Yomarie Silva-O'Neal, an artist in residencen at Mass MoCA, sculpts in her studio. Press photo by Thomas J. Logan, courtesy of Assets 4 Artists

Arts

Here are the Hill Country Observer’s articles about the Arts, listed from newest to oldest. Topics include theater, music, dance, painting, sculpture, film, and writing. The Hill Country Observer talks with artists and makers in many media, in New York, Vermont and Western Massachusetts.

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    Tale from a river town

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    Conflict over Hudson fishing shacks provides inspiration for novel   A real-life controversy over a cluster of old fishing shanties along the Hudson River in Hudson, N.Y., has become the basis for a local author’s new novel. Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer HUDSON, N.Y. In the pre-dawn hours of a summer morning read more

    Tale from a river town
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    Curtain rises at restored theater

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    In Hudson Falls, community rallies to revive a long-dormant venue   Jonathan Newell stands at the ticket booth of the newly restored Strand Theatre in Hudson Falls, N.Y. Newell is executive director of Hudson River Music Hall Productions, which led a years-long effort to revive the long-dormant theater at 210 Main St. Joan K. Lentini read more

    Curtain rises at restored theater
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    Building community through art

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    New Berkshires venue offers casual setting for cutting-edge works The Foundry’s Noah Bailey holds up one sample of the many fabric pieces, each quoting a presidential tweet, that form the “Tiny Pricks Project,” a new exhibit opening Dec. 7 at the venue.Susan Sabino photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. On Tuesday nights, read more

    Building community through art
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    Brookside Museum seeks funds to stay open

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    Local history venue for Saratoga County aims to broaden mission   K. Michelle Arthur, the executive director of the Brookside Museum in Ballston Spa, stands near a hands-on exhibit. The museum’s leaders say it may be forced to close unless it can raise $100,000 in emergency funds by March. Joan K. Lentini photo   By read more

    Brookside Museum seeks funds to stay open
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    Exploring a vibrant arts scene in Los Angeles

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    Williams professor helps reunite works from group of Chicano artists   Mundo Meza’s painting “Merman with Mandolin” (1984) is among the works brought together for the exhibit “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.” — now on view at the Williams College Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of Williams College Museum of Art   By read more

    Exploring a vibrant arts scene in Los Angeles
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    Family story behind the music

    Indie rock veterans The New Pornographers set for Mass MoCA show The Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers will perform Nov. 14 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. Courtesy photo   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. When the New Pornographers take the stage at Mass MoCA on Nov. read more

    Family story behind the music
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    In America, echoes of occupied Europe

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    At Barrington Stage, thriller depicts a new resistance network   Alan H. Green and Natascia Diaz play the roles of Rog and Anna in “American Underground,” a thriller that runs through Oct. 20 at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. It’s a quiet fall evening, and Rog read more

    In America, echoes of occupied Europe
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    Ida O’keeffe – Forgotten sister finds new light

    Exhibit is first to gather works of Ida O’Keeffe Ida O’Keeffe’s oil painting “Variations on a Lighthouse: Theme IV” (1933), from the collection of Jeri Woflson, is among the works now on view at the Clark Art Institute. courtesy Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. She is making read more

    Ida O’keeffe – Forgotten sister finds new light
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    Local scenes, literary themes

    Exhibit samples works of longtime area artist, teacher Harold Keller   Harold Keller’s oil painting “The Birth of Venus near Saratoga Springs” (1966) is among works spanning several decades of his career that will be on view this month at McCartee’s Barn Fine Art & Antiques in Salem, N.Y. Courtesy photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing read more

    Local scenes, literary themes
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    College aims to strengthen creative ties

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    New MCLA institute builds links to Berkshires arts organizations The poet and essayist Nikki Giovanni spoke in June at a conference organized by the new Institute for Arts and Humanities at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. The bowls lay on the paths under the read more

    College aims to strengthen creative ties