MAD will have its official launch as Broadway Commons, a new public square at 615 Broadway, is opened to the public with an evening of free music and dance for all ages, the second annual Celebration of the Arts.
By turns a raucous entertainment, gorgeous shadow play and masked dance, this dark comedy is told by three troubadours in a medieval tavern, featuring original songs and more than three dozen puppets.
You have another opportunity to catch one of the two fi lmed versions of Danny Boyle’s celebrated 2012 National Theater of London Live stage production of Frankenstein at TSL in Hudson at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 29. In its Olivier Award-winning London run, two TV Sherlocks, Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller, took turns playing Victor Frankenstein and his undead creation. Both shared highly enthusiastic reviews. In this encore presentation, Cumberbatch will play the Creature and Miller will play the role of Victor Frankenstein. Call ahead to make a reservation; these screenings often sell out.
Filmmaker Jen Senko explores the historical roots of the media trends that transformed her own father from a non-political, lifelong Democrat into a right-wing fanatic after listening to talk radio.
The unifying topic of the interview will be “Artistic Freedom and Creative Paths.” Two weeks out from the US presidential election, they will ponder the existential question of what role the arts can and should play in these turbulent times.
A peek at the locally produced films slated to be screened at this year’s festival.
The 17th annual Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) projects its presence on the region from October 13 to 16, with more
When it comes to public disgruntlement over the water main replacement project in downtown Rosendale, the dust has settled in more ways than one.
“Our town’s in a really bad position.”
One Book/One New Paltz, the annual joint community reading and discussion experience, returns to town with a week’s worth of activities from November 13 to 20. But this year it’s going to be a little different: Instead of the usual novel, the book selected by the One Book/One New Paltz Committee is a sobering non-fictional account of the lives of people living in extreme poverty.