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SUMMARY:MASS MoCA From Home
DESCRIPTION:Can’t make it here in person? Join us on January 23 as we open the digital doors into our galleries and onto our stages with the launch of an online hub for all (virtual) things MASS MoCA. Explore the Sol LeWitt galleries with an all-new interactive 3D tour\, tune in to community pop-up performances (available to watch for only a limited time as we kick things off!)\, get your creative juices flowing with classic ArtBar specials\, and experience MASS MoCA in a way that’s almost as good as being here.\n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/mass-moca-from-home/
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261002T200000
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SUMMARY: FreshGrass Presents |  Lucinda Williams and her band
DESCRIPTION:Multiple Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams and her band take to the Hunter Center stage on tour with their latest record\, World’s Gone Wrong\nMASS MoCA Member Pre-Sale begins Wednesday\, July 15 at 10am\nGeneral On-Sale begins Friday\, July 17 at 10am \n \n“My dad\, as a poet\, always told me to never censor myself – that’s one of his cardinal rules of creative writing\,” Williams says. “That became my motto which I’ve stuck by all these years.” Miller Williams’ advice clearly is born out on Lucinda’s powerful eighteenth studio album\, the provocative World’s Gone Wrong. “I felt a sense of urgency in making this record\,” she adds. \nFilled with gut-wrenching topical songs\, the album’s ten tracks were written and recorded in a blast of collaborative creativity as Lucinda and her cowriters ­– primarily husband/manager/co-producer Tom Overby and guitarist Doug Pettibone – grappled with events transpiring during the spring of 2025. A whole other album had been in the works\, but that “urgency” to address our current cataclysmic situation motivated Lucinda and company to cut World’s Gone Wrong in direct response. “Music is a powerful weapon\,” she points out. “I want this record to make people aware\, wake them up. I like to push people’s buttons.” \n World’s Gone Wrong aims to give courage to listeners who are – as the title track says – “lookin’ for comfort in a song.”And that’s what Lucinda fans have come to depend on over the past 45 years – since her sophomore album Happy Woman Blues\, in 1980. With a back catalog of remarkable albums\, including 1998’s game-changing Car Wheels on a Gravel Road\, three Grammy awards\, and countless accolades\, including Time Magazine naming her America’s Best Songwriter in 2001\, Williams is one of our most revered artists\, beloved for her singular vocals and extraordinary songs. And in these troubling times\, we need the light she shines on World’s Gone Wrong more than ever before. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/freshgrass-presents-lucinda-williams/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Concert,Fall 2026,Featured,Performance
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SUMMARY:Two Birds One StoneMaggie O'Brien
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with Maggie O’Brien and Bernie Rhie to celebrate and discuss the launch of Two Birds One Stone\, O’Brien’s debut memoir that breaks industry convention and questions the fabric of reality. \nCarrying on a 19th-century tradition of serializing literature\, Two Birds One Stone will be published as twelve slim volumes over the course of one year. As both book artist and author\, O’Brien designed and hand-bound a cover to hold all twelve sections\, each of which will be released monthly from September 2026 to August 2027 by Planetarium Press.  \nThis memoir\, written in lyric essay\, documents a series of possessions: a brain tumor\, the killing of a namesake bird\, Lyme disease\, environmental sensitivities\, ruminations\, obsessions\, concussions\, dreams\, visions\, queer love\, quantum physics\, Virginia Woolf\, and a violent visitation by a very real ghost. Together these vignettes coalesce a reality where there is no division between the body and mind\, the spiritual and material — it is only perception that insists on separateness. Whether the ghosts are in our house or in our heads — in Two Birds One Stone\, O’Brien asks us to consider: what if art is an experiment to study the divine? \nAbout the Author \nMaggie O’Brien is a writer\, artist\, and educator based in North Adams\, MA. Her work has been recognized or otherwise appeared in the Indiana Review\, American Short Fiction\, Leviathan Magazine\, and others. Two Birds One Stone is her debut book-length publication. \nBernie Rhie leads the Williamstown Zen Group and is Associate Professor of English and Faculty Affiliate in Religion at Williams College. \n  \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/two-birds-one-stonemaggie-obrien/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Calendar Page,Fall 2026,Featured,Public Program,Research & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T130000
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SUMMARY:Eden Robins (of Birdie Horne) & Andrea Hairston
DESCRIPTION:A reading and conversation celebrating the release of two unrelated works of fiction that combine mystery and humor (and dogs!) in unexpected and refreshing ways.\nIn Birdie Horne’s laugh-out-loud mystery Don’t Cross Mo Ellery (William Morrow)\, the titular character manages to get fired\, dumped\, and kicked out of their overpriced Chicago apartment\, all on her 29th birthday. Luckily\, a sign appears to guide her: “Looking for flexible part-time work? Become a school crossing guard!” It’s everything Mo has been looking for: health insurance! How hard can it be? Mo’s greatest nemesis on the streets is Poodle Dude\, a guy with an SUV full of poodles who speeds through her intersection each morning… until the day he accidentally speeds into a sinkhole and dies. And now some of the neighbors are convinced that he was murdered. When a second local dies under mysterious circumstances\, it’s going to take all of Mo’s broadly applicable and transferable skills to find the killer. \nAndrea Hairston’s The Redemption Center Is Closed On Sundays is an extra- dimensional murder mystery with romance\, adventure\, alien tricksters\, and a dog detective who just doesn’t know the meaning of “stay.” Oona\, a St. Berdoodle\, can slip in and out of dimensions and has friends all over the map. Some of them are turning up dead. Oona finds a celebrity-musician friend in a recycling bin\, murdered. Oona knows who the killer is. She’s after him and he’s after her. Cleaning lady Paula and her client\, podcaster An’qwenique\, might be falling in love\, but they have to help Oona catch the killer first. And even the killer would like to know: What the heck is going on at the spooky Redemption Center? Black Ops? Witch and Ghost Jamboree? Alien Invasion? \nCan’t make the event? Order Don’t Cross Mo Ellery and The Redemption Center Is Closed on Sundays\, and we’ll get them signed for you. \nAbout the Authors \nBirdie Horne is the combined pen name of former enemies Eden Robins and MW Garguilo. Over the years\, they have been love rivals\, co-godmothers\, and neighbors across an alley in Chicago. Separately\, they have published over twenty books\, and together they have a resumé full of the kinds of jobs that genuinely worry their parents. One of them was nominated for — and lost — Chicago Crossing Guard of the Year. Don’t Cross Mo Ellery is their first outing as Birdie Horne. \nAndrea Hairston is a novelist\, poet\, playwright\, and Louise Wolff Kahn 1931 Professor Emerita of Theatre and Africana Studies at Smith College. She is the author of Mindscape\, Archangels of Funk\, Will Do Magic for Small Change\, and Redwood and Wildfire\, among others. She is a Carl Brandon Award winner and a finalist for the Philip K. Dick and Otherwise Awards\, and was short-listed for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Andrea bikes at night year-round\, meeting bears\, multi-legged creatures of light and breath\, and the occasional shooting star. \nCore support for the Department of Public Programs is provided by the WLS Spencer Foundation. \nMajor support is generously provided by the national Leadership in Art Museums (LAM) initiative funded by the Alice L. Walton Foundation\, the Mellon Foundation\, and Pilot House Philanthropy; the Feigenbaum Foundation; and the Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust. \nSupport is also provided by Anonymous (2); the Avangrid Foundation\, in partnership with Berkshire Gas Company; the Robert Lehman Foundation; Berkshire Bank; Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; and MountainOne. