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Friday - Thursday, June 26 - July 2, 2015

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FOR THE FAMILY 3 Fun events for kids and parents

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MUSIC AND DANCE ‘A Musical Feast’

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OLANA CONCERT SERIES ‘Live in the Landscape’

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THEATER BARN “Moon Over Buffalo” UPCOMING FUN Celebrating the Fourth WHEN & WHERE Calendar Listings

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ON THE SCREEN Movie review and listings SUMMER FUN Something for everyone

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Photography exhibit entitled ‘Three Generations’

HUDSON — The Kaaterskill Gallery at Columbia-Greene Community College will open a unique photography exhibit entitled “Three Generations,” on view until July 30.

This refreshing collection of photographs was taken by six talented photographers- all linked by the needle and thread of family.

Robert Ricketson Jr. (Bob) instilled a love of photography in his children, Kimberly Jorgensen and Rob Ricketson, who in turn have exposed their own children to the importance of appreciating their environment through art. This exhibit displays their unique styles, yet common artistic eye, for capturing the world around them.

Robert Ricketson has lived in the Mid-Hudson Valley all his life and currently resides in Coxsackie. Bob has exhibited his photography in many solo and group shows throughout the region. Being a member of numerous local camera clubs, he has participated in many photography competitions. Bob will be exploring Vermont’s state parks this summer as a photography intern.

The exhibit also includes work by Kimberly and Heidi Jorgensen of Saugerties, as well as Rob Ricketson, Jen Dudley-Gaillard, and Rosa Ricketson of West Bolton, VT. The Gallery is open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 p.m., but closed on Fridays.

An opening will be held on Thursday, June 25 from 6-8 p.m. in celebration of Bob Ricketson’s 70th birthday with light refreshments.

Free admission.

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Ghent Band announces 116th concert series

After opening its 116th year at parades in Ghent, Chatham and Hudson, the Ghent Band will commence its summer concert series on the road in Copake at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

The music will continue in Ghent in July and in Kinderhook Village in August. Concert goers can expect a mix of marches, show tunes, waltzes and overtures.

The band welcomes Ghent native T.J. Russell to the podium to conduct the band this season.

A music teacher at Taconic Hill High School, he said, “It is truly an honor to be leading the Ghent Band. I’ve grown up with the group and I feel like the band is my family. It’s a privilege to take my place in a long line of Ghent Band conductors and to be a part of the band’s rich history.”

All Ghent and Kinderhook concerts are free of charge.

“If you take a look at the band’s play list from 1925, it’s not too different from today,” noted Band historian Gregg Berninger. “Listening to the Ghent Band is like traveling through time, relaxing just like folks have since 1899.”

In addition to the concerts, fans can see the band at four regional parades: Pittsfield’s Fourth of July, the Columbia County Volunteer Firefighters Association, Columbia County Fair Firefighters (time to be determined) and Greene County Volunteer Firefighters Association.

The band will be performing at the VFW gazebo in Ghent 7:30 p.m.

July 10, 17, 24 and 31 and at the bandstand in the village of Kinderhook 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7, 14, 21 and 28.

WOODSTOCK HOUSE TOUR

WOODSTOCK — Byrdcliffe presents the Seventh Annual Woodstock House Tour on Saturday, June 27, between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m., followed by a benefit cocktail party from 5 to 7 p.m.

This year’s House Tour combines never-before-seen contemporary houses with gorgeous views as well as historic Woodstock homes, updated and revived by the modern Woodstockers who live there now.

These homes often include remarkable collections of art by members of the historic Woodstock Art Colony. White Pines, the home of Ralph and Jane Whitehead built in 1902, will be open for viewing as well. Visitors are free to move at their leisure from home to home.

The House Tour offers an intimate glimpse into the architecture, decorative arts, and tranquil spaces reflecting the uniquely meditative way of life for which Woodstock is famous.

Maps may be picked up at The Byrdcliffe Shop, 36 Tinker Street, Woodstock.

Tickets are $50 for house tour (not-yet member price); $40 for house tour (member price) and $75 to become a member and purchase a house tour ticket.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S SUMMER LECTURE SERIES KICKS OFF

‘America the Beautiful: Women and the Flag

KINDERHOOK— Trudie Grace (PhD), curator of the Putnam County Historical Society and Foundry School Museum will be in Kinderhook on Saturday, June 27th, 2015 as the first guest lecturer for the Columbia County Historical Society’s summer lecture series, Fabric of America: History of Our Flags. At 4:00pm at the McNary Center at St. Paul’s Church (6 Silvester Street in Kinderhook), Grace will present her talk “America the Beautiful: Women and the Flag.”

The vibrantly illustrated lecture examines 19th and 20th century pop culture depictions of women with the American Flag or wearing flag inspired costumes in prints, posters, sheet music covers, postcards, magazines, and advertisements.

In honor of the Columbia County Historical Society’s current textile exhibition on view, the Historical Society has organized a lecture series that celebrates one of the most recognizable textiles in our history – the American Flag.

The lecture is FREE and open to the public. A reception at the 1848 Bye-Low House in Kinderhook will follow the talk. Tickets for the reception are $25 for members and $40 for non-members.

Reservations for the reception are required and can be made by calling 518-758-9265 or by visiting the Columbia County Historical Society’s website www.cchsny.org.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27

RHINEBECK – One of the most performed shows in America, Seussical The Musical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Tony winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once On This Island) have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie, and a child with a big imagination - Jojo.

Dr. Seuss's beloved classic characters find themselves intertwined in an incredible adventure.

The delightful pop score conveys the power of friendship, loyalty, family and community.

The cast includes Douglas Woolever as The Cat in the Hat, Duane Olson as Horton, Morgan McKinley as Gertrude, Ricki-Lynn Berkoski as Mayzie and sharing the role of Jojo is Bridget Donnelly & Jane Langan. Plus an ensemble of fifteen other talented performers who help create the wacky world of Seuss.

The show runs June 26 – July 12. Performances for the show are Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturday June 27 at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m.

There are two special Saturday matinees on July 4 and 11 at 3 p.m. for the special price of $22. Tickets for shows are $27 for adults and $25 for seniors and children. Tickets can be ordered by visiting www.centerforper formingarts.org or by calling the box office at (845) 876-3080. Box office hours are 12 pm - 5 pm Tuesdays through Fridays and 1pm – 5pm on Saturdays.

Mac-Haydn Children’s Theatre summer schedule

Three shows running for three weeks each will make up the schedule for the popular MacHaydn Children’s Theatre this summer.

The classic fairy tale “Sleeping Beauty” opens the children's theatre season, performing June 26, 27 and July 3, 4, 10 and 11.

As the King and Queen celebrate the birth of their daughter with the good fairies Flora, Fauna and Merriweather, the evil witch Maleficent appears and casts a horrible spell. There is hope, however, when the good fairies put their plan into action.

"Sleepy Hollow", a musical based on the Washington Irving tale about schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, lovely Katrina and menacing Brom Bones. Some modern

day youngsters get more haunting than they bargained for when they go trick or treating one special Halloween night and meet the Headless Horseman in this spooky adventure tale! "Sleepy Hollow" will perform July 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 and August 1.

The third show will be "Jack and the Giant", August 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22. A mysterious Giant and some magical beans bring unexpected events to Jack and his mother in this version of the wellknown children's tale.

