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JUNE 2 0 0 7

6/14/07 Gutbucket Performs Live Score to Vintage French Animation
6/7/07 Bluegrass Legend Ralph Stanley to perform at MASS MoCA
6/6/07 Electra to Bring an Exhilarating Performance of Electra & Film to MASS MoCA

MAY 2 0 0 7

5/30/07 Puppeteer Ulrike Quade Brings Work-In-Progress The Wall to MASS MoCA
5/29/07 Dutch Short Films Shown at MASS MoCA as part of NL: A Season of Dutch Arts in the Berkshires
5/23/07 Mark Mulcahy Returns To MASS MoCA to Share New Music
5/16/07 Morgan Taylor Brings Gustafer Yellowgold and His Friends to Life at MASS MoCA This Summer
5/15/07 MASS MoCA Features Dutch Artists as part NL: A Season of Dutch Arts in the Berkshires
5/14/07 Opening Party for NL to feature ZAPP String Quartet and Dutch DJ/VJ Micha Klein
5/9/07 Stephan Koplowitz's Revealed in Residence at MASS MoCA
5/2/07 Summer Calendar
5/1/07 MASS MoCA Summer Season Opens Memorial Day Weekend

APRIL 2 0 0 7

4/27/07 Bar/None Records Birthday Bash Brings Freedy Johnston Recreating Can You Fly? to the MASS MoCA Stage

SEPTEMBER 2 0 0 6

9/21/06 Alloy Orchestra Accompanies Hitchcock Film at MASS MoCA
9/19/06 Local Documentaries Explore How Small-Town Life is Changing
9/14/06 Las Rubias del Norte Plays MASS MoCA's Alternative Cabaret Series
9/6/06 MASS MoCA and Jacob's Pillow Present Ballet Hispanico

AUGUST 2 0 0 6

8/29/06 MASS MoCA Presents Work-in-Progress Showing of REwind- A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony
8/3/06 MASS MoCA Announces its Latest Dance Party: Neo Soul on September 3, 2006

JULY 2 0 0 6

7/26/06 The Holmes Brothers Play MASS MoCA's Summer Alt Cabaret Series
7/25/06 A-hunting for Ahistoric: MASS MoCA Hosts Kids' Scavenger Hunt
7/19/06 Jim Carroll Performs at MASS MoCA's Outdoor Alt Cabaret Series
7/18/06 Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet Wraps Up the Summer Film Season at MASS MoCA
7/12/06 Charlie Chaplin's First Full-Length Comedy to Screen at MASS MoCA
7/5/06 Soulful Singer/Songwriter Performs MASS MoCA's Summer Alt Cabaret Series
7/4/06 Bill Frisell Accompanies Film as MASS MoCA's Outdoor Film Series Continues with High Art Animation

JUNE 2 0 0 6

6/29/06 Meredith Monk Joins Bang on a Can All-stars and Students for Festival Closing Concert
615/06 11-Piece String Band Plays MASS MoCA's Outdoor Alternative Cabaret Series
612/06 Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival Celebrates Five Years at MASS MoCA
6/8/06 Ben Katchor and Mark Mulcahy Return to MASS MoCA with New Music Theater
6/1/06 Mission of Burma to Play MASS MoCA July 1
6/1/06 Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part 1 Opens the Summer Film Season at MASS MoCA

MAY 2 0 0 6

5/30/06 Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part 1 Opens the Summer Film Season at MASS MoCA
5/24/06 Middle Eastern Song Bird Opens MASS MoCA's Summer Alternative Cabaret Series

APRIL 2 0 0 6

4/28/06 Memorial Day Weekend Opening Concert
4/6/06 Local Favorites Perform at MASS MoCA

MARCH 2 0 0 6

3/21/06 Big Band Dance Party Ushers in Spring at MASS MoCA
3/20/06 Mariachi Documentary Explores Underground Lives of Aliens
3/7/06 Mabou Mines DollHouse makes a North Adams Stop on World Tour

JANUARY 2 0 0 6

1/4/06 Native American Dynamo Martha Redbone Performs at MASS MoCA, February 4
1/2/06 The White Diamond: A Documentary Gem from Werner Herzog

