Lake Street Dive coming to Kingston
The band will perform at Ulster Performing Arts Center May 6.
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Black Panther delivers visibility for blacks & women, whizbang storytelling for all
The fictional nation of Wakanda is how a Central African kingdom might have developed had it been blessed with an ultra-rare, ultra-useful mineral resource that somehow managed to escape colonial exploitation.
WSW’s Chili Bowl Fiesta this weekend at SUNY-Ulster
Saturday, Feb. 24: Nearly 1,000 handcrafted, unique ceramic vessels made at the Women’s Studio Workshop will be available for purchase, with a serving of hot and savory chili donated by local eateries included in the price.
Chiara String Quartet performs in Kingston
Sunday, Feb. 25: For the opening of its 50th season, the Ulster Chamber Music Series brings us a program of Mendelssohn, Shostakovich and Beethoven.
Funk Junkies play Marlboro’s Falcon
Friday, Feb. 23: This 13-piece funk orchestra includes a five-piece horn section, and delivers their versions of music by Tower of Power, James Brown, the Ohio Players, Kool and the Gang, Earth, Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, the Average White Band, Sly & the Family Stone, Chaka Kahn, Montel Jordan and Prince.
Joseph Keckler sings at Helsinki Hudson
Saturday, Feb. 24: He’s called “an operatic singer whose range shatters the conventional boundaries of classical singing” by The New York Times.
Kids’ Almanac (2/22-3/1)
Feb. 22 – March 1: Family Day at the Dorsky spotlights African art and an Owl Prowl at Catskill Interpretive Center.
Erica’s Cancer Journey: Metastatic breast cancer, an acrostic
T is for Time. I don’t have a lot of it. My prognosis is short-term. But what a gift.
Andrew Bird transformed indie rock, and he’s coming to Kingston
Andrew Bird will forever be associated with hallmarks of the New Serious: gorgeous proficiency on a non-rock instrument (violin); insanely deft mastery of the solipsistic technique of live, off-the-grid looping; High Plains whistling and the prevalence of glockenspiel; tremolo-noir guitars and lyrics that are big-brained, difficult to the point of being functional nonsense for most listeners and almost never about girls.
Dutchess Community College’s Bowne Hall was once a sanatorium
In its heyday, the Bowne Hospital was a state-of-the-art wonder. There were several spacious solaria, and every enclosed space was festooned with windows, awash with light. Adjustable beds lined the long porticos, open to the breezes.