The  Carrie Chen Gallery  presents The buildings, piled so casually from March 5 – April 3, 2022. This exhibition unites Anton Ginzburg’s abstract paintings with Christina Kruse’s fantastic imaginary worlds and layered constructions under the poetic title taken from the late poet laureate John Ashbery of Hudson, NY.

“Talk to Your People” is a deserving show.  One improvement would be if Dan Hoyle lost his facial hair for the duration.  It renders a visual sameness to each depiction that can’t be overcome with wardrobe and accessories, and temporary facial hair could be applied as wanted for particular characters. 

The Rose Art Museum presents an intimate display of three self-portraits by the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), generously loaned from private collections. Framing the paintings are photographs of Kahlo taken by her beloved father, Guillermo Kahlo (1871-1941), and her close friend and lover Nicholas Muray (1892-1965).

In an innovative collaboration among three prominent college art museums, the directors announce the joint acquisition of an extraordinary gift of Tibetan art from the Jack Shear Collection. Ian Berry of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, T. Barton Thurber of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, and Pamela Franks of the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) extend their gratitude to Jack Shear for his generous gift.

Productions in the intimacy of Oakland Theater Project’s venue continue to be among the most daring, provocative, and entertaining in the Bay Area.  In taking on William Shakespeare’s political fantasy, “The Tempest,” the company offers a stunning, if somewhat confusing, rendering of this compact study of the illicit taking of power and land. 

Shakespeare & Company will present March Mash-up: Contemporary Readings and Comedy on Saturday, March 26 and Sunday, March 27.

Born on Cape Cod and formerly an attorney and chef, the North Adams based Daoist monk, Chen Tong, spent several years training in a monastery in China. On the deck of his North Adams home, even in the dead of winter, he teaches meditation, qigong and taiji. He has been invited to teach during the spring and fall semesters at Williams College. The course he is offering is fully enrolled.

An equity national touring production of Frozen is playing in Ft. Lauderdale through March 20. Performances are at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. There are visual delights galore, but they do not overshadow a story with heart. The stage adaptation is darker than the film.

The 2022 Williamstown Theatre Festival season promises laughs, singing, and introspection, including a thrilling new suspense comedy, a disarmingly personal and intimate WTF-commissioned world premiere play, and a musical concert event celebrating Frank Loesser's magnificent score from The Most Happy Fella, retold with dazzling new orchestrations

The Boston Symphony with Andris Nelsons at the helm performed Alban Berg’s Wozzeck at Carnegie Hall. The composer left an early performance of Georg Buchner’s play on which the opera would be  based, remarking: this must be an opera and I will compose it. The Boston Symphony gave a defining performance of the work.

Book of Mountains & Seas, a new opera by Huang Ruo and Basil Twist, takes us out of ourselves and our space into a new and exotic world. Yet we are anchored in human concerns. Huang Ruo originally adapted The Book of Mountains and Seas, a work created in China in the 4th century BC and set its spirit in a vocal-theater for twelve singers.  Full of good humor and infinite curiosity, Ruo comments on the visions possible with this unusual number: 2, 3, 4, 6.  He uses all the combinations seamlessly. 

Installation Space on Eagle Street in North Adams launches its season on April 1 with a vernissage for Echo Land. The artists are Henry Bamford, Pao Chutijirawong, Kristina Rea,  Hugh Schatz-Allison, Kyra Stupik, and Jin Yao.

Palm Beach Dramaworks in South Florida will present Lynn Nottage's "Intimate Apparel" from April 1-17. South Florida actress Rita Cole will portray Esther Mills, one of her "bucket list" roles. Palm Beach Dramaworks is a professional, nonprofit company located at 201 Clematis St. in West Palm Beach.

Otto Frank was the father of Anne Frank.  He gave his daughter a blank autograph book on her 13th birthday in which Anne diligently recorded her thoughts and experiences from mundane activities to pathos to hope over the next two years.  Otto retrieved the diary after World War II and had it translated and published.  It would become the biggest selling non-fiction book in the world after the Bible.  In English, its title is “The Diary of a Young Girl.”

We are very excited to invite you to our first Open Studios in 2 years! As the weather gets warmer, and things are feeling safer, we are looking forward to opening our doors to you to get to know this month’s artist cohort.

Laiona Michelle inhabits and projects the great American soul singer, social activist and classical pianist Nina Simone in a compelling stage show.  Designed as two of the evenings Nina Simone actually created, mixing storytelling and moving melodies, Michelle brings the Little Girl Blue to life.

“Spring at Hancock Shaker Village is a joyous time,” said Director Jennifer Trainer Thompson. “Our farm literally ‘springs’ to life and there may be nothing cuter than a baby animal. When you add to that 20 historic buildings, and a lot of creative programming --- from farm talks to concerts to the spiritual richness of brooms --- you find a union with content that creates an unparalleled experience. Welcome back, and welcome to our 2022 season!”

I found much to like about this show which focuses on Latinx sisters who turn to one of these shows – called Flip It and List It —  to sell their family home. The home was built by their great grandfather after he arrived from Mexico in the late 1800s and has been passed down through the generations.

Gott Ist Nicht Schuechtern (God is not bashful) received its re-opening at the New Stage of the Berliner Ensemble in Berlin at the end of March 2022. It is now more appropriate with the war raging in Ukraine.

South Florida theater fans have a chance to see a production of an infrequently-staged Tennessee Williams play titled "Suddenly Last Summer." The production runs through April 17. Some may recall the story from the 1959 film with the same title, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Montgomery Clift.

The entertainment and marketing industry churned out promo items and wampum to influencers. Free t-shirts with hip graphic design comprised the day-to-day wardrobe of movers and shakers. These of the moment items became the ephemera of an era. The vast, 2 million item David Bieber Archive, holds some 5,000 shirts. Now 150 prime examples have been published as a snappy picture book. Own it for an enticing stroll down memory lane.

MNM Theatre Company achieves mixed results with its current production of "Guys and Dolls." The production at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center runs through April 16. MNM Theatre Company is an award-winning, not-for-profit, professional group.

Jeremy Gill’s Motherwhere premiered with the two stellar ensembles, the Parker Quartet and the New York Classical Player, performing. The evening began with Tchaikovsky's Andante Cantabile from his first string quartet.  Madeline Fayette performed the movement exquisitely. She is known for her phrasing and the beauty of her tones. Gill's new rod followed.

Latina/American born in Mexico, Karen Zacharias bases her “Native Gardens” comedy on her book of the same name, becoming the most produced playwright in America over the last four years.   Her plays include The Copper Children, Destiny of Desire, The Book Club, and Legacy of Light, among many others

Emmanuel Iduma’s prize is in memory of Irving Sandler, esteemed art critic and valued board member and friend, who tirelessly illuminated the role of art, artists and art criticism in the 20th and 21st centuries. The award includes a gift of $2,500.