The Bard’s ‘Macbeth’
“Macbeth” remains one of William Shakespeare’s most popular pieces, because, “at its core, the play touches upon a piece of humanity that is uncomfortably relatable.” So say the organizers of Hampshire Shakespeare Company, which will perform the play this weekend and next (the play opened Wednesday and continues Thursday through Sunday and July 27-31) at the Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies, 650 East Pleasant St., Amherst.
All shows start at 7:30 p.m. Picnicking before the show is allowed.
Tickets cost $18; $15 for seniors and students; $7 for children and are available at hampshireshakespeare.brownpapertickets.com or at Broadside Books in Northampton and Amherst Books in Amherst.
For information, visit hampshireshakespeare.com.
Same Old Blues will perform Saturday at the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, 130 River Drive in Hadley, as part of the museum’s annual “A Perfect Spot of Tea’ program.
The musicians — Dennis Shapson (guitar), Alan Kurtz (washboard and bones) and Phil Craft (harmonica) — play ragtime country blues. Their repertoire includes 1920s and ’30s Piedmont and East Coast blues, with reinterpretations of compositions by Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller, Mississippi John Hurt and Mance Lipscomb.
Seatings are at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.
Admission costs $12, at the door. Pastries and tea will be served. For information, visit www.pphmuseum.org.
“Stolen Goods,” a program with Akal Dev Sharonne, flute, and Larry Picard, piano, will be presented Sunday at 3 p.m. as part of the Old Deerfield Sunday Afternoon Concert Series in the Memorial Hall Museum, 8 Memorial St. in Old Deerfield.
Works for the program have been “taken” from the violin, trumpet and clarinet repertoires of Mozart and Brahms.
There will also be a solo performance by Picard of “Asturias” by Isaac Albeniz.
Admission costs $10; $5 for students and seniors. For information, call the museum at 774-3768, ext. 80.
“Tango Negro: The African Roots of Tango” will be presented July 28 at 7 p.m. at Amherst Cinema, 28 Amity St., Amherst.
The screening is part of the theater’s “Sound & Vision” summer music series.
Angolan filmmaker Dom Pedro reveals the impact of African music and culture on the tango by tracing its roots to central African slaves brought to Argentina and Uruguay. The film combines musical performances and interviews from tango fans and historians in Latin America and Europe.
Regular admission. To reserve tickets, visit www.amherstcinema.org.
