Friday, May 31: This new documentary – directed by award-winning filmmaker Barak Goodman, produced by Jamila Ephron and written by Goodman and Don Kleszy – promises 96 minutes of “that teeming mass of humanity, the rain-soaked, starving, tripping, half a-million-strong throng of young people [that] was nothing less than a miracle of unity.”
Saturday, June 1: This new pedestrian walkway on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge connects the east and west sides of the river as well as the inspirational estates of the two leading painters of the Hudson River School: Thomas Cole and Frederic Church.
May 31-June 16: The first play on this year’s list at the charming former vaudeville theater is a new drama by D. W. Gregory. Based on true events, it chronicles the tale of Alexei S., a Soviet journalist with perfect memory who is seen as a threat by Stalin’s propaganda machine and targeted by a government censor.
Friday, May 31: Quickly learn and perform Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” in honor of Pride Week.
Saturday, June 1: The Escher String Quartet will perform the first concert, featuring works by Mozart, Dvorák and Erich Wolfgang Korngold at Olin Hall.
Friday, June 7: The mad scientist of global musical collisions is known to rock fans for his part in Trey Anastasio’s band. In the jazz and Latin worlds, his greatness is common knowledge.
Saturday, June 8: Dazzling lights, sparkly outfits and retro tunes bring the joy of the roller rink back to the Hudson Valley for one glorious night.
June 7-9: Taste of Country will rather quietly assemble more than 65,000 people on the hills of Hunter for what is accurately called the biggest country music festival in the Northeast.
Sunday, June 2: “When I study and draw from nature, I feel a presence of something that never fails to take my breath away. I ‘undress’ the plant to study the mystery within, exploring plants and flowers on a micro level, almost the way an insect does.”
Farmers’ market season has returned to the Hudson Valley. All the markets listed below will be open as of this posting, unless otherwise noted, with most ending in October and November. Many carry on with less frequent indoor markets over the winter, but we’ll leave those listings for another time.