Varla Jean Merman Returns to Club Helsinki with the new show, “Wonder Merman”.
Varla Jean Merman Returns to Club Helsinki with the new show, “Wonder Merman”. The show pays tribute to the inspiring women who have inspired Varla Jean to think about becoming inspirational.
Varla Jean Merman is a drag queen character created and portrayed by Jeffery Roberson, an actor, singer, and performer. Varla’s fictitious back story is that she is the daughter of Ernest Borgnine and Ethel Merman. Varla Jean has appeared on stage, screen, TV, cabaret, and concert halls. Her cabaret shows are always a highlight of the Provincetown summer scene, and this Sunday, Varla Jean will take the stage in Hudson.
DATE/TIME:
Sunday, May 6 2018, at 7pm
Doors open at 5pm
LOCATION:
Helsinki Hudson
405 Columbia Street
Hudson, NY 12534
TICKET INFO:
$30.00 – $35.00
Tickets can be purchased here.
21 And Over
Literary historian, and Kinderhook resident, Jon Michael Varese comes to the Chatham Bookstore with his debut novel “The Spirit Photographer”.
Literary historian, and Kinderhook resident, Jon Michael Varese comes to the Chatham Bookstore with his debut novel “The Spirit Photographer”. The novel conjures the Reconstruction era South, replete with fugitive hunters, voodoo healers, and dangers lurking in the swamp. The Spirit Photographer is an intense tale of death and betrayal that will thrill readers as they unravel the dreadful mystery behind the spirit in the photograph and what ultimately became of her.
Varese will read from his book, then join Chatham Bookstore’s Thomas Chulak for a conversation, and Q & A.
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, May 5 2018, from 5pm to 7pm
LOCATION:
The Chatham Bookstore
27 Main Street in the Village of Chatham
Margaret Roach, of AwayToGarden.com, is teaming up with Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery to kickoff of the 2018 garden-visiting season. This Saturday, Margaret will open her garden for tours and a Broken Arrow Nursery will be on site for a plant sale.
Margaret Roach, author and blogger (AwayToGarden.com), is teaming up with Adam Wheeler of Broken Arrow Nursery to kickoff of the 2018 garden-visiting season. This Saturday, Margaret will open her garden for tours and Broken Arrow Nursery will be on site for a plant sale.
Margaret’s garden features informal mixed borders, shrubberies, frog-filled water gardens, and container groupings covering the steep two-and-one-third-acre hillside. It’s a former orchard with a simple Victorian-era farmhouse and little outbuildings set in Taconic State Park lands on a rural farm road.
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, May 5 2018, from 10am to 4pm
LOCATION:
Garden of Margaret Roach
99 Valley View Road
Copake Falls, NY 12517
Once again, The Crandell Theatre has something for everyone this weekend with Avengers Infinity War opening, and a Sunday matinee of Itzhak.
Once again, The Crandell Theatre has something for everyone this weekend with Avengers Infinity War opening, and a Sunday matinee of Itzhak. Following is some info about the two movies showing over the weekend.
Avengers: The Infinity War
An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
TRAILER:
INFO:
Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, language and some crude references)
Genre: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Written By: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Runtime: 156 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
SHOW TIMES:
Fri 4/27, 7:00pm 2D, 9:45pm 3D
Sat 4/28, 2:00pm 2D, 7:00pm 2D & 9:45pm 3D
Sun 4/29, 2:00pm 2D & 7:00pm 2D
Mon 3/40 thru Thu 5/3, 7:00pm 2D
Itzhak
From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to Brahms, Mozart to…Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman’s violin playing transcends mere performance to evoke the celebrations and struggles of real life; “praying with the violin,” says renowned Tel Aviv violinmaker Amnon Weinstein. Alison Chernick’s enchanting documentary looks beyond the sublime musician to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel, and the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools saw only his disability. Itzhak himself is funny, irreverent and self-deprecating, and here his life story unspools in conversations with masterful musicians, family and friends, and most endearingly his devoted wife of 50 years, Toby. Itzhak and Toby’s lives are dedicated to their large, loving, Jewish family in NYC and their continual support of young musicians. As charming and entrancing as the famous violinist himself, ITZHAK is a portrait of musical virtuosity seamlessly enclosed in warmth, humor, and above all, love.
The Columbia County Historical Society presents an illustrated lecture with Dr. James Mundy, the Vassar Museum Director. The lecture is titled, “What Can You Give Me for Seven Dollars?” ~ Building the Founding Collection of Hudson River School Art at Vassar College.
The Columbia County Historical Society presents an illustrated lecture with Dr. James Mundy, the Vassar Museum Director. The lecture is titled, “What Can You Give Me for Seven Dollars?” ~ Building the Founding Collection of Hudson River School Art at Vassar College.
The Vassar College Collections & Hudson River School Paintings (1825-1875) are the theme of this April lecture sponsored by the Columbia County Historical Society.
Dr. James Mundy is a graduate of Vassar College, returned to campus in 1991 to become the first Anne Hendricks Bass Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. He earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University and has held teaching positions at Northwestern University and Mount Holyoke College. From 1986-91 he was the chief curator at the Milwaukee Art Museum. He has published and organized exhibitions on many diverse topics from Italian Renaissance art to American art and the history of photography,
DATE/TIME:
Saturday, April 28 2018, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm
LOCATION:
Van Buren Hall
6 Chatham Street,
Kinderhook NY 12106
ADMISSION:
Tickets will be available at the door: $15 for CCHS members;
$20 for non-members.
Varla Jean Merman Returns to Club Helsinki with the new show, “Wonder Merman”. The show pays tribute to the inspiring women who have inspired Varla Jean to think about becoming inspirational.
Literary historian, and Kinderhook resident, 
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