Arts Columbia County Players' "Pajama Plays" Pays Teens $200 to Perform Free Children's Theater in Hudson Tryouts September 29 for teen cast. Performances Winterwalk Weekend. Kids come in pajamas and sleeping bags. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Berkshire Pottery Tour Opens Eight Studio Doors A self-guided drive through the southern Berkshires includes a chef who fires pottery in a 2,300-degree wood kiln he built himself By Jamie Larson •
Arts Lee Photographer David Ricci Captures America's Flea Markets in "Hunter Gatherer" A Berkshires photographer spent seven years and more than 200 flea markets turning the stalls, shelves, and bins of secondhand America into a portrait of who we are and what we can't let go of. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts Los Lonely Boys Bring Their "Texican" Rock & Roll to the Mahaiwe The Garza brothers, whose sound has drawn Carlos Santana and Willie Nelson into the studio with them, headline with opener Lisa Morales, a Texas songwriter still touring behind her latest solo record. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Vicki Kristina Barcelona Band Plays Tom Waits at Spencertown Academy Three acclaimed New York singer-songwriters—Rachelle Garniez, Amanda Homi, and Kirsten Thien—rework the Waits catalog in three-part harmony By Jamie Larson •
Arts Sculptor William Carlson Back in the Spotlight with "Rough Diamonds" at Mad Rose Gallery After a summer show in Monterey brought the reclusive sculptor's work back into public view, the studio-glass pioneer exhibits in Millerton with pieces he's held onto across a five-decade career. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Boy Harsher Headlines Basilica Soundscape at Basilica Hudson The Northampton darkwave duo, fresh off their major-label debut "Get Mean," plays with Choir Boy and Evanora Unlimited By Jamie Larson •
Arts Landmark Doc on Radical Union "The Wobblies" Screens at AMP Historian Hamish Lutris and Connecticut labor activist Steve Thornton, author of "A Shoeleather History of the Wobblies," lead the discussion afterward By Jamie Larson •
Arts Flore Laurentienne Blends Chamber Sound With a Minimoog at the Clark Composer Mathieu David Gagnon's chamber-electronic project, named for a botanist's writings on the region's wild plants, brings strings and vintage synthesizers to the museum's auditorium. By Jamie Larson •
Arts This Weekend, Bard Holds Festival for a Composer the Nazis Tried to Erase The Gernsheim Rediscovery Initiative opens with a festival running Friday through Sunday, September 18–20, on Bard's Annandale-on-Hudson campus—the first public move in a multi-year effort to bring a forgotten peer of Brahms back into the classical repertoire. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Lenio Kaklea's "The Birds" Makes Its New York Premiere at PS21 The Paris-based choreographer explores mating rituals, hunting patterns, and the desire to be seen through the lens of avian behavior. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Eisenhower Resurrected By Barrington Stage Tony winner John Rubinstein and Broadway veteran David Sitler split a nine-day run playing a president who put country over party By Jamie Larson •
