Classical Pianist Performs at the Adams Theater

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ADAMS, Mass. — Pianist and conductor Lucas Huang Amory, a Juilliard graduate student and 2024 PianoArts First Prize winner, will perform works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Mozart at the Adams Theater on Friday, Aug. 29 at 7:30 p.m. 

Amory has performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the 92nd Street Y. To the Adams Theater, he will bring works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Mozart to The Adams Theater.  said, “windows into their particular flavor of tenderness.”

When not at the piano, Amory is an active conductor and baritone. He is the outgoing Music Director of Harvard's Bach Society Orchestra and has contributed to numerous opera and musical theater productions in both directorial and répétiteur roles.

The son of acclaimed violists Misha Amory and Hsin-Yun Huang, Amory grew up in intensive music education, attending the Special Music School in New York City as a child, with many hours of practice and private lessons. At Harvard, he ventured into conducting and found he had a love and a feel for it, conducting orchestras, opera pieces, and musical theater, as well as singing in the University Choir. 

As a complement to the show, local artist, Adams Theater Board Member, and culinary expert Joe Wheaton will be catering a family style dinner at the theater before the show. 

See a full lineup of events at www.adamstheater.org/present

The Adams Theater participates in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program, in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children Nutrition Program, and the Mass Health Connector.

EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare cardholders receive free admission to our shows and events by presenting their cards at our Box Office. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBTWIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.

 

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Adams Applies for CDBG Grant to Address Blight

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
ADAMS, Mass. — The town continues its efforts to address blight in the community by applying for funds through the Community Development Block Grant, as it has done years prior.  
 
The Select Board recently approved the grant application requesting $950,000 to fund the highly anticipated Winter Street reconstruction and the town's Adams Housing Rehabilitation Program. 
 
CDBG is a federally funded competitive grant program administered by the state. It can be used for activities that address blight, housing, beautification, demolition and economic development.
 
The need for these funds is substantial as towns work to balance addressing high-cost infrastructure repairs with limited state and federal funding, such as Chapter 90, said Donna Cesan, community development director. 
 
"Adams is one of the poor communities in the commonwealth.  Here in the Northern Berkshires, we're still recovering from the '60s and the loss of our manufacturing base, so it's been a slow recovery," she said. 
 
Cesan has been working with the town for more than 20 years and during that time has seen improvements but there are still setbacks, including the rising costs to address the communities needs. 
 
"To continue to work on projects like this to improve the community. So, I think Adams is very deserving of this. I think the community needs this," she said. 
 
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