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BIFF presents: Primavera
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAIn 18th-century Venice, 20-year-old violin virtuoso Cecilia lives at the Pièta orphanage, where, despite her talent, she remains confined, knowing that marriage is the only way out.
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BIFF presents: The Choice
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BIFF presents: Late Fame
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MALegendary New York poet Ed Saxberger's forgotten works captivate an eccentric group of young creatives, reigniting his artistic passion. Their intrigue intertwines with the bewitching presence of actress Gloria.
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BIFF presents: Tribute to Karen Allen & Starman
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAJoin for an intimate conversation with award-winning actress and director Karen Allen in conversation with production designer Kristi Zea.
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BIFF presents: Kid Flicks
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MALet your little ones discover the magic of the big screen with Little Kid Flicks. Whether searching for the perfect pancake or interviewing a crocodile, these shorts are sure to enchant and delight all audiences (but especially our youngest!)
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BIFF presents: The Hills of Wrath – A Winemaking Epic
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAIn the legendary domain of winemaker Christine Vernay, men and women work the steep slopes of Côte-Rôtie and Condrieu in harmony with the seasons.
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BIFF presents: King Hamlet
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAWith King Hamlet, filmmaker Elvira Lind turns her camera on her own family, revealing that even celebrated actors live through ordinary moments and real struggles.
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BIFF presents Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAFrom a lonely childhood to literary fame, her life was shaped by devotion to nature, paying attention, and the long journey toward learning to love and to be loved. If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it.
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BIFF presents: Closing Night Film – Give Me the Ball!
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAThis uniquely intimate portrayal of tennis legend and trailblazer Billie Jean King reveals the inner turmoil behind the immense sacrifices she made to transform her sport and the world.
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Scott Eyerly’s Virtual Met Opera Lecture: Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAScott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.
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Ben Folds & A Piano Tour
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MABen Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, a holiday album, and numerous collaborative records.
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100 Years of Movies: All About Eve (1950)
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAAmbition and experience are just two themes at play in All About Eve, a film starring Bette Davis as Broadway legend Margo Channing and Anne Baxter as the eager upstart Eve Harrington. Featuring an introduction by Deborah Reinisch.
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Met Opera Live in HD: Gabriela Lena Frank’s Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAThe Metropolitan Opera's 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with American composer Gabriela Lena Frank's first opera, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico's painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, with libretto by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Nilo Cruz.
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Grief A Comedy TV Presents – Alison Larkin: Grief… A Comedy
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAAlison Larkin’s hit show Grief… A Comedy comes to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on June 12 and 13, where it will be filmed before a live audience for an upcoming special, directed by Scott Floyd Lochmus (Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn) with music by Gary Schreiner.
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Grief A Comedy TV Presents – Alison Larkin: Grief… A Comedy
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAAlison Larkin’s hit show Grief… A Comedy comes to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on June 12 and 13, where it will be filmed before a live audience for an upcoming special, directed by Scott Floyd Lochmus (Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn) with music by Gary Schreiner.
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Close Encounters With Music: Romance of the Romani!—Ravel, Bartók, Liszt, Haydn, and Brahms Piano Quartet
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAThe season closes with the irresistible fire and passion of music shaped by Romani traditions, which left an indelible mark on European composers.
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100 Years of Movies: North by Northwest (1959)
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAIn Alfred Hitchcock’s fast-paced thriller, North by Northwest, Madison Avenue executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) must run for his life when he is mistaken for a spy. Featuring an introduction by Deborah Reinisch.
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Zarna Garg: Million Dollar Excuses
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAWith her unique blend of humor, wit, and fearless social commentary, Zarna Garg has emerged as a comedic trailblazer.
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Straight No Chaser: Beach Bash Tour
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAIf the phrase “male a cappella group” conjures up an image of students in blue blazers, ties, and khakis singing traditional college songs on ivied campuses... think again.
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Stéphane Wrembel Quartet
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Stéphane Wrembel Quartet
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BEATrio: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MATo be sure, the new all-star trio of Béla Fleck, harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sánchez features instrumentation that might safely be called uncommon.
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Indigo Comedy Night with Dan St. Germain
Indigo Room 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesDan's the creator and star of the web series Kicking Dan Out featured on MyDamn Channel and co-hosts a weekly podcast with Sean Donnelly on Heavy.com called My Dumb Friends.
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100 Years of Movies: The French Connection (1971)
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAThe French Connection is a neo-noir thriller, known for its strong performances, gritty realism, and exhilarating chase sequences. Featuring an introduction by Deborah Reinisch.
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Indigo Comedy Night – Cathy Ladman: I Have No One to Blame But Myself
Indigo Room 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesCathy Ladman’s relatable stand-up presents herself as the self-probing, anxiety-venting person that she is.
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Indigo Comedy Night – Cathy Ladman: I Have No One to Blame But Myself
Indigo Room 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesCathy Ladman’s relatable stand-up presents herself as the self-probing, anxiety-venting person that she is.
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Tab Benoit
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAJoin us for an exhilarating evening as the legendary multi-Grammy nominee and wetlands activist Tab Benoit brings his high-energy Soul of the Swamp Tour 2026 to stages across America.
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John Waite
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAJohn Waite will be performing his catalogue of hits from his 40-year career as both a solo artist and a member of iconic rock bands The Babys and Bad English.
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100 Years of Movies: The Godfather (1972)
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAWidely considered one of the greatest films ever made, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather charts the rise of a crime family in post-World War II America.
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Tom Papa: Grateful Bread Tour
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAWith more than 20 years as a stand-up comedian, Tom Papa is one of the top comedic voices in the country, finding success as an actor, host, and author, in film, TV, radio and podcasts as well as on the live stage.
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Tanglewood, Mahaiwe & DOC NYC present: All the Music in the World – World Premiere / Talkback with Emanual Ax & Joseph Levy
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MATanglewood, Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, and DOC NYC proudly present the world premiere of All the Music in the World, a revealing look at one of the world’s greatest pianists—Emanuel Ax, a celebrated virtuoso still contending with stage fright—as he embarks on his 50th year of performing, while wrestling with the idea of stepping away from the spotlight.
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The W.E.B. Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst & The Du Bois Freedom Center Present – The Immortal Child: A Concert and Reading Celebrating the Friendship of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and W.E.B. Du Bois
Indigo Room 20 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MA, United StatesThe W. E. B. Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst and The Du Bois Freedom Center Present a special evening celebrating the lives, works, and friendship of American scholar-activist W. E. B. Du Bois and the British composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
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100 Years of Movies: All the President’s Men (1976)
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAAll the President’s Men (1976) is a political thriller about the Watergate scandal. Featuring an introduction by Deborah Reinisch.
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Branford Marsalis Quartet
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MASaxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music.