Colonial Calendar for October10:21AM / Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Richie Havens with special guest Meg Hutchinson
Sat 10/10/09 8pm
VIP: $65 preferred seating with post-show Artist meet & greet
A: $35 B: $25
Richie Havens’ fiery, poignant, soulful singing style has remained unique and ageless since his historic appearance at Woodstock in 1969. As the festival’s first performer, Havens held the crowd spellbound for nearly three hours. Having run out of tunes, he improvised a song based on the old spiritual “Motherless Child” that became “Freedom,” a song now considered to be the anthem of a generation.
Meg Hutchinson is a lyric-based, contemporary, acoustic songwriter. Influences include poet Mary Oliver, songwriter Shawn Colvin, word slinger Greg Brown and mood maker David Gray. Originally from Great Barrington, MA, Hutchinson now lives in the Boston area. Although only 29, she has already won numerous songwriting awards in the US, Ireland and UK and recently signed with Red House Records to release Come Up Full.
I’m A Boomer Baby! Starring Dan Riley
Fri 10/16/09 8pm
VIP: $65 preferred seating with post-show Artist meet & greet
A: $35 B: $25
This one-man, fun-filled, musical tribute celebrates the songs, the spirit and the times of the Baby Boomer generation. Dan Riley covers songs by Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Richie Valens, Rod Stewart, The Who, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles and more!
The Dave Brubeck Quartet & The Pittsfield CityJazz Youth Ensemble
Sat 10/17/09 8pm
A: $25 B: $15
Dave Brubeck, designated a “living legend” by the Library of Congress, continues to be one of the most active and popular musicians in both the jazz and classical worlds. The Pittsfield CityJazz Youth Ensemble, a big band comprising high school students, will perform and later join the Brubeck Quartet onstage.
Berkshire Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Feldman, Music Director With the Williams Concert Choir, Brad Wells, Director
Sun 10/18/09 2pm
All seats: $25
Music from the Movies and the Gallery, Close Encounters, Altered States, Edward Scissorhands, Oscar and Lucinda, Empire of the Sun and Modest Mussorgsky's “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
2009 Backstage Bash
Sat 10/24/09 7pm
Be A Real Stage Hand!
$150 per ticket
Dinner, Dessert & Cocktails on the Other Side of the Curtain. Music & Dancing Featuring the band Bellevue Cadillac. Silent Auction plus Live Lobby Entertainment. Proceeds to benefit The Colonial Performing Arts for Schools Education Program. |
