(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Over 400 musicians representing over 130 acts performing at more than 30 venues throughout this small riverfront city are expected to participate in the second annual Hudson Music Festival from Friday,August 10, 2012, through Sunday, August 12, 2012. The festival features in performers ranging from rock, folk, jazz, blues to klezmer, noise,…
by Seth Rogovoy From children’s songs like “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” to blues like “Freight Train Blues” to the Clash’s “Train in Vain,” the relentless, repetitive rhythms of the railroad have inspired countless songs that recapitulate those rhythms musically while making overt reference to them textually. But perhaps no music has ever made…
By Seth Rogovoy (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – In a region where you can barely take two steps without tripping over a theater group — whether it be an Equity summer theater, a year-round community group, a regional powerhouse, or a presenting organization – it may seem almost perverse to create yet another organization dedicated to the…
by Seth Rogovoy (WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Archeology. Northern Chinese art. Medieval Chinese history. None of these are things in which, at least on paper, I am remotely interested. And if a trio of exhibitions concerning Northern Chinese archeological discoveries of items from about 1,500 years ago weren’t at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute,…
FILM FEST FEATURES GREGORY CREWDSON, MARINA ABRAMOVIC, KENNEDY DOCS and APPEARANCES (GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Documentary films about groundbreaking performance artist Marina Abramovic, visual artist Gregory Crewdson, and political matriarch Ethel Kennedy top the lineup of the 7th annual Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF), which will take place Thursday, May 31 – Sunday, June 3,…
After half a lifetime of collecting books and CDs (and LPs), I have decided it is time to liberate myself from the weight of these possessions, and I am seeking a good home for them. My library numbers in the thousands of books, and includes a strong collection of modern and contemporary fiction (everything from…
Then and Now By Seth Rogovoy That was then and this is now And never the twain shall meet Got that? Don’t choo-choo me I’ve heard it all before You can’t possibly expect me to believe you After what you pulled What am I, a caboose to you? Don’t tug on my heartstrings I’m…
Luck by Seth Rogovoy Luck You’re no lady tonight In your faux-silk undergarments And your phony French perfume. You should see yourself Scattered all over the place Like a storm whipped through here Leaving havoc in its wake. You call yourself lucky? Luck has nothing to do with it It’s skill what did it…
Burning House by Seth Rogovoy The air is getting hotter. Fire is everywhere. The whole damn place is Going up in flames. But there is no one to call To put out this Burning house. It’s not that kind of Fire. It’s not that kind of Flame. But it sure is Hot as hell.…
3 Things by Seth Rogovoy There are three things you need to remember: 1. Speak softly 2. Carry a big light bulb C . Are you using numerals or letters to enumerate what you have to remember? Written for the WordXWord April 30/30 Poetry Challenge
