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Audrey Golden on The Raincoats
Thursday, July 31, 2025, 5pm The Research & Development Store
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Sarah Sherman turned the Hunter Center upside down with her mind-bending antics last weekend — we`re still squirming!
Check out these color coordinated portraits that were taken before the show in the Sol Lewitt galleries and keep an eye on our upcoming events to keep laughing with us this summer.
📸 : Ryan Harper
Jul 25
Created by the visionary arts collective TRIBE, under the direction of artistic director and choreographer Shamel Pitts, “Touch of RED” premiered at MASS MoCA in 2022 in collaboration with Jacob’s Pillow — reimagining the boxing ring from a space of duels to one of duets.
Now, from August 6–10, Jacob’s Pillow welcomes Pitts back to the newly reopened Doris Duke Theatre — a powerful return to a space where “Touch of RED” first took shape during a Pillow Lab residency and was cut short in November 2020 when the original Doris Duke Theatre was lost to a fire.
Learn more about this boundary-pushing performance and its full-circle moment at the link in our bio.
🎥: @nelshelbyfilms
Jul 24
Just two months until the FreshGrass gates swing open and the music begins!
If you can’t join us for the full weekend but can’t stand the FOMO, look no further — single day tickets are on sale now! Check out the stacked daily lineups, and snag your tickets to this weekend of the best in roots and bluegrass.
Jul 22
Adjust your volume to experience the mechanical sounds of Amy Podmore’s “Audience”.
As eyes sleepily fall shut and whip open, you might find yourself asking: “Who’s watching whom?”
Plan your next visit at the link in our bio and add a stop to this compelling exhibition.
🎥: David Simonds
Jul 19
As you wind your way through our galleries on your next visit, don`t be surprised if you stumble across a rogue musician!
Throughout the next month, the Bang on a Can Summer Fellows and Festival Faculty will be taking to our galleries and helping MASS MoCA do what we do best: inviting audiences to get up close and personal with cutting edge art in all of its forms.
Jul 15
Apologies are on display in Rose Salane’s “Confessions,” on view as part of Like Magic in MASS MoCA’s Building 4. The series brings together images of items that were taken from and then returned to Pompeii, accompanied by notes of apology penned by the takers.
Many of the objects in the series are being returned after decades of possession, such as the ashes in “Confession 2” (pictured) whose note explains that they had been taken by a friend for the writer almost forty years prior. “Confessions” asks a viewer to consider what it means to try to “own” history, how it feels to carry remorse in an object, and who confessions are really for.
Jul 13
SNL`s Sarah Sherman is bringing her gloriously grotesque, brain-melting comedy to the Hunter Center on July 19 — and we`re so here for it!
Tickets are available at the link in our bio for a night of totally unhinged humor.
Jul 11
Drumroll, please!
Single day tickets for @bangonacan LOUD Weekend are now available!
This #throwbackthursday we`re traveling back to 2019 when The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival transformed MASS MoCA into a genre-bending musical utopia for innovative composers and performers — activating every corner of our galleries and outdoor spaces with performances, workshops, and seminars focused on adventurous new music.
We`re looking forward to this year`s LOUD Weekend on July 31–August 2. Tickets available at the link in our bio 🎟️
Jul 10
Spend a summer evening in the Hunter Center on August 8 with comedian/actor/director/writer/fashion icon/fill-in-the-blank-because-he-does-it-all Julio Torres as he returns to MASS MoCA on for the first time since his 2016 High Mud Comedy Fest debut!
Join Julio as he takes the audience on a journey blending stand-up, design, and dream logic into a whimsical exploration of color, emotion, and identity — equal parts comedy and art piece and perfectly at home at MASS MoCA.
Jul 7
“Bridges and bayous brought us together before borders and fences started wars.”
In celebration of the opening of “Just a Dream...”, Vincent Valdez was joined by friend and fellow musician Nick Gaitan to collaborate on a performance of “Pickin’ Sides” in front of the River Street billboard in North Adams, MA. Designed by MASS MoCA and Vincent Valdez.
See the full video at the link in our bio.
Song lyrics, vocals & bass: @nickgaitanofficial
Trumpet: @vincentvaldez77
Cinematography: @joe_aidonidis
Jul 4
Join us on July 12 as SNACKTIME helps us renovate Club B-10 with their Wall of Funk!
Check out this POV and head over to the link in our bio for a night of unforgettable energy. ⚡️
Jul 3
Ready to turn the volume up a notch? @bangonacan LOUD Weekend is just one month away!
Over three weeks, every corner of our galleries and outdoor spaces will come alive with a fully loaded, multi-day, eclectic super-mix of minimal, experimental and electronic music — culminating in LOUD Weekend on July 31–August 2.
Tickets are available at the link in our bio 🎟️
📸: @salt_box_films @luis____salazar
Jul 2
Take Part
Family Adventure in the Northern Berkshires
Baby animals and ice cream included
Not just Kidspace
Explore MASS MoCA with kids.
John Stirratt on North Adams, Wilco, and fried clams
Wilco's bassist shares a few must-dos.
A history of North Adams through food, walk, and shop
Walk through history and get a haircut.
