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Earth Day Family Playdate

Ashokan Center Olivebridge, NY Spend the morning learning to compost, planting a pine tree, making a “seed bomb” and listening to Story Laurie and Uncle Rock. AshokanCenter.org/events

Rita Rudner

The Ridge eld Playhouse Ridge eld, CT

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The comedy star’s style is dry and sardonic, the e ect uproarious. Ridge eldPlayhouse.org/ ev ent

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Hudson Valley

Tango Festival Senate Garage, Kingston

The Dojo Dance Company hosts a celebration for salsa fans and “tangonatics,” There’ll be plenty to see; you might even be moved to join in. DojoDanceCompany.com

Chita Rivera in Conversation with Harvey Fierstein themountainsmedia.com

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The Director

PS21 Chatham, NY In this internationally acclaimed theatre piece, Scott Turnbull (a former funeral director) and artist Lara Thoms reveal the humorous/ macabre inner workings of “the death industry.” PS21Chatham.org/upcoming-events april

Bardavon, Poughkeepsie

APRiL 25 TO JULY 31

Dear Jack, Dear Louise Shakespeare & Company Lenox, MA Shakespeare & Company kicks o its summer season with the New England premiere of an epistolary WWII play by Ken Ludwig ( Lend Me a Tenor ) in the open-air Roman Garden Theatre. Shakespeare.org

An Evening with Amanda Palmer

Bardavon

Poughkeepsie Hallowed multi-hyphenate musicianauthor-activist Palmer makes a rare appearance amid preparations for a new Dresden Dolls release. Bardavon.org

29 Indie Bookstore Day

No one gives juicier dish than actor/ playwright Fierstein (see his recent memoir, I Was Better Last Night ). You’ll want to be there as he elicits backstage secrets from the indefatigable superstar. Bardavon.org

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Low Lily Ashokan Center Olivebridge, NY

The Brattleboro-based American roots band launches a tour to celebrate the release of their third album. AshokanCenter.org/events

The Book Lo Great Barrington Celebrate smart hand-selling with a design-your-bookmark station and enjoy a $1 “blind date” with a book (they promise “love at rst line”). TheBookLo .c om/events

The Porch Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Tivoli, NY

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Red Hook and Rhinebeck have no shortage of fascinating raconteurs: illustrious locals will hold forth at this Moth-inspired event. Kaatsbaan.org/2023-events

Glebe House Museum

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Woodbury, CT This 1740 homestead (enhanced by a rare 100-year-old Gertrude Jekylldesigned garden) welcomes spring with a chuckwagon cooking demo by local reenactors Frontier Mess. GlebeHouseMuseum.org/calendar

Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band

Levon Helm Studios

Woodstock, NY

Not just a captivating singer/ songwriter, Ritter is a capital-W writer, with two novels to his name (to date) and poetry in his bones. LevonHelm.com/shows

The Temptations & The Four Tops

Ulster Performing Arts Center

Kingston Naturally there has been some personnel turnover since the ’60s, but these seminal bands are still going strong delivering beloved oldies. Bardavon.org

10 Graham Nash: Sixty Years of Songs and Stories

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Pedrito Martínez

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington

Raised on Havana’s rumba and Afro-Cuban Yoruba traditions, batá drummer Martínez has played sideman to all the greats, and in the process, becoming one. Mahaiwe.org/events

James Taylor & His All Star Band

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Bethel, NY Taylor burst on the scene with “Fire and Rain” in 1970, a year a er Woodstock—and he sounds better than ever. See you there!

BethelWoodsCenter.org/events may 4-5

Bethel, NY A chance to catch up with the ’60s icon, who continues to write impassioned songs. Opt for the pre-show dinner. BethelWoodsCenter.org/events

David Sedaris

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The Colonial Theatre Pitts eld, MA Not that many essayists can boast legions of groupies. They’re sure to be out in force to celebrate Sedaris’s latest bestseller, Happy-Go-Lucky BerkshireTheatreGroup.org/calendar

7 Print Room Pop-up: Dressed to Impress Clark Art Museum

Williamstown, MA Fashionistas will enjoy poring over the Clark’s cache of Victorian fashion prints. ClarkArt.edu/events

TAP New York Craft Beer & Music Festival

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Bethel, NY Guzzle away while taking in The Wailers (day one) and Blues Travelers (day two) at Bethel Woods, site of a certain legendary music festival in 1969. TAP-NY.com

18-21 Ridgefi eld Independent Film Festival Ridge eld Playhouse and other venues Ridge eld, CT As of press time, the slate was still pending, but a $150 pass will grant you access to exciting new lms on six screens around town—plus the odd panel and party.

Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center

RIFFCT.org

2 The Bacon Brothers

June 17

MAY 24 –

Chester, NY

Well-connected Kevin (Bacon) may be more of a household name, but his sibling Michael is an equally talented musician. Folk, rock, soul, country—they do it all, for all ages, with a generous helping of humor.

SugarLoafPACNY.com/shows

The Happiest Man on Earth

Barrington Stage Company Pitts eld, MA

Mark St. Germain’s latest play is based on a memoir by concentration-camp survivor Eddie Jaku, who claimed the title in recounting his “ rst 100 years.”

BarringtonStageCo.org

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