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/eden-robins-of-birdie-horne-andrea-hairston/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Fall 2026,Public Program,Research & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261009T200000
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SUMMARY:HUG: Devendra Banhart
DESCRIPTION:Witness a special musical collaboration in action as the trio behind Hug brings their deeply intuitive creative partnership to the stage.\nThe three musicians who wrote and recorded Hug — Devendra Banhart\, Gyan Riley and Noah Georgeson — are not related by blood\, but they sure act like it. Whatever it is that connects these three\, you can hear it in their banter as much as you can in their music. The record is almost like a bait and switch: You read the spine and — especially if you’re familiar with the work of Devendra or Gyan or Noah — you think\, this is a guitar trio. But Hug doesn’t particularly sound like any of these artists\, and if it’s a guitar trio\, then it’s one without too many guitars. Hug is more than the sum of its parts — because these artists know how to play with each other. \nAbout the artists:  \nHug members Gyan Riley and Noah Georgeson grew up together in the New Age enclave of Nevada City\, California\, bonding over a shared obsession with classical guitar before their musical paths led them to influential careers in experimental\, folk\, and contemporary music. Years later\, they met Devendra Banhart\, whose similarly unconventional upbringing and early devotion to music made him a natural creative counterpart. Written and recorded organically over three weeks\, Hug reflects the trio’s lifelong affinities\, blending folk\, ambient\, and experimental traditions with field recordings\, spiritual references\, and a sense of childlike play. The album is filled with echoes of their shared histories — from Sanskrit chants paired with unexpected lyrics to musical ideas first conceived decades earlier — creating a work that feels both deeply rooted in the past and open-ended\, as though it is the beginning of an ongoing conversation. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/hug-devendra-banhart/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Concert,Fall 2026,Fall 2026,Featured,Performing Arts,Upcoming Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T130000
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SUMMARY:Hacia Cuando: An Opera
DESCRIPTION:Hacia Cuando: An Opera is a cross-geographical experimental opera-performance created in the mode of an exquisite corpse. The work brings together the creative practices of Jenny Olivia Johnson\, composer and sound artist based in Los Angeles; Javier Bustos\, Argentinian experimental luthier and sound artist; Sebastián Muirhead\, Chilean opera singer and stage director; and Chilean-American visual artist Daniela Rivera.\nSharing authorship\, the collaborators developed the piece through a process in which lyrics\, sonic material\, and conceptual propositions circulated among them. Working across distance\, each artist responded to and transformed the others’ contributions\, allowing the work to unfold dialogically rather than hierarchically. \n\nThe resulting audiovisual opera-performance aims to activate and complete the millenary and global tradition of fresco. Through live performance (voice\, experimental instruments\, moving image\, and spatial intervention) the work treats fresco not as a fixed image\, but as a living process\, one that is temporally and materially completed through embodied activation. \n\nThis program will be followed by a short conversation with the artist and contributors in the Research & Development Store. Purchase your tickets ahead of time here. \nDaniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When) has been supported by a grant from Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Artist’s Resource Trust. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/hacia-cuando-an-opera/
LOCATION:B4.3\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Fall 2026,Public Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261010T150000
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Daniela Rivera
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Research and Development Store for a conversation between Daniela Rivera\, Chilean-American visual artist of Hacia Cuando (To When);  Evan Garza\, Curator; Jenny Olivia Johnson\, composer and sound artist based in Los Angeles; Javier Bustos\, Argentinian experimental luthier and sound artist; Sebastián Muirhead\, Chilean opera singer and stage director.\nThe group will discuss the exhibition and its translation into an opera. \nJoin us before or after for Hacia Cuando: An Opera. Purchase your tickets ahead of time here. \nDaniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When) has been supported by a grant from Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Artist’s Resource Trust. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/in-conversation-daniela-rivera/
LOCATION:The Research & Development Store
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Fall 2026,Featured,Public Program,Research & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T180000
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SUMMARY:My ’90s Rock PhotographsMelissa Auf der Maur
DESCRIPTION:An intimate conversation with alt-rock bassist Melissa Auf der Maur — of Hole and Smashing Pumpkins fame — as she walks us through Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A ’90s Rock Memoir (Da Capo) and shares images from Melissa Auf der Maur: My ’90s Rock Photographs (DelMonico Books)\, the catalog to her exhibition at Art Gallery of Ontario that doubles as a photographic love letter to the last analog decade. \nAs the bass player for the iconic ’90s alternative rock bands Hole and Smashing Pumpkins\, Melissa Auf der Maur toured the world\, documenting life backstage\, onstage\, and in the crowd. She instinctively turned the camera on herself as the most intimately available subject\, as informed by her studies at Concordia University and the self-portraits of Francesca Woodman. By the time she joined Hole’s Live Through This world tour\, a roll of 35mm film was on the rider at every venue. Her daily practice\, continually documenting herself and her surroundings\, expanded to include self-timers and cable releases for mid-performance snapshots. \nThis dedication resulted in an archive of over 10\,000 photographs that go behind the scenes of rock-and-roll stardom — playing with Courtney Love’s daughter\, Frances Bean Cobain; hanging out with Pavement\, Sonic Youth\, and Beck; riding in a limousine with Drew