Community Calendar

Join the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra and conductor André Raphel for a dazzling Season Finale! Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel’s birth by traveling through a world of fairytales with his magical Mother Goose Suite. The HVSO is delighted to present cellist William Suh, 2023 winner of the HVP String Competition, performing Shostakovich’s evocative Cello Concerto No.1. The program continues with the exhilarating Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams and Edward Elgar’s beloved Enigma Variations. Reduced ticket prices are available for seniors and students, and children under five are welcome free of charge. All are invited to attend this joyful conclusion of the HVSO’s Season of Renewal!

The orchestra performance on Saturday, May 10th, will take place at Seeger Theatre (101 Matteawan Rd, Beacon, NY) at 7:30 p.m. The doors will open at 6:45 pm.

Dates: May 9-11 and 15-18

Where: Beacon Performing Arts Center, Studio B: 327B Main Street, Beacon, NY

Times vary:
Friday May 9 and Saturday May 10: 8pm
Sunday May 11: 4:30pm,
Thursday May 15: 7:30pm
Friday May 16 and Saturday May 17: 8pm
Sunday May 18: 2:30pm.

Summary: Liturgy for Longing is a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience created and performed by multidisciplinary performing artist Emily Clare Zempel. In Liturgy, audiences of 10 are invited to contemplate longing through collective experiences and solo performance.

Expand: Liturgy: a set of prompts created to encourage communal interaction with deep questions. Longing: that endless tug towards the I-don’t-know.

Why do we long? For what? In Liturgy for Longing, Emily has created a deeply personal, radically honest performance that aims to foster connection and engage audiences in unique and meaningful ways. Each audience member begins by entering a hallway to find a note written for them. After reading, Emily guides them into the theatre space to complete simple tasks (such as setting up a place to sit) to make that space their own. In the invitations that follow, each person is encouraged to engage in ways that feel right to them: there is always a choice, including the choice to observe. These communal elements are woven seamlessly into Emily’s performance of her own story, which unfolds through movement, dance, sound, and music. The audience is an integral part of the experience, making each performance a unique, unrepeatable event.

Funded in part by an Individual Artist Commission from Arts Mid-Hudson and Supported by Beacon Performing Arts Center. Work is self-created and produced.

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.

Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor highlights selections from Rockwell’s most amusing artworks drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection.

Norman Rockwell: Illustrating Humor runs concurrently with What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine, this summer’s landmark exhibition of original art from one of America’s oldest humor publications. These thematically linked exhibitions juxtapose and illuminate two strikingly different veins of American humor, from the gently comical to the outrageously satirical. The underlying unity, however, is apparent in the brilliance of the illustrations and the successful intent to prompt viewers’ laughter and, perhaps, invite rueful self-recognition.

“Once a Tree: Continuity, Creativity, and Connection” explores the deep-rooted significance of trees in Haudenosaunee culture, tradition, and creative expression. Featuring the work of 42 artists and more than 100 objects—including decorative and utilitarian baskets, cradleboards, snowshoes, ladles, lacrosse sticks, toys, instruments, carvings, and sleds—this exhibition highlights the important relationship between nature and artistry. Selected from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition was created with guidance from curatorial consultants Terry Chrisjohn III (Oneida), Preston Jacobs (Mohawk), and Sheila Ransom (Mohawk).

"Separated but Unbroken: The Haudenosaunee Boarding School Experience" explores the lasting impact of the Thomas Indian School, once located on the Cattaraugus Reservation south of Buffalo, NY, and The Mohawk Institute near Branford, Ontario. These institutions, which enrolled a significant number of Haudenosaunee students, were part of a larger system that sought to erase Indigenous identities while deeply shaping the lives of those who endured them. Co-curated by Erin Keaton (Mohawk), the exhibition sheds light on Haudenosaunee resilience.

Join us for the return of Spring Market, Mother’s Day Weekend May 10th & 11th, 10am – 5pm each day!

Come enjoy this curated group of 100+ regional businesses offering family friendly workshops , fresh cut flowers, farm fresh and chef concocted hot foods (buckwheat crepes! pulled pork sandwiches!) , locally produced pantry items, vintage and handmade clothes, printed matter and artwork , home goods like wooden furniture and handblown glassware, even sunglasses made with primarily recycled plastics.

Some Highlights : Breezy Hill Orchard will be making sweet & savory Buckwheat Crepes! Petal To the Metal Floral design studio will be offering creating fresh cut flower bouquets on the spot and by preorder! Quinnie’s will be making pulled pork sandwiches and pickles on a stick! Doves Diner (Formerly West Taghkanic Diner) will be serving up classic diner lunch and hosting the bar with cocktails, beer, wine, tea and coffee. ENOKI is taking over the Basilica Back Gallery with Reflections Of Home ; a marketplace , food pop-up and exhibition that weaves together the story of the Asian diasporic community. Wally Farms will be hosting a Mushroom Log Inoculation Workshop! Also, we are very excited to offer the 3rd edition of our FREE Basilica Farm & Flea Fan Zine , sharing the WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN WHY about some of our incredible participants , farmers , organizers and makers.

Mother's Day - May 11th come view colorful floral arrangements on display throughout the galleries and Hyde House. Each floral display will be created by local florists or gardeners and inspired by a specific work of art or historic room. Take a tour, snap some photos, or participate in an art-making program—there will be fun activities for everyone. Ideal activity to celebrate spring and Mother’s Day weekend with mom and the whole family. (Art in Bloom is included with Museum admission)

Visit the museum for free during our monthly Free Day, thanks to Stewart’s Shops and Stewart’s Holiday Match, and all who contributed!

Donations are appreciated, but not required. Free Days are generously sponsored by Stewart’s Shops and Stewart’s Holiday Match.

You can learn more by visiting stewartsshops.com/community-giving

In his recently released book Louis B. Mayer & Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation, film critic and author Kenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of two key players at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who were instrumental in creating the film industry as we know it today. A book signing will follow the talk.
Kenneth Turan was the film critic of the Los Angeles Times for nearly thirty years and was also a film critic for National Public Radio. He is the author of Not to Be Missed: Fifty-Four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film, among other books. He is a member of the Yiddish Book Center's Board of Directors.

Confetti Stage is proud to present “Fairview” by Jackie Sibbles Drury, directed by Aaron Moore.
Beverly Frasier is frantically trying to prepare for a family birthday party, but dinner isn’t ready, the silverware is wrong, and her sister, husband, and daughter are less than helpful. What first appears to be a family comedy is soon overtaken by outside viewpoints – white voices commenting on the black family and on race in general. The play reaches a climax in the third act when the fourth wall comes crashing down and the characters and audience alike are forced to face the reality of hidden racism and cultural appropriation. Fairview examines the reality of how we tell stories and the creeping presence of white supremacy.
Director Aaron Moore challenges white audience members to consider how much control they truly have and to ask themselves which side of the house they are on while they view the play.
“Fairview” features Kym Dorsey, Hassan Harris Wilcher, Roger Kennedy, Vinny Miranda, Earth Phoenix, Eliana Rowe, Beverly Swimms, and Monica Vilela. It features lights by Laura Darling, sound by Stephen Henel, and costumes by Jennifer Bart.

May 2, 3, 4 and May 8, 9, 10, 11.