Kids’ Almanac (2/23-3/2)
Our weekly roundup of local family activities.
Entertainment
There’s still time to catch Moonlight before this Sunday’s Oscars
There’s much to be appreciated about this movie: its spare-but-lovely score, its sensual, metaphoric use of water and moonlight, the fine acting even by the youngest of its cast.
Mardi Gras concert with Marcia Ball & The Subdudes at Bearsville
Ball’s latest Alligator Records CD is the critically acclaimed The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man.
Dorsky Museum to host Family Day
The Dorsky Museum at SUNY-New Paltz was recently praised by Huffington Post for hewing close to its mission to serve both the college campus and the artistic culture of the mid-Hudson region, “the Cradle of American Art,” calling it “unlike any other regional museum.”
The man who carved Lincoln’s head
Though public record is mute, word has come our way that the head of Lincoln was carved by one Ugo Lavaggi, whose grandson, Robert Lavaggi, sells organic vegetables (in season) at the top of Wittenberg hill, and who was more than pleased to speak to us about his grandfather two Sundays ago, on that very snowy Lincoln’s birthday.
Ceramics renaissance in Woodstock
Recent years have seen the return of printmaking to art’s forefront. And now is the time for ceramics brightest hour, at least in Woodstock and the rest of the Hudson Valley.
Ben Wigfall remembered as African-American arts pioneer
Benjamin Wigfall, a retired professor of art at SUNY New Paltz and former owner of the Watermark Cargo Gallery in Kingston, died on Thursday, Feb. 9, at age 86.
New World Writers Post-Valentine Love Fest
The Thursday, February 16 poetry gathering at New World Home Cooking, 1411 Route 212, between Woodstock and Saugerties, will feature poets
Storytellers for Hope: St. Baldrick’s & Relay for Life Fundraiser in Hurley
Storytellers for Hope: St. Baldrick’s and Relay for Life Fundraiser this Sunday, February 19 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at Twin Lakes Lodge. Bring the kids to this one for 15-minute family photo sessions for only $15, fresh baked goods, hot food, music, raffles, free face-painting; and at 3 p.m., a Cup, Corks & Canvas session begins, the proceeds of which benefit Relay for Life. No appointment is necessary for the photos; just show up, and a cash bar is open all day.
Yalin Chi performs this Sunday in Saugerties
Saugerties Pro Musica welcomes the return of the esteemed pianist Yalin Chi, principal pianist of the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, on Sunday, February 19 at 3 p.m.