HudsonValleyWeekend

A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Hudson Valley region.

Films by Stephen Frears, Coen Brothers, Alexander Payne and Claude Lanzmann Top FilmColumbia 2013 Lineup

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – New movies by Stephen Frears, the Coen Brothers, Alexander Payne and Holocaust documentarian Claude Lanzmann top the lineup at FilmColumbia, taking place Tuesday, October 22, through Sunday, October 27, 2013. Many of the films being screened are prize-winning films and audience favorites from prestigious international film festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, Berlin…

HudsonValleyWeekend, September 25-30, 2013

  WORKS by GOLIJOV, ANDRIESSEN, JOAN TOWER FEATURED at BARD (ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Two of my favorite works by contemporary composers — including Osvaldo Golijov’s “Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” and Louis Andriessen’s iconic minimalist composition, “Workers Union” – will be performed among others by living composers including Joan Tower, by students from…

Latin Jazz Heats Up 20th Annual Hudson Opera House Gala

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Hudson Opera House (HOH) will host its 20th annual gala benefit, Gala Veinte! — a Latin theme affair — on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at the Basilica Hudson’s reclaimed 19th century converted factory. The event, which includes cocktails, dinner, and dance instruction, features entertainment by New York City-based Latin…

Works by Golijov, Andriessen, Tower Featured in Concert at Bard

(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) – Works by contemporary composers including Osvaldo Golijov, Louis Andriessen, and Joan Tower, among others, will be performed by students from the Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Music Program on Sunday, September 29, 2013, at 3 p.m., in the Sosnoff Theater at Bard College. The program, “Conservatory Sundays: Music Alive,” is…

Singer-Songwriter Angel Olsen to Perform at Basilica Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Angel Olsen, a Chicago-based singer-songwriter whose voice has been described as a cross between Edith Piaf and Patsy Cline, performs at Basilica Hudson on Sunday, September 29, 2013, at 7pm. Pillars + Tongues opens the show. Raised in St. Louis and now based in Chicago, Angel Olsen began singing as a young…

Eilen Jewell Brings Noirish Retro-Rock to Club Helsinki Hudson

(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Eilen Jewell, self-styled “queen of the minor key,” brings her blend of noirish rockabilly, surf-tinged country, retro-rock and jazzy folk to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, September 27, 2013, at 9pm. Idaho native Jewell, a favorite of Helsinki audiences, emerged from Boston’s thriving indie-roots music scene in the mid-oughts and has established…

Brentano to Play Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn at Tannery Pond

(NEW LEBANON, N.Y. ) – The Brentano String Quartet will play works by Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn in the final program of the Tannery Pond Concerts season on Saturday, September 21, 2013, at 6pm. The program includes Beethoven’s String Quartet in D major, OP. 18, No. 3; Debussy’s Quartet in G minor, Op. 10; and Mendelssohn’s…

HudsonValleyWeekend Cultural Preview, Sept 12-15, 2013

  ALTERNATIVE MUSIC, ARTS and LITERARY FESTIVAL at BASILICA HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – BasilicaSoundScape, a waterfront arts and performance festival located inside Basilica Hudson, a reclaimed 19th-century factory in Hudson, takes place Friday, September 13, and Saturday, September 14, 2013, and boasts appearances and installations by the likes of Richard Hell, Matthew Barney and Teengirl…

Michael Eck Showcases Woody Guthrie’s NYC Years

(SAUGERTIES, N.Y.) – Roots scholar/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Michael Eck brings My Name Is New York: Woody Guthrie’s NYC Songs, a new one-man celebration of Woody Guthrie’s New York days, to Kiersted House (119 Main St.) in Saugerties on Sunday, September 15, 2013, at 3pm, in an event sponsored by Heritage Folk Music. Woody Guthrie — America’s balladeer…