Comic Tom Segura to perform in Kingston
Wednesday, Nov. 6: Best known for his three Netflix specials, Disgraceful (2018), Mostly Stories (2016) and Completely Normal (2014), the red-hot comedian will be coming to UPAC.
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To bee or not to be: Rosendale Theatre screens The Pollinators
Wednesday, Nov. 6: Recent studies show that almost 90 percent of the bee population has disappeared in the last few years. And 70 percent of the world’s agriculture depends exclusively on bees.
How Salvador got his groove back
Critics are calling Pain and Glory, the Spanish auteur’s crowning semiautobiographical work, comparing it to Fellini’s 81/2. Pedro Almodóvar’s film is also being lauded, justly, as a career high for Antonio Banderas.
Rosendale Theatre screens Rocky Horror Picture Show
Saturday, Oct. 26: The cult classic musical around which dozens of participatory material and verbal rituals developed was ahead of its time with the notion of interactivity. While its popularity has held steady for decades, the film now finds itself completely in sync with the cultural moment.
Colony hosts Rocky Horror Halloween Extravaganza
Thursday, Oct. 31: This all-live celebration of the cult classic musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show features a live band. Costumes and shout-alongs are encouraged. A midnight dance party follows and will go on late into the night.
The Laundromat deftly employs dark humor in a socioeconomic call to action
Meryl Streep plays Ellen Martin, the fictionalized widow of one of the victims of the 2005 wreck of the tour boat Ethan Allen on Lake George. Her insurance claim falls through the holes in a multileveled net of phony corporations that have bought one another out to a point where there’s no accountability left, and mild-mannered Ellen gets ticked off enough to pursue the perpetrators with increasingly singleminded purpose.
’90s Nickelodeon nostalgia comes to Hudson Valley
Calling all ’80s and ’90s babies: climate change and student debt got you down? A nostalgic, alcohol-infused evening with some Nickelodeon stars might be just the ticket. Two events in the “Nostalgia Personified” tour will be held in the next couple months in Newburgh and Woodstock.
Jay Leno to perform at UPAC in Kingston
Friday, Oct. 18: The acclaimed late-night TV show host, standup comedian, best-selling children’s book author, corporate speaker, TV and movie voiceover artist, pioneering car builder and mechanic and philanthropist has earned the moniker “the hardest-working man in show business.”
Native America: Old and New at Unison
Saturday, Oct. 19: See the work of several indigenous artists in collaboration: singers, instrumentalists, dancers and choreographers. Witness traditional Native American dances as Louis Mofsie sings songs from the Haudenosaunee, Southwest and Plains peoples. Rob Mastrianni performs on both double flute and guitar. Matoaka Little Eagle plays indigenous instruments to accompany original songs by contemporary singer/songwriter Sherry Lee. Using a combination of traditional and modern dance, the featured piece Silent Echoes of Time, choreographed by Michael Taylor, depicts the traumatic wartime experiences and subsequent journey of healing of a Lenape Vietnam veteran, Alan Shooting Star, who dances the lead role himself.
Zellweger’s powerhouse performance makes Judy a must-see
Renee Zellweger makes the connection between Judy Garland and her audience feel visceral and real. Their love, we see, is Garland’s ultimate addiction.