Barrymore; and idling time on the set of the music video for “Celebrity Skin.” Spin Magazine hired Auf der Maur to document Lollapalooza 1995 and the Tibetan Freedom Concert of 1996. Gritty and edgy\, playful yet deeply personal\, Auf der Maur’s intimate photographs celebrate the independent spirit of the ’90s and offer an insider’s view of the decade before smartphones and digital recording software. Through an extensive curatorial selection of more than 200 photographs\, her memories create a moving self-portrait of a young artist living through the ’90s alternative music scene\, and a time capsule for Generation X. \nCan’t make the event? Order Melissa Auf der Maur’s books here\, and we’ll get them signed for you. \nAbout the Artist \nMelissa Auf der Maur’s (born 1972) indie band Tinker had just opened for Smashing Pumpkins when Billy Corgan recommended her to Courtney Love as the new bassist for Hole’s grief-marked Live Through This world tour\, beginning soon after the deaths of both Kurt Cobain and Kristen Pfaff. She played on the group’s Grammy-nominated album Celebrity Skin. After leaving Hole\, Auf der Maur joined Smashing Pumpkins as the bassist for their farewell tour from 1999 to 2000. Following the release of a few solo albums\, she moved to Hudson\, NY\, became a mother\, and cofounded the multidisciplinary art center Basilica Hudson. \nCore support for the Department of Public Programs is provided by the WLS Spencer Foundation. \nMajor support is generously provided by the national Leadership in Art Museums (LAM) initiative funded by the Alice L. Walton Foundation\, the Mellon Foundation\, and Pilot House Philanthropy; the Feigenbaum Foundation; and the Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust. \nSupport is also provided by Anonymous (2); the Avangrid Foundation\, in partnership with Berkshire Gas Company; the Robert Lehman Foundation; Berkshire Bank; Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; and MountainOne. \n  \n  \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/my-90s-rock-photographsmelissa-auf-der-maur/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Fall 2026,Public Program,Research & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T113000
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SUMMARY:Family StorytimeOctober 17\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Families with children up to 6 years old are invited to join MASS MoCA Museum Educators for a storytime and related exploration in the galleries. Each storytime will feature a different children’s book about contemporary art\, creativity\, and/or the themes of the exhibitions on display. Meet in Kidspace at the designated time; a brief gallery walk-through and discussion of the art will follow the storytime. This program is in partnership with the North Adams Public Library.\nFree; RSVP to reserve your spot. Please note that caregivers should stay with their children at all times. Older siblings are welcome to attend. \nAt this time we cannot accommodate large groups in storytime. To arrange a group visit to the museum and discuss educational components that could be included in your visit\, please contact studentgroups@massmoca.org. \n  \nSelected Exhibitions \nOctober 17\, 2026: Louise Bourgeois \nNovember 21\, 2026: Daniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When). The exhibiting artist will be present to discuss her work with families in attendance. \nDecember 19\, 2026: Laurent Grasso: Metaphysical Maze \n  \nCore support for the Department of Public Programs is provided by the WLS Spencer Foundation. \nMajor support is generously provided by the national Leadership in Art Museums (LAM) initiative funded by the Alice L. Walton Foundation\, the Mellon\nFoundation\, and Pilot House Philanthropy; the Feigenbaum Foundation; and the Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust. \nSupport is also provided by Anonymous (2); the Avangrid Foundation\, in partnership with Berkshire Gas Company; the Robert Lehman Foundation; Berkshire Bank; Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; and MountainOne. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/family-storytimeoctober-17-2026/
LOCATION:Kidspace
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Kidspace,Public Program,Winter/Spring 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T190000
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SUMMARY:Roz Chast & Jason Adam Katzenstein
DESCRIPTION:“I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard. Everyone not named Martha Stewart will recognize themselves in The Two Saddest Kitchens” — Ruth Reichl\nTwo hilarious\, celebrated cartoonists visit MASS MoCA to discuss a highly relatable subject — kitchen anxiety: Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein are both longtime New Yorker cartoonists with their own unique drawing styles\, huge followings \,and legions of loyal fans. Chast’s Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? spent over a hundred weeks on the NYT bestseller list and sold more than 150\,000 hardcovers; Katzenstein’s fan base pulls from his magazine work as well as TV and graphic novels. \nIn The Two Saddest Kitchens: A Comics Conversation\, the kitchen is the “heart of the home\,” or at least it’s supposed to be. When Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein admitted to having kitchens that were far from shiny beacons of homemaking\, they knew they couldn’t be the only ones who left the dishes to soak for a little too long. That even when the countertops look tidy\, there is often madness lurking at the back of the refrigerator… The Two Saddest Kitchens pulls back to the curtain on our hilarious\, all-too-relatable kitchen realities. Chast and Katzenstein will bring their kitchen-based\, witty neuroses to the Hunter Center in an evening that will include an interview with MASS MoCA Director Kristy Edmunds. \nPurchase a ticket and book combination to save on The Two Saddest Kitchens and get it signed by Chast and Katzenstein in the lobby after the talk. \nCan’t make the event? Purchase The Two Saddest Kitchens: A Comics Conversation here and we’ll get it signed for you! \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/roz-chast-jason-adam-katzenstein/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Book Talk,Fall 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261020T200000
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SUMMARY:Earl Sweatshirt + MIKE Home on the Range Tour 
DESCRIPTION:With harrison (SURF GANG) & Anysia Kym\n“Indie rap’s favorite friendship” (NPR) takes the Hunter Center stage for one unforgettable night after the release of their collaborative album Pompeii // Utility with support from harrison (SURF GANG) and Anysia Kym\n \nAbout the artists: \nEarl Sweatshirt\nFor over a decade\, Earl Sweatshirt has captivated fans with his virtuosic storytelling\, lyrical depth\, and generous vulnerability. Emerging at just 16 from the incendiary Odd Future collective\, he quickly distinguished himself through dense introspection\, off-kilter cadences\, and a brooding intellect that belied his youth. Across critically acclaimed albums like Doris\, I Don’t Like Shit\, I Don’t Go Outside\, Some Rap Songs\, Sick!