Erica’s Cancer Journey: “If you don’t know, now you know: 25 things about Erica”
t#16: When I have a smooth customer service transaction, I never take it for granted and ask to speak to the supervisor to report it.
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Get blown away by the GlassBarge
In Poughkeepsie June 8-10; Kingston June 15 -17; Catskill Point June 19: The Corning Museum of Glass’ 30-by 90-foot steel canal barge has a glassblowing studio built-in, and it’ll be docked in Kingston, Poughkeepsie and Catskill. Register online if you want a spot at these amazing free art-making demonstrations.
Hudson Valley Hullabaloo in Kingston
Saturday-Sunday, June 9-10: The vendors on hand offer unique, high-quality, locally made items in a relaxed, partylike setting with music by deejay Mr. Chips.
Country Living Fair in Rhinebeck this weekend
Friday-Sunday, June 1-3: Always a big draw, the Fabulous Beekman Boys will do their cooking demo/book-signing thing on Sunday, but there’s lots else going on all weekend. More than 200 vendors will be hawking their wares, and one particularly eyecatching workshop features HGTV.com writer Melissa Caughey of Tilly’s Nest, who will share tips on how to “speak chicken.”
This generation and its music
Younger players are, famously, all about renegotiating roles and identities, redistributing power arrangements and smashing the guitariarchy.
Kids’ Almanac (5/31-6/7)
Family fun as Bethel Woods turns ten | See Phoenicia on a Rail Explorer — a cart you drive on the train tracks!
The finds of “Flat Water”
Saturday, June 2: Wallkill Valley Land Trust’s popular Historic House Tour explores the architectural gems of mysterious Plattekill.
Fun fact: The name “Plattekill” was derived from the calm stream – platte kill or “flat water” in Dutch – running through it.
Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home on stage in Rhinebeck
Opening Friday, June 1: This play won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical, and it’s based on the autobiographical graphic novel titled Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, about her family’s Pennsylvania funeral home. You may also know the pioneering cartoonist’s name from the “Bechdel Test,” a now-standard parameter for judging whether or not a work of literature, film or TV show is sexist.
T Space gallery and trails in Rhinebeck now open to the public on Sundays
T Space has showcased the work of such art-world heavyweights as Martin Puryear, Richard Artschwager, Ai Weiwei and Carolee Schneemann.
Shadowland launches new season with K2
Saturday, June 2: Dealing with a serious injury and trapped on an icy ledge at 27,000 feet, two climbers confront the fine line between life and death. The New Yorker called the play “unexpectedly thrilling from start to finish.”