Saturday, Feb. 22: Widely regarded as the king of the intemperate rant, Black’s trademark style involves yelling and animated finger-pointing, skewering anything and anyone that gets under his skin. While his segments on The Daily Show may have sparked his fame, Black has been a respected industry insider as a writer and a performer for decades.
Saturday, Feb. 29: Hailed by Rolling Stone as “a genre unto herself,” Brooklyn-based composer and guitarist King is known for The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body: a groundbreaking multimedia performance that used her guitar as projection screen to explore the genesis of the instrument and her relationship to it, as well as her own origin story.
Arts notes from the Feb. 20, 2020 issue of Woodstock Times.
Saturday, Feb. 15: Reigning regional kings of reggae and globally inspired, organic groove/pop, the Big Takeover packs all the best of the local clubs as reliably as anyone in Hudson Valley music history.
Sunday, Feb. 16: A $5 admission at the door includes two flavors of hot chocolate. Other activities include blacksmithing and broom shop demonstrations, sledding on Hoot Hill and guided hikes.
The Birds of Prey story picks up right after the most problematic aspect of the Harley Quinn narrative: her toxic co-dependent relationship with the Joker.
Back in December, 1905, when Kingston still got its water from the Zena reservoirs and Cooper Lake was twinkling in the city’s eye, Oscar Harrison was murdered near the water supply. An African American man, Cornell Van Gaasbeek, in whose house the body was found, was charged with the crime and tried in Ulster County Court. He was defended by a local reformer, part politician Augustus H. Van Buren, as the trial unfolded amid the charged racial climate of the early 20th Century.
Friday, Feb. 14: The man born as Ted Horowitz has a special surprise in store after the show: his own wedding. Popa Chubby and Mary Beth Stolz invite the crowd to stick around as they exchange vows.
Wolf looks very closely at the world of creation. She has appraised everything from Abraham Zapruder’s famous film of the Kennedy assassination to works by Picasso.
Saturday, Feb. 15: Featuring storytellers from the Nubian Café and Circle of Brothers, Black Stories Matter addresses incidents of hate, bigotry and racial injustice in the local community while elevating the underrepresented stories of the black experience in America – the triumphs, humor, beauty and resilience.