Welcome! Another fall means another fun-packed Fall Arts Preview in the October issue of Chronogram, so here we are. The season is upon us once again, bringing with it a rich bounty of excellent events in the realms of theater, music, dance, visual art, festivals, and more. Of course, there are some evergreen favorites to talk up in this annual special section, like the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, O+ Festival in Kingston, enticing stage productions of “Swan Lake” at the Bardavon in Poughkeepise and “Proof” at Shadowland Stages in Ellenville, and Balinese gamelan music-and-dance troupe Dharma Swara at the Local in Saugerties. But we’ve also rounded up some not-to-be-missed, specific-to-2025 happenings, several of them at newer venues, to plug into your calendar, like comedian Ashley Gavin at Assembly in Kingston, the blocks-wide Newburgh Fringe Festival, revelatory sculptor Jean Shin at the Dorsky Museum of Art in New Paltz, and indie rock titans Modest Mouse at UPAC in Kingston. So what are you waiting for? Don that warm, comfy sweater, pour yourself a mug of hot apple cider, and dig in to this sagely selected set of autumnal offerings.
This article appears in October 2025.
