HudsonValleyWeekend Cultural Preview, May 28-31, 2015

Steve Forbert

Steve Forbert

STEVE FORBERT to BRING DISTINCTIVE FOLK-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter Steve Forbert brings his distinctive folk-rock sound to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, May 28, at 8pm. Best known for hit songs “Romeo’s Tune” and “Goin’ Down to Laurel,” Forbert was touted as a “new Dylan” when he burst upon the scene in downtown New York in the mid-1970s.

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Jonah Parzen-Johnson

Jonah Parzen-Johnson

JONAH PARZEN-JOHNSON BRINGS EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC for SAX and SYNTH to SPOTTY DOG

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Brooklyn-based saxophonist Jonah Parzen-Johnson performs his unique style of electro-acoustic lo-fi “folk” music at Spotty Dog Books & Ale on Thursday, May 28, at 8pm. The triple-bill also features Destroyer of Worlds and the Chrisman / McLaughlin Duo. Jonah Parzen-Johnson’s carefully assembled analog synthesizer breathes with his saxophone, building independent melodic layers to support his sound, or soaring above his extended technique driven saxophone playing. The music is all performed live, without any looping or recorded samples.

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Tall Cylinders, hand-built stoneware by Sue Browdy, Hillsdale, N.Y.

Tall Cylinders, hand-built stoneware by Sue Browdy, Hillsdale, N.Y.

GARDEN ARTWORKS GO ON VIEW at SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY

(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – “Concrete & Clay: Works Inspired by the Garden,” a group exhibition featuring seven regional ceramicists and one concrete fabricator, opens at Spencertown Academy Arts Center on Saturday, May 30, with an opening reception from 4pm to 6pm. The work will remain on display through June 21. Artists represented include Corinne Alexander, Sue Browdy, Kay Castelle, Mary Anne Davis, Marybeth Ketz, Justin Madsen, Lauren Mundy, and Jacqueline Wilder.  “Concrete & Clay: Works Inspired by the Garden”” is the kick-off event for the academy’s 11th annual Hidden Gardens, which includes the Twilight in the Garden Cocktail Party on Friday, June 19, and an array of events designed to inform, inspire, and intrigue garden enthusiasts on Saturday, June 20, including the Garden Market on the Green, Hidden Gardens Tour with the theme “Artful Landscapes: Ornamental and Edible Gardens,” and a lecture on the art of growing food by Ellen Ecker Ogden, garden designer, chef and author of “The Complete Kitchen Garden.”

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Luis and Fredo

Luis and Fredo

ALL-STAR DOUBLE BILL of ETHEREAL CHAMBER-FOLK at HVSS MUSIC NIGHT

(GLENFORD, N.Y.) – The chamber-folk ensemble Mamalama and the experimental vocal duo of Fredo Viola and Luis Mojica plus special guests including singer/cellist Melora Creager of Rasputina and singer/multi-instrumentalist Ryder Cooley of Dust Bowl Faeries will perform in the HVSS Music Night series at Hudson Valley Sudbury School (210 Old Route 28, 203-592-0537) on Friday, May 29, at 7pm. With its intoxicating acoustic fabric of harp, violin, cello, hammered dulcimer, mandolin, flutes, frame drums, and ethereal voices, Mamalama weaves a vibrant tapestry of European folk and classical, Renaissance/medieval music, psychedelia, modern minimalism, world music, and mystical, image-rich poetry. Fredo Viola is an American singer and audio-visual artist whose debut record, “The Turn,” was released to great critical acclaim in France and the UK and was named as #2 Album of the Year by Les Inrockuptiples and #4 by Le Monde. Luis Mojica is an American pianist, composer, and singer with an impressive three-and-a-half octave vocal range. Together, the duo creates an orchestral sound that draws from baroque, classical, R&B, and genres yet to be explored.

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Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs

DADDY LONG LEGS’ BLUES-PUNK and SCHOEMER FORMATION’S ROCK ‘N’ ROLL POETRY HEADED to HALF MOON

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – New York blues-punk kings Daddy Long Legs with Hudson’s own spoken-word rock group the Schoemer Formation perform at the Half Moon on Friday, May 29, at 9pm. Daddy Long Legs, one of most exciting groups of the current roots and blues revolution, is named for its harp-blowing, blues-bellowing front man, Brian Hurd—a blues hollerer who blurs any definition by age or color. The Schoemer Formation is a Hudson Valley-based spoken word/music project comprised of author Karen Schoemer (words, vocals) and underground rock ’n’ roll legends “Wreckless” Eric Goulden (bass guitar, electric fuzz bass) and “Mod Housewife” Amy Rigby (keyboards, electric guitar).

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The North Face Meru Expedition, 2011

The North Face Meru Expedition, 2011

BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY with 80 FILMS

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The 10th annual Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) will showcase nearly 80 new independent feature, documentary, short and family films from a record 23 countries over the course of four days from Thursday, May 28, 2015, through Sunday, May 31, at venues in Great Barrington and Pittsfield, as well as bringing filmmakers, industry professionals and film fans together for a variety of special events including panel discussions, Q&A’s, awards, dinners, and parties. The festival’s main headquarters is at the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington. Check www.biffma.org for the complete festival lineup.

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america_graphicSOFT-ROCK LEGENDS AMERICA to PLAY the COLONIAL

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, the surviving members of the folk-pop group America, whose string of hits in the early 1970s helped define that era’s soft-rock, peaceful easy feeling, perform at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday, May 28, at 7:30pm. In the early 1970s, America rose to the top of the pop charts with a string of hits that unabashedly smoothed over the rougher edges of the sound of singers and bands including Neil Young, Jackson Browne, and the Eagles by adding a pop gloss that made hits out of songs including “A Horse With No Name,” “I Need You,” “Ventura Highway,” “Tin Man,” “Lonely People,” and “Sister Golden Hair.”

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