The axe as art
Saturday, Oct. 28: Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge headline Woodstock Luthiers’ Showcase.
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Hudson Valley Pottery Tour this weekend
Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 28-29: “There’s not much that touches your lips: a partner, a fork or that cup. It’s important to think about that relationship – how you interact with an object.”
Son Little plays Bearsville
Friday, Oct. 20: Born Aaron Livingston, the son of a preacher, the rhythm-and-blues artist Son Little defies easy categorization.
Hans-Joachim Roedelius to perform in New Paltz
Sunday, Oct. 22: A living legend of electronic and ambient music, Roedelius puts the “pro” in process and in prolific. More than 50 years into his career, the releases are steady and diversified.
Flattening the fourth wall
Our Kids’ Almanac columnist Erica Chase-Salerno tells what it’s like to live when you know that you are dying.
Tuvan throat singers to play Rosendale Cafe
Saturday, Oct. 14: Named for a river that runs through the northwestern region of Tuva, Alash is an ensemble comprised entirely of master Tuvan throat singers. The singers learned the traditional technique from their families, and later banded together under the name Changy-Xaya as students at Kyzyl Arts College.
Tops & Temps to perform at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center
Saturday, Oct. 14: One-time Motown rivals, trading hit-for-hit blows and one-upping each other with extravagant stage shows, the Temptations and the Four Tops today find themselves roadmates and soulmates, recapturing a peak period of American pop music.
Of pose and prana
Saturday, Oct. 14: Francesco Mastalia launches new book of 108 portraits of yogis with exhibition and readings. “The significance of the number 108 is that it’s a sacred number in Eastern religious traditions,” Mastalia explains. “One stands for God or higher truth, zero stands for emptiness or completeness in spiritual practice, eight stands for infinity or eternity.”
R. Carlos Nakai fronts Hudson Valley Philharmonic at Bardavon
Saturday, Oct. 14: The HVP kicks off its new season with a program titled “Made in America.” In collaboration with the Poughkeepsie Library’s Big Read, the concert opens with two distinctly American composers: James DeMars and Bard’s Joan Tower, one of the most significant composers of the second half of the 20th century. The program also features a live performance by the great Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai and a climactic Tchaikovsky masterpiece, his Symphony No. 5.
In dark times, it’s good to be positive: O+ Festival in Kingston
Friday through Sunday, Oct. 6 to 8: There will always be more holes than badges in your quilt of cultural literacy. Don’t let that deter you from new explorations and acquisitions. San Francisco cult darlings Deerhoof headline this musically diverse festival.