MASS MoCA summer season calendar Listings

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MASS MoCA Summer Season Calendar Listings May 25, 7 pm Viva Vienna: Opening Celebration for The Vienna Project. Sex Mob, New York's hippest band, plays "nonstop, surprising, avant-garde party music." For the opening of the Berkshire-wide celebration of Vienna, they bring the waltz into the new millennium and beyond with a little help from special Viennese guest artist saxophonist Max Nagl. The night magically morphs into a techno dance party as Blow Up! Vienna, the trans-Atlantic DJ collective, mixes not just tunes but projected images from the summer exhibitions at MASS MoCA, the Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, and Williams College Museum of Art in a sound and light extravaganza. $17/$14 Clark, WCMA, and MASS MoCA members/$8 kids June 1, 7 pm Dr. John and Jimmy Scott: Opening Concert. New Orleans' favorite son, the matchless piano bluesman Dr. John, is joined on stage by legendary singer Jimmy Scott, keeper of one of the greatest tenors in the history of rock and roll. A night of bayou-flavoredfunkiness, beautiful voices, and soul-stirring ballads. $20 advance/$25 day of show June 8, 4 pm Family Concert with Basya Schecter. Schecter of the wildly eclectic band Pharaoh's Daughter fuses Jewish, Middle Eastern and Indian influences to create a sound that is pure global unity. Here she gives a round-the-world musical workshop/concert for the whole family. Free with museum admission. Advance reservations required. June 15, 10:30 am Daydreaming and Dancing with Martha Bowers. Choreographer-in-residence Martha Bowers engages children in an interactive exploration of The Dream Life of Bricks, her site-specific dance piece about MASS MoCA's past, present, and future. Free with museum admission. Advance reservations required. June 21-22 The Dream Life of Bricks. If a building could dream, what would those dreams look like? Martha Bowers' visionary choreographic historyscape of the MASS MoCA mill-turned-museum poses that question, exploring the site as a repository for 200 years of the community's collective aspirations and imaginings. The project is a collaboration with lauded musician Phillip Hamilton and members of the North Adams community.$15 June 28, 8:30 pm Sunset Boulevard. Starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, and the great Erich von Stroheim, Billy Wilder's classic tale of fame, intrigue, and decrepitude is a wicked skewering of Hollywood mores. "Remains the best drama ever made about the movies." - Roger Ebert $6 June 29, 8:30 pm Lost World with live music by Alloy Orchestra. Alloy Orchestra lays down a rousing score to the original dino-classic, Lost World (1925), forerunner of everything from King Kong to Godzilla to Jurassic Park. In it a research team tries to authenticate claims of prehistoric monsters in the Brazilian jungle. The skeptical group is soon screaming for their lives. $12 adults/$6 kids July 5, 8:30 pm Casablanca. WWII, Tangiers, Rick's CafÃ©, ex-pats, Nazi spies, epic romance - it all adds up to the film that solidified Bogart's place as the personification of cool. Casablanca is one of Hollywood's greatest achievements, and the chance to see it outdoors on the big screen should not be missed. $6 July 6, 7:30 pm Haitian Dance Party with Tabou Combo. The true kings of kompas Tabou Combo storm MASS MoCA for a night of blazing Haitian rhythms and non- stop dancing. $12 adults/$6 kids July 11, 8:30 pm Sing-A-Long Sound of Music. A cinematic phenomenon that is much more than a movie, this 3 1/2 hour event includes pre- and post-show festivities, a Best Costume contest, an official fun pack filled with interactive props and utterly silly film fun. The audience can boo at Nazis, hiss at the Baroness, cheer for Maria, and sing with the children. In addition to subtitles on the film, ardent fans promise to buoy along anyone who's forgotten the words. $15 adults/$10 kids July 13, 8 pm The Big Bang: Opening Concert for Summer Institute. The First Annual Bang on a Can Summer Institute of Contemporary Music at MASS MoCA starts with an explosive All-Stars' performance. Part classical ensemble, part rock band, part jazz band, the All Stars are adventurous, virtuosic, dynamic and intense. This concert features jazz giant Don Byron's Eugene 1, a new sound score set to an episode of The Ernie Kovacs Show. Plus high energy music from Bang on a Can's acclaimed CD Renegade Heaven (picked as #1 Classical CD of 2001 by Alan Korzin of The New York Times). Bang on a Can's maverick co-founders, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolf (creators of last years celebrated production The Carbon Copy Building), are joined by composers Arnold Dreyblatt, and Evan Ziporyn (Shadow Bang) as they draw on influences from the Beatles to Sonic Youth and beyond. $20 July 20, 10:30 am Kids Can Too! Between the opening concert of the Bang on Can Summer Institute and the residency-closing Marathon blowout, the BOAC gang pauses for a session with kids, introducing children to a world of music and instruments far beyond the ordinary. Free with museum admission. Advance reservations required. July 20, 6 pm Vienna Vines: A Celebration of Wine James Beard. Award-winner Karen King (Best Wine List), sommelier of the famous Union Square CafÃ©, one of New York City's finest