Duncan Sheik will be performing this Saturday (December 17, 2011) at Club Helsinki in Hudson, NY.
Sheik, who was interviewed by WAMC Radio this morning, will be performing a collection of Pop cover songs from his youth including hits by The Smiths, New Order and Howard Jones.
Tickets can be purchased online here for $18. The show starts at 9pm and is General Admission. 21 and over.
For more info, visit HelsinkiHudson.com.
This Friday at New Lebanon Library: WINTER SOLSTICE WITH ATWATER-DONNELLY
The award-winning vocal and multi-instrumental duo in a program of traditional folk music and dance.
The highly acclaimed husband-wife duo, Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, will present a delightful, winter-themed program of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works. Elwood and Aubrey blend gorgeous harmonies and play guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and other surprises including Appalachian clog dancing, French Canadian footwork, and Tap. Don’t miss it!
Atwater-Donnelly won Motif Magazine’s Music Awards in the following categories: “Best Local Folk Act” award in 2006, three awards in 2007: “Best Folk Act” for the Atwater-Donnelly Band, “Album of the Year” for “The Halfway Ground”, and “Best Female Vocalist” for Aubrey Atwater, which Aubrey won again in 2009. Atwater~Donnelly also won Best Folk Act for 2010 and Folk Act of the Year for 2011.
WHEN: Friday, December 16
TIME: 7:00 pm
FOR: Everyone!
This program is free and open to the public.
For more information, call the Library at 518-794-8844.
This weekend, the Columbia County Council on the Arts (CCCA) is sponsoring its 17th annual ArtsWalk, celebrating our areas artists and arts activities. ArtsWalk encourages visitors to drive up and down scenic Route 66 for activities from Hudson to Chatham!
The weekend fun gets started Friday (October 7th) at dusk at Omi International Art Center (1405 County Rte 22, Ghent, NY) and then continues throughout the weekend.
Click here to visit the official site and get more information.
This Thursday (September 1) at New Lebanon Library, Berkshire author Ed Maurer will read from his family memoir Survive & Escape: One Family Chooses Life. The reading will be followed by Q & A and discussion, after which Mr. Maurer will sign copies of his book.
From New Lebanon Library:
“Maurer’s book is the story of his family’s choice for survival and escape from Europe beginning in 1926 when worldwide financial woes, populist discontent and rumors of war generated anxiety and fear. Maurer’s uncle led the way, holding the door open and providing U.S. sponsorship for the others to follow. It is also the story of those left behind as late as 1939, following Germany’s takeover of Austria, when another of Maurer’s uncles was imprisoned in Dachau, then Buchenwald. Maurer’s family was on the run in Fascist Italy and escaped just days after Germany’s policy of “deportation” became “The Final Solution.”
Over the past 50 years Ed Maurer has been a teacher, writer, trainer in the business sector, management consultant, and a mediator. He assisted New York City Community College in launching the College Discovery Program, which prepared inner-city youth for college level demands, and helped establish the Center for Humanistic Education, a teacher training center that introduced innovation to the teaching process. After relocating to the Berkshires in the 1970s, Maurer co-created the South Berkshire Educational Collaborative.”
WHEN: Thursday, 9/1
TIME: 7:00 pm
WHERE: New Lebanon Library
550 State Route 20
New Lebanon, NY 12125
MORE: NewLebanonLibrary.org
There is a poetry lecture tonight at the New Lebanon Library. The topic is POETRY OF HEROISM and the lecture will be given by Dr. Irene Saks.
From New Lebanon Library:
“Dr. Irene “Judy” Saks will deliver a lecture, “Poetry of Heroism” and will focus on poems written from the 8th Century B.C. to the 20th Century AD. Dr. Saks is a native of New York City. She was educated at Barnard College, Columbia University, and the University of the City of New York where she received her PhD in 19th Century English Literature.”
WHEN: Thursday 8/25
TIME: 7:00 pm.
WHERE: New Lebanon Library
550 State Route 20
New Lebanon, NY 12125
MORE: NewLebanonLibrary.org
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