A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Hudson Valley region.
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Parsons Dance Company previews EK90, a newly commissioned dance work celebrating artist Ellsworth Kelly’s 90th birthday, at PS21 on Friday and Saturday, August 30 and 31, 2013, at 8pm. The program also includes Nascimento Novo, Brothers, Ebben, and Caught. These two special evening performances bring down the curtain on the PS21 2013…
Review by Seth Rogovoy (HUDSON, N.Y., August 22, 2013) – A friend may have said it best when he turned to me midway through Nick Lowe’s superb solo concert at Club Helsinki Hudson on Wednesday night and asked, “Is this what it would have been like if Buddy Holly had lived?” Probably. Mix in a…
PREVITE STIRRING UP WICKED ‘BREW’ at HELSINKI (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Renowned jazz drummer, improviser and composer Bobby Previte kicked off the Voodoo Orchestra North series this past Monday night at Club Helsinki Hudson with a scintillating exploration of Miles Davis’s eternal electric jazz-funk masterpiece, “Bitches Brew” with the aid of a magical octet of…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Canadian dance company RUBBERBANDance Group brings its fusion of hip-hop, ballet and modern dance to PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24, 2013, at 8pm. The ensemble will perform Gravity of Center, which follows the journey of five dancers representing a family, a nomadic…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Faux Meek, a relatively new indie-rock group comprised of members of some of the region’s most popular bands, bring their moody style of organic drone-rock featuring vocal harmonies, electric guitar and dreamy keyboards in a return engagement to Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, August 24, 2013, at 9pm. The band is…
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) — Verlyn Klinkenborg, Peter Biskind, Taylor Mali, Charles Dubow and Hugh Howard are featured authors at this year’s Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s Festival of Books, taking place over Labor Day weekend, August 30 through September 2, 2013. The festival features a giant used book sale, two days of readings and book signings by…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — Soprano Dawn Upshaw, composer Joan Tower, pianist Jeffrey Kahane, the American Symphony Orchestra, and two experimental theater pieces will entertain audiences at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College from September through December 2013. Theatrical programs include a performance of the award-winning theater piece, No Child… by…
NEW JAZZ SERIES PAYS TRIBUTE to MILES DAVIS at CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Voodoo Orchestra North, led by legendary jazz drummer, improviser and composer Bobby Previte – a recent transplant to Hudson – and featuring many great upstate New York musicians will kick off a regular series of performances devoted to exploring…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The Man Show, a group exhibition exploring aspects of masculinity through nine contemporary artists, will be on view at Carrie Haddad Gallery from Thursday, August 15 through Sunday, September 15, 2013, with an artist’s reception on Saturday, August 17, from 6 to 8pm. There will be a talk by several of the…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Stockholm, an award-winning play by Tony Award-nominated playwright Bryony Lavery, gets its American premiere at Stageworks/Hudson from Wednesday, August 14, through Sunday, September 1, 2013. Incorporating theater and movement, Stockholm is a visual, physical and poetic exploration of one day in the life of Todd and Kali, an exuberant couple who have,…
