Article by Dave Read

Berkshires jazz concerts April 2014

BerkshiresJazz presents concerts in Gt. Barrington, Pittsfield, and Lee, MA during April to celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month. Pianist Armen Donelian introduces his new double CD with a performance at Castle Street Café in Great Barrington on Sunday, Apr. 27.

On Saturday, April 12 at 1PM, there will be a double header matinee at the First Congregational Church on Park Square in Lee, with Nico Wohl and Friends, featuring the 13-year-old guitarist who has been wowing audiences all over the Berkshires, followed by the Williams College Jazz Quintet, featuring alto saxophonist Kris Allen. The Berkshire Music School Jazz Ensemble under the direction of bassist Andy Wrba will perform at Mission Bar y Tapas on North Street in Pittsfield on Monday, Apr. 14. The ensemble’s 6pm performance (free admission, first come first seated) will precede Wrba’s regular Jazz at Mission set.

The Colonial Theatre April 2014 schedule

• Pittsfield Firefighters’ Comedy Night – Friday, April 11 at 8:00pm
• The Endorsed Aerosmith Tribute Show – Saturday, April 19 at 8:30pm
• The Colonial Theatre schedule and tickets

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center April 2014 schedule

• Met Opera Live in HD Puccini’s La Bohème – April 5 at 1:00pm
• Martha Redbone Roots Project – April 11 at 10:00am
• Funny Girl (1968) – April 12 at 7:00pm
• Met Opera Live in HD Puccini’s La Bohème (Encore) April 16 at 1:00pm
• Vacation Week Camp: Circus Theatricks – April 21 through Friday, April 25 from 9:00am to 3:30pm
• Met Opera Live in HD Mozart’s Così fan tutte – April 26 at 1:00pm
• Close Encounters With Music – Magyar! April 27th – 3:00 pm

MASS MoCA April 2014 schedule

• The Politics of Tibetan Art Thursday, April 10, 5pm
• The Light in Her Eyes Thursday, April 10, 7:30pm
• Banda Magda Saturday, April 12, 8pm
• Spring Art Detox April 21, 23 & 25, 9am-11am
• The Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali Thursday, April 24, 6pm
• David Neumann: Solo Works Saturday, April 26, 8pm