Chuck Prophet at Helsinki Hudson (photo Seth Rogovoy)
CHUCK PROPHET, SARAH BORGES BRING ORIGINAL ROOTS-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Chuck Prophet, one of contemporary rock’s greatest songwriters, plays a rare, intimate solo show at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, October 23, at 9pm. Boston-based twang-rocker Sarah Borges warms up the crowd for Prophet. Chuck Prophet writes and sings wry, trenchant rock songs that connect the dots, musical and otherwise, between Tom Petty and Warren Zevon. Stylistically, Prophet embraces a host of traditional and classic sounds, including country, soul, LA rock, indie-rock, folk-rock, and plain old rock ‘n’ roll. Longtime Helsinki favorite Sarah Borges has been entertaining audiences for years with her diverse brand of punk-inflected noir-rock.
Robert Redford as Dan Rather in ‘Truth’
LAURIE ANDERSON FILM ESSAY and ROBERT REDFORD’S DAN RATHER FEATURE HEADLINE FILMCOLUMBIA LINEUP
(CHATHAM and HUDSON, N.Y.) – FilmColumbia brings prize-winning films, including recent work by masters of modern cinema, to Columbia County for seven days from Monday, October 19, through Sunday, October 25. FilmColumbia will screen narrative and documentary features, animated and live-action short films and contenders by regional filmmakers at venues in both Chatham and Hudson. Highlights include “Heart of a Dog,” a unique experimental essay on film by musician/performance artist/painter Laurie Anderson; “Truth,” starring Robert Redford as Dan Rather and Cate Blanchett as CBS producer and Peabody Award winner Mary Mapes, in a film based on the 2004 investigative reporting scandal that cost Rather his job at CBS; “Brooklyn,” based on the bestselling novel by Colm Toibin; “45 Years, “about a couple on the eve their 45th wedding anniversary who receive startling news that threatens the foundation of their marriage and starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, who both won Best Acting Silver Bears this year at the Berlin Film Festival for their roles; and “The Lady in the Van,” based on Alan Bennett’s short story and hit play of the same name, starring Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd, a bag lady who lived out of her van parked in Bennett’s driveway for 15 years.
Cellist Rylan Gajek
NEW ORCHESTRA NOW LAUNCHES INAUGURAL SEASON at BARD
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — The Orchestra Now, an innovative master’s degree program and training orchestra founded by Bard College, will launch its inaugural performance season at Bard College’s Fisher Center this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, October 24-25, with a concert featuring works by Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Mieczyslaw Weinberg.
Dana Pielet and Rita Rack
‘ECCENTRIC BEAUTIES’ PLAY PIANO for FOUR HANDS at ROE JAN LIBRARY
(COPAKE, N.Y.) – The Eccentric Beauties, composed of Dana Pielet and Rita Rack, will play piano for four hands at the Roeliff Jansen Community Library on Sunday, October 25, at 5pm. The all-French program will include works by Debussy, Bizet, Poulenc, Satie, and Ravel. Some of this concert’s music is well known in orchestrated versions, but all of it was originally written for four hands at one piano. From the evocative imagery of Debussy’s Petite Suite and Bizet’s charming Children’s Games to the drama of Poulenc’s Sonata, the humor of Satie’s Beautiful Eccentric, and the sheer beauty of Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, this is some of the best four-hand music ever written.