Category: Arts & Entertainment

Jamaican Riddims at Club Helsinki in Hudson, Dec 29

Upstate New York’s ska-reggae outfit – the Big Takeover – brings its Jamaican Riddims to Club Helsinki in Hudson.

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Upstate New York’s ska-reggae outfit – the Big Takeover – brings its Jamaican Riddims to Club Helsinki in Hudson. The group’s third album, “Children of the Rhythm” boasts the band’s signature blend of upbeat, horn-inflected ska, deep, funky reggae grooves, soulful melodies, and dub dropouts. Upstate New York group Root Shock, fronted by Jessica Brown, will warm up the crowd for Big Takeover.

The Big Takeover is a unique concoction of backgrounds and spirits that perfectly creates a version of reggae that is fresh and vivid. With Jamaican-born and raised NeeNee Rushie as a captivating and memorable front woman, plus a playful horn section and pulsating bass and drums, Big Takeover guarantees a memorable Jamaican-infused dance party.

Claiming influences including Desmond Dekker, Dennis Brown, Bob Marley, Beres Hammond, Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis, Michael Jackson, Fela Kuti, the Specials, and Aretha Franklin, the Big Takeover has shared stages with such reggae royalty as the Wailers, the Skatalites, the Slackers, Yellow Man, Inner Circle, Eek a Mouse and Sister Nancy.

The show featuring Big Takeover and Root Shock represents Helsinki Hudson’s commitment to programming regional, emerging, diverse and rising talent.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, December 29, 2018: 8:30pm
Doors open at 6pm

LOCATION:
Helsinki Hudson
405 Columbia Street
Hudson, NY 12534

TICKETS:
$15
Tickets can be purchased here.
21 And Over

MORE:
HelsinkiHudson.com
facebook.com/helsinkihudson
instagram.com/helsinkihudson

 

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Met Opera: The Magic Flute on Screen at TSL, Dec 22

Don’t worry if you can’t make it to NYC, or get tickets for the hugely popular Met Opera performance of The Magic Flute because it’s showing this weekend at TSL in Hudson.

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Don’t worry if you can’t make it to NYC, or get tickets for the hugely popular Met Opera performance of The Magic Flute because it’s showing tomorrow at TSL in Hudson.

Now a holiday tradition, Julie Taymor’s celebrated production of Mozart’s fairy tale returns in its abridged, English-language version for families. Soprano Erin Morley, last seen at the Met as a Olympia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, is the empowered Pamina, and tenor Ben Bliss is the valiant Tamino. Baritone Nathan Gunn is the comic birdcatcher Papageno, and soprano Kathryn Lewek reprises her hair-raising rendition of the malevolent Queen of the Night. Harry Bicket conducts. Running time is 2 hours.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, December 22, 2018: 12:55pm

TICKETS:
General Admission – $27.50
TSL Members – $25.00
Students – $15.00

Tickets can be purchased Online, or by calling (518) 822-8100.

LOCATION:
Time & Space Limited
434 Columbia St.,
Hudson, NY 12534

MORE:
timeandspace.org
facebook.com/timeandspacelimited
instagram.com/tsl_hudson/
fyi@timeandspace.org
Box Office & Reservations – (518) 822-8100

 

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Cultural Traditions: A Holiday Celebration Exhibit at Norman Rockwell Museum

The Norman Rockwell Museum presents Cultural Traditions: A Holiday Celebration. This limited run exhibit explores the commonality and distinctiveness of peoples and their traditions around the world through the art and stories in children’s picture books.

The Norman Rockwell Museum presents Cultural Traditions: A Holiday Celebration. This limited run exhibit explores the commonality and distinctiveness of peoples and their traditions around the world through the art and stories in children’s picture books. Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and the Chinese New Year are celebrated in over 40 original works created by six award-winning children’s book illustrators, highlighting our shared hopes and dreams for our communities and families.

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Karla Gudeon.
Illustration for Hanukkah Haiku by Harriet Ziefert [Maplewood, NJ: Blue Apple Books, 2008.] Watercolor on paper
Courtesy of R. Michelson Galleries
©2008 by Karla Gudeon. All rights reserved.
DATE/TIME:
Now through January 20, 2019
Open Daily:
Weekdays: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Weekends and holidays: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADMISSION:
Members: FREE
Kids 18 and under FREE
Adults $20
Seniors (65+): $18
Veterans: $17
College students with ID: $10

LOCATION:
The Norman Rockwell Museum
9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183
Stockbridge , MA 01262

MORE:
NRM.org
facebook.com/NormanRockwellMuseum
instagram.com/norman_rockwell_museum
413-298-4100 x 221

 

 

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Walking The Dog Theater Presents, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

Walking the dog theater Co., presents Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Now a tradition for 13 years with WTD, the performance of this timeless story continues its evolution.

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Walking the dog theater Co., presents Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Now a tradition for 13 years with WTD, the performance of this timeless story continues its evolution.

The theater’s Executive Artistic Director David Anderson, who performs the piece solo (moving fluidly from character to character) says of the project, “A Christmas Carol has become an annual tradition in many communities, and it is the best way I know to become inspired by the season.”

Through drama and masterful storytelling, Anderson performs the story exactly as Dickens wrote it, giving the audience not only the dialogue but the descriptive passages as well. Anderson’s rendition, directed by Ted Pugh, is a modern revival of Dickens’ own manner of storytelling. Dickens gave performances drawn from A Christmas Carol and The Pickwick Papers throughout the Northeastern United States, from his arrival in Boston in mid-November, 1867 to his return to England in April 1868.

DATES/TIMES (2018):
Friday, December 21 at 8 pm
Saturday, December 22 at 8 pm
Sunday, December 23 at 8 pm
Monday, December 24 at 3 pm

LOCATION:
Solaris
360 Warren St.,
Hudson, NY 12534

ADMISSION:
Free. Donations gratefully accepted.
Appropriate for ages 10 and up.

MORE:
www.wtdevents.org
facebook.com/Walking-the-dog-Theater
Email: info@wtdtheater.org
Info and reservations: 518-610-0909

 

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