Laura Stevenson performs at Saugerties church
Saturday, Oct. 5: Among its many other notable offerings, the Shout Out Saugerties event series has provided the songwriter Laura Stevenson a chance to play a true hometown show.
Art & Music
Swing dance with Eight to the Bar at Kingston’s White Eagle Hall
Saturday, Oct. 5: Prior experience is not required; neither is a partner. This special dance celebrates Got2Lindy’s 15th anniversary.
Freeing the Natural Singer class at Omega with Claude Stein
I went to Omega to attend Claude Stein’s three-day “The Natural Singer” workshop. Had it been for any reason other than singing, I might have come equipped with some critical detachment, an analytical readiness to “read” this place and its people, its language, its demographics, its style and its values, like some rural smartass who had attended half a lecture on Roland Barthes 25 years ago. I am no hardened skeptic or serial debunker (who has the time or the authority for that?), but I might have gone hunting for a playful and unorthodox “take.” That’s my brand, you see.
Robert Ohnigian’s art of collage
The collages are small and made entirely of paper from old books. Squares of varying shades of off-white and tan are arranged in rectangles criss-crossed with brown lines that look drawn but are actually the time-stained edges of pages. Occasionally — in not more than two or three spots per collage — a tiny face, limb, or bit of text peeks through the squares. The letter “O,” the word “but.”
Tan Dun conducts his scores for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero & The Banquet at Bard’s Fisher Center
Saturday, Sept. 28: To put it mildly, Bard has found itself a new faculty superstar. Local audiences will get their first real chance to hear Tan Dun in action on Saturday, September 28 at 8 p.m., when he conducts the Conservatory Orchestra in a multimedia concert featuring excerpts from three classic martial arts movies that he scored.
Bid for great art at Center for Photography at Woodstock’s Benefit Auction
Thursday, Oct. 3: You’ll find works by such legendary names as Berenice Abbott, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Vivian Maier and Weegee, plus dozens of other top practitioners of the art, early, modern and contemporary.
New Folk stalwart John Gorka plays Unison in New Paltz
Saturday, Sept. 28: The New Jersey native has been making finely wrought, sensitive-but-deceptively-edgy folk music since his 1987’s critically lauded debut I Know.
Reality show rock star Storm Large plays Helsinki Hudson
Sunday, Sept. 29: Like so many of today’s music stars, singer Storm Large came to national attention as a contestant in a talent tournament: the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova. As has been proven over and over, a late elimination (in Large’s case, the semifinals) can often be a more auspicious career portent than an outright win.
ShoutOut Saugerties returns September 28-October 27
This annual celebration of art and culture features more than 20 events including music, dance, readings, sculpture, theater, workshops, carnival, puppetmaking, gallery exhibits, films and street art, showcasing the range and depth of its local talent. The majority of events take place within walking distance around the scenic historic village of Saugerties.
Third year of ShoutOut Saugerties festival brings new lineup, and favorites
A robust schedule of events has been released for October’s month-long Shout Out Saugerties festival, which aims to showcase local artistic talent and bring culture and creative activities to the community.