Saturday-Sunday, June 16-17: More than any other established music festival, the Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival is directly associated with activism and the environmental movement via the imprimatur of its founder, Pete Seeger. This year’s performers include Jeff Tweedy, Rhiannon Giddens, Ani DiFranco, The Mavericks, Beth Orton and They Might Be Giants.
Thursday, June 14: Jazzstock, our region’s tireless collective of professional jazz players, promoters and preservers working now out of the Senate Garage, has made big-name jazz bookings routine. But even by their high standards, this is a huge get: Multiple-Grammy-winner Cassandra Wilson will perform with the Lonnie Plaxico group.
In Poughkeepsie June 8-10; Kingston June 15 -17; Catskill Point June 19: The Corning Museum of Glass’ 30-by 90-foot steel canal barge has a glassblowing studio built-in, and it’ll be docked in Kingston, Poughkeepsie and Catskill. Register online if you want a spot at these amazing free art-making demonstrations.
Saturday-Sunday, June 9-10: The vendors on hand offer unique, high-quality, locally made items in a relaxed, partylike setting with music by deejay Mr. Chips.
Younger players are, famously, all about renegotiating roles and identities, redistributing power arrangements and smashing the guitariarchy.
T Space has showcased the work of such art-world heavyweights as Martin Puryear, Richard Artschwager, Ai Weiwei and Carolee Schneemann.
He was the publication’s most prolific art contributor, producing a grand total of 213 covers between 1938 and 1988.
Saturday, June 2: The program features six chamber and solo works by this Grammy-winning composer, conductor and performer, including a preview of her new work.
Saturday, May 26: Springfest this year will conceptually revolve around Ron English’s Rabbbits in Delusionville rock opera and artwork. Curated by English, the three-stage, noon-to-close show boasts an impressive list of performers, including the incendiary folk/rocker Michelle Shocked, legendary jam band (and Soulive antecedent) Moon Boot Lover, local star Decora, former We Must Be songwriter Christine Dominguez and many more.
I’ve skimmed through the white-walled halls of the School, Jack Shainman’s gleaming 30,000-foot exhibition space in what used to be Kinderhook’s high school, gawking as I go at a number of works by Radcliffe Bailey. Incorporating found objects, photos, paint and metal, his pieces explore multiple African-American themes, such as ancestry, migration, the Middle Passage and other elements of collective memory.