Star power rolls into Mohawk Theater to assess restoration
NORTH ADAMS — Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons and Lauren Hutton, aka Guggenheim Motorcycle Club, made a pit stop at the Mohawk Theater on Tuesday afternoon. Thomas Krens , left, Lauren Hutton, Laurence Fishburne, Catherine Nouvel and Jeremy Irons with Mayor Alcombright at the Mohawk. But the beloved performers weren't acting — the Mohawk Theater hasn't been in use since 1991 — but rather were giving input on what improvements the space may need so the theater's curtain may rise gain. The actors joined Thomas Krens, the Massachuse tts Museum of Contemporary Art visionary and former director of the Guggenheim Foundation, on a motorcycle tour through the Northern Berkshires, including stops at Mass MoCA and the Clark Art Institute. Fishburne and the Guggenheim Motorcycle Club were in the city to set out on a ride through the Adirondacks in memory of their late member Dennis Hopper. But club co-founder Thomas Krens hooked them into a tour of the lon...