Kinky Friedman plays the Falcon
Friday, Nov. 8: A genuine iconoclast and musical outlier, Kinky Friedman’s Resurrection and the Merry Kinkster Tour makes its way to Marlboro.
Entertainment
Acclaimed flutist Eugenia Zukerman writes about her journey with Alzheimer’s disease
In a contrary motion that J. S. Bach likely would have appreciated, Like Falling through a Cloud moves from an ethereal, poetic confusion in its earliest pages toward an all-too-grounded diagnostic clarity as the reality sinks in and the author advances, often with great reluctance, from consultation to consultation as the unnamable is named.
UPAC to host Josh Gates Live: An Evening of Legends, Mysteries & Tales of Adventure
Friday, Nov. 15: If Indiana Jones had been born a couple of generations later, into the age of reality TV, he might well have ended up being Josh Gates. Gates’ initial fame came as one of the hosts of the Ghost Hunters series, but the paranormal wasn’t his original area of interest.
Bosnian blues: Doctorow Center hosts sevdah concert with Merima Kljuco and Miroslav Tadic
Saturday, Nov. 9: A term that also means “black bile” is the Turkish word sevda, used nowadays to describe a style of folksong traditional to Bosnia and Herzegovina, known as sevdah music or sevdalinka. It’s quite appropriate, since sevdah is known for its melancholy-sounding minor modes and its lyrical themes of unfulfilled romantic longing.
Woodstock Symphony Orchestra performs late-19th-century Russian works at Woodstock Playhouse
Saturday, Nov. 9: Conductor Jonathan Handman and the orchestra present a program featuring Vasily Kalinnikov’s Overture to Tsar Boris and Intermezzo No. 2, Alexander Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances and Tchaikovsky’s classic Symphony No. 5.
Stephanie Blythe sings opera, Great American Songbook at Bard
Saturday, Nov. 9: As director of the Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program at Bard College, most of the time Stephanie Blythe’s concern is making sure her students become stageworthy. But once in a while, she gets to be in the Fisher Center spotlight herself for an evening.
The Crucible opens Friday at Pleasant Plains Church in Staatsburg
Friday-Sunday, Nov. 8-16: The old clapboard church is not unlike the clapboard meeting house in which much of the tragic history of the Salem Witch Trials actually unfolded.
10 Hairy Legs perform at Kaatsbaan
Saturday, Nov. 9: Described as “the very best American male modern dancers one could have the good fortune of seeing.”
Hal on the horizon: Shakespeare’s Henry V opens at SUNY-New Paltz
Opens November 14: “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers” has quickened the pulse of folks with military experience (or fantasies) for more than four centuries now, and for good reason.
Cynthia Erivo brings her A-game to disappointing Harriet
This was a movie long overdue to be made. That’s what makes it such an unhappy task to report that, despite several fine performances and one outstanding characterization on the part of star Cynthia Erivo, Harriet is a pretty tepid moviegoing experience.