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The Annual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale, Aug 2 – 4, 2019

The start of August means it’s time for the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. Each summer Hillsdale hosts this three day music festival and camping experience.

The Annual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival returns to Hillsdale this weekend. Each summer Hillsdale hosts this three day music festival and camping experience. 2019 is the festival’s 31st year, and the fun starts on Friday, and goes to Sunday. In addition to the music, the festival will also have vendors, food, crafts, and on-site camping.

Pre-Fest TASTINGS DAY and Farm Market on Thursday, August 1nd. Early Camping opens this afternoon (Wednesday, July 31st) .

Confirmed performers for the 2019 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival:

Andrew VanNorstrand F/S/S, Annie & the Hedonists Sat, Annie Wenz F/S/S, Beth Molaro F/S/S, Beth Nielsen Chapman F/S, Bettman & Halpin F/S/S, BoDeans Sat, Buddy System F/S/S, Carolann Solebello S/S, Crys Matthews F/S/S, Emma’s Revolution F/S/S, The Falcon Ridge House Band (Mark Dann, Eric Lee, Radoslav Lorkovic) F/S/S, The Gaslight Tinkers F/S/S, George Marshall with Wild Asparagus F/S/S, Hoopoe F/S/S, The Ivy Vine Players F/S/S, Jim & Madeline Christensen F/S/S, Justin Farren S/S, Kathryn Wedderburn F/S/S, Kerri Powers S/S, Low Lily F/S, Martyn Joseph F/S/S, Michael Allman & the Mile High Band Sun, Mid-City Aces S/S, Mustard’s Retreat F/S/S, Nerissa & Katryna Nields F/S/S, Pamela Means Band F/S, Patti O’Brien Melita F/S/S, Paul Rosenberg F/S/S, Pete’s Posse F/S/S, Quarter Horse S/S, The Rowan Brothers F/S/S, Ryanhood F/S/S, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams F/S/S, Stephen Kellogg F/S/S, The Storycrafters F/S/S, Tame Rutabaga F/S/S.

The 2019 Friday Night Summer’s Eve Song Swap will feature Martyn Joseph, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Stephen Kellogg and Crys Matthews.

The full performance schedule is available here.

DATES/TIMES:
August 2 – 4, 2019

Pre-fest Tasting and Farmer’s Market 2pm -7pm Thursday, August 1st.

Main Stage: Friday noon – midnight, Saturday noon – midnight, Sunday 11am – 6:30pm

Dance Stage: Friday 2pm – 2am, Saturday 10am – 2am, Sunday 10am – 6pm

Workshop Stage: Friday 5 – 6:30pm, Saturday 10am – 6:30pm, Sunday 10am – 6pm

Family Stage: Friday 1:30pm – 5:30pm, Saturday 11:30am – 5:30pm, Sunday 11:30am – 5:30pm

Activities 4 Kids: open Friday – Sunday for kids of all ages.

The festival ends Sunday at 6:30pm.

TICKETS:

3 Day Festival Ticket with Camping: $200.00
3 Day Festival Ticket No Camping: $155.00

Note: All 3 day tickets include Pre-Fest Thursday admission.

Single Day Tickets (No Camping):

Thursday Pre-Fest August 1st: $20.00
Friday August 2nd: $50.00
Saturday August 3rd: $60.00
Sunday August 4th: $45.00

Children & Teens Pricing:

Children 12 & under: FREE ADMISSION
Age 13 – 18: 3 Day Festival Ticket with Camping: $95.00
Age 13 – 18: 3 Day Festival Ticket No Camping: $65.00
Students, Seniors, and Military Discounts at Gate

Students / Seniors over 65 / Military: $10 off of any single-day ticket at gate ONLY with valid ID

LOCATION:
Dodds Farm
44 County Road 7D
Hillsdale, NY

MORE INFO:
FalconRidgeFolk.com/
facebook.com/FalconRidgeFest/

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New Exhibit Opens at Art Omi – Tschabalala Self

Art Omi’s latest summer artist’s exhibition, Tschabala Self, is now open.

unnamed — Tschabalala Self, *Pieces of Me*, 2015
Oil, acrylic on paper
Easton Capital / John Friedman Collection.

Art Omi’s latest summer artist’s exhibition, Tschabala Self, is now open. Tschabalala Self builds a singular style from the syncretic use of both painting and printmaking to explore ideas about the black female body. The artist constructs exaggerated depictions of female bodies using a combination of sewn, printed, and painted materials, traversing different artistic and craft traditions. The exaggerated biological characteristics of her figures reflect Self’s own experiences and cultural attitudes toward race and gender. “The fantasies and attitudes surrounding the Black female body are both accepted and rejected within my practice, and through this disorientation, new possibilities arise,” Self has said. “I am attempting to provide alternative, and perhaps fictional, explanations for the voyeuristic tendencies towards the gendered and racialized body; a body which is both exalted and abject.”

