Kids’ Almanac (8/30-9/6)
Free entry at Storm King Art Center, Family Day at Catskill Interpretive Center, Great Train Robbery
Entertainment
Simi Stone at Colony
Sunday, September 2: The local songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and performer Simi Stone makes a hometown stop in Woodstock.
Head of steam: Harris Diamant retrospective in High Falls
Opening Saturday, September 1: Diamant’s Steampunk sensibility reflects a fascination with 19th-century mechanics, scientific charts and the aesthetic mysticism of the Odd Fellows and ancient Egyptians.
Billy Martin performs at Marlboro’s Falcon
Sunday, September 2 : MMW drummer Billy Martin has recently assumed directorship of the Creative Music Studios, the avant-garde musical incubator founded in Woodstock long ago by keyboardist/composer/vocalist Karl Berger, vocalist Ingrid Sertso and the late, great saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman.
Free Woodstock Museum Film Festival explores “Impact”
Friday-Sunday, August 31-September 2: This year’s Woodstock Museum Film Festival will be its 19th, so if you haven’t discovered it yet, you’re long overdue for a visit. It’s manageably small, the filmmakers are approachable up-and-coming indies and admission is free to both screenings and workshops.
A Bread Factory premieres Labor Day at venue that inspired it
Monday, September 3: Tyne Daly, James Marsters, Elisabeth Henry and Janeane Garofalo star in new film at TSL in Hudson
Bearsville to present 3 for Joey Eppard’s birthday
Saturday, September 1: They began their run with a set at the 1994 Woodstock Festival in Saugerties. In that time, they’ve morphed into a complex and visionary prog band that has amassed a sizable national following.
Brazilian Jazz Voyage and Trio Solisti play Maverick
Saturday-Sunday, September 1-2: The oldest continuous summer chamber music festival in America, Woodstock’s Maverick Concerts, closes its 103rd season.
Joan Osbsorne to perform songs of Bob Dylan in New Paltz
September 6: Osborne scored a major success with her 2017 album Songs of Bob Dylan. The record features early Dylan classics as well as often-overlooked gems. She’ll perform these songs at the Mohonk Mountain House.
Erica’s Cancer Journey: “The vacuum clearer”
If you have ever been to my home, you would agree that it could be described as, “There appears to have been a struggle.” I don’t like housework: It’s tedious, it’s never done, and I would rather do literally anything else.