\, and Voir Dire\, Earl has cemented himself as a definitive poet chronicling growth\, self-discovery\, and the moods of a generation. His new album Live Laugh Love (LLL) reflects a profound inner shift and meditative processing of his life as a father and artist in his 30s\, weaving spiritual symbolism\, personal responsibility\, and poetic nuance into a surrealist contemplation of chaos and connection. Through steady\, palpable growth and moments of joy and laughter\, LLL boldly confirms Earl’s evolution into an artist embracing his journey\, however imperfect\, and grounding himself in resilience\, creativity\, and enduring honesty. \nMIKE\nOver the years\, MIKE has built a rock-solid catalog that\, like the work of our best\, has reflected the multidimensional truths of his life. He has chronicled the pain of losing his mother\, he’s shown himself climbing out of a funk\, and\, in more recent history\, he’s gotten more comfortable beating his chest about being a leader at the top of his food chain. \nOn MIKE’s newest album\, Showbiz!\, he sets out to strike the perfect balance between everything he’s done in his career thus far. He teeters more actively between moments of introspection\, intoxicating self-confidence\, and motivational conversations in his head\, both thematically and sonically. There’s a seesaw effect\, a clear sign that over the past few years of non-stop touring and ascending in his career\, the rapper has felt a constant back-and-forth that he’s still trying to get a solid handle of. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/earl-sweatshirt-mike-home-on-the-range-tour-with-harrison-surf-gang-alysia-kym/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Concert,Fall 2026,Performance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T190000
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SUMMARY:Ballet Nepantla's Mistica
DESCRIPTION:Co-presentation with Jacob’s Pillow \nMística honors the company’s ancestors by celebrating the creative and spiritual energies of their indigenous\, Afro\, and Hispanic roots. It commemorates traditions of Día de Muertos and transports the audience into the afterlife through the use of black light and Ballet Nepantla’s unique fusion of ballet folklorico and contemporary dance.\nBallet Nepantla originated from a series of pláticas between founders Andrea Guajardo and Martín Rodríguez Vigil\, two artists whose early professional identities emerged from distinct genres: Andrea from classical ballet and contemporary dance\, and Martín from traditional Mexican folklórico. They envisioned a new form of expression that fused the two modalities — an aesthetic that would speak to the historical\, cultural\, and social realities of a broader narrative of being Mexican\, Mexican American\, immigrant\, and transcultural. \nDrawing inspiration from Gloria Anzaldúa’s borderlands theory\, Andrea and Martín imagined they could create performances that spoke to the “in-between” qualities of being from both sides of the borderland. They found the idea of Nepantla\, a Nahuatl term of the indigenous people of Mexico. Nepantla provides a historical\, intellectual\, and artistic framework through which to explore the “in-between” spaces of history and culture.  \n  \nThis program is supported in part by the Irene Hunter Fund for Dance at MASS MoCA in association with Jacob’s Pillow. \n  \n \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/ballet-nepantlas-mistica/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Dance,Fall 2026,Performance,Performing Arts,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T160000
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Laurent Grasso
DESCRIPTION:In Laurent Grasso’s universe\, all lines are blurred; within his exhibition\, time appears suspended\, with film\, paintings\, and architectural interventions encroaching upon a visitor’s perception of linearity. Together\, these presentations will bring past and present into conversation\, placing Grasso’s work in a dialogue with historical figures of American landscape painting.\nJoin Laurent Grasso as he discusses Metaphysical Maze\, his largest exhibition to date in the United States\, with MASS MoCA’s former Chief Curator\, Denise Markonish. Stick around after the conversation for the opening reception of this monumental exhibition. \n  \nAbout the Artist \nBorn in France in 1972\, Laurent Grasso has developed a fascination with the visual possibilities related to the science of electromagnetic energy\, radio waves\, and naturally occurring phenomena. Grasso is the recipient of the Meru Art*Science Award in Bergamo\, Italy\, the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres\, and the Marcel Duchamp Prize. He is the subject of a major monograph\, Time Travel\, published by Rizzoli in 2024. Grasso’s work has been shown in solo exhibitions at international institutions including the Abbaye of Jumièges in France; Tao Art in Taiwan; the Collège des Bernardins and the Musée d’Orsay in Paris; the Centre Pompidou x West Bund Museum in Shanghai; the Jeonnam Museum of Art in Gwangyang\, South Korea;  the Palais Fesch\, Musée des Beaux-Arts in Ajaccio\, France; the Hermès Foundation in Tokyo; the Kunsthaus Baselland in Switzerland; the Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal; the Jeu de Paume and Palais de Tokyo in Paris; the Bass Museum of Art in Miami; and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.\, amongst others. Grasso has been included in many international biennials including the 21st Sydney Biennale\, Australia (2018); EVA International\, Limerick\, Ireland (2018); Kochi\, India (2014); Gwangju 9th\, South Korea (2012); Manifesta 8\, Cartagena/Murcia\, Spain (2010); Sharjah\, United Arab Emirates (2009); Moscow\, Russia (2009); and Busan\, South Korea (2004 and 2006). Laurent Grasso has recently created several permanent installations in public spaces\, including Solar Wind on the Paris ring road and a group of sculptures entitled Roots of the Future\, which was installed for the 2024 Paris Olympic Village. Grasso was also commissioned to create a permanent site-specific installation for the ceiling of the new train station in Châtillon-Montrouge\, as part of the Grand Paris project. He is represented by Perrotin and Sean Kelly. \nMajor support for Metaphysical Maze has been provided by Anne and Greg Avis\, Etant donnés\, a program of Villa Albertine\, and Wolf Gordon. \nMASS MoCA’s Building 5 exhibitions are made possible in part by the support of the MASS MoCA Ambassadors. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/in-conversation-laurent-grasso/
LOCATION:Club B10\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
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CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Fall 2026,Public Program
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261107T160000
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SUMMARY:Opening CelebrationLaurent Grasso: Metaphysical Maze
DESCRIPTION:Join fellow museum members\, MASS MoCA curators\, friends from the community\, and the artist to celebrate the opening of Laurent Grasso: Metaphysical Maze\, the largest exhibition to date in the United States devoted to the French conceptual artist.\nInstalled in the museum’s iconic Building 5\, Metaphysical Maze will take the form of an immersive installation bringing together\, for the first time\, the artist’s most emblematic films\, along with a new commission in progress\, Cosmic Drive\, produced during his research residency at the SETI Institute in Mountain View\, California. Learn more. \nThe opening celebration is free for MASS MoCA Members. Please register by November 6 by logging into your account or calling the Box Office. \nNot yet a member? Join now to attend at no extra cost. MASS MoCA members enjoy free museum admission\, ticketing discounts\, invites\, and more. \n  \nPremier support for Metaphysical Maze is provided by Xtina and James R. Parks. Major support is provided by Anne and Greg Avis\, Matthew Bliwise and Nicole Deller\, Wolf Gordon\, Sonance\, and Étant donnés\, a program of Villa Albertine.  \nMASS MoCA’s Building 5 exhibitions are made possible in part by the support of the MASS MoCA Ambassadors. \n  \nphoto: Laurent Grasso\, Cosmic Drive\, film HR\, 2026 (in progress). © Laurent Grasso Studio. Courtesy of the artist\, Sean Kelly\, and Perrotin. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/opening-celebrationlaurent-grasso-metaphysical-maze/
