Week of October 7-13, 2024
Week of October 7-14, 2024
Redlining in Poughkeepsie
Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 6:30pm
Cost: Free but registration is required
Sadie Peterson Delany Library, Poughkeepsie
Dr. Jen Brown, Esq. leads a discussion on the local history of redlining, the discriminatory practice of denying services like mortgages and loans based on race or ethnicity, in Poughkeepsie. RSVP
Live performance screening of ENO
Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 7pm
Cost: $25
Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson
A live performance screening premiere of ENO, a groundbreaking exploration of the life and work of visionary musician and artist Brian Eno. ENO is the world’s first generative documentary, and no two screenings are the same. The only live performance screening of over 100 worldwide, renowned director Gary Hustwit (Helvetica, Rams) will create a unique cut of the film live on stage and the version shown at Hudson Hall will never be seen again. The screening is followed by a Q&A with Hustwit and a special guest to be announced. hudsonhall.org/event/eno
Natural Medicines with Misty Cook
Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 7-8pm
Cost: $8, $5 members, seniors, students and military
Virtual event
In honor and recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Historic Huguenot Street will host a virtual presentation with Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians’ herbalist, Misty Cook. In this program, Misty will be talking about her family history, as well as the gathering, drying, preservation, and uses of the medicinal plants used by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans Tribe, both past and present. https://www.huguenotstreet.org/calendar-of-events/2024/10/10/natural-medicines
O+ Festival
October 11-13, 2024
Cost: Suggested donations of $15 and up
Various locations throughout Kingston
Annual celebration of art, music and wellness featuring over 55 live music performances, dozens of visual and performance art activations, spoken word, a BlO+ck Party and workshops. Headliners include Neko Case, Kate Pierson of the B-52s and a 25th anniversary screening of The Blair Witch Project at Old Dutch Church. https://opositivefestival.org
Flowers for Our Grandmothers
On view through October 11, 2024
Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh
Exhibition featuring a the community-based collaborative creative project led by Gabrielle Burton Hill, Francois Deschamps and Jesse Flaitz, Flowers for Our Grandmothers aims to represent and honor the lives, beauty, and wisdom of Black and African-American grandmothers in Newburgh. safe-harbors.org
The Savage Wonder Festival
Friday, October 11, 2024 from noon to 6pm; Saturday, October 12, 2024 from noon to 6pm; Sunday, October 13, 2024 from noon to 4pm
Cost: Free
Veterans Repertory Theater, 139 Main Street, Beacon
For three days in October, VetRep will feature installations, music, and live performances from Veteran artists. VetRep will be featuring static installations and live painting from Kat Furrow, Delvin Goode, Lani Hankins, Gina Herrera, Michael Isabell, Matt Kinney, as well as VetRep Board member Angelo T. Robinson. Attendees can explore the displays, watch paintings come together, and enjoy live music from Ben Fortier, Lois Hicks Wozniack & Hot Wrks, as well as Michael Bard. Performances during the festival will include NYC’s Exit 12 Dance Company, opera singer Jesus Daniel Hernandez with Michael Bard accompanying, and Scott Arcangel & Hexatonic. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/savage-wonder-festival-tickets-947383949897
1767 Parsonage Gravestone Tour and Poe Book Reading
Friday, October 11, 2024 from 5-9pm
52 Maple Avenue, Germantown
House tours, a gravestone collection on display, campfire, backyard games and a reading by Matthew Mercier from his recent novel, “Poe and I.” https://germantownnyhistory.org
Eternal Mysteries
Friday, October 11, 2024 from 6-8pm
Cost: Free
FASNY Museum of Firefighting, 117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson
Kick off spooky season with us as the museum offers adults* the opportunity to partake in a palm reading session with Psychic Readings by Lauren, re-energize with crystals curated for you by KarmicKat, look to the future with a tarot card reading by Madame Aly, learn about the history of the spiritualism movement in Hudson and take a selfie with a ghostly apparition. These adult* activities are free and spirited seasonal snacks and mocktails will be available for purchase. SPOOKY DRESS AND COSPLAY ARE ENCOURAGED! *Only adults aged 18 and over will be admitted for this special event. http://www.fasnyfiremuseum.com/events/eternal-mysteries-2024/
OPEN STUDIO HUDSON
Saturday, October 12-13, 2024 from 11am to 5pm
Various locations throughout the City of Hudson
Cost of admission: Free
OPEN STUDIO HUDSON is thrilled to return this fall for its fifth year of studio tours. Hudson artists will open their doors to neighbors, aspiring collectors, and curators, offering behind-the-scenes, unfiltered conversations about their creative processes and artistic visions. Printed maps will be available throughout the city and for download online. http://openstudiohudson.com
Open Days at Millay’s
October 12-13, 2024
Cost: $10 Ground and picnic passes, house tours are sold out
