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“Six Strings, Six Stories” in Tannersville church

“Six Strings, Six Stories” in Tannersville church

Sunday, July 23: In a kind of musical history lesson, jazz guitarist Alex Wintz traces the lineage and progression of the art of the jazz guitar by focusing on the work of six pivotal innovators (nine, actually, as Wintz gets a little clever with his math). Wintz will examine legends Eddie Lang, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, the “Big Three” of the modern jazz guitar (Metheny, Scofield and Frisell) and, in a curious inclusion, the Brazilian nylon-string jazz guitarist and singer Toninho Horta.

Jasper String Quartet at the Maverick

Jasper String Quartet at the Maverick

Sunday, July 23: The program features Haydn’s String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1, Brahms’ String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2, and one new work: String Quartet No. 3, “River” (2015) by Aaron Jay Kernis.

Read & Feed at Basilica Hudson honors poet John Ashbery

Read & Feed at Basilica Hudson honors poet John Ashbery

Sunday, July 23: This week marks the 90th birthday of Hudson resident, Pulitzer Prize-winner, retired Bard College professor and former New York State poet laureate John Ashbery. Small presses being the lifeblood of even poets as famous as Ashbery, it’s a natural fit for this weekend’s Read & Feed to pay tribute to the occasion.