Artists Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born, collaborators for nearly three decades under their company name Sweat Variant, recently presented a new three-hour work, my tongue is a blade.

Starting Wednesday, Troy Foundry Theatre creates the perfect match between site and material.

There is no question we are living in historical times. As such, I am often asked why isn’t theater producing more work about the current state of the nation?

PS21’s upcoming festival, The Dark, takes place in the dead of winter. Vallejo Gantner, the venue’s new artistic and executive director, planned this festival of more than 80 performances across Columbia County sites to give the community a little lift at this cold and dark time of year.

The 98th Academy Awards is still over a month away — Sunday March 15th. So you've got plenty of time to catch-up on any films you've missed, or to binge all the nominees. Here are my thoughts on this year's 10 nominees for Best Picture:

The play is difficult to produce. It requires action that takes place almost simultaneously at two different spaces and time periods.

The Guthrie Family Singers -- a harmony-driven trio featuring Sarah Lee, Serena, and Robin Guthrie — bring their dynamic blend of folk, indie, country, gospel, and classic girl-group sounds to the Stationery Factory in Dalton, Mass., tonight at 7:30pm.

Winterpills brings its gauzy, elegant chamber-pop to Buttonball Barn in South Egremont, Mass., on Saturday at 8pm. Based in Northampton, Mass., and known for their melancholic sound and sublime male-female vocal harmonies, the core of the band, formed in 2003, consists of singer-songwriter Philip Price and singer-keyboardist Flora Reed, who are also husband and wife.

It’s no secret that January and February are the slowest months for the entertainment industry. Between weather, post-holiday blues and lethargy people have plenty of reasons to stay home.

Hudson Valley-based Afrobeat group Armo brings its Fela Kuti-derived party music to Barrington Hall at Crissey Farm in Great Barrington, Mass., tonight at 7:30 p.m.