Sara Ayers3233 posts 149 comments

Sunday, May 19, 4-6pm The Egg Empire State Plaza Albany, NY Please join us as we remember and celebrate the life of Greg Haymes: musician, writer, artist and Nippertown…

Thank you for 9 years, 10 months and 15 days of sharing and highlighting the arts of greater Nippertown.Thank you to all our readers, contributors and advertisers.…

At 6pm today (Thursday, April 4) EMPAC at RPI in Troy will welcome artist-in-residence James Richards for a public conversation with Senior Curator of Time-Based Visual…

OpeningNeoteric Abstract IV @ Limner Gallery, Hudson. Contemporary abstract works by 23 artists in a wide variety of media. Opening reception: Saturday, April 6, 5-7pm.…

OpeningTransformations @ Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs. Works by Arlene Baker, Gail Nadeau, Lauren Sandler and Sheri Snedeker. Opening reception: Saturday, March 30,…

The yearlong Short Shadows series continues on Friday (March 29) at EMPAC at RPI in Troy. The event presents two new performances that expand the format of the moving…

The Ghent Playhouse presents A View from the Bridge by celebrated American playwright Arthur Miller and directed by Aaron Holbritter. This landmark drama has timely themes…

Greater Nippertown audiences are in for a rare treat when theatrical legend Charles Busch and playwright/performer Lee Tannen team up for a special two-performance concert…

OpeningHudson Athens Light @ Hudson Hall Hudson. This group exhibition of paintings, photography and sculpture, illuminates and corroborates the ecological, historical,…

Photograph by Rudy LuDig these crazy kicks worn by Michael Mwenso at The Linda in Albany on Saturday, March 9...

By David BrickmanIs mid-March too late to be looking back at 2018? Well, probably, but I'm going to do it anyway...I'm plagued by the many missed opportunities of…

Review by Roseann CaneBorn Lothar Berfelde in Berlin-Mahlsdorf, Germany, in 1928, the son of a leader of the Nazi Party, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf recognized early in…

OpeningReclaiming Pink @ Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park. Figurative oil paintings by Alabama painter Emily Strou that examine gender norms that still exist in…

Due to some technical difficulties, postings might be a little delayed here for a few days. We'll have it all sorted out soon.

OpeningContemporary Artists @ Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson. Opens Wednesday, March 6. Artworks by Jenny Nelson, Nancy Rutter, Laura Von Rosk, Donise English and Andrea…

Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education and Executive & Artistic Director David Snider are proud to announce the opening at 7:30pm on Friday (March 8) of I Am…

OpeningHere Today @ Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. Photography by Judi Bommarito, KayLynn Deveney, Lydia Goldblatt and Jane Paradise that examines age…

TROY, NEW YORK Albany Pro Musica presents a multi-cultural celebration with The Americas, Land of Many Cultures on Sunday, March 3, 3 PM, at the Troy Savings Bank…

OpeningArde la Tierra / Aching Land @ Martinez Gallery, Troy. Works by Gary Masline, Barbara Masterson and Alexis Mendoza. Opening reception: Friday, February 22,…

OpeningUncovered @ Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs. Assemblages by Diane Golden, paintings by Jae Schalekamp and photographs by Emily Vallee. Opening reception:…

Click to read the rest at Berkshire on Stage.

OpeningBe Mine @ LABspace, Hillsdale. Works by Amy Lincoln. Barbara Slitkin, Cathy Wysocki, David Ambrose, Dina Bursztyn, Elisa Pritzker, Jackie Shatz, Julie Chase,…

The Ghent Playhouse kicks off the second-half of its 2018-2019 season with the hilarious kitchen-sink family dramedy Miracle on South Division Street. This heartwarming…

National Geographic Live, National Geographic’s touring speaker series, and Proctors in Schenectady are proud to present “View from Above” with Terry Virts, a celebrated…

OpeningOn the Way to the Compost Pile @ Capital Repertory Theatre, Albany. Digital paintings by Cathy Frank, who will be known to long-time Nippertown residents as the…