LOCATION:Building 5
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Exhibition Program,Fall 2026,Members Event,Membership,Public Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261112T173000
DTSTAMP:20260927T181502
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T141037Z
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SUMMARY:Family Night
DESCRIPTION:Families with children of all ages are invited to Family Night at MASS MoCA on Thursday\, November 12\, from 5:30 to 7:30pm. This free event will feature after-hours access to select exhibitions in the museum\, live performances\, art-making\, face-painting\, a museum of mysteries quest\, food\, giveaways\, and fun!\nFree; RSVPs encouraged but not required. \n  \nActivities Include \nArt-making \nLive music \nDance performances \nParticipatory poetry activation \nFace-painting \nMuseum of Mysteries Quest: Explore\, discover clues\, and uncover the mysteries in MASS MoCA’s galleries. Work together as a family to solve the mysteries and receive your own artist kit! \n  \nThis program is supported by the WLS Spencer Foundation\, MountainOne Bank\, and Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. \n  \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/family-night/
LOCATION:Galleries\, United States
GEO:37.09024;-95.712891
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Fall 2026,Public Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T130000
DTSTAMP:20260927T181502
CREATED:20260826T135659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260923T145127Z
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SUMMARY:Uncomputable Thread  A Technologies of Relation Lecture Performance
DESCRIPTION:Uncomputable Thread is a lecture performance by artist Taeyoon Choi\, created in collaboration with scholar Alexander R. Galloway\, choreographer Cori Kresge\, and artist Roopa Vasudevan. The work examines the history of textile in relation to computing\, alongside the artistic and political significance of what cannot be computed.\nChoi and Galloway’s lecture weaves together their long collaboration and ongoing conversation about the aesthetics and politics of code and textile\, followed by a discussion moderated by Vasudevan. Kresge directs a participatory movement workshop that extends the conversation toward visceral and communal experience. Together\, the project explores uncomputability as a creative framework for thinking about contemporary technologies and social systems\, connecting the threads of cotton and fiber-optic cables running through data centers. \nAbout the Facilitators \n최태윤 Taeyoon Choi is an artist\, writer\, and educator who explores the poetics of technology and human relations\, working with images\, text\, and code in collaboration with fellow artists and community members. In 2013\, he co-founded the School for Poetic Computation\, a hybrid school\, residency\, and research group exploring the intersections of code\, design\, hardware\, and theory. His work has been presented at institutions including the Whitney Museum of American Art and MASS MoCA. \nCori Kresge is a New York-based dance artist whose practice moves across choreography\, somatic inquiry\, participatory structures\, and poetry. Her work has been presented by Goethe in the Skyways\, Elevation 1049\, Beach Sessions Rockaway\, Green Space\, and Dance Roulette\, among others. A certified teacher and stager for the Merce Cunningham Trust\, she is also the author of two chapbooks\, isn’t devotion (2019) and Combustion Suite (2023)\, and the founder of PlayWithMatchesWorkshop.com. \nAlexander R. Galloway is a writer and computer programmer working on issues in philosophy\, technology\, and theories of mediation\, and Professor of Media\, Culture\, and Communication at New York University. He is the author of several books on digital media and critical theory\, including The Interface Effect (Polity\, 2012). A founding member of the software collective RSG\, his honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship\, the Berlin Prize\, and the Prix Ars Electronica. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoopa Vasudevan is a South Asian-American media artist and researcher based between New York City and western Massachusetts\, whose research and creative practice investigates the gaps between the stories we tell about digital systems and the realities of their implementation. Her work has been exhibited internationally and supported by MASS MoCA\, NEW INC\, the Processing Foundation\, and Eyebeam\, among others. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSupport for Technologies of Relation is provided by the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation\, The Coby Foundation\, Robert Motherwell and Renate Ponsold (in memoriam)\, Dale and Deborah Smith Foundation\, and a grant from Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Artist’s Resource Trust. \nDistributed Web of Care\, Taeyoon Choi With Jerron Harman\, stud1nt\, Tiriree Kananuruk\, Jonathan Dahan\, Chancey Fleet and the School for Poetic Computation\, Whitney Museum of American Art\, Photo by Fillip Wolak\, 2019 \n  \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/uncomputable-thread-a-technologies-of-relation-lecture-performance/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Fall 2026,Public Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261114T200000
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SUMMARY:Endea Owens & The Cookout
DESCRIPTION:Known as one of jazz’s most vibrant emerging artists\, Endea Owens is a Detroit-raised recording artist\, bassist\, and composer. She has been mentored by jazz icons the likes of Marcus Belgrave\, Rodney Whitaker\, and Ron Carter. She has toured and performed with Wynton Marsalis\, Jennifer Holliday\, Diana Ross\, Rhonda Ross\, Solange\, Jon Batiste\, Jazzmeia Horn\, Dee Dee Bridgewater\, and Cyrus Chestnut\, to name a few.\nIn 2018\, Owens graduated from The Juilliard School\, and joined the Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a member of the house band\, Stay Human\, where she remained through Colbert’s final season. Since then\, Owens has won an Emmy\, Grammy\, and a George Foster Peabody Award. Owens’ work has appeared on Jon Batiste’s Grammy Award-winning album We Are\, Oscar-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah\, and H.E.R.’s widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance. \nIn 2022\, Owens composed an original piece about the life of Ida B. Wells entitled “Ida’s Crusade” for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s National Youth Orchestra which was also performed by the NYO Carnegie Hall Orchestra. Owens has written for brands such as Pyer Moss and Glossier. She was the curator for the National Arts Club and also a fellow for “Jazz is: Now!” with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem\, where she presented original compositions\, curated series\, and headlined performances for the 2022–2023 season. Owens released her debut album Feel Good Music in 2023. \nThis performance is supported by Terry Spaeth and Wendy Shannon-Spaeth.  \n  \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/endea-owens-the-cookout/
LOCATION:Club B10\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
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CATEGORIES:Concert,Fall 2026,Performing Arts,Upcoming Performance
