This week's calendar (5/31 - 6/6/21)

Written By HVNY
 

Dutchess County Memorial Day Service
Monday, May 31, 2021 • 11 a.m. • Dutchess County War Memorial in Poughkeepsie. • The County's Memorial Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Dutchess County War Memorial, located at the intersection of Raymond Avenue and Main Street in Poughkeepsie, will recognize Dutchess County residents who lost their lives during military service. For more information, contact Dutchess County Division of Veterans' Services at (845) 486-2060 or visit dutchessny.gov/Veterans

Town of Hyde Park Memorial Day Drive
Monday, May 31, 2021 • 10:30am • Caravan of Hyde Park veterans, police, fire trucks, and military vehicles will make their way north on Route 9 starting at the Home and Library of FDR and ending at Hyde Park Town Hall. The vehicles and wreaths honoring Hyde Park’s fallen soliders will then be on display at town hall beginning at 11am. A Memorial Day service will take place at noon at the War Memorial on the grounds of Hyde Park Town Hall • LINK 

Kinderhook Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 31, 2021 • 10am step off • Annual parade for Valatie, Niverville and Kinderhook beginning at Nursery Lane, Valatie and continuing along Route 203 to Church Street and ending at Martin Gylnn Square • villageofkinderhook.org 

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Poughkeepsie Waterfront Market
Mondays • 3-6:30pm • The Pavilion at the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum, 75 North Water Street, Poughkeepsie • More info + markets around the Hudson Valley: https://hvny.info/info/farmers-markets


Window On Hudson presents: Mary McFerran “Suburban Wildlife”
On view through May 31, 2021 • Window On Hudson, 43 South 3rd Street, Hudson • Mary McFerran spent the solitude of 2020 earnestly working in her studio, creating numerous multimedia collages on a variety of subjects. In the storefront windows viewers can see “Suburban Wildlife,” a collection of tapestries that reflect on the wildlife she found venturing into her own backyard. The exhibition continues indoors with sketches and additional works on fabric • www.windowonhudson.org



Something Rotten!
June 4 - June 13, 2021 • 7PM Friday and Saturday, 3PM Sunday • $25 • Hacket Hill Park, 79 E Market Street, Hyde Park • New Deal presents the regional premiere of “Something Rotten” - Welcome to the Renaissance and this outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce where two brothers set out to write the world’s first musical in this hilarious mash-up of sixteenth-century Shakespeare and twenty-first-century Broadway. Note: This production is PG-13 for some sexual humor. • Tickets can be purchased for this show at  newdeal-somethingrotten.eventbrite.com with or without a picnic lunch box delivered to the park from Cranberry's at Tilley Hall! Share dinner-and-a-show with friends or loved ones at a safe, outdoor stage at Hackett Hill Park in Hyde Park • Details about this regional premiere, our partnership with Cranberry's at Tilley Hall, and other updates can be found in our Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/216005340066528! Respond to the event to get updates on our progress! • http://www.eventbrite.com/e/something-rotten-tickets-155630774837

🌈 Dutchess County Maskerade Pride Kick Off 
Friday, June 4, 2021 • 5:30-7pm and 7:30-9pm • Dutchess Pride’s new location at 710 South Drive, Hopewell Junction • Preview the evening’s auction at go.rallyup.com/dcpcraffle2021 or text dcpcraffle2021 to 855-202-2100. You do not need to be present to bid or win • RSVP to pkpridefest@gmail.com • More info: LINK 

🌈 Pride 2021 Kickoff Party
Friday, June 4, 2021 • 6-11pm • Bad Seed Cider Company Taproom, Highland • Toast to reconnecting with community over a can of the brand new, limited edition Bad Seed x Big Gay Hudson Valley hard cider, packed with pink edible glitter! Enjoy an evening hang with outdoor fire pits, cornhole and live performances from the evening’s hostess: Haireola Grande. • $10 in advance, $15 at the door • LINK