Created and brought to life on stage by Canadian actor Charles Ross, One-Man Star Wars Trilogy is just what it seems — a live solo performance of the original trilogy of…

ALBANY, N.Y.—JAN. 8, 2019—A dinner party. Two couples. Old friends all. What could go wrong?A better question might be what could go right?David Bunce’s comedy Red…

OpeningChristopher Wool: Untitled @ Art Omi, Ghent. Christopher Wool's large-scale bronze and copper plated steel sculpture demonstrates his penchant for appropriating…

The Tony Award-winning Best Musical Monty Python’s Spamalot arrives at Proctors this week for two performances - 7:30pm Wednesday (January 23­) and 8pm Thursday (January…

Photograph by Glenn KaplowitzWHO: Peter Yarrow WHERE: Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs WHEN: Friday, January 11, 2019UPCOMING: This weekend's festivities at Caffe…

OpeningAdaptations to Extremes, An Art / Science Collaboration @ Courthouse Gallery, Lake George. An exhibition that examines how organisms adapt to environmental…

Photograph by Glenn KaplowitzWHO: The Frank Vignola Trio WHERE: Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs WHEN: Saturday, December 22, 2018UPCOMING: This week's schedule at…

OpeningColorama @ The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls. An exhibition that examines the massive advertisements displayed in New York's Grand Central Station, offering insight…

America’s most beloved animal expert, Jack Hanna, brings his three-time Emmy Award-winning television series to the live stage with Into the Wild Live! at Proctors at…

Some of the critics who review for Berkshire On Stage – Gail M. Burns, Roseann Cane, Macey Levin and Barbara Waldinger – have listed their favorite regional theater…

OpeningDonna Fitzgerald: Italy & Vietnam and Mark McCarty: Skin @ Feigenbaum Center For Visual Arts, Schenectady. Solo exhibitions by two noted Nippertown…

Last Chance to SeePeter Pincus: Channeling Josiah Wedgwood @ Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams. Ceramist Peter Pincus will debut a new collection of cast vases…

Last Chance to SeeWinter Show and Sale @ Installation Space, North Adams. Works by Galen Cheney, Sara Farrell Okamura, Anna Farrington, Hideyo Okamura and Emilee Yawn.…

Walking the dog Theater of Ghent presents performances of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at Solaris in Hudson, at 8pm Friday-Sunday (December 21-23) and 3pm Monday…

Review by David BrickmanSometimes, when I am explaining my aversion to spending too much time on the internet, I will tell people "I'd rather just stare at a tree." I…

OpeningHeavy Metal: Cast Iron Stoves of the Capital Region @ Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany. During the nineteenth century, Albany and Troy manufacturers were…

Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre has announced its 2019 line-up of plays – five magnificent and audacious stage works for audiences to savor between April and October. It…

Albany Pro Musica presents "Many Moods of Christmas, Christmas Around the World," at 3pm on Sunday (December 9) at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. Now an annual holiday…

Altar Boyz - which opens at Albany Civic Theatre on Friday (December 7) - is a foot-stomping, rafter-raising, musical comedy about a fictitious Christian boy-band on the…

OpeningThomas Gainsborough @ The Clark, Mixed-media drawings by Thomas Gainsborough, an 18th-century artist more renowned for his portraiture. Williamstown. (Through…

Circle Theatre Players present the classic A Christmas Carol at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts in Averill Park. Brian Sheldon and Melanie Douglas penned the new…

Proctors presents the Schenectady premiere of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical from Wednesday-Sunday (December 5–9). Hailed by The New York Times as…

Review by Roseann Cane Photograph by Richard LovrichIf “Call me Ishmael” is the most famous opening sentence of an English-language novel, surely “It is a truth…

Review by Gail M. BurnsAfter two years of good-but-not-great Panto productions, the Pantoloons at the Ghent Playhouse have regained their mojo and are currently…

