SHANDAKEN CALENDAR
WATER is the name of a new exhibit featuring the photographs of Susan Wides and paintings by Christie Scheele and Debroah Freedman opening at the marvelous Chace-Randall Gallery on Main Street, Route 28, in Andes. Each of the featured artists works in our neck of the woods and have sterling New York art market credentials. The Chace-Randall Gallery is located at 49 Main Street, Andes, For more information call 845.676.4901 or visit www.chace-randallgall-ery.com.
Thursday 8/16
8:00 PM “Backwards”; Byrdcliffe Theatre; Woodstock; 679-0167; www.woodstockfringe.org
Friday 8/17
5:00 PM Bird-On-A-Cliff’s Woodstock Merry Wives of Windsor. Comeau Property, Woodstock www.birdonacliff.org
5:00 PM Open Studios at Byrdcliffe Arts Colony; Woodstock; 679-2079; www.woodstockguild.org
5:00 PM Art Opening: “Children of Darfur” photo exhibit by Ron Haviv; East Village Collective; Woodstock; 679-2174; www.eastvillagecollective.com
6:00-10:00 PM Catamount Carolina Pig Roast; Catamount Banquet Center; Route 28, Mount Pleasant; 688-2444; www.emersonresort.com
7:30 PM Commander Cody Band with Professor Louie and the Crowmatix; Woodstock Playhouse; 679-4101; www.woodstockplayhouse.org
8:00 PM Performance by Donald Harrison Quartet; Belleayre Jazz Club; Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayremusic.org
8:00 PM The Roches. The Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. www.bearsvilletheater.com
Saturday 8/18
All Day Hudson Valley Rib Festival; Ulster County Fairgrounds, New Paltz; www.hudsonvalleyribfest.org
All Day Antique Boat Show; Rondout Waterfront, Kingston; 331-7517; www.ci.kingston.ny.us
10:00 AM-4:00 PM 27th Annual Hurley Heritage Society Corn Festival; Hurley Reformed Church, Main Street, Hurley;; 338-2193
10:00-11:30 AM Modern Dance: (adult) The Copperhood Inn & Spa. 518-989-6409
11:00 AM Goowins Balloowins presents “Jack and the Beanstalk” and “ Woodstock Pete”; Woodstock Playhouse; 679-4101
11:00 AM Young People’s Concert; Maverick Concerts; Woodstock; 679-8217; www.maverickconcerts.org
3:00 PM Indian Devotional Songs. A celebration of the 60th anniversary of India’s independence. Matagiri, 1218 Wittenberg Road, Mount Tremper. 679-5358 or www.matagiri.org
4:00 – 7:00 PM 2nd Annual Olive Free Library Art Show, West Shokan
4:00 - 6:30PM Chicken Bar-B-Que at Sampsonville U.M. Church Hall on County Rt.2
5:00 PM Bird-On-A-Cliff’s Woodstock Merry Wives of Windsor. Comeau Property, Woodstock www.birdonacliff.org
5:00 – 7:00 PM Water opening reception, Chace-Randall Gallery presents paintings by Deborah Freedman and Christie Scheele with photography by Susan Wides, Route 28, Andes.
6:00 – 10:00 PM Just Around the Corner, The Arts Upstairs Gallery latest exhibit, 60 Main Street, Phoenicia. 688-2142 or www.artsupstairs.com.
8:00 PM Annual Woodstock Beat with “Jazz Masters” Jack DeJohnette, Pat Metheny and John Patitucci; Bearsville Theater; Route 212; 679-2079; www.woodstockguild.org
8:00 PM Mothers of Invention. Written & performed by Laura Poe. ASK Arts Center, 97 Broadway, Kingston 338-0331
8:00 PM Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Belleayre Music Festival, Highmount. 800- 942-6904, ext. 344 or www.belleayremusic.org.
