Williamstown Theatre Festival
'62 Center for Theatre and Dance
From June through August, WTF brings Tony awardwinning actors and veterans of television and film to perform in a series of plays — comedies, dramas, musicals, classics and new work.
Theatre
Mass MoCA
Downtown North Adams
Since its Building 6 opened in the summer of 2017, Mass MoCA has become one of the world’s largest contemporary art museums, with vast galleries and indoor and outdoor stages.
Williams College ’62 Center
Williams College
The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance — summer home of the Williamstown Theatre Festival — hosts theater and dance performances year-round while the college is in session.
WordxWord
WordxWord
Spoken word poets run mentoring programs and writing workshops in Berkshire schools and hold events year-round, from National Poetry Month to an annual week-long summer festival in Pittsfield.
Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Stage
Twenty miles south in Pittsfield, Barrington Stage Company fills two stages from June to August and with musicals, comedy and drama, including new works.
Berkshire Theatre Group
Berkshire Theatre Group
With stages in Pittsfield and Stockbridge, the Berkshires’ oldest theatre company is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2018.
Shakespeare & Company
Shakespeare & Co.
Founded in 1977, Lenox’s well-established troupe performs Shakespearean classics, contemporary works, adaptations of Edith Wharton’s short stories and more from May to September.
Oldcastle Theatre template
Oldcastle Theatre Company
Music
The Clark Art Institute
Williamstown Cultural District
With a permanent collection of Impressionist art, 19th-century artists and decorative arts across more than five centuries, the Clark Art Institute has become respected across the world.
Mass MoCA
Downtown North Adams
Since its Building 6 opened in the summer of 2017, Mass MoCA has become one of the world’s largest contemporary art museums, with vast galleries and indoor and outdoor stages.
Solid Sound Festival
MASS MoCA
Wilco takes over Mass MoCA with this festivalcurated by Wilco and showcasing bandmembers new work, emerging bands, art and comedy.
Mass MoCA jam
Lickety Split at MASS MoCA
Enjoy coffee or breakfast while listening to some impromptu tunes at this weekly Saturday morning gathering.
Williams College music
Williams College
The college music department hosts a series of free concerts in the spring and fall semesters with faculty and visiting performers from across the country and across the world.
Tanglewood
Lenox
Symphony on the lawn, with crystal and silver picnics.
Roomful of Teeth
Williams College Department of Music
September 28, 2018 8:00 AM
Roomful of Teeth offers a program featuring vocal music of Wally Gunn, William Brittelle, and “The Isle” by Caroline Shaw.
Mohamed Abozekry & Karkadé
MCLA
September 28, 2018 7:30 PM - September 28, 2018 9:00 PM
With his group, Karkadé, Mohamed Abozekry fuses Egypt’s popular and classical music traditions.
Chamber Orchestra of Williams
Williams College Department of Music
September 29, 2018 8:00 AM - September 29, 2018
The Chamber Orchestra of Williams features Schoenberg’s “Verklärte Nacht,” conducted by Leonard Bopp ‘19.
Angel Olsen with Julianna Barwick
Mass MoCA
September 29, 2018 8:00 PM - September 29, 2018
From the sparse folk-melancholy of Strange Cacti to the electrified rock of My Woman, Angel Olsen blends Dolly Parton and Patti Smith.
The Decemberists
Mass MoCA
October 4, 2018 8:00 PM - October 4, 2018
Lead vocalist and guitarist Meloy, guitarist Chris Funk, keyboardist Jenny Conlee, bassist Nate Query and drummer John Moen explore new approaches to making music and broaden their sonic range.
Met Live in HD: Aida
Clark Art Institute
October 6, 2018 12:55 PM - October 6, 2018
Soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as her formidable rival Amneris in the Met’s production, opening the broadcast series this fall.
Performing Artists in Residence
Clark Art Institute
October 12, 2018 7:00 PM - October 12, 2018
Pianist Jeewon Park, violinist Colin Jacobsen and violist Nicholas Cords join for an evening of classical music with Mozart and Mendelssohn.
Bonnie Prince Billy in concert
Mass MoCA
October 13, 2018 8:00 PM - October 13, 2018
An enigma of the folk-rock world — a celebrated singer-songwriter who has never signed with a label and has a songcovered by Johnny Cash — he is hard to find and hard to dismiss.