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T190000
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SUMMARY:Lizzie Whitman on On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
DESCRIPTION:“How on earth did this book come into being? It’s like it has always been here in this world with us\, like one feels about the best art. I am torn as I read it between lingering and racing ahead\, and I think about my days completely differently now.” — Sheila Heti\nLizzie Whitman convenes this casual book club around Solvej Balle’s utterly riveting On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) — the grand opening of her speculative fiction septology\, winner of the 2022 Nordic Council Literature Prize (Scandinavia’s most important literary award) for being “a masterpiece of its time.” Balle was also nominated for the International Booker Prize and a National Book Award for this book.\nTara Selter\, the heroine of On the Calculation of Volume\, has involuntarily stepped off the train of time: in her world\, November 18 repeats itself endlessly. We meet Tara on her 122nd November 18: she no longer experiences the changes of days\, weeks\, months\, or seasons. She finds herself in a lonely new reality without being able to explain why: how is it that she wakes every morning on the same exact day\, knowing to the exact second when the blackbird will burst into song and when the rain will begin? Will she ever be able to share her new life with her beloved and now chronically befuddled husband? And on top of her profound isolation and confusion\, Tara takes in with pain how slight a difference she makes in the world. And as she puts it: “That’s how little the activities of one person matter on the eighteenth of November.” \nBalle is hypnotic and masterful in her remixing of the endless recursive day\, creating curious little folds of time and foreshadowings: her flashbacks light up inside the text like old flash bulbs. \nCan’t make the event? Order On the Calculation of Volume here. \nAbout the facilitator \nLizzie Whitman is a local educator\, reader\, and book club enthusiast. With an education in the Great Books Program and linguistics\, she has been asking the question\, “What are you reading right now?” for decades. \nCore support for the Department of Public Programs is provided by the WLS Spencer Foundation. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/lizzie-whitman-on-on-the-calculation-of-volume-book-i/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Fall 2026,Public Program,Research & Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T113000
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SUMMARY:Curator Tour: Daniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When)
DESCRIPTION:MASS MoCA members are invited to join curator Evan Garza for a members-only tour of Daniela Rivera’s exhibition Hacia Cuando (To When). Space is limited\, and RSVP is required. \nLearn more about the exhibition here. \nLog in to register\, or RSVP to members@massmoca.org. If you have any questions\, please contact the Membership team at members@massmoca.org or 413.664.4481 ext. 5. \nNot a member? Join now to attend. MASS MoCA members enjoy free museum admission\, ticketing discounts\, invites\, and more. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/curator-tour-daniela-rivera-hacia-cuando-to-when/
LOCATION:B4.3\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, North Adams\, MA\, 01247\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fall 2026,Members Event,Membership
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T113000
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SUMMARY:Family StorytimeNovember 21\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Families with children up to 6 years old are invited to join MASS MoCA Museum Educators for a storytime and related exploration in the galleries. Each storytime will feature a different children’s book about contemporary art\, creativity\, and/or the themes of the exhibitions on display. Meet in Kidspace at the designated time; a brief gallery walk-through and discussion of the art will follow the storytime. This program is in partnership with the North Adams Public Library.\nFree; RSVP to reserve your spot. Please note that caregivers should stay with their children at all times. Older siblings are welcome to attend. \nAt this time we cannot accommodate large groups in storytime. To arrange a group visit to the museum and discuss educational components that could be included in your visit\, please contact studentgroups@massmoca.org. \n  \nSelected Exhibitions \nNovember 21\, 2026: Daniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When). The exhibiting artist will be present to discuss her work with families in attendance. \nDecember 19\, 2026: Laurent Grasso: Metaphysical Maze \n  \nCore support for the Department of Public Programs is provided by the WLS Spencer Foundation. \nMajor support is generously provided by the national Leadership in Art Museums (LAM) initiative funded by the Alice L. Walton Foundation\, the Mellon Foundation\, and Pilot House Philanthropy; the Feigenbaum Foundation; and the Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust. \nSupport is also provided by Anonymous (2); the Avangrid Foundation\, in partnership with Berkshire Gas Company; the Robert Lehman Foundation; Berkshire Bank; Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; and MountainOne. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/family-storytimenovember-21-2026/
LOCATION:Kidspace
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Kidspace,Public Program,Winter/Spring 2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T135034Z
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SUMMARY:Member Sip and Shop
DESCRIPTION:MASS MoCA Members are invited to a Sip and Shop at the Research & Development Store and the MASS MoCA Gift Shop on November 21\, 5–7pm! We’ll pair refreshments with an extra 10% discount (adding up to a “double discount” of 20%) and complimentary gift-wrapping to kick-start the holiday season.\nMembers will receive their “double discount” of 20% on all items in the R&D Store and the Gift Shop (and online)\, November 16–22. \nAdditionally\, writer A.S. Hamrah will be in-store giving a talk about his book Last Week in End Times Cinema. Sign up for the conversation here.  \nNot yet a member? Join today to enjoy free gallery admission\, discounts\, special invites\, and more. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/member-sip-and-shop/
LOCATION:The Research & Development Store and the MASS MoCA Gift Shop\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Fall 2026,Members Event,Membership,Research & Development
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T190000
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SUMMARY:A.S. Hamrah: Last Week in End Times Cinema
