Bard Spiegeltent hosts John Waters, Sandra Bernhard
Friday-Saturday, July 7-8: You can see a pair of cultural icons on consecutive nights in the surreal environment of the traveling Weimar performance tent.
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Dan Tepfer to play in Windham
Saturday, July 8: Tepfer alternates between performances of Bach’s famous variations (at one time the quarry of Glenn Gould and a few others with the technical facility to handle them) and modern improvisations on Bach’s themes by a truly liberated improvisor.
Steely Dan tribute this Saturday at the Falcon
Saturday, July 8: The visionary novelist and cyberpunk William Gibson famously wrote, “I have always maintained that Steely Dan’s music was, has been and remains among the most genuinely subversive oeuvres in late-20th-century pop.”
Ellenville’s Shadowland stages premiere run of The Jag
Through July 16: After opening the summer season with Michael Frayn’s Noises Off, Shadowland Stages in Ellenville now offer the New York premiere of The Jag, written years ago by Gino DiIorio but held up for practical reasons until now. Shadowland’s Brendan Burke explains that the acquisition of an actual Jaguar (the car, not the cat) was imperative to the production. There’s just no way this play could be done without the genuine article onstage.
Bethel Woods hosts John Mellencamp
Friday, July 7: Emmylou Harris and Carlene Carter join him on stage during his Sad Clowns and Hillbillies tour.
Spektral Quartet debuts Gerard McBurney’s String Quartet No. 1 this Saturday at Maverick
Saturday, July 8: His source material comes from the works of Hildegard von Bingen, the great 12th-century mystic nun.
Edgar Wright’s breezy crime dramedy Baby Driver
Every white-knuckled swerve of the getaway car, every step or turn of an actor, every word or pause of dialogue is choreographed so exquisitely to the bouncy pop soundtrack that you will be awestruck.
The National to perform in Hudson
Friday-Saturday, July 14-15: To celebrate the release of their new single “Guilty Party,” the National will be playing two intimate shows at Basilica Hudson.
Ben Perowsky leads trios Monday evenings at the Falcon
The July 10 performance features guitarist Adam Rogers and legendary bassist (and Jim Hall duo-mate) Scott Colley. The July 17 trio is all rhythm, baby, featuring MM&W drummer Billy Martin and the great percussionist Cyro Baptista; the July 24 show features guitarist Matt Munisteri and bassist Danton Boller. The series concludes on July 31 with a trio featuring New Zion trio bandmates keyboardist Jamie Saft and bassist Brad Jones.
Look up! Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival this weekend
July 7-9: Sponsored by the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, the three-day event is centered around a family-friendly festival held at Barton Orchards on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., with afternoon balloon launches at 6 p.m.