Arts Firewater! Kicks Off Hudson Pride at Hudson Brewing Company The No Ring Circus brings its sideshow series to Pride for the first time—burlesque, drag, circus, and debauchery. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Sherman Artfest Returns to the Town Green for Its Fifth Year More than 30 artists, live music, and a weekend of buying directly from makers in one of Litchfield County's smallest towns. By Jamie Larson •
Arts “No Picnic” Screens at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck on June 25 Philip Hartman’s artifact of New York’s pre-gentrification East Village follows a down-and-out jukebox operator who wanders the cheap tenements, dive bars, and derelict streets of the East Village in search of a mysterious woman in a striped dress. By Peter Aaron •
Arts "Grid and Amaze" at the Judy Black Park in Washington Depot Two Connecticut artists share a show exploring structure, pattern, and material obsession. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "The Zionists": Barrington Stage Opens Most Timely Play of the Summer Next Week S. Asher Gelman's "The Zionists: A Family Storm" arrives in Pittsfield after a sold-out world premiere in Miami By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Japan 2026": Photographs by Tony Gomez at the Sherman Library A Sherman resident returns from Japan with a body of work that opens June 12. By Jamie Larson •
Arts A Triple Feature for Mel Brooks's 100th Birthday at the Crandell "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles," and "Young Frankenstein" hosted by FilmColumbia Festival Director Calliope Nicholas. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Amanda Lovlee Holds a Pep Rally for Two Trees at Mass MoCA "Homecoming" opens in Courtyard A with bleachers, pep rallies, and a three-year assisted plant migration residency. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Dirty Blonde" at the Ghent Playhouse Mae West through the eyes of two superfans, in its final weekend. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Hubby Jenkins at the Guthrie Center A Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops alum brings the roots of country, blues, and old-time to Great Barrington By Jamie Larson •
Arts An Endangered Instrument, Revived and Funkified: Oki Dub Ainu Band at PS21 The tonkori meets reggae, dub, and afrobeat as Japan's most celebrated indigenous music act makes a rare US appearance in Chatham By Jamie Larson •
Arts Opera Soprano Sings Aboard the Schooner Apollonia for Handel on the Hudson Hudson Hall's summer opera series takes to the water with two sunset performances on June 6. By Jamie Larson •
