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This week is not only Thanksgiving, it’s also the start of the holiday season. There is an abundance of things to do between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So much so that many worthy events go under the radar and can easily be missed.
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Legendary American composer David Amram, a genre-defying icon whose seven-decade career has earned him “rock star” status in the classical music world, will be celebrated on the occasion of his 95th birthday with a Beat Generation-inspired program featuring the Musicians of Ma’alwyck in the Taylor Auditorium at SUNY Schenectady tonight at 7pm.
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The musical “Wicked” is in the middle of its two-weekend run at Proctors in Schenectady. If you haven’t seen it yet, you should.
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Poet, photographer, filmmaker, and Andy Warhol insider Gerard Malanga will host a film screening and reading from his latest poetry collection at Park Theater in Hudson, N.Y., on Saturday at 2pm.
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Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss bring their playful exploration of improvisation, song, and percussive dance to the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, Mass., today through Sunday.
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There is no doubt the face of democracy is changing. So fast that artists have not yet found a way to create original work that addresses the issue. In theater the solution has been to look to the past.
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Indie rockers Modest Mouse brings its blend of jagged post-punk, melodic indie-pop, and experimental rock to UPAC in Kingston, N.Y., tonight at 8pm.
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Choreographer Sally Silvers, Guggenheim Fellow recipient and Bessie Award-winner, returns to the stage this Sunday at Flow Chart Space, 348 Warren Street, Hudson, New York, with a new work, EXWHYZEE, performed by dancer Jeremy Nelson.
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In the Mary Zimmerman play “Metamorphosis” humans are frail and their gods are petty.
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Shakespeare & Company presents Celebrating Jewish Plays, an immersive weekend of staged readings held over the holiday weekend today through Sunday at its Lenox, Mass., campus.
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Each fall, the Hudson Valley Dance Festival transforms the Historic Catskill Point warehouse on the banks of the Hudson River into a theater, where dancers perform in support of those living with HIV and AIDS.
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Finnish power-fiddle duo Teho brings its blend of traditional Finnish fiddling, Norwegian halling, Swedish polska, bebop, western swing, and contemporary folk music to the Foundry in West Stockbridge, Mass., tonight at 7:30pm.