Mac-Haydn Children's Theatre shows perform on Friday and Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m.

Tickets are $10 for children of all ages. Group discounts available.

Call 518-392-9292 or visit www.machaydntheatre.org for information and reservations.

Free giant papier-mâché head workshop — Create your own giant papiermâché head at the second annual “Big Head Workshop” Saturday, June 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. MarieClaude Giroux of the ThompsonGiroux Gallery will lead this afternoon of hands-on fun and experimentation at the Morris Memorial, 17 Park Row in Chatham. The workshop is free to attend, prior papier-mâché experience is not necessary, there is no need to sign up, but the class will be limited to ten people. All materials will be provided. This is a messy process, so please dress accordingly.

For more information, please contact Cathi Bruneau at 518-269-1057or email events@chathamareabusinessalliance.com.

Children's Summer Reading Kickoff Party — with refreshments - drop in and sign up for events and the SummerReading Club! Saturday, June 27 at the Roeliff Jansen Community Library in Copake, 10:30am to 3pm.

WEDNESDAYS

Music & Creative Movement - 10-11 a.m. Free. From July 8—August 26.

Preschoolers to ages 5+. Join local singer, songwriter, choreographer and dancer Abby Lappen for weekly fun exploring creative arts through music and movement. Parent partici-

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pation is encouraged. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street. 822-1438 or www.hudsonoperahouse.org.

Library, 1 Ely Street, Coxsackie. 7318084 or www.heermancelibrary.org.

Mommy and Me Lap Time Wednesdays at 11 a.m. Parents or caregivers and their children ages birth to two years old are invited to join Amy Thiel for stories, nursery rhymes, fingerplays, and songs. No registration required. Kinderhook Library, 18 Hudson St. 758-6192.

Make It With Legos! 12:30-2:00 p.m.

We also have duplo blocks for little jands and Master Builder Academy Legos for ages 12+only in our teen space. Roeliff Jansen Library, 9091 Route 22, Hillsdale. 518-325-4101 or www.roejanlibrary.org.

THURSDAYS

Pre-K Story Times - We read books, sing songs, do activities and crafts.

There is no age limitation — most of the children that come to story hour vary in age from 2 years old to 5 years old. No registration required.

Kinderhook Library, 18 Hudson Street. 518-758-6192.

THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS

Story Hour - Birth to 5 years, 10:15-11 a.m. for stories, songs, movement and crafts. Roeliff Jansen Library, 9091 Route 22, Hillsdale. 518-3254101 or www.roejanlibrary.org.

FRIDAYS

LEGO Club - 3:30 -4:30 p.m. Come and let your imagination build great things. All the Legos are supplied by the Library, please do not bring your own. No sign-up is required. Open to ages 5 and up. Heermance Memorial

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Reading: TINY TOTS PROGRAM. Free and open to children ages birth to pre-K, along with their caregivers, Tuesdays, 1030-1130AM. Songs, fingerplays and rhymes, books, a simple craft, and free-play time. Come, have fun, and meet neighbors and friends, old and new! Palenville Branch Library, 3335 Route 23A, Palenville, NY. For more info: cplpalenville@mhcable.com http://catskillpubliclibrary.org/ (518) 678-3357.

FASNY Museum of Firefighting Children’s activities include creative play in select fire engines and interactive activities. Hours 10-5 daily, closed major holidays. Admission: adults $7, Children 3 and over $5, children 2 and under-free and family rate (2 adults and their 2 children) $20. 117 Harry Howard Avenue, Hudson. 822-1875 or fasnyfiremuseum.com.

Germantown Library Summer Fun ■ Friday, June 26th • Storytime!

Join us at the Germantown Library for Storytime at 10 a.m. every Friday morning. All ages are welcome! These events are free and open to the public.

■ Tuesday, June 30th • Story Time

Join us at the Germantown Libray at 10 a.m. for a special book reading. We will read the Germ Patrol: Shots for Tots... and Big Kids Too! by Neil Shulman as part of the Columbia County Department of Health, Immunization Outreach program. Vaccine information will be provided to parents and caregivers and there will be a special treat for the kids. This event is free and open to the public.

■ Wednesday, July 8th • Magic Show

At 2 p.m. James Snack will perform My Magical Heroes at Palatine Park. Fun for all ages! This free and public event is to kick off the Germantown Library's Summer Reading Program. For more information, please call 518.537.5800

■ Friday, July 10th • Cupcake Decorating Class

6:00 pm at the Germantown Library, Hover Room. Join instructor Brianna Conte for this delicious tutorial! She will demonstrate several decorating techniques using a piping bag and buttercream icing.

All supplies will be provided. This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited, please call to register. 518.537.5800.

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A Musical Feast for Satyrs, Nymphs and Other Beasts Aston Magna Presents Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Marais, Mozart, Baroque Dance & More

ANNANDALE-ON-THE-HUDSON —The vibrant music of Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Bach, Marais, along with a Baroque dance performance, headline Aston Magna Music Festival’s 2015 season, “A Musical Feast,” now through July 18.

The longest running summer festival of early music brings virtuoso guest artists on stage with the Aston Magna ensemble, playing on period instruments, on four Friday evenings at 8 p.m. at Bard College’s Olin Auditorium. Aston Magna Artistic Director Daniel Stepner, Baroque violin, leads each event and delivers a pre-concert talk one hour before each performance.

Musique et La Danse.” Works by Marais include Sarabande à l’espagnole; Les Voix Humaines; Sonate à la Maresienne; “Dressing and Dancing at the Court of Louis XIV:” La Toilette, Fêtes et Bals, Dancing Lessons, Rituals and Intricacies.

Lully: Dance Interludes, Courantes, Sarabande; Louis de La Coste: Gigue. Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; Daniel Stepner, Baroque violin; Carly Photo courtesy of Courtlyn Hanson, compliments of NY Baroque Dance Co. Fox Horton and Olsi Gjeci, dancers, and Patricia Forelle, narrator.On Carly Fox-Horton July 3, “Wind Power” features “The Magic Flute.” Eric Hoeprich, bassoon; Todd Williams, natural Schubert’s monumental Octet for horn, and Daniel Stepner, Baroque period clarinet; Stephen Hammer, winds and strings; Boccherini violin, and ensemble.

Quintet, and duos from Mozart’s classical oboe; Andrew Schwartz, The season’s final event, “Eternal Seasons,” July 17, offers Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons; J.S. Bach Cantata “Wiederstehe doch der Sünde,” J.S. Bach Concerto in D Minor in a reconstruction as a concerto grosso

by Daniel Stepner; Johann Christoph Bach, Motet “Ach, daß ich Wassers g'nug hätte.” Artists include mezzoPam Tanowitz Dance—whose work was cited as “among 2014’s best” by the New York Times soprano Deborah Rentz-Moore, and, —features the music of Carlos Chávez, Conlon Nancarrow, and David Lang performed live by in the Vivaldi, four solo violinists: the FLUX Quartet “. . . one of the most fearless and important new-music ensembles around.”

Edson Scheid Danielle Maddon, —San Francisco Chronicle Julie Leven, and Daniel Stepner, who leads the Baroque ensemble.

Sosnoff Theater | June 27 at 8 pm and June 28 at 3 pm | Tickets start at $25 On five Thursdays, June 18–July Pre-performance talk June 28 at 2 pm | Meet the artists; post-performance talk June 27 16, the same Aston Magna performances take place at Slosberg Auditorium at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, at 7 p.m.

