According to WNYC, North Adams is the place to be the weekend of August 13-15. Have you bought your tickets to Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival yet?

Video Vortex = a weekly installment of our favorite videos from MASS MoCA artists and trailers for upcoming events, plus a few random viral creations as well.

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Here is the promo video for JFJO’s newest album. If you like Lava Lamps you are going to love this video!

PLUS Seven minutes of jam bandy goodness!

Richie Havens

Fourth of July Weekend + Richie Havens = AWESOME! Follow this link to watch two awesome videos of Havens talking about his Woodstock performance and playing a few of his most famous songs.

Ukuladies

Too much fun to keep from you any longer….

Happy Friday
Brittany

Sebastian Smee from The Globe made our week with nice reviews of both Material World and the Petah Coyne exhibitions,   saying, “MASS MoCA, the most consistently stimulating museum devoted to contemporary art in New England, has space to burn, making it the ideal place to show this kind of work. Material World: Sculpture to Environment, a group show devoted to large-scale, environment-altering installations made from cheap and plentiful materials, sees the museum playing to its strengths.”

And about Petah Coyne: Everything that Rises Must Converge, he said, “I admired the fearlessness of her aesthetic, which is the absolute antithesis of minimalist cool.”

To enhance your summer Alt Cab experience — indoors or out — we’ve concocted a menu of specialty cocktails in conjunction with the shows this summer. You can get a drink (and dinner and snacks from Lickety Split) before and during all Alt Cabs and the galleries are open until 7:30.

Saturday, June 26, at 8PM its Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey paired with Razz A Ma Jazz (raspberry vodka and Sprite) to accompany the quartet’s “intensely improvisatory [sound], which embraces Beatles covers, free jazz and just about everything in between.” — Village Voice.

On Saturday, July 10, comedian Dave Hill offers an evening of comedy, storytelling, and louche mischief while the MASS MoCA bar pours Read the rest of this entry »

Video Vortex = a weekly installment of our favorite videos from MASS MoCA artists and trailers for upcoming events, plus a few random viral creations as well.

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

If you could take any kind of Odyssey what would it be?

Richie Havens

Dave Hill

An expose on tool booth collectors!

Happy Friday,
Brittany

Video Vortex is back!!!

Video Vortex = a weekly installment of our favorite videos from MASS MoCA artists and trailers for upcoming events, plus a few random viral creations as well.

Roomful of Teeth

There are just a few tickets left to our June 18 concert with Roomful of Teeth. This video is from the groups Work-In-Progress last June.

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

I’m quite convinced that Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey can turn any song into a cool jazz groove….

Richie Havens

1974 Richie Havens

Happy Friday
-Brittany