T Space gallery and trails in Rhinebeck now open to the public on Sundays
T Space has showcased the work of such art-world heavyweights as Martin Puryear, Richard Artschwager, Ai Weiwei and Carolee Schneemann.
Art & Music
Arthur Getz New Yorker cover exhibition at Millerton’s Moviehouse
He was the publication’s most prolific art contributor, producing a grand total of 213 covers between 1938 and 1988.
Joan Tower to be honored at Bard concert
Saturday, June 2: The program features six chamber and solo works by this Grammy-winning composer, conductor and performer, including a preview of her new work.
Linda Montano’s ‘Art/Life Instructions’
Sunday, May 27: Linda Mary Montano: 14 Years of Living Art, a new “220-page portable book/archive” charts the Saugerties’ native’s influential endurance performance art from 1984 to 1998 via the groundbreaking feminist artist’s journal writings, tantric tales, essays and interviews, instructions and “Art/Life instructions.”
The Falcon in Delusionville
Saturday, May 26: Springfest this year will conceptually revolve around Ron English’s Rabbbits in Delusionville rock opera and artwork. Curated by English, the three-stage, noon-to-close show boasts an impressive list of performers, including the incendiary folk/rocker Michelle Shocked, legendary jam band (and Soulive antecedent) Moon Boot Lover, local star Decora, former We Must Be songwriter Christine Dominguez and many more.
Radcliffe Bailey’s “Travelogue” at the School in Kinderhook
I’ve skimmed through the white-walled halls of the School, Jack Shainman’s gleaming 30,000-foot exhibition space in what used to be Kinderhook’s high school, gawking as I go at a number of works by Radcliffe Bailey. Incorporating found objects, photos, paint and metal, his pieces explore multiple African-American themes, such as ancestry, migration, the Middle Passage and other elements of collective memory.
Three-day Ukulele Fest at Ashokan Center
Saturday-Monday, May 26-28: The ukulele – once the pop-culture musical quarry of Don Ho and Tiny Tim, pretty much exclusively – has enjoyed a run of popularity in recent years that has reached the status of a genuine renaissance.
Dylan birthday show at Bearsville to benefit Family, Herald Fund
Sunday, May 27: This year’s concert is hosted by Happy Traum and will feature a fine contingent of celebrants including Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams; John Sebastian; Cindy Cashdollar; Scott Sherrard; Mike + Ruthy; Bill Sims; Rod MacDonald and Jay Collins. Backing them up is the always stellar house band featuring Connor Kennedy, Will Bryant, Lee Falco and Brandon Morrison.
Roger Daltrey to perform Tommy at Bethel Woods
Friday, June 8: Whatever you can say about Roger, the cat has always brought it. He loves theater, spectacle and acting, and he has been an ardent defender of the Who’s legacy in a way that Mr. Townshend, perhaps, has not. Tommy is important music.
Brian Wilson to perform Pet Sounds in Kingston
July 22: The music continues to be the rarest example of an achievement equally revered by the general public and by the avant-garde.