Planned Parenthood benefit concert Friday in Woodstock
Students from the Paul Green Rock Academy will perform along with special guests Simi Stone, Amy Pickering, Ambrosia Parsley, Dan Littleton, Zach Djanikian, Chris Maxwell, and others.
Entertainment
650 at SUNY Ulster features writers reading short works on the theme ‘What We Wore’
It works like this: Founder, editor and producer Ed McCann announces an open-ended “theme” meant to prompt writers of every background, professional and amateur, young and old, to address that theme in as many as 650 words – maybe four, five minutes of reading time.
Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck stages How I Learned to Drive this weekend
Set in the 1960s, it follows the adolescence of a girl called Li’l Bit in flashback as her alternatingly supportive and abusive Uncle Peck exacts a high emotional price for driving lessons on the rural roads of Maryland.
Ally Sheedy directs Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom at Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre
“Jailed nine times before her 15th birthday, Lynda Blackmon’s stirring tale lets audiences of all ages experience the courage it took to help change American history.”
Coloring party for Planned Parenthood at Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie
The event includes a NSFW (Not So Fast, Washington) coloring party toward the end of mailing persuasive illustrations to elected officials.
Birds of Chicago play Helsinki Hudson
Supporting their spanking-new release Real Midnight, the soul/folk duo Birds of Chicago visit Club Helsinki in Hudson on Sunday, February 12 at 8 p.m.
Rockin’ Road to Dublin to play UPAC
With St. Patrick’s Day less than six weeks away, we’re getting into the time of year when Irish bands and dance troupes are in heavy touring mode, offering plenty of opportunities to remind ourselves of the joys of Celtic culture.
Mary Fahl at Beacon’s Towne Crier
Her most recent album Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House, winner of the Indie Acoustic “Album of the Year” award, is a collection of 24 tracks recorded live at one of America’s oldest vaudeville theaters.
Cuboricua plays Marlboro’s Falcon
Accomplished veterans of the Caribbean styles, the members of Cuboricua arrived at their name by colliding “Cuba” and “Puerto Rico.”
Local book sales offer window into readers’ curiosity, anxiety, resolve
In the wake of Donald Trump’s surprising elevation to the presidency and the tumultuous weeks since the inauguration, local readers are turning to books to make sense of it all.