It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, MAThe Mahaiwe presents a free screening of It’s a Wonderful Life per annual tradition.
The Mahaiwe presents a free screening of It’s a Wonderful Life per annual tradition.
Grammy Award-winning producer and guitarist extraordinaire, John Pizzarelli salutes the legendary Tony Bennett celebrating over 60 years of unparalleled artistry.
The Berkshire Bach Society presents Bach at New Year’s: The Six 'Brandenburg Concertos', an event that has been a holiday tradition since 1993.
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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Join the towns of the Berkshires as we commemorate the 250th anniversary of one of the most extraordinary feats of the American Revolution: Colonel Henry Knox’s daring winter journey to bring the captured cannon of Fort Ticonderoga to the Continental Army in Boston.
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For gorgeous melody, spellbinding coloratura, and virtuoso vocal fireworks, I Puritani has few equals.
David Drake is a comedian. He is a very funny comedian. He has been featured on Comedy Central, HBO, Sirius XM, Cracked, Don’t Tell, and Fox. He was named one of Complex Magazine's ‘Comics to Watch Under 30,’ although is now 38, and one of New York Comedy Festival’s ‘Comics to Watch,’ but they did not specify any age boundaries.
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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Due to popular demand, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, recorded live earlier this season, will be presented as a special screening.
Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo brings its internationally beloved troupe of male dancers to the Mahaiwe to perform a brilliant combination of skillful pointe work and hilarious parodying of classical ballet favorites like Swan Lake.
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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo brings its internationally beloved troupe of male dancers to the Mahaiwe to perform a brilliant combination of skillful pointe work and hilarious parodying of classical ballet favorites like Swan Lake.
The popular radio show and podcast Selected Shorts returns for an evening of romance and intrigue. Join us as actors including Jane Curtin and Lauren Ambrose perform funny, mysterious, and poignant short stories about love, competing desires, and unexpected encounters.
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Hosted by Berkshires-born recording artist and music producer Jackson Whalan, the goal of The Berkshires Music Mixer is to bring the entire local music industry together.
Hat-maker Sophie must navigate the volatilities of the young wizard Howl when she is cursed with an elderly body by a passing witch. Set amidst the backdrop of war, the film explores a range of themes including age, loyalty, and love.
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Step into Black Violin’s Full Circle Tour, where Grammy-nominated duo Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus redefine the possibilities of music by merging classical depth with hip-hop’s pulse.
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.
The supernatural perfection of Mozart’s music was produced by a man many considered a “quill in divine hands.”
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s newest production, Billy Goats Gruff and Other Tales, presents a fresh and engaging reimagining of three cherished children’s stories—Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs, and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
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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After years of anticipation, the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death.
Songs, albums, live performances — some are simply timeless. From their early roots, circa 1988, playing house parties at Louisiana State University, Better Than Ezra have made their mark on the music world in a major way.
Back by popular demand! Berkshire Opera Festival’s Free Family Concert returns with a high-energy mix of opera’s best-loved classics, packed with soaring melodies you’ll instantly recognize.
Robert Schumann’s setting of Heinrich Heine’s song cycle Dichterliebe—A Poet’s Love—is spellbinding.
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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Broadway never sounds better than when it swings. With the greatest contemporary jazz musicians, Michael Feinstein swings the songbook into the 21st Century.
Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin.
For over two decades, Railroad Earth has captivated audiences with gleefully unpredictable live shows and eloquent and elevated studio output.
Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons (with his accompanying sonnets) and Piazzolla’s sultry Four Seasons of Buenos Airesmeet in a program where time, place, and style intertwine.
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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On May 30, the Metropolitan Opera’s 2025–26 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of 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.
The season closes with the irresistible fire and passion of music shaped by Romani traditions, which left an indelible mark on European composers.
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.
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Lucia di Lammermoor reigns as the crown jewel of bel canto opera! Set amid the foggy moors and ancient castles of Scotland, Donizetti’s masterpiece tells the tragic story of Lucia, whose forbidden love for her family’s sworn enemy drives her to the brink of madness.