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Bill T. Jones & Anne Bogart will collaborate to create a new work, A Rite, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring on July 6 & 7 at Bard’s Richard B. Fisher for the Performing Arts

Summer arts preview A cultural forecast of hot times on the horizon Frances Marion Platt

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rguably the mid-Hudson’s premier summer performing arts showcase, Bard SummerScape brings topnotch performers in the fields of music – including classical, opera and cabaret – as well as theater, dance and cinema to the Bard College campus for seven busy weeks each summer.

The extravaganza is organized around the Bard Music Festival, which each year examines the life, work and cultural milieu of a single composer through concerts of both orchestral and chamber music, pre-performance talks and panel discussions. This year’s focus will be on Igor Stravinsky.

The theme of Weekend One, August 9 to 11, will be “Becoming Stravinsky: From St. Petersburg to Paris”; Weekend Two, August 16 to 18, will spotlight “Stravinsky Reinvented: From Paris to Los Angeles.” Ticket prices for Bard Music Festival events, many of which star Bard’s resident ensemble the American Symphony Orchestra, range from $25 to $75.

SummerScape typically kicks off with performances by a world-class dance company, and this year is no exception: The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Company will present A Rite, a new work celebrating the centennial of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, in the Sosnoff Theater at the Richard B. Fischer Center for the Performing Arts, on July 6 and 7. Ticket prices

range from $25 to $55.

Next comes a major theatrical production from an internationally renowned director and cast.

The stage production for 2013 will be the world premiere of János Szász and Gideon Lester’s adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The Master and Margarita, with Szász directing. Tickets will go for $30 for previews on July 11 and 12 and $45 for regular performances on July 13 and 14 and 17 through 21, all staged in Theater Two. This year’s full-scale opera production at SummerScape will be the US stage premiere of Sergey Taneyev’s musical setting of Aeschylus’ Oresteia, directed by Thaddeus Strassberger. Tickets go for $30 to $90 for performances in the Sosnoff The-

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The 2013 Bard SummerScape Film Festival, “Stravinsky’s Legacy and Russian Émigré Cinema,” will run from July 12 through August 3 and include such early Russian and French film classics as The Red Shoes, The Lower Depths, Pierrot le fou and Orpheus. They are screened in the Jim Ottaway, Jr. Film Center, and single tickets cost $12.

Hipsters at SummerScape flock to the intimate, mirror-spangled confines of the Spiegeltent for cabaret performances, food, drink and dancing throughout the festival, opening with celebrated comedian Sandra Bernhard on July 5. For much more detail on performers, programs, dates, times and prices for all Bard SummerScape events, visit

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Bard SummerScape/Bard Music Festival, July 5-August 18, Bard College, 60 Manor Avenue, Annandale-on-Hudson; (845) 758-7900, http:// fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape/2013.

Powerhouse Theater Nipping at the heels of Bard SummerScape in terms of sheer scope and star-power is the Powerhouse Theater, a collaboration between Vassar and New York Stage and Film that presents stage works in various phases of development, from early stages of “workshopping” to full-blown productions. This is your chance to see the creative process in action, catching dramas and musicals by heavy-hitters in the field before they hit the Great White Way.

Probably the biggest draw of the 29th Powerhouse season will be a concert reading of Bright Star, a brand-new musical set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell and directed by Walter Bobbie. Running July 12 to 14, this will be one of two Martel Musical Workshops to be presented at the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film on the Vassar campus. The other, onstage July 26 to 28, is a new musical inspired by The Brooklyn Hero Supply Company, based on characters created by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. It’s directed by Michael Mayer, with a book by Simon Rich and music and lyrics by Peter Lerman. Tickets for the Martel Musicals cost $30.

On the Mainstage at Powerhouse Theater will be two fully staged and designed works-in-progress: from June 26 to July 7, Downtown Race Riot

by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, directed by Scott Elliott; and from July 17 to 28, When the Lights Went Out

by Mozhan Marnò, directed by Kate Whoriskey.

Tickets for Mainstage productions cost $40.

Semi-staged Inside Look workshops at the Susan Stein Shiva Theater this summer will include Found by Hunter Bell and Lee Overtree, based on the Found books and magazines by Davy Rothbart, with music and lyrics by Eli Bolin. It will be directed by Lee Overtree and run from July 12 to 14. Mother of Invention by James Lecesne, directed by Michael Wilson, will run from July 19 to 21. Inside Look tickets cost $25.