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 5

12/12/05 Wiseman Documentary Explores Basic Training
12/14/05 Realms & Reveries: Recent Work by Kamrooz Aram Opens January 14
12/20/05 American Premiere of Anouk van Dijk's STAU at MASS MoCA, January 20 & 21
12/26/05 Film Documents how a Japanese Dictator Changed the Face of Peruvian Politics
12/21/05 Kids Event: Instrument Making with Musician Mark Stewart
12/28/05 R&B Dance Party at MASS MoCA, January 28

N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 5

11/1/05 MASS MoCA Brings Tarnation's Jonathan Caouette to North Adams for Screening and Q&A
11/2/05 MASS MoCA Announces Winter/Spring Season
11/3/05 French Sensation Keren Ann Performs at MASS MoCA, December 3
11/9/05 Animal Farm: The Puppet Musical at MASS MoCA
11/17/05 Ethan Lipton Performs at MASS MoCA, Dec 17
11/27/05 Kidspace at MASS MoCA Offers Holiday Art Classes

O C T O B E R 2 0 0 5

10/1/05 MASS MoCA Spotlights Key Thinkers and Milestone Art Work from Asia
10/3/05 Curatorial Appointments Announced
10/4/05 Williamstown Film Festival Returns to MASS MoCA with Clarkson, Scott, and Sarsgaard Premiere
10/5/05 London Cult Band Returns to MASS MoCA

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 5

9/1/05 Five Streams Music/Theater/Dance Piece at MASS MoCA
9/6/05 Monty Python meets National Geographic in Documentary on Toads at MASS MoCA
9/8/05 Shivaree Performs in MASS MoCA's Club B-10 Alternative Cabaret Concert Series

A U G U S T 2 0 0 5

8/2/05 Taste of the West at MASS MoCA on Friday, September 2
8/4/05 MASS MoCA's New Orleans Dance Party to Raise Funds for Hurricane Victims
8/22/05 MASS MoCA's Panel Explores Trends in Transgenics

J U LY 2 0 0 5

7/6/05 Hem Performs as part of MASS MoCA's Alternative Cabaret Series
7/12/05 Pere Ubu to Accompany Man with the X-Ray Eyes at MASS MoCA
7/13/05 Loudon Wainwright Performs at MASS MoCA's Courtyard Café on Sat. August 13
7/20/05 New York Sensation Mosquitos Perform Under the Stars at MASS MoCA, Saturday, August 20
7/26/05 MASS MoCA Favorite, LAVA, Returns with Explosive Energy August 26 & 27

J U N E 2 0 0 5

6/2/05 Mocean Worker to Perform New Live Score for Tarzan the Ape Man
6/9/05 Yo La Tengo to Perform Live Score for Surreal Silent Film
\ 6/22/05 World-Class Musicians Offer Children's Workshop at MASS MoCA
6/24/05 Brian Eno's Classic Kicks Off Bang on a Can Music Festival at MASS MoCA
6/30/05 MASS MoCA's Bang on a Can Summer Festival Closes with July 30 Concert

M A Y 2 0 0 5

5/17/05 Not-Human Dance at MASS MoCA
5/25/05 MASS MoCA's Outdoor Film Series Kicks Off with High Art Animation

A P R I L 2 0 05

4/5/05 Fat Fast Food Documentary, Super Size Me, to Screen
4/7/05 Corn Mo and the Wau-Wau Sisters Transform MASS MoCA's Alt Cabaret into an "Alt Cab-A-Rama"
4/28/05 MASS MoCA's Newest Artists Discuss Their Work
4/29/05 David Bromberg Quartet Kicks Off Summer Season at MASS MoCA

M A R C H 2 0 0 5

3/2/05 Innovative and Evocative Dance Performance at MASS MoCA
3/8/05 In Conversation with Werner Herzog Added to MASS MoCA Schedule for Friday
3/9/05 Fashion becomes Art becomes Performance becomes Life with House of Diehl at MASS MoCA
3/15/05 Zydeco Dance Party April 15
3/20/05 MASS MoCA Presents Irreverent "Theater-Meets-Synchronized Swimming" at Williams Inn Swimming Pool
3/30/05 Clem Snide comes to MASS MoCA's Alternative Cabaret
3/31/05 Trade Show Artist to Speak at MASS MoCA April 30

