Thursday, Oct. 3: You’ll find works by such legendary names as Berenice Abbott, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Vivian Maier and Weegee, plus dozens of other top practitioners of the art, early, modern and contemporary.
Saturday, Sept. 28: The New Jersey native has been making finely wrought, sensitive-but-deceptively-edgy folk music since his 1987’s critically lauded debut I Know.
Sunday, Sept. 29: Like so many of today’s music stars, singer Storm Large came to national attention as a contestant in a talent tournament: the CBS show Rock Star: Supernova. As has been proven over and over, a late elimination (in Large’s case, the semifinals) can often be a more auspicious career portent than an outright win.
This annual celebration of art and culture features more than 20 events including music, dance, readings, sculpture, theater, workshops, carnival, puppetmaking, gallery exhibits, films and street art, showcasing the range and depth of its local talent. The majority of events take place within walking distance around the scenic historic village of Saugerties.
Sunday, Sept. 22: A founding member of the Hollies and a constant in all the alphabet soup of CSNY, CSN and CN, Nash has written more hits than you probably realize. And he knows everyone. That is why it is hard to say which is the more alluring part of this date: the songs or the stories. Luckily, we don’t have to decide.
Saturday/Sunday, Sept. 21/22: The tour, with its special offerings, moves through Kingston studios and galleries in the Rondout, Midtown and Uptown neighborhoods. Free bus service is available to move people to and from each area.
Friday, Sept. 20: The Brooklyn label Barbès Records released a 17-song compilation of a then-ignored genre of psychedelic cumbia from Peru: a blend of psych/rock, surf, Afro-Latin rhythms and indigenous melodies. That album reintroduced the world to chicha music, a sound previously confined to the Amazon and the poorer neighborhoods of Lima. Los Wembler’s, who formed in 1968 in the Amazonian city of Iquitos, were responsible for some of the first hits of the genre and have enjoyed this resurgence in international interest.
Saturday, Sept. 21: This musician, songwriter, MacArthur Fellow and radio host shreds not only the mandolin, but also whatever is left of the perceived walls dividing folk, rock, jazz and modern classical.
Sunday, Sept. 22: The Chinese-born artist will present create a piece titled 1.7 Mile Lights to connect Church’s Olana with the Cole Site. He will reflect beams of light across the sky above the Hudson River to illuminate the bonds connecting the two 19th-century artists, their homes and our contemporary moment. The light performance will be visible from Olana’s Ridge Road, the Rip Van Winkle Bridge walkway and the Skywalk path from the Thomas Cole Site to the Bridge.
Saturday, Sept. 21: The Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical A Night with Janis Joplin celebrates the legendary ’60s powerhouse vocalist and her biggest influences, such as Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith.