August 1, 2001

MASS MoCA Fall Season Calendar Listings

Saturday, September 22, 8:00 pm
Sleep Easy, Hutch Rimes
Co-presenter: Williamstown Film Festival
Stephen Weber plays insurance agent Hutchinson Rimes in this tongue-in-cheek suburban film noir whose deliciously devious plot sports more curves than the sexpot secretaries with whom Hutch conducts his serial affairs at the Sleep Easy Motel. Followed by a Q&A with director Matthew Irmas. $10 Adults/$5 Students

Friday, September 28, 8:00 pm
Tape
Co-presenter: Williamstown Film Festival
Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Uma Thurman star in this intense film about a trio of friends who meet in a Michigan motel room and clash over lies and secrets from their high school days. This intimate independent from Richard Linklater was the talk of Sundance 2001. Followed by a Q&A with the producer. $10 Adults/$5 Students

Saturday, September 29, 8:00 pm
Cowboy Junkies In Concert
Co-presenter: Iron Horse Entertainment Group
Bittersweet and haunting, the Cowboy Junkies have based their musical style on the belief that less is more. Their trademark sensual vocals, lyrical guitar, and poetic musings have drawn legions of faithful fans since the release of The Trinity Session in 1988. $27.50 Adults/$22.50 Students

Friday, October 5, 8:00 pm Saturday, October 6 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
MOMIX: Baseball
Co-presenter: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
A playful, witty dance tribute to America's favorite pastime, baseball. Athletic and humorous, Moses Pendleton's company, MOMIX, is renowned for their astounding dance/illusions as they bend, move, contort, and create. $34 Orchestra/ $29 Mezzanine/$24 Student. Special Family Matinee $10 children accompanied by an adult and $24 seniors.

Saturday October 6, 6 PM
In Conversation with Moses Pendleton
Co-presenter: Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Look behind the illusions of MOMIX in a pre-curtain dialogue with Moses Pendleton, founder of this remarkable company of dancer-illusionists who use props in combination with bodies, outrageous moves, lighting, and music to transport you into a fantastical world. $5

Friday, October 12, 7:00 pm
Etoy: Burning Venture Capital - Maximizing Global Excitement
The artist who calls himself Agent Zai, spokesman and "Chief Executive" of the Zurich-based international underground artists' collective, etoy, and his orange-coated companions grapple with the cultural ins and outs of a once small but growing internet art consortium. Etoy successfully battled the corporate giant eToys for the rights to their name and now barters new media art in cyberspace providing high-interest cultural dividends. $5

Saturday, October 13, 10:30 AM
Beat the Drum
Co-presenter: Williams College Dance Department
Obo Addy and his ensemble will take kids on a journey through the traditional dances and the energetic rhythms of his native Ghana. Talking drums, bells, and shakers abound as African musical history comes to life. Free with museum admission. Advance reservations required.

Saturday, October 13, 8:00 PM
AfroPop Dance Party
Co-presenter: Williams College Dance Department Fusing the traditional rhythms of Africa with American jazz and European pop, master drummer Obo Addy and his band of Worldbeat musicians celebrate the rhythms of Ghana. With dance instructors arranged by Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. $12 Adults/$6 Kids

Friday, October 19, and Saturday, October 20, 8:00 pm
Bang on a Can All-Stars: Shadow Bang
A grand musical theater work with ancient roots, Shadow Bang brings together the electrifying and eclectic Bang on a Can All-Stars and I Wayan Wija, the foremost living Balinese puppet master. Together they create a world of larger-than-life shadows and elaborate theatrical forms. $28 Orchestra/ $24 Mezzanine/ $20 Student

Wednesday, October 31, 8:00 pm
Mexican Fiesta Dance Party with Santiago Jimenez
Feast on food from old Mexico and two-step to the marimba and accordion of Santiago Jimenez, a Grammy-winning Tex-Mex borderlands squeeze box master. Death's morbid side is buried under festive music and food. $12 Adults/$6 Kids

Saturday, November 3, 5:00 pm
Contemporary Art After the Culture War
Co-presenter: Williams College Museum of Art and the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
A lively discussion on the future of contemporary art with former New York Times art critic Michael Brenson, Williams College Museum of Art director Linda Shearer, and former director of museums and visuals arts for the National Endowment of the Arts, Jennifer Dowley. $5 or free with museum admission

Saturday, December 1, 5:00 pm
Renewal, Regret, and Rebirth in North Adams
Author Joe Manning leads a discussion on the history and resurgence of North Adams. Manning fell in love several years ago with the Berkshire town that is now home to MASS MoCA and has put his research on the people and places of this former mill town into a new book titled Disappearing Into North Adams. $5

Friday and Saturday, December 14 and 15, 8:00 pm
Laurie Anderson Work-in-Progress
In a rare work-in-progress performance, MASS MoCA brings you an intimate peek at the latest back-to-basics new solo work. Deeply personal and abandoning the electronica she so willingly embraced, Laurie waxes on about contemporary culture, love songs, and techno burn-out. $7

Friday, December 21, 9:00 pm
Holiday Flashback Dance Party
DJ Bobby Morales, who spun the non-stop dance tunes at MASS MoCA's Disco Dance Party in December 2000, returns to keep you jumping to dance favorites of the 70s and 80s. $12 Adults/$6 Kids

For Immediate Release
Contact: Katherine Myers
(413) 664-4481 x8113
katherine@massmoca.org