Protests in Albany and Kingston, or town halls in Hudson, Rhinebeck, and Rosendale
Also, a Christian Marclay art opening in Hudson, Winged Wheel in Kingston, and free Animal Piss in Saratoga Springs.
TURN ON THE NEWS TUESDAY: The Hudson Valley Show Paper
This Week in Hudson Valley Art and Activism:
The Hudson Valley Show Paper: complete listings.
New protest song from Chris Pellnat.
“Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros” online and on screens.
A Rosendale remembrance from Sari Botten.
Catie Hilverman on the Hudson city charter.
Wet Spell on the radio.
Follow the links the your protests, shows, exhibitions, openings, rallies, workshops, and more.
Tuesday, August 19
Avg. 76°, Low 62° at 6 a.m., High 90° at 4 p.m. per Merry Sky.
Aug. 19-24: Dutchess County Fair.
Aug. 19: “A Dirty Shame” at Triplex Cinema, Great Barrington. A Mishmash production.
Wednesday, August 20
Avg. 76°, Low 62° at 6 a.m., High 90° at 4 p.m. per Merry Sky.
PROTEST
Aug. 20: Derek Bronston at Park Theater, Hudson.
Aug. 20: Danny Blume's Big Red Flag at The Avalon Lounge.
Thursday, August 21
Avg. 76°, Low 62° at 6 a.m., High 90° at 4 p.m. per Merry Sky.
Mid-Hudson Valley Assemblyperson Sarahana Shrestha has already held town halls in Gardiner, Olive, and Saugerties about her efforts to replace Central Hudson with a publicly-owned utility. She has two more similar events:
Aug. 21, Thu., 6 p.m. at Starr Library, Rhinebeck
Aug. 27, Wed., 6 p.m. at Rosendale Community Center.
Aug. 21: Bonny Doom, Sweet Harm at Tubby’s, Kingston.
Aug. 21: Jolie Holland at John Doe, Hudson. Playing songs of Michael Hurley.
Aug. 21: Booker T. Jones at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock.
Aug. 21: Son Little at The Falcon, Marlboro.
Aug. 21: Mackenzie Shivers, Clover, beccs at Unicorn Bar, Kingston.
Aug. 21: Chimes of Bayonets, Personal Style, Idle Era at No Fun, Troy.
Aug. 21: Juma Sultan at The Avalon Lounge.
Friday, August 22
Avg. 76°, Low 62° at 6 a.m., High 90° at 4 p.m. per Merry Sky.
Aug. 22: Winged Wheel at Tubby’s, Kingston. Noisy experimental crew includes Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), Cory Plump (Spray Paint), Whitney Johnson (Lia Kohl, Circuit des Yeux), Matthew Rolin, and Fred Thomas (Idle Ray, Tyvek).
Aug. 22: Adam Tendler at PS21, Chatham. Pianist performs new music by Devonté Hynes, Nico Muhly, Laurie Anderson, inti figgis-vizueta, Pamela Z, and others, but is sometimes blocked by “CBS Sunday Morning” TV crew that will be filming.
Aug. 22: Nation of Language, Safe Mind at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock.
Aug. 22: Karen Schoemer and Body Memory, Mental Weather, Soo Do Koo, Bare Mattress, 1983, Big Maybe, Nicholas Kopp, Headless Relatives, Allegra Geller at No Fun, Troy. Sarah Darby Memorial Show.
Aug. 22: Bonnie Raitt at Bethel Woods.
Aug. 22: Cynthia Erivo and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
Aug. 22: Laura Stevenson, Cut Worms, Jeffrey Lewis at Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock.
Aug. 22: Weeeds, The Belle Curves at Park Theater, Hudson.
Aug. 22: DJ Matthew Cullen at Saltbox Bar, Kingston.
Aug. 22: Mirah, Footings, Strawberry Runners at The Avalon Lounge.
Saturday, August 23
Avg. 76°, Low 62° at 6 a.m., High 90° at 4 p.m. per Merry Sky.
