Oliveros at 80
Oliveros at 80 May 10. One of the most important figures of the contemporary avant-garde, composer, musician, and Deep Listening Institute founder Pauline Oliveros turns 80 this month. To celebrate the Kingston resident’s birth and inestimable contributions to new music, this free performance at EMPAC features an on-site-recreation of the Fort Worden Cistern, a two-million-gallon…
Triple Word Score
Meg Wolitzer will read with Kate Klimo and Sarah Darer Littman at Hudson Valley YA Society at Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck, May 9 at 7 p.m.
Beacon Local Notable: Robert McAlpine
Robert McAlpine is the founder of McAlpine Construction Company, Inc.
J. B. Scott’s Reunion
J. B. Scott’s Reunion May 5. Until a fire closed it in 1982, J. B. Scott’s was the hub of Albany’s underground rock scene. The nightclub hosted early area appearances by U2, the Ramones, Iggy Pop, the Go-Go’s, the Specials, the Tourists (starring a pre-Eurythmics Annie Lennox), and others, and gave local acts a place…
Billy McLaughlin Film and Performance
Billy McLaughlin Film and Performance May 11. Fingerstyle guitarist Billy McLaughlin’s story moves from artistic heights to heartbreaking depths, before rising once again to soaring platitudes of inspiration. Not long after stunning the acoustic guitar world with his hit 1995 album Fingerdance, the virtuoso was diagnosed with focal dystonia, a neuromuscular disorder that looked to…
Young Berkshires Composers Sunday
May 13. Arts organization Close Encounters with Music has worked with some of today’s most distinguished composers to help them create important new works, and continues to promote Western Massachusetts events highlighting the best in classical, jazz, and world music. The group’s much-heralded “Conversations With…” series allows artists the chance to perform and discuss the…
Video: Catherine Sebastian on Levon Helm
Woodstock-based photographer Catherin Sebastian reflects upon 40 years of photographing Levon Helm.
Pencil Sharpening Workshop with David Rees
David Rees comes to Hudson Valley Auctioneers in Beacon on May 5 and The Spotty Dog in Hudson on May 6.
Steve Hudson Chamber Ensemble
May 19. Hudson hits Hudson! New York pianist and composer Steve Hudson’s improv-heavy style embraces jazz, blues, folk, tango, and modern classical. The Steve Hudson Chamber Ensemble, which here visits the Hudson Opera House, is composed of violin, cello, piano, and drums. On its acclaimed recent album, Galatic Diamonds, the band explores lengthy, through-composed works…
Local Luminaries: Jonathan and Diana Rose
Jonathan and Diana Rose are the founders of the Garrison Institute.
Esteemed Reader May 2012
Esteemed Reader of Our Magazine: We piled into the car for the short ride to school one morning. As I started the engine the radio came on. It was the news, reporting something important-sounding about the Secret Service. I hastily turned it off, as I registered it wasn’t material my five- and seven-year-old boys needed…
New Yorkers Against Hydrofracking: An Urgent Call to Action in Albany
The rally against hydrofracking will take place May 15 4:30 to 6 pm on the West Capitol Lawn in Albany and the concert will begin at 7 pm at The Egg.
Parting Shot: May 2012
Corrugated Fountain will remain outdoors at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT until May 12.
Living Wright in Lake Mahopac
When sheet-metal mogul Joe Massaro bought Petra Island in Lake Mahopac for $700,000 in 1991, it came with an exquisite 1,200-square-foot Frank Lloyd Wright guest cottage designed in 1950. Decades later, the American Institute of Architects named Wright “the greatest American architect of all time.” The cottage was ancillary to Wright’s plans for a spectacular…
“The Liminal Portrait” and “Drag Queen” at the Davis Orton Gallery
“The Liminal Portrait” by Richard Edelman and “Drag Queen” by Keiko Hiromi will be exhibited at Davis Orton Gallery in Hudson through May 13.
“Space, Time, and Narrative: Mapping Gothic France” at the Loeb Art Center
“Space, Time, and Narrative: Mapping Gothic France” will be at the Loeb Art Center of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie until May 20.
The Question: Why buy vinyl replacement windows?
Vinyl replacement windows are a high-tech upgrade from the typical glass.
CD Review: Apolcalypse Five and Dime
Robert Burke Warren reviews Apocalypse Five and Dime’s Ballads for the End Times.
The Big Fix
The Big Fix will be screened on May 23 at 7:15pm at the Rosendale Theater.
The Craft: Up On the (Living) Roof
Shawn McCloskey converts ordinary shingled roofs into blooming, sustainable homes for vegetation to flourish.
CD Review: It’s Not Night: It’s Space
Jeremy Schwartz reviews It’s Not Night: It’s Space’s East of the Sun & West of the Moon.
Portfolio: Catherine Sebastian
Woodstock-based photographer Catherine Sebastian shares 35 years of photographs of Levon Helm
Living Wright in Lake Mahopac
Joe Massaro’s Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired home on Petra Island in Lake Mahopac.
CD Review: Richard Kimball
Cheryl K. Symister-Masterson reviews Richard Kimball’s The Art of Aging.
An Ode (Again) to Spring
A poetic ode to spring and the Rebuplican’s view on sexual rights.
Wake of the Flood
Spring marks a rebirth for farms, starting anew after Irene’s destruction.
The Eighth Annual Mountain Jam Festival
Mountain Jam takes place May 31 to June 3 at Hunter Mountain in Hunter.
Frack Watch: May 2012
In the debut of our new fracking column Tod Westlake interviews reporter Tom Wilber, author of Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale.
2012 Community Supported Agriculture Farms Index
A listing of farms in the Hudson Valley region offering CSA shares.
Editor’s Note: Levon Helm (1940-2012)
Remembering the local legend who enjoyed one of the most productive second acts of his generation
While You Were Sleeping: May 2012
Jimmy Fallon’s childhood home for sale, studies show a link between maternal obesity and autism in children, and more.
Katonah Local Notable: Michael Barrett
Caramoor’s 67th International Music Festival runs from June 23 to August 8.
The Stockade Tavern: A Drunkard’s Dream in the Hudson Valley
Paul Maloney channels his creativity into artfully crafted, locally sourced cocktails.
What is Good Sex?
Two Hudson Valley sex experts Sheri Winston and Marian Dunn reveal how to cultivate arousal and sexual desire.
Book Review: My Two Moms: Everything I Need to Know About Gay Marriage I Learned in Boy Scouts
Jay Blotcher reviews My Two Moms: Everthing I Need to Know About Gay Marriage I Learned in Boy Scouts by Zacharia Wahls with Bruce Littlefield.
Peekskill Local Notable: Wendie Garber
The Flat Iron Gallery is open Thursday through Sunday from noon to 6 p.m. or by appointment.
Flowers Fall: May 2012
Bethany Saltman adopts the French parenting discipline technique—cadre.
Short Takes: May 2012
Hasidic vampires, Irish infielders, Russian Emigres, and Belgian fish are among the colorful strands adorning this month’s literary maypole.
Events: Northern Westchester
A listing of events happening throughout the year in Northern Westchester.
Spring 2012: The Deep Background
Eric Francis Coppolino comtemplates the Eclipse-like events to come.
Psych Major
Shana Falana will perform with the Tins and Lovesick at Backstage Studio Productions in Kingston on May 11.
Book Review: The Comedy Is Finished
Anne Pyburn reviews The Comedy Is Finished by Donald E. Westlake.
Peekskill and Northern Westchester County
The scenic towns in Northern Westchester are abundant with eateries and parks, while Peekskill is emerging with a strong, artful culture.
