick walls of Tunnel City Coffee on the Mass MoCA campus. They bring a dynamic energy to the space. The paintings depict orbs of various hues surrounded by bursts of color as radiant beams.
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IS183 Art School’s Berkshire Artist Residencies
Now Accepting Applications
By: - Feb 18th, 2022The IS183 Art School’s Berkshire Artist Residency program is now accepting applications. Since 2012, IS183 Art School has coordinated Artist Residencies that pair local visual artists with cultural institutions and historic landmarks across the Berkshires. This is the second year artists can apply for a residency at two local institutions - The Red Lion Inn and Chesterwood.
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Prism at Roulette in Brooklyn
World Premiere is Luminescent
By: - Feb 17th, 2022Four instruments shimmering in the lights of Roulette, the iconic Brooklyn venue, might suggest you are at the brass concert. The saxophone in all its glories, principally soprano, tenor, baritone and bass, Is a member of the wind group. It sounds are full, rich, warm and smooth. Together, the Prism group makes one single sound. It can be raucous for fun. Or very dark when the mood requires.
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Master Class by Terrence McNally
Produced by Sonoma Arts Live
By: - Feb 16th, 2022Playwright Terrence McNally’s paean to Maria Callas is less a dramatic narrative than a platform for a virtuoso performance by an actress capable of displaying La Davina’s charisma and self-absorption. Sonoma Arts Live offers an absolutely delightful rendering of this chamber play.
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Theatre for a New Audience's Merchant of Venice
John Douglas Thompson Humanizes Shylock
By: - Feb 15th, 2022Shakespeare invites the elevation of Shylock to centrality in Merchant of Venice. Many characters in his play have equal time. Now Theater for a New Audience (TFANA) makes the case for the play as Shylock’s. John Douglas Thompson assumes the role as the ultimate outsider. He is an irresistible actor who quickly overcomes resistance any prior knowledge of the play calls forth
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Garden Fit on PBS
Combines Gardening and Muscle Mindfulness
By: - Feb 15th, 2022A new public television series premiering March 2022 presents the opportunity for people to take care of their bodies, while taking care of their gardens. ‘GardenFit’ is the first television show to help gardeners lead a healthier lifestyle through mindful movements they can use in the garden—and beyond. An episode was shot in the Berkshires.
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Loretta Greco New Huntington Theatre Artistic Director
Joins Company in July
By: - Feb 15th, 2022The Huntington’s Board of Trustees and Advisors, announced today the appointment of acclaimed stage director, producer, and community builder Loretta Greco as The Huntington’s next Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director. She will be the first woman in the role and the fourth artistic leader in The Huntington’s 40-year history.
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Metropolitan Opera’s Ariadne Auf Naxos
Clark Art Institute on Saturday, March 12
By: - Feb 15th, 2022The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Ariadne Auf Naxos screens at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, March 12, at 12:55 pm in the latest installment of The Met: Live in HD.
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Van Cliburn Piano Competition Winner Yekwon Sunwoo
Berkshire Debut at Mahaiwe in Great Barrington
By: - Feb 15th, 2022Close Encounters with Music presents the Berkshire debut of Van Cliburn medalist Yekwon Suwoo. The pianist will appear at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington March 20 with acclaimed violinist Daniel Phillips, violist Daniel Panner, and cellist and artistic director Yehuda Hanani.
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Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints
At Williams College Museum of Art
By: - Feb 14th, 2022The Williams College Museum of Art presents Strict Beauty: Sol LeWitt Prints, on view from February 18 through June 11, 2022. It is the most comprehensive presentation of the artist’s printmaking to date, including single prints and series, for a total of over 200 individual prints.
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Heartbeat Opera's Fidelio
At the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By: - Feb 14th, 2022Heartbeat Opera is a New York based company committed to making opera for the Now. Years before George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, they adapted Fidelio, Beethoven’s sole opera, to prison life today.
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Will the Real Julia Garner Please Stand Up
From Ozark to Inventing Anna
By: - Feb 13th, 2022Julia Garner's Ruth in the series Ozark could not be more different that Anna in the Shonda Rhimes series Inventing Anna. At 27, with one Emmy under her belt, she's on the prowl for more. Currently I am bingeing her shows on Netflix.
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Once On This Island
Slow Burn Theatre Company in Ft. Lauderdale
By: - Feb 13th, 2022Slow Burn Theatre Company has mounted a radiant production of Once On This Island. The musical is a calypso-flavored re-telling of The Little Mermaid. The production runs through Feb. 20 in Broward Center for the Performing Arts' Amaturo Theater.
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Manhattan Theater Club Revives Skeleton Crew
Dominique Morisseau's Masterpiece in New York
By: - Feb 12th, 2022For Black History Month, Broadway has opened its arms and stages. Skeleton Crew, by an honored Black playwright, makes no mention of race. The cast is all Black. The characters are all Black. The city of Detroit, where the play takes place, has been felled by race riots and a hardhit economy.
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