Tschabalala Self (B.1990 Harlem, USA) lives and works in New York and New Haven. Current and recent exhibitions include: Bodega Run, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2019); Tschabalala Self, Frye Art Museum, Seattle (2019); Bodega Run, Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2018); The Beyond: Georgia O’Keeffe and Contemporary Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville (2018); Bodega Run, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London (2017); Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, New Museum, New York (2017); Tschabalala Self, Tramway, Glasgow (2017); Tschabalala Self, Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London (2017); Desire, Moore Building, Miami (2016); The Function, T293, Naples (2016); A Constellation, Studio Museum Harlem, Harlem (2015); Tropicana, The Cabin, Los Angeles (2015).

DATE/TIME:
July 27 – September 29, 2019

LOCATION:
Omi International Arts Center – Newmark Gallery
1405 County Route 22
Ghent, NY 12075

MORE:
ArtOmi.org.
FaceBook/Art-Omi
instagram.com/art_omi

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Hudson Area Library’s Living Poetry at the Library: A Collaboration with Fence and The Home School, Jul 30

The Hudson Area Library presents Living Poetry at the Library – an annual poetry reading with Fence, and The Home School. This year’s featured poets are Tess Brown-Lavoie, Edgar Garcia, and Ariana Reines.

The Hudson Area Library presents Living Poetry at the Library tomorrow. This
annual poetry reading is an ongoing collaboration with Fence, a 20 year old, nationally renowned literary journal published in Hudson and The Home School, a poetry conference that takes place in Hudson every summer and which brings more than 60 poets to town to meet, study, read, and write. This year’s featured poets are Tess Brown-Lavoie, Edgar Garcia, and Ariana Reines.

Tess Brown-Lavoie writes and farms in Providence, RI. Lite Year, her first book, won the Fence Modern Poets Series prize. Tess co-founded Sidewalk Ends Farm with her sisters in 2011, works on land access at Land For Good, and is President of the National Young Farmers Coalition.

Edgar Garcia was born in California to a family of Central American extraction. He is a
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago, and works in the fields of indigenous and Latinx studies, American literature, poetry and poetics, and environmental criticism. His collection of poems and anthropological essays, Skins of Columbus: A Dream Ethnography, won the 2018 Fence Modern Poets Series award.

Ariana Reines is an American poet, playwright, performance artist, and translator. Her books of poetry include The Cow, which won the Alberta Prize from Fence Books; Coeur de Lion; Mercury; and A Sand Book. She has taught at UC Berkeley, Columbia University, The New School, and Tufts University.

DATE/TIME:
Tuesday, July 30, 2019 / 7 – 9pm

LOCATION:
Hudson Area Library
51 N. 5th St. (at State St.)
Hudson, NY 12534

The event will be held in the community room, which is wheelchair accessible.

ADMISSION:
Free. Open to the Public

MORE:
For more information email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org, call 518-828-1792 x101, or visit the main desk in the library.
HudsonAreaLibrary.org
facebook.com/HudsonAreaLibraryNY/

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Demolition Derby at Lebanon Valley Speedway, Jul 27

The Lebanon Valley Speedway presents their annual Demolition Derby tomorrow.

This is a $500 To Win DEMOLITION DERBY (4&6 Cylinders Only). All Weekly Divisions

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, July 27, 2019 / 6pm (gates open at 5pm)

TICKETS:

General Bleacher – $11 (Kids $2)
Premium Bleacher – $13
Indoor Tower – $16
Roof Top – $16

Tickets can be purchased at https://boxoffice.diamondticketing.com/lebanonvalley/events/

LOCATION:
Lebanon Valley Speedway,
1746 US Route 20, West Lebanon, NY 12195

MORE:
To see the full schedule for the 2019 season, click here.
www.lebanonvalley.com
facebook.com/lebanonvalleyspeedway
@LVSpeedway

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Open House & Dedication of The Mills at Green Hole, Jul 27

This Saturday, there will be an Open House & Dedication of a new historical marker of the Mills at Green Hole.

Step back in time & visit a historic 1700’s water-powered mill complex – including a saw mill, cider mill, blacksmith and woodworking shop – all powered by the on-site stream & Waterfalls!

The Mills at Green Hole are a fully operational small complex of historic water mills set amidst the beauty of the iconic Hudson Valley, 2 miles South of The Village of Philmont, New York. The mills are currently home to a water powered sawmill, cider mill, woodworking shop and blacksmith/machine shop.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, January 19, 2019 / 4pm

LOCATION:
The Mills at Green Hole
2136 County Route 11
Hillsdale, NY 12529

MORE:
www.millsatgreenhole.com
facebook.com/themillsatgreenhole
facebook.com/events

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