Adams Theater Announces 2023 Season

08:15AM / Thursday, March 23, 2023Print Story | Email Story

ADAMS, Mass. — Starting in May, the Adams Theater is presenting a programming season featuring concerts, dance performances, a comedy, a musical homage to the Spirit of Ukraine, and the official kickoff to PRIDE weekend in the Berkshires.

Community members and visitors are invited to come see how construction has progressed in the theater.

"The Adams Theater is a work-in-progress," said Founding Executive and Artistic Director Yina Moore. "Over the past two years, the local communities have witnessed and supported our physical transformations as a building. This year, they will have the opportunity to participate in our programmatic development as an arts and performance venue that focuses on accessibility. We see this season as a collective learning and growing process between the Adams Theater, our artistic partners, and the local communities."

Spring/Summer 2023 Calendar

Buy tickets and learn more at https://www.adamstheater.org/upcoming.

Berkshires' Academy of Arts and Musical Studies 3rd Anniversary Benefit Concert

Friday, May 26, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $20

Gina Coleman & Misty Blues: Queens of the Blues

Saturday, May 27, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $20

Majesty of the Berkshires

Friday, June 2, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $12

Isabel Hagen

Saturday, June 3, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $20

Gettin' it Together: dysFUNKcrew Turns 10!

Sunday, June 4, 2 PM

Tickets: Starting at $10

Ruckus featuring Emi Ferguson, flute, and Rachell Ellen Wong, violin

Thursday, July 6, 7:30 PM

Tickets: Starting at $20

Rewritten with MCLA Arts & Culture

Friday, July 28, Saturday, July 29

Tickets: Starting at $10

Floating Tower: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Saturday, July 1, Sunday, July 2

Details: To be updated

Fern Katz and Collaborators

Saturday, September 2

Tickets: Starting at $10

A New Community Engagement Hotline

Starting March 29, on Wednesdays from noon to 6 p.m., the theater's new Community Engagement Manager, Dawn Martin, will be answering phone calls and helping fill the community in about the theater project, the 2023 season, and more. Patrons can call 888.401.5022 and ask questions live from 12-6 pm on Wednesdays, or leave a message any time.

Partnering with Local Restaurants

The Theatre is collaborating with local restaurants and hospitality entrepreneurs for many shows this year, including Firehouse Cafe, Bounti-Fare, Berkshire Cider Project, and more. Theatergoers can opt to purchase dinner tickets, which include dinner and a drink before the show.

Buy a ticket, give a ticket

All local students 17 and under can attend at least one Adams Theater show for FREE with pre-registration (email info@adamstheater.org). Theater patrons can help pay it forward by purchasing a Community Ticket in addition to their own.

Season packages
The theater is also offering season packages, offering exclusive access to behind-the-scenes events and savings on ticket prices.

The Adams Theater's programming season is supported by grants from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Mass Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire, and 1Berkshire.

About The Adams Theater

Located in the heart of downtown Adams, the Adams Theater is under development to become a multi-functional Performing Arts Center. It will provide a new stage for regional artists and cultural entrepreneurs to collaborate and expand the creative economy in Berkshire County. Learn more at www.adamstheater.org.

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Letter: Progress Means Moving on Paper Mill Cleanup

Letter to the Editor05:00PM / Wednesday, February 11, 2026

To the Editor:

Our town is facing a clear choice: move a long-abandoned industrial site toward cleanup and productive use or allow it to remain a deteriorating symbol of inaction.

The Community Development team has applied for a $4 million EPA grant to remediate the former Curtis Mill property, a site that has sat idle for more than two decades. The purpose of this funding is straightforward: address environmental concerns and prepare the property for safe commercial redevelopment that can contribute to our tax base and economic vitality.

Yet opposition has emerged based on arguments that miss the point of what this project is designed to do. We are hearing that basement vats should be preserved, that demolition might create dust, and that the plan is somehow "unimaginative" because it prioritizes cleanup and feasibility over wishful reuse of a contaminated, aging structure.

These objections ignore both the environmental realities of the site and the strict federal requirements tied to this grant funding. Given the condition of most of the site's existing buildings, our engineering firm determined it was not cost-effective to renovate. Without cleanup, no private interest will risk investment in this site now or in the future.

This is not a blank check renovation project. It is an environmental remediation effort governed by safety standards, engineering assessments, and financial constraints. Adding speculative preservation ideas or delaying action risks derailing the very funding that makes cleanup possible in the first place. Without this grant, the likely outcome is not a charming restoration, it is continued vacancy, ongoing deterioration, and zero economic benefit.

For more than 20 years, the property has remained unused. Now, when real funding is within reach to finally address the problem, we should be rallying behind a practical path forward not creating obstacles based on narrow or unrealistic preferences.

I encourage residents to review the proposal materials and understand what is truly at stake. The Adams Board of Selectmen and Community Development staff have done the hard work to put our town in position for this opportunity. That effort deserves support.

Progress sometimes requires letting go of what a building used to be so that the community can gain what it needs to become.

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