DESCRIPTION:“A. S. Hamrah’s writing on film is a delight. . .  Like all the best criticism\, his writing makes art and life feel less lonely.” —Elif Batuman\nA.S. Hamrah is single-handedly re-inventing film criticism with a unique archive of unfortunate movie bulletins published in the best indie print journals and magazines\, and compiled for his beloved weekly newsletter. His two most recent books\, Last Week in End Times Cinema (Semiotext(e)) and Algorithm of the Night (n+1) are R&D Store best-sellers. Join Hamrah for a conversation about film\, filmmakers\, critical writing\, and the state of movies in 2026.\nCan’t make the event? Order A. S. Hamrah’s books here\, and we’ll get them signed for you. \nAbout the artist: \nA.S. Hamrah is a film critic and writer. He is the author of Algorithm of the Night: Film Writing 2019-2025 (Semiotext(e)) and Last Week in End Times Cinema (n+1). He writes for a variety of publications\, including The New York Review of Books\, Bookforum\, Fast Company\, n+1\, The Nation\, and The Criterion Collection. From 2008 to 2016\, he worked as a brand and trend analyst for the television industry\, and he produced a documentary feature which was the opening-night film at the Museum of Modern Art’s Doc Fortnight 2022. In addition\, he has worked as a political pollster\, a football cinematographer\, and for the director Raúl Ruiz. He lives in New York. \nCore support for the Department of Public Programs is provided by the WLS Spencer Foundation. \nMajor support is generously provided by the national Leadership in Art Museums (LAM) initiative funded by the Alice L. Walton Foundation\, the Mellon Foundation\, and Pilot House Philanthropy; the Feigenbaum Foundation; and the Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust. \nSupport is also provided by Anonymous (2); the Avangrid Foundation\, in partnership with Berkshire Gas Company; the Robert Lehman Foundation; Berkshire Bank; Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; and MountainOne. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/a-s-hamrah-last-week-in-end-times-cinema/
LOCATION:R&D Store
CATEGORIES:Book Talk,Fall 2026,Public Program,Research & Development
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SUMMARY:Mirrored Pool
DESCRIPTION:Where do we fit in this endless universe? Glimpse the precious fragility of our life on Planet Earth as we peer into the Mirrored Pool.\nMirrored Pool is a puppetry and music collaboration between acclaimed puppeteer and La MaMa resident artist Tom Lee and musicians Lisa Kaplan and Matthew Duvall of the Grammy-award winning sextet Eighth Blackbird. The piece explores humanity’s place in our vast universe\, showcasing the virtuosity of Eighth Blackbird’s music against the vital\, human power of puppetry. Mirrored Pool takes special inspiration from astronomer Carl Sagan\, whose work on the Voyager spacecrafts and the Golden Record are now the most distant human-made objects and sounds from our planet — currently 15.7 billion miles away from Earth. \nCreated and performed by Tom Lee\, Lisa Kaplan\, and Matthew Duvall \nPuppets & masks by Jaerin Son \nAdditional puppet design by Averly Sheltraw \nLighting by Seojung Jang \nPuppetry direction by Justin Perkins \nan Eighth Blackbird production in association with Yara Arts Group with support from the MAP Fund \n \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/mirrored-pool/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Dance,Fall 2026,Performance,Performing Arts,Theater
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261210T190000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T135204Z
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SUMMARY:Open Studios at MASS MoCA
DESCRIPTION:Get to know the current artists-in-residence over snacks and conversation at this season’s Open Studios at MASS MoCA. Each event will take place in Building 13 and Building 34. Free and open to all.\nDirections to the Studios: \nB.13 When you park in the main visitor lot at MASS MoCA\, Building 13 is right in front of you. You’ll see Gary Lichtenstein Editions on the first floor. Enter through the side door (on the end of the building farthest from Rt. 2) and take the stairs or elevator to the second floor. \nB.34 is located across from Bright Ideas Brewery in the front entrance courtyard of MASS MoCA’s campus\, next door to Bigg Daddy’s. When looking out from Bright Ideas\, head straight and then left up the ramp to the Studios entrance (black door).      \n \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/open-studios-at-mass-moca-26/
LOCATION:B13 & B34\, 1040 MASS MoCA Way\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fall 2026,The Studios at MASS MoCA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261212T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261212T190000
DTSTAMP:20260927T181502
CREATED:20260826T135103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T180859Z
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SUMMARY:Kimberly Bartosik: bLUr
DESCRIPTION:Co-presentation with Jacob’s Pillow  \nbLUr\, choreographed by Kimberly Bartosik\, is a highly physical and emotionally intense dance piece in which five performers navigate scenes of desire\, care\, violence\, and tender rescue. \nExploring the haunting impact of witnessing a loved one’s overdose\, but moving beyond explicit narratives of the opioid crisis\, the work uses visceral movement cycles to embody the violent cravings and internal battles of substance abuse. Built out of Bartosik’s own experiences and deeply shaped by the individuality of her performers\, bLUr is both personal and universal as it warps time and reminds us of our fragility\, power\, and need for one another. \nAbout the artist\nKimberly Bartosik is a choreographer\, performer\, educator\, and writer. As a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company for nine years\, Bartosik received a Bessie Award for Exceptional Artistry. She is currently an Advisor for The Ailey School/Fordham BFA Program and teaches at SUNY/Purchase and the Merce Cunningham Trust. \nShe is a 2024 National Dance Project Production Grant (NDP) recipient from the New England Foundation for the Arts; a 2025 New York State Council on the Arts/NYSCA Support for Artists Award grantee with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and a 2025 Harkness Foundation for Dance Project Grant recipient\, among numerous other awards. Bartosik’s work has been commissioned and presented by BAM Next Wave\, New York Live Arts\, Crossing the Line Festival\, Bates Dance Festival\, Torn Space Theater\,  American Dance Festival\, LUMBERYARD\, American Realness\, Abrons Art Center\, Gibney\, Danspace Project\, The Kitchen\, La Mama\, and others. She has toured to Supersense: Festival of the Ecstatic (Melbourne\, Australia)\, Bratislava in Movement (Slovakia)\, Wexner Arts Center\, Dance Place\, American Dance Festival\, The Yard\, MASS MoCA/Jacob’s Pillow\, Flynn Space\, Bates Dance Festival\, Columbia College\, Centre Chorégraphique National de Franche-Comté à Belfort\, Festival Rencontres chorégraphique internationales de Seine-Saint Denis\, Artdanthe Festival\, Church\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and others.  \nThis program is supported in part by the Irene Hunter Fund for Dance at MASS MoCA in association with Jacob’s Pillow. \nbLUr was co-commissioned by L’Alliance New York’s Crossing the Line Festival and by ADF/American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke/SHS Foundations Award for New Works. bLUr is also made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. General operating soupport was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. bLUr is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and with project support from The Harkness Foundation for Dance. The creation of the bLUr Community Engagement Workshop\, made possible through NDP\, was also developed with support from the 92Y Harkness Dance Center and in collaboration with Recanati-Kaplan teen scholars. bLUr was developed in residency at Marble House Project\, the Ragdale Foundation during a Sybil Shearer Fellowship\, and as an Artist in Residency at Bates Dance Festival. bLUr is also supported through the generosity of individual donors\, with major support by John Robinson. \n  \n \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/kimberly-bartosik-blur/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Dance,Fall 2026,Performance
