Saturday, Feb. 9: Born in Little Rock in 1936 and now a Kingston resident, Pfeifer helped launch the careers of numerous contemporary photographers, including Sally Mann, Peter Hujar and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
The postponed Woodstock Symphony Orchestra concert, scheduled for January 19, still drew a sizeable audience to the Woodstock Playhouse on January 26. I continue to be favorably impressed by the work music director Jonathan Handman and his enlarged ensemble are doing together.
The show “Exit 20: An Exhibition of Work by Saugerties Artists” draws together 20 Saugerties-based artists working in a wide range of two-dimensional media and styles: Loel Barr, Jennifer Lewis Bennett, Nancy Campbell, Rosa Lee Charpentier, Shelley Davis, Nancy deFlon, Josepha Gutelius, Jeffrey Helmuth, Anne Marie Hoffstatter, Katie Hoffstatter, Debra Joyce, Barbara Tepper Levy, Yvette Lewis, Marjorie Magid, Ann Morris, Andrea Walcutt Perez, Tina Piccolo, Tad Richards, Prudence See, Elizabeth Shafer, Margaret G. Still, Hank Vanderbeck and Leonardo Vatkin. The exhibit is curated by Emerge Gallery director Robert Langdon.
Juanie Gold and The Colony present DJs Shaman Vybez, Chuck “Da Fonk” Fishman of FSQ, and Eli “Bamboozle” of Soul Clap on Saturday, February 2, with doors opening at 7 p.m., music starting at 9. The Colony is at 22 Rock City Road in Woodstock. Tickets are $10, available at http://www.colonywoodstock.com.
Friday-Sunday, Feb. 1-3: More than just a season concert festival, the Winter Hoot at Ashokan is a celebration of community and purpose. In addition to great music, there will be a screening of Kingston Calling and Building the Democratic Economy, followed by a discussion with filmmaker Laura Flanders, Peter Buffet and Jimmy Buff.
Saturday, Feb. 2: The ensemble, featuring New Paltz native Glen Heroy, uses toys, spoons, tap, electronics and standard jazz instrumentation, playing a weird, musically rich cocktail of standards and original jazz compositions with a vaudeville edge.
Saturday, Feb. 2: Eli Goldstein, of Soul Clap fame, came to prominence in the US rave scene as DJ Elyte, spinning house and jungle tracks and distinguishing himself as one the first supporters of the two-step and grime styles.
Saturday, Feb. 2: The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra celebrates Valentine’s Day early at the Marriott Pavillion at the Culinary Institute of America. To complement this evening of romance, the CIA will open the Caterina de’ Medici restaurant for a special $39 pre-performance dining experience.
The Woodstock Arts Colony forges a new frontier with a pair of exhibition openings along Route 28 in Kingston on Saturday, January 26. Both feature well-known Woodstock area artists. One doubles as a de facto opening party for a Woodstock business’ new home.
Retro soul and rhythm-and-blues come naturally to Kat Wright. The uptown vocal stylist has been described as a cross between Bonnie Raitt and Amy Winehouse. Wright tends to tour with a buttoned-down eight-piece band of slick players that is often reason enough to catch her shows. She performs on Friday, January 25 at Colony in Woodstock. Tickets cost $15 in advance, $20 on the day of the show.