A League of Their Own (PG)
Friday June 4 and Saturday June 5, 2021 • Live music with The Red Wagon on Saturday • Greenville Drive-In, Route 32, Greenville • Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry • drivein32.com

Hyde Park Town-Wide Tag Sale
June 5-6, 2021 • Maps will be available for print out on the town's website, or you can pick one up at the Recreation Department (Hackett House - 59 East Market Street) beginning June 1, 2021 • LINK 

26th Annual Horse Pulling Contest
Saturday, June 5, 2021 • 9am • Tymor Equestrian Center, 165 Duncan Rd., Lagrangeville • Check out real “horsepower” as teams of draft and mini-horses compete • LINK 

🌈 2nd Annual Putnam Pride
Saturday, June 5, 2021 • 1pm • Starting at the Putnam County Courthouse, 44 Gleneida Avenue down Gleneida to the Gilead Presbyterian Church lawn at 9 Church Street, Carmel • Entertainment by Angel Elektra and Shay D’Pines • putnampride.com

🌈 Pride in the Park
Saturday, June 5, 2021 • 1-5pm • Hasbrouck Park, New Paltz • Drag performance, music, pop-up skate park, Narcan trainings, a free market, followed by a Silent Disco in the park • http://bit.ly/newpaltzpride

“Not Just One Thing” Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Preview
Saturday, June 5, 2021 • 4:30 - 7:30pm • Wilderstein Historic Site, 330 Morton Rd., Rhinebeck • Meet the creators of Wilderstein’s outdoor exhibition. Each artist in the show experiments with not only unexpected materials but also curious scale and unfamiliar viewing modes as tools for creating new, site-responsive installations. These artworks refocus our attention on the multidimensional ways we might experience the location, history, and ecology of Wilderstein • On view through October 31, 2021 • $20, advance reservations required: LINK

🌈 Rockland Pride Promenade
Saturday, June 6, 2021 • 11am - 6pm • Village of Nyack • Music, drag queens, food, shopping and more • pride@rocklandpridecenter.org, 845-353-6300

Woodstock Artists Association & Museum presents Paper Unframed: Benefit Art Auction
Through June 6, 2021 • Online bidding starts May 15, Works on view at WAAM June 4, 5, and 6 • Benefit Art Auction of over 100 works of art by distinguished artists of the Hudson Valley/Catskills Region. The sale of the artist-donated works will support the museum’s art and art education programs this year. Auction works are available for bidding, here: LINK


ONGOING
Upstate Diary's ART+NATURE+HOME and ART TREK
Through June 13, 2021 •  11am - 5pm • Free • Foreland, 111 Water Street, Catskill • ART+NATURE+HOME highlights the work by some of Upstate Diary’s favorite visionaries featuring furniture, design, functional sculpture and art - many of which were created exclusively for the event and created from natural materials + ART TREK, a weekend-long self-guided tour of UD’s favorite art happenings, restaurants and hotels across the Hudson Valley • Free but reservations are required • More info: http://bit.ly/UD_ArtTrek

Saugerties Art Tour at Opus 40
On view through June 11, 2021 • Opus 40, Saugerties • Sneak peek of selections by 19 local artists from the Saugerties Artists Studio Tour. • Free, but ticket reservations are required: https://opus40.org/sast-pre-sho/

“Guardians of the Land”
On view through June 20, 2021 • Garrison Art Center, 23 Garrison’s Landing • Solo exhibition of ceramic sculptures by Deborah Lecce. Guardians of the Land is an exclusive collection of Lecce’s elegant ceramic animals that she hand builds with stoneware clay and fires in a variety of kilns, each producing a unique surface. Lecce begins each sculpture with the belly of the animal adding coil upon coil of clay while paddling and stretching the clay to find the gesture and spirit of each individual work. Lecce talks about a contemplative mindset during the process of creating and the excitement and challenge that accompanies the transformation of the clay into “sentient” beings • https://www.garrisonartcenter.org/coming-up

