Beacon’s Towne Crier hosts Very Slambovian Christmas
Saturday, Dec. 23: This nationally recognized psych/folk/rock outfit is among the longest-running and most colorful of all regional bands.
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New Year’s Eve festivities in the Mid-Hudson Valley
Public community celebrations, dance and musical acts: A variety of ways to ring in 2018.
Running Without the Devil
Music was the big dark lake in the middle of my soul, roughly in the shape of my brother, and I preserved and defended that sprawling emptiness like Muir, Burroughs and Greenpeace combined.
Gospel Candlelight Service in Newburgh to feature winner of The Voice
Friday, Dec. 22: The Voice winner and Orange County native Jermaine Paul will be home for the holidays to headline the 2017 Christmas Gospel Celebration. The winner of Season Two of NBC’s popular vocal tournament, Paul lives in Orange County with his wife, Melissa, and their four children. The celebration is free and open to the public.
Guillermo del Toro is back in form with The Shape of Water
What emerges at the core of del Toro’s new film is a revelation of what “humanness” means.
This humble Rhinebeck chocolate shop won the gold in an international contest
“Your career has to be about mind/body/chocolate every day. That’s my philosophy.”
Cécile McLorin Salvant performs at Bard’s Fisher Center
Sunday, Dec. 17: “You get a singer like this once in a generation or two,” says Wynton Marsalis.
Kids’ Almanac: Dec. 14–21
Gingerbread festival, Hanukkah happenings, A Christmas Carol, Hands-On Décor, Kwanzaa, Nativity Performances.
Erica’s Cancer Journey: Nothing But Net(i Pot)
Cough. Blow nose. Cancel plans. Rinse and repeat.
Celtic Christmas one weekend, psychedelic the next at Beacon’s Towne Crier
The internationally celebrated Irish instrumental band Lúnasa joins forces with the Celtic music singer/songwriter Ashley Davis on Saturday, Dec. 16, and psychedelic-rock eccentrics the Slambovian Circus of Dreams present their annual holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 23.