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Art, Music, and Magic: MASS MoCA Announces Sweeping Summer 2025 Lineup — Comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member Sarah Sherman.

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Art, Music, and Magic: MASS MoCA Announces Sweeping Summer 2025 Lineup

Cultural Mecca MASS MoCA will draw many devotees this year with a huge slate of events and exhibitions.

By Jamie Larson

Leadership Changes at Two Major Columbia Arts Institutions

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Leadership Changes at Two Major Columbia Arts Institutions

Hudson Hall's Tambra Dillon says goodby. Vallejo Gantner says hello to PS21.

By Jamie Larson

Adrienne Truscott's Provocative Performance "Masterclass" at Bard College — Adrienne Truscott and Feidlim Cannon star in the provocative parody "Masterclass" at Bard's Fisher Center.

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Adrienne Truscott's Provocative Performance "Masterclass" at Bard College

"A skewering of the patriarchal performing world and, in turn, the greater world around it."

By Peter Aaron

Sexy, Bloody, Blockbuster Opera, "Giulio Cesare" At Hudson Hall — R.B. Schlather, director of Giulio Cesare.

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Sexy, Bloody, Blockbuster Opera, "Giulio Cesare" At Hudson Hall

Director R.B. Schlather brings an unapologetically fun update to a Handel classic.

By Rich Volo

18-time-Grammy-winning Count Basie Orchestra to Headline Pittsfield CityJazz Fest — The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra.

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18-time-Grammy-winning Count Basie Orchestra to Headline Pittsfield CityJazz Fest

Pittsfield will be swinging for over a month with some of the best jazz in the world.

By Jamie Larson

“Staging Area” at Art Omi Deconstructs the Meaning of Construction

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“Staging Area” at Art Omi Deconstructs the Meaning of Construction

"Staging Area" isn't just about what's being built. It's also about the value of labor and community.

By Jamie Larson

Review: "Familiar/Unfamiliar" at Bill Arning Exhibitions in Kinderhook is Rewardingly Subversive — So It Goes, Sue Muskat, acrylic on paper, 2022

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Review: "Familiar/Unfamiliar" at Bill Arning Exhibitions in Kinderhook is Rewardingly Subversive

Writer Taliesin Thomas explores the show's "curatorial flirtation between the recognizable and the peculiar at once."

By Taliesin Thomas

"Withnail and I": A Boozy, Bleary, Beautiful Disaster, Screens in Great Barrington March 25 — Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant in Bruce Robinson’s 1987 cult masterpiece Withnail and I.

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"Withnail and I": A Boozy, Bleary, Beautiful Disaster, Screens in Great Barrington March 25

Chronogram's Editorial Director Brian Mahoney gets excited for this cultural touchstone.

By Brian K. Mahoney

Laughing Through his Outrage: Comedian Patton Oswalt in Great Barrington March 22 — Patton Oswalt

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Laughing Through his Outrage: Comedian Patton Oswalt in Great Barrington March 22

Oswalt plans to punch up when performing at the Mahaiwe.

By Mike Cobb

4th State Metals: Poughkeepsie’s Secret Giant Sculpture Factory — A 4th State welder works an uncommon shape.

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4th State Metals: Poughkeepsie’s Secret Giant Sculpture Factory

4th State is responsible for hundreds of well known sculptures around the world, across the country, and right here.

By Jamie Larson

The Black Legacy Project Returns to Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre Feb 28 — The Black Legacy Project

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The Black Legacy Project Returns to Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre Feb 28

The Black Legacy Project champions cultural heritage and strives to help heal American racial decides.

By Jamie Larson

Bard SummerScape Announces Summer 2025 Line-up

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Bard SummerScape Announces Summer 2025 Line-up

The vibrant, annual slate of performances keeps the summer alive at the Fisher Center in Northern Dutchess.

By Jamie Larson