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25/05/2024

Splash page for new author site coming soon....

08/03/2024

Lyle Lovett, Ben Folds, Suzanne Vega, Keb’ Mo’, Lisa Loeb, and BoDeans Headed to Mahaiwe in 2024

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Singer-songwriters Lyle Lovett, Ben Folds, Keb’ Mo’, Suzanne Vega, and rootsy heartland-rockers BoDeans will perform at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., between May and October 2024. Lyle Lovett, joined by singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb will perform in a collabo...

07/03/2024

The complete lineup for this summer's YIDSTOCK: The Festival of New Yiddish Music (July 11-14 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass.) is now available online, and includes concerts by The Klezmatics, Levyosn, Socalled’s Gephilte, Frank London, Eleanor Reissa, Judy Bressler, Hankus Netsky, Daniel Kahn, Jake Shulman-Ment, Richie Barshay, Basya Schechter, Avi Fox-Rosen, and many more. Tickets are now on sale for YBC members.

July 11–14 at the Yiddish Book Center | Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music brings the best in klezmer and new Yiddish music to the stage at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

07/03/2024

This just in - Brandi Carlile, Roger Daltrey, John Fogerty and Jon Bastite (among others) have been added to the Tanglewood 2024 summer Popular Artists Series lineup

Join previously announced James Taylor, the Pretenders, Kool & the Gang, Judy Collins, Rufus Wainwright, and Indigo Girls, plus others

03/03/2024

This week's Rogovoy Report Substack includes links to articles about why we need to slow down and just say no; Russia after Navalny; art and retirement in Williamstown, Mass.; a change in leadership at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Mass.; and how a pair of Williams College professors are reading 'Moby Dick' Talmud-style, a page a day.

From around the corner to around the globe...

25/02/2024

In this week's Rogovoy Report Substack, links to stories include Ralph Gardner Jr asking if he should feel guilty about taking the best seat at restaurants, Clare de Boer's growing dining empire, how indie cinemas are trying to survive, the rescue of a mural hidden in the attic of a one-time 18th-century synagogue in North Adams, and our weekly Fascist Takeover Watch.

From around the corner to around the globe...

17/01/2024

(LENOX, Mass.) - James Taylor returns to Tanglewood with his All-Star Band for performances on Wednesday, July 3, and Thursday, July 4, 2024, at 8pm, in the Koussevitzky Music Shed. This summer marks 50 years since Taylor first performed at Tanglewood on July 30, 1974. The two dates scheduled this J...

17/01/2024

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) - Berkshire restaurateur Josh Irwin (Cantina 229, MoonCloud) will open a “fast casual” food establishment in a space adjacent to the Triplex Cinema. Plans call for a 550-square-foot space, accessible from both the interior of the Triplex and the exterior on the Triplex ...

14/01/2024

This week's Rogovoy Report includes links to articles on how to be a better audience member, Adam Schiff's pro-democracy plan (including ending the Electoral College and expanding the Supreme Court), how writing leads to critical thinking, and why children living near green spaces have stronger bones.

From around the corner to around the globe...

03/12/2023

Great Barrington-bred, Los Angeles-based duo 'stuns' with new dubstep EP. BARELY ALIVE = Matt Meier and Willie Watkins, my son, the one I love....

Barely Alive is ready to hit the road again, and they’ve kicked off the excitement with a hefty EP on Bassrush, Casket Case.

04/10/2023

The Rogovoy Report's Berkshire/Hudson Valley weekend cultural preview includes Roomful of Blues, serpentwithfeet, Heather Maloney, Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak, Steve Hackett, Andy Summers, and Justin Hayward

Oct 6-12, 2023

19/09/2023

This week's Berkshire/Hudson Valley weekend cultural recommendations from the Rogovoy Report includes Rhiannon Giddens, Pat Metheny, Lukas Nelson, Hot Tuna, Dropkick Murphys, Mighty Poplar, and the Freshgrass Festival, among others.

Sep 20-27, 2023

22/08/2023

The Rogovoy Report's weekend cultural preview includes Jackson Browne at Tanglewood, Ann Wilson at the Egg, Compagnie Käfig at Jacob's Pillow, Rob Stoner at Dream Away Lodge, plus a whole more.

Aug 23-31, 2023