On Saturdays the Festival moves to Great Barrington, Massachusetts, on June 20 at 3 p.m. at The Daniel Arts Center at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, and on June 27 and July 4 at The Daniel Arts Center at 6 p.m. The July 18 Great Barrington season finale performance takes place at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. For complete schedule information go to astonmagna.org The Aston Magna Music Festival concerts at Bard are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Aston Magna is also supported by the BARDSUMMERSCAPE 2015 Massachusetts Cultural Council; the | 845-758-7900 fishercenter.bard.edu local cultural councils of Waltham, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Egremont-Alford, and Sheffield; and

by Friends of Aston Magna.

For tickets call (888) 492-1283 or go to astonmagna.org. Complete information about subscriptions, venues and discounts can be found at astonmagna.org; for additional questions, email info@astonmagna.org.

This year’s special guests include award-winning violinist Edson Scheid, vocalists Dominique Labelle, Frank Kelley, Deborah Rentz-Moore and William Hite; Eric Hoeprich, period clarinet, Stephen Hammer, classical oboe, Andrew Schwartz, period bassoon; and Todd Williams, natural horn, among others.

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LIVE IN THE LANDSCAPE: With a Grand Piano and Pianist Keely Schmerber

HUDSON — Plan to spend a stunning summer evening at Olana State Historic Site on Saturday, June 27 (*28th rain date) to watch the sun set, the moon rise, the stars twinkle, and all this while you listen to live classical music at our Live in the Landscape Concert Series.

This concert will be performed by the up and coming pianist Keely Schmerber and will take place on the East Lawn starting promptly at 7pm and will last 1.5 hours with an intermission. This concert costs $20 per person or $50 per family (two adults, up to three children under 15). Attendees should plan to pack a cooler and lawn chairs or blankets, and come and spend the evening in this unusual concert hall! The Olana Partnership has secured a grand piano for the lawn and this is a concert venue not to be missed- since it only happens once a year!

A prodigy of classical music, Keely Schmerber, will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy on a magnificent Grand Piano while the audience also enjoys Olana’s architecture and views. "Many of today's young artists are technically accomplished.

What is outstanding about Keely is that she is artistically expressive and technically brilliant," states one of her conservatory teachers.

Keely Schmerber, 18, is a student at the renowned Jacobs School

of Music at Indiana University. A recipient of their prestigious Premier Young Artist Scholarship, Keely is pursuing a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance and is thrilled to be studying with Luba Edlina-Dubinsky. Keely's relationship with Indiana University and Jacobs School of Music began in 2012 when she was awarded the Jacobs School of Music Artistic Merit Scholarship to their International Summer Piano Academy, an honor which she was awarded again in 2013. If you attend this concert, you will be able to say, "I saw her when..." Keely's plans for the near future are to have the most amazing college experience. Her dream is to one day perform George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue with the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood.

Here at Olana we often say, “What would Frederic Church have done?” On this June weekend we answer that question with an evening of entertainment that mirrors the Church’s own evenings at home with family and friends as we celebrate a young woman who was the same age as Church when he arrived at his teacher, Thomas Cole’s house, across the river.

As the school year comes to an end, and summer starts, The Olana Partnership will celebrate the importance of both teachers and

students at this music event. When Keely Schmerber performs she in turn reminds us all to pay attention to the young one’s coming behind – especially those who are steeped in historic study. We have no doubt that old and young will find awe and beauty in this program.

This is the perfect evening for serious music lovers and for those who wish to introduce your family (children or grandchildren) to classical music. This is a concert designed for all ages, as the large lawn and landscape allows for kids to roll around and parents to still hear a magical concert or easily get to the back if they need.

Tickets are available online or at the gate the day of the concert.

There will be a shuttle from the lower parking lots so visitors can drop their things at the top of the hill and then park below.

Remember to bring chairs and blankets, a flashlight, cooler, bug spray and sweaters.

Weather concerns: This concert will be delayed to June 28th for rain only. Please check the website (www.olana.org) at noon the day of the concert if you are concerned about the weather. In the case of other weather variables we might have to move the concert to the Wagon House Education Center fields to create the best listening environment.

Windham Arts Alliance presents Art Fest 2015

WINDHAM — The Windham Arts Alliance's Annual Art Fest, is your opportunity to see the work of more than 20 Windham-area artists, and to chat with them about their work. Some of the artists showing include Annie Christman, who recently completed a very successful show at the Greene County Council on the Arts Gallery; Peter Liman; Naomi Blum; Iris Kaplan; Stuart Friedman; and newcomer Nancy Orr. We will also have a selection of noted photographers displaying their work, including Larry Gambon, noted for his images of wildlife; Francis Driscoll, Nancy DeFlon and Bill Deane, landscape photographers; and Tom Sardo, whose work is a wonderful cross between paintings and photography.

Additional talented artists include Emily

Weiss, Elaine Warfield, Laurie Hornick, and Olivia Lago-Pedrick. We will also have Christine Wade, a noted author available to talk about her latest book.

WAA anticipates other artists will join Art Fest as we get closer to the event.

There will be an opportunity to buy chances to win art donated by each artist, with the winners drawn at the end of the event. Several pieces will be identified for a special drawing as well. You need not be present to win This event will be held on Saturday, July 4 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Christman's Windham House, 5742 Route 23, Windham For more information call518 944 4843 or email anniechristman5@gmail.com

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CELEBRATE FOURTH OF JULY WITH A BANG FROM THE OMNY TAIKO DRUMMERS

TANNERSVILLE, NY – The Catskill Mountain Foundation (CMF) welcomes the powerful vibrations of Grammy Award Winner Koji Nakamura and OMNY Taiko's traditional Japanese taiko drumming to the Orpheum Film & Performing Arts Center on the Fourth of July for an evening of precision drumming and tightly choreographed moves.

Beyond just music, Taiko is a theatrical and visual art with a dynamic synergy of dance and kata, a form found in martial arts. It has been said that the sound of a Taiko drum is powerful enough to cleanse the spirit along with its surroundings.

OMNY, which stands for “One Miracle in New York,” was formed seven years ago as a part of Shumei’s art and beauty initiatives to engage youth in New York City.

For the past three years, the Taiko drummers, led by Taiko Master Koji Nakamura, has held a residency at CMF’s Sugar Maples Center for the Performing Arts in Maplecrest. At the end of the each year’s residency, the organization conducts a concerts at the Catskill Mountain Foundation for the community.

This is a community event is Saturday, July 4, 2015, 6:00 PM, Orpheum Film & Performing Arts Center, 6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville and tickets are free to the public. Proceed to 'Buy Tickets' on the CMF website to reserve your tickets in advance.

For more information on the Catskill Mountain Foundation and its upcoming events, please visit: http://www.catskillmtn.org/.

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CAMP INVENTION

Theater Barn opens its 2015 season with

Coming to Coxsackie Elementary

‘Moon Over Buffalo’

COXSACKIE — Camp Invention, the nation’s premier summer enrichment day camp program that is supported by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF), is coming to Coxsackie Elementary the week of July 6, 2015.

The weeklong day camp for students entering grades one through six fosters innovation and creativity while also building self-esteem, teamwork, persistence and goal-setting skills.

