Arts and Entertainment
January 19, 2023
From: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary ArtShadow: Screening with Q&A
Saturday, January 21, 7pm
Join us this Saturday for a screening of Shadow, which asks the question, "If artificial intelligence took over the world, would human beings all end up living with an intellectual disability?" (The Guardian). Based on the play developed in residency at MASS MoCA with the Sundance Theatre Lab, the film follows a group of activists as they hold a public meeting to save the world and discover that the greatest threat to their future is already in the room. A Q&A session with the filmmakers follows the screening moderated by MASS MoCA Director Kristy Edmunds.
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Just Announced: Distanced Together
Friday, January 27, 8pm
Distanced Together, composed by MindTravel creator Murray Hidary, is an immersive musical experience featuring a massive ensemble of 60 musicians that invites audiences on a collective, cathartic, and healing journey.
Free with museum admission; free for members. RSVP required.
A sound installation of the work with 60 speakers will be on view in the Hunter Center beginning January 20 through February 4. Free for all.
Free Day 2023!
Saturday, January 28, 10am–5pm
Free for all who walk through our doors, MASS MoCA’s annual community celebration rocks the galleries with live music from Rosas del las Berkshires, Black Legacy Project, and Distanced Together, roller coaster-inspired art-making, community partners, photo booth fun, curator-led tours, and tons more! Come by and get inspired—on the house.
Skip the line! Advance tickets are recommended. Reserve your tickets and check out the full schedule of events and activities below.
EXPLORE THE SCHEDULE & RESERVE TICKETS
Broadway en Spanglish
Saturday, February 4, 8pm
Cabaret meets cumbia in Broadway en Spanglish, a musical project by husband-and-wife duo Florencia Cuenca and Jaime Lozano—who was deemed Broadway’s “next big thing” by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda—that delivers Mexican interpretations of musical theater classics accompanied by New York’s acclaimed ensemble Mariachi Real de Mexico de Ramon Ponce. Get ready to sing along and sway those hips.
La Seca
February 3 & 4, 4pm
This collaborative performance by M. Elijah Sueuga and Armando Guadalupe Cortés, whose work is on view in the exhibition Ceramics in the Expanded Field, converges on the artists’ interest in sound as well as a shared geography.
Free with museum admission.
Daniel Giordano:
Love from Vicki Island
On view beginning Feburary 4
Daniel Giordano’s provocative and playful sculptures—crafted from railroad spikes, foodstuffs, earthen matter, and more—merge the organic and the industrial in an homage to factory towns and family ties.
Coming Up in February
Akoma: Jlin & Florence To
Saturday, February 18, 8pm
Jlin, whom Pitchfork calls “a producer at the vanguard of electronic music,” and multidisciplinary artist Florence To reveal their concert/installation Akoma to the world for the first time in this work-in-progress presentation.
Ivy Sole
Saturday, February 25, 8pm
A rare hybrid of sultry and soulful R&B paired with undeniable hip-hop lyricism, Ivy Sole touches down in February to rock your world and touch your heart.