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. Featuring 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 with their [...]
In the Gallery Joe Baker: Paintings and Pastels Opening Reception : 6th Aug 2016 02:00 PM Date of Show : 6th Aug 2016 - 28th Aug 2016 Primarily a plein air landscape painter, Joe Baker works in oils and pastels with occasional pieces in watercolor, acrylics, conte, charcoal, as well as sculpture. Recent paintings exhibited [...]
From Madness To Music is a documentary short produced by Music in Common (MiC) and Beansprout Productions in association with the Pumpkin Foundation. The film follows the progression of Music in Common's roots as a backyard music jam honoring the life of slain journalist Daniel Pearl to its current work as a non-profit organization engaging youth [...]
Eric Martin (violin, viola, voice) and Karen Axelrod (piano, accordion) are a dynamic duo who love to bring the vibrancy of traditional dance music and song to the concert stage. Listeners can expect to be swept away on a musical journey to various lands including Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Germany, Argentina, Quebec, Appalachia, and New [...]
In the Gallery Sept 3-25: Shodou: Traveling Along the Long Path of Writing Japanese Calligraphy Opening Reception : 3rd Sep 2016 02:00 PM Date of Show : 3rd Sep 2016 - 26th Sep 2016 The opening reception for the exhibit is Saturday, Sept 3 from 2-4PM The ancient art of Japanese calligraphy (shodou) originated from [...]
From a stroll down Tin Pan Alley to a “Walk in the Woods”, an evening of 20th century songs will feature the variety that is the American songbook--ballads, jazz, and popular music sung by the beautiful voices of Laura Danehower Whyte (soprano), Linda Mironti (soprano), Brian De Lorenzo (tenor). The evening of song includes a dessert interlude [...]
Join staff of the Berkshire Natural Resources Council for a tour of their Clam River Reserve. Topics of discussion during the tour will include today’s plant and animal communities and the influence that Sandisfield’s human history has on the composition of those communities. We will gather at the Arts Center for a brief talk augmented by [...]
This event has been cancelled. NEW Program – Film Series Film screening and discussion with Anjali Sundaram. Award winning filmmaker Anjali Sundaram will treat us to her vision of the intersections of culture, identity and globalization within frameworks of memory, autobiography, imagined futures and pseudo-science through her films. A lecture and discussion about her innovative [...]
Introduced by Sandisfield poet Hannah Fries, Patty Crane reads from and discusses Bright Scythe, her acclaimed translation of the poetry of Nobel Prize winner Tomas Tranströmer. In addition to reading from the book, Crane will talk with Fries about Tranströmer's life and work, Crane’s relationship with the Tranströmers during her time living in Sweden, and her [...]
Is the Republic in danger? Does American Democracy have a future? Is the American constitutional system endangered by the politics of extremism? Will partisan wrangling end and political compromise become a possibility? Will Democratic talk or Republican talk capture the imagination of the American voter in the general election? Bill Cohn and Val Coleman will [...]
