Chuck Prophet at Helsinki Hudson (photo Seth Rogovoy)
ROCK SINGER-SONGWRITER CHUCK PROPHET BRINGS MASTERWORKS to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Chuck Prophet, one of contemporary rock’s greatest songwriters, brings his group, the Mission Express, back to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, November 22, at 9pm. Chuck Prophet writes and sings wry, trenchant rock songs that connect the dots, musical and otherwise, between Tom Petty and Warren Zevon.
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CONTEMPORARY STRING QUARTET ETHEL at HUDSON OPERA HOUSE
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Contemporary string quartet Ethel will perform “Grace,” an innovative, adventurous program featuring works by Ennio Morricone, Jeff Buckley, Vijay Iyer, Son Lux, Marcelo Zarvos, Nico Muhly and others, at the Hudson Opera House on Saturday, November 22, at 7pm, as part of the Classics on Hudson’s inaugural season.
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5-DAY EXHIBIT TRANSFORMS BARD’S FISHER CENTER INTO MASSIVE ART GALLERY
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – The House Is Open, a temporary exhibition of performance and installation, will take over the Fisher Center at Bard College from Thursday, November 20, through Sunday, November 23. This unique event, featuring six major American artists working at the intersection of the visual and performing arts, poses the question: What might happen if a performing arts center temporarily reimagined itself as an art museum?
Karen Schoemer
WOMEN WRITERS at NOVEMBER STORY SLAM in RED HOOK
(RED HOOK, N.Y.) – Novelist Carol Goodman, writer Karen Crumley Keats, author and performance artist Karen Schoemer, and poet and singer Judith Kerman are some of the writers, poets and performance artists taking part in the Story Slam at Taste Budds Cafe (40 Market St.) on Friday, November 21, at 7pm.
Julia Kent (photo Veronica Vracy Mariani)
MINI-FEST of AMBIENT SOUNDS at HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Hudson-based composer-guitarist Alexander Turnquist will be joined by Brooklyn piano trio Sontag Shogun and experimental composer/cellist Julia Kent for a triple-bill of contemporary ambient music at Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, November 23, at 8pm. The mini-festival promises an evening of peaceful, calm, quiet listening and shimmering beauty.
Painting by Darryl Hudak
WORKS ON PAPER by DARRYL HUDAK at VALLEY VARIETY
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Works on Paper by Darryl Hudak are on view at Valley Variety now through January 12, 2015, The paintings are part of a series Hudak refers to as “Improvisational Sketch Paintings.”
‘River Tracks, River Power.’ 2014 16 x 20 inches oil on canvas by Dan Rupe
‘LANDSCAPES & BODYSCAPES’ EXHIBIT OPENS at CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – “Landscapes & Bodyscapes,” an exhibition of new works by three artists whose studies of landscapes and bodyscapes have catapulted them to national and international recognition, is on view at Carrie Haddad Gallery through December 14. The exhibition features works by Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Mark Beard and Dan Rupe.
Melora Creager (photo Seth Rogovoy)
RASPUTINA’S MELORA CREAGER in NOVEMBER RESIDENCY at HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Melora Creager, best known as founder and leader of the historical cello-rock band Rasputina, ends her monthlong residency with her new band at Club Helsinki Hudson on Monday, November 24, at 8pm, in a series called “Mondays with Melora.” Creager, who sings and plays cello and banjo, will be accompanied by Chops LaConte on stand-up bass, Ryder Cooley on musical saw and vocals, and Luis Mojica on piano and vocals.