Includes a Challenge Grant to Support Equitable Access to Local Arts and Culture Great Barrington, Mass.—The Avangrid Foundation, the primary philanthropic arm of Berkshire Gas’s parent company Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), which supports cultural, environmental, educational, and community partnership programs that positively impact the communities it serves, has deepened its commitment to…
Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center welcomes the public to a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new performance venue, the Indigo Room, next door to the historic theater on Sunday, October 12 at 1 p.m. The ceremony is part of a weekend-long grand opening comprised of performances and other events.…
by Barbara Waldinger To celebrate their tenth anniversary, the Berkshire Opera Festival has selected one of the most beloved, most frequently produced operas in the Verdi canon: LA TRAVIATA. According to Maestro Brian Garman, Conductor, Artistic Director and Co-founder of the company, Berkshire audiences have often requested this masterpiece, and now the BOF has delivered…
Great Barrington, Mass.—For the third consecutive year, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center invites participation in New York Theatre Workshop’s Mind the Gap, a free intergenerational collaborative performance-making program, June 23 through June 27. Mind the Gap’s primary goal is to use theatre as a creative tool to increase empathy and communication between generations and starts with the premise that we always have something to learn from…
Includes a Challenge Grant to Support Equitable Access to Local Arts and Culture Great Barrington, Mass.—The Avangrid Foundation, the primary philanthropic arm of Berkshire Gas’s parent company Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR), which supports cultural, environmental, educational, and community partnership programs that positively impact the communities it serves, has deepened its…
Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center and Berkshire Opera Festival (BOF) are delighted to announce that the Mahaiwe is BOF’s new long-term home, through a multi-year residency. The Mahaiwe will present BOF’s mainstage production and other programming for the coming years, beginning with Gounod’s Faust this August 24, 27, and 30. The…
Great Barrington— For a second consecutive year, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is inviting participation in New York Theatre Workshop’s “Mind the Gap,” an intergenerational collaborative performance-making program from June 24th through June 28th. “Mind the Gap” is a free intergenerational theatre program in which youth [14-21] and elders [60+] interview each…
This spring, BOF proudly presents the first workshop performanceof a brand new opera from the Pulitzer Prize-winning composerof The Central Park Five and X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X: THE REEF April 10Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center, New York CityA new opera (Act 1) by composer Anthony DavisLibretto by Joan Ross SorkinAdapted from the…