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 5

2/12/05 Kids Can Make Collages at MASS MoCA on Saturday, March 12
2/18/05 Sweet Honey in the Rock in Concert at MASS MoCA
2/28/05 Documentary Hiding and Seeking Illustrates Dangers of Religious Intolerance

J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 5

1/10/05 Documentary Highlights Partnership of Animators Faith and John Hubley
1/13/05 Basil Twist Retells Sleeping Beauty in Puppets at MASS MoCA
1/14/05 Matthew Ritchie to Speak at MASS MoCA February 14
1/26/05 Inspired Trombone Performance at MASS MoCA

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 4

12/06/04 Documentary at MASS MoCA Follows the Five-Year Journey of Martin Luther King, Jr.
12/15/04 Trail-Blazing Violinist Rocker in Concert at MASS MoCA
12/22/04 US and Japanese Choreographers Begin Long Creative Journey Together at MASS MoCA
12/27/04 Films at MASS MoCA Display Motherhood in Truthful Light.
12/29/04 Free Community Day at MASS MoCA January 29.

N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 4

11/16/04 MASS MoCA to Screen Documentary on Hearst Kidnapping
11/12/04 MASS MoCA Exhibits Canadian Artist's First U.S. Show
11/11/04 Lit-Rock Pioneers in Concert at MASS MoCA
11/4/04 Cat Power in Concert at MASS MoCA
11/2/04 Documentary Life and Debt Depicts Paradise Lost for Native Jamaicans

O C T O B E R 2 0 0 4

10/3/04 MASS MoCA Announces Full Winter Season of Performing Arts

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 4

9/30/04 Horror Classic Makes MASS MoCA Spooky Choice on Halloween Night
9/23/04 Ann Hamilton's Falling Paper Installation will house Whirling Dervish Performance, and then, things get even wilder . . .
9/22/04 What is Old is New: Islamic Culture Workshop for Kids
9/21/04 Islamic Culture Double-Feature at MASS MoCA
9/20/04 MASS MoCA Hosts Islamic Discussions
9/16/04 Mexico's Premier Contemporary Dance Company to Perform at MASS MoCA
9/9/04 Lead Singer from Broadway's The Lion King in Concert in MASS MoCA's Club B-10
9/7/04 Moving Story of Nelson Mandela Told in Documentary at MASS MoCA
9/1/04 Jacob's Pillow and MASS MoCA Bring Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company to North Adams

A U G U S T 2 0 0 4

8/13/04 Laurie Anderson Offers Work-in-Progress at MASS MoCA
8/11/04 Space Cadets Workshop for Kids
8/5/04 Coffie Steams Up MASS MoCA Reggae Dance Party Bad Boys Style

J U L Y 2 0 0 4

7/28/04 Alloy Orchestra Returns to MASS MoCA to Accompany Buster Keaton Classic with Live Music
7/27/04 Famed Anti-Consumerism Street Preacher Brings His Antics (and his Choir) to MASS MoCA
7/21/04 Martha Wainwright in Concert in MASS MoCA’s Courtyard Café
7/20/04 Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz at MASS MoCA
7/14/04 Stew in Concert at MASS MoCA
7/8/04 Little Havana Dance Party at MASS MoCA
7/7/04 MASS MoCA to Offer Printmaking Workshop for Kids

J U N E 2 0 0 4

6/24/04 MASS MoCA’s Bang on a Can Summer Festival Closing Concert July 24
6/18/04 Kyaw Kyaw Naing, Bang on a Can Kick Off Music Institute at MASS MoCA
6/17/04 World-Class Musicians Offer Children’s Workshop at MASS MoCA
6/10/04 Zippo Songs from Vietnam GIs’ Poetry
6/2/04 Cold War Era Film to Be Screened At MASS MoCA

