(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Works by seminal avant-garde filmmaker Gregory J. Markopoulos will be screened and discussed as part of the September edition of Basilica Screenings at Basilica Hudson on Sunday, September 28, 2014, at 8pm. Filmmaker Robert Beavers and film curator Mark Webber will be in attendance for a discussion of Markopoulos and his work.…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys brings their swinging brand of neo-rockabilly to Club Helsinki Hudson on Friday, September 26, at 9pm. Led from the beginning by Robert Williams, aka Big Sandy, the group has expanded its musical scope over the last three decades from its…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Alternative bluegrass ensemble Crooked Still, back together again this autumn after a three-year hiatus, plays one of its first reunion gigs at Club Helsinki Hudson on Wednesday, September 24, at 8pm. After a decade of constant activity, the members of Crooked Still decided to take a break from touring in 2011 in…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Strange Figurations, featuring works by 25 “inexplicable” artists, is on display at Limner Gallery through Saturday, October 4, 2014. The exhibition is meant to focus viewers’ attention on unusual and inexplicable figurative art forms. “Some works seem intended to shock us with meaningless weirdness, weirdness for it’s own sake,” says the exhibition’s…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Cult movie director Alex Cox will be present for BasilicaScope, a weekend-long film festival dedicated to the British director’s works, including cult classics “Repo Man,” “Straight to Hell Returns,” and “Walker,” at Basilica Hudson on Friday, September 19 and Saturday, September 20, 2014. In the 1980s, visionary filmmaker Cox masterfully used pinpoint…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – One of the only accomplishments Hudson Mayor William Hallenbeck Jr. touted in his re-election campaign last fall was turning over the city’s electric bill account to a company called Viridian. The mayor said it made Hudson the first city to be powered by “all-green” electricity – as if there could be such…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – New works by sculptor Leonid Lerman, painters Tine Lundsfyrd, Linnea Paskow, and Chuck Bowdish, and photographer Paul Hamann go on display at John Davis Gallery on Thursday, September 11, 2014, and will remain on view through October 5, 2014. There will be an artists’ reception on Saturday, September 13, from 6 to…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Legendary New York psych band Endless Boogie, No Wave avatars the Swans; Balinese Gamelan ensemble Dharma Swara, and black metal group Deafheaven are just some of the artists presenting at the third annual Basilica SoundScape, a carefully curated three-day program featuring a wide range of music, visual art, and literature that aims…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – The interactive whale exhibit BUMP, created by brothers Frank DenDanto and Dan DenDanto, opens at Basilica Hudson with a reception for the artists on Saturday, August 23, from 5 to 7pm, and will run through Labor Day on Monday, September 1, 2014. The installation includes bones from three different whales, suspended at…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – “Playful,” a new exhibit featuring new fresco secco art by Phyllis Palmer, Play-Doh constructions by new media artist Fernando Orellana, and wooden wall sculpture by Stephen Walling, will be on view at Carrie Haddad Gallery from Thursday, August 21 through Sunday, September 21, 2014, with a public reception for the artists on…
