Arts Alive!
Dance, music, voice and theatre artists share their
unique talents within the intimate setting
of the historic sculptor’s Studio and Landscape!
June 19 & 20 at 5:30 p.m.
Ian Spencer Bell DANCE
In the setting of the historic Studio, Ian Spencer Bell recreates a 1904 Isadora Duncan work, 11 Pieces, with live piano by Lauren Aloia. Seating is limited to 30 people per performance.
JUne 23 at 5:30 p.m.
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows in concert
String Quartet and Solo Marimba, featuring works by Gabriela Ortiz, Ellen Reid, and Gabriella Smith. This free community concert is in collaboration with the Tanglewood Learning Institute and Chesterwood. SOLD OUT!
JULY 27 at 3:00 p.m.
Close Encounters with Music in Concert
Selections for strings and voice with teachers and students of the Berkshire High Peaks Festival for Outstanding Musicians.
JULY 30 at 5:30 p.m.
SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY OPEN REHEARSAL
Insights from the actors and director Nicole Ricciardi of an upcoming production of the “Taming of the Shrew” at Shakespeare & Co in Lenox, MA on August 14 -24.
The Taming of the Shrew offers a compelling – if not at times zany – look at relationships, and social norms, making it a must-see for anyone who loves classic comedy with a bit of bite.
August 2 at 5:30 p.m.
SHERMAN CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Artistic Director Eliot Bailen has engaged and inspired audiences throughout the region. Featuring guest violin Victoria Wolf Lewis with Susan Rotholz, flute; Richard Wolfe, viola and Eliot Bailen, cello presenting a program of Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D Major, Handel’s Halverson – Passcaglia for violin and cello and Dohnanyi’s Serenade for String Trio.
august 8 at 5:30 p.m.
Tableaux Vivants or “Living Pictures”
Award-winning theater artist and documentary film maker Doria Bramante will sweep you away with her re-creations of famous paintings, a favorite parlor game of the French family.
August 6 at 5:00pm
Harold Holzer
“The Lincoln Memorial as a site of protest”
Renowned Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer presents a program about the Lincoln Memorial’s evolution into a center of protest and assembly around the theme of human rights—the place where Lincoln’s “unfinished work” has been addressed, from civil rights to peace. With a musical tribute to Marian Anderson and her historic Easter Sunday 1939 Lincoln Memorial Concert by baritone Markel Reed.
august 15 at 5:30 p.m. -
Berkshire Pulse Center for THE PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS ”OF THIS PLACE”
Join Matthew Cumbie and collaborators for a site-specific performance at Chesterwood that weaves dance and storytelling into the landscape and history of the site. This culminating work from a weeklong residency explores our connection to place, inviting reflection on what it means to be "of this place."
August 28 at 5:30 p.m. -
Opera Night
An Evening of Arias and Duets featuring rising stars soprano Natalia Santaliz, tenor Angel Vargas and pianist and conductor Christopher James Ray. Works by Mozart, Puccini, Gounod, Donizetti, Bernstein, Floyd, Gimenez and more!