The Tidewater Center for the arts, sciences and local history, which would incorporate an aquatic classroom for river education; staging areas for citizen-science projects; a meeting hall and performance space; public access for tidewater fishing; a waterworks playground, and finally a kayak launch and way station for local travelers.
The sprawling six-acre bluestone sculpture and museum is located in West Saugerties. Among the new plans on the horizon: establishing artist residencies.
Pedal-powered leaf-peepers will be treated to some art along the trail.
Sunday, Oct. 28: The Wailers that will appear at Colony are no Menudo – no distant descendants of the founders, with maybe “the original gear,” as the joke goes. These Wailers are led by famed bassist and founder Aston “Familyman” Barrett, joined by fellow original Wailers Junior Marvin and Donald Kinsey.
Hurley-based Osi Audu will be the focus of a rare one-person exhibit opening with a 3 p.m. talk and a 4 p.m. reception Saturday, October 20 at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, 36 Tinker Street in Woodstock.
Writers, established and prospective alike, will be celebrated this third weekend of the local culture fest Shout Out Saugerties.
Saturday, Oct. 20: From a Billboard perspective and in the rebel language of rock narrative, the great songwriter, bassist and recordmaker registers as confoundingly, demonstratively eclectic. Contrarian, even: one who runs from what the market wants her to be, one who ignores the nervous directives of label men. That story perplexes me.
Savage had met the eccentric bohemian writer Joe Gould at a poetry reading, after which he became “romantically” obsessed with her. So in 1945 she decided to leave her city life behind, relocating to Saugerties.
Sunday, October 14: Members of the public are invited to attend for a short or a long time between 2 and 5 p.m. to observe, and perhaps respond to, The Psalms R Us at the Saugerties Reformed Church, part of the Shout Out Saugerties month-long arts festival.
Saturday, October 13: Hudson Valley Philharmonic opens its 59th season with Puccini, Verdi and Rossini gems.