HudsonValleyWeekend, July 25-28, 2013

BARD ORESTEIATANEYEV’S ‘ORESTEIA’ GETS U.S. PREMIERE at BARD SUMMERSCAPE
(ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.) – The production of Oresteia, composed by Igor Stravinsky’s compatriot Sergey Taneyev, at the Bard SummerScape festival, from July 26, 2013, through August 4, marks the first time this towering work will have been staged in its entirety outside Russia. Boasting a predominantly Russian cast, Bard’s new and original production comes courtesy of visionary director Thaddeus Strassberger, winner of the European Opera Directing Prize (2005) and creator of SummerScape’s previous hit treatments of Les Huguenots, The Distant Sound, and The King in Spite of Himself.

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Hilary Chaplain ONE-WOMAN SHOW EXPLORES ‘DAY IN LIFE’ of HILARY CHAPLAIN

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Latter-day vaudevillian Hilary Chaplain brings her award-winning solo show, “A Life In Her Day,” to PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at 8pm, as part of PS21’s comedy-themed program of theater, music, film and dance. Regarded as one of America’s foremost physical comediennes, this quirky actress creates a lifetime in a day as she chases the elusive promises of happily ever after.

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Roy Blount JrHUMORIST ROY BLOUNT JR in BRUNCH FOR HABITAT at HELSINKI HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Author and humorist Roy Blount Jr will speak to Columbia County Habitat for Humanity supporters at a brunch on Sunday, August 4, 2013, at 11:30am at Helsinki Hudson.  The celebrated author of 23 books will speak about his latest, Alphabetter Soup — The Joy of Text. The brunch will benefit Habitat’s next project, the construction of its sixth home on Mill Street in Hudson.

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Miro QuartetMIRO QUARTET to PLAY SCHUBERT, PUCCINI AND BEETHOVEN at TANNERY POND

(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – The Miro? Quartet make its Tannery Pond Concerts debut on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at 8pm, when they will perform music by Schubert, Puccini and Beethoven. Founded in 1995 at the Oberlin Conservatory, the Miro is considered to be one of America’s most distinguished chamber music groups. The quartet is comprised of Daniel Ching, first violinist; William Fedkenheuer, second violinist; John Largess, violist; and Joshua Gindele, cellist.

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the never listKOETHI ZAN to READ from THRILLER at SPOTTY DOG
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Local author Koethi Zan will celebrate her debut thriller, The Never List, with a reading and book signing at the Spotty Dog tonight (Thursday, July 25, 2013) at 7 pm. The Never List is a work of psychological suspense and terror that has been compared to books by Karin Slaughter, Laura Lippman, and S.J. Watson as well as Thomas Harris’ Silence of the Lambs.

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