8:00 PM Source with Abdoulaye Diabate. Led by Quebecois flutist Sylvain Leroux, pioneer of African music collaborations in North America, at the Roxbury Arts Group, Vega Mountain Road & Route 30, Roxbury. 607-326-7908
8:00 PM; Performance by “Steve Gorn and Friends Evening Ragas”; Maverick Concerts; Woodstock; 679-8217; www.maverickconcerts.org
8:00 PM “Greetings From Yorkville”; the songwriter musical; Byrdcliffe Theatre; Woodstock; 679-0167; www.woodstockfringe.org
Sunday 8/19
All Day Antique Boat Show; Rondout Waterfront, Kingston; 331-7517; www.ci.kingston.ny.us
1:00 PM Annual Artists’ Soapbox Derby; watch soapboxes go down Broadway; Rondout waterfront, Kingston; 338-8473
12:00 Noon Jazz in the Valley; performances by Les McCann, the Javon Jackson Band, T.K. Blue, Joe Bataan, Steve Colson and Iqua Colson; Hudson Valley Resort & Spa; Kerhonkson; 384-6350; www.transartinc.org
12 - 3:00 PM Teen Murder Mystery Dinner Pine Hill Community Center, Main Street, Pine Hill. 254-5469 or www.pinehillcommunitycenter.org
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM The Shandaken Democratic Committee Annual BBQ. Glenbrook Park, Shandaken
2:00 PM Italian arias performed by Bel Canto Institute members; chapel of D&H Canal Museum; High Falls;; 687-9311; www.canalmuseum.org
2:00 PM “Backwards”; 2006 recipient of the Royal Court Theatre Residency; Byrdcliffe Theatre; Woodstock; 679-0167; www.woodstockfringe.org
2:00 PM Talk: Robert Thurman, Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies. Matagiri, 1218 Wittenberg Road, Mount Tremper. 679-5358 or www.matagiri.org
2:00-7:00 PM Annual Between the Tides Festival; music, square dancing, food and fun; Saugerties Lighthouse; 247-0656; www.saugertieslighthouse.com
3:00 PM Performance by Trio Solisti; Maverick Concerts; Woodstock; 679-8217; www.maverickconcerts.org
4:00 –7:00 PM Writers in the Mountains reading and picnic on the island in Kirkside Park, Roxbury
5:00 PM Bird-On-A-Cliff’s Woodstock Merry Wives of Windsor. Comeau Property, Woodstock www.birdonacliff.org
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Foot-tapping music with FIDO and organic chicken Barbeque at the American General Store in West Shokan. 657-7762 or www.americangeneralstore.com.
6:00 PM Sarah Perrotta & Band, The Rondout, Kingston
6:30-9:00 PM Summer Sunday Swing Dance; White Eagle Hall, Kingston; 462-4669
Monday 8/20
7:30 PM Workshop: Shamanic Journeying. Stone Ridge 687-0239 or 518-275-7569
7:00 PM Monday Night Open Mic - Bill Pfleging, Minda Zetlin & Michael Belfiore. hosted by Phillip Levine. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock 679-5342
Tuesday 8/21
10:00-11:00 AM Creative Movement: (birth-5 years) Chichester Yoga. 518-989-6409
5:30 PM Pilates Class. Emerson Resort & Spa, Route 28, Mount Tremper. 688-2828 x697 or www.emersonresort.com
Wednesday 8/22
9:00 AM -12:00 Noon and 1:00-4:00 PM Adults Dig on Huguenot Street; participate in archaeological dig led by a trained archeologist; two daily sessions; New Paltz; 255-1660; www.huguenotstreet.org
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Kingston Union Concert Band, Academy Green Park, Kingston. 255 3580 or jasclinton@aol.com
Thursday 8/23
12:15-12:45 PM Performance by Terry Earles; Old Dutch Church , Kingston ;; 338-6759; www.olddutchchurch.org
5:30 PM Yoga Class. Emerson Resort & Spa, Route 28, Mount Tremper. 688-2828 x697 or www.emersonresort.com
Friday 8/24
10:00 AM Tyke Hike; explore nature through children’s eyes; up to age 5; Forsyth Nature Center , Kingston ; 331-1682; www.forsythnaturecenter.org
5:00 PM Bird-On-A-Cliff’s Woodstock Merry Wives of Windsor. Comeau Property, Woodstock www.birdonacliff.org
5:00 PM Restorative Yoga Class. Emerson Resort & Spa, Route 28, Mount Tremper. 688-2828 x697 or www.emersonresort.com
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Bruce Katz and the Organiks and organic chicken Barbeque at the American General Store in West Shokan. 657-7762 or www.americangeneralstore.com.