restaurants, gives a tasting tour of Austria's premier grapes. $25 July 27, 4 - 10 pm Bang on a Can Marathon with Steve Reich. A celebration of the completion of their two-week institute for new musicians at MASS MoCA with Bang on a Can in their first-ever Summer Marathon. An annual music extravaganza in New York City since 1987, the Bang on a Can Marathon is known worldwide for its unparalleled combinations of today's most innovative new music. Highlights of this 6-hour festival include music by very special guest Steve Reich and the debut of the Summer Institute's Balinese Gamelan, all capped off by a revolutionary and powerful performance of Terry Riley's minimalist classic In C. $20 August 3, 8:30 pm Rebirth of a Nation with music by DJ Spooky. A work in progress performance by conceptual artist, writer, and musician Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid. He re-imagines the controversial Birth of a Nation (1915), combining footage from the film with a modern musical collage. The first movie blockbuster from the moment Birth of a Nation premiered, the NAACP organized mass demonstrations against it. Not only did black people object to its racial stereotypes, but they feared that its glorification of the Klan would lead to increased violence against African-Americans. $12 August 10, 10:30 am Folk Tales from Afghanistan. Based on classic Sufi teaching stories and narratives, the late Afghan writer Idries Shah's spellbinding adaptations of tales from Middle Eastern and Central Asian oral tradition are among the most popular children's books the world over. Free with museum admission. Advance reservations required. August 10, 8 pm Viennese CafÃ© Concert. From the vanguard of Vienna's music scene, Lukas Ligeti conjures up a seamless pastiche of electronic music and African rhythms for a concert under the stars. Ligeti is joined by the singer Mai Lingani of Burkina Faso, West Africa. $10 August 17, 8:30 pm Sounds of the Surreal with live music by Gary Lucas. The man The New York Times called "guitarist of 1,000 ideas" improvises over three early masterpieces of surreal cinema: RenÃ© Clair's Entr'Acte, Fernand LegÃ©r's Ballet MÃ©chanique, and Ladislaw Starewicz's The Cameraman's Revenge. Lucas never wants for creative inspiration, and these reality-bending short films provide an ideal canvas for his virtuosic flights of musical fantasy. $12 adults/$6 kids August 23-24, 8 pm Mabou Mines' Red Beads: Preview Showing! Renowned puppeteer Basil Twist and the great avant-garde theater troupe Mabou Mines have completed their visually stunning fairy tale which includes fifteen foot tall silk puppets, exquisite lighting, flying actors, haunting text, and wonderful music. Adapted from traditional Siberian folklore and brought to life with wind, dance, music, and prose, this story centers on a haunting mythological fantasy about the passage of "feminine mystique" from mother to daughter. MASS MoCA hosted an early work-in-progress showing in February 2001. $20 August 31, 7:30 pm Cuban Dance Party with Yerba Buena Yerba. Buena plays Cuban funk fusion for a hot dance party. An urban hip hop sound. $12 adults/$6 kids September 1, 8:30 pm The Producers. According to Roger Ebert, Mel Brooks' 1968 gem may well be the funniest movie of all time. The theater production is now the toast of Broadway, but nothing in it can top the antics of Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder, whose Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom make up one of filmdom's greatest comedy duos. "In 1968 the movie was like a bomb going off inside the audience's sense of propriety." - Roger Ebert. $6

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McCann Recognizes Superintendent Award Recipient

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
05:32PM / Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Landon LeClair and Superintendent James Brosnan with Landon's parents Eric and Susan LeClair, who is a teacher at McCann.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Superintendent's Award has been presented to Landon LeClair, a senior in McCann Technical School's advanced manufacturing course.

The presentation was made last Thursday by Superintendent Jame Brosnan after Principal Justin Kratz read from teachers' letters extolling LeClair's school work, leadership and dedication.

"He's become somewhat legendary at the Fall State Leadership Conference for trying to be a leader at his dinner table, getting an entire plate of cookies for him and all his friends," read Kratz to chuckles from the School Committee. "Landon was always a dedicated student and a quiet leader who cared about mastering the content."

LeClair was also recognized for his participation on the school's golf team and for mentoring younger teammates.

"Landon jumped in tutoring the student so thoroughly that the freshman was able to demonstrate proficiency on an assessment despite the missed class time for golf matches," read Kratz.

The principal noted that the school also received feedback from LeClair's co-op employer, who rated him with all fours.

"This week, we sent Landon to our other machine shop to help load and run parts in the CNC mill," his employer wrote to the school. LeClair was so competent the supervisor advised the central shop might not get him back.

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