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Fund-raiser for Standing Rock Reservation’s legal defense fund Saturday in Rhinebeck

Fund-raiser for Standing Rock Reservation’s legal defense fund Saturday in Rhinebeck

The event begins with a Healing Arts session of Acupuncture, Cranio-Sacral Therapy, Massage, Reflexology, Reiki, and more and runs until 4 p.m. It will be followed by an evening concert at 6:30 p.m. featuring The Akwesasne Traditional Women’s Singers. Standing Rock activist Lyla June Johnston will fly in from Taos with a welcoming message. The Nimham Mountain Singers begin drumming at 6:30 p.m. to open the concert portion and there will also be spoken word and storytelling, and Charles Lyonhart will perform locally for the first time in over a year to support the effort.

Oklahoma! at SUNY-New Paltz

Oklahoma! at SUNY-New Paltz

Oklahoma! has taken its place in theatrical history as one of the first “book musicals” (after Show Boat), thoroughly integrating songs into a well-developed story, instead of the “story” being a thin and artificial framing device serving only to string a bunch of unrelated production numbers together.