The Dark Ride Project

The Dark Ride Project is located at 189 Beaver Street in North Adams, Mass. near Mass MoCA.  Using theme-park technology, Eric Rudd has created a multimedia experience like no other.  The exhibit features an eleven-minute “ride” on the Sensory Integrator.
Various presentations are accessible to those with physical disabilities, signed for the hearing-impaired, and translated in [...]

The Contemporary Artists Center

The Contemporary Artists Center, located in the Berkshires, is a non-profit organization founded in 1990 and fosters the development and appreciation of contemporary art.
The Contemporary Artists Center is currently moving and will have a grand-reopening in May 2008.

Close Encounters with Music in the Berkshires at Gt. Barrington, MA.

Close Encounters with Music in Gt. Barrington, Mass. is a non-profit organization providing contemporary classical performances mixed with musical commentary in a unique atmosphere.
Close Encounters with Music’s 16th season is well underway with performances at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Gt. Barrington.
A benefit luncheon musicale is planned for November 18th at Blantyre in Lenox, [...]

Berkshire Opera Company

The Berkshire Opera Company just completed their 27th season in the Berkshires with performances at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Mass. and the Mahaiwe Theater in Gt. Barrington, Mass.
The Berkshire Opera Company strives to educate both their performers and their audience by producing both standard and new repertoire. A pre-performance lecture highlighting what [...]

Berkshire Bach Society

The Berkshire Bach Society in Gt. Barrington, Mass. has been producing year-round concerts, lectures, and seminars promoting Baroque music in the Berkshires since 1990.
Area high school musicians in the Berkshires are offered the opportunity to learn and perform Baroque music through the Berkshire Bach Society’s Outreach Program.

The Berkshire [...]

Aston Magna Foundation for Music and the Humanities

The Aston Magna Foundation for Music and the Humanities on Main Street in Gt. Barrington strives to increase appreciation of music from the past. Aston Magna is internationally recognized for its historical instruments, workshops, and performances which educate people about the cultural, political, and social issues prevalent when the music was composed.
Aston Magna just completed [...]

Albany Berkshire Ballet

The Albany Berkshire Ballet on Fenn Street in Pittsfield opened in 1960 as a performance outlet for advanced students at The Cantarella School of Dance. With that talent The Albany Berkshire Ballet moved in a more professional direction. A second home was opened in Albany NY in 1989.
The Albany Berkshire Ballet is [...]