The Dressing Room Diaries with Hilarie Burton Morgan Rhinebeck’s biggest celebrity (Paul Rudd doesn’t count as he’s hardly ever there) appears live for an intimate discussion of her career. Attendees will get a backstage tour and chance for one-on-one meet-and-greet and selfie with Hilarie Burton Morgan in her dressing room before the talk and Q&A. The event is a fundraiser for the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck.
Close Up: The Sweet East w/dir. Sean Price Williams In this sprawling celebration (or indictment… you be the judge!) of American counterculture, teenage Lillian is separated from her schoolmates only to find herself on a trip that encounters the woods, the radicals, the cities, and the avant-garde who all have opinions on how to get her back home (or not). Think Alice in Wonderland meets Beau Is Afraid, but with cameos from Jacob Elordi, playwright Jeremy O’Harris, Butthole Surfers’ Gibby Haynes, and many other artists with a gift for American commentary.
Common Ground: Human Rights It’s been 75 years since the United Nations approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, an effort led by Eleanor Roosevelt in the belief that world peace can only be achieved through the honoring the human rights of every individual. Amy Bracewell, Superintendent of Roosevelt, Vanderbilt, and Van Buren National Historic Sites, and William Harris, Director of the FDR Presidential Library talk about this great accomplishment from Val-Kill, the home of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Local Author Wendy Chin-Tanner in Conversation with Jamia Wilson A transcendent debut novel about family, love, and belonging, set against the backdrops of New York City and a historical leprosarium in 1950s Louisiana, Wendy Chin-Tanner's debut novel King of the Armadillos follows one young man’s quest to not only survive, but live a full and vibrant life.
Shifting Perspectives: The Cultural Significance of 1950s Black and White Images Mad Rose Gallery is delighted to host a compelling conversation centered around 1950s black and white photography, focusing on the current Orkin/Engel exhibit entitled "Shifting Perspectives: The Cultural Significance of 1950s Black and White Images.” Guiding this insightful dialogue will be Katy Crum, former President of The Art Museum Partnership, and a Ph.D. in Art History from Columbia University. Katy will initiate the conversation, and will be joined by Jeffrey Breitman, the Director of Housatonic Camera Club.
"Meet the Artist" with Yolanda del Amo & Maureen Drennan On Thursday, December 14, Yolanda del Amo and Maureen Drennan will join "Meet the Artist." del Amo will discuss Refuge, a project that re-imagines the visual representation of refugees through tableau photographs. She will have copies of her Light Work monograph "(Contact Sheet 159)" for sale.
Jim Morrison’s 80th Birthday Celebration Upstate Films and Radio Woodstock present a celebration of the life of Jim Morrison, born 80 years ago, December 8th. Legendary Doors drummer, John Densmore (via Zoom) and veteran journalist Richard Goldstein will discuss the legacy of The Doors with WDST’s Greg Gattine, screening clips from Goldstein’s incredible 1969 interview with the Doors on his PBS show, “Critique”. The band, Feast of Friends, will perform a tribute to The Doors – all happening on the beautiful, historic stage at the Community Theater in Catskill, Friday, December 8th, 7-9pm.
“The World at the End of the World: Colonial and Counter-Colonial Fantasies of Outer Space” A lecture by philosopher of science and religion Mary Jane Rubenstein, author of Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race (2022).
Free Thanksgiving Day 2023 Event in Sullivan Catskills Upstate NY with Buddhist Monk Celebrate Thanksgiving 2023 in Upstate NY in a meaningful, spiritual way with a free public talk & guided meditation with Buddhist Monk Gen Samten. Everyone says they appreciate attitudes like love and compassion. But how many of us consistently live in these mindsets towards the people around us? In this talk, learn how to truly EMBODY the virtues you value. Meditation allows us to move our beliefs that we hold intellectually to a lived experience. In a world of much strife and conflict, inspiring others through our example as a meditator is a rare and precious gift. No experience needed.