A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Hudson Valley region.
(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – The Dover Quartet and Israeli pianist Alon Goldstein will perform works by Haydn, Barber, and Dvorak in the inaugural program of the 24th season of the Tannery Pond Concerts chamber music series in the Tannery on the grounds of the Darrow School on Saturday, May 24, 2014, at 6pm. This prize-winning…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Grammy Award-nominated British singer-songwriter Karl Wallinger, who performs under the band name World Party, brings his catalog of pop-rock confections to Club Helsinki Hudson on Monday, May 26, 2014, at 8pm. The music of World Party is influenced by and recalls the greats of the rock era, from the Beatles to the…
HAYES CARLL to BRING TEXAS COUNTRY-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll brings his rootsy country-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, May 15, at 8pm. Carll is equally known for his outspoken politically-infused rockers and his self-described “degenerate love songs.” READ MORE… ROBERT OSBORNE to SING CABARET and FILM…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Brittany Haas, one of the most influential roots-music fiddlers of her generation, will perform with her trio at a house concert at Peter Jung Fine Art on Friday, May 16, 2014, at 7pm. Haas, a protégé of Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky and a member of chambergrass group Crooked Still, will be…
(SPENCERTOWN, N.Y.) – Works by New Hampshire-based artists J. Ann Eldridge and Bill Duffy will be on display at Spencertown Academy Arts Center from May 17 through June 22, 2014. There will be an opening reception for “Off the Beaten Path: Prints by J. Ann Eldridge and Photographs by Bill Duffy” on Saturday, May 17,…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven’s pathway from disciple of classical composer Haydn to hero of the Romantic movement will be traced in “Beethoven and the Dawn of Romanticism,” a chamber concert at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, May 17, 2014, at 6pm, as part of the Close Encounters With Music series. Works to…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Alan Evans, the cofounder, writer and drummer of Soulive, will bring Playonbrother, his new “electrified soul-rock trio” to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, May 16, 2014, at 9pm. The group – formerly called the Alan Evans Trio – features Beau Sasser on Hammond B-3 organ and Danny Mayer on guitar. With Evans’s…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll brings his rootsy country-rock to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, May 15, 2014, at 8pm. Carll is equally known for his outspoken politically-infused rockers and his self-described “degenerate love songs.” The 35-year-old Carll’s “KMAG YOYO” – a sort of updated version of Bob Dylan’s “Subterranean Homesick Blues” —…
SHARON VAN ETTEN BRINGS BROOKLYN FOLK-ROCK to HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Brooklyn-based indie folk-rock singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten will preview new songs from her upcoming recording, “Are We There,” when she performs at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, May 9, at 9pm. Van Etten is an integral part of the new Brooklyn indie scene,…
(RHINEBECK, N.Y.) – No Theme Performance, featuring an eclectic mix of young artists from Bard, Brooklyn, Bennington, Philadelphia, and elsewhere showing new work in dance, theater, music, and art, will take place at the Cocoon Theatre in Rhinebeck on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at 7pm. Among the performers are Magdalene San Millan, Chelsea Murphy, Anna…