M A Y 2 0 0 4

5/25/04 French Pop Dance Party Features Music of Les Sans Culottes
5/20/04 Liz Lerman to Create New Site Specific Work in Hamilton's corpus
5/12/04 Ethel Brings New Piece to MASS MoCA

A P R I L 2 0 0 4

4/29/04 Steve Earle, Odetta, and Carl Hancock Rux Open MASS MoCA Summer Season
4/6/04 MASS MoCA Screens Riveting Story of Leonard Peltier on May 6th
4/5/04 The Interventionists: Art in the Social Sphere Opens May 29
4/2/04 Matthew Ritchie's Proposition Player Opens April 10
4/1/04 Life and Times of Muhammad Ali are Subject of Dance-Theater Performance at MASS MoCA

M A R C H 2 0 0 4

3/23/04 Legendary Musician Alfredo de la Fé Adds Latin Flare to Cuban Dance Party at MASS MoCA April 23
3/22/04 Landmark Film Explores Music of the Cuban Religion Santeria
3/17/04 Adult Puppet Show about Cruelty and Resilience at MASS MoCA
3/9/04 Israeli Choreographer Presents Work-in-Progress at MASS MoCA
3/8/04 Moving Story of Sudanese Refugees Told in Documentary at Images
3/3/04 Country Legend Tillis Performs at MASS MoCA
3/2/04 Literary Cabaret with Hagedorn and Choi at MASS MoCA April 2

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 4

2/28/04 Loser’s Lounge Returns to MASS MoCA on Saturday, March 27
2/25/04 MASS MoCA to Show Documentary About Life of Harlem Minister and Activist Robert Castle
2/18/04 Turbine Wind Farms Discussed at MASS MoCA
2/13/04 Asian Massive Dance Party at MASS MoCA March 13
2/11/04 Documentary on Life of Poet and Novelist Charles Bukowski to Show at MASS MoCA

J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 4

1/6/04 One-Man Show Imagines Arctic Exile
1/4/04 A Woman's Personal Journey to Africa at MASS MoCA
1/2/04 The Politics of Race Examined in Films at MASS MOCA

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 3

12/31/03 Antibalas Plays Afrobeat for January 31 Dance Party at MASS MoCA
12/24/03 Hottest Literary Ticket in New York Returns to MASS MoCA
12/22/03 Sundance "Best Documentary" Winner to be Screened at MASS MoCA
12/17/03 Robin Holcomb's new Work-in-Progress January 17
12/10/03 Influential Jazz/Blues Quartet to Play Cabaret at MASS MoCA
12/9/03 Amish as Free-Spirits, at MASS MoCA January 8

N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 3

11/18/03 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-Winner American Splendor to Play at MASS MoCA
11/13/03 Ann Hamilton Work to Open in MASS MoCA's Massive Building 5 Gallery on December 13
11/12/03 Oscar/Grammy-Nominee Performs One-Woman Show at MASS MoCA
11/6/03 Medeski Martin and Wood In Concert at MASS MoCA

O C T O B E R 2 0 0 3

10/24/03 Mayor's Office Provides Funding for Students to See and Study Performing Arts at MASS MoCA
10/15/03 MASS MoCA Receives $15K Grant from Citizens Bank for Intern Program

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 3

9/30/03 London Cult Band Celebrates Halloween at MASS MoCA
9/11/03 Philadanco's Exuberant Dancers Come to North Adams for Two October Performances
9/3/03 Stand-Up Comic Skewers Politics at MASS MoCA
9/2/03 Earth, Wind, and Desire: Nature Park in Kidspace at MASS MoCA

A U G U S T 2 0 0 3

8/30/03 World Music for World Funk Dance Party at MASS MoCA
8/27/03 Cynthia Hopkins to Perform new Tragi-Comedy Operetta about Amnesia
8/1/03 Western Swing Dance at MASS MoCA

