Saturday, July 28: Rivera has been nominated for Tonys ten times (a record equaled only by Julie Harris) and won twice. That’s not counting the Lifetime Achievement Tony that she just received, or her Kennedy Center Honors award or her Presidential Medal of Freedom. We’re talking about the original Anita in West Side Story, the original Rose in Bye Bye Birdie, the original Velma in Chicago.
Saturday-Sunday, July 28-29: This troupe dedicates itself to reviving the stageworks of Horton Foote, a 20th-century Texan popularly known for his Oscar-winning screenplays for To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies. The venue is Carver’s Barn Outdoor Stage so picnics, blankets and folding chairs are welcome.
Saturday, July 28: The professionals pay a visit to the Summer Jazz Academy at Olin Hall.
Butterfly Festival at Stony Kill Farm; Treasure Island on stage in Rhinebeck; World Dance for Families at Rosendale Theatre; Berry Bonanza at Sam’s Point
Director Debra Granik has been noted for her knack in discovering incredible, hitherto-unknown actresses (Vera Farmiga, Jennifer Lawrence) and setting them on the path to Oscar nomination, and it looks like the gifted young New Zealander Thomasin McKenzie will be the next to burst out of the gate.
Friday-Sunday, August 3-5: At this time in history, when women’s voices are being heard as never before, it seems appropriate that the female voice will be the focus of this year’s genre-spanning festival.
I always thought a breaking heart was a bad or sad thing. But my heart has been broken open by love countless times.
The exhibition, Nature Morte: The Early Years of Still Life Painting in Woodstock, features ten regional artists brought together by noted landscape painter and SUNY New Paltz professor Thomas Sarrantonio.
Kane had a house in Margaretville, Town of Middletown, Delaware County, during the 60s and 70s. His son and archivist, musician Jonathan Kane, will give a talk and slide show of Art Kane’s work at the Historical Society of Middletown on Saturday, July 21, at 7 p.m.
The Saugerties Artists Studio Tour, now in its 16th year, portrays the heart of Saugerties, its most recognizable streets and antiqued structures, and of course emanations of its soul.