Join Us in Celebrating Our 30th Anniversary in 2025
Chris Brubeck’s Triple Play returns to the Sandisfield Arts Center to play their unique blend of blues, jazz, folk and funk. The group features Chris Brubeck on piano, bass, and trombone, Joel Brown on guitar, and Peter “Madcat” Ruth on harmonica, jaw harp, and ukulele. All three musicians sing as well, and toured and recorded [...]
Frederick Moyer is one of the most exciting pianists before the public today. Equally at home with Bach, Rachmaninoff, and Schoenberg as well as Ellington and Peterson, his recitals are engaging and generally include time-honored favorites. A special feature is his MoyerCam, a projection system that allows the audience to see his hands as he [...]
"THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT” George Santayana 1863-1952 Our resident historian, Bill Cohn, focusses his remarks on this legendary statement from philosopher George Santayana’s as well as historian Stephen Engle’s observation that today “we live in a world in which what people believe happened is all that matters” – [...]
Val Coleman will argue that the American constitution, indeed the United States itself, was finally secured and ratified by a rail-splitting prairie intellectual named Abraham Lincoln. Val is generally acknowledged as the poet laureate of Sandisfield, regularly publishing poems in The Sandisfield Times and elsewhere. His previous presentations on the history of poetry, and also [...]
Premier performance! Also presented Sunday September 23 as a matinee at St James Place in Great Barringon. Four comic Skits; Five Actors; Costumes, and a very funny evening of what might have happened to Will Shakespeare and his plays. “Groundlings” “My Horse, My Horse” “Waiting on Will” “It’s a Tragedy” Performed by The Sandisfield Players; [...]
Repeat, matinee performance in Great Barrington at St James Place! Four comic Skits; Five Actors; Costumes, and a very funny afternoon of what might have happened to Will Shakespeare and his plays. “Groundlings” “My Horse, My Horse” “Waiting on Will” “It’s a Tragedy” Performed by The Sandisfield Players; Directed by Ben Luxon and Jesse Howard [...]
Celebrate the publication of Soil and Shul in the Berkshires as the author Lorraine German speaks about the development of the book and shares some of the stories of the lives of the Jewish farm community in the Berkshires. Clarinetist Paul Green and keyboard artist/arranger Bob Weiner and their Klezmer group will perform both traditional Klezmer [...]
Gypsy Layne Cabaret & Co, has been hailed as “a sexy highpoint of classic burlesque entertainment in the Berkshires” by Berkshire Magazine. Gypsy Layne’s hallmark of bawdy humor, live singing, dynamic dance routines, and cheeky sex appeal are prominently featured in their sizzling shows. Bigger, bolder, and better than ever, this tantalizing crew of saucy [...]
Ilana Steinhauer, the current executive director of VIMBerkshires, speaks about the challenges facing VIM as it manages health care for the various populations it serves.
RTPJQ's repertoire covers a wide spectrum of music from modern jazz standards to rare finds and originals. It’s Joe Gold on piano, Brian Burke, sax and drums, Gary Miller, vibraphone, and Richard Waldburger, bass. You can follow the group on Facebook using the link here. www.facebook.com/releasethepenguinsjazzquartet/ Tickets for events at the Sandisfield Arts Center are available [...]