J U L Y 2 0 0 3

7/22/03 Gone With the Wind Ends MASS MoCA's Season of Moonlit Movies
7/15/03 Major Author to Share Stories at MASS MoCA
7/9/03 Lawrence Goldhuber Brings When the World Smells Like Bacon and Other Works to MASS MoCA
7/8/03 Apocalypse Now Redux Under the Stars at MASS MoCA
7/2/03 Creature from the Black Lagoon at MASS MoCA with Live Music and Dialogue Added
7/1/03 James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause at MASS MoCA

J U N E 2 0 0 3

6/26/03 MASS MoCA's Bang on a Can Summer Festival Closing Concert July 26
6/25/03 Bang on a Can Festival Features Many Free Events
6/19/03 Thurston Moore, Bang on a Can Kick Off Music Institute at MASS MoCA
6/18/03 World-Class Musicians Work with Kids at MASS MoCA
6/12/03 Polygraph Lounge Brings Quirky but Extraordinary Musicians to MASS MoCA
6/11/03 Brando, Sinatra Classic Film at MASS MoCA
6/05/03 MASS MoCA Puts on American Music Festival as part of Summer's Yankee Remix
6/03/03 MASS MoCA to Show Work of Alain Bublex
6/01/03 Songs & Stories of Yankee Ingenuity with Parents' Choice Award Winner

M A Y 2 0 0 3

5/28/03 Alloy Orchestra Returns to MASS MoCA to Accompany Silent Classic with Live Music
5/27/03 Saturday Night Fever Starts Summer of Moonlit Movies at MASS MoCA
5/21/03 New Music Theater People Are Wrong at MASS MoCA on Saturday, June 21
5/20/03 New Video The Bone Trade to Show in MASS MoCA's Prints & Drawings Gallery
5/14/03 MASS MoCA Exhibits Hand-Painted Movie Posters from Ghana

A P R I L 2 0 0 3

4/25/03 American Original Rosanne Cash Kicks Off Summer Season of Yankee Remix
4/15/03 MASS MoCA Announces Summer SeasonYankee Remix: Artists Take On America
4/10/03 Yankee Remix Features Nine New Works and Surprising Collaboration
4/1/03 Sundance-Winner at MASS MoCA on May 1, 2, 3

M A R C H 2 0 0 3

3/25/03 MASS MoCA Brings the Steaming Jazz of John Scofield to the Berkshires
3/24/03 Oscar-Nominated Jazz Documentary at MASS MoCA on Apr 24th
3/5/03 Basil Twist Combines Underwater Puppetry, Music, and Abstract Expressionism at MASS MoCA
3/3/03 Documentary About Beatles' Manager at MASS MoCA to Screen April 3

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 3

2/29/03 Brazilian Choreographers Examine Dreams and Demons at MASS MoCA
2/22/03 Luther Wright & The Wrongs to Perform Bluegrass Version of Pink Floyd's The Wall
2/15/03 Chase Away Winter at MASS MoCA's Tiki Dance Party
2/8/03 Antony & The Johnsons in a Fantastical Cabaret at MASS MoCA on March 8
2/6/03 Mockumentary This is Spinal Tap at MASS MoCA March 6
2/1/03 Sekou Sundiata Brings Deeply Personal Storytelling and Moving Music to MASS MoCA on March 1

J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 3

1/28/03 DJ Spooky Returns to MASS MoCA to Present His Revamped Version of Griffith's Birth of a Nation
1/20/03 DJ Documentary Scratch to Screen at MASS MoCA on February 20th
1/18/03 MASS MoCA's New Exhibition Explores the Land of Milk, Honey, and Extraterrestrials
1/15/03 Living Colour's Corey Glover Plays MASS MoCA February 15
1/7/03 Phillip Johnston Performs Live Score to Murnau's Silent Faust at MASS MoCA
1/6/03 Double Feature on Famed Protest Songs at MASS MoCA : Strange Fruit and The Internationale
1/1/03 MASS MoCA Offers Introduction to Tap Dancing for Kids

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 2

12/31/02 Hot Shot Hoofer Brings Tap Theater Adventure to MASS MoCA
12/25/02 Visionary Choreographer Modernizes African Dance Forms at MASS MoCA
12/23/02 MASS MoCA Screens The Last Waltz January 23
12/14/02 Ben Katchor and Mark Mulcahy Team up to Present a Tragicomedy for Music Theater at MASS MoCA
12/9/02 Oscar-Nominated Documentary about Famed Music Teacher at MASS MoCA
12/1/02 Susan Leopold: Mixed-Up Worlds Is Next at Kidspace at MASS MoCA

