Dylan Doyle plays Unison
Saturday, Feb. 23: The New Paltz theater continues its hot streak of musical bookings with a performance by the next-gen blues guitarist and songwriter.
Art & Music
Rachael & Vilray play Club Helsinki
Wednesday, Feb. 27: Rachael & Vilray pairs Rachael Price, singer of the popular band Lake Street Dive, with her mysterious compadre Vilray, whom she met at the New England Conservatory of Music in 2003, long before Lake Street Dive took off. The two share a love for the pop music of the ’30s and the ’40s.
Hudson filmmaker hopes to make documentary about Ella Fitzgerald’s reform school sojourn
The institution now known as the Hudson Correctional Facility in the City of Hudson was, from 1904 to 1975, the state’s only reformatory for delinquent girls. Jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald arrived there in April 1933 – described in the logbook as “ungovernable” – and soon became one of the notorious institution’s runaways.
Check out the Woodstock Art Exchange & Pablo Glass Studio in West Hurley
Think artisan, and you picture a maker space in a factory loft or farm cottage and handcrafted items artfully displayed in a charming storefront on a pedestrian stretch of Main Street. Since last fall, however, some serious artisan activity has been taking place right off the highway. Easy to miss as you’re whizzing by on Route 28 on your way from Kingston to Woodstock, the Woodstock Art Exchange and Pablo Glass Studio are located in a complex of buildings in West Hurley. Rather than gasoline and coffee, they offer art, hand-blown glassware and an array of unique handcrafted items – plus glassblowing.
Free admission for locals on Sunday at Dia:Beacon
Hudson Valley residents receive free admission to Dia:Beacon on the last Sunday of each month, which falls on Sunday, February 24 this month. Additionally, City of Beacon residents (including the adjacent Hudson Valley communities of Chelsea, Fishkill and Glenham) receive free admission to Dia:Beacon every Saturday and Sunday. Qualifying guests are asked to present identification and proof of residence at the admissions desk.
Popular Phoenicia music series, Flying Cat, to continue, new and improved
In December, as Flying Cat Music closed its tenth year of presenting concerts by singer-songwriters at the Empire State Railway Museum in Phoenicia, the future of the well-attended concert series was in doubt. Tom Rinaldo and Janet Klugiewicz, who founded Flying Cat and do the vast majority of the work required, have announced that the performances will continue, with an energetic board of directors to share the effort, and a shift in venue to the larger but equally esthetic United Methodist Church in Phoenicia.
Ben Wigfall’s art getting a show in Kingston
Two years after his death, Wigfall’s legacy remains very much alive.
Saugerties Town Board creates art commission
Town supervisor Fred Costello Jr. said the commission will give local artists more opportunities to get grants, as well as the ability to codify all of Saugerties’ artistic resources into one database.
Hudson Jazz Festival this weekend
Friday-Sunday, February 15-17: In an age when Aerosmith has headlined major jazz festivals and the lineups tend to be stacked with non-jazz acts, the Hudson affair is micro and boutique, small and intensive and truly designed for aficionados on the cutting edge of jazz aesthetics.
Pulling up roots: Mountain Jam departs Hunter for Bethel Woods
This year’s preliminary lineup reads like a casual FU to hip and an all-in reaffirmation of the festival’s core values.