The season will also include two weeklong Readings Festivals, running June 21 to 23 and July 26 to 28, for which admission is free by advance reservation. Among these readings will be The Hamilton Mixtape by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Yellow Kingdom by Patricia Wettig. And the Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Company will present free Soundpainting performances at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and free classical theater works by Shakespeare, Aeschylus and García Lorca outdoors at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve.

Casting of these stage works had not yet been announced as of presstime, but expect at least a few big names. For more information on specific performances, dates and times, or for tickets and reservations, call the Powerhouse box office at (845) 437-5599 or visit http://powerhouse.vassar. edu/boxoffice.

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The 29th Powerhouse season will include a July 12-14 concert reading of Bright Star, a new musical set in the Blue Ridge Mountains and written by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell.

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Shadowland Theatre This charming old vaudeville venue in downtown Ellenville has recently completed a full renovation, and its high-quality theatre productions boast Actors Equity casts, often including famous names.

The first show of Shadowland’s 2013 summer season will be The Outgoing Tide by Bruce Graham, a family drama set in a weekend cottage on Chesapeake Bay. It runs from May 31 to June 16.

From June 21 to July 7 you can catch the New York premiere of John Cariani’s bittersweet romantic comedy Love/Sick, directed by the author.

July 12 through August 4 brings a revival of the classic farce Boeing Boeing by Marc Camoletti, in which an architect juggles simultaneous engagements to three airline flight attendants – until the invention of a new, faster jet engine wreaks havoc with their schedules.

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Tickets for all Shadowland Theatre productions cost $35 for evening performances, $30 for Sunday matinĂŠes, less $2 for seniors and students.

Full-season subscriptions run from $115 to $140.

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Shadowland Theatre, Thursdays-Sundays, May 31-September 29, $28-$35, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville; (845) 647-5511, www.shadowlandtheatre.org.

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival It wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be summer without outdoor Shakespeare productions, and the most spectacular and long-running such program in our neck of the Forest of Arden is the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, whose performances take advantage of the glorious setting of Boscobel on the banks of the Hudson in Garrison. On the schedule this summer for HVSFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 27th season are the Bardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ultimate tragedy King Lear, directed by Terrence Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien;Â Ken Ludwigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers, directed by Christopher V. Edwards; and Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenging â&#x20AC;&#x153;problem playâ&#x20AC;? Allâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Well That Ends Well, directed by Russell Treyz.

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Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, June 11-September 1, $27-$75, Boscobel House and Gardens, 1601 Route 9D, Garrison; (845) 265-9575, www.hvshakespeare.org.

Bird-on-a-Cliff Theater Company Another way to enjoy Shakespeare outdoors in the summer lies closer to home and considerably cheaper: Bird-on-a-Cliff ’s charming, relatively low-budget performances in the picnic-blanket atmosphere of the pastoral Comeau Property right on the edge of downtown Woodstock. Admission is by donation, with $5 the suggested rate, so you can’t beat this for a fine afternoon’s entertainment.

This summer, Bird-on-a-Cliff will assail one of Shakespeare’s rarely performed late romances, The Winter’s Tale, perhaps best-known for its famous stage direction “Exit, pursued by a bear.”

It will run from July 12 to August 4, directed by Nicola Sheara.

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Shadowland Theatre, the charming old vaudeville venue in downtown Ellenville, has recently completed a full renovation, and its high-quality theatre productions boast Actors Equity casts. with the sound of music, apparently, and topnotch singers from the opera world (and now far beyond) converge on that hill town the first week in August each year to make the mountains ring.

Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s performances take place at Boscobel on the banks of the Hudson in Garrison ry’s famous Manhattan Project version of Alice in Wonderland, directed by David Aston-Reese.

It runs from August 9 to September 1, so barring hurricanes, you can have your dinner with André al fresco – just don’t let the dormouse in your teapot.

All performances start at 5 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with no reservations necessary. Bring lawn chairs or blankets. For more information call (845) 247-4007 or visit www. birdonacliff.org.

Bird-on-a-Cliff Theater Company, Fridays-Sundays, July 12-September 1, 5 p.m., $5 suggested donation, Comeau Park, Route 212, Woodstock; (845) 247-4007, www.birdonacliff.org.

Woodstock Playhouse Risen from the ashes on the site where it was first built in 1928, at the gateway to the arts colony town where Route 375 runs into Route 212, the Woodstock Playhouse was one of the original theatres in the US to offer a summer stock season. And it’s

still doing that with class, offering four high-quality productions of popular shows each summer – mostly revivals of Broadway hits.

