The Bridge Street Theatre presents “#QueertheBallet.”
There’s snow on the ground, but spring is edging closer every day. In the interim, here are some enjoyable events to help get you through the week.
“#QueertheBallet” Jumps Off | February 25
Choreographer Adrianna Pierce’s “#QueertheBallet” will premiere on YouTube by way of Catskill’s Bridge Street Theatre on February 25 at 7pm. Part of the theater’s 2021 dance residency program, the work in progress features the American Ballet Theatre’s Remy Young and Sierra Armstrong and seeks to create a non-traditional pas de deux on pointe that will serve as a loving testament to the unique and varied ways in which two women communicate and connect. The performance is free.
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This month’s combination of cold weather and COVID awareness continues to be conducive to keeping inside. But to keep you company, here’s this week’s online-oriented litany of Hudson Valley events.
Multimedia Event Honors Area Black Cultural History | February 16
On February 16 at 6pm, local filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss will host the Zoom presentation “Black Cultural History of Ulster County” in celebration of Black History Month Kingston. The free event runs one and a half hours and utilizes rarely seen photos and video clips to highlight how the county’s Black arts, sports, industrial, and activist communities have shaped the greater Hudson Valley community. The program features Father Divine, Augusta Savage, Robert Blackburn, Ben Wigfall, Peg Leg Bates, Mickey Mathis, Billy Costello, Odetta, Jimi Hendrix, Jack DeJohnette, Richie Havens, Sonny Rollins, Juma Sultan, Simi Stone, and more.
Having dug yourself out after last week’s massive snowstorm, here are some excellent area activities to dig without going far.
Annie Lennox, Carly Simon Headline Bardavon’s Carole King Tribute | February 10
For “Albums Revisited,” Poughkeepsie theater the Bardavon’s ongoing all-star tributes to classic albums to classic albums, the spotlight will shine on Carole King’s 1971 bestseller,
Tapestry. The YouTube series returns on February 10 at 8pm with musical appearances by Annie Lennox, Carly Simon, Kate Pierson with the Restless Age, Kat Quinn, Jill Sobule, Dar Williams, Cindy Cashdollar, Jonatha Brooke, Patti Rothberg, Laura Stevenson, Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones, and others. The livestream is free, with a suggested donation for the artists.
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! This week, as we honor King’s work, life, and legacy and celebrate the inauguration of a new administration that includes America’s first African American vice president, we offer this list of alluring local activities.
Paul Bermanzohn Presents “King Was a Revolutionary” | January 18
At 4pm on January 18, Dr. Paul Bermanzohn will host “King Was a Revolutionary,” a Zoom talk sponsored by the Library at the A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Center in Kingston. The presentation discusses two of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous speeches: his celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech and “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” an anti-Vietnam War and pro-social justice speech. Bermanzohn, a Poughkeepsie psychiatrist, is a survivor of the 1979 Greensboro, North Carolina, attack on civil rights marchers by Ku Klux Klan and Nazi assailants that left five dead. The talk is free, but registration is required.
View of the Earth from GOES-16 Thankfully in these tense times, art and activities abound in the Hudson Valley although of course most of them are taking place online. Feed your soul with this week’s bespoke roundup of creative happenings.
Here GOES Radiotelescope at Wave Farm | ongoing Newly installed at the Wave Farm experimental broadcast arts center in Acra is
Here GOES Radiotelescope, an artist-run DIY ground station set up to receive the transmissions of GOES-16, a NASA/NOAA weather satellite. Visitors to the sculptural station can sit within it and look through the “telescope” to view live images of Earth as they’re being received from the satellite. A live generative audio stream sonically “interprets” the interactions of the sun’s energies with Earth’s magnetosphere, creating audio imagining of the satellite’s environment. Although visits to the site are limited due to the COVID-19 situation, remote visitor