An Evening Featuring the BEST in Jazz

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International performers Anat Cohen and Marcello Gonçalves will be performing on Saturday, May 17th at 5PM. The Grammy nominated duo will play Brazilian classics and original pieces composed under the influence of choro, samba, bossa nova and more. The performance takes place at Saint James Place, Great Barrington

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.— Clarinetist Anat Cohen and 7-string guitarist Marcello Gonçalves will perform on Saturday, May 17th, at 5 PM at Saint James Place, located at 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230.

Cohen, praised by jazz critic Nat Hentoff for her deeply felt storytelling through music, has formed several quartets, a 'tentet', a trio (with her two brothers), a record label and released 21 albums, and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. NPR's Fresh Air has called her a primary force for re-establishing the clarinet as a solo instrument in the 21st century, and DownBeat Magazine has named her the top clarinetist in both the readers and critics polls every year since 2011.

Gonçalves is known as a performer, musical director, arranger, and producer. Both musicians are also educators, with Gonçalves at the Federal University of Rio and Cohen at the Stanford University of Jazz Workshop in California and the New School in Manhattan.

The performance will feature South American jazz and choro music, a Brazilian specialty.

Tickets can be purchased through "Jazz and Classics for Change" at https://jcfc.company.site/. Prices are $45 for adults, $30 for students with ID, and free for children under 12.

 

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Great Barrington Unveils 9/11 Memorial Featuring World Trade Center Steel

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — A piece of history will now stand in front of the Great Barrington Fire Department, serving as a lasting reminder of the courage, sacrifice, and heroism of those who rushed in, stepped forward, and answered the call on Sept. 11, 2001.
 
Hundreds of community members gathered outside the Fire Department for the unveiling of a 9/11 memorial featuring a steel I-beam salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.
 
The monument marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and its effect reached far and wide beyond New York, said Deputy Fire Chief James Mead.
 
"There are moments in our lives that become markers of time. Moments when we remember not only what happened, but where we were, who was beside us, and how the world somehow felt different afterwards," Town Manager Liz Hartsgrove said. 
 
"For those of us who experienced September 11, 2001 — it is one of those moments for us to share."
 
The acquisition of the beam was a multi-year effort initiated by the late Andy Moro, former commander of American Legion Post 298 in Housatonic, and was carried on by the Legion's second vice commander, John Morris. 
 
Morris said he was able to obtain the warped steel I-beam through connections he made during his time as a New York City firefighter.
 
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