Old-School 3-D series features 1950s-style horror, suspense, Westerns
Rochester, N.Y. - The Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House will be comin’ at ya with seven 3-D classics from the early 1950s, featuring Hitchcock, Vincent Price, Westerns, and B films. The screenings take place the final four nights of August - Friday, Aug. 28 through Monday, Aug. 31 - and include double-feature and triple-feature evenings, as well as complimentary viewing glasses. Read more »
Oswego, NY - Oswego Harborfest is seeking applicants for performance slots for the 2010 edition of the festival slated for July 22 - 25, 2010.
The festival seeks performers of all genre type. Harborfest has traditionally been an eclectic undertaking providing an opportunity to showcase a wide diversity of musical performers and types. The recently concluded 2009 edition of the festival spotlighted national, local and regional bands and artists. The festival featured a variety of music on the NRG Lakeview Stage at Breitbeck Park, the Family Stage at the Novelis Family Park at Fort Ontario and the Veteran’s Stage at Riverwalk West in Oswego. Read more »
Saratoga Springs, NY - The 14th Annual Travers Festival features nine days of events and activities leading up to the Shadwell Travers Stakes, otherwise known as America’s “Mid-Summer Derby”, on August 29th. The Travers Festival runs from Saturday, August 22nd through Sunday, August 30th.
Alongside the live action of thoroughbred racing every day except Tuesday, the Saratoga Springs area and Saratoga Race Course will have numerous festivities during the festival. Some featured events include the Philadelphia Orchestra and The Alabama Stakes (8/22); a Long-sleeve t-shirt giveaway at the track (8/23); A Bruce Springsteen Concert at The Saratoga Performing Arts Center (8/25); Read more »
New Paltz, NY (August 19, 2009) - The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz is hosting gallery talks and a performance by participants in the 2009 Hudson Valley Artists show, “Ecotones and Transition Zones,” on Thursday, Aug. 20.
The talks, which will take place from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. in the museum’s Alice and Horace Chandler Gallery and the North Gallery, feature Robert Capozzi, Lorrie Fredette, Dylan McManus, Laura Moriarty and Jill Parisi, who collaborated on a piece in the show; as well as fellow “Ecotones and Transition Zones” artists Dana Duke, Susan Miller, Itty Neuhaus and J. Gilbert Plantinga.
At 7 p.m., there will be an interactive tree serenade performance with artist Ryder Cooley. Viewers are encouraged to participate by bringing musical instruments. Read more »
Belleayre Mountain Celebrates Woodstock’s 40th Anniversary with Reggae Legends and a Free, Family Festival
Highmount, NY (Aug. 17) - A music-loving tradition lives on this weekend at Belleayre Mountain, in time for the 40th Anniversary of the most famous musical concerts ever: Woodstock. On Saturday evening, the Belleayre Conservatory will host the late Bob Marley’s accompanying band, The Original Wailers, and a brand-new family festival, Kidstock on Sunday afternoon. Original Woodstock lovers are encouraged to make Belleayre Mountain their celebratory spot for Roll and Roll’s past, giving them a chance to pass their music loving torch on to the next generation. Read more »
Oswego, NY - The annual encampment of the French and Indian War will take place at Fort Ontario State Historic Site, Oswego, NY, on Saturday August 29 from 10 AM to 4:30 PM, and Sunday August 30 from 10 AM to 3 PM. The sights, sounds, and smells of camp and garrison life will greet visitors as they visit camps of British, French and native American troops and warriors who fought each other on these ground in the 1750’s. This year marks the 250th anniversary of both an important battle fought there in 1759 as well as the building of the second Fort Ontario. Read more »
Exhibition Dates: September 10, 2009 - November 29, 2009
Exhibition Location: Special Exhibition Galleries, 1st floor
Press Preview: Tuesday, September 8, 10:00 a.m. -noon
New York, NY - On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s historic voyage from the Netherlands to New York, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is sending The Milkmaid, perhaps the most admired painting by the Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. To celebrate this extraordinary loan, the Metropolitan Museum will present Vermeer’s Masterpiece The Milkmaid, a special exhibition beginning on September 10 Read more »