Selection of the right summer camp for children can be intimidating and overwhelming as the options continue to grow and become more niche. Camp Invention not only encourages inventive young minds through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in a fun and creative atmosphere, it also incorporates outdoor activities as part of its curriculum.

Camp Invention students experience winning, success and victory, along with an adrenaline rush that comes with competition among students and successful completion of challenging projects. Camp Invention provides a great opportunity for inventive young minds to exercise their creativity and use their imagination in ways they don’t normally get to — through real-world problem-solving challenges, they build things, take things apart, explore different types of technology and so much more. Many times, the students are having so much fun, they don’t even realize they are learning and developing new skills.

"We are thrilled to be offering Camp Invention to students in our community and developing skills that ensure bright futures for our participants," said Nancy Lenihan, Camp Invention Director in Sumner, Washington and Highly Capable Classroom Teacher. "We are molding inventors, innovators and entrepreneurs and instilling creative problem-solving, which sets this camp apart from the rest."

This year’s Camp Invention curriculum is called Illuminate™ and was inspired by some of our nation’s most brilliant minds including experienced educators, Inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and members of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Illuminate™ will encourage children to explore their inventiveness in the Design Studio: Illuminate module, investigating circuits and taking on a nature-inspired design challenge. As they dream, build and make discoveries, children will have a chance to build a prototype from scratch and explore math from a new angle when they create origami flight models during team-building exercises.

Local programs are facilitated and taught by educators who reside and teach in the community. Camp Invention serves more than 87,000 students every year through more than 1,300 camps across the nation. For additional information, or to find the nearest location for registration, visit www.campinvention.org.

About Camp Invention Camp Invention is the only nationally recognized summer program focused on creativity, innovation, real-world problem solving and the spirit of invention. Through hands-on programming, Camp Invention encourages children in grades 1-6 to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics curriculum inspired by some the world’s great inventors. Camp Invention, the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the Collegiate Inventors Competition serve as the authority on inspiring invention and compose Invent Now. This nationwide organization is committed to the curious minds and innovative spirits of the past, present and future. Since 1990, our education programs have served over 1 MILLION children and 125,000 teachers and Leadership Interns.

The Theater Barn is pleased to announce that their 32nd Anniversary Season opens on Friday, June 26, at 8 p.m.

Following the show the audience is invited to stay for a complementary wine and cheese reception with the cast of the comedy “Moon Over Buffalo” to kick off the exciting season. As always, 2015 will feature two area premieres, lots of laughs, great music and an Agatha Christie mystery.

“Moon Over Buffalo,” June 26 to July 5, centers on George and Charlotte, fading stars of the 1950’s. They hear they may have one last shot at stardom since Frank Capra is coming to their matinee and he could be their ticket to fame and fortune.

Unfortunately, everything that Contributed photo could go wrong does go wrong in this laugh a minute comedy, From left are Alyssa Chase, Joan Coombs and Noah Mefford in “Moon Over Buffalo” written by the master of the at The Theater Barn in New Lebanon through July 5. modern farce Ken Ludwig.

The Kinderhook Memorial Library July 2015 events for Children

✷ PAJAMA STORYTIME Tuesday, July 7 at 7PM Put on your jammies, grab a teddy bear, and join Miss Beth as we read stories, sing songs and shake our sillies out before it's time to go to bed. ✷ SCIENCETELLERS Wednesday, July 8 at 1:30PM This summer, come along with us on an epic, laughter-filled journey that proves ‘super’ heroes really DO exist! Throughout the tale, volunteers from the audience help conduct exciting experiments that make the characters’ super powers and heroic deeds come to life! See how science can make the ordinary… extraordinary! ✷ MOJO THE WONDERFUL CROW Thursday, July 9 at 1:30PM Crows are one of the smartest animals on the planet and Mojo is no exception! Join him and his handler, Beth Bidwell, for an informative and entertaining presentation on the world of crows and, if we’re

lucky,Mojo just may say “hello!” to us! Ages 5+. Registration is required.

✷ MUSIC AND MOVEMENT WITH BETH AND JODIE Friday, July 10, 24, 31 and August 7 at 10AM. Music and Movement classes are back again for four funfilled mornings at the Stuyvesant Town Hall! This highly successful series gives parents and caregivers the chance to dance, sing, play instruments and generally have fun with their young child. Participants sign up for all four sessions and space is limited to 20 children.

Designed for kids ages 3-6. The classes will be led by Kinderhook Children’s Librarian Beth Puskas, and Ichabod Crane Primary School Music Teacher Jodie Jacque. For more information, please call the library at 758-6192. ✷ STEM DISCOVERY: SUPER SQUISHY BALL Tuesday, July 14 at 2:30PM Learn how to make your own

Superhero Squishy Ball! These super-easy crafts will last for ages and provide tons of fun using easy to find materials! STEM Discoveries are for children from 10-15 years of age and pre-registration is required

✷ ANIMAL EMBASSY: HEROES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM Thursday July 16 at 6:30PM This event will take place at the Kinderhook Town Hall in Valatie (the former Martin H. Glynn Elementary School Gymnasium).

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes and during Animal Embassy you will see first-hand just how heroic animals can be! You may get a chance to meet a Solomon Islands Monkey-tailed skink, a Red-foot or Sulcata tortoise, Green Tree or Redeyed Tree frogs, an African bullfrog, a Bull snake, Chinchillas, a Chilean Rose Hair tarantula and perhaps an Eclectus parrot. The Kinderhook Town Hall is located at 3211 Church St. in Valatie.

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The Wiyos Bring Old-Timey Music to Helsinki Hudson

HUDSON, — Old-timey trio the Wiyos bring their original blend of music inspired by the early American musical idioms of the 1920s and '30s, including blues, country, ragtime, gospel, and swing, to Club Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, July 2, at 8 p.m.

The Wiyos are Michael Farkas, Teddy Weber, and "Sauerkraut" Seth Travins.

Beloved for their unique blend of early swing jazz, rural folk, old-time blues and Appalachian music, the Hudson Valley-based trio the Wiyos are an intercontinental sensation, having warmed up U.S. audiences on a full 28-day summer tour for Bob Dylan in 2009 and having been featured in the BBC TV programs "Folk America - Hollerers, Stompers and Old-Time Ramblers" and "No Sleep 'Til Yell."

Gleefully subverting genre distinctions, their music comes from a time before commercial formatting separated blues from country, ragtime from gospel, and swing from hillbilly. Their sound is reminiscent of days gone by, when live bands could be heard both on the radio and at community dances, juke joints, and house parties.

For reservations in The Restaurant or in the club call 518.828.4800. For the most up-to-date concert information, visitwww.helsinkihudson.com.

BeLo 3rd Art Gallery stroll

On Saturday, June 27 the galleries of the BeLo 3rd organization of Hudson will host an evening Art Gallery stroll, from 5 to 7 p.m. Diverse exhibitions, ranging from painting, photography, video, sculpture, drawing and unique art jewelry will be featured.

Visit Hudson, and enjoy a wonderful evening full of visual delights, from local, national and international artists. Take advantage of the wonderful and diverse restaurants, tea shop, chocolate bar and wine bar as well.

