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A contemporary King Lear in Rhinebeck
Friday-Sunday, April 27-29: Ever wonder how Donald Trump might end up if his more ambitious offspring turned against him in his old age? Consider this adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic tragedy King Lear that’s currently being presented at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck.
24-Hour Drone Festival at Basilica Hudson
Saturday, April 28-Sunday, April 29: Novel, experimental, international, hip and entirely Hudson, the overnight Drone festival takes over the world-famous repurposed industrial venue for its fourth collaboration with the Netherlands’ Le Guess Who?
Amnesty International screens two films on immigrants, refugees in Rosendale
Tuesday, May 1: This year’s Human Rights Film presentation includes America; I Too and The Resettled.
Saugerties marks national poetry month
Activities include a combination poetry walk and window shopping event with a correspondence contest, a series of poetry readings over the course of the month and an hour-long reading of a new translation of the Odyssey written by Emily Wilson, the first penned by a woman in the over 60 translations of Homer’s text into English.
Sculpture in the village marks springtime in Saugerties
Despite the cruel season, Saugerties has gotten a jump on spring, thanks in part to a village-wide display of sculpture including a knock-out show at Cross Contemporary in honor of International Sculpture Day.
Monster hit: A Quiet Place makes familiar locations most ominous
The breakthrough movie to put the Hudson Valley on the map is John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place, which was filmed at recognizable locations – a farmhouse in Pawling, a market in Beacon, the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail bridge in New Paltz.
420 Funk Mob plays Colony on 4/20
Friday, April 20: The 420 Funk Mob features a revolving cast of musicians that includes veterans of Bowie, D’Angelo, Outkast, Amy Winehouse, Lenny Kravitz, Bad Brains, Bootsy Collins, Kung Fu, the MuzikMafia posse and Parliament-Funkadelic.
Food truck rally in Gardiner on April 21
A food truck rally will be held this Saturday, April 21 from noon to 4 p.m. at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park at Lazy River, located at 50 Bevier Road in Gardiner.
Record Store Day celebrated throughout the Hudson Valley
Saturday, April 21: Physical media – in other words “things” and “stuff” – changing hands with the bacteria and bills in cramped rooms with real people leaning on racks, some of whom know what they are talking about: Record Store Day remembers and celebrates what we used to just call reality.