Berkshire Symphony at Williams
Chapin Hall
October 19, 2018 8:00 AM
8pm at Chapin Hall, Williams College The season’s first concert of the Berkshire Symphony features music of Joan Tower, Paul Hindemith, and Antonin Dvorak. Conductor Ronald Feldman and the 75-member orchestra are joined by guest artist Andres Diaz, cello, who performs Dvorak’s cello concerto. There is a pre-concert talk with conductor Ronald Feldman at 7:15 p.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall, […]
Met Live in HD: Samson and Delilah
Clark Art Institute
October 20, 2018 12:55 PM - October 20, 2018
Soprano Anna Netrebko sings her first Met Aida, with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili as her formidable rival Amneris in the Met’s production, opening the broadcast series this fall.
Met Live in HD: La Fanciulla Del West
Clark Art Institute
October 27, 2018 12:55 PM - October 27, 2018
Soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek sings Puccini’s gun-slinging heroine in this romantic epic of the Wild West, alongside star tenor Jonas Kaufmann in the role of the outlaw Dick Johnson.
Michael Pisaro: A Wave and Waves
Clark Art Institute
October 28, 2018 1:00 PM - October 28, 2018 3:00 PM
Talujon Percussion Ensemble, the Williams Percussion Ensemble, and guests immerse listeners are immersed in an ocean of sound, creating colossal percussive waves in layers of imperceptibly soft sounds.
Talujon Percussion Ensemble
Clark Art Institute
October 28, 2018 4:30 PM - October 28, 2018 6:00 PM
The Talujon Percussion Ensemble joins the Williams Percussion Ensemble and guests for an hour-long concert of music for percussion by Sam Pluta, Caroline Shaw, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and John Cage.
Tune Yards + U.S. Girls
Mass MoCA
October 30, 2018 8:00 PM - October 30, 2018 11:00 PM
This fall, 4AD will present the label’s first-ever tour with labelmates Tune-Yards and U.S. Girls who embark on a cross-country U.S. tour in support of their standout 2018 LPs.
Party in the Park
North Adams
Annual summer concert series that is free and open the public.
BarN
Concert Venue
An intimate setting for acoustic music.
Dance
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Since Ted Shawn established a revolutionary company for men on a mountaintop more than 85 years ago, Jacob’s Pillow has become a force in the international world of dance. …
Williams College ’62 Center
Williams College
The ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance — summer home of the Williamstown Theatre Festival — hosts theater and dance performances year-round while the college is in session.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
An ever-growing online collection of dance videos filmed at Jacob’s Pillow from the 1930s to today is available free to all.
Film
Images Cinema
Images Cinema
Images Cinema is a year-round community film house, showing contemporary movies, documentaries, art and international films and more.
Family Programs
Rock On!
Pittsfield
Explore rock, blues, and jazz with a great faculty. All levels welcome from Beginners to Advanced players.
Starlight Stage Youth Theater
Williamstown
Since being founded in 1976, hundreds of young people from the Berkshire County, southern Vermont and eastern New York state area have participated in the programs.
Classes & Workshops
Assets for Artists
Assets for Artists, a project of Mass MoCA, helps artists in many disciplines to find and build financial and business resources and supports artists in moving to the area. Resources can include a matched savings grant program for individual artists, professional development workshops and one-on-one coaching, a residency program at Mass MoCA and more.
FreshGrass Festival
Mass MoCA
FreshGrass is rich in both traditional and cutting-edge bluegrass, presented in a wide array of venues tucked appropriately into a 19th-century factory turned 21st-century museum.
Rock On!
Pittsfield
Explore rock, blues, and jazz with a great faculty. All levels welcome from Beginners to Advanced players.
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Since Ted Shawn established a revolutionary company for men on a mountaintop more than 85 years ago, Jacob’s Pillow has become a force in the international world of dance. …
Starlight Stage Youth Theater
Williamstown
Since being founded in 1976, hundreds of young people from the Berkshire County, southern Vermont and eastern New York state area have participated in the programs.
Berkshire Stringed Instruments: School of Lutherie
North Adams
Comprehensive, hands on courses in guitar, mandolin and ukulele construction.
Sonatina Piano Camps
Bennington, VT
Immersive piano camps for adults and children of all level. 10- and 5-day piano camps for adults and 4 week piano camps for children in the summer.
Williamstown Theatre Festival internships
Williamstown Theatre Festival
WTF has developed a range of programs to support developing actors, playwrights and directors, including a Playwright in residence, writing residencies and a weekly reading series for works in progress.
