A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Hudson Valley region.
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – It’ll be a family affair when husband-and-wife team John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey are joined by the venerable jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli – John’s dad – and bassist Martin Pizzarelli — John’s brother and Bucky’s son – on bass, for a cabaret concert celebrating the so-called Great American Songbook and other…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Kristmess Kook, a holiday variety show hosted by Musty Chiffonand featuring a dozen special musical and performing guests, will take place at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, December 21, at 9pm. The show will be followed immediately by a dance party with music spun by DJs T-Bone and Musty Chiffon. Among those…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Voodoo Orchestra North, led by legendary jazz drummer, improviser and composer Bobby Previte and featuring many great upstate New York musicians, continues into the New Year its regular series of performances devoted to exploring the music of Miles Davis’s eternal electric jazz-funk masterpiece, “Bitches Brew,” at Club Helsinki Hudson, with jam…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Folk-rock singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson brings his glistening tenor vocals and his exquisitely hewn melodies and lyrics to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 20, at 9pm. The only son of British folk-rock legends Richard and Linda Thompson, Teddy Thompson has carved out his own niche as a singer and songwriter, which presumably…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Devon Allman, son of Greg Allman, brings his own brand of bluesy guitar-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, December 19, 2013, at 8pm. Allman has appeared at Helsinki previously with his band, Royal Southern Brotherhood; he will be fronting the Devon Allman Band for this performance. As heard on his recently…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) — Israeli violinist and international superstar Vadim Gluzman will perform works by Mozart, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Castelnuovo-Tedesco in a duet concert with his wife, pianist Angela Yoffe at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, December 21, 2013, at 6pm, as part of the Close Encounters with Music chamber series. In…
MATISYAHU BRINGS SPIRITUAL REGGAE-ROCK BACK to CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Almost a year to the day that he last performed there, Grammy Award-nominated reggae-rock performer Matisyahu brings his annual “Festival of Light” tour to Club Helsinki Hudson on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at 8pm. Fresh from tours of Mexico, South America and Israel,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – R&B singer-songwriter Judith Hill, star of the TV reality show “The Voice” and the documentary film “Twenty Feet from Stardom,” brings her original blend of pop, soul and jazz to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, December 13, at 9pm. Newly signed to a deal with Sony Records, Hill is fresh from a…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Melange, an exhibition of works by a half-dozen artists, many of them from the greater region and several of them featuring landscapes, opens at Carrie Haddad Gallery on Thursday, December 12, 2013, and runs through Sunday, January 19, 2014. Artists represented include Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Harry Orlyk, Vince Pomilio, Juan Garcia-Nunez, Scott Nelson…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Elephant Room, a comedy and magic show starring illusionists Dennis Diamond, Marcus Pocus, and Daryl Hannah, will be staged at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College on Friday, December 13, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. (with a post-performance discussion with the cast and Gideon Lester, director of…