WEEKLY PROTEST
Every Saturday since the winter folks have been turning out in Kingston to protest against the cruelty and corruption of the Trump administration. Turn out at 3:30 p.m. every Saturday at Firemen's Park, 1 Hurley Ave., Kingston.
Aug. 23: Gold Crush, Wet Spell at Egremont Barn.
Aug. 23: David Cross at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock.
Aug. 23: Donna The Buffalo at Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock.
Aug. 23: The E-Block at Park Theater, Hudson.
Aug. 23: DJ Paul Nickerson at Hy’s Fried, Egremont.
Aug. 23: DJ Matthew Cullen at Urban Cowboy Lodge, Big Indian.
Aug. 23: Christian Marclay opening, Hudson Hall. Show runs through Oct. 5.
Aug. 23: Gail Ann Dorsey, Two Many Guitars; Cindy Cashdollar, Simi Stone, Jeff Hill, Lee Falco, Will Bryant, Jay Collins, Brian Mitchell, Ginger Winn, Kendra Mckinley at Opus 40, Saugerties.
Sunday, August 24
Avg. 76°, Low 62° at 6 a.m., High 90° at 4 p.m. per Merry Sky.
Aug. 24: Sexmob at The Falcon, Marlboro.
Aug. 24: Chico Raro Punk, Mona Freaka at Unicorn Bar, Kingston.
Aug. 24: Orillia, Rose Stoller, Larry Locust at The Avalon Lounge.
COMING SOON…
Aug. 25: Animal Piss It’s Everywhere, The Men Who Loved Music, Century Plants at Desperate Annie’s, Saratoga Springs. FREE
Aug. 25: Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts at Bethel Woods.
Aug. 25: Katy Pinke, The Shivers, The Fascinating Chimera Project, Sarah La Puerta at The Avalon Lounge.
Aug. 26: Romperayo, DJ Bongohead at Tubby’s, Kingston. Drummer Pedro Ojeda’s band comes from Columbia with Nicolas Eckardt (of La Sonora Mazuren) and Ivan Medellin (of Conjunto Media Luna).
Aug. 26: The Wants at Tubby’s, Kingston.
Aug. 27-Sept. 1: Columbia County Fair in Chatham.
Aug. 27: Sam Wenc Duo, The Ben Seretan Big Band at The Avalon Lounge.
Aug. 28: Scrawl, Chris Brokaw Rock Band, Phantom Tollbooth at Deep Cuts, Medford, MA.
Aug. 28: Atabeya, Pocket Merchant at The Avalon Lounge.
Aug. 29: Anniversary performance of John Cage's 4'33" at Woodstock Artists Association and Museum. “This will be the 73nd anniversary of the world premiere of this important artwork; it premiered on August 29, 1952 in a concert produced by WAAM to benefit their artist's relief fund.”
Aug. 29: Ella Hue, Harrison Bosch, Nic Panken at Tubby’s, Kingston.
Aug. 29: NY Ska Orchestra at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock.
Aug. 29: The Black Keys at Bethel Woods.
Aug. 29: General Stoor at Hy’s Fried, Egremont.
Aug. 29: Marco Benevento and Dave Dreiwitz at Maverick Concerts, Woodstock.
Aug. 29: Luicidal, Violent Streets, Casket, The Hajj at No Fun, Troy. Luicidal includes original members of Suicidal Tendencies.
Aug. 29: Duane Betts and Palmetto Motel, Rainy Eyes at Levon Helm Studios, Woodstock.
Aug. 30: Heart at Bethel Woods.
Aug. 30: The Sequel at Hy’s Fried, Egremont.
Aug. 30: Popa Chubby Band at The Falcon, Marlboro.
Aug. 30-31: “Soka Tira Osoa” at PS21, Chatham. French tightrope walking company Basinga perform with a live band.
Aug. 30-31: Little Feat at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock.
Aug. 31: Bonnie Raitt at Tanglewood.
Aug. 31: Melissa Etheridge, The Indigo Girls at Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
Sept. 5-6: The Big Star Quintet at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. Jody Stephens (Big Star), Jon Auer (The Posies), Pat Sansone (Wilco), Chris Stamey (the dB’s), John Stirratt (Wilco).
