Thursday, Apr. 11: Kidjo first crossed paths with the original album when she fled Benin and moved to Paris in 1983. She premiered this musical project at New York’s Carnegie Hall and at Bonnaroo (David Byrne came out of the audience to sing with her during the Carnegie Hall show).
Friday, Aug. 16- Sunday, Aug.18: What does Woodstock even mean, 50 years later, to a generation that has its own zeitgeist-defining festivals like, well, Fyre?
Saturday, Mar. 30: “When There Were Birds” by Millicent Young is the site-specific inaugural installation for the gallery, which is located in Jennifer Hicks’ elegantly restored 125-year-old warehouse.
Saturday, Mar. 30: International Sculpture Day, or “ISDay,” is an annual celebration held worldwide with the purpose of furthering public understanding of sculpture and its contribution to contemporary society. Saugerties recognizes ISDay each April with a month-long sculpture exhibition by artists who live or work in Saugerties or the surrounding areas. The opening will be held at J. J. Newberry, the former “five-and-dime” on Main Street.
Apply before April 12 for the free Platte Clove Artist-in-Residence Program. Since the early 19th century and the beginning of the American Landscape movement, the Catskill escarpment has remained an enduring source of artistic inspiration for generations of artists. The residency provides a tranquil and rustic workplace located in the landscape where American landscape art began.
Sunday, Apr. 28: The legendary Cuban diva Omara Portuondo was an original member of the seminal Buena Vista Social Club (the Ry Cooder album and the Wim Wenders film), and she helped reintroduce the sophisticated and singular music of Cuba to American audiences.
Saturday, Mar. 23: They lit up 2018 Mountain Jam with a wild set or organ-fired funky rock ‘n’ roll led by an irrepressible entertainer who understands nothing of restraint.
The pioneering gallerist looks back at Hudson’s remarkable renaissance.
Friday, Mar. 29: A smooth jazz master with a truly global purview, this trumpeter/composer is one of the very few pop superstars that the genre has produced. While he always keeps it accessible, singable and user-friendly, there is no denying the man’s musical substance.
Saturday, Mar. 30: The Hudson Valley takes “Flight” in the upcoming Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra presentation of music and pictures that will showcase the history of flying, from the earliest attempts all the way to space travel. The media presentation, created by local filmmaker Jarek Zabcynski, will also feature Hudson Valley flight, including the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome and the Hudson Valley Balloon Festival.