Capitol Steps and Andy Borowitz offer pre- and post-election satire at Bardavon
Capitol Steps and Andy Borowitz offer pre- and post-election satire at Bardavon
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Red Hook & the Chocolate Festival this Saturday
Chocolate vendors, a skateboard race, a Chocolate Wars dessert-making competition, the Chocolate Olympics at the Red Hook Public library and a theatrical performance at the Chocolate Factory. A horse-drawn haywagon will take folks to and from the village to the Factory at no charge.
Does the universe exist outside of our consciousness?
Einstein said he was reluctant to give up on trying to solve this question, and yet he had to. It is an enigma that arises because quantum mechanics keep revealing a universe that is dependent on the observer. That is to say, the presence of the observer influences experimental results.
“Lost” silent classic The Daughter of Dawn this Sunday in Rosendale
On a few occasions in the early days of the cinema industry, indie filmmakers with limited production budgets managed to capture more authentic representations of Native American lifeways. One such experiment, long thought lost but recently restored, was The Daughter of Dawn, shot in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma in 1920 by Norbert A. Myles and Richard Banks.
“Exploring the Tarot” hand-hooked rugs exhibit opens on Saturday at Athens Cultural Center
“Exploring the Tarot” is a collection of 23 hand-hooked rugs, created by fiber artists hailing from Nova Scotia to Georgia.
Escher String Quartet performs at Vassar this Sunday
The program at Vassar will feature Mendelssohn’s Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1; Bartók’s Quartet No. 2, Op. 17; and Dvorák’s Piano Quintet featuring Vassar music faculty member Todd Crow. This concert is free and open to the public.
Tony Trischka’s Early Roman Kings play Dylan on Saturday in Rosendale
The Rosendale Café present Tony Trischka’s Early Roman Kings, featuring the music of Bob Dylan, on Saturday, November 5 at 8 p.m.
Shemekia Copeland plays Marlboro’s Falcon this Saturday
Sat. Nov. 5- Powerhouse blues and Americana vocalist Shemekia Copeland is the latest in a seemingly endless string of outsize blues, jazz, roots and world-music names to visit the Falcon in Marlboro.
Newly renovated Hasbrouck House in Stone Ridge hosts Open House
Billed as a Brooklyn-based Wedding Crasher invitation, the upcoming Open House at Hasbrouck House in Stone Ridge presents a unique opportunity for anyone planning a wedding, or any other sort of large gathering, to tour the newly renovated historic inn.
Julian Koster brings The Orbiting Human Circus to BSP in Kingston
The multipart podcast series – picked up by the sympathetic Night Vale Presents network – tells the story of a surreal radio variety show that takes place atop the Eiffel Tower, and centers on the figure of a lonely janitor, played by Koster himself.