Cave Dogs: Liquid States shadow play at SUNY-New Paltz
Saturday, Feb. 22: Cave Dogs features live shadow performances with an original musical soundtrack that conjures a dreamlike and nostalgic feeling for adults and children alike.
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Jared Reinmuth talks about new graphic novel Big Black: Stand at Attica in Saugerties
Saturday, Feb. 29: Big Black: Stand at Attica by Frank “Big Black” Smith, Jared Reinmuth and art by Améziane, is the memoir of Frank Smith, a prisoner-negotiator during the Attica prison revolt.
Gwen Christie stars in National Theatre’s Midsummer Night’s Dream at Rosendale Theatre
Sunday, Feb. 23: For many, the big draw here will be the casting of the splendidly regal and funny Gwendoline Christie – who memorably played Brienne of Tarth, the formidable woman warrior (and only genuinely honorable knight, though she couldn’t claim that title) in Game of Thrones – in the dual role of Titania and Hippolyta.
Sojourner Truth Life Walk ends with slideshow by two sculptors of famous activist
Saturday, Feb. 22: This year’s Sojourner Truth Life Walk goes from Port Ewen to Kingston, and you can catch the bus from Dietz Stadium. The Hudson Valley heroine’s image is being added to a 15-foot-tall bronze statue planned for Central Park that includes Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. A statue of Truth by herself is soon to be erected near the Highland entrance to Walkway over the Hudson. The sculptors creating both – Meredith Bergmann and Vinnie Bagwell, respectively – will give a joint slide presentation and talk.
UPAC presents Lewis Black in Kingston
Saturday, Feb. 22: Widely regarded as the king of the intemperate rant, Black’s trademark style involves yelling and animated finger-pointing, skewering anything and anyone that gets under his skin. While his segments on The Daily Show may have sparked his fame, Black has been a respected industry insider as a writer and a performer for decades.
Kaki King to play BSP
Saturday, Feb. 29: Hailed by Rolling Stone as “a genre unto herself,” Brooklyn-based composer and guitarist King is known for The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body: a groundbreaking multimedia performance that used her guitar as projection screen to explore the genesis of the instrument and her relationship to it, as well as her own origin story.
Circus performance benefits New Paltz playground fund
The circus is coming to New Paltz – not just any circus, but the Cole All-Star Circus, founded in 1938: a mom-and-pop version of Cirque de Soleil, with acrobatic performances, jugglers, trapeze artists, fire-eaters and more. They are a fundraising organization dedicated to entertaining entire families while at the same time raising money for charitable causes. In the case of New Paltz, this would be for the new Hasbrouck Park Playground fund.
Saugerties village supports bail reform reform
At the urging of town police chief Joe Sinagra, the Saugerties village board on Tuesday, Feb. 18 adopted a resolution calling for the state’s controversial new bail reform laws to be further reformed.
Have you seen this man? State Police seek debit card thief
The New York State Police from the Poughkeepsie barracks are attempting to identify the pictured subject regarding a grand larceny
Opioid fatalities fall in Ulster
Opioid deaths in 2019 in Ulster dropped 41 percent in 2019 with only 33 compared to 2018’s 56, Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and the Ulster County Department of Health announced Feb. 18.