High-octane weekend for ETHEL
Friday & Saturday, June 23-24: The postmodern indie/classical string quartet plays WAAM and Maverick mini-residency.
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Kayak Black Creek & Chodikee Lake in Highland
Saturday, June 24: Craig Chapman of New Paltz Kayaking Tours will supply rental kayaks and canoes at a cost of $10 each, or you can bring your own kayak to join the fleet.
John Paul White to perform in Hudson
Saturday, June 24: One half of the Grammy Award-winning Southern Gothic folk duo the Civil Wars, John Paul White, will perform at Club Helsinki.
Raiders of the Lost Ark kicks off Movies under the Walkway season in Poughkeepsie
Saturday, June 24: Live musical entertainment precedes the movie. Bring your own blankets and chairs. The feature film starts rolling at sundown (approximately 8:30 p.m.).
Boatbuilding Challenge centerpiece of Hudson River Day
Saturday, June 24: The day’s challenge will take place under a huge tent amongst the docked vessels, with music, food and family-friendly activities and water-related demonstrations.
Swing with Laurel Massé & friends at Ashokan Center
Saturday, June 24: An all-star swing band headlines a night of music, dining and dancing.
Rachel Weisz delivers a multilayered black widow in My Cousin Rachel
Notably generous with atmosphere but parsimonious with explanations for characters’ behavior, Daphne du Maurier’s stories have proven irresistible candy to movie directors – thrice to Alfred Hitchcock alone.
The Hudson as muse
“Undercurrents: The River as Metaphor” now on view at SUNY-New Paltz’s Dorsky Museum
Bob Dylan comes to the Brickyards
Bardavon is presenting two performances by Bob Dylan: Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. at the Hutton Brickyards at 200 North Street in Kingston.
Berried treasures: Pick-your-own strawberry season is upon us
“The hot weather is really going to move them along. They’ll ripen very fast.”