Arts Clarion Concerts: Amir ElSaffar New Quartet A project that bridges jazz improvisation with the modal sensibilities of Middle Eastern music, performed March 8 at the Stissing Center. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Women in Art," Opening Reception in Pittsfield The Lichtenstein Center for the Arts opens "Women in Art" on International Women’s Day with an artists reception on Sunday, March 8. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Boston Symphony Orchestra Talent in Chamber Concert Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra bring a program of chamber music to the Tanglewood Learning Institute March 8. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Photographer Jeff Brouws and the Afterlife of the Steam Age In his new photobook, “Silent Monoliths: The Coaling Tower Project,” photographer Jeff Brouws documents the concrete giants that once fueled America’s railroads—and still haunt the landscape. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Announces 10 Weeks of Summer Performance In its 94th season, the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival returns to a full 10-week summer of programming, June 24 through August 30. By Jamie Larson •
Arts The Maker and The Muse: A Musical Reading at the Grace Note The Grace Note presents a staged reading of "The Maker and The Muse," imagining a young writer’s search for authenticity through a surreal encounter with 1960s New York. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Alejandro Escovedo at Infinity Hall Escovedo brings his "Echo Dancing" tour to Infinity Hall Norfolk, revisiting songs from across his four-decade career in newly reimagined forms. By Jamie Larson
Arts Black Violin, Full Circler at the Manaiwe The performance highlights the group’s signature hybrid approach to music, merging the structural depth of classical strings with hip-hop and modern pop. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Happy Hour Piano Series: Garnell Curtis at AMP The American Mural Project continues its monthly Happy Hour Piano Series with a performance by pianist Garnell Curtis. By Jamie Larson •
Soprano Amanda Boyd Arts Concerts in the Village: “Soulmates” A Concert devoted to the intertwined artistic and personal lives of Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, and Johannes Brahms By Jamie Larson •
Arts “Technologies of Relation” at MASS MoCA: Techno-Organic Symbiote, Know Thyself the exhibition does not attempt to adjudicate AI’s moral standing. Instead, it situates contemporary technological systems inside the most intimate architectures of daily life. By Jamie Larson •
Arts The Dark: PS21’s Winter Festival of Performance This Week A weeklong festival of performance, installation, music, dance, theatre, and community-oriented experiences across more than a dozen locations February 16-22. By Jamie Larson •