Events/exhibitions and images on display:

• J. Damiani Gallery - 237 Warren • Geoffrey Good – 238 Warren • Rose Gallery Fine Art – 238A Warren • Alfred Hennen McAdams 1914 – 2008, A Retrospective • FRG Objects and Design/Art – 217 Warren • Vault– work by Sean-Paul

Pluguez • CCCA Gallery, 209 Warren • Group Show: Bodyworks – Cars, Trucks, Bikes and Tatoos • Jeff Bailey Gallery, 127 Warren • Amy Pleasant: Blink and Sculpture in the Garden: James Middlebrook • BCB ART, 116 Warren "Vibrant Space" new paintings

by Rodney Alan Greenblat • Davis Orton Gallery – 114 Warren (also Artists’ Reception) • Keith Johnson and Ruth Wetzel with portfolios

by Steffen Kloster Poulsen & Peter Stern • Limner Gallery – 123 Warren • Three one person shows: Jim Garmhausen, Terry Tapp and Axelle Kieffer, • Chamber of Commerce Gallery – 1 North Front St. Paintings by Gail Giles

For further information contact Bruce Bergmannat 518-8284539 or www.bcbart.com.

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Old-Fashioned July 4th Festival at Clermont

GERMANTOWN —The sounds, tastes, and smells of the Colonial era will converge at Clermont State Historic Site in Germantown this July 4 during its Old-Fashioned Independence Day Festival.

From 2 to 10 p.m., the site will host a lively, family-friendly festival. First, from 2 to 6 p.m., the focus will be on hands-on experiences with daily life of the 18th century. Visitors will be able to sample all kinds of activities, from grueling laundry to polite tea parties, drilling and firing demonstrations by Revolutionary War reenactors, as well as a chance to meet George Washington on his horse! Afterward, from 7 to 10 p.m., the grounds will be rockin’ with oldies hits, as played

by The Greyhounds, until the evening is capped off with a beautiful view of the Saugerties fireworks over the Hudson River. Hot food will be available for sale from the Germantown Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sweet Central Express, and Enjoy-a-Ball (serving meatballs of all kinds, including gluten free and vegan). Free hayrides are available from 2 to 4 p.m. It’s a full day of activities for only $10 per vehicle. Visit Clermont State Historic Site’s Facebook page for a complete schedule of activities.

In honor of Clermont’s important Revolutionary War history, Clermont staff and volunteers will be dressed in historic costume while they demonstrate the skills and chores of 18th century life. The mansion will be open for free selfguided tours, from 2 to 6 p.m. Children’s contests

start at 4:45 and will include a threelegged race, cherry pit spitting, and Grinning for Cheese. Live period music will be in the air throughout the afternoon, with performances by story teller and musician Tom Hanford and period music by Salmagundi Consort.

When evening arrives, Clermont’s grounds will be alive with classic rock and oldies by The Greyhounds as guests spread out their picnic blanket to await a view of the Saugerties fireworks after sunset. With ice cream, kettle corn, and dinner on hand, plenty of room to run, and easy-out parking, this is a great venue for families to see the fireworks show. Music begins at 7 p.m. The site will close its gates when parking is full, so the public is encouraged to come early to ensure access to a spot.

This event is made possible in part by generous donations from Stewart’s Shops of New York and the Natural Heritage Trust.

For more information, please call Kjirsten at (518) 537-4240.

Clermont State Historic Site is located at 1 Clermont Avenue in Germantown, off Route 9G. The Historic Site features the mansion, formal gardens, scenic Hudson River views and miles of hiking trails. The Friends of Clermont is a private, non-profit educational corporation, founded in 1977 to support and supplement the museum education and historic preservation programs at Clermont State Historic Site. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973, Clermont is one of six historic sites and 15 parks administered

by New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation in the Taconic Region. For more information please visit our website at www.nysparks.com or like us on Facebook.

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On Saturday, June 27th, 2015Galleries of the BeLo 3rd organization, of Hudson , New York – will host an evening Art Gallery stroll, from 5-7 pm.

"Microcosm" Group Exhibition.

Through July 25. Opening Reception, Saturday June 20, 5-7 p.m., GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main Street, Catskill.. Gallery Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 12 to 5 p.m. Free. www.greenearts.org or 518-9433400.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

Diverse exhibitions- ranging from Painting, Photography, Video, Sculpture, Drawing and unique Art Jewelry will be featured. Visit Hudson, and enjoy a wonderful evening full of visual delights, from local, national and international artists.

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Side By Side: Shaker and Modern Design - Gallery Talk Shaker Museum | Mt. Lebanon Monday, July 6 ? 2p.m.

Wash House ? Adults ? $10, free for Museum Members

EXHIBITS

Museum president David Stocks discusses “Side By Side: Shaker and Modern Design,” an exhibition of Shaker objects from the Museum’s collections alongside the work of diverse mid-century and contemporary designers and furniture-makers, on display through October 12.

The Joyce Goldstein Gallery — will host the opening of “XX: Rwanda/ Bosnia After Twenty Years,” a series of portrait pairings by Sasha Sicurella, Saturday, June 27 from 4 to 6 pm. The exhibition runs through July 25.

THROUGH JULY 5

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

JULY 4–SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (Portrait of the Artist's Mother) (1871)

by James McNeill Whistler is one of the most renowned works of art by an American artist. Better known as Whistler’s Mother, the painting is considered by many to be the most important American painting not on American soil. This summer the Clark Art Institute presents the painting as the centerpiece of an exhibition that explores the image’s role in popular culture. The Clark is one of only two American venues featuring the painting this year, and is the only east coast museum to show the iconic painting.Whistler’s Mother: Grey, Black, and White

JULY 2 & 3

11th Annual Pethick Archaeological Site Open House — Presented by NYS Museum and University at Albany, SUNY, Department of Anthropology Thursday, July 2 and Friday, July 3 ? 11 a.m.–2 p.mOff-site Families Free The Pethick Site is a multicomponent Native American site along the Schoharie Creek. Visitors meet and tour the dig site and active excavation units done by university students. Artifacts will be on display and State Archaeologist Dr. Christina Rieth of the State Museum and Dr. Sean Rafferty of the University at Albany will discuss New York State archaeology. The site is fairly easily accessed (in a farm field). For safety reasons, guests will not be allowed to excavate.For directions or questions, please contact Public Programs at (518) 474-0575 or email Nicole.LaFountain@nysed.gov.

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The Shaker Museum | Mt. Lebanon is located at 202 Shaker Road, New Lebanon, NY 12125. Visit www.shakerml.org for more information.

James Autery Solo Photography Exhibition –Information at hudsonoperahouse.org or 822-1438. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren Street.

Amy Pleasant: Blink – An exhibition of new paintings, drawings and sculpture. Pleasant’s new work focuses on the body’s shape and contours.

Silhouetted forms evoke everyday motions and gestures. Jeff Bailey Gallery, 127 Warren Street.baileygallery.com or 828-6680.

Vibrant Space: New Work by Musho Rodney Alan Greenblat.The artist says, “The works in Vibrant Space are a departure from the full representation works in my previous 2013 show…at BCB ART. I’ve let go of the background landscape replacing it with a wide open color field. The wide open color fields are playgrounds and stage sets populated by semi-abstract beings and processes that interact with each other in various ways. here is plenty of space for all.” Gallery artists also exhibited.

Information at 828-4539 or BCBART.com. BCBART, 116 Warren Street.

