(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Acoustic trio Quiet In The Head, the ongoing musical project of guitarist Seamus Maynard, violinist Jonathan Talbott and cellist Jonah Thomas, performs at Spotty Dog Books & Ale (440 Warren St.) on Friday, June 5, 2015, at 8pm. The trio’s original acoustic music has evolved over many years of playing together and is…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – A double-fill of female singer-songwriters featuring Kath Bloom and Linda Draper takes place at Spotty Dog Books & Ale on Saturday, May 23, 2015, at 8pm. Both Bloom and Draper are daughters of classical musicians who chose acoustic guitar and confessional folk songwriting as their main creative outlets. The daughter of oboist…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Acoustic trio Quiet In The Head, the ongoing musical project of guitarist Seamus Maynard, violinist Jonathan Talbott and cellist Jonah Thomas, performs at Spotty Dog Books & Ale (440 Warren St.) on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at 8pm. The trio’s original acoustic music has evolved over many years of playing together and…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Experimental and improvisational duos Jill Burton & Jane Scarpantoni and David Grollman & Ryan Krause – who often perform under the ensemble name Lipchitz – will play back-to-back sets at Spotty Dog Books & Ale on Friday, October 17, 2014, at 8pm. Born in 1952, extended vocalist/holistic/sound/movement/performance artist Jill Burton was a…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Hudson native Elisabeth Sheffield will read from and sign copies of her new novel, “Helen Keller Really Lived” – which has nothing to do with Helen Keller – at Spotty Dog Books & Ale on Wednesday, October 1, 2014, at 7pm. Set in eastern upstate New York, “Helen Keller Really Lived” features…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Indie chamber-folk trio Dust Bowl Faeries will perform at Spotty Dog Books and Ale on Sunday, August 17, 2014, at 8pm. Indie-folk artist Marian McLaughlin, who was recently featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, will also perform. Admission is $5; the Spotty Dog is located at 440 Warren St. Dust…
(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,…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Author and musician Michael Hearst will be at the Spotty Dog to celebrate his book Unusual Creatures on Sunday, July 21, 2013, at 1pm. Hearst will give a Powerpoint lecture and perform songs related to his book on the Theremin. Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer. He is a founding member…
(HUDSON, N.Y.) – Author Frank Lentricchia will read from his new crime novel, The Accidental Pallbearer (Melville House), on Sunday, January 13, 2013, at 4 pm, at the Spotty Dog Books and Ale in Hudson. A native of Utica, N.Y., Lentricchia us the son of working class, first-generation Italian-American parents. He is a chaired professor…
