MONICA BILL BARNES & CO. KICK OFF PS21 DANCE PROGRAM
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – New York City-based Monica Bill Barnes & Company (MBB & Co) will perform two evenings of humorous, contemporary dance at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 2 and 3, 2013, at 8pm. As part of PS21‘s summer season of comedy, Monica Bill Barnes and her dance partner, Anna Bass, will perform two dance duets: Luster and Suddenly Summer Somewhere.
SIMI STONE BRINGS ‘MOUNTAIN MOTOWN,’ WAILERS BRING REGGAE to CLUB HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Woodstock singer-songwriter Simi Stone brings her signature, upbeat “Mountain Motown” style of music to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, August 1, 2013, at 8pm, followed on Friday, August 2, 2013, at 9pm, by Jamaican reggae legends The Wailers.
MAGGIE ESTEP and OTHERS to READ FROM ‘MARIJUANA CHRONICLES’ at SPOTTY DOG
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Authors Maggie Estep, Linda Yablonsky, and Jonathan Santlofer will read their selections from The Marijuana Chronicles, a collection of new stories recently published by Akashic Books and edited by Santlofer, at Spotty Dog Books on Sunday, August 4, 2013, at 4pm. Brooklyn-based ensemble August Wells will provide musical entertainment at the reading, which will also include a booksigning with the authors.
HUMORIST ROY BLOUNT JR in BENEFIT BRUNCH for COLUMBIA COUNTY HABITAT
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Author and humorist Roy Blount Jr will speak to Columbia County Habitat for Humanity supporters at a brunch on Sunday, August 4, 2013, at 11:30am at Helsinki Hudson. The celebrated author of 23 books will speak about his latest, Alphabetter Soup — The Joy of Text. The brunch will benefit Habitat’s next project, the construction of its sixth home on Mill Street in Hudson.