It's National Library Week — and we are celebrating the authors & libraries who contribute so much to our community. Our partnership with the North Adams Public Library makes dynamic programming like last night's author talk with Howard Fishman, and next month's conversation with Seth Rogovoy, possible. See if your nearest library is a member of MASS MoCA's Library Pass program, which grants free admission to card-holders upon checkout.

MASS MoCA gives us all a chance to connect with a broad community of artists, from studio to stage. This month's programs are no different: See the extraordinary talent of our local teens at the annual Teen Invitational, which opens with a reception Thursday, April 17 at 6pm and is on view through Sunday, April 20; or browse Randi Malkin Steinberger's newly opened Building 8 installation, which functions as the artist's studio space and is open to visit and view through June 29. And that's just the start: stay tuned to get ready for summer when we announce our season next week!

Now On View

Randi Malkin Steinberger: The Archive of Lost Memories

On view through June 29, 2025

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Open to the public 11am–3pm during museum hours (and when the door is open or signage notes “the Archives are open”)

Giving new life to old things, Randi Malkin Steinberger provides a window into the lives of the forgotten through a vast collection of found photographs, slides, and tintypes that she has gathered over years of trolling flea markets, eBay, and other sources. Salvaging and preserving these abandoned objects, Steinberger honors the memories embedded within them.

Coming Up Next

Teen Invitational Reception

Thursday, April 17, 6pm

Join us for the 13th Annual Teen Invitational! Berkshire County high schoolers will exhibit their artworks at MASS MoCA in a pop-up exhibition that opens on April 17 from 6 to 9pm. This event is free and open to the public.

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School Break Workshops

April 21–25

Join MASS MoCA Museum Educators for a series of free workshops for all ages during school break, April 21–25! Workshops will take place in Kidspace at 11am every day, and each will focus on a different art medium and process. Come get inspired, learn something new, and make a project to take home! The ArtBar will also be open for drop-in art-making throughout the day.

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DaddyAF
Co-Presented with Jacob's Pillow

Saturday, May 3, 8pm

Celebrated dance-theater artist David Roussève’s DaddyAF is an intimate meditation on life’s purpose, created and performed by a queer African American man acutely aware of the finite time he has left on the planet. Like strands of DNA, this powerful in-progress work connects 600 years of genealogy, a roller coaster journey with HIV, and the shattering loss of a husband — while revisiting movement from 35 years of dance-making to explore the meaning of ‘virtuosity’ for a 63-year old body.

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Sounds of Summer

Saul Williams

Saturday, May 24, 8:30pm

The groundbreaking rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor Saul Williams helps celebrate the opening of Vincent Valdez's major exhibition Just a Dream... this Memorial Day weekend. The two artists' politically charged work interrogates the American experience with a furious rigor and dynamism that our historical moment cries out for.

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Guster & The Mountain Goats

Saturday, July 26, 7pm

Guster and The Mountain Goats take to MASS MoCA’s Courtyard D stage to light up the summer with a night of rock 'n roll. Hear why Boston.com says rock group Guster is “back in a big way,” and Pitchfork declares that “Few working artists have accumulated a richer body of lore than the Mountain Goats,” at this unmissable summer show.

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FreshGrass North Adams

Festival Passes & Camping On Sale Now!

Get ready for the best weekend of the year. The first wave of the FreshGrass | North Adams lineup dropped last month — and FreshGround camping is on sale, too. Grab your friends and get your passes at the cheapest price possible!

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First Access to Summer

2 Days of Pre-Sales for MASS MoCA Members

Our preview celebration for Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream... and concerts by artists such as Lake Street Dive and Jazzmeia Horn are just the start. MASS MoCA unveils our full summer season next week! Get early access to everything happening in our galleries and on our stages by joining as a member today, and connect with fellow supporters at don't-miss events all summer long.

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Around Town

Check out two programs taking place at the '62 Center for Theatre & Dance at Williams College:

James Allister Sprang "Rest Within the Wake"

April 17–19

Rest Within the Wake ?is a 50-minute orchestral jazz composition that anchors a session of somatic listening. This work invites you to turn away from the frantic pace of the modern world and slow down. Intimately tethered to the seminal text In the Wake by Africana Studies scholar Christina Sharpe (whose work is tonight's Black Feminist Book Club pick), Rest Within the Wake celebrates the sensory experience of Black life: welcoming visitors to bring something comfortable to lie on/with while tuning into your bodies, your ancestors, your traumas, pain, longings, visions, and dreams. Yoga mats will be provided.

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Remember, students and staff from Bennington College, Williams College, and Yale University, as well as MCLA students, receive free admission to MASS MoCA all year long — just present your school ID at the Box Office on the day of visit. Learn more here.