Dance, Winter/Spring 2026, Work-in-Progress Showing
Shamel Pitts | TRIBE Marks of RED
Saturday, March 7, 2026, 7pm
Hunter Center
Co-presented by Jacob’s Pillow
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Symposium
Contemporary Nature: Tending the Garden Symposium
Annual Public Symposium: March 13–14, 2026 Private Sessions: March 15, 2026
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Graphic Novel Book Club The Woman With Fifty Faces
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 5pm The Research & Development Store
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Book Talk The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook
Thursday, March 26, 5pm The Research & Development Store
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Tree roots cracking through asphalt, birds mistaking pavement lights for water — just a glimpse of the richly layered world of Robin Frohardt’s “Shopping Center of the Universe.”
Last week, Frohardt — whose “The Plastic Bag Store” wowed audiences at MASS MoCA in 2024 — joined us in the Hunter Center for a preview of her genre-defying live-cinema work, blending puppetry, prose, original music, and handmade sets into a sharp, imaginative meditation on growing up amid big-box stores.
📸: Greg Nesbit
Feb 28
On April 25, join us for an intimate conversation with artist Steve Locke and MASS MoCA curator Evan Garza, celebrating the publication of Locke’s first career monograph “Steve Locke: I Said What I Said” (MASS MoCA/DelMonico Books), edited by Garza.
The book explores three decades of Locke’s career and grew out of their recent exhibition, “Steve Locke: the fire next time” at MASS MoCA (Aug 2024–Nov 2025), selected among the Top Ten in Artforum’s Best of 2024. The two will discuss the absurdity, curiosity, desire, and rage that define contemporary American consciousness and its legacies of discrimination. Garza will guide us through Locke’s career-long conceptual exploration of portraiture, perceptions of the male figure, and themes of modernism and racial violence.
See the link in our bio for tickets to this illuminating conversation and to order the book!
Feb 27
COMING SOON // On March 7, the recently announced recipient of the 2026 Jacob’s Pillow Men Dancers Award, Shamel Pitts, returns to MASS MoCA for the first time since his 2022 residency with an intimate open rehearsal experience offering insight into the “making-of” his newest multidisciplinary performance artwork, “Marks of RED” – the fourth chapter of his RED series exploring Black embodiment, aliveness, and human connection, in association with Jacob’s Pillow.
A work of magical realism narrated through the viewpoints of six women, “Marks of RED” is an Afrofuturistic meditation on the “womb space,” exploring how memory shapes our experiences, senses, bodies, reality, and imaginative possibilities. Scenic design by Mimi Lien, video mapping by Lucca Del Carlo, lighting design by Sarai Frazier, production by TRIBE arts collective.
📅 Marks of RED – March 7, 7 pm�
📍 Hunter Center—🎟️ @ 🔗 in bio!
Later this summer as part of Festival 2026, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE will present “Touch of RED,” which premiered at MASS MoCA in 2022, June 24-28 in the new Doris Duke Theatre J. Inspired by the rapid-fire footwork of boxing, the African American jazz dance style Lindy Hop, Gaga movement language, and nightlife culture, this electrifying duet is set in a stylized ring, and examines how Black men are perceived and perceive themselves in contemporary society.
📅 Touch of RED – June 24–28�
📍 Doris Duke Theatre, Festival 2026 — Member Presale Begins March 9
Feb 26
Adjust your volume and take in Cochemea Gastelum’s “Tukaria” — just a sample of what’s in store when the acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and composer joins us in Club B10 on Februray 28!
For over 25 years, Cochemea has built a distinct career as a soloist, section player, and composer/arranger, collaborating with artists across genres — from his long tenure with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings to Jon Batiste and Amy Winehouse.
Snag your tickets at the link in our bio.
Feb 24
Now on view in Building 6: The Robert W. Wilson Building, "Technologies of Relation."
Responding to the rapidly advancing technologies that are shaping our daily lives and social fabric, the artists in Technologies of Relation examine how we relate to each other, to our devices, and to our future.
These creators see the complexity of our relationships to the digital, avoiding the binary views that frame technology as good or bad, as tool or monster — offering visions of a technological future that is inclusive and liberatory.
📸: Kaelan Burkett & Jon Verney
Feb 21
Hear why Rolling Stone is calling The Head and the Heart’s latest release, "Aperture," their “best album yet” when the acclaimed indie band takes to the Hunter Center stage as part of their 15th Anniversary Tour! Tickets on sale now ✨
Feb 20
From "Cultural Apothecary"`s giant glowing heart to yours, MASS MoCA wishes you a happy Valentine`s Day!
Feb 14
Responding to the rapidly advancing technologies that are shaping our daily lives and social fabric, the artists in "Technologies of Relation" examine how we relate to each other, to our devices, and to our future.
Join us on February 21 for the "Technologies of Relation" Artist Discussion where exhibiting artists will discuss the current state of technology, considering how we can rethink our relationships to our devices, to computing, and to artificial intelligence, while bringing increased ethics and agency into the digital landscape. Then, join us in the exhibition for the Member & Artist Reception afterward.
Tickets are available at the link in our bio.
Feb 13
Looking for a place to warm up during a chilly February school break? MASS MoCA has you covered!
Join MASS MoCA Museum Educators in Kidspace all break long (from February 16–20, including Tuesday!) for a series of workshops at 11am and 1pm! Each workshop will lead participants creating in a different kind of art, including storybook puppets, reductive sculpture, pointillism drawing, and your very own cartoon character.
Feb 12
How can artists help us understand the interdependence between nature and humanity?
Gardening has the ability to reframe choice
and power, as it helps us understand what it means to be with others in difference, to know “unknowing”, and to yield humanity’s desire for control to the ecological network of which we are all a part.
Join us on March 13–14 for “Contemporary Nature: Tending the Garden” — two days of conversations and presentations with students, scientists, philosophers, land stewards, and artists whose work explores these prescient questions.
Learn more at the link in our bio.
Feb 11
With a prediction of six more weeks of winter ahead, consider spending some time in “Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective” during your next visit. Bold colors, mesmerizing patterns, and subtle textures offer a revitalizing experience — a welcome jolt of energy on winter days.
Plan your visit at the link in our bio.
Feb 7
Herb Alpert Award-winner Robin Frohardt — whose immersive, multimedia experience “The Plastic Bag Store” captivated audiences at MASS MoCA in 2024 — returns on February 20 for a preview of "Shopping Center of the Universe," a theatrical work of speculative nonfiction.
This new work in development, grounded in reality yet deeply reflective, offers a poetic meditation on our relationship with the natural world. Blending puppetry, prose, original music, and intricate handmade sets, Frohardt gives shape to the cultural and personal curiosity she experienced growing up surrounded by big-box stores — reframing the parking lot as part of the ecosystem rather than separate from it.
Head over to the link in our bio to save your seat!
Feb 6
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