ELLEN’S PICKS
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Monday, July 2
Monday Showcase – The Very Sexy Trio with Ross Rice –– No cover charge – Information atwww.helsinkihudson.com or 828-4800 – 8 pm – Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street
Tuesday, July 3
Trixie Starr hosts Match Game, the Hudson version of the 60s/70s television show – Prizes and frivolity – Information at 301-4398 – 8 to 10 pm – (pm) Wine Bar, 119 Warren Street
Full Moon Walk – Columbia Land Conservancy invites people of all ages to a short program on fireflies, followed by a hike to watch fireflies flicker under the Thunder Moon rise – Bring a flashlight and wear appropriate hiking shoes – Register at 392-5252, ext. 207 or e-mail Heidi@clctrust.org – 8 to 10 pm – Siegel-Kline Kill Conservation Area, 1452 Garage Place Road, Ghent
Free Tuesday Night Movies featuring theatre, music and dance – The Triplets of Belleville (France 2003) – When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters, an aged song-and-dance team, to rescue him – An animated film – Information at www.ps21chatham.org or 392-6121 – 8:30 pm – PS21 performance tent, 2980 Route 66, Chatham
Wednesday July 4
Independence Day
Annual People’s Parade – Sponsored by the Kinderhook Business & Professional Association – Citizens decorate their cars, strollers, wagons, tractors, or bikes and themselves in red, white and blue and, beginning at 11 am, march from the park on Rothermel Land to the Village Square, where the celebration continues
An Old-Fashioned Independence Day – Revolutionary War reenactors, eighteenth-century music by the Headless Horseman Fife & Drum Corp, Punch & Judy puppet show, children’s cherry pit spitting contest, food vended by Georgia Ray’s Kitchen, and a front row view of the Saugerties fireworks – Information at 537-4240 – 2 to 10 pm – Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown (Come early – Gates will be closed when capacity is reached)
Wednesday-Sunday, July 4-8
StageworksHudson presents its annual festival of new one-act plays – Play by Play: Rendezvous –Runs through July 15 – Information and tickets at www.stageworkshudson.org or 822-9667 – Wed/Thurs at 7:30 pm, Fri/Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 2 pm – StageworksHudson, 41-A Cross Street
Thursday, July 5
Basilica Screenings: Raucus Caucus, USA with Brian Dewan – “A program of bombastic counter-cultural spectacle and political rhetoric stretched to the extreme.” – Includes screenings of two Ant Farm films—Media Burn (1975) and Convention City (1972)—Anna Casper’s Parades (2012), and Brian Dewan’s Civic Pride. Dewan will also perform songs on the theme of American Presidents – Information at www.basilicahudson.com or 822-1050 – 8 pm – Basilica Hudson, 110 South Front Street
Thursday-Sunday, July 5-8
Films at TSL:
>Elles (2012) – “The deeply felt moment-to-moment experience of a woman…played with astonishing sensitivity and commitment by [Juliette] Binoche.”—Stephen Holden,The New York Times – In French and Polish with English subtitles
>5 Broken Cameras (2011) “…a deeply personal, firsthand account of non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village threatened by encroaching Israeli settlements. Shot almost entirely by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat…” – In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles
>Schedule at 822-8100 or www.timeandspace.org – Time & Space Limited, 434 Columbia Street
Mac-Haydn Theatre presents Legally Blonde – Live, on-stage version of the hit movie – Runs through July 22 – Information, schedule and reservations atwww.machaydntheatre.org or 392-9292 – Mac-Haydn Theatre, 1925 Route 203, Chatham
PS21 and Walking the dog Theater present Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard – Directed by David Anderson with original musical score by Jonathan Talbott – Runs weekends through July 22 – Information at www.ps21chatham.org or 392-6121 – 8 pm – PS21performance tent, 2980 Route 66, Chatham
Friday, July 6
Screening of Icon Eye followed by Q&A with M. Geddes Gengras and Matt Werth(RVNG INTL), and live performance by M. Geddes Gengras – Icon Eye tells the story of the album Icon Give Thank. Cameron Stallones and M. Geddes Gengras travel to Jamaica to work with the legendary Reggae outfit, The Congos. This is the first screening of the film outside of NYC and LA – Co-hosted by community radio station WGXC and Basilica Hudson – Information at www.basilicahudson.com or 822-1050 – Doors open at 7 pm; Film at 8:30 pm – Basilica Hudson, 110 South Front Street