N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 2

O C T O B E R 2 0 0 2

10/9/02 Suzanne Vega Plays MASS MoCA on Nov 9
10/2/02 Mirror Mirror Features Reflective Contemporary Work
10/1/02 NYC Club Favorite GlobeSonic Presides over MASS MoCA Halloween Celebration

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 2

9/25/02 Sara Sweet Rabidoux and Hoi Polloi to Perform Poised at MASS MoCA
9/20/02 Independent Films for Children October 19
9/19/02 The Perfect You Starring Jenny McCarthy and Chris Eigemann to Show at MASS MoCA
9/15/02 Kidspace Announces Exhibit by Esteemed New Orleans Artist Willie Birch
9/12/02 DanceBrazil Brings High Energy Feats to MASS MoCA October 12 and 13
9/1/02 New York City Ballet to Perform Fund-Raiser at MASS MoCA

A U G U S T 2 0 0 2

8/24/02 Mark Taylor's Grave Matters Explores the Lives and Deaths of Famous Thinkers
8/21/02 Jane South's Working Drawing Debuts September 21 at MASS MoCA
8/5/02 The Producers at MASS MoCA
8/2/02 Newest Latin Dance Party at MASS MoCA Features Afro-Cuban Sound
8/1/02 Lee Breuer, Mabou Mines, Basil Twist Completed Work Red Beads to Preview at MASS MoCA

J U L Y 2 0 0 2

7/18/02 Folktales from Afghanistan: The Stories of Idries Shah
7/17/02 Gary Lucas Returns to MASS MoCA to Add Stunning Sound to Surreal Cinema
7/10/02 Viennese Café Concert at MASS MoCA
7/3/02 DJ Spooky Reveals Work-in-Progress at MASS MoCA

J U N E 2 0 0 2

6/27/02 MASS MoCA, Bang on a Can Summer Institute Closing Concert July 27
6/21/02 World Class Musicians Work with Kids at MASS MoCA
6/20/02 Wine-Tasting Features Manhattan Sommelier
6/13/02 Bang on a Can Summer Institute Kicks off July 13
6/11/02 Sing-A-Long Sound of Music at MASS MoCA
6/6/02 Tabou Combo Plays Haitian Dance Party at MASS MoCA
6/5/02 Casablanca at MASS MoCA

M A Y 2 0 0 2

5/29/02 Alloy Orchestra Returns to MASS MoCA to Accompany Silent Dinosaur Classic Lost World with New Live Music
5/28/02 MASS MoCA Brings 11-Time Oscar-Nominated Sunset Boulevard Back to the Big Screen
5/21/02 MASS MoCA Commissions First Performing Arts Work
5/15/02 Choreographer Works with Kids at MASS MoCA
5/8/02 World Beat Family Concert at MASS MoCA
5/1/02 Dr. John and Jimmy Scott to Play MASS MoCA's Opening Concert on June 1

A P R I L 2 0 0 2

4/25/02 Viva Vienna Dance Party at MASS MoCA Kicks Off The Vienna Project
4/11/02 They Might Be Giants Play MASS MoCA on May 11
4/2/02 Basketball Documentary at MASS MoCA in May

M A R C H 2 0 0 2

3/27/02 April in Paris at MASS MoCA
3/26/02 Parisian Cabaret Dance Party at MASS MoCA in April
3/25/02 "Voguing" Documentary at MASS MoCA April 25
3/20/02 Southern Feast and Music at MASS MoCA April 20
3/18/02 Film by North Adams Native at MASS MoCA Thursday, April 18
3/13/02 Kid Koala and Bullfrog Play MASS MoCA on April 13
3/11/02 Vintage and Cutting-Edge Dance Films at MASS MoCA in April

