Author Judith Boggess chronicles what life was like growing up in Rosendale in the 1940s and ‘50s as Judy Cherny, the daughter of hard-drinking Edith and mercurial “Big Ed,” who together ran one of the toughest bars on Main Street at Reid’s Hotel and Bar.
Saturday, July 29 from 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Ole Savannah Southern Table and Bar on the Strand will host a special event, the Art Garten Pop-Up Party, with music, food and works from more than 20 artists.
I was present (if not fully accounted for) during the Golden Age of New Paltz – and, if you’ll pardon my bias, I wouldn’t trade it for any other Golden Age, not even that of ancient Greece. That conviction has been reinforced by the current exhibition at the Wired Gallery in High Falls: “The Golden Age of New Paltz,” the first in a series of three exhibitions celebrating New Paltz artists of the 1960s.
The sixth annual Mayapple Writers’ Retreat, which takes place at Byrdcliffe from July 27 to 31, will present four public readings of poetry and prose by regional and national writers at a quartet of local venues including two restaurants, the Woodstock Library, and Byrdcliffe’s historic Villetta Inn.
Family Day at the Dorsky, blueberry adventure at Minnewaska, Date Night in Phoenicia.
Tuesday-Sunday, Aug. 1-6: B. J. Thomas and Oak Ridge Boys headline this year’s musical offerings.
Friday-Sunday, July 28-30: Secret City Woodstock returns this weekend. It has been called a tent-revival meeting for artists, a salon and even a “church of art.”
July 28-August 6 Originally set in 17th-century Russia, following the death of the tsar Boris Godunov, “Dimitrij” concerns a Polish-born pretender to the throne who believes himself to be the lost son of Ivan the Terrible.
Saturday, July 29: This ensemble comprises 15 of the finest jazz players today.
Saturday, July 29: They call it the Rage and Rapture Tour, and it is sure to pack the big shed.