Abandoned Hudson Valley founders to speak about their romance with ruins
Friday, 3/24: New photographs of abandoned churches, convents and cemeteries will be presented, along with other structures on the verge of being torn down.
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ACLU benefit concert at Bearsville
Friday, 3/24: Our benefit concerts used to be driven by bad weather – really bad weather. Now they seem more likely to be about sustaining critical and endangered social institutions. This concert was partly produced by Fenner Osmond Friedman, age 15, as part of a final project for a school-run mentorship with WDST.
Kids’ Almanac (3/23-30)
Our weekly roundup of fun things you can do with the family.
Free screenings of nonpartisan Electoral Dysfunction in Rosendale
Tuesday, 3/28: In 2012, Donald Trump tweeted, “The Electoral College is a disaster for a democracy.” By November 2016, after that same body had handed him the presidency, he was tweeting a different tune: “The Electoral College is actually genius.” If you are befuddled by how our electoral system actually works, check out this free documentary screening, sponsored by the League of Women Voters.
Augie Meyers to play the Falcon
Friday, 3/24: A master of many styles and a man with an utterly distinctive voice, the Dylan sideman and solo artist will play his axe, the Vox Continental. He’ll perform with Frank Carillo and Cindy Cashdollar.
A remembrance of Spring Weekends past at SUNY-New Paltz
The Youngbloods immortalized Spring Weekend at SUNY-New Paltz in 1970 by putting a shot of the crowd on the back cover of their album. That famous two-day concert also featured performances by Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker and Leon Russell.
Tribute to Pauline Oliveros in Kingston
Sunday, 3/19: The City of Kingston owes a lot to this musical innovator, and it’s tough to imagine its current arts-driven renaissance having happened without her inspiration.
Tesla Quartet to perform in Kingston
Saturday, 3/18: This young chamber music ensemble has snagged prizes at music competitions and festivals all over the world.
Meet the man behind Marwencol at Upstate Films in Woodstock
Saturday, 3/18: By all accounts, Kingston-based Outsider artist Mark Hogancamp is a shy guy. But Marwencol, Jeff Malmberg’s critically acclaimed documentary about the World War II-era backyard fantasy world that Hogancamp built and photographed to help himself recover from a traumatic brain injury, has been seen around the world.
French chansons in Tannersville and at Bard
Friday & Saturday, 3/17 & 18: The latest offering from the Catskill Jazz Factory is a program devoted to French popular song and it features Parisian chanteuse Camille Bertault and Franco-American virtuoso pianist Dan Tepfer.