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 2

2/4/02 Jimmy Bosch Concert is part of Williamstown Jazz Festival
2/3/02 The Moth, Hottest Literary Ticket in New York Comes to MASS MoCA
2/1/02 Ron K. Brown Brings Evidence to MASS MoCA

J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 2

1/8/02 Kidspace to Present Interactive Video Works by Camille Utterback
1/7/02 Hollywood Style Premiere of North Adams Documentary Comes to MASS MoCA
1/3/02 Fire & Ice: A Winter Ball at MASS MoCA on February 2
1/2/02 MASS MoCA Posts First Ever Online Auction

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 1

12/23/01 Stacy Dawson Returns to MASS MoCA with a Little Bit of Country
12/20/01 Life and Times of Muhammad Ali are Subject of Work-in-Progress Showing at MASS MoCA
12/15/01 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight Documented in When We Were Kings Jan 10
12/7/01 Winter/Spring Calendar Listings

N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 1

11/20/01 Laurie Anderson offers Work-in-Progress Showing at MASS MoCA
11/12/01 MASS MoCA to Present U.S. Premiere of Robert Wilson's Monumental 14 Stations
11/10/01 Panel Discusses History of North Adams
11/09/01 MASS MoCA Receives $25K from Rockefeller Foundation

O C T O B E R 2 0 0 1

10/2/01 Mexican Fiesta Dance Party Brings Halloween to Life

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 1

9/20/01 Bang on a Can Returns to MASS MoCA with Mix of Innovative and Traditional Musical Puppet Theater
9/13/01 AfroPop Dance Party Will Shake Up MASS MoCA on October 13
9/14/01 Beat the Drum at MASS MoCA on Saturday, October 13, Introduces Kids to African Music
9/10/01 MASS MoCA Patrons Learn to Maximize Global Excitement with Founders of Etoy
9/6/01 MASS MoCA and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival present MOMIX's Baseball

A U G U S T 2 0 0 1

8/30/01 Cowboy Junkies to Play MASS MoCA in September
8/1/01 Fall Calendar Listings

J U L Y 2 0 0 1

7/30/01 Calypso Soca Dance Party Melts Down MASS MoCA September 1
7/25/01 Hiroshima Native Explores Adolescence, Games and Aggression through Dance at MASS MoCA
7/23/01 MASS MoCA Brings a Taste of the West to the Berkshires August 23
7/18/01 BQE Adds Live Music to Marlene Dietrich Classic
7/10/01 Obie Award-Winner Rinde Eckert Brings Innovative Opera to MASS MoCA
7/3/01 Donald Sosin Adds Live Music to Classic Silent Foolish Wives

J U N E 2 0 0 1

6/28/01 Merengue Dance Party Heats Up MASS MoCA July 28
6/26/01 National Chess Master Jim Eade to Challenge Local Players at MASS MoCA July 26
6/21/01 Local Bands Play MASS MoCA July 21
6/14/01 Philip Glass And His Ensemble Perform Live at MASS MoCA with Shorts
6/6/01 Beer Tasting Features Brooklyn Brewery Brewmaster
6/1/01 Alloy Orchestra Returns to MASS MoCA to Add Live Music to Classic Silent Films

M A Y 2 0 0 1

5/23/01 Internationally Acclaimed Artists to Discuss New Collaboration June 23
5/10/01 The Double Dutch Divas Demonstrate Amazing Jump Roping on June 9
5/04/01 Grammy Award-Winner Nanci Griffith to Play MASS MoCA June 2
5/01/01 Opening Day Features Gallery Viewing and New Orleans Dance Party

A P R I L 2 0 0 1

4/1/01 MASS MoCA Pays Tribute to Classic Talking Heads Album

M A R C H 2 0 0 1

3/15/01 MASS MoCA Presents First Major Exhibition To Examine Contemporary Artists' Exploration of Games

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 1

2/14/01 Exhibition of Mona Hatoum's Recent Work Explores Her Vision of the Domestic Sphere

J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 1

1/15/01 Open and Shut: Artists' Doors is the New Exhibit in Kidspace at MASS MoCA
1/10/01 MASS MoCA Features Comics in Three Dimensions With Bubbles 'n' Boxes 'n' Beyond

