Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas headline String Fling at Ashokan Center
Sunday, May 5: “[You] would think they’d been playing together for centuries,” wrote the Boston Globe of the pair’s profound and intuitive rapport.
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Rosanne Cash to perform at Hudson boat restoration fundraiser
Saturday, May 4: The singer/songwriter has earned four Grammy Awards, as well as 21 Top 40 hits, including 11 No. 1 singles. She is also an author whose four books include the best-selling memoir Composed, which the Chicago Tribune called “one of the best accounts of an American life you’ll likely ever read.”
Volunteers needed at Saugerties lighthouse
The Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy is seeking volunteers to lead tours for the summer season. Tours occur on Sundays (noon–3 p.m.), between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. Volunteers lead visitors through the inside of the lighthouse and share its history (a fact sheet is provided). It’s a fun way to get involved and lend a hand to a local landmark. For more information or to volunteer, call (845) 247-0656 or email [email protected].
Aszure Barton & Artists perform at Kaatsbaan
Saturday, May 4: This work-in-progress will include solos, duets and trios from Barton’s piece Awáa, which The Washington Post hailed as “an extraordinary work.” There will also be champagne and chocolates.
I Love My Park Day invites volunteers to clean and beautify parks across the state
Saturday, May 4: More than 140 state parks, historic sites and public lands will host hosting volunteer events, including beach cleanups, trail restoration, tree and flower plantings, beautification projects.
Jane Yolen headlines Hudson Children’s Book Festival
Saturday, May 4: This free showcase of literature for children and young adults is one of the biggest book festivals in the State of New York.
Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase at Clermont
Saturday, May 4: The annual family festival brings historic fiber arts, culture and crafts to a bucolic scenario where live sheep, angora rabbits and alpacas take center stage.
Endgame wraps Avengers saga with solid, not transcendent entertainment
There are just too damn many superheroes onscreen at pretty much any given time for us to get immersed in the drama of any one of them. That will, of course, be some viewers’ definition of thrilling cinema.
Civic Center to host Lil Baby
Friday, May 17: Known at home as Dominque Jones, Lil Baby rose rapidly to fame on the strength of his 2017 mixtape Perfect Timing. Best-known for his hit singles “My Dawg,” “Freestyle,” “Yes Indeed” and “Drip Too Hard,” Lil Baby has been on the upper reaches of the charts ever since.
Lang: Yes, there will be a Woodstock 50
Legendary Woodstock Festival producer Michael Lang was laughing Tuesday afternoon as he reviewed the previous 30 hours’ work on a 50th commemoration event in Watkins Glen. He said he was amused by the similarities he was finding to all that had gone down as he was putting together that first mega-festival in the Summer of 1969.