BIFF presents: Closing Night Film – Give Me the Ball!
This 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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This 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 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 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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Ambition 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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The 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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Alison 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.
Alison 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.
The season closes with the irresistible fire and passion of music shaped by Romani traditions, which left an indelible mark on European composers.
In 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.
With her unique blend of humor, wit, and fearless social commentary, Zarna Garg has emerged as a comedic trailblazer.
If 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.
To 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.
Dan'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.
The French Connection is a neo-noir thriller, known for its strong performances, gritty realism, and exhilarating chase sequences. Featuring an introduction by Deborah Reinisch.
Cathy Ladman’s relatable stand-up presents herself as the self-probing, anxiety-venting person that she is.
Cathy Ladman’s relatable stand-up presents herself as the self-probing, anxiety-venting person that she is.
Join 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.
John 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.
Widely 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.
With 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.
The 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.
All the President’s Men (1976) is a political thriller about the Watergate scandal. Featuring an introduction by Deborah Reinisch.
Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music.
Half an Evening with David Rasche is a delightful show of painful memories and personal insults that are tied together with a collection of original songs that the American theater, film, and television actor wrote himself.
The Right Stuff is an epic America story about sending the first Americans into space. Sam Shepard stars as test pilot Chuck Yeager who broke the sound barrier, only to find himself yesterday’s news with the ascent of the camera-ready Mercury 7 astronauts.
"Heather Headley is among the top singers with a vocal that absolutely astounds with its intensity... This woman is one of the great entertainers of the day, on record and on stage” –Billboard Magazine
Grammy-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo began performing professionally at the age of 11 and has since appeared in opera, concert, recital, film, and on Broadway.
For gala dinner packages, visit mahaiwe.org/gala or contact Mahaiwe Director of Advancement Diane Wortis at diane@mahaiwe.org or 413-644-9040 x123.
Honoring Former Board Chair Margaret Deutsch
New York Theatre Workshop’s Mind the Gap returns to the Mahaiwe this summer, August 3-7. The intergenerational workshop will take place in the Indigo Room all week long, culminating in a free public performance in that space on Friday, August 7 at 7pm.
The American President is a political romantic comedy about President and widower Andrew Shepherd’s (Michael Douglas) struggle to balance his professional, political and personal life. Featuring an introduction by Deborah Reinisch.
The bumbling Professor Hackensneeze (David Engel) makes a visit from the Realm of Mysteries to teach children 4 to 12 the secrets of their innermost powers.
Ari Hest has crafted a unique path in music – independently building a loyal following through relentless college touring, then on to major label albums, and then reimagining listener engagement through fan-driven projects like “52” and his Patreon-powered “The Treehouse Project."