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“Six Strings, Six Stories” in Tannersville church

“Six Strings, Six Stories” in Tannersville church

Sunday, July 23: In a kind of musical history lesson, jazz guitarist Alex Wintz traces the lineage and progression of the art of the jazz guitar by focusing on the work of six pivotal innovators (nine, actually, as Wintz gets a little clever with his math). Wintz will examine legends Eddie Lang, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, Django Reinhardt, the “Big Three” of the modern jazz guitar (Metheny, Scofield and Frisell) and, in a curious inclusion, the Brazilian nylon-string jazz guitarist and singer Toninho Horta.

Jasper String Quartet at the Maverick

Jasper String Quartet at the Maverick

Sunday, July 23: The program features Haydn’s String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1, Brahms’ String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2, and one new work: String Quartet No. 3, “River” (2015) by Aaron Jay Kernis.

Read & Feed at Basilica Hudson honors poet John Ashbery

Read & Feed at Basilica Hudson honors poet John Ashbery

Sunday, July 23: This week marks the 90th birthday of Hudson resident, Pulitzer Prize-winner, retired Bard College professor and former New York State poet laureate John Ashbery. Small presses being the lifeblood of even poets as famous as Ashbery, it’s a natural fit for this weekend’s Read & Feed to pay tribute to the occasion.

Music and fireworks at West Point’s Kids’ Night

Music and fireworks at West Point’s Kids’ Night

This Saturday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m. at West Point’s Trophy Point, treat the family to “Music under the Stars: Kids’ Night at West Point!” In addition to spectacular views, children get to touch and try out new sounds in the “instrument petting zoo” before the show, at 6 p.m.

Dragon Boat Race in Poughkeepsie

Dragon Boat Race in Poughkeepsie

Saturday, July 22: Dragon boats are 40-foot-long canoes made of fiberglass, decorated with a carved painted dragon head on the front, a wooden tail on the back and dragon scales down the hull. Holding up to 20 paddlers, plus a drummer to set the rhythm and a steerer, the boats create quite a spectacle as they glide on top of the waters.