Thursday, September 12: Upstate Films in Woodstock offers a sneak preview of the eagerly anticipated Downton Abbey feature-length film. Writer Julian Fellowes, director Michael Engler and the original cast return to tell the continuing story of the Crawley family, picking up the plotline in late 1927.
“Our percussion world is pretty tight-knit,” musician/ Woodstock Chimes founder Garry Kvistad says. “The first person I called was [jazz star] Jack DeJohnette… When I told other players that Jack was going to be there, they wanted to join in also.”
Saturday/Sunday, Sept. 7-8: Hundreds of New York wineries, cideries, distilleries, craft beers, food trucks and gourmet foods will be represented.
Friday-Monday, Sept. 6-9: The Ridgefest lineup features music, dance and theater, including evening performances and family-oriented shows, all taking place at three venues on the New Paltz campus: Studley Theatre, Parker Theatre and McKenna Theatre.
Friday-Sunday, Sept. 6-8: The event features live German bands, German food, home-baked desserts, traditional Reinheitsgebot beers, children’s entertainment, Bavarian dancers, Germania singers and Germania team soccer games.
Tuesday, Sept. 10: Long, long after his brilliant modernist masterpiece The Satanic Verses made him newsworthy and transformed his public and private life in unfortunate ways, the British Indian novelist continues to be prolific and expansive. His 13th novel, Quichotte, is a Don Quixote for the modern age.
The upcoming September events include a performance by Vermont’s legendary Bread and Puppet Theater (September 7, 3 p.m.), the retro Latin band Los Hacheros (September 14, 3 p.m.) and blues and soul singer Martha Redbone, as well and two film screenings under the stars: The Goonies (September 13, 7:30 p.m.) and Taking Woodstock (September 20, 7:30 p.m.).
Held Friday through Sunday in September, each yoga class begins with an instruction in paddleboarding. Students will spend some time exploring the waters of the Rondout Creek before dropping anchor for a relaxing one-hour yoga session.
Saturday, September 7: “Tonalism: Pathway from the Hudson River School to Modern Art” considers a late-19th-century movement in painting with ties to the mid-Hudson region and its immediate influence on developments in Modernism.
Friday, Sept. 6: Described by The New York Times as “the least-known of great jazz singers,” Bey’s greatness has been proven in a string of well-received recordings and in his long-running residency at the elegant 75 Club in TriBeCa.