The A-Team – A free outdoor movie about a group of Iraq War veterans looking to clear their names with the U.S. military – Bring a chair – Presented by Time and Space, Ltd., in association with the PARC Foundation and the City of Hudson – Information at www.timeandspace.org or 822-8448 – After dark – PARC Park, 328 Warren Street
Jonah Smith with Doug Wamble-Smith “has the range to write the simplest folk song or an orchestral arrangement…[He is] well known in New York as a top-flight songwriter and a powerful, expressive singer…guest vocalist with Los Lobos…and with members of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.” – Doug Wamble is a renowned guitarist and singer from Memphis – Smith and Wamble have “a well-oiled on-stage rapport as they trade songs and stories.” – Information at www.helsinkihudson.com or 828-4800 – 9 pm – Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street
Just in Time performs as part of the Music at Sunset concert series – Information at 828-4656 – 7 to 9 pm – Greenport Town Park, Joslen Boulevard, Greenport
Annual Sidewalk Sales throughout Chatham Village – Sponsored by the Chatham Area Business Alliance – Information at www.chathamareabusinessalliance.org – 10 am to 5 pm – Village of Chatham
First Friday in Chatham Village – Resounding with Music – Local musicians perform at the gazebo and throughout the Village; shops, restaurants and galleries open – Sponsored by the Chatham Area Business Alliance – Information at www.chathamareabusinessalliance.org – 5 to 7 pm – Village of Chatham
Friday-Saturday, July 6-7
Hudson-Athens Ferry Service – Departs Hudson on the hour and Athens on the half-hour – Information at www.hudsoncruises.com or 822-1014 – 5 to 11:30 pm – Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, over the railroad bridge at the intersection of Front and Allen Streets
The Elves and the Shoemaker – The first production in Mac-Haydn Theatre’s children’s theatre season – Information and reservations at www.machaydntheatre.org or 392-9292 – 10:30 am – Mac-Haydn Theatre, 1925 Route 203, Chatham
Saturday, July 7
Hudson Farmers’ Market – Abby Lappen will perform – To find out what’s available at the market or to view the calendar of events, go to www.hudsonfarmersmarketny.com– 9 am to 1 pm – Corner of Sixth & Columbia Streets
Furgary Boat Club Open House– Last chance to get an up-close view of this Hudson phenomenon – The public is invited to tour the property and learn about the history “from those who have lived it and know it best.” – 12 noon to 4 pm – Furgary Boat Club, at the intersection of North Front Street and Dock Street
Exhibition Opening – The Farm: Paintings by Kate Knapp – Exhibition runs through July 29 – Information at www.510warrenstgallery.com or 822-0510 – 3 to 6 pm – 510 Warren Street Gallery, 510 Warren Street
Light Up the Sky – To benefit the Catherine Kane Whitbeck Fund of the Hudson Opera House to support youth programming – Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, dessert and fireworks – Information at www.hudsonoperahouse.org or 822-1438 – 6:30-10:30 pm – The Whitbeck home, Mount Merino Road, Greenport
Ragtime Revolution – Folk music you don’t bring home to your mama (www.facebook.com/Ragtime.Revolution ) and Up Up We Go with Salvadore Geloso from New Orleans with gypsy street music (www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4_AqZu4RbU ) – Information at 828-3657 – ID required – 10:30 pm – Red Dot Restaurant & Bar, 321 Warren Street
Carmen Borgia and Frank Cuthbert perform – Information at www.thespottydog.com or 671-6006 – 8 pm – Spotty Dog Books & Ale, 440 Warren Street
First in a series of screenings of rare older music videos from the collection of artist Spike Priggen – Will be shown on Saturday evenings through September 1 – Presented by Hudson Music Festival, with the cooperation of the PARC Foundation and the City of Hudson – 8:30 pm – PARC Park, 328 Warren Street
The Alexis P. Suter Band – A recent nominee for a Blues Music Award from The Blues Foundation in Memphis, Suter is described by Levon Helm as “…one of those wonderful spirits, she’s got her arms around you…you can feel that!!!” – Information at www.helsinkihudson.com or 828-4800 – 9 pm – Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street
