HudsonValleyWeekend Cultural Preview, August 13-18, 2014

Paul Appleby (photo Dario Acosta)

Paul Appleby (photo Dario Acosta)

BARD MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATING ‘BEETHOVEN’S SUCCESSOR’ SCHUBERT CONCLUDES

(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — The second and final weekend of the Bard Music Festival, now celebrating its Silver Jubilee with an exploration of “Schubert and His World,” opens on Friday, August 15, featuring several programs including “Beethoven’s Successor?” – an historic recreation of the sole public program that Schubert devoted entirely to his own music, with the Horszowski Trio’s account of his profound Piano Trio in E-flat as its centerpiece. The concert, in the Fisher Center at 8pm, also features Paul Appleby, tenor; the Harlem Quartet; Sarah Shafer, soprano; Zohar Schondorf, horn; Andrew Schroeder, baritone; Brian Zeger, piano; and members of the Bard Festival Chorale, James Bagwell, choral director.

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Robert Ellis
SINGER-SONGWRITER ROBERT ELLIS BRINGS COUNTRY-FLAVORED FOLK-POP to HELSINKI HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Nashville-based singer-songwriter Robert Ellis, a Texas native who counts Paul Simon and Randy Newman as creative influences alongside fellow Texans including Townes Van Zandt and Steve Earle, brings his original batch of country-flavored pop-rock songs to Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, August 17, at 8pm.

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Jamal Jackson
JAMAL JACKSON DANCE COMPANY to PERFORM at PS21

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – The Jamal Jackson Dance Company (JJDC) will perform its work Bask in the Shade in the tent at PS21 as part of the PS21 Chatham Dance Festival on Friday and Saturday, August 15 and 16, at 8pm. By combining traditional Malian dance with an evolved contemporary African technique, Jackson’s choreography illustrates the tug of war between traditional and modern values.

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COLONY OF LIGHT 764_superstudioARTIST COLLECTIVE ‘COLONY OF LIGHT’ at BASILICA HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Colony of Light — a provisionally utopian collective of artists and filmmakers which first convened and collaborated in July 2013 at MoMA PS1, NYC – reunite for a week-long residency at Basilica Hudson this August, where they will be collaborating on new work and will present two public programs of films, videos, and performances on Friday, August 15, and  Saturday, August 16, 2014. Each night will feature an entirely different program of recent work by Colony members Basma Alsharif, Peter Burr, Bonnie Jones, Ted Kennedy, Jodie Mack, Xander Marro, Ben Russell, Jonathan Schwartz, Fern Silva, Ruth Somalo, all of whom will be in attendance for discussion.

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Hazel and Ryder Cooley of Dust Bowl Faeries (photo Seth Rogovoy)

Hazel and Ryder Cooley of Dust Bowl Faeries (photo Seth Rogovoy)

DUST BOWL FAERIES BRING HYBRID CHAMBER-FOLK to SPOTTY DOG

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Indie chamber-folk trio Dust Bowl Faeries will perform at Spotty Dog Books and Ale on Sunday, August 17, 2014, at 8pm. Indie-folk artist Marian McLaughlin, who was recently featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, will also perform. Admission is $5; the Spotty Dog is located at 440 Warren St. I recently saw Dust Bowl Faeries for the first time, and in my review of their show – which you can read in full here — I wrote, “it’s a singular experience that leaves you moved, bedazzled, and wonderful, in the literal sense – full of wonder, almost like a child, about just what it is you are seeing and hearing.”

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Olivia Gilliatt  and Christopher Kelly in 'Tomorrow in the Battle' (photo Rob Shannon)

Olivia Gilliatt and Christopher Kelly in ‘Tomorrow in the Battle’ (photo Rob Shannon)

KIERON BARRY WORLD PREMIERE GETS STAGEWORKS/HUDSON REVIVAL

(HUDSON, N.Y.) –  The drama “Tomorrow in the Battle” by English playwright Kieron Barry returns to Stageworks/Hudson – where it had its world premiere in August 2012 – running Wednesdays through Sundays, August 13- August 31, 2014. “Tomorrow in the Battle” finds Simon, a heart surgeon, in a heated affair with Jennifer who is a successful young investor that he met at an opera. Though oblivious to her husband’s betrayal, Simon’s wife Anna has contrived a romantic seduction of her own.

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work by Kathy Osborn

work by Kathy Osborn

JOHN DAVIS GALLERY FEATURES SIX SOLO SHOWS 

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – New works of painting, photography and sculpture by Matthew Blackwell, Maud Bryt, Judith Simonian, Angela Dufresne, Ruth Lauer Manenti, and Kathy Osborn go on display in the Main Galleries, Sculpture Garden and Carriage House at John Davis Gallery on Thursday, August 14, through September 7, 2014. There will be a reception for the artists on Saturday, August 16, from 6 to 8 pm.
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Soul Rebels (photo Rick Olivier)

Soul Rebels (photo Rick Olivier)

SOUL REBELS to BRING UPDATED NEW ORLEANS BRASS SOUNDS to HELSINKI HUDSON  

(HUDSON, N.Y.) –  The dynamic New Orleans brass ensemble Soul Rebels bring its patented mix of party music, second-line melodies and R&B to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, August 16, at 9pm. The eight-piece group mixes horns, vocals and percussion on original compositions and covers of the likes of Stevie Wonder (“Livin’ in the City”), Daft Punk (“Get Lucky”), and Eurythmics (“Sweet Dreams”), always laying down a dance groove.

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