This weekend the Arts Mid-Hudson presents “Stuffed” a multicultural program about stuffed, rolled and filled traditional foods. The folk arts program has been led by Dr. Polly Adema since 2007 working with community groups in sharing their traditional practices across our region. Before she transitions to a very exciting new career opportunity, we will bid her a very fond farewell this Wednesday, May 18, 5:00-7:00 p.m. If you would like to attend this party, please call our office to RSVP: 845-454-3222.
The Ulster Arts Awards are coming up on Tuesday June 7 – want to see who is receiving awards and reserve your ticket? Here is a tantalizing tidbit: Individual Artist awarded this year is Jack DeJohnnette – who just released a new album of jazz – come rub shoulders with the arts leaders and shakers in Ulster County!
It’s Beacon Second Saturday including Dia:Beacon Community Free Day – visit the museum and then hit Main Street where there are many openings, including Spirit Dancing – The Art of Annette Jaret at River Winds Gallery and Still Life in the Spinning World at Theo Ganz Studio.
Other openings on Saturday include Kingston: head over to an opening for the Faces exhibit atCornell St. Studios featuring work by Carla Rozman, 5-8:00 p.m., and in Rhinebeck, Betsy Jacaruso’s opening Light into Vision.
Saturday night, Flying Cat Music is honored to present multiple award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter Dave Gunning in concert performing at the Empire State Railway Museum on at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 7:00. Tickets are $19 or $17 with reservations. For information or reservations: flyingcatmusic@gmail.com or call 845-688-9453. The museum is located at 70 Lower High Street inPhoenicia, New York.
If dance is your passion, head over to Tivoli and experience Kaatsbaan’s 10 Hairy Legs at 7:30pmon Saturday night.
Sunday caps the weekend with two great music events: Cappella Festiva’s 40th AnniversaryConcert at Vassar’s Skinner Hall at 3:00 p.m., and the Tower Music Series: Stringendo at the Reformed Church in Poughkeepsie at 3:30 p.m.
Save the date:
May 20: Inspired by Plein Air exhibit opens at Arts Mid-Hudson Gallery
June 11: Art in the Loft Opening at Millbrook Vineyards & Winery
June 12: I Still Love a Piano – Music Event at Arts Mid-Hudson Gallery
An exhibition of art at the Front Street Gallery expressed through visions. One artist creates the magical interlude between sleep and awakening. While the other reflects upon death and rebirth with symbolism. Both are unique in illustrating stories of the unconscious.
Enjoy an interactive multicultural program at the Adriance Memorial Library about stuffed, rolled and filled tradition foods. Try Ukrainian Varenyky, Chinese Zongzi, Japanese Futomaki, Indian Pani Puri and more! This event is free and open to the public.
John Simon is perhaps best known as one of the top record producers in the United States during the late 1960s and 1970s, responsible for numerous classic rock albums along with a collaboration with Simon and Garfunkel. Simon’s performance at the Kleinert/James will include original songs from his albums and jazz versions of selections from the Great American Songbook.
Matteawan Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of oil paintings and drawings by Gabe Brown. Brown’s paintings and works on paper tend to feature alluring and mysterious narrative vignettes that read as glimpses of a parallel universe, “a parallel universe,” according to Brown, “that questions the natural scheme of life itself.” As alien as her alternate world may seem, it still contains the desires, temptations, and frailties that are part of the human condition.
EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: LEONARDO DA VINCI: THE GENIUS IN MILAN
Take a front row seat at this exhibition-event, which is the result of 6 years of work by leading Leonardo experts, Pietro Marani and M. Teresa Fiorio. The exhibition is divided into 12 sections, retracing with scientific rigor the multiple paths traveled by the mind of the genius.
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