Keep it Local: A Visual Artists’ and Makers Exhibition 
Through June 27, 2021 • Fridays and Saturdays, 2-4pm • Women’s Work Art Gallery, 4 South Clinton Street, Poughkeepsie • https://www.womenswork.art

Art Exhibit: Chimba "Reproducing Life: Conception"
Through June 28, 2021 • Window On Hudson, 43 South 3rd Street, Hudson • “Reproducing Life: Conception” is the beginning stage for a series of paintings by Chimba (Chiarra Jonelle Hughes Mba). These works, created on several large canvases as well as a variety of long wooden boards, mark Chimba’s first solo exhibition •  http://www.windowonhudson.org

If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now 2021 Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition
On view through September 18, 2021 • Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5pm • Opening: May 22, 4 to 7pm • Extended gallery hours: 5/29, 5/30, 7/24, 8/28 • noon - 8pm • Wassaic Project • https://www.wassaicproject.org/exhibitions/if-you-lived-here-youd-be-home-by-now

“Fallen”
Through October 31, 2021 • Opening of a new site-specific installation by nationally-renowned artist Jean Shin • A beloved hemlock on Olana’s East Lawn died last year of natural causes, despite efforts to save it. In response to the unfortunate necessity of felling this majestic tree, Jean Shin will create a new artwork celebrating its life while reflecting on loss and the broader history of environmental impact in the Catskill region • More info: https://www.olana.org/exhibitions/fallen/

“Memento Mori Mandalas”
Through October 31, 2021 • Olana State Historic Site, Hudson • Evoking the transitory Buddhist spiritual practice of mandala making, Catskill-based artist Portia Munson reflects on the passing beauty of earthly things and the costs of climate change with arrangements that center on fallen birds and insects she finds on her walks around our region. Using a high resolution flatbed scanner, she holds up these specimens of loss for our respect and admiration, often surrounding them with flowers and plants she grows • https://www.olana.org/exhibitions/memento-mori-mandalas/



COMING UP:

Mountain River
Thursday, June 10, 2021 • Doors open at 7:30 pm , film starts at dusk; around 8:45 • Greenville Drive-In •  Free Screening to the Community • Tickets available drivein32.com or at the door (subject to availability) 


PHM History Hikes: Little Stony Point and Environmentalism on the Hudson
Friday, June 11, 2021 • 6:30pm • $10 • Little Stony Point, Hudson Highlands State Park, Phillipstown • Join The Putnam History Museum for a sunset hike through the Little Stony Point section of Hudson Highlands State Park! PHM staff will lead you through a trail with scenic views of the Hudson River, Storm King Mountain, and Little Stony Point while discussing the area’s role in the 1960s Environmental Movement. This discussion will differ from our Fall 2020 hike, with new information on Little Stony Point. The hike and tour will last approximately 1 hour.  Active/outdoor attire strongly suggested. Participants will be required to sign a release before the event • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phm-history-hikes-little-stony-point-and-environmentalism-on-the-hudson-tickets-154879152715

Hudson Talbott: River of Dreams
Member’s only preview: Friday, June 11, 2021, noon - 7pm • Open to the public June 12-August 15, 2021 • Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson • The first retrospective of work by beloved children’s book author and illustrator, Hudson Talbott • Free, timed entry, reservations required: https://hudsonhall.org/event/hudson-talbott-river-of-dreams/

🌈 Meet and Greet with Orange is the New Black’s Lea DeLaria
Friday, June 11, 2021 • 7pm • Revel 32, 32 Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie • A night of dinner and dancing, and a chance to get to meet Lea DeLaria, the 3 time SAG Award winning actress, comedian and singer best known for her role as Carrie “Big Boo” Black on the Netflix series Orange is the New Black • $100, $50 students and seniors • http://bit.ly/PrideMeetandGreet

The Mummy (PG-13)
Friday June 11 and Saturday June 12, 2021 • Doors open at 7:30 pm , film starts at dusk; around 8:45pm • Greenville Drive-In • Tickets available drivein32.com or at the door (subject to availability)

