Getting out in support of their much-anticipated new release Free Yourself Up (due on May 4), the popular American outfit Lake Street Dive appears at the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) on Sunday, May 6 at 7 p.m.
Friday, May 4: The Cary Institute hosts a discussion with Dan Ashe, president of the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, and Dennis Kelly, former director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo.
William B. Rhoads’ new book & exhibition about Charles S. Keefe puts the Kingston architect back on the historical map. The Friends of Historic Kingston will offer a self-guided driving tour of 15 Keefe buildings, so you can check out Keefe’s architecture for yourself.
Opening on Saturday, May 5: “Handwriting on the Wall” exhibition at Arts Society of Kingston. “Cancer and other illnesses that are feared are whispered about, and it’s time to stop the whispering, because we’re all suffering on one level or another. And so many of us suffer alone.”
Saturday, May 5: See what the Catskills have to offer. Presenters will include hiking clubs, paddling outfitters, climbing guides, skiing/mountain biking centers, gear outfitters, cultural attractions, local trail-food producers and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Sunday, May 6: To hear this virtuoso Scottish fiddle-and-cello duo, you would think they’d been playing together for centuries.
Saturday, May 5: This band gets way out there, demonstrating once again that the difference between “experimental” and “jam” is semiotic more than musical.
Friday-Sunday, May 4-6: Flashy hot rods and customs are the order of business on Saturday, vintage classic cars on Sunday.
Daffodils typically bloom here in early April – although back in 2016, they bloomed on March 25; this year, April 21.
The night’s brightest object is the Moon, of course. But the second-brightest? Surprisingly, most people don’t know. That’s why a dazzling apparition can now dominate the western sky, shining a hundred times more brightly than the brightest stars, and yet travel incognito. It’s Venus, the Evening Star, and she’s in her glory from now through August.