440 East Hill Road, Austerlitz
Explore Steepletop, the home of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. https://millay.org
Milkweed Release Day
Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 10am to noon
Drayton Grant Park at Burger Hill, Rhinebeck
Join Morton and Staatsburg Libraries along with the Pollinator Patrol and Winnakee Land Trust at Burger Hill for a morning of identifying milkweed, talking about monarchs, spreading seed, and having kiddos help put some milkweed packets together to give away. If you can’t join the event, seed packets will be available for pick-up after the event at the Morton and Staatsburg libraries.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/great-give-back-milkweed-release-and-fun-at-burger-hill-tickets-727848132357
The REAL Gilded Age: America's Elite in the Downton Abbey Era
Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 2pm
Cost: $12 adults, $10 seniors & Students, children 12 & under are free
Staatsburgh State Historic Site, 75 Mils Mansion Dr., 1 Rd., Staatsburg
This tour highlights the real-life characters and themes at Staatsburgh that parallel Downton Abbey and HBO's The Gilded Age. Led by a costumed interpreter, the tour shows how the Mills family and their servants conducted a busy weekend of high society entertaining, comparing Staatsburgh to what viewers saw on TV. Reservations required: http://www.bookeo.com/staatsburghshs
SUP Witches Festival
Sunday, October 13, 2024 from noon - 5pm
Kingsland Point Park, Sleepy Hollow
Featuring witches on the Hudson, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, costume contest, live music and more. https://rivertownsupyoga.com/sup-witches
Walkway Talks Lecture Series: 15 Years of the Walkway
Sunday, October 13, 2024 from 2:30-3:30pm
Cost: Free
Ulster Welcome Center, 87 Haviland Road, Highland
A celebration of the many stories that tell the journey that led to the abandoned Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge becoming the Walkway Over the Hudson – a New York State Park and the world’s longest elevated pedestrian bridge. Fred Schaeffer, the longtime advocate of the Walkway, will lead the event, along with special guests. https://walkway.org
“Eighteen” by Ted Dixon at SEFA Hudson
On view through Sunday, October 13, 2024
Susan Eley Fine Art, 433 Warren Street Hudson
Susan Eley Fine Art is delighted to debut a groundbreaking series of abstract paintings by Ted Dixon in the solo exhibition Eighteen. http://susaneleyfineart.com/Detail/exhibitions/254
Mother Can I Run for President
On view through October 13, 2024
Cost: Free
D'Arcy Simpson Art Works, 409 Warren Street, Hudson
The opening reception of Mother Should I Run for President, a new exhibition by Daniel Robin Clurman. The show includes paintings based on his investigation of a fantastical, chaotic-family reunion. Clurman will also be live painting custom portraits of Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris, with a portion of the proceeds going to her campaign. The show will be on view Fridays-Mondays, from noon to 5pm, until October 13, 2024. http://www.darcysimpsonartworks.com/
"Bibi-Mimi Hudson Memo"
On view through October 13, 2024
Cost: Free
41 South 3rd Street, #2L, Hudson
Bibiana Huang Matheis and Mimi Czajka Graminski return to Window On Hudson to share their years-long remote collaboration: Bibi-Mimi Monday Memo. “Hudson Memo” gives us the opportunity to both take a peek into their archive from hundreds of hours of collaboration and to view new work which they have created specifically for the windows. How does Bibi-Mimi Monday Memo work? Once a week, during the same hour of the day, each artist works in their separate studio with the intention of tuning into the same creative channel. They do not speak or make any kind of plans beforehand, but at the end of each session they compare notes on their inspiration, their state of mind and the work produced. They have found, over the course of the project, that not only are there connections in the work produced but also in their emotions, recent experiences and in odd little coincidences surrounding the sessions. http://www.windowonhudson.org/
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ONGOING EVENTS
Olana Third Thursdays
Continues the third Thursday of the month, from 11am to 3:15pm
Olana State Historic Site, Hudson
Free monthly tours and programs. Artmaking in the Afternoon, a hands-on, drop-in event will take place from 1-5pm in the Wagon House Education Center. olana.org/thirdthursdays/
Hudson Valley Free Day
Continues on the last Sunday of the month from 10am - 4pm
Dia Beacon
Hudson Valley residents living in Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rensselaer, Rockland, Saratoga, Schenectady, Sullivan, Ulster, Washington and Westchester counties are invited to explore the contemporary art collection at Dia Beacon on the last Sunday of each month. diaart.org/visit/visit-our-locations-sites/dia-beacon-beacon-united-states
Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory
On view through October 29, 2024
Sharp Family Gallery, Olana State Historic Site, 5720 Route 9G, Hudson
Afterglow brings together for the first time a series of intimate memorial landscapes painted by Church, 19th-century America’s foremost landscape painter, and highly personal family artifacts – never before exhibited – from Olana’s collections. OLANA.org/Afterglow.
