Male a capella vocal group Straight No Chaser comes to UPAC
Saturday, April 14: This virtuosic group covers a remarkable amount of stylistic ground, from traditional to beatbox R & B and all manner of pop reinterpretation.
Entertainment
Oscar Buitrago and the Guild’s In the AiR
Oscar Buitrago, of the New York City law firm world and Woodstock, has found great excitement, as well as something apropos to his local ties, in his curating work for the new exhibit opening at the Kleinert/James Arts Center this Saturday, April 7, entitled “In the AiR: Byrdcliffe Artists in Residence 2017.”
“The Golden Age of New Paltz: Part II” at Wired Gallery in High Falls
Saturday, April 7: By focusing on the relationships that took shape among faculty, students and artists unaffiliated with the college, “Golden Age” tells the story of a small-town scene that would produce art of a significance disproportionate to the town’s and the program’s size.
Kids’ Almanac (4/5-4/12)
Pirate School in New Paltz | Solve a mystery at the Maritime Museum | Signs of spring at Mohonk | Goose at Kaatsbaan.
Bettye LaVette on stage at Helsinki Hudson
Saturday, April 7: After nearly 50 years in the music business, Bettye LaVette’s 2005 album I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise introduced the legendary Detroit-raised R & B vocalist to a wider audience for the first time. It has been red carpets and Grammy nominations ever since.
Intercollegiate West African dance/music concert in New Paltz
Friday, April 6: Students from Marist, Bard, Vassar and SUNY-New Paltz come together to present “Kingdom Come: The West African Experience.” What began as the senior project of New Paltz Communications major Nathalie Mensah has blossomed into a much larger unifying initiative.
Gratefully Yours plays Bearsville
Friday, April 6: Alex Mazur’s band is fed by a player stream that the Dead itself has drawn from.
Frank Cabot biopic The Gardener on screen in Millerton
Saturday, April 7: Frank Cabot inherited the Quebec property, Les Quatre Vents, when he was 40, and began dividing his time between it and the summer home in Cold Spring that he and his wife called Stonecrop. On hand for the question-and-answer session that follows the screening will be Gregory Long, CEO/president of the New York Botanical Gardens and a longtime colleague and friend of Frank Cabot, along with designer Bunny Williams.
Peter Max exhibition at Museum at Bethel Woods
Opening on Saturday, April 7: Max’s interest in astronomy drove the development of the “spacy” imagery of his self-described “Cosmic ’60s” period, when his artwork in poster form became a staple of many a dorm-room wall. The pervasive influence of his signature style can be seen in such countercultural iconography of the era as the animation in the Beatles’ film Yellow Submarine.
Saugerties celebrates International Sculpture Day
Saturday, April 7: Opening of “ISDay: Saugerties” exhibition. Throughout April, Saugerties will join hundreds of artists, organizations and institutions in more than 20 countries in celebrating sculpture.