The Metropolitan Opera's 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with American composer Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico's painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz. Fashioned as a reversal of the Orpheus and Euridice myth, the story depicts Frida, sung by leading mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, […]
Come tinker and explore with the library and Pittsfield's CFCE! Each week children ages 0-2 (siblings welcome) and their caregivers engage in child-centered play, art, music, storytime, and sensory activities to encourage social, fine and gross motor, and pre-literacy skills. ¡Venga a jugar y explorar con la biblioteca y el CFCE de Pittsfield! Cada semana, […]
Come tinker and explore with the library and Pittsfield's CFCE! Each week children ages 0-2 (siblings welcome) and their caregivers engage in child-centered play, art, music, storytime, and sensory activities to encourage social, fine and gross motor, and pre-literacy skills. ¡Venga a jugar y explorar con la biblioteca y el CFCE de Pittsfield! Cada semana, […]
In Alfred Hitchcock's fast-paced thriller, ‘North by Northwest,’ Madison Avenue executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) must run for his life when he is mistaken for a spy. In trying to clear his name, he becomes entangled with the mysterious Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint) and in one of cinema's most iconic sequences, finds himself on the […]
Shakespeare & Company Presents: Fireflies by Matthew Barber, Directed by Daniela Varon. From the author of Enchanted April, retired schoolteacher Eleanor Bannister lives alone in tiny Groverdell, Texas, settled into her routines and secure in her standing as the town’s most respected woman. When a hole in her roof brings Abel Brown—a charming, smooth-talking drifter—onto […]
With her unique blend of humor, wit, and fearless social commentary, Zarna Garg has emerged as a comedic trailblazer. An Indian immigrant mom based in New York City, Zarna showcases her sharp and relatable humor in her first comedy special, ‘One in a Billion,’ available on Amazon Prime. Her second special, ‘Practical People Win,’ is currently streaming […]
If the phrase "male a cappella group" conjures up an image of students in blue blazers, ties, and khakis singing traditional college songs on ivied campuses… think again. Straight No Chaser (SNC) are neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsch. They have emerged as a phenomenon with a massive fanbase and a […]
Come tinker and explore with the library and Pittsfield's CFCE! Each week children ages 0-2 (siblings welcome) and their caregivers engage in child-centered play, art, music, storytime, and sensory activities to encourage social, fine and gross motor, and pre-literacy skills. ¡Venga a jugar y explorar con la biblioteca y el CFCE de Pittsfield! Cada semana, […]
Farm & Field presents Tracing Paths, a new exhibition of paintings by Jill Duffy curated by Linda J. Park and installed in the hayloft gallery of the farm’s 200-year-old barn in Chatham, NY. Rooted in walking paths across the farm, the work is created with handmade wild inks & vine charcoal, and natural pigments gathered […]
Gala 2026 on Friday, June 26 unfolds between order and enchantment—where integrity meets absurdity. Inspired by Hamlet and Twelfth Night, we will explore the space between clarity and chaos, reason and emotion, truth and illusion. The moon guides us as a symbol of change, longing, and possibility, while moments of “madness” reveal something honest and […]
Two performances on 6/26 at 5:30pm & 8:30pm Stephane Wrembel stands as one of the world's most celebrated guitarists. Originally from Fontainebleau, France, Wrembel is renowned for his masterful blend of jazz, gypsy swing and world music enchanting audiences across the globe with his unique sound. ‘Rolling Stone’ called him "…a revelation." Wrembel is a highly respected […]
To be sure, the new all-star trio of Béla Fleck, harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez features instrumentation that might safely be called uncommon. Unless, of course, you're already familiar with 19-time Grammy-winner Fleck – the genre-blurring virtuoso who has done more to expand the possibilities of the banjo than any other player in […]
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