Spencertown Academy Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents Misty Blues Spencertown, N.Y.— On Saturday, October 12th at 8 p.

m. , Spencertown Academy Roots & Shoots Concerts Series, in association with the Capital Region Blues Network, presents Misty Blues, a Berkshire-based band that plays original and traditional blues with hints of jazz, soul, funk, and tent revival gospel. Founded 25 years ago, Misty Blues performs extensively throughout New England and has toured the continental U.

S., Canada, and the UK. They have also recorded with Eric Gales, Charles Neville, and Joe Louis Walker, and opened for contemporary blues artists like Tab Benoit, James Montgomery, John Primer, Roomful of Blues, Albert Cummings, and Michael Powers.

The concert is on Saturday, October 12th at 8 p.m. at Spencertown Academy, located at 790 NY-203 in Spencertown, N.

Y. Tickets and more information can be found online . *** Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents the Pink Martini 30th Anniversary Tour Great Barrington— On Saturday, October 12th at 8 p.

m. , the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents the Pink Martini 30th Anniversary Tour. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world, crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop, Thomas Lauderdale founded Pink Martini in 1994 to provide more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers for causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education, and p.