A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Hudson Valley region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Haute Cature, a fashion show and auction of designer collections to benefit Animalkind, a volunteer feline rescue center, will take place at Club Helsinki Hudson (405 Columbia St.) on Sunday, November 10, at 6pm. Doors open at 5pm, and Musty Chiffon will be mistress of ceremonies at this annual event, which typically…
SINGER-SONGWRITER MEG HUTCHINSON BRINGS NEW SONGS, SOUND to HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Meg Hutchinson, a Berkshire native who came of age creatively at the original Club Helsinki in Great Barrington, Mass., brings her new body of work as heard on her terrific new album, “Beyond That” (Red House Records), to…
(GHENT, N.Y.) – Sculptor Tom Doyle will be at Omi International Arts Center on Saturday, November 2, 2013, at 3pm for an informal conversation with Bill Maynes, director of The Fields Sculpture Park, where Doyle is currently exhibiting five large-scale works, cast in bronze from original wood forms. The event will take place in the Gallery…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – A new exhibition, Storytellers and Conjurers, featuring works by Kahn & Selesnick, Eileen Murphy, Louise Laplante, Adam Cohen, and Claire Lofrese, goes on display at Carrie Haddad Gallery on Thursday, October 31, 2013, and will remain on view through December 8, 2013. There will be a public reception for the artists on…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Basilica Hudson is hosting a Halloween night (Thursday, October 31) performance event called the Blakk Ballon Ball, featuring YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN — an Asian, Indigenous and Diasporic Art Collective from Canada; Jenny Hval, a multidisciplinary and transgressive artist from Norway whose music overflows with intimate detail and surrealistic bodily imagery, weaving…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Musical eccentric Brian Dewan and dance-pop artist Stephen Bluhm perform back-to-back sets at Spotty Dog Books & Ale on Friday, November 1, 2013, at 8pm. Brian Dewan’s musical repertoire includes an autoharp mounted on a walker, songs about wastepaper basket fires, unlikely distortion pedal usage, and original and salvaged songs all showcasing…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The virtual Blues Hall of Fame will hold an induction ceremony for the region’s top blues artists at Club Helsinki Hudson on Sunday, November 3, at 8pm. The evening will be hosted by Michael Packer and His Blues Band. The Blues Hall of Fame is dedicated to honoring, showcasing and inducting the…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Meg Hutchinson, a Berkshire native who came of age creatively at the original Club Helsinki in Great Barrington, Mass., brings her new body of work as heard on her terrific new album, “Beyond That” (Red House Records), to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday November 1, at 9pm. Long a…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — The American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) kicks off its 2013–14 season this weekend with back-to-back concerts featuring works by Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, and Dorman on Friday and Saturday, October 25-26, 2013, at 8 p.m., in the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. The program features Igor Stravinsky’s Petrushka; Avner…
SISTER QUARTET SHEL BRINGS CHAMBER-POP HARMONIES to HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Sister quartet SHEL, from Fort Collins, Colo., will bring its eclectic, original folk-pop and four-part harmonies to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, October 17, at 8pm. What comes out when they join forces is at once wholly organic but also delicately beautiful –…