Walkway After Dark
Friday, June 11, 2021 • 9-10:30pm • Walkway Over the Hudson • $5, free for members • LINK  

City of Beacon-Wide Yard Sale
Saturday, June 12, 2021 • 9am - 3pm • Various locations throughout the City of Beacon • beaconny.gov

”Cross Pollination” Exhibition Opening
Saturday, June 12, 2021 • Thomas Cole National Historic Site and Olana • National collaborative exhibition exploring the theme of cross pollination in art and the environment from the 19th century to today. The project stems from the artist Martin Johnson Heade’s 19th-century series of hummingbird and habitat paintings, The Gems Of Brazil, and their unique relationship to the epic landscapes of Hudson River School artists Thomas Cole And Frederic Church, as well as their continued significance to major contemporary artists working today • On view through October 31, 2021 • More info: LINK

Second Saturday Hudson Gallery Crawl
Saturday, June 12, 2021 • Free • Events will be taking place from Basilica Hudson and Henry Hudson Riverfront Park up to 7th Street Park and the newly renovated Park Theatre. • The gallerists, retail shops, and restaurants of Hudson, have joined together to launch an ongoing, citywide gallery crawl. Beginning June 12, 2021 and taking place every second Saturday of the month, the businesses on and off Warren Street will be staying open late (until 9pm).  Outside of the shops, visitors will find pop-up galleries, markets, buskers, concerts, food trucks, and community activated art programing •  http://www.hudsongallerycrawl.com

🌈 Orange County Pride
Saturday, June 12, 2021 • noon - 6pm • Old Rockville, 74 Van Burenville Road, Middletown • Vendors, drag shows, performances and more • https://www.facebook.com/events/478262513400677/

🌈 PKGO Pride Parade
Saturday, June 12, 2021 • noon • Line-up starts at 11am in the Dutchess Center parking lot at 635 Dutchess Turnpike. Parade will head down Main Street towards Waryas Park in the City of Poughkeepsie • Featuring Grand Marshal Lea DeLaria,* plus a contest for most creative, most colorful and funniest cars • http://bit.ly/PKGO_PrideParade

🌈 Beacon’s Action Against Homophobia & Transphobia March
Saturday June 12, 2021 • 2- 4pm • Gather at Memorial Park and March to Polhill Park to speak out against homophobic and transphobic harassment in Beacon • https://www.facebook.com/events/943320506403222/

Rhinecliff Community Conversations
Saturday, June 12, 2021 • 7pm • Fireman’s Field, Valley Way Road, Rhinecliff • Continues Monday, June 14 at 4pm at the Morton Memorial Library, Tuesday, June 22 at 6pm at the Epicurean, June 25 at 5pm at the Rhinecliff Dock and Monday, June 28 at the Rhinecliff Firehouse • What do you like about Rhinecliff? Are there things that could be improved or changed that would make Rhinecliff – a better place to live? Register or RSVP to 845-876-2903 or sandy@mortonrhinecliff.org.


Glynwood Benefit Picnic
Sunday, June 13, 2021 • 5-7pm • 362 Glynwood Road, Cold Spring • Glynwood is hosting our inaugural benefit picnic to support our Farmer Training program, including the Glynwood Farm apprentices, participants in the Hudson Valley Farm Business Incubator program, and year-round farmer training workshops. The picnic will be socially distanced between groups, and attendance is limited • $150 • https://www.glynwood.org/support/benefit-picnic.html

Enter the Dragon (R)
Sunday, June 13 • Doors open at 7:30 pm, film starts at dusk; around 8:45pm • Greenville Drive-In • Tickets available drivein32.com or at the door (subject to availability)

Annual Roosevelt Reading Festival
June 15- 17, 2021 • Virtual author events:

Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 4 pm • YouTube • Eric Rauchway: Why the New Deal Matters


Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 6pm • YouTube»
John A. Riggs: High Tension: FDR's Battle to Power America