This year, the Playhouse will be presenting Les Misérables from June 20 to 30; Fiddler on the Roof from July 11 to 21; Neil Simon’s Biloxi Blues from July 25 to 27; and The Who’s Tommy from August 1 to 10. Opening night on June 20 will be a 75th anniversary gala featuring a reception, dinner and a silent auction, with tickets going for $130 with dinner and $79 without; admission prices for all other performances range from $32 to $40.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call the box office at (845) 679-6900 or visit www. woodstockplayhouse.org.

Woodstock Playhouse, June 20-August 10, ThursdaysSaturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m., $32-$40, Playhouse Lane, 103 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock; (845) 679-6900, www.woodstockplayhouse.org.

Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice Who knew, before this Festival came to be in 2009, that the area around Phoenicia was crawling with opera singers? But those hills are alive

This year’s Festival of the Voice kicks off on the evening of August 1 with a Gospel Celebration, followed by three days and two evenings of lectures, master classes and performances, including full-scale productions of Verdi’s Requiem and Rigoletto. The Festival’s definition of the voice as something worth celebrating has expanded to include, this year, such realms as Latin jazz and bossa nova, Sephardic music, spoken word and storytelling, the art of the cantor in Jewish liturgy and three performances of Terrence McNally’s play about the über-diva Maria Callas.

The venues for these varied events, all within easy walking distance of one another, include the Phoenicia Parish Field, the Phoenicia United Methodist Church, the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church and the Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse. Admission is free to a few events; ticket prices otherwise range from $5 to $55 per event, with a $350 Da Capo Pass getting you into absolutely everything; tickets for all events cost $5 for kids age 18 and under.

To find out more details or purchase tickets, call (845) 688-1344 or visit www.phoeniciavoicefest. org.

Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, August 1-4, $5-$55, downtown Phoenicia; (845) 688-1344, www.phoeniciavoicefest.org.

PianoSummer For 19 years now, famed Russian émigré pianist Vladimir Feltsman has been organizing PianoSummer, which combines a summer institute for upand-coming young pianists from all over the world with a festival of performances by a distinguished faculty and visiting artists, on the SUNY-New Paltz campus. It culminates with the Jacob Flier Piano Competition, named after one of Feltsman’s mentors. Most of the associated events – even master classes – are open to the general public.

PianoSummer 2013 kicks off with a Faculty Gala on July 6 at McKenna Theatre. Last year’s Flier Competition winner, Hidemi Minagawa, will give a recital on July 10 at Shepard Recital Hall.

Guest artists Jonathan Biss and Alexander Korsantia will perform at McKenna on July 13 and 20, respectively. And the yet-to-be-determined 2013 Flier Competition winner will front the Hudson Valley Philharmonic in the season-ending Symphony Gala on July 26, also at McKenna.

June – September 2013 Explore Hudson Valley You can also go to the same venue to watch the young piano students compete on July 15 and 17.

Admission to a few of these events is free; for others, ticket prices range from $10 and up, with details available online after June 3. To order or to find out more, call the box office at (845) 2573880 or visit www.newpaltz.edu/piano.

PianoSummer Institute/Festival, July 6-26, SUNY-New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz; (845) 257-3880 or visit www.newpaltz.edu/piano.

Belleayre Music Festival If pop music under the stars is more your idea of summer fun, Belleayre is the place to be outside of ski season. The summer 2013 concert schedule starts with country superstar Dwight Yoakam on July 6, followed by Manhattan Transfer on July 13, the Doobie Brothers on July 20 and the Belleayre Festival Opera presenting George Bizet’s Carmen on July 27 (okay, so it’s not all pop).

On the first weekend in August, you can catch a triple threat of hot Latin sounds with Sammy Figueroa and His Latin Jazz Explosion on the 1st, the Pedrito Martinez Group featuring Ariacne Trujillo on the 2nd and Paquito D’Rivera and the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band on the 3rd. The Bill Charlap Trio heads in on August 9, Kenny Barron’s All-Star Quintet on August 10 and Broadway legend Ben Vereen on August 17.

A comedy weekend follows, with Harrison Greenbaum on August 23 and Rita Rudner on the 24th.

August 31 brings in The Music of Pink Floyd: A Rock Symphony with the Belleayre Festival Orchestra.

Thursday and Friday night shows take place in the Lodge, with a uniform $26 price of admission. Saturday night shows happen outdoors, with Lawn seating going for $26 and the Tent ranging from $36 to as much as $95 for premium seating for certain acts. To order tickets or find out more, call (845) 254-5600, extension 1344, or visit www. belleayremusic.org.

