Bardavon to screen original Star Wars trilogy on Fathers’ Day
Sunday, June 16: The Star Wars Marathon will feature all three of the original series – that’s right, the ones almost nobody hated – back-to-back on its big screen in Poughkeepsie.
Entertainment
Kingston After Dark: Macro micro
Regional taste-shapers and wave-makers SubFamily Records have released your perfect soundtrack for local music that pairs well with late spring and early summer.
Performing Arts of Woodstock’s The Weir
The Weir, to be presented by Performing Arts of Woodstock (PAW) from May 30 through June 23 at Woodstock’s Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, takes its title from the word for a small dam constructed to divert the flow of water, symbolizing what happens in the play. Written by Conor McPherson and directed by Warren Kelder, the drama is set in a rural pub in Ireland in the 1990s.
Woodstock 50 may get $18 million back from former partner; scores new financial backing
The Woodstock 50 Festival is a step closer to getting back millions of dollars that were swept from its bank account by the festival’s original financiers, Dentsu Aegis Network’s Amplifi Live.
Woodstock-New Paltz Art & Crafts Fair at Ulster County Fairgrounds
Saturday-Monday, May 25-27: Whether you’re looking for clothing or housewares, jewelry or patio furniture, a pottery bowl or a wrought-iron hook or carved wooden salad utensils or a colorful patchwork quilt or a jar of Vidalia onion jam, this is the place to undertake your search and go home more than satisfied. Allow yourself plenty of time, because there are hundreds of juried exhibitors, all competing to catch your eye.
Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration benefits Family of Woodstock
Sunday, May 26: Happy Traum serves as emcee, and he’ll be joined this year by Cindy Cashdollar, Tracy Bonham, Scott Petito, Simi Stone, Joe Magistro, Adam Widoff, Bruce Katz, Connor Kennedy, Peter More, Leslie Ritter, Marc Black and the obligatory-for-Woodstock Surprise Guests Yet to Be Announced. Songs written by Dylan will be spotlighted throughout the evening.
Adam LeFevre’s Foreign Policy debuts at Unison in New Paltz
Saturday, May 25: This new play by the Ulster County-based actor, poet and playwright will be unveiled in a staged reading by his comrades at Actors and Writers. Foreign Policy is about a married couple who must negotiate the boundaries between themselves, their neighbors and the simplicities and subtleties of the real world. What are the limits of our good intentions?
Sample Polish Tapas at Lis Bar in Kingston
“Lis” is Polish for “fox,” a nod to the location on Foxhall Avenue.
Montgomery Place hosts Gilsonfest this weekend
Friday-Sunday, May 24-26: Since Bard College acquired Montgomery Place in 2016, the former seat of one of the branches of the Livingston family has become the “salon” hosting public events. Famous names long associated with Montgomery Place include architect Alexander Jackson Davis and landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing, but now visitors will have opportunities to learn about a lesser-known steward of this magnificent site overlooking the Hudson River, Alexander Gilson.
Tav Falco at Colony
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns will perform at Colony Woodstock, 22 Rock City Road in a show that begins at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 28.