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 2 pm • YouTube»
Jan Jarboe Russell: Eleanor in the Village: Eleanor Roosevelt's Search for Freedom and Identity in New York's Greenwich Village

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 4pm • YouTube • David Levering Lewis: The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order

Thursday, June 17, 2021, 4 pm • YouTube • Neville Thompson: The Third Man: Churchill, Roosevelt, Mackenzie King, and the Untold Friendships that Won World War II

Thursday, June 17, 2021, 6pm • YouTube • Howard Blum: Night of the Assassins: The Untold Story of Hitler's Plot to Kill FDR, Churchill, and Stalin

Poughkeepsie Open Studios 
Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19, 2021 from 2-6pm and Sunday June 20, 2021 from 1-5pm •  Exhibition and open studio tours showcasing local visual artists and makers who call the Hudson Valley their "Home". • On view through June 27, 2021 • poughkeepsieopenstudios.org

Dutchess County Division of Solid Waste Management host Household Hazardous Waste & Electronics Collection Event
Saturday, June 19, 2021 • 8am to 12:30 pm (no appointment times) • 626 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie (access off of Route 44 to Burnett Boulevard) • Please wear a mask while signing in at event. Do not exit your vehicle, event staff will unload your household chemicals and electronics. (Chemicals and fluorescents are unloaded first, electronics second. Please pack car accordingly) •  Open to Dutchess County Residents Only, registration is limited to the first 380 households • Registration and $10 prepayment required, Register online: www.dutchessny.gov/solidwaste or call (845) 463-6020

PHM History Hikes: West Point Foundry Summer Tour
Saturday, June 19, 2021 • 11am • $10 • West Point Foundry Preserve, 80 Kemble Avenue, Cold Spring • Mark Forlow, chair of the Putnam History Museum and the author of West Point Foundry, will lead participants through the Preserve and discuss the history of the WPF. Sites include the 1865 Administrative Building and Foundry Cove. The hike and tour will last approximately 90 minutes. Active/outdoor attire strongly suggested. Participants will be required to sign a release before the event • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phm-history-hikes-west-point-foundry-summer-tour-tickets-154879874875

The Great Hudson River Revival
Saturday, June 19, 2021 • 11 am - 11 pm • Free virtual event will feature musical performers, storytellers, and activists, including: John McCutcheon, Tom Chapin, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Scott Ainslie, Rick Nestler, Matt Cartsonis, Betty and the Baby Boomers,Hubby Jenkins, Thomasina Winslow, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Emma's Revolution, Holly Near, R.J. Storm and the Old School Bluegrass Band, Mel & Vinnie, Reggie Harris, Tom Paxton, Diana Jones, The Trouble Sisters, Magpie, Rik Palieri and more • clearwater.org


The 2nd Annual Cider, Blues & BBQ Live Blues Review
Saturday, June 19, 2021 • Doors at 1pm, show at 3pm • Stone Ridge Orchard •Featuring The Campbell Brothers, Alexis P Suter, The Robert Hill Band and more • http://bit.ly/StoneRidgeOrchardCBB

Music on the Elmendorph Green: Lara Hope's Gold Hope Duo
Saturday, June 19, 2021 • 4pm •  7562 N. Broadway, Red Hook •  The second performance in our 2021 summer concert series on the Elmendorph Green! Bring a chair or picnic blanket and enjoy some live music • http://www.historicredhook.org/upcoming-events/music-on-the-elmendorph-green-lara-hopes-gold-hope-duo

Baseball in Black & White: Barnstorming in the Hudson Valley
Saturday, June 19, 2021 • 5pm •  $10 • Join Putnam History Museum for a virtual lecture by Baseball Historian, Writer, and Collector Bob Mayer, who will take you back to baseball’s early days and pre-Integration African-American baseball teams and players.  Speaking on a foundation of 50+ years of experience with baseball, Bob will entertain and educate baseball and local history enthusiasts alike, as well as anyone else curious about life and sports in the 19th and early 20th century • putnamhistorymuseum.org

