Adams Theater Announces 2023 Season

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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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ADAMS, Mass. — The long-awaited Greylock Glen Outdoor Center will formally open on Friday with host of officials ready to cut the ribbon. 
 
The $7.3 million center is the first step in what Adams officials hope will become a bustling recreational venue at the foot of Mount Greylock. 
 
The town was named developer of 54 acres of the 1,063-acre parcel, part of the Mount Greylock State Reservation, in 2006. The hope was the community could get things moving on developing the site after decades of failed projects. The project has moved forward, in fits and starts, since then with the outdoor center being a critical step after years of preparation.
 
The Greylock Glen's recent history has had a tighter focus with the town more in control of a concept that includes a camping area, amphitheater, outdoor educational center, trail network, and lodge. Many of these elements were hashed 15 or more years ago by the Greylock Glen Advisory Committee, comprised of representatives from stakeholders including Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Mass Audubon and the Appalachian Mountain Club.
 
The project's jumped through numerous hopes, from the local Conservation Commission to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act.
 
It's been 15 years since the initial plans were unveiled at the Adams Free Library for a campground, lodge and outdoor center within a 29-acre footprint that would access miles of trails within the glen and up to the state's highest summit. 
 
But since the vision started to come together, the project has been stalled by, among other things, the global economic collapse of 2008 and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic … not to mention all the regular steps that need to be taken to make such a massive project "shovel ready."
 
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