Friday, Apr. 5: In existence since the early 1960s, the Skatalites scored numerous hits under their own name and served as house band for many of the biggest names during the first heyday of ska and reggae.
Saturday, April 6: “When they have a boxing match, it’s a neighborhood thing: a small village of people coming together to watch, and everybody knows everybody.”
Thursday, Apr. 11: Kidjo first crossed paths with the original album when she fled Benin and moved to Paris in 1983. She premiered this musical project at New York’s Carnegie Hall and at Bonnaroo (David Byrne came out of the audience to sing with her during the Carnegie Hall show).
No legend in the making is impervious to the first gush of early praise. But a roster of remarkable players have much to say on behalf of Chogyi Lama so we’ll have to gamble on his humility holding up. Thursday night, April 4, Chogyi will begin his evening with an acoustic set at Colony Woodstock, 22 Rock City Road, featuring Daniel Littleton and local phenom singer Olivia Gabriel, before leading his own full band in a set.
The nine-member Kingston Arts Commission, its members appointed by the mayor, meets monthly at City Hall. Working quietly behind the scenes, the panel is a force in supporting, coordinating, promoting and enhancing the city’s various arts-related activities. It also serves as a liaison with the city through the direct participation of Kingston’s first director of art and cultural affairs, Adrielle Farr.
A sculpture show organized by Jen Dragon will be on exhibit in former Saugerties antique space this April.
Friday, Aug. 16- Sunday, Aug.18: What does Woodstock even mean, 50 years later, to a generation that has its own zeitgeist-defining festivals like, well, Fyre?
Saturday, Mar. 30: “When There Were Birds” by Millicent Young is the site-specific inaugural installation for the gallery, which is located in Jennifer Hicks’ elegantly restored 125-year-old warehouse.
Saturday, Mar. 30: International Sculpture Day, or “ISDay,” is an annual celebration held worldwide with the purpose of furthering public understanding of sculpture and its contribution to contemporary society. Saugerties recognizes ISDay each April with a month-long sculpture exhibition by artists who live or work in Saugerties or the surrounding areas. The opening will be held at J. J. Newberry, the former “five-and-dime” on Main Street.
Apply before April 12 for the free Platte Clove Artist-in-Residence Program. Since the early 19th century and the beginning of the American Landscape movement, the Catskill escarpment has remained an enduring source of artistic inspiration for generations of artists. The residency provides a tranquil and rustic workplace located in the landscape where American landscape art began.