If you celebrate it—Merry Christmas!
Looking ahead a bit, if you’re in search of a unique way to usher in the new
year, we’d suggest Out of This World, a seven-hour celebration of performance
and spoken word at Newberry Artisan Market on January 1.
The all-day extravaganza will feature more than 120 performers, poets,
writers, musicians, and dancers from across the Hudson Valley. Among the numerous
notable performers set to appear are Michael Bisio, Katherine Burger, Sal
Cataldi, Celeste Graves, Amanda Nicole Gulla, Mikhail Horowitz. Lissa
Kiernan, Phillip X. Levine, Linda Montano, Kathy Z. Price, George Quasha,
Christy Rupp, Victoria Sullivan, Daniel Villegas, and Robert Burke Warren. There
will also be an open-mic component and stage sets by local artist Joanne Pagano
Weber.
Donations of
non-perishable food or drink for the Saugerties Food Pantry and books for the
Greene Correctional Facility will be gratefully accepted at the event. This
includes gifts of the written word to prison inmates through donations of books.
“We’re especially excited
that this year we’re going to be at the Newberry Artisan Market,” says poet and
event organizer Bruce Weber. “It’s a venue that has brought a growing community
of artists and bold new perspectives to the area.”
The Out of This World festival will
take place at Newberry Artisan Market in Saugerties on January 1 from 1 to 8pm.
Admission is free, and the above-mentioned donations are encouraged.
This article appears in December 2023.
