The female gaze transfigures tragic romance in Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a true work of art.
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Planting seeds in the idea garden
The idea garden, located at 346 Broadway, opened with a bang: “Ben Wigfall, the Artist Revealed” celebrated Black History Month
Spyro Gyra plays Towne Crier in Beacon
Friday, Feb. 21: Driven by the effortlessly tuneful, graceful playing and composing of reed-player Jay Beckenstein and a light-touch, globally spiced approach to groove, Spyro Gyra unfortunately became a pivot point in the argument about jazz fusion: Were they true heirs of jazz gravity and genius like the first wave of great fusion bands (from Weather Report to early Pat Metheny Group), or were they the godfathers of lite jazz and ’70s TV themes, just a few stone-throws away from you-know-who, with the Kenny and the G?
Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco coming to Poughkeepsie
Friday-Sunday, Feb. 28-Mar. 1: Recipient of Billboard’s inaugural Comedian of the Year award, comedian, actor and best-selling author Sebastian Maniscalco performs no fewer than six times at the Nesheiwat Convention Center in Poughkeepsie.
Reed master Don Byron plays the Falcon
Sunday, Feb. 23: Byron confers seriousness and the harmonic depth of jazz upon the genres that he studies and masters. The genres, in turn, render Byron’s catalogue one of the most listenable, joyous and unpredictable in all of serious and cerebral jazz.
Poughkeepsie hosts Hudson Valley Gospel Festival this weekend
Friday-Sunday, Feb. 21-23: Saturday features a final headliner concert with Everett Drake, a Nashville singer/songwriter and long-time vocalist for BET’s Bobby Jones Gospel television show. Joining Drake on Saturday is the Livingstone College Gospel Choir from Salisbury, North Carolina.
Cave Dogs: Liquid States shadow play at SUNY-New Paltz
Saturday, Feb. 22: Cave Dogs features live shadow performances with an original musical soundtrack that conjures a dreamlike and nostalgic feeling for adults and children alike.
Jared Reinmuth talks about new graphic novel Big Black: Stand at Attica in Saugerties
Saturday, Feb. 29: Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth and art by Améziane, is the memoir of Frank Smith, a prisoner-negotiator during the Attica prison revolt.
Gwen Christie stars in National Theatre’s Midsummer Night’s Dream at Rosendale Theatre
Sunday, Feb. 23: For many, the big draw here will be the casting of the splendidly regal and funny Gwendoline Christie – who memorably played Brienne of Tarth, the formidable woman warrior (and only genuinely honorable knight, though she couldn’t claim that title) in Game of Thrones – in the dual role of Titania and Hippolyta.
Pages for the ages: Local books reviewed
Reviewed: David Levine’s The Hudson Valley: The First 250 Million Years: A Mostly Chronological and Occasionally Personal History; Alan Via’s Doghiker: Great Hikes with Dogs from the Adirondacks through the Catskills; Rabbi Jonathan Kligler’s latest, Turn It and Turn It, for Everything Is in It: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion; and Christian Hall’s American Fever: A Tale of Romance & Pestilence.