Arts Allyson Strafella Paints with a Typewriter at Philip Douglas Fine Art Philip Douglas Fine Art opens the place of a place, a solo exhibition of new and recent work by Allyson Strafella, on July 18. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Last Chance to see “Suddenly Last Summer”: The Avant-Garde Is Alive and Well at Bard Closing July 19, the new opera's visuals captivated reviewer (and RI co-founder) Dan Shaw. By Dan Shaw •
Arts "Red Flags for Everyone": What Performance Leaves Behind at Re Institute A new group show in a Millerton hayloft asks what remains after the moment of encounter has passed—props, traces, and the residue of something unresolved. By Jamie Larson •
Arts “The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus” Screens at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck on July 23 Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s legendary 1968 concert film captures the Rolling Stones, the Who, John Lennon, and more at a pivotal moment in rock history. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Christian McBride Tells Stories with his Stings at Tanglewood The 11-time Grammy-winning bassist brings his TLI Spotlight evening to Ozawa Hall: a personal story, a live performance, and a conversation with Catherine Burns. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Tap Dancer Michela Marino Lerman Brings Betty Carter to Jacob's Pillow Jazz's premier tap dancer leads an ensemble celebrating the iconoclastic vocalist known as "The Kid" on the Henry J. Leir Stage. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Berkshire High Peaks Festival Finds a New Mountain to Call Home Now in its 17th season, the free chamber music intensive moves to The Darrow School in New Lebanon. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Fireflies" Brings a Late-Life Romance and Small-Town Gossip to Shakespeare & Company Isabel Keating and Jeb Brown star in Matthew Barber's Texas two-hander, directed by Daniela Varon By Jamie Larson •
Arts The Big Tuna Press Comes to Torrington for the Five Points Arts Print Festival A legendary traveling woodcut press, an international juried exhibition, and demonstrations across six printmaking disciplines make for a free two-day festival By Jamie Larson •
Arts The Nields Play a Back Porch Concert and Cookout at Hancock Shaker Village The western Massachusetts folk-rock sisters bring 35 years of sibling harmonies to a summer evening on the village grounds. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Tab Benoit Brings "Soul of the Swamp" Tour to the Mahaiwe The Cajun bluesman who stopped recording for 13 years to fight for Louisiana's wetlands is back—with a guitar, a cord, and an amp. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart and Mahler with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood A concert pairing two composers at their most intimate—with Erin Morley as soprano in Mahler's child-like, unsettling Fourth. By Jamie Larson •