Simultaneous Exhibition Openings in Retrospective’s two galleries – Paintings by Jeremy DePrez, Jonathan Lasker’s paintings and studies from the 1980s-2012, and Zachary Leener’s abstract ceramic sculptures. 711 Warren Street. Two recent paintings and drawings by Copenhagen-based artist Ta R – 727 Warren Street. Information at 518828-2288 or retrospectivegallery.com.

J. DAMIANI GALLERY OPENS “got walls?”

The J. Damiani Gallery at 237 Warren Street in Hudson ushers in the summer season with a new exhibition opening Saturday, June 27th at 4 pm. The show titled “got walls?” features iconic images of two of artist, Joan Damiani’s favorite subjects—eclectic Hudson and surrounding area and classic Italy. Damiani has created many notable works for past shows—“Hudson Light and Electric,” “The Barns of Columbia County “and “The Fugary”—that capture the unique architecture and quirky personality of the area. She is also noted for her keen eye and interpretations of quintessential Italian people and places. “got walls?”, a series of new photographs, reexamines with a fresh attitude, the archetypal scenic beauty of Tuscany and the diversity and rural beauty of the Hudson area.

“When I see an image that I find compelling it’s like a dream, one that can be tweaked and revisited over and over again before it goes to canvas. “ The “got walls?” opening is one of several happening during the BeLo3rd gallery collective’s art stroll. Ten galleries on Warren Street from 3rd down to Front Street will be open from 5-7 pm on June 27th. For more information, visit jdamianigallery.com or belo3rd.com

THROUGH JULY 6

Three local illustrators - Elwood Smith, Kieth Bendis and David Goldin, will show their work at Roeliff Jansen Community Library, 9091 Rt. 22, Hillsdale. 518-325-4101, or www.roejanlibrary.org.

THROUGH JULY 9-12

The Olana Partnership and CCCA announce the Fourth Annual “En Plein Air Paint-Out, Exhibit & Auction” at Olana Historic Site, Route 9G, Hudson, NY

Thursday, July 9th: — Spend the day enjoying the beautiful grounds of Olana Historic Site, the home of Frederic Edwin Church, one of the major figures in the Hudson River School of landscape painting. Thirty

of the country's finest artists will be painting 'en plein air' (outdoors) beginning this day. Visitors have the opportunity to watch them as they create original works of art from the amazing views surrounding them.

Friday, July 10th: — Painting continues! Artist may be viewed painting on site throughout the day (7am dusk)

Saturday, July 11th: — Third and final day of painting! Artists will deliver their 'wet canvases' to the Wagon House Education Center by 12:00 pm where artwork will be installed for event guests to view during a special cocktail hour followed by a live auction beginning at 5:00 pm.

Sunday, July 12th: — Artist Tent Sale!

A selection of participating artists

Columbia-Greene Media will offer additional works for sale under the tent near the Wagon House Education Center from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Come and see more of the amazing work they create and have the opportunity to purchase additional works of art from your favorite artists. FREE and open to the public.

For more information visit: http://www.cccaartswalk.com/olana -plein-air-2015 For more information on the Tent Sale:

http://www.olana.org/calendar/creating-landscapes-within-the-landscape-plein-air-tent-sale/

THROUGH JULY 12

Earth Sky Dream – A group exhibition featuring Linda Newman Boughton, Chris Freeman, Bruce Murphy, Vincent Vella, Laura Von Rosk, and Jane Bloodgood-AbramsInformation at carriehaddadgallery.com or 8281915.

THROUGH JULY 26

“Taking Root: Caniskek and the Meeting of Two Worlds”, curated by Carrie Feder, employs an unexpected and interdisciplinary approach to the subject matter of the 350th anniversary of the transfer of lands from the native Mohicans and Dutch newcomers. Juxtaposing historical artifacts with contemporary art, the exhibit tells the tale of colliding worlds and will run through July 26th with gallery hours on Fridays: 4 -7 pm, Saturdays: 2 -7 pm and Sundays: 1 4 pm or by appointment: call 518 421-3443, www.athensculturalcenter.org .

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 26

El Anatsui: Five Decades – Five Decades is a comprehensive survey spanning the last forty years of Anatsui’s celebrated career, from compositions in painting, wood and clay, to the magnificent metal works for which he is renowned. The exhibition celebrates the first anniversary of The School. Information at jackshainman. com or 758-1628 .

Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Jack Shainman Gallery/The School, 25 Broad Street, Kinderhook.

THROUGH NOVEMBER 1

“River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home”- The 2015 exhibition is presented in partnership with the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, featuring contemporary art installed directly into the historic spaces and landscapes of the two historic sites.

Olana State Historic Site, 5720 Route 9G, Hudson. For the first time ever, the two sites are allowing self-guided touring, as part of their regular schedules for this exhibition.

DANCE

SUNDAY, JUNE 20 Lar Lubovitch Dance Company at

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On The Scene Kaatsbaan - 7:30 p.m. The evening’s program will include three works: The Black Rose (2014), Transparent Things (2012) and Coltrane’s Favorite Things (2010). The Black Rose was inspired by ancient legends and folk tales predating the written word, which, centuries later, were transformed into what became known as fairy tales.Adults - $30, Children and Student Rush (at the door with ID) - $10. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, 120 Broadway, Tivoli, 845-757-5106 www.kaatsbaan.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 28

Pam Tanowitz Dance & FLUX Quartet - A choreographer of growing national renown, Pam Tanowitz blends classical ballet steps and postmodern movement to create captivating and highly original dances. This SummerScape debut program includes Heaven on One’s Head, a virtuosic work for nine dancers set to the string quartets of Carlos Chavéz contemporary Conlon Nancarrow, performed live by the FLUX Quartet.

Tickets: $25 & up. Sat., June 27, 8 p.m.; Sun., June 28, 3 p.m. Richard B. Fisher Center for Performing Arts at Bard College, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson. 845-758.7900 or www.fishercenter.bard.edu.

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MONDAYS

Argentine Tango classes with Ellen Chrystal. 6 p.m. for beginners; 7 p.m. for intermediate. Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation, 403 Warren St., Hudson. $12. 537-2589 or echrystal@gmail. com.

MUSIC

FRIDAY, JUNE 26 - JULY 31

Club Helsinki Hudson: Voodoo Orchestra North, 9 p.m. June 26; Wiyos, 8 p.m. July 2; Wilber Forest/Lorkin O’Reilly, 8 p.m. July 0; Alejandro Escovedo and his band the Sensitive Boys, 9 p.m. July 10; Eilen Jewell, 9 p.m. July 11; Joe Pug, 8 p.m. July 13; The Brothers Comatose, 8 p.m. July 16; Iris DeMent, 8 p.m. July 19; Bettye LaVette, 9 p.m. July 24; JP Harris & The Tough Choices, 9 p.m. July 31;

SATURDAY, JUNE 27

ChurchLIVE: — Created by musician Rory Block and held at the old Methodist Church, 8 Church Lane, Chatham Center. June 27, Music Is My Everything — youth choir from Jackson, Mississippi, 7:30 p.m.; June 28, July 26 and Aug. 30 Live in the Landscape Concert Series: — Keely Schmerber - 7-9 p.m.

