Saturday, Sept. 23: The blues vocalist, a three-time Grammy nominee and daughter of legendary blues guitarist Johnny Copeland, is a regular performer at the Falcon at Marlboro. Such is the company that the Falcon keeps, where an endless stream of notables, legends and the next generation pass through the two venues at Tony Falco’s shrine of great music and local beer, seven nights a week.
Saturday, Sept. 23: The event at T.R. Gallo Waterfront Park will include screenings of clips from current films in progress, all of them about the city and its characters, including Kingston’s Model Train Club, recently deceased musician Pauline Oliveros, the emerging Midtown Arts District, local personality Uncle Willy, boxer Billy Costello and more.
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 23-24: More than 70 artists are opening their doors to the public for the 2017 edition. New additions this year include the Kingston Pop Museum, Kingston Ceramics Studio, the woodworking studios and Vernacular Designs and Johnny Poux, Bali Steel Pan and an O+ Mural tour.
In a poignant turn, Upstate Films in Rhinebeck had scheduled its sneak-peak viewing of Lucky, a new documentary about the beloved actor Harry Dean Stanton, well before the eccentric film-industry outsider passed away last week.
Sections of sidewalk along Main and Partition streets will be replaced. Work is expected to begin this fall.
Verizon rolls over Saugerties, good local food, Saugerties’ unsung heroes, touched by Erica’s Cancer Journey,
Hardscrabble Day brings Art Neville to Red Hook – free; Basilica Soundscape, Music in the Field in New Paltz; Joe Louis Walker at the Falcon; ETHEL’s Circus in Hudson; Vertigo score performed live during film screening at Bard’s Fisher Center; Matthew Sweet plays Helsinki Hudson; Colony in Woodstock hosts Rough Shapes’ EP-release show & more.
Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16-17: The Mid-Hudson Valley Gem & Mineral Society, Inc. will be hosting its 48th annual Gem, Mineral, Fossil & Jewelry Show & Sale at Gold’s Gym in Poughkeepsie.
The 20-year-old Kingston man allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old male victim in Saugerties, breaking his jaw and stealing over $1,000 cash.
Following Tuesday’s primaries, there will be some new names on City of Kingston ballots for this November’s general election.