D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 0

12/20/00 Feast Includes Cuisine from the Republic of Georgia plus Academy Award-Nominated Film
12/16/00 Funky Spoken Word Artist Returns

N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 0

11/11/00 Disco Dance Party Brings Funk to MASS MoCA
11/8/00 Rare Sneak Peak of New Work by Urban Bush Women Founder at MASS MoCA

O C T O B E R 2 0 0 0

10/28/00 The Persuasions to Cap Off MASS MoCA's Free Community Day on December 2

S E P T E M B E R 2 0 0 0

9/29/00 Bossa Nova Dance Party Brings Latin Heat to MASS MoCA
9/26/00 Antoni Works Day and Night in Performance at MASS MoCA
9/25/00 Rare Preview of New Work by David Dorfman Starts MASS MoCA's Mass Manufacturing Series
9/21/00 Reno Does Science in October at MASS MoCA
9/19/00 Merce Cunningham Dance Company Returns to the Berkshires

A U G U S T 2 0 0 0

8/28/00 Urban Rockers Luna in Concert at MASS MoCA on September 16
8/11/00 HUD announces $5.2 Million Grant/Loan Package to MASS MoCA
8/2/00 Two Classic Films, Men In Black and 5000 Fingers of Dr. Terwilliker on MASS MoCA's 50' Screen

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7/25/00 Lava Love Brings Explosive Energy to MASS MoCA's Hunter Center
7/20/00 Artist Jeremijenko to Speak on New Works and Discuss Tree Logic
7/16/00 Yiddish World Beat Dance Party Brings Klezmer Band to MASS MoCA
7/15/00 Rockin' the Shtetl Looks at the Renaissance of Klezmer Music
7/7/00 Bang on a Can and Ben Katchor Collaborate on Revolutionary New Opera
7/6/00 MacArthur Award Winner Ben Katchor to Present Carfare City
7/5/00 MASS MoCA:From Mill to Museum Tells Compelling Story of Mill Restoration and Community Revitalization
7/3/00 Salsa Dance Party Features 14-piece Band Los Jovenes del Barrio
7/1/00 Kids Will Love The Dirtmeister (and Learn Science)! Emmy Award Winner to Perform Saturday, July 29

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6/30/00 Two Classic Films, When the Clouds Roll By and Plan 9 from Outer Space
6/26/00 Enjoy Traditional Jewish Fare and Culture at MASS MoCA's Sunday Brunch
6/25/00 Live Music to Accompany Classic Silent Film The Golem
6/20/00 Pan-African Dance Party Brings World Music to MASS MoCA
6/17/00 Learn the Secrets of African Cooking and Enjoy an African Feast
6/13/00 Live Music to Accompany Classic Silent Film Metropolis
6/10/00 Feed the Stomach and the Soul with Sylvia Woods' Soul Food Picnic
6/7/00 Computer Game Experts will Demonstrate Method Behind their Magic
6/7/00 Cybernations Looks at the Impact and Effect of Computer Games
6/4/00 Swamp Yankee, Misty Blues and Catfish Blue Offer Berkshire Blues Outdoors
6/3/00 Rhythm & Blues Dance Party Heats up MASS MoCA in June
6/2/00 Kids Will Love Beakman (and Learn Science!)Emmy-Award Winner to Perform on June 10

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5/9/00 Geometry of Miracles Opens MASS MoCA's Second Season
5/5/00 Patti Smith to Play Outdoors at MASS MoCA on June 4
5/3/00 The Big Bang: An Unnatural Benefit to Open Second Season on June 4

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4/21/00 Feast Your Eyes Features Vietnamese Cuisine plus The Wedding Banquet

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3/20/00 Feasts at MASS MoCA Feature Cooking Classes with Celebrated Chefs
3/16/00 Eve Andree Laramee installs Apparatus for the Distillation of Vague Intuitions at MASS MoCA
3/6/00 Unnatural Science on Stage and Screen, MASS MoCA Announces Summer Performing Arts Lineup

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2/14/00 Unnatural Science, Major New Exhibition