🌈 Newburgh Pride Caravan
Sunday, June 20, 2021 • 10am • https://www.newburghlgbtqcenter.org/pride-2021  

‘Werewolves Within’ Special Screening
Sunday, June 20, 2021 • Greenville Drive-In, Route 32, Greenville • The Hudson Valley Film Commission presents a special screening of the locally-produced comedy-horror feature adaptation of the video game where werewolves attack a small town. Director Josh Rubin will be in attendance, and will introduce the film • https://www.simpletix.com/e/werewolves-within-r-tickets-71145

Beer Pairing Dinner with Woodstock Brewing
June 24, 2021 • 6:30pm - 9:00pm • $70 • 253 Main St, Saugerties • Four course menu paired with craft beers. Advanced Ticket purchase required •  https://www.dutchalehouse.com/



Science for the Future of the Hudson River
Thursday, June 24, 2021 • 7pm • Virtual event • Join Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies President Joshua Ginsberg for a virtual science conversation with aquatic ecologist Stuart Findlay. They will discuss Cary's decades-long research program on the Hudson River, as well as emerging challenges and the future of Hudson River science. Findlay will discuss lessons learned on how the river has responded to invasive species such as zebra mussels and water chestnut, how shoreline development impacts water quality, and habitat response to sea level rise and saltwater intrusion. He will also showcase the Hudson River Environmental Conditions Observing System (HRECOS), a network of water quality and weather monitoring stations that provide a window into Hudson River health • This event is free, open to all, and will include time for audience Q&A. Zoom login info will be sent with Eventbrite registration confirmation • Register: LINK



Maritime Smuggling on Long Island: From Pirates to Rumrunners
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 • 7pm • $10 • Virtual event hosted by the Putnam History Museum • From 18th century pirates to Prohibition era bootleggers, Long Island has been a historic hub of maritime smuggling. Join PHM and author Bill Bleyer for a virtual lecture on July 7th at 7 PM to learn why infamous pirates like Captain Kidd were attracted to Long Island, and why the area became known as Rum Row during Prohibition. Bill Bleyer is a former Newsday staff writer and current freelance contributor for the paper and magazines who has written four books on Long Island history. Bleyer has lectured at libraries, museums and historical societies across Long Island on a range of subjects, including maritime and Civil War history • https://www.eventbrite.com/e/maritime-smuggling-on-long-island-from-pirates-to-rumrunners-tickets-154279079881



Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival
Saturday, August 14, 2021 • 11:30am • Free • Safe Harbors' Green, Corner of Broadway and Liberty Street, Newburgh • Clap, shout ole! and maybe even get up and dance with international and local flamenco artists as we celebrate our return to LIVE performance in 2021. Free admission thanks to the generosity of the Newburgh chapter of the Awesome Foundation • http://hvflamencofestival.com


Andrea Arnold: Flamenco Under the Stars
Saturday, August 14, 2021 • 6:00pm • $28 • Unison Arts, 68. Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz •  An evening of flamenco guitar with Andreas Arnold and Mario Rincon. Guitarist and composer Andreas Arnold lives between Cádiz, Spain and Brooklyn, NY. He has released several albums that feature his original compositions which are explorations between flamenco and jazz, two musical traditions among many, that inspire him the most • unisonarts.org, http://hvflamencofestival.com


Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival
Sunday, August 15, 2021 • 6pm • $28 • Whitecliff Vineyard, 331 McKinstry Rd, Gardiner • From the stunning landscape of Whitecliff Vineyards bring your picnic baskets and sample some local vintages as we transport you to a private flamenco party as they give in Southern Spain. Joined by master guitarist Andreas Arnold, cantaora Barbara Martinez and our company of local and international dancers this is flamenco as it has never happened before in the Hudson Valley. We are going to sing and dance the night away in true flamenco puro tradition • http://hvflamencofestival.com



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