The conversation between David W. Blight and Deval Patrick is part of the 2025 WIT Literary Festival, an annual celebration of writers, their work, and the vital role they play in society presented by the Authors Guild Foundation.
How do we tend to the human spirit in a time of fear and harm? Join Bishop Budde and Marilynne Robinson, two luminaries cherished for their wisdom and imagination, for a conversation that promises to be gracious, grave, radiant, and revelatory.
After his groundbreaking win on Last Comic Standing in 2006, Josh Blue has risen through the ranks to become a well-established headliner at venues throughout the world.
Guitarist and Composer Pat Metheny, winner of 20 Grammy Awards in 10 different categories, gives an intimate concert like no other Metheny performance before.
David Sedaris is one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. He is a master of satire and one of today’s most observant writers.
Equal parts interactive science, comedy, and personal empowerment messages, Doktor Kaboom returns with a new show.
Drag Bingo is an exciting and entertaining event that combines the traditional game of bingo with the fabulousness of drag performers.
"The Best of Ann Hampton Callaway" dazzles with highlights from the jazz and pop singers hit shows.
Arlo Guthrie's longtime drummer turned family-friendly musician family-friendly musician Terry A La Berry entertains audiences large and small with original songs and highly interactive material.
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 1pm.
Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.
Titled The History of Hip Hop, this lecture demonstration is a 45-60 minute interactive presentation of various Street dance styles, including Campbell locking, Popping, Breaking, Hip Hop Proper, and House, and their associated sociopolitical and cultural histories.
Celebrated choreographer Rennie Harris returns to Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center to lay down his three laws of hip-hop—individuality, creativity, innovation.
Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found.
Matt Cusson is a Grammy-nominated, multiple award-winning singer, pianist, songwriter, producer, and arranger.
Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?
Join Silkroad artists Wu Man and Sandeep Das—virtuosic performers and composers for “American Railroad”—for a glimpse into the creative process behind this groundbreaking, project. “American Railroad” presents a sonic tapestry of the past, evoking the often-overlooked contributions of Indigenous and African Americans, as well as Chinese, Irish, Japanese, and other immigrant communities who laid the tracks that transformed a nation.
Over her 40-year career Natalie Merchant has earned a reputation for being a songwriter and recording artist of rare quality, a captivating stage performer, and a skilled producer.
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Monsters and magic spells! A masterwork of German expressionist cinema meets a live, klezmer-infused score in a vibrant feast for the eyes and ears.
Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.
Join this pre-show talk before Silkroad Ensemble's American Railroad concert in the historic theater.
A Grammy Award-winning musical ensemble, Silkroad is a collective of artists representing dozens of nationalities, traditions and ideas, who use music and art to demonstrate how great beauty can emerge from great difference.
With its enchanting setting and spellbinding score, the world’s most popular opera is as timeless as it is heartbreaking.
Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.
Throughout his 30+ year career, bluegrass artist Dan Tyminski has left his mark in every corner of modern music.
Scott Eyerly will offer a free opera talk via Zoom the Thursday prior to the Metropolitan Opera’s broadcast the following weekend.
Rebellious dance theater company Pilobolus turns up the heat with tantalizing talent, bawdy bewitchment, and scintillating scenarios in their full-bodied, censor-unfriendly Pilobolust. Ages 21+
Rebellious dance theater company Pilobolus turns up the heat with tantalizing talent, bawdy bewitchment, and scintillating scenarios in their full-bodied, censor-unfriendly Pilobolust. Ages 21+
Strauss’s elegant romance brings the glamour and enchantment of 19th-century Vienna in a sumptuous production by legendary director Otto Schenk that “is as beautiful as one could hope” (The New York Times).
In honor of Thanksgiving, Shire Stories presents an evening of local storytellers sharing their light-hearted but conflict-ridden stories under the theme of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Dorothy and friends traverse the Yellow Brick Road through the land of Oz in this timeless family classic from 1939.
Join BIFF in celebrating the 24th Anniversary of Wes Anderson’s acclaimed comedy gem about the reunion of a dysfunctional New York family led by patriarch Gene Hackman.
