Arts and Entertainment
July 20, 2023
From: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary ArtElle Pérez: Intimacies
On view beginning Saturday, July 22
Opening soon! Elle Pérez is known for photographs that capture with a unique sense of ease the intimacy between lovers, between friends, and between photographer and subject. In the upcoming exhibition, landscape features predominantly as intimate partner in the relationship between humans and the natural world and as a metaphor for the body.
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LOUD Weekend
July 27–29
This fully loaded, three-day, eclectic super-mix of creative, experimental, and unusual music features the Kronos Quartet — celebrating 50 years of virtuosic strings — Love in Exile (Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily), Ensemble Klang, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Paola Prestini’s House of Zodiac performed by Jeffrey Zeigler with films by Murat Eyuboglu, Tarta Relena, and more. Get your festival pass for the best spot in the house. Can't make the full festival? Single-day tickets for both Thursday and Friday are on sale now!
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Bang on a Can Gallery Concerts
Select weekdays through July 27, 1:30 & 4:30pm
Can't join this year's LOUD Weekend fun? Bang on a Can fellows and faculty let loose throughout the galleries all month long. Visit our website to see if there are gallery concerts on the day of your visit.
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MEMBER EXCLUSIVES
Member Preview: Sip & Shop
Wednesday, July 26, 6–8pm
Calling all MASS MoCA members! Catch an exclusive preview of MASS MoCA's new Research & Development Store prior to its opening July 27–30. Combining gallery and retail space, the R&D Store produces and procures affordable contemporary artist editions and books. Shop these and more while enjoying a complimentary tasting with Berkshire Cider Project.
Not a member? Join now to attend.
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The R&D Store hosts free programs all season and beyond. Mark your calendar for upcoming author talks with Isaac Fitzgerald, Kerri Schlottman, and Xtina Parks.
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MEMBER PRE-SALES
Can't wait for our fall season announce next month? You're in luck — catch these performance on-sales early, and get first dibs as a MASS MoCA member.
Alvvays
Saturday, September 2, 8pm
Member Pre-sale Tuesday, July 18, 10am
(Public On-sale Friday, July 21, 10am)
Canadian indie pop band Alvvays will play MASS MoCA on September 2.
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serpentwithfeet: Heart of Brick
Saturday, October 7, 8pm
Member Pre-sale Thursday, July 20, 10am
(Public On-sale Friday, July 21, 10am)
Co-presented by Jacob's Pillow. Experimental R&B musician serpentwithfeet embarks on his first stage work alongside multimedia artist Wu Tsang and choreographer Raja Feather Kelly in this new production.
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Reading: Carmen Maria Machado and Carrie Schneider
Wednesday, July 26, 3pm
To launch the publication of Carrie Schneider: Sphinx, acclaimed author Carmen Maria Machado will read her text for the exhibition catalogue and an excerpt from Her Body and Other Parties. Stay for a short Q&A and book signing with Carrie and Carmen. Free with gallery admission.
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