Bard Conservatory performs Mothers’ Day concert (free for moms)
Sunday, May 13: The program will feature Richard Strauss’ Don Quixote and Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.
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Russian pianist Anton Batagov premieres new work at Cragsmoor’s Stone Church
Saturday, May 12: The language of his compositions is rooted in the harmonic and rhythmic patterns of Russian church bells and folksongs mixed with the spirit of Buddhist philosophy.
“100 for 100” art benefit in Rhinebeck
Saturday, May 12: Beginning at 6:30, numbers will be drawn at random. When your number is called, you choose the artwork that you would like to take home.
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at Bearsville
Saturday, May 12: This band combines reggae grooves and gestures with an experimental jam-band aesthetic.
Yale curator Tim Barringer lectures on Thomas Cole in Catskill
Sunday, May 13: Barringer is co-curator of the exhibition “Picturesque and Sublime,” which opened at the Thomas Cole Site on May 1, as well as co-curator of “Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Local Connections Festival in Rosendale
May 11 to 17: Consisting of screenings of four documentary films and a movie-in-progress, a live tribute concert and a lecture-and-film-clips combo, all but one of the offerings are loosely united under the rubric of “art made in the Hudson Valley.”
Women’s Studio Workshop to honor Annie O’Neill & Dani ReStack
Sunday, May 20: The Binnewater workshop is a nurturing space where thousands of women (and now men) have been able to show and share their art, and learn hands-on skills like papermaking, screenprinting, bookbinding and ceramics.
Tito Puente Jr. to perform at the Ritz in Newburgh
Saturday, May 12: Raised by the greatest and more than just a torchbearer of the family brand.
Tague is the winner in 102nd Assembly District
The absentee ballots have been tallied and Schoharie Republican Christopher Tague’s election-day lead has held. He’ll defend his seat again in November.
Letter: Kingston police union decries ‘false narrative’ of bias and excessive force
The union mentions two cases in which officers’ actions were criticized: an arrest for open container and the tasing of a suspect who turned out to be innocent. It says investigations of both found that officers did not act improperly. “We no longer need to accept the false allegations and reckless comments made by the few,” it says.