A selective, curatorial view of the cultural highlights of the upcoming weekend in the greater Hudson Valley region.
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – New York City-based indie-rock group Spottiswoode & His Enemies, led by Englishman Jonathan Spottiswoode, will celebrate the release of its brand-new recording, English Dream, at Club Helsinki Hudson on Saturday, April 19, 2014, at 9pm. With his deep, gravelly voice, his quirky, acerbic songwriting, and his eclectic musical palette, Spottiswoode should appeal…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Works by three artists who painted during the Abstract Expressionist movement in New York City in the 1960s — Lionel Gilbert, Judith Lindbloom, and William Bond Walker — will be shown in Under the Influence (of the New York School) at Carrie Haddad Gallery on Warren Street from Saturday, April 19, 2014,…
(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Cutting-edge dance performances by David Parsons, Lionel Popkin, Jamal Jackson and Take Dance top the summer bill of dance, music, theater and other performance at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, in its ninth season as Columbia County’s premiere outdoor performing arts venue. The lineup also includes Latin jazz with Dafnis…
BUDOS BAND to BRING ‘70S RETRO-FUNK to HELSINKI HUDSON (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Staten Island-based retro-funk outfit the Budos Band lays down its classic, horn-inflected grooves at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, April 11, at 9pm. The group’s self-styled “Staten Island instrumental Afro-soul” reminds listeners of the classic 1970s funk of Isaac Hayes and Average White…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – New gallery Concepto Hudson (741 Warren St.) takes a bow with its inaugural exhibition, Meditation, which introduces six gallery artists – Malin Abrahamsson, Daniel Derwelis, Juan Hinojosa, Kiyoshi Ike, Dallas Owens and Zach Seeger. There will be an opening reception on Saturday, April 12, 2014, from 5 to 7pm, for the exhibition,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Les chemins de l’amour, a program of romantic love songs featuring works in French, Italian, German and English, will be performed by Wheelock Whitney, baritone, accompanied by Edward Cremo on piano at the Hudson Opera House on Saturday, April 12, 2014, at 7pm. Les chemins de l’amour takes its title from the…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Tough Day Tubing, a collaboration among avant-garde music legends Al Margolis (if, Bwana), Crank Sturgeon, Walter Wright, and Steve Norton, will perform an evening of improvised music at the Spotty Dog on Friday, April 11, 2014, at 8pm. Since the 1980s, Al Margolis has earned himself an international reputation as an impresario…
(ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y.) — The American Symphony Orchestra (ASO) under the direction of Leon Botstein, music director, will perform works by Johann Strauss Jr., Julius Conus, and Johannes Brahms at the Fisher Center at Bard College on Friday, April 11, 2014, and Saturday, April 12, at 8 p.m. The program includes Johann Strauss Jr.’s Emperor Waltz,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Staten Island-based retro-funk outfit the Budos Band lays down its classic, horn-inflected grooves at Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, April 11, 2014, at 9pm. The group’s self-styled “Staten Island instrumental Afro-soul” reminds listeners of the classic 1970s funk of Isaac Hayes and Average White Band, with forays into Henry Mancini, Black Sabbath…
ALL-STAR GLOBAL NEW MUSIC TRIO to PERFORM at HUDSON OPERA HOUSE (HUDSON, N.Y.) – Eviyan, an all-star trio of new music virtuosos and composers, will bring its unique blend of Eastern European folk, Western classical, Asian traditional, jazz and minimalist music to the Hudson Opera House on Saturday, April 5, 2014. The trio consists of…