Eighteen-year-old Keely Schmerber is the recipient of the prestigious Premiere Young Artist Scholarship at the renowned Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. A prodigy of classical music, Keely will perform works by Bach, Beethoven,

Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy on a magnificent Steinway Grand Piano while the audience also enjoys the architecture and views. Tickets: $20; $50/family (2 adults, up to 3 children under 12). Olana, East Lawn, 5720 Route 9G, Hudson. www.olana.org

THEATER

Mac-Haydn Theatre: 2015 season — “Rent,” June 18-28; “Hairspray,” July 2-19; “West Side Story,” July 23-Aug. 9; “The Producers,” Aug. 1323; “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Aug. 27-Sept. 6; MHT II’s “Xanadu,” Sept. 11-20. Performances: 2 and 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m.

Sunday, with an additional 2 p.m.

Wednesday show the second week.

The MHT II: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept.

1. Fully air conditioned. Tickets: $34 and $33 evenings, $31 matinees and $14 under age 12 with an adult.

Group/senior discounts available (Mastercard and Visa welcome; no cancellations or refunds). To order tickets, call (518) 392-9292 or online at www.machaydntheatre.org.

For MHT news, visit the website or on Facebook or join the email list.

Theater Barn: 2015 summer/fall — “Moon Over Buffalo,” June 26-July 5; Agatha Christie’s “A Murder is Announced,” July 9-26; “jon & jen,” July 30-Aug. 9; “The Fantasticks,” Aug. 13-23; “Evita,” Aug. 27-Sept. 6; “God of Carnage,” Sept. 11-20.

Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25 evening, $23 matinee. For information and reservations, call 518-7948989 or visit www.theaterbarn.com.

June 26-Aug. 23: “Henry V” in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre — at Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. Tickets available online at www.shakespeare.org or by calling the box office at 413-6373353.

JUNE 20

A Midsummer Night's Dream Saturday – June 20 – starts at 7pm — Maverick Concert Hall, 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock Actors & Writers will present a celebratory reading of William Shakespeare's ageless comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream at Woodstock's glorious Maverick Concert Hall. Directed by Nina Shengold, the reading will feature an all-star cast of company members and visiting local royalty. "We're celebrating the Maverick's 100th anniversary, Actors & Writers' 25th, and the actual eve of the summer solstice," Shengold says. "What could be more magical?" Admission is by donation--$10 suggested; any amount gratefully accepted--and seating is first-come, first-served.

For more information and driving directions to the Maverick Concert Hall, 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock NY, visit http://www.maverickconcerts.org/;

The Roeliff-Jansen Library Presents

Songwriter Jim Wann

COPAKE — The Roeliff-Jansen Community Library will present composer, actor, and singer Jim Wann on Saturday June 27 at 5 p.m. He will perform a selection of his own tunes.

Jim Wann, songwriter and leading man for Broadway’s Pump Boys and Dinettes, is a composerlyricist-performer whose work consistently reflects the Southern folk music he heard, sang, and played growing up in the South: songs that told stories. A Morehead Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill, he graduated with Honors in Writing in 1970 and formed a music club with friends, Cat’s Cradle (still going strong). His interest in telling stories with music and theater led him to New York City, where he met his wife, Patricia Miller, and they have called Columbia County home since 1996.

Off-Broadway musical successes include Diamond Studs:The Life Of Jesse James, A Saloon Musical (1975); King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running: Songs And Stories of the Carolina Coast (1995); and The People Vs. Mona: A Musical Mystery Screwball Comedy (2007), co-authored by Patricia.

His shows are published and licensed by Samuel French, Inc., and in the case of Pump Boys and Dinettes—a pioneering work for actor-musicians set in a gas station and diner—produced across the country and around the world. In July of 2014, the New York Times’ Charles Isherwood, reviewing the Encores! Presentation at City Center, said “Pump Boys and Dinettes hums along like a vintage Mustang with a fresh tune-up”. In

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Jim Wann, songwriter and Broadway leading man, to perform at Roe Jan Library“

the 1980’s, Pump Boys was a Tony, Olivier, and Drama Desk nominee for Best Musical, won Canada’s Dora Award for Best Musical, and became the long-estrunning musical in Chicago theater history.

His new recording, Jim Wann & Friends: Blue Heaven, celebrates his Chapel Hill and Cat’s Cradle roots with all-new original songs in the kinds of folk styles that have always appealed to him. They are set in the South, the Hudson Valley, the court of Old King Cole—the characters include a beer-drinking cat, a sleeping giant, an opera-loving hillbilly—not to mention Old King Cole’s remarkable dog. Jim is very pleased to bring “Story Songs” to the Roe Jan Library!

Roeliff Jansen Community Library, which is chartered to serve Ancram, Copake and Hillsdale, is located at 9091 Rt. 22 in Hillsdale, approximately onehalf mile south of the light at the intersection of Rts. 22 and 23. For information on hours, events, call 518-325-4101, or visit the library’s website at www.roejanlibrary.org

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“Rent” - Timely, touching and sensitive, a modern day “La Boheme” set in Greenwich Village and filled with Bohemian and slightly bizarre characters, each with a problem that the others help resolve. Tickets: $31$34; $14, children under 12. June 18-21 & 24-28, see website for schedule: http://machaydntheatre.org. 518393-9393; MacHaydn Theatre, 1925

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JUNE 24-28

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‘East of Eden’ at Valatie Community Theatre June 26 - July 2, 2015

“East of Eden”, an acoustic group featuring Mark and Barbara Calkins, will be bringing their signature blend of reimagined songs and originals to Valatie Community Theatre in a benefit concert this Saturday, June 20, at 8 p.m.Koji Many of you may Grammy Award-winning Taiko Master, Nakamura will know perMark from his days as leader and lead singer for The Providers. form two free concerts on the mountaintop on Saturday July 4 and Tickets are5.just $5, with all proceeds going to the benefit of the Sunday July theater.

Theperformance Valatie Community owned by the VillageFilm of Saturday’s at 6 p.m.Theatre, will be held at the Orpheum Valatie andArts run Center, by a non-profit corporation, is located at 3031 & Performing 6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville On Sunday, theValatie. performance will beinformation, at 2 p.m. at call the Windham Main Street in For further 518-758- Civic Center, 1309.5379 State Route 23, Windham

Omny Taiko presents two free concerts

This performance is sponsored by the Windham Foundation.

Taiko drumming is a spiritual art. The sound of the taiko drum is as pure and as fundamental as the heartbeat and therefore has the power to cleanse ourselves and our surroundings. Percussion instruments are often the first to be adopted by a culture, it is thought that taiko drumming may go as far back as 2,000 years!

Both performances are free and open to the public.

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‘SAN ANDREAS’ Starring Dwayne Johnson, Alexandra Daddario, Carla Gugino and Paul Giamatti.

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Big, bloated, bro-fest-ic movie picks up where TV series left off

Based on the 2005-2011 HBO TV series about a young actor and his posse of best friends in Hollywood, this feature-film treatment is targeted primarily—and blatantly—to the same kind of hedonistic horn dogs who make up the movie’s base of bro-main characters.

Tinseltown satire, super-rich success fantasy and chauvinistic sex comedy rolled into one, the Entourage movie takes up where the TV series left off—and doesn’t go much anywhere else. A-list movie stud Vince (Adrian Grenier), newly freed from a nine-day whirlwind marriage, is ready to return to work and now wants to direct as well as act. As usual, his longtime nitwit buddies are all-aboard: Eric, his manager and best friend from childhood (Kevin Connolly); Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon), his dim-bulb, struggling-actor halfbrother; and Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), his driver turned tequila mogul.