OpeningJoe and the Landfill @ BCB ART, Hudson. Rodney Alan Greenblatt's ongoing large scale sculpture was initially conceived and built in 1990 and exhibited widely in…

By David BrickmanIf you've never been to Dia:Beacon, and you like modern art, then add it to your list.I took advantage of November's first major holiday to dash…

Dena Blizzard, the viral video sensation and creator of the Back to School Rant (125 million views), Chardonnay Go (24 million views) and Chardonnay Go: The Board Game for…

The Ghent Playhouse is proud to once again have the annual Panto on stage. In it’s 18th year, this year’s version is titled The Elves & The Shoemaker.Buckle up for…

Bookish Mary Bennet is the middle child, even though she is a child no more. She is, frankly, growing a bit weary of being the responsible, stay-at-home one. Why can’t she…

OpeningParking on Pavement @ The School, Kinderhook. A large group show that examines the paradoxes and schisms of contemporary life, featuring works by El Anatsui, Andrea…

Review by Barbara Waldinger Photograph by Kelly ThompsonCasse Noisette, French for Nutcracker and subtitled "A Fairy Ballet," is Bridge Street Theatre’s current world…

Review by Jenny Hansell Photograph by Phil HelzerIs there anything sturdier and more resilient than a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta? There are occasional…

OpeningThe Enemy is Refortifying Ticonderoga @ Fort Ticonderoga, Ticonderoga. In honor of Veteran’s Day, Fort Ticonderoga will display one of the rarest and most…

Catskill’s intimate Bridge Street Theatre will close out its 2018 season with a major coup: the world premiere of Philadelphia-based playwright Michael Whistler’s…

Photographs by Andrzej PilarczykWHO: Shawn Holt & The Teardrops WHERE: The Linda, Albany WHEN: Friday, October 5, 2018UPCOMING: There's another big blast of…

Review by David BrickmanThe current edition of the annual Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region (aka the Regional) opened recently at UAlbany’s University…

The Local Actors Guild of Saratoga presents Terrence McNally’s Lips Together, Teeth Apart, directed by Roseann Cane at the Saratoga Arts Center.A gay community in Fire…

OpeningUkiyo-e to Shin Hanga: Japanese Woodcuts from the Syracuse University Art Collection @ The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls. An exhibition that chronicles the…

Review by Barbara Waldinger Photograph by Mark BairdWendy Wasserstein, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 55, wrote several plays about college-educated women of…

Albany Civic Theater presents the Greater Nippertown premiere of Gloria by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Patrick White.Gloria, the critically acclaimed finalist…

OpeningMoved to Act! @ Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson. 37 photographers document women's marches, Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock, March for Our Lives and other…

Review by Macey Levin Photograph by David DashiellAnn Richards has become an almost legendary character in a relatively short amount of time. She was the second…

OpeningBenjamin Swett: Recent Photographs (2016-18) @ BCB ART, Hudson. Benjamin Swett's photographic exhibition examines the halls and rooms of buildings constructed…

OpeningRobert Moylan: Recent Work @ Clement Frame Shop, Troy. Panoramic landscapes by gouache master Robert Moylan. Opens Monday, October 15. Artist's reception: Friday,…

Catskill’s beloved Flo Hayle returns to the director’s chair for a two-weekend run of Alfred Uhry’s heart-warming 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Driving Miss Daisy,…

The National Geographic exhibition Rarely Seen: Photographs of the Extraordinary opens at the Berkshire Museum on Friday (October 5), offering visitors an exhibition of…

OpeningLandmark @ Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany. The gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary with this exhibition of visual artists and writers…

Review by Barbara Waldinger Photograph by Emma Rothenberg-WareMany twenty-first century theatre audiences, who expect real life behavior onstage, much like reality…

Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theater in the Berkshires under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, presents Tennessee Williams’ The Glass…

How do you depict a prize fight onstage without the boxers landing a single blow? In The Royale, playwright Marco Ramirez takes on this challenge, reaching for every…

