Saturday, Dec. 22: The program, titled Les Belles Chansons Françaises, presents the music of the French songbook, from Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel to Serge Gainsbourg and more, sung in French.
Friday, Dec. 21: Your emcee for the event will be Brian Collazo, who usually performs under the stage name BSKi. He’ll be bringing together his own clan as the Collazo Family Singers.
Saturday, Dec. 22: This themed and stylish holiday party features the twanging surf-rock sounds of Kingston’s own mysteriously costumed Sci-Flies, a five-piece that describes its sound as “surf rock from beyond.”
Sunday, Dec. 23: Woodstock resident, Universal Music recording artist and dancer Eric Redd will headline a benefit show that also features renowned jazz artist Don Byron, R&B sensation and Grammy Amplifier winner Chinah Blac, Duke McVinnie, the Big Takeover’s NeeNee Rushie and Grammy-winning producer and guitarist Danny Blume.
Saturday, Dec. 22: The band features a revolving cast of all-star musicians, some of whom have worked with Bowie, D’Angelo, Outkast, Amy Winehouse, Lenny Kravitz, the Bad Brains, Bootsy Collins, Kung Fu and many more.
‘I like taking that memory, which gets veiled by time or my own psyche, and then go into my studio and see what comes out.’
Phoenicia’s Arts Upstairs, which closed its doors last winter, will be reincarnated in two new forms this month.
Big shifts have occurred in the art that matters. What constitutes a landscape has shifted internal, and focused on human-scale details. Subject matter has regained a hold on those still drawn to printmaking. Fun is again kin to aesthetic appreciation.
Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 15-16: Holidelic features outrageous costumes and an extravagant stage show led by the Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter, producer, actor, dancer and Bruce Springsteen sideman Everett Bradley.
Saturday, Dec. 15: With names like Traum (Happy) and Helm (Amy), there is no doubt about how “Woodstock” this show will be – nor about how professional, special and good.