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SUMMARY:Textile Salon: Weave\, Repair\, Connect
DESCRIPTION:Dip your toes into the world of textiles during MASS MoCA’s Textile Repair Salon! Join regional practitioners Jena Duncan and Elsa Cousins from Swanson’s Fabrics Stash House and MASS MoCA museum educators for a casual evening of textile repair\, embroidery\, and small-scale weaving.\nParticipants are welcome to bring textile objects or clothing in need of repair and learn the skills to mend them with support from the Swanson’s Fabric teaching staff. Mending is for everyone; no sewing experience is required! This project aspires to build an exciting culture of clothing reuse and repair by empowering and inspiring our local community to learn how to make\, mend\, and maintain their clothing and textiles. This workshop is also for community members concerned about the sustainability and environmental impact of textiles who may not see themselves as able to sew. \nIf you don’t have a repair\, don’t worry! MASS MoCA Museum Educators will give instruction on small-scale weaving and invite participants to contribute to our community weaving project currently on view.  \nBring your friends\, bring a date. Refreshments are available to purchase from MASS MoCA’s bar. No experience required; all materials included\, although participants are welcome to bring their own and share with others. \nAbout the educators:\nJena Duncan (they/them) is a fiber arts artist passionate about community building. They share sewing as a liberatory and healing practice to feel more at home in our bodies and help keep textiles out of the landfill by extending their use. Jena founded Blushing Mustard Studios in Greenfield’s Madhouse Multi-Arts\, offering gender- and fat- affirming clothing alterations\, repairs\, and custom commissions. They teach sewing and mending classes at Swanson’s Fabrics\, a second-hand textile store and education center in Turners Falls. Jena also works as an art installer and fabricator\, helping artists bring their work to life\, most recently at MASS MoCA\, MCLA’s Gallery 51\, and UMASS’s University Museum of Contemporary Art.  \nElsa Cousins\, Director of Education at Swanson’s Fabrics\, is an artist and educator teaching mending and sewing classes at Swanson’s Fabrics Stash House\, local libraries\, and community spaces\, as well as environmental science classes at UMass Amherst and Holyoke Community College. They have a PhD in Environmental Conservation from UMass\, and are exploring the intersection between sustainability and textiles through mending\, alterations\, and custom sewing commissions with second-hand textiles. They also run a popular weekly mending night at Swanson’s Fabrics Stash House. \nSwanson’s Fabrics Stash House:\nSwanson’s Fabrics is a community fabric and fiber craft store in Turners Falls\, MA\, stocked with the unused items of other sewers. It is a thrift store with a mission to supply everyone with affordable materials while helping those with too much to reduce their stashes in a comfortable way. The Stash House is the educational branch of Swanson’s Fabrics\, and our goal is to empower you to make and repair your own fiber goods and clothes\, and equip you for that journey with education and tools. The Stash House offers workshops\, materials\, and community space to foster the exploration of fiber arts and sewing. We value the knowledge-sharing that happens organically in community spaces just as much as the formal teaching that happens during classes and workshops.  \nSupport is provided by The Coby Foundation\, Ltd. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/textile-salon-weave-repair-connect/
LOCATION:Kidspace
CATEGORIES:Fall 2026,Kidspace,Public Program,Workshop
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CREATED:20260826T135157Z
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SUMMARY:Family StorytimeDecember 19\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Families with children up to 6 years old are invited to join MASS MoCA Museum Educators for a storytime and related exploration in the galleries. Each storytime will feature a different children’s book about contemporary art\, creativity\, and/or the themes of the exhibitions on display. Meet in Kidspace at the designated time; a brief gallery walk-through and discussion of the art will follow the storytime. This program is in partnership with the North Adams Public Library.\nFree; RSVP to reserve your spot. Please note that caregivers should stay with their children at all times. Older siblings are welcome to attend. \nAt this time we cannot accommodate large groups in storytime. To arrange a group visit to the museum and discuss educational components that could be included in your visit\, please contact studentgroups@massmoca.org. \n  \nSelected Exhibition \nDecember 19\, 2026: Laurent Grasso: Metaphysical Maze \n  \nCore support for the Department of Public Programs is provided by the WLS Spencer Foundation. \nMajor support is generously provided by the national Leadership in Art Museums (LAM) initiative funded by the Alice L. Walton Foundation\, the Mellon Foundation\, and Pilot House Philanthropy; the Feigenbaum Foundation; and the Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust. \nSupport is also provided by Anonymous (2); the Avangrid Foundation\, in partnership with Berkshire Gas Company; the Robert Lehman Foundation; Berkshire Bank; Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; and MountainOne. \n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/family-storytimedecember-19-2026/
LOCATION:Kidspace
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Kidspace,Public Program,Winter/Spring 2026
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DTSTAMP:20260927T181502
CREATED:20260922T163120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T012623Z
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SUMMARY:Perfume Genius & Kate Wallich: The Lesson
DESCRIPTION:Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) and choreographer Kate Wallich return to the stage with a new collaboration.\n“This might be how the music of Perfume Genius is meant to be experienced” — Pitchfork \nCombining Perfume Genius’ experimental pop with Wallich’s distinctive choreographic lens\, The Lesson is a raw\, live music and dance performance inspired by the film The Piano Teacher\, the notorious novel by Elfriede Jelinek\, famously adapted by Michael Haneke.\n\nThe Lesson examines what happens when desire has nowhere to go\, and what we’re rehearsing when we practice “good behavior.” The work moves through repression\, longing\, authority\, and submission in unstable scenes where roles shift\, and the unsaid becomes manically physical.\n\nLongtime admirers know that Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) has spoken about his love of The Piano Teacher. Its intense\, clinical bleakness and its capacity to be both unsettlingly comic and tragic\, are qualities that echo through the landscape of The Lesson.\n\nFollowing their acclaimed 2019 performance collaboration The Sun Still Burns Here\, Hadreas reunites with Wallich alongside his husband and musical partner Alan Wyffels and longtime collaborator Tate Justus. \nThe Lesson was commissioned by Seattle Theatre Group and the STG Performing Arts Series\, with additional commissioning and development support from REDCAT\, Liquid Music/Northrop\, MASS MoCA\, and WIP LA. \n\nPlease note: This is a work-in-progress performance\n
URL:https://massmoca.org/event/perfume-genius-and-kate-wallich-the-lesson/
LOCATION:Hunter Center
CATEGORIES:Calendar Page,Concert,Fall 2026,Performance,Upcoming Performance
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