From royalty to refugee
Now that millions of people are seeking refuge from the war-torn Middle East, it’s instructive to read the memoir of a Hudson Valley resident who spent her early childhood in a refugee camp in Germany after World War II.
Entertainment
Roswell Rudd’s 81st birthday jam at Falcon
The legendary jazz trombonist and composer (and longtime local resident) Roswell Rudd has helmed some of the most outrageous and daring jazz ever recorded, but a certain sweetness, playfulness and accessible humanity have also characterized everything that he has done – not just his more user-friendly, song-oriented recent work. At 80, he’s going strong, and he has elected to celebrate his 81st birthday at the Falcon in Marlboro on Saturday, November 19 at 7 p.m.
Hudson Valley Hullabaloo in Midtown Kingston this weekend
The Hudson Valley Hullabaloo is a holiday-season crafts market, but it’s also a party with a hipster vibe, designed to lift people’s spirits just as the gloom of late November settles in.
Beyond words: Arrival is a thought-provoking sci-fi thriller
Our critic calls Arrival, “the smartest movie that I’ve seen in any genre in a long, long time.”
Check out the pre-Sinterklaas festivities in Kingston
He was the fourth-century patron saint of sailors and children – talkin’ about Sinterklaas here – and was brought to the Hudson Valley over 300 years ago by the original Dutch immigrants who populated the area before the Brits took over.
Saugerties Farmers’ Market heads indoors
The Saugerties Farmers Market will hold its first indoor market this Saturday, November 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Senior Center.
Guitarist Adrian Legg to perform at St. Gregory’s in Woodstock
“There are guitarists, there are axe-wielding maniacs, and then there are wizards. Adrian Legg is one of the wizards,” says the Philadelphia Enquirer, of the “Guitarist of the Decade” (Guitarist Magazine — for four consecutive years) who will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 19 at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, the A-frame house of worship at 2578 Route 212, Woodstock.
Documentary series by noted filmmaker examines environmental risks to Hudson River
The series of short films focuses on the transportation of crude oil, Indian Point nuclear power plant, PCB contamination and a project to transport electric power from Western New York to New York City.
Broadway-bound Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science at UPAC
Thursday, November 17: They say, “cooking is art; baking is science.” Celebrity chef/author Alton Brown takes that truism as a challenge in his live touring shows, treating his culinary tools and materials as a chemistry set, always ready for risky experimentation
Fathom: Hudson River Data as Music premiers at Towne Crier in Beacon
The piece uses several novel technologies and its creator’s formidable imaginations to “sonify” data gathered by the Institute in the course of Hurricane Sandy.