CMS Legacy Ensemble to perform at Maverick
CMS Legacy Ensemble will perform a rare concert at Maverick Concert Hall on Saturday, August 31, at 8 p.m., honoring jazz great Ornette Coleman, who collaborated in the founding of CMS in the 1970s.
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Choreography on the Edge returns to Byrdcliffe
Choreography on the Edge is a consistently innovative program aimed at giving professional choreographers and dancers a chance to experiment and push their boundaries. Performances started last weekend with some chestnuts from past works and continue Friday, August 16 through Sunday, August 18 with an array of new works by local choreographers Andrea Pastorella, Laura Ward, Julie Manna, Rebecca Frank, Jai Mason, Jess Lewis and Jocelyne Danchick.
Fugs at Byrdcliffe: many anniversaries
The Fugs will make a rare appearance at the Woodstock Guild’s Byrdcliffe Barn at 8 p.m. on Saturday, August 17, the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival.
Abstract Expressionist Calvin Grimm invites you in
Remember the artists? In this year of anniversaries ending in zeros, it’s vastly important to look at the history of Woodstock’s art colony and find the connections that take us back to the rural town that became a haven for the denizens of the brush, the painters, sculptors, the creators of the beauty of the visual, made from almost anything, fine pen and inks, oils, rock ledges, large chunks of bluestone, canvas, fabrics, wood… Calvin Grimm is one such connection.
Catalyst well balanced at Maverick
Reviews of some recent local classical musical performances, plus a look forward.
Phoenicia Festival of the Voice’s 10th year highlights African-American music
Maria Todaro, co-founder and executive director of the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, has set Donizetti’s opera The Elixir of Love in an African village for the 2019 festival, which will be held Friday, August 2, to Sunday, August 4. This choice led to the theme of African-American artists and music that weaves through a number of this year’s events, including a performance of selections from a historic ragtime-influenced opera, Treemonisha, by composer Scott Joplin.
Woodstock 50 cancelled — for real this time
Michael Lang tossed in the towel on his Woodstock 50 dream on July 31 after a tumultuous week in which he was turned down for permits at Vernon Downs Racetrack & Casino in central New York, announced a move to the 52-year old Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, halfway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C, then said the festival would be free, and finally saw most of the engaged artists pull out.
Shandaken Studio Tour has surprises
A dozen sites and regional group shows highlight art filled weekend.
Secret City’s Woodstock Revival
The shows combine art, food, music, storytelling, meditation, singing, performance, and community interaction in an artistic celebration that will take place this year from July 25 through July 28, at various locations in Woodstock.
Woodstock 50’s latest setback
Less than a month away from its much-heralded 50th anniversary, the effort to stage a Woodstock Festival suffered what could be a final blow.