Kids’ Almanac: Nov. 30- Dec. 7
Seasonal stageworks, Vanderbilt Mansion holiday open house, elf hunt at Locust Grove
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Renovated UPAC reopens under new ownership
The freshly renovated Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Midtown Kingston will reopen its doors this weekend after six months of construction. The 1,500-seat theater, which was built in 1927, was rescued from threatened demolition in the 1970s and added to the National Register of Historic Properties.
“Hudson Valley Ruins” talk in Rosendale
Saturday, Dec. 2: There will be a presentation by Tom Rinaldi and Rob Yasinsac, explorer/author/photographers who together created the book Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape. The pair have focused their research on lesser-known historical sites where, “in spite of their significance, these structures have been allowed to decay, and in some cases, to disappear altogether.”
Jackie Greene to perform at Bearsville Theater
Friday, Dec. 1: The Bay Area native has thrown more than a few curveballs, but he is a serious top-tier modern roots ace.
“5 x 7 Show” in Woodstock
Preview party on Friday, Dec. 1: The five-by-seven-inch works were donated by Hudson Valley artists for the fundraiser and will be exhibited anonymously at Byrdcliffe’s Kleinert/James Center for the Arts. Each is priced at $100. Given the art-world notables who regularly donate a work to the event – including Milton Glaser, Portia Munson, the Starn Twins and Joan Snyder – some buyers who purchase a piece for the love of art find out later that they made a good investment, too.
Frances McDormand is a force of nature in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Some may roll their eyes at the prospect of yet another kickass heroine at a time when kickass heroines are in peril of being nominated Cliché of the Year. Others will happily point to Frances McDormand’s latest creation as the personification of the zeitgeist, with the movie’s release coinciding with a tsunami of revelations about sexual assaults.
David Amram marks 87th birthday at Marlboro’s Falcon
Sunday, Dec. 3: Well into his ninth decade, the award-winning composer/conductor/multi-instrumentalist and author is receiving awards and honors worldwide, composing two new commissioned symphonic works, performing at major folk, jazz, classical, spoken-word and film festivals, working on his fourth book, and posing as the subject of a new feature film documentary by filmmaker Michael Patrick Kelly.
Darlene Love holiday show at Colony in Woodstock
Tuesday, Dec. 5: Numbered among Darlene Love’s most ardent advocates, supporters and superfans are a few names you might know: first, Bruce Springsteen and Bette Midler, both of whom performed with Love at the singer’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; next, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Webb and Steven van Zandt, all of whom (along with the Boss) penned songs expressly for Love.
Tony Trischka plays Dylan at Beacon’s Town Crier
Thursday, Dec. 7: He’s a figure equally honored in the bluegrass and progressive newgrass traditions.
Erica’s Cancer Journey: What is your ‘Why?’
In my cancer circles, I frequently hear women lament a challenging treatment or “scanxiety,” which is nervousness or anxiety before a test about cancer progression. And they often end with the thought, “I do it all for my kids.” My “Why” comes from a different place: I do treatment for me.