Sept. 6: Ted Leo at Tubby’s, Kingston. FREE
Sept. 6: Jennifer Kabat, Ric Royer, Aatish Taseer at Spotty Dog Books and Ale, Hudson.
Sept. 13: Godspeed You! Black Emperor at Assembly, Kingston.
Sept. 14: Abeo Quartet at Hudson Hall. Nijoma Grevious, violin; Rebecca Benjamin, violin; James Kang, viola; Macintyre Taback, cello.
Sept. 19-20: Fcuckers, HO9909, Maria Somerville, Yatta, Tiny Vipers, Nuxx, and Deafheaven, Billy Woods, Vines, Writers in the Rafters, Soul Blind, Sloppy Jane, Sigred Lauren & Katelyn Reece Farstad, Lucky Break, Katzin at Basilica Hudson.
Sept. 20: Darius Jones Trio at VBI Theatre of Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie.
Sept. 20-21: Panda Bear, Sebadoh, Woods, Witch, Rose City Band, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Merce Lemon and Built to Spill, Dean Wareham, Medeski Martin Duo, White Fence, Sharp Pins, Joanna Sternberg, Dougie Pool at Arrowood Farms, Accord.
Sept. 20: Mum at Hudson Hall.
Sept. 22-28: Seventh Anniversary Free Shows at Tubby’s, Kingston. FREE
Sept. 23: Dazzling Killmen, Sky Furrows, Stroma at No Fun, Troy.
Sept. 24: Amy Rigby at Left Bank Ciders, Catskill. Former local’s return visit.
Sept. 30: Memorials at Tubby’s, Kingston. Verity Susman and Matthew Simms (previously of Electrelane and Wire).
Nov. 7: Richard Thompson at Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie.
RADIO REMOTES
Pat Linnan reports Wet Spell will be on the radio at 7 p.m. on the “Roundabout” show with Tom Ferris on WBCR-LP in Great Barrington, playing songs off their recent album, and a few live songs, and chatting about Wet Spell’s show at the Egremont Barn on Aug. 23 with Gold Crush.
Hudson Valley public radio station WJFF is claiming they are losing 25 percent of their budget. Federal budget cuts are affecting the large public radio stations.
ALL MY DEAD AND LIVING THINGS
Enhancing Democracy: Hudson Will Get a New Charter
Rewriting the rules that shape Hudson’s future together.
By Catie Hilverman
THE KINGSTONIAN
Rosendale
The first in a series about my 20 years (so far) living upstate.
By Sari Botten
BEN KNOLL WEATHER
Comfortable weather coming as Erin swirls offshore
Update #667: it won't be as hot in the Hudson Valley this week as a major hurricane passes offshore.
CHRIS PELLNAT
“A protest song against fascism,” from Columbia County-based Chris Pellnat, released in July.
PAULINE OLIVEROS
Sound artist Pauline Oliveros is the Hudson Valley’s most prominent voice. What Thomas Cole is to early American vistas of the Catskills, Pauline Oliveros is to the sound of the Hudson Valley in the late 20th Century and early 21st Century. She’s known even more worldwide for her concept of “Deep Listening.” This film debuted last year, and continues with screenings around the world.
RADIO DRAMA
Tom Roe, the writer of this column, makes this weekly radio show.
Donald Drumpf Theatre #249: Dancing in the Dark or You Want it Darker
Anything to avoid mentioning Jeffrey Epstein.
This week’s episode: “Dancing in the Dark or You Want it Darker” Wagging the Dog and the military takeover of the country begin this week on the “Donald Drumpf Theatre” radio show. Opening theme includes clips from Rod Serling; Bill Cosby; Donald Drumpf; Eric Cartman; Jon Stewart; Richard Nixon; Kent Brockman; and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Thanks for the songs from Golden Earring ("Twilight Zone"), Bruce Springsteen (“Dancing in the Dark”), and Leonard Cohen (“You Want it Darker [Solomun Remix]”). Clips and excerpts from Seth Meyers; Kaitlan Collins; David Berman; and Conrad Brean, Winifred Ames, and Liz Butsky from “Wag the Dog.” Episode #249.
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