Arts Al Olender Brings "The Worrier" to the Bard Spiegeltent The Kingston-based songwriter makes her Spiegeltent debut with songs about grief, change, and the anxieties of an ever-moving world. By Jamie Larson •
Arts The 20th Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour This Weekend in Cummington A weekend of open studios, a new digital field guide tracing two decades of Western Massachusetts ceramics, and rotating exhibitions at Ferrin Contemporary and Project Art. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Bard SummerScape Opens "The Egyptian Helen" — One of Strauss's Rarest Operas A lavish new production of the least-known Strauss-Hofmannsthal collaboration. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Tangent Theatre Brings "Lobby Hero" to the Grace Note Kenneth Lonergan's play about morality and loyalty among security guards and cops gets an intimate reading in Pine Plains. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Hudson Hall's Midsummer Swing with Eight to the Bar Eight to the Bar plays all night; Got2Lindy Dance Studios teaches the steps By Jamie Larson •
Arts Branford Marsalis Quartet at the Mahaiwe One of the most decorated saxophonists in jazz brings his long-running quartet to Great Barrington. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Litchfield Jazz Festival Brings out the Stars in Northwest Connecticut Running July 24-26, the beloved annual event will feature Don Braden, Paul Bollenback, and others. By Peter Aaron •
Arts Trifest International Youth Film Festival Returns to Hudson with Global Lineup The July 24-26 festival at Time and Space Limited showcases 84 films by young filmmakers from 29 countries. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Edna St. Vincent Millay's Eden: Steepletop Open This Weekend The National Historic Landmark estate in Austerlitz welcomes the public for garden walks, house tours, and typewriter poems in the poet's writing cabin. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Horse Lords Come to PS21 with a New Record and Ava Mendoza The Baltimore avant-rock band's microtonal, polyrhythmic sound reaches for spiritual liberation on their tenth album By Jamie Larson •
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 •
