Great Barrington, Mass.— In April, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will present an array of HD broadcasts by Met Opera and the Bolshoi Ballet, as well as classic films. Saturday, April 7 at 1:00pm, Met Opera Live in HD will present an encore broadcast of Mozart’s Così fan tutte. Phelim McDermott returns to the Met staging of…
Troy, NY — On Monday, March 26, at 7PM, the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presents the next event in its yearlong film series Other Uses. Focused on the work of filmmaker Ulysses Jenkins, the event will feature documentary and performance videos the artist made from the 1970s to the present. Jenkins will be making a…
THE CONVERSATIONS WITH….SERIES CONTINUES WITH ITS INTIMATE AND STIMULATING AFTERNOONS ON MUSIC AND IDEAS SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 3 PM AT THE MOUNT, IN LENOX, MA In a lecture illustrated with film clips, Professor Timothy Sergay of UAlbany will present an overview of Russian and Soviet film music. His focus will be not only the famous…
SCHENECTADY, N.Y.—FEB. 20, 2018—Set phasers to stun and beam yourself to Proctors, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 4 for an unforgettable night with the one and only WILLIAM SHATNER, live on stage. Audiences will enjoy a screening of the classic film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan on the GIANT screen at Proctors, followed by a live conversation with the one and only “Captain James T.…
Troy, NY — On Friday, March 2, the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will present the world premiere of echo/archive, a performance collaboration between choreographer Elena Demyanenko and filmmaker Erika Mijlin. Developed over the past year at EMPAC, echo/archive combines live dance with live and pre-recorded video to reflect the layers of memory and heritage that exist in each human body. Elena…
Highlights include Pat Metheny, Aimee Mann, Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, Joey Alexander, and The Peking Acrobats Great Barrington, Mass.— Mahaiwe Executive Director Beryl Jolly announces additions to the performing arts center’s spring and summer schedule, including jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, rock singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, Broadway performers Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, teenage jazz protogé Joey…
Troy, NY — Hudson Valley filmmaker Ephraim Asili is in residence at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to develop his first feature-length film, Inheritance. On Tuesday, January 23, at 7PM, Asili will present a free live performance of scenes from the film, including a cast of actors and Philadelphia poet, activist, and scholar of the Black Arts Movement, Sonia Sanchez.…