Bridge Music 15th Season
Through October 31, 2024
Mid Hudson Bridge, Route 44-55, Poughkeepsie
Joseph Bertolozzi's Bridge Music is a unique sound-art installation featuring the Mid Hudson Bridge as the instrument itself. It was created by sampling the sounds of bridge’s surfaces (guard rails, girders, etc.) with various mallets and using those sounds to compose the music. No processing was used, you hear the Mid-Hudson Bridge itself. The resulting album reached the Billboard Top Twenty Classical and Classical Crossover Charts in 2009. Listening Stations are found on the pedestrian sidewalk and it can also be heard broadcasting 24/7 on 95.3FM in Johnson-Iorio Park in Highland and Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie. bridgemusic.info
Warwick Valley Farmers' Market
Sundays, through November 24, 2024 from 9am to 2pm
Cost: Free admission
Bank St. & South St., Warwick
This year celebrating 30 years of providing the best of regional agricultural producers and food artisans. Local musicians, wood fired pizza and so much more. warwickvalleyfarmersmarket.org/
Carrie Mae Weems: Remember to Dream
On view through December 1, 2024
Bard College’s Hessel Museum of Art
Revisits the range and breadth of Carrie Mae Weems’ prolific career through seldom displayed and lesser-known works that demonstrate the evolution of her pioneering, politically engaged practice. The exhibition is sequenced over nine rooms, each representing a body or bodies of work.
In and Out of Lineage: Tracing Artistic Heritage Through SUNY New Paltz Faculty
On view through December 8, 2024
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz
An exhibition featuring artwork by 20 members of the University’s Departments of Art and Design, exploring the symbiotic relationship between creating, teaching and mentoring. newpaltz.edu/dorskymuseum
Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market
Sundays, through December 29, 2024 from 10am - 2pm
61 East Market Street, Rhinebeck
Over 30 vendors with fresh fruits, veggies, eggs, meats, fish, baked goods, wine, beer, spirits, and live music.rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com
Working Waterfronts: Oil and Pastel Paintings by Peter K. Eagelton
On view through December 22, 2024
Hudson River Maritime Museum, Kingston
A retrospective of the paintings of maritime artist Peter K. Eagleton celebrating the world of working waterfronts and the graceful shapes of freighters, tugs, ships, lighters, yard oilers, and tankers that plied the waters of New York Harbor. hrmm.org
SHABOOM: Presumed Ignorant
On view through January 26, 2025
Cost: Free
Newmark Gallery, Art Omi, Ghent
The first institutional exhibition of the collective SHABOOM – created by artists Silky Shoemaker, Paul Soileau, and Lex Vaughn. The project takes up the golden era of '90s court tv with an installation that will be activated by the most juvenile of antics, as well as billboards and happenings in the wild co-produced by Shandaken Projects. Embracing slapstick, SHABOOM presents scenes that teeter on the edge of disaster and teem with slips, flops, and the cheapest of pleasures. https://artomi.org
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COMING UP
Let’s Get Personal: Stories from Black Leaders in Our Community
Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 6:30pm
Cost: Free but registration is required
Sadie Peterson Delany African Roots Branch Library, Poughkeepsie
Panelists share their powerful stories that focus on social injustices and their breakthrough experiences. RSVP: https://www.eventkeeper.com/code/ekform.cfm?curOrg=POKLIB&curID=711067
Walkway At Night 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024 from 6 - 7:30pm
Reserve tickets
Exhibition Opening Revolutionary Visions: Women in the Hudson Highlands During the American Revolution
Friday, October 18, 2024 from 5-7pm
Cost: Free
Putnam History Museum, 63 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring
