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An Evening of Poetry and Song with Garrison Keillor benefits Performing Arts of Woodstock

An Evening of Poetry and Song with Garrison Keillor benefits Performing Arts of Woodstock

Saturday, Apr. 27: At age 76, with nine volumes of Lake Wobegon stories in print, a pile of awards including a Peabody, a Steinbeck, a Grammy and medals from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Endowment for the Humanities, not to mention having undergone heart surgery in 2001 and suffered a stroke in 2009, one would think that Keillor would be ready to settle into a comfortable retirement.

Aretha Franklin on screen in Amazing Grace in Woodstock

Aretha Franklin on screen in Amazing Grace in Woodstock

Sunday, Apr. 28: Over two nights in January 1972, the late Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, recorded a live album of music reflecting her gospel roots at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Joining her on the program were Rev. James Cleveland, Cornell Dupree, Rev. C. L. Franklin, Ken Lupper, Pancho Morales, Bernard Purdie, Chuck Rainey and the Southern California Community Choir. The two-record set, Amazing Grace, went double-platinum and became the biggest-selling live gospel music album of all time.

Bruce Hornsby comes to UPAC

Bruce Hornsby comes to UPAC

Saturday, Apr. 27: The triple-threat pianist, songwriter and vocalist later went on to replace the late Brent Mydland in the Grateful Dead, demonstrating a willingness to get down with the Dead’s free-running electric counterpoint that might have surprised a lot of his FM fans.

Litvakus performs in Kingston

Litvakus performs in Kingston

Sunday, Apr. 28: The long-running, brilliantly curated Ulster Chamber Music Series switches it up a bit in April with an April 28 performance by Litvakus, a unique klezmer collective, founded and led by the clarinetist, vocalist and composer Zisl Slepovitch.

24-Hour Drone Festival returns to Basilica Hudson

24-Hour Drone Festival returns to Basilica Hudson

Saturday, Apr. 27: A collaboration between the Hudson multidisciplinary arts center Basilica Hudson and the Netherlands’ acclaimed festival of new music Le Guess Who, the festival features sitar and singing bowls, overtone singing and accordion – not just self-perpetuating electronica.