Warm welcome in the land of cement
Saturday, June 1: Wallkill Valley Land Trust hosts “Rosendale and Beyond: Reshaping the Land – Farmsteads, Cement Works and Canal Towns” historic house tour.
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Hudson River Skywalk’s Grand Opening comes with gifts
Saturday, June 1: This new pedestrian walkway on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge connects the east and west sides of the river as well as the inspirational estates of the two leading painters of the Hudson River School: Thomas Cole and Frederic Church.
Memoirs of a Forgotten Man opens season at Ellenville’s Shadowland
May 31-June 16: The first play on this year’s list at the charming former vaudeville theater is a new drama by D. W. Gregory. Based on true events, it chronicles the tale of Alexei S., a Soviet journalist with perfect memory who is seen as a threat by Stalin’s propaganda machine and targeted by a government censor.
Find your voice: SongClub welcomes hesitant vocalists in New Paltz
Friday, May 31: Quickly learn and perform Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” in honor of Pride Week.
Juneteenth celebrated on Huguenot Street with living history, music & BBQ
Sunday, June 2: Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas carrying the belated news that the Civil War had ended. It’s regarded as the last community of slaves in America to get the word that they had been freed.
Hudson Valley Chamber Music Circle presents month of world-class chamber music at Bard
Saturday, June 1: The Escher String Quartet will perform the first concert, featuring works by Mozart, Dvorák and Erich Wolfgang Korngold at Olin Hall.
Newburgh Illuminated Festival to feature five stages for music and dance
Saturday, June 1: The “Illuminated” part of the festival’s name references Newburgh’s status in history as the second municipality in the country wired for electricity. This will be the seventh iteration of an event that, in a relatively short time, has become a popular festival in the region, with at least 14,000 festivalgoers expected to attend.
Cyro Baptista to perform at The Falcon
Friday, June 7: The mad scientist of global musical collisions is known to rock fans for his part in Trey Anastasio’s band. In the jazz and Latin worlds, his greatness is common knowledge.
Catskills Roller Disco with Wolf + Lamb at Skate Time
Saturday, June 8: Dazzling lights, sparkly outfits and retro tunes bring the joy of the roller rink back to the Hudson Valley for one glorious night.
Keith Urban, Rascal Flats, Brooks and Dunn, Little Big Town and thousands head for Hunter Mountain
June 7-9: Taste of Country will rather quietly assemble more than 65,000 people on the hills of Hunter for what is accurately called the biggest country music festival in the Northeast.