8:00 PM Jamaica Farewell; a one woman tour-de-force by Debra Erhardt; Byrdcliffe Theatre; Woodstock; 679-0167; www.woodstockfringe.org
Saturday 8/25
10:00 AM to night Shandaken Day; craft vendors, music, food; block party style fun; Pine Hill;; 688-5004 or 254-6705
10:00-11:30 AM Modern Dance: (adult) The Copperhood Inn & Spa. 518-989-6409
2:00 PM Art on the Hudson; live art auction; T.R. Gallo Waterfront Park, Kingston; preview at 1:30 PM; auction at; 246-1913
2:00 PM “Oh Virgil! A Theatrical Portrait”; a kaleidoscopic portrait of modern artist Virgil Thomson; Byrdcliffe Theatre; 679-0167; www.woodstockfringe.org
3:00 PM The Water Discovery Center of the Catskills dedicates its site on County Route 38 in Arkville, www.waterdiscoverycenter.org
4:00 PM Vinarelli; cocktail reception, dinner, opportunity to paint; Woodstock School of Art; Route 212; 679-2388; www.woodstockschoolofart.com
5:00 PM Bird-On-A-Cliff’s Woodstock Merry Wives of Windsor. Comeau Property, Woodstock www.birdonacliff.org
6:00 PM Rossetti String Quartet Performance; Maverick Concerts; Woodstock; 679-8217; www.maverickconcerts.org
8:00 PM Jamaica Farewell; a one woman tour-de-force by Debra Erhardt; Byrdcliffe Theatre; Woodstock; 679-0167; www.woodstockfringe.org
8:00 PM Artie Traum. Rosendale Café, Main Street, Rosendale 658-9048
8:00 PM Cashore Marionettes. The Roxbury Arts Group, Vega Mountain Road at Route 30, Roxbury 607-326-7908
8:00 PM Best of Ailey II; performance by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Belleayre Mountain , Highmount; 800-942-6904; www.belleayremusic.org
8:00 PM Performance by the Snappy Dance Theatre; Woodstock Playhouse; 679-4101; www.woodstockplayhouse.org
9:00 PM The Trapps. Keegan Ales, 20 St. James Street, Kingston. 331-BREW or www.keeganales.com
9:00 PM Performance by the Skatalites; reggae music; Bearsville Theater; Route 212, Woodstock; 679-4406; www.reggaewoodsock.com
Sunday 8/26
All Day Stretch And Stride: Yoga And Hiking In The Catskills. Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291ext. 205 or www.frostvalley.org
7:00 AM Mid-Hudson Bicycle Club’s Woodstock Bicycle Event. Ride 25, 50, 80 or 100 miles. Start times between 7AM-9:30AM. Zena Elementary School, Woodstock. 657-9764 or www.midhudsonbicycle.org
10:00 AM Tractor Pull; Davenport Farms; Tongore Road , Stone Ridge; 687-0051
10:30 AM Pathwork Spiritual Lecture Reading/Discussion. Begins with meditation. 74 Main Street, Phoenicia. 688-2211
1:00 PM “Break! & Beats!”; family concert featuring the Human Orchestra and the Urban Funk Spectacular; Belleayre Mountain, Highmount; free; (800) 942-6904; www.belleayremusic.org
3:00 PM Amernet String Quartet performance; Maverick Concerts; Woodstock; 679-8217; www.maverickconcerts.org
5:00 PM Bird-On-A-Cliff’s Woodstock Merry Wives of Windsor. Comeau Property, Woodstock www.birdonacliff.org
5:00 PM “Oh Virgil! A Theatrical Portrait”; a kaleidoscopic portrait of modern artist Virgil Thomson; Byrdcliffe Theatre; 679-0167; www.woodstockfringe.org
Monday 8/27
10:00 AM Yoga Class.Emerson Resort & Spa, Route 28, Mount Tremper. 688-2828 x697 or www.emersonresort.com
7:00 PM Monday Night Open Mic - Lily Warren (poet) &) Laura Q (stand-up). hosted by Phillip Levine. The Colony Café, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock 679-5342
Tuesday 8/28
Auditions for Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara, Shandaken Theatrical Society, 10 Church Street, Phoenicia. 688-2279/679-5826.
5:30 PM Pilates Class. Emerson Resort & Spa, Mount Tremper 688-2828 x697 or www.emersonresort.com
Wednesday 8/29
Auditions for Bernard Shaw’s Major Barbara, Shandaken Theatrical Society, 10 Church Street, Phoenicia. 688-2279/679-5826.
5:00 PM Yoga Class. Emerson Resort & Spa, Mount Tremper. 688-2828