Join the Putnam History Museum for the opening of Revolutionary Visions, an exhibition that explores the roles of women in the Hudson Highlands during the American Revolution. This exhibition is made possible with support from the Putnam Arts Council and in collaboration with the Southeast Museum. Revolutionary Visions brings together art and history, featuring historical works in dialogue with new creations by commissioned local artists, including Renee Edelman, Michael Keropian, Robyn Oakes, Cassandra Saulter, and Lisa Weinblatt. Together, the works explore the lives of women from various social classes, races, and allegiances during the American Revolutionary War, encouraging our collective reflection on the diverse roles women played during this transformative period in American history. https://www.putnamhistorymuseum.org/events/exhibition-opening-revolutionary-visions-women-in-the-hudson-highlands-during-the-american-revolution/
Learning in the Garden Series: Garden Tour
Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 10am
Cost: Free with RSVP requested
Demonstration Gardens at SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge
The Master Gardener Demonstration Gardens at SUNY Ulster began nearly 25 years ago. Started as a Xeriscape Garden, it expanded over the years to include a rain garden and a pollinator meadow. Join us for a tour of the three gardens which will include how the gardens evolved, how they differ and what our latest experiments are in the meadow. This is event is free! Walk-ins are welcome, but RSVP'ing will help organizers plan. https://www.cceevents.org/e/tour-the-gardens
The Poughkeepsie Big Read presents An Afternoon with Author Anthony Ray Hinton
Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 2:30pm
Cost: Free but registration required
Lateef Islam Auditorium, Family Partnership Center, 29 North Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie
The author tells a powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent 30 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Since his release, Hinton has devoted his life to help counter discrimination, bolster justice, and share his message of forgiveness. RSVP
Mountain Ave and Nelsonville Cemetery Tour
Saturday, October 19, and Friday, October 25, 2024 from 3:30 - 4:30pm and 5 - 6pm
Cost: $20
Mountain Avenue Cemetery Gate, Craigside Drive, Cold Spring
What history lies in some of the oldest cemeteries in Philipstown? Join Putnam History Museum for a special tour to unearth the stories buried in the Mountain Avenue and Nelsonville Cemeteries. Learn the stories of the deceased, from the first European settlers in Philipstown to the 19th century immigrants who listed their countries of origin in the headstone, Civil War veterans, poets, and more! PHM staff will also dig into the hidden meaning behind the cemetery’s symbolism, and what it says about the person interred. Guests will meet at the at the Mountain Avenue Cemetery Gate on Craigside Drive behind Haldane Elementary School. There will be two tours, beginning at 3:30pm and 5pm, running an hour each. https://www.putnamhistorymuseum.org/events/mountain-ave-and-nelsonville-cemetery-tour-10-25/
27th Annual Rosendale International Pickle Festival
Sunday, October 20, 2024 from 10am to 5pm
Cost: $5, free for kids under 12
Ulster County Fairgrounds, 249 Libertyville Road, New Paltz
Over 150 vendors, pickling contest, pickle triathlon with a pickle eating contest, pickle drinking and pickle tossing. RosendalePickleFestival.org
Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library Supporters Celebration
Sunday October 20, 2024 at 2pm
Cost: Free
56-58 Main Street, Milton
Join us to honor the generous supporters and volunteers of the Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library in Milton. We will celebrate the recipients of the 2024 Pat Russo Award. Special guests Senator Michelle Hinchey and Assemblyman Jonathan Jacobson in recognition of their generous grants and funding. Refreshments and light hors d'oeuvres will be provided. http://miltonlib.org
The Hot Mess Show with Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney
Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 6pm
Bardavon, Poughkeepsie
Join Diary of a Wimpy Kid author, Jeff Kinney LIVE in Poughkeepsie for The Hot Mess Show, a deliciously entertaining and interactive one hour event. Jeff will be serving up laughs and celebrating the latest Wimpy Kid book, while satisfying your craving for family fun! Audience members will have a chance to join Jeff on stage for a family-style feast of friendly competition. https://www.bardavon.org/show/the-hot-mess-show-with-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-author-jeff-kinney/
Haunted Mill and Monster’s Ball
October 25-27, 2024
Cost: $10 and up
Wassaic
