HudsonValleyWeekend Cultural Preview, Aug 28-Sep 1, 2013

 

"Nascimento Novo" / Parsons Dance

“Nascimento Novo” / Parsons Dance

PARSONS DANCE CELEBRATES ELLSWORTH KELLY’S 90th BIRTHDAY at PS21

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Parsons Dance Company previews EK90, a newly commissioned dance work celebrating artist Ellsworth Kelly’s 90th birthday, at PS21 on Friday and Saturday, August 30 and 31, 2013, at 8pm. The program also includes Nascimento Novo, Brothers, Ebben, and Caught. These two special evening performances bring down the curtain on the PS21 2013 season under the tent at 2980 Route 66 in the town of Chatham.

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Sandra Bernhard mirrorSANDRA BERNHARD TO PERFORM at CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Comedian and singer Sandra Bernhard returns to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, August 31, at 9pm. The keen cultural observer, political satirist, actress and author straddles the line between comic and performance artist while always pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a comedian in the great tradition of Lenny Bruce.

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Verlyn Klinkenborg

Verlyn Klinkenborg

SPENCERTOWN FESTIVAL of BOOKS CELEBRATES LITERARY EXCELLENCE and SPOKEN WORD

(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) — Verlyn Klinkenborg, Peter Biskind, Taylor Mali, Charles Dubow and Hugh Howard are featured authors at this year’s Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s Festival of Books, taking place over Labor Day weekend, August 30 through September 2, 2013. The festival features a giant used book sale, two days of readings and book signings by nationally known and local authors, and a children’s program. Admission is free to all of the events, save for the early book-buying opportunities detailed below.

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Jason Babinsky and Emily Gardner Hall in 'Stockholm' (Photo Rob Shannon)

Jason Babinsky and Emily Gardner Hall in ‘Stockholm’ (Photo Rob Shannon)

BRYONY LAVERY PLAY GETS AMERICAN PREMIERE at STAGEWORKS/HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Stockholm, an award-winning play by Tony Award-nominated playwright Bryony Lavery, gets its American premiere at Stageworks/Hudson from Wednesday, August 14, through Sunday, September 1, 2013. Incorporating theater and movement, Stockholm is a visual, physical and poetic exploration of one day in the life of Todd and Kali, an exuberant couple who have, for all appearances, made it. They are emotionally open, sexually charged and their designer home is perfect. But peel away the flawless surface and underneath are two people held hostage to a cycle of love and destruction from which neither can escape.

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