The Falling and the Rising: A New American Opera Saturday, September 29 at 2 & 7pm at Hubbard Hall, Cambridge Sponsored by Glens Falls National BankBy librettist…

OpeningSliver - Artworks by Anthony Cafritz @ The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy. A solo show of sculpture that examines the fragility of the world and its…

Review by David Brickman Photograph by Gary GoldWhile group shows typically dominate the local landscape, especially at the highest-profile venues, we are currently…

“All the planets seem to have aligned,” said playwright Elizabeth Diggs. “A new play in a new theater at a time when interest in President Grant is on the rise.”The…

Review by Gail M. BurnsThere are no men on stage in the Acting Class with Patrick White’s presentation of Jaclyn Backhaus’ Men on Boats at the Sand Lake Center for the…

OpeningCanary Syndrome @ Ferrin Contemporary, North Adams. A group show featuring recent works by U.S. and U.K.-based artists Elizabeth Alexander, Evan Hauser, Elliott…

Review by Macey Levin Photograph by Eloy GarciaEditor’s Note: The playwright’s preferred pronoun is judy.Since the classic Greeks created the drama there have…

On Thursday (September 20) at 7pm, Dawna Ballard will present the talk Creating Time Through Design at EMPAC at RPI in Troy. Ballard is a media theorist who specializes in…

For six performances beginning tonight (Friday, September 14) at 8pm and running through Sunday, September 23, Sand Lake Center for the Arts in Averill Park will host the…

OpeningFor Freedoms: 50 State Initiative @ Union College, Schenectady. The Mandeville Gallery presents this group exhibition in the green space between the historic Nott…

Review by Barbara Waldinger Photograph by John SowleImagine a play about the poetry of William Blake, one of the most complex writers ever known, written in rhymed…

Review by David BrickmanThis special exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, operates on several levels, and it offers the viewer pleasures and…

Review by Gail M. Burns Photograph by Deborah PetersonDavid Auburn’s Proof burst on the national consciousness nearly 20 years ago – winning Tonys and a Pulitzer and…

By David BrickmanIt’s been a tough summer, weather-wise, particularly for a venue like Art Omi, which relies on visitors willing to cover significant ground outdoors,…

Review by Roseann Cane Photograph by Eloy Garcia“There is nothing permanent except change.” – HeraclitusAs the lights come up we see two people, a mature woman…

OpeningThen & Now: Mark McCarty @ Albany Center Gallery, Albany. Photographic works by noted area photographer Mark McCarty. Opens Tuesday, September 11. Artist's…

Review by Barbara Waldinger Photograph by Jennifer GraessleThe title explains it all. Rachel Lynett has written a powerful and controversial attack against white…

Review by Lisa JarischSurely there is no better cure for melancholy that approaches as the curtain descends on the summer theater season than a healthy dose of…

Review by Gail M. BurnsI have seen The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee several times since the icy day in February, 2004 when I slithered down to Barrington…

OpeningP P P: New Work by Dan Welden @ BCB Art, Hudson. Paintings, prints and photographs by Dan Welden, who uses observations from his travels - such as tracks made by…

Review by Jenny Hansell Photograph by Nile Scott StudiosA wooded glade lined with white pine trees in the Berkshires is a perfect stand-in for the Forest of Arden,…

Review by Macey Levin Photograph by Emma K. Rothenberg-WareChristopher Durang burst onto the New York theater scene in the late 1970s writing plays of scathing satire…

Review by Roseann Cane Photograph by Daniel RaderIn 1927 the German physicist Werner Heisenberg posited what is often referred to as the Heisenberg Uncertainty…

OpeningGesche Würfel: At the Hands of People Unknown @ The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock. A move to North Carolina compelled Gesche Würfel, a German woman…

Photographs by Andrzej PilarczykWHO: Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hell Raisers WITH: The New Breed Brass Band WHERE: Music Haven in Central Park, Schenectady…