This year features a haunted garden/forest by Calder Kamin, a Lynchian photo booth by Patricia Voulgaris, a vintage horror film set by Rosabel Rosalind, a room crawling with giant paper mache bugs by Lia DeFranco, a sparkly swamp witch’s hut by Rixy Fernandez, a trip to the Norse god Hel’s kitchen by Lise Ellingsen, a crowded funhouse by Danielle Klebes, outdoor open mic “skaryoke” by Eliza Fernand (Saturday only), a post-human puppet show collaboratively produced by Theodora Skipitares and Jane Catherine Shaw alongside students in our JV/Varsity art clubs (Saturday only), and, on the top floor, a journey into the land of the monsters under your bed by Miranda Nichols. https://www.wassaicproject.org/events/2024-haunted-mill-and-monsters-ball
Trunk or Treat: Firefighter Edition
Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 10am to noon
Cost: Free
117 Harry Howard Ave., Hudson
Join Molly the Museum Dog and some of her closest firefighter friends for a unique event you will not soon forget. Joining Molly will be local firefighters with their decorated firetrucks giving out treats. Come inside and collect even more treats from the trunks in the Museum! Collect treats, play games, and vote for your favorite firetruck and trunk. Have a safe and spooky pre-Halloween celebration at the Museum! All activities, treats, and games are free and will be both indoors and outdoors (rain or shine– there will be a tent outdoors). Free admission to the Museum will also be offered to all who attend this special event. Reservations are not required for this event. http://www.fasnyfiremuseum.com/events/trunk-or-treat-2024/
The Halloween Tavern Trail: Spooky Stories from Old Dutchess
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from 6-7pm
Foster’s Coach House, Rhinebeck
Dutchess County Historian Will Tatum will share a carefully curated selection of stories drawn from old history publications, including the infamous 1880s Smith History of Dutchess, where the line between fact, fiction, and the supernatural was blurry indeed. As always, your host will offer his own brand of commentary on these tales, and he might even share some of his own spooky experiences from 12 years of wandering through the county's oldest sections. Seating is limited, RSVP is required. https://www.historicredhook.org/upcoming-events/tavern-trail-fosters-oct24
Season Finale Pig Roast
Saturday, November 2, 2024 from 1-3pm
Twin Star Orchards, home to Brooklyn Cider House 155 N. Ohioville Road New Paltz
Cost of admission: $18
A slow-roast of a whole pig in a China Box for 6 hours to celebrate the end of an incredible and bountiful apple-picking season! Come with the whole family to pick apples and enjoy the most tender, crisp pork! Spend the afternoon at the farm with live music, slow-roast pork and wood-fired pizzas and burgers. Free entry to farm; all food and beverages will be sold a la carte. https://www.twinstarorchards.com/upcoming-events
No Cowards in Our Band
Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 7pm
Hudson Hall, 327 Warren Street, Hudson
A semi-staged musical drama based on the life of Frederick Douglass. hudsonhall.org
Your 1774 Shopping List: Buying and Selling in Pre-Revolutionary Dutchess County
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from 6-7pm
Foster’s Coach House, Rhinebeck
Long before Amazon and other online shopping venues, Dutchess County residents went to physical stores for all of their retail needs. Join Dutchess County Historian Will Tatum for a deep dive into the origins of the shopping experience in the county. Learn what colonial era stores stocked and sold, the forms of payment their accepted, and the extensive areas they served. RSVP required: https://www.historicredhook.org/upcoming-events/tavern-trail-fosters-nov24
Holiday Fineries at the Wineries on the Shawangunk Wine Trail
November 23-24, December 7-8, 14-15, 2024 from 11am-5pm
Various locations in Ulster and Orange counties
Cost of admission: $40
Sip into the Season at the Hudson Valley's premier holiday wine and cider-tasting event. Enjoy tasting flights of holiday cheer. Ticket also includes a tasting glass, ornaments from each stop and a grapevine wreath. Select your preferred date and starting point on one of three curated itineraries for a self-guided tasting tour. More info: 845-256-8456 info@gunkswine.com, https://www.shawangunkwinetrail.com/holiday-fineries-at-the-wineries/
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