The Ghent Playhouse’s final weekend of performances of “Fun House”, is this weekend – April 8th to 10th.
The Ghent Playhouse’s final weekend of performances of “Fun House”, is this weekend – April 8th to 10th.
Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical and adapted from the graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, this groundbreaking musical reveals memories of her uniquely dysfunctional family, through various stages of her life, as she tries to unlock the mysteries of her father’s past, while discovering her own sexuality. A refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
Written by Lisa Kron, Jeanine Tresori and Alison Bechdel Directed by Michael McDermott and Michael C. Mensching Musical Direction by Joanne Mensching
Mature subject matter
COVID 19 RESTRICTIONS All attendees must be fully vaccinated and show proof of vaccination and wear a mask at all time inside the theater.
DATES/TIMES: Friday, April 8 – Sunday April 10, 2022 Friday & Saturday performances – 7:30pm Sunday matinee performances – 2pm
TICKETS: $12 – $28 General $28.00 Members of The Ghent Playhouse $23.00 Student $12.00
Spencertown Academy Arts Center in collaboration with Chatham Bookstore, presents Dinitia Smith in an event celebrating her new book, “The Prince: a Novel” (Arcade Publishing, 2022) on Saturday, April 30.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center in collaboration with Chatham Bookstore, presents Dinitia Smith in an event celebrating her new book, “The Prince: a Novel” (Arcade Publishing, 2022) on Saturday, April 30 at 2:00pm. She will be joined in conversation with author Ruth Reichl.
“Money. Power. Sex. Family. Dinitia Smith’s retelling of ‘The Golden Bowl’ by Henry James is a modern classic with twists and turns that even James couldn’t imagine,” says Academy Board Member Jill Kalotay. “And we are thrilled that our esteemed Spencertown neighbor Ruth Reichl will participate in what will no doubt be a fascinating conversation.”
Smith uses the modern equivalent of the glittering high society setting of the Golden Age to tell the story of a father and daughter and the prince who comes between them. Set partially on Woodford Island, based on Gardiners Island off the coast of East Hampton, NY, “The Prince” reconstructs the claustrophobic tension of the original while exploring the four central relationships with a fresh, contemporary gaze.
Smith is the author of four previous novels and her short stories have been published in numerous magazines. For 11 years, she was a reporter at the New York Times where she wrote on literary topics and intellectual trends. She has won many awards for her writing, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. She is also an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. Her film, “Passing Quietly Through,” was chosen for the New York Film Festival, and shown at the Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.
Reichl was restaurant critic and food editor of the Los Angeles Times, restaurant critic of the New York Times, and the last Editor in Chief of Gourmet Magazine. She has written a novel, two cookbooks and five memoirs. Her most recent book, “Save Me the Plums,” is about her time at Gourmet. She was a judge on Top Chef Masters and host of the 8-part series, “Adventures with Ruth” on PBS. She is the recipient of six James Beard Awards. At the moment she is working on another novel and a documentary about American food.
Books by both authors will be for sale and the authors will be available for signing after the conversation. Ticket holders will receive 10% off books purchased at the event. The Academy has installed air filters in the auditorium; proof of vaccination is required for admission and masks are recommended. This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Join Art Omi at the Benenson Visitor Center for a reading from the Spring 2022 writers-in-residence!
Join Art Omi at the Benenson Visitor Center for a reading from the Spring 2022 writers-in-residence! Distinguished writers from around the globe will share new and in-progress writing. Hear an uncommon variety of provocative, funny, innovative, and surprising literary voices from a range of traditions, all in one place. Find out more about our Spring writers here.
For a full list of programs and events throughout the year, visit artomi.org/calendar.
DATE/TIME: Saturday, April 9, 2022 / 5 – 7:30pm
LOCATION: Omi International Arts Center Benenson Center 1405 County Route 22 Ghent, NY 12075
The Fifth Revolution presents a series of new works by contemporary artist Dan Devine. These sculptures made of molded and stitched leather with motorcycle parts present a confluence of Devine’s personal history and artistic practice. Devine’s new work encourages an urgent rumination on the implications of the emerging fifth industrial revolution and its living machines.
The choice of leather and motorcycle parts derives from two periods of Devine’s pre-artistic career: first as a competitive motocross racer in both America and Europe and later as a leather artisan at Jamie Jacob’s leather shop on Haight Street in San Francisco during the height of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Devine employs these personally-significant materials to explore his career-long interest in recording objects and reversing conceptual boundaries. In earlier bodies of work, Devine had applied such tactics to blur the division of internal/external with his Inside-Out series (including his well-known Inside Out Cars) and of watching/watched with his Surveillance Sculptures series. In The Fifth Revolution, Devine turns his attention to the eroding boundary of biological/technological.
DATES/TIMES: March 5 – April 3, 2022 Thursdays – Mondays / 11am – 5pm
LOCATION: Thompson Giroux Gallery 57 Main Street Chatham, NY 12037
Join Vosburgh Brewing Company in Elizaville, for Sunday Sessions with great Live Music, Craft Beer, Cider & Wine. This Sunday, live music performed by Cathy Young.
Join Vosburgh Brewing Company in Elizaville, for Sunday Sessions with great Live Music, Craft Beer, Cider & Wine. This Sunday, live music performed by Cathy Young.
With a sweet voice and a rockin’ acoustic guitar, singer/songwriter Cathy Young has played throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley for over 25 years.
She delivers a timeless brand of optimism and authenticity through her original tunes, and an eclectic mix of covers, all delivered in her own unique pop/folk-rock style.
DATE/TIME: Sunday, March 6, 2022 / 2 – 5pm
LOCATION: Vosburgh Brewing Company 1065 County Route 19 Elizaville, NY 12523
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