New Paltz, NY - Playwright Mary Zimmerman’s award-winning Metamorphoses is more than a revisiting of Ovid’s ancient text - it is a contemporary re-imagining of his timeless tales.
Metamorphoses, recipient of the 2002 Tony Award, Obie Award and Drama Desk Award, will be performed Nov. 12 - 22, in McKenna Theatre at the State University of New York at New Paltz. The play is directed by Nancy Saklad, assistant professor of performance at New Paltz. Read more »
Hopeful Early Opening, Tap into Winter Party, Snow Therapy Winter Season Deals
Highmount, NY - Last Friday afternoon, the Belleayre Mountain snowmaking staff tested the snow guns in order to be prepared for the dropping temperatures. It is the goal of the DEC to open Belleayre Mountain’s season doors on Saturday, November 14th with their Annual Tap into Winter Party, beginning at 1:00pm. An open rail jam event, Fashion Showcase, and Bar Party will be a great celebration, with a promotional ticket price of $25. Read more »
Exhibition: December 4, 2009 - January 10, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, December 4th, 2009, 6-9 p.m.
Garnerville, NY - A site-specific installation by Tamara Gayer will be on view at the GAGA Arts Center in Garnerville, NY from December 4th to January 10th.
The show, Everything’s For Sale, is comprised of ‘Skyline,’ a large scale installation that will use the windows in Gallery B at GAGA as a substrate; and ‘Window,’ a lightbox positioned opposite these windows. ‘Skyline’ plays with the image of the skyline of Manhattan, depicting some of the iconic buildings of this vista and outlining the power and aesthetic history of the City. This piece takes this engagement a stage further by altering some of the specifics, toying with our perception of the generic image of the City. The light box ‘Window’ offers the complementary intimate view of the City. Read more »
Nature Strollers: A Hiking Group for Families with Young Children
Cornwall, NY - On Tuesday, November 10 at 10 a.m. come for Nature Strollers, a hiking group for families with babies, toddlers and young children. Take a one-hour hike at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum’s Outdoor Discovery Center entrance on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road, Cornwall. The popular Nature Stroller group will follow the gentle trails of the Outdoor Discovery Center and explore the field, pond and forest. Enjoy a hands-on fun nature lesson presented by an Environmental Educator before heading out on the trails. Read more »
New Paltz, NY - The State University of New York at New Paltz is hosting a daylong symposium focusing on the art featured in the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art’s exhibition, “The Hudson River to Niagara Falls: 19th Century American Landscape Painting from the New-York Historical Society,” on Saturday, Nov. 7.Professor Kerry Dean Carso of the college’s Art History Department organized the symposium, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Lecture Center, room 102. The lectures will cover a wide range of topics relating to the Hudson River School of Art, including discussions of notable artists Thomas Cole and Frederic Church; landscape painting in the Shawangunks; and architecture found along the Hudson River. Lecturers include art history scholars and professionals from colleges, historical sites and museums from the East Coast. Read more »
Kingston, NY - Eileen McAdam, Director of The Sound and Story Project of the Hudson Valley, will be the featured speaker during the Annual Meeting of the Friends of Senate House on Wednesday Nov. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Senate House Museum, 312 Fair Street in Kingston. Ms. McAdam has made it her mission to preserve and celebrate the history and culture of the Hudson Valley through recorded sound. Her Sound and Story Project includes oral history interviews, but it also encompasses many unusual sound recordings that portray this region, including the now-silenced bells of early American churches, or the sounds of bats in the caves of Rosendale. McAdam will talk about the art and method of capturing and preserving the sounds of the Hudson Valley, and the history they offer us. Read more »
Itzhak Perlman and Anthony McGill to appear together for first time since President Obama’s Inauguration
Purchase, NY - The Westchester Philharmonic continues another record-breaking season under the baton of Artistic Director Itzhak Perlman on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 8 pm and Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 3 pm with clarinetist Anthony McGill, whose breathtaking performance with Yo-Yo Ma and Maestro Perlman during January’s Presidential Inauguration vaulted him into national prominence. McGill will perform the enduring masterpiece that is Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Read more »
