Art Omi Explore Tour Now Available 

Art Omi’s Explore Tour is a new audio tour to guide Art Omi visitors ages 6-12.

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Art Omi’s Explore Tour is a new audio tour to guide Art Omi visitors ages 6-12.

If you’re nearby and planning a trip to the park with young people, give a listen to Art Omi’s newest audio tour, available through the free GeoTourist app (iOS + Android)!

This up-close and personal adventure highlights some of Art Omi’s most famous and awe-inspiring sculptures and pavilions. Listeners will hear fun facts about the artists and their work while discovering elements of art and expanding the way they see the world around them. The Explore tour covers a wide range of themes, materials, and concepts suitable for the elementary grade levels (ages 6-12).

Download the tour at https://geotourist.com/tours/3900

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

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Two Of Us Productions’ Double Feature Classic Radio Plays,

The Two Of Us Productions presents a Double Feature of two Classic Radio Plays on Saturday, May 23, from 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. 

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The Two Of Us Productions presents a Double Feature of two Classic Radio Plays on Saturday, May 23, from 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. 

Two Classic Radio Dramas as the next installment of their virtual Live-Staged Reading Series on Zoom.

In TROUBLE AT THE CIRCUS super-detective Dick Tracy investigates the sudden death of a talented elephant trainer who dances with her elephants until the night that she is trampled to death for no apparent reason.

In JUSTICE WEARS A BLINDFOLD dashing & handsome Britt Reid, publisher of the Daily Sentinel Newspaper, learns that a well-respected local judge is apparently going out of his way to not send a local hoodlum to jail. Donning his alter ego as the stern justice fighter The Green Hornet, Britt and his resourceful assistant Kato intervene to make sure that the trial is fair and the public is protected.


DATE/TIME
: Saturday, May 23, 2010 / 7pm – 9:30pm

LOCATION: Hosted on ZOOM. 

ADMISSION: Free. Donations appreciated.
You will receive a Zoom link by email. Register at www.thetwoofusproductions.org

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Hudson Hall Presents Close Readings in a Virtual Space, May 14

Hudson Hall is hosting a New Virtual Event, ‘Close Readings in a Virtual Space’.

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Hudson Hall is hosting a New Virtual Event, ‘Close Readings in a Virtual Space’. Read through Jay Wright’s poem “The Homecoming Singer” together with poet Rigoberto Gonzáles and others taking part.

Rigoberto Gonzáles, one of our favorite poets, will lead this intimate, virtual group read-through of Jay Wright’s poem “The Homecoming Singer.” Neither teaching nor explaining, Rigoberto will serve as your expert tour-guide to explore this poem as a group. Whether you are already well-versed in the close reading of poems, or have never been quite sure you’ve been “getting it,” this “close reading in a virtual space” will provide a digital gathering for everyone to take a refreshing deep dive into this single poem.

The event will last about an hour, and will conclude with a brief reading of poetry by our special guest poet.

This is a challenging time for all of us, but poetry offers us a fortifying focus. Talking through a poem together with a group of fellow readers just might provide a bit of the balm we all need.

DATE/TIME: Thursday, May 14, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

COST: Free 
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com for an event link.

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TSL Expands into the Digital Realm w/ Home-Streaming Options

Time & Space Limited (TSL), in Hudson, expands into the digital realm.

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Time & Space Limited (TSL), in Hudson, expands into the digital realm. In partnership with the film distributors, TSL offers you a selection of independent films and documentaries available to stream from your devices at home.

This innovation in movie-going allows for you, the moviegoer, to keep going! And for TSL – the filmmakers, the distributors, and your local, arthouse cinema – to keep thriving in this time of social distancing.

If prompted, make sure to select TSL as your local theater in order for them to receive their share of the support.

Virtual film selection to be updated on a continual basis.

Now Playing!

The Following are Available to Stream From Friday, May 1 – Thursday, May 14, 2020

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From Magnolia Pictures. Available to screen for three days upon purchase. — The documentary features 137 photographs taken by Elliott Landy, whose celebrated works include portraits of Bob Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival, for which he was an official photographer.The film tells the story of Robbie Robertson’s young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band. It is a moving story of Robertson’s personal journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music. Once Were Brothers blends archival footage, photography, songs, and interviews with Robertson’s friends and collaborators including Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and more. 2019.

COST: $12

 

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D.W. Young’s elegant and absorbing documentary is a lively tour of New York’s book world, populated by an assortment of obsessives, intellects, eccentrics, and dreamers, past and present. From the Park Avenue Armory’s annual Antiquarian Book Fair, where original editions can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars; to the Strand and Argosy bookstores, still standing against all odds; to the beautifully crammed apartments of collectors and buyers. The film features a range of commentators, including Fran Lebowitz, Susan Orlean, Gay Talese, and a community of dedicated book dealers and collectors who strongly believe in the wonder of the object and what it holds within. 2019. 1h39m.

COST: $9.99

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Narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker, The Times of Bill Cunningham features incredible photographs chosen from over 3 million previously unpublicized images and documents from iconic street photographer and fashion historian Bill Cunningham. Told in his own words from a recently unearthed 1994 interview, the photographer chronicles, in his customarily cheerful and plainspoken manner, moonlighting as a milliner in France during the Korean War, his unique relationship with First Lady Jackie Kennedy, his four decades at The New York Times, and his democratic view of fashion and society. 2020. 1h14m

COST: $9.99

LOCATION: Time & Space Limited

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Two Of Us Productions’ Virtual Staged Reading of “Stranger in the Attic”, May 9

The Two Of Us Productions presents a Virtual Staged Reading of “Stranger in the Attic”.

 

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The Two Of Us Productions presents a Virtual Staged Reading of “Stranger in the Attic”. Set in the country home of freelance writer Brian Hollander and his wife Dana, their quiet life is unexpectedly upset by the arrival of a stranger named Kendrick, who is offering an exclusive story to Brian about a murder that has not happened yet!

In this time of social distancing – live theater still has the power to transport us to new lives, and situations.  Join us as we adapt to this unprecedented time – and let’s all get transported together!

DATE/TIME: May 09, 2020 / 7pm

LOCATION: Hosted on ZOOM. 

ADMISSION: Free
You will receive a Zoom link by email. Register at www.thetwoofusproductions.org

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