Truly historic Stockade exhibit
“Kingston’s Stockade: New Netherlands’ Third City” is the first major change in exhibitry in the main building at the site in many years
Entertainment
Humble guy from Humble Pie: Peter Frampton at UPAC
4/8: Frampton Comes Alive, with its full-face cover, was ubiquitous. In terms of sales, it keeps company with Rumours, Thriller and a tiny handful of others.
Women composers lifted from obscurity by Ars Choralis
Barbara Pickhardt, music director of Ars Choralis, has a knack for presenting ambitious theme programs which often really teach us something as they entertain us.
Celebrations Showcase touts Unison Arts Center as venue for special events
While concerts, art shows and classes in drawing and tai chi will continue, this spring Unison is turning the spotlight on another facet of its value to the community: its appeal as a rental venue for weddings and other special events.
Learn the benefits of Modern American Manners
Fred Mayo & Michael Gold to discuss their new book on etiquette in Gardiner and New Paltz Sunday, April 2.
Joseph Keckler sings cabaret for AnimalKind in Hudson
The Village Voice named the singer, writer, songwriter and artist “Best Downtown Performance Artist,” and The New York Times declared him a “major vocal talent.”
The Quarry Fox snares your heart
“The Quarry Fox: And Other Critters of the Wild Catskills” is an amazing work, as much a clarion call announcing a quietly strong new voice in nonfiction writing and reflection as a key work about this unique region we call home.
Kids’ Almanac: The female Paul Revere came from here
It is said that General Washington himself visited Sybil Ludington to thank her for her heroic ride, but her name almost dropped out of the history books. Plus Easter egg hunt at Dutchess Stadium; Kite-Flying at the Zena Cornfield.
Watch Big Brother, even while Big Brother is watching you
On April 4 – honoring the date on which Orwell’s protagonist Winston Smith begins rebelling against his government by keeping a forbidden diary – dozens of movie theaters, libraries, museums and bookstores across the country will participate in a national screening event, presenting Michael Radford’s film adaptation of 1984.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead… in Rhinebeck
The Center’s 2017 Spring Shakespeare Festival kicks off with a production of Tom Stoppard’s Beckettian black-comedy spin on Hamlet.