High-strung agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), now running a movie studio, green-lights Vince’s film, a ridiculous, futuristic twist on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which quickly balloons over its $100 budget. The movie’s investor, a rich Texas oilman (Billy Bob Thornton), sends his starstruck son (Hailey Joel Osment) to ride shotgun over the troubled production.

The pencil-thin plot: Will Vince and his crew cash in once again, or will Hollywood finally break the bros?

The Entourage TV show was loosely based, at least originally, on the some of the experiences of actor Mark Wahlberg, who served as executive producer and is now one

of the producers of the movie (and has a cameo, with his own tagalong “entourage”).

If you liked Entourage and its freewheeling, high-living characters on TV, you may think they’re even cooler enlarged to cinema-size.

Otherwise, you might wonder what anyone ever saw in this pack of boors, mooches, rakes and cads with so few discernable, redeemable skills, talents or virtues or values.

The movie’s attempt at addressing something “deeper”—as Eric confronts his paternity with his pregnant ex-girlfriend (Emmanuelle Chriqui), or Ari seeks peace through spirituality—seems pathetically out of sync with its true, crude flow.

To add to the movie’s sense of disorientation from the world in which most people live, an almost endless parade of real actors, sports figures and other personalities breeze through, blurring the lines by interacting with the fictional characters. There’s a lecherous Bob

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PS21 Kicks Off 2015 Season With Tenth Annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert

Rhinebeck, New York Betsy Jacaruso Gallery Guest Artist: KARI FEUER July 3-31 2015 Opening July 18, 5-7 on Rhinebeck’s 3rd Saturday Arts Walk No Admittance Fee Hours: Thurs-Sat 11-5, Sun 11-4 and by appointment or chance The Courtyard, 43 East Market St., Rhinebeck, NY 845.516.4435 • www.bestyjacarusoartist.com

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Stageworks/Hudson presents ‘Unitard - House of Tards’

Stageworks/Hudson will present “Unitard - House of Tards” on Saturday, June 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by phone at 518-822-9667 or online at www.stageworkshudson.org.

The acclaimed comedy trio Unitard — the combined talents of Mike Albo (former New York Times columnist and author of The Underminer as well as established solo performer), Nora Burns (of the comedy group The Nellie Olesons), and David Ilku (member of the Dueling Bankheads) — will return to Hudson, with their acclaimed show “House of Tards,” on June 27.

“House of Tards” is directed by Paul Dobie, assistant director on Broadway productions, including “Cabaret”, “Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me,” “Glengarry Glen Ross”, “Wicked”, “Thoroughly Modern Millie”.

“Unitard” is a wildly twisted, outspoken, fabulous, tested, ready now, comedy group from NYC. For over 15 years, they have performed from coast to coast and points in between as well as Canada. Collectively and individually they have performed in venues and festivals across the US including: We're Funny That Way: Toronto, Aspen Comedy festival, Toyota Comedy Festival, Joe’s Pub: NYC, HBO Workspace: LA, PS122: NYC, Highways: LA, SF Sketchfest: San Francisco, Andy Warhol Museum: Pittsburgh, Theater Offensive: Boston, Oberon: Harvard Square Cambridge, The Maui Cultural Center, as well as Portland OR, Seattle WA, Provincetown MA and Columbus OH. Some of their work has been featured on, CNN, Bravo, VH1, Logo TV, and Comedy Central. www.unitardcomedy.com. For tickets, contact Stageworks at 518-822-9667 or www.stageworkshudson.org.

CHATHAM, NY — PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century presents the Tenth Annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert on Sunday, June 28 at 2:00pm. This year’s all-Bach program features The Broad Street Chorale and Orchestra directed by David Smith, performing works of Johann Sebastian Bach for chorus, orchestra, and both vocal and instrumental soloists. PS21 is located at 2980 Route 66, just one mile north of the village of Chatham. A Gala Opening Reception for the Festival will follow the performance.

The program for this tenthanniversary concert will include: the motet “Lobet, den Herrn” Cantata 150 “Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich” Cantata 72 “Alles nur nach Gottes willen” the Concerto for Violin and oboe in c minor the Concerto for Keyboard in d

minor (from Cantatas 35 and 156) “We kick off each new season at PS21 with a big Bach program,” explained Susan Davies, Administration Director at PS21.

“In the past we’ve hosted the Berkshire Bach Ensemble, Hudson Valley Choral Society, Andrew Appel and the Four Nations Ensemble, cellist Yehuda Hanani, violinist Eugene Drucker, and others. This year we are excited to be working with The Broad Street Chorale and Orchestra and David Smith.”

Vocal soloists will include Amanda Boyd-Grout, soprano; Vicki Smith, mezzo soprano; Derek Stannard, tenor; and Michael Hofmann, bass.

Instrumental soloists will include Jessica Belflower, Mitsuko Suzuki and Kathryn Aldous, violins; Karen Hosmer, oboe; Cornelia McGiver, bassoon; and David Smith, organ.

This is the second major collaboration between PS21 and

CITV (Concerts in the Village).

“Last year I learned that Concerts in the Village would be performing Dido and Aneas in concert form in Kinderhook,” explained Judy Grunberg, “Knowing the well-established quality of CITV music-making, I approached them with the idea of coming to PS21. Our collaboration was a great success last year, and we knew we wanted to work together again this year on Bach.”

Tickets for the Tenth Annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concerton Sunday, June 28 at 2:00pm are $35/$30 members/$20 students 18 and under and can be purchased at www.ps21chatham.org, by calling 1-800-838-3006, or at the door until the show sells out. A reception for the audience and artists will follow the Sunday performance. For other information about this or any other event at PS21, please call (518) 392-6121.

Hudson River Exchange the 3rd annual Summer Market this June 27th and 28th

HUDSON — It’s June and Hudson River Exchange is at it again, presenting their 3rd annual Summer Market this June 27th and 28th. Held at the Henry Hudson Riverfront Park and just steps from Hudson’s Amtrak station, Summer Market brings together 100 vendors of high quality handmade goods, unique vintage finds and farm fresh food purveyors, along with local community organizations.

Summer Market is a free and public event that showcases and celebrates the dynamic community of the Hudson Valley maker movement. With a focus on regional vendors, the market features a selection of artists from across the Northeast and is a destination for those searching out the unique and handmade from Virginia to Vermont.

This year, Hudson River Exchange celebrates the return of many artists and craftsman from past markets.

New to Summer Market is Steve’s Clothing, a reincarnation of the famous Coxsackie, NY, collection and tenant at the new Hudson River Exchange Studios on Warren Street. Traveling from Durham, North Carolina, Erica Fink of the charming Eric and Erica will be performing as well as selling her colorful collection of textiles, jewelry and paper goods.

Hillrock Estate Distillery, maker of fine whiskies

handcrafted from their organically grown grains, will be the first distillery vending at Summer Market.

The Food Court will feature Market favorites Black-Eyed Suzie’s Upstate, Raven & Boar and Brooklyn Oyster Party as well as local favorites The Catskill Food Truck, recently launched Fresh Start Bakehouse and the sure to please Maple Leaf Sugaring, offering locally sourced maple syrup cotton candy. Yes, you read that correctly.

Please come and enjoy all you can find at the Hudson River Exchange.