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Six-hour poetry marathon on New Year’s Day
For decades, New York City poetry lovers have celebrated New Year’s Day at one (or both) of two marathon poetry readings held in (or near) the East Village. Now poet Bruce Weber has been joined by Teresa Costa of “Word of Mouth” to create a free six-hour Hudson Valley performance marathon of 100 poets and poetic musicians. “Brain Storms” kicks off on January 1, 2020, at 2 p.m. at the Beverly Lounge, 224 Foxhall Avenue, Kingston.
Phony Ppl to headline New Year’s Eve Party at BSP
Tuesday, Dec. 31: Fresh off touring with The Roots, and racking up two viral NPR Tiny Desk performances this year (their own, and backing Megan Thee Stallion), Brooklyn’s sophisticated and adventurous Phony Ppl headline New Year’s Eve at the big back room of BSP in uptown Kingston.
The Rise of Skywalker gives Star Wars fans a safe-but-satisfying windup
With a Star Wars movie, one may quibble all day long about where they went astray. Or one may sit back and enjoy the ride, which is spectacularly shot and excitingly paced and pushes all the right buttons that we’ve been wearing for so many years.
Roasted Grouse with Salted Needles: A Curmudgeon’s New Year’s Feast
I am sure that we could do better than decade-based history, but we probably won’t. Decades are too much fun, with their crazy dances and sweaters.
The Silver Spaceship comes to Colony
Tuesday, December 31: Part cocktail hour, part disco, part funky rock and roll review, The Silver Spaceship will blast you into the new year.
Felice Brothers & Tommy Stinson ring in the New Year at Helsinki Hudson
Tuesday, December 31: Club Helsinki Hudson lands a giant one-two punch of famous locals on New Year’s Eve: The Felice Brothers and Tommy Stinson.
New Year’s Dance & Dinner at Ashokan Center
Tuesday, December 31: The 6 p.m. four-course dinner is followed at 8 p.m. by couple dancing and called dances in two rooms ’til the wee hours, with a midnight countdown and more dancing in the upstairs Zydeco Lounge. Your dance style choices include swing, Cajun, Zydeco, contras, squares, blues and waltzes, with red-hot music to propel you, supplied by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason with Swingology, Christine Balfa & Balfa Toujours, the Russet Trio and Zydegroove.
Ars Choralis New Year’s Eve concert in Kingston benefits Ulster Immigrant Defense Network
Tuesday, Dec. 31: Titled “We All Come from Somewhere,” the program celebrates the rich diversity of the American people via music from many genres, ranging from the African American spiritual “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” to Woody Guthrie’s protest song “Deportee” to “Gabriel’s Oboe” from Ennio Morricone’s sublime score to the movie The Mission.
Cox art auction is entirely online
Gallerist and auctioneer Jim Cox is hosting a totally online auction in the holiday week between Christmas and New Year’s, on Monday December 30 starting at 1 p.m. He feels the time is right for such a move, and as always is full of stories that reveal his thinking about the move.