How WPA artist Thomas Weeks Barrett, Jr. changed the region
When American regionalist painter, muralist and printmaker Thomas Weeks Barrett, Jr. (1902-1947) came home to his native Poughkeepsie after working
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BSP in Kingston hosts Americanfilmhistory
On Americanfilmhistory’s debut release The Grizzliest Thing I Know, the prolific and ambitious songwriter Frank McGinnis delivers what can only
C. B. Smith & the Lucky Devils celebrate new CD in Woodstock
The music of C. B. Smith and the Lucky Devils rather perfectly illustrates a point I have been trying to
Joe Louis Walker plays Towne Crier in Beacon
Blues Hall of Fame member Joe Louis Walker, touring in support of his latest Alligator album Hornet’s Nest, performs at
Club Helsinki in Hudson presents Sister Sparrow
Roots, soul, R & B and swing fusionists Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds return to Club Helsinki in Hudson
Alice, Jawbreaker Reunion & Trace Mountains play Team Love
At the small Team Love record label headquarters and RavenHouse Gallery in New Paltz, I have seen experimental cellists and
Joyce Manor at BSP in Kingston
Joyce Manor, a nationally popular quartet from Torrance, California, plays pop punk with exactly the kind of melodies and snotty-but-vulnerable
Celebrate women in music on Sunday afternoon in Rhinebeck
“A Celebration of Women in Music,” Babette Hierholzer says, came about through a meeting of musician friends. Recently Hierholzer has
Impressive W. Eugene Smith photo collection at DCC in Poughkeepsie
Through his photo essays for Life and other weekly news magazines, W. Eugene Smith put a human face on war,
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys play Rosendale Café
Twenty-five years into a career validated by multiple Grammy nominations, Cajun specialists Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys continue to