Summerfest 2012 – Sidewalk sales, raffles to benefit nonprofit organizations – Music and entertainment throughout the day – Children’s parade at 12 noon – Rain or shine – Sponsored by the Chatham Area Business Alliance – Information atwww.chathamareabusinessalliance.org or 392-5848
Exhibition Opening – Architecture Omi hosts an exhibition of a local artist - Thomas Lail: Notes for the Future – Information at www.artomi.org or 392-4740 – 1 to 4 pm – Charles B. Benenson Visitors Center and Gallery, Omi International Arts Center, 1405 County Route 22, Ghent
Exhibition Opening – A Civil War Panorama: Columbia County 1860-1865 – Learn about some of the brave men of Columbia County who fought in the Civil War through their own words and images – A timeline of the Civil War will present period letters, diaries, photographs, uniforms, weapons, and flags – Open weekends this summer – Information and reservations at www.cchsny.org or 758-9265 – 4 to 6 pm – Exhibition at Columbia County Historical Society Museum & Library, 5 Albany Avenue, Kinderhook; reception at Vanderpoel House of History, 16 Broad Street, Kinderhook
Beautiful Baroque – A series featuring “the passionate, tuneful, profound music of the Baroque period.” – The New York City early music group Tenet—five voices with lute, led by “golden soprano” Jolle Greenleaf—will perform A Feast for the Senses, including works by Purcell, Dowland, Bach, and others – Information atwww.ancramoperahouse.com or 329-7393 – 5 pm – Ancram Opera House, 1330 County Route 7, Ancram
Sunday, July 8
Wye Oak with special guest, Other Colors – Wye Oak is the Indie duo of Baltimore natives Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack. Their latest release was named one of NPR Music’s top albums of the year – Information at www.helsinkihudson.com or 828-4800 – 8 pm – Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street
Sightseeing Open Cruise – Information and reservations at 822-1014 or www.hudsoncruises.com – 1 to 2:30 pm – Spirit of Hudson, City dock (behind the gazebo), Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, over the railroad bridge at the intersection of Allen and Front Streets
An exploration by water of the Stockport Creek Watershed, led by Fran Martino – Canoes, paddles, personal flotation devices and other gear will be provided – Registration at 828-1330 or by e-mail atfran@stockportwatershed.org – 9 am to 12 noon – Details on location will be provided at the time of registration
Linda Hirshman, author of Victory: The Triumphant Gay Revolution, will read from and sign copies of her new book, which received a full page rave review in The New York Times Book Review – Information at 325-4101 orwww.roejanlibrry.org/programs/speakers/ – 4 pm – Roeliff Jansen Community Library, 9091 Route 22, Hillsdale (one mile south of Route 22/23 intersection)
Monday, July 9
Monday Showcase – The Shakedown – This upstate group “draws inspiration from traditional Americana roots and rock and roll music.” –– No cover charge – Information atwww.helsinkihudson.com or 828-4800 – 8 pm – Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street
First in the Summer Sings series – Choral music lovers of all abilities are invited to sing Bach Chorales conducted by Gretchen Rueckheim – Information at www.ps21chatham.org or 392-6121 – 7:30 pm – PS21performance tent, 2980 Route 66, Chatham
OPEN MICS
Tuesdays
Helsinki Open Mic – Try out new material on the big Helsinki stage – Hosted by Stephen Bluhm, Ryder Cooley, and guest MCs – Information at 828-4800 orwww.helsinkihudson.com – Sign-up begins at 7 pm – Performance from 8 to11 pm – Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street
Wednesdays
Open Mic Night – Broadcast live on WGXC 90.7 FM – Hosted by Rob Johanson – Information at 469-7489 or rcj837@gmail.com – Sign up at 8 pm – Performance from 8:30 pm to 11 pm – Red Dot, 319 Warren Street
Acoustic Open Mic with host and guitar expert Al Sire – Information at 822-1234 orwww.americanglory.com – 8 pm – American Glory, 342 Warren Street
Thursdays
Thursday Night Performance Circle – Any performance style from comedy to music is welcome – Open to all ages – Hosted by Jackie and Marilyn – Information at 828-2210 or e-mail parloropenmic@gmail.com – 7 to 9 pm – Parlor Coffee & Tea House, 742 Warren Street
First Saturdays
The People’s Open Mic – Sign up by e-mail at flaminy@fairpoint.net – Information at 392-2337 – 7:30 pm on – Peint O Gwrw Pub, 36 Main Street, Chatham
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