Belleayre Music Festival, July 6-August 31, $26-$95, Belleayre Mountain, 181 Galli Curci Road, Highmount; (845) 254-5600 X 1344, www.belleayremusic. org.

Mount Tremper Arts 2013 Summer Festival Mount Tremper Arts is only a six-year-old organization, but to give a full overview of its 11-week Summer Festival could easily fill up this whole Explore Hudson Valley supplement. Contemporary dance, music, performance and spoken word are the areas of focus, bolstered by artsy barbecue nights. Admission to most events costs $20. Season tickets, priced at $95, provide access to all events including the Art-B-Qs.

The schedule begins on June 15 with choreographer Abigail Levine’s Distance Measures.

Performed in darkness, lit only by moving LED candles, borrows elements from mathematical models of chaotic systems. On June 21 and 22, the award-winning International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and the Troupe perform the world premiere of Mesh, about vulnerability, connection and fundamental aspects of shared experience. The season’s first Art-B-Q event on June 29, Pork and Poetry! features spoken-word performances by Craig Dworkin and Mónica de la Torre.

On July 6, dancer Michelle Boulé and cellist Okkyung Lee push sonic and choreographic boundaries to the edge in BREAK>Urge>Imprint, an atmospheric work rooted in improvisation. July 12 and 13 see the world premiere of Poe, composed by Marcos Balter and performed by Claire Chase and Svet Stoyanov. Paul Lazar performs When a Priest Marries a Witch: an Artist Talk

by Suzanne Bocanegra on July 20. On July 27, Karinne Keithley Syers will perform her work-inprogress Another Tree Dance.

On August 3, artist-in-residence Souleymane Badolo, from Burkina Faso, will trace the journey of his great-great-grandfather in his dance Buu-

dou, BADOO, BADOLO. Composer/performer collective Varispeed will attempt to perform composer Art Jarvinen’s “unperformable” Adult Party Games from the Leisure Planet, a collection of wild performance pieces, text scores and musical activities, on August 10.

Possibly the highlight of the Mount Tremper Arts 2013 Summer Festival will be Perfect Lives, a daylong site-specific opera by composer Robert Ashley, adapted by Varispeed, which will be staged at sites throughout Woodstock, Boiceville, Mount Tremper and Phoenicia on August 17. Admission to this innovative event is free. The third Art-B-Q event, on August 24, is titled CATCH Takes the Catskills.

For more information or to order tickets, call (866) 811-4111 or (845) 688-9893 or visit http:// mounttremperarts.org.

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Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts The organization entrusted with the preservation of Woodstock’s heritage as an important American arts colony is holding its second annual Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts, in which 13 regional arts organizations will gather to present performances ranging from concerts, dance, stage plays, modern mystery and comedy to spoken word over a single weekend. The events take place in the Byrdcliffe Barn, the Byrdcliffe Theater and the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, all in Woodstock.

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Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts, June 14-16, $20, Byrdcliffe Barn/Byrdcliffe Theater/Kleinert-James Center for the Arts, Woodstock; (845) 679-2079, www.byrdcliffefestival.org.

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Dance events go on through the summer at the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli.

On June 8, Jennifer Muller and the Works will be applying a multidisciplinary technique that weaves dance, theater and visual arts to create dances that celebrate and illuminate the human spirit. On June 9, the Upstream Residency Series of Sunday Upstream Showcases presents Project 44. On June 15 and 15, Dances Patrelle will bring dramatic ballet to the stage.

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Tickets for most Kaatsbaan performances cost $30 for adults and $10 for children. For the Upstream Series, the suggested donation is $10, and Open Rehearsals are free and open to the public.

For information and reservations, call (845) 7575106, extension 10, or visit http://kaatsbaan.org/ events.html.

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, June 8-16, $10$30, Kaatsbaan Studio Theater, 120 Broadway, Tivoli; (845) 757-5106 X 10, http://kaatsbaan.org/events.html.

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On July 27, Arm-of-the-Sea will give a free public performance of on the lawn of the Kierstad House in Saugerties, sponsored by the Saugerties Public Library in cooperation with the Saugerties Historical Society. Visit http://saugertiespubliclibrary.org for more information. There will be another free public performance on July 28 at the Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook; find out more at www.caryinstitute.org. There will be an August 3 performance in Claryville; check www.sullivancountyswcd.com to confirm the time and location.

Arm-of-the-Sea will unveil its latest Esopus Creek Puppet Suite, titled Bending the Crick of Time: True Tall Tales from Old Saugerties, in its hometown at Saugerties’ Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park on August 23, 24 and 25. Visit http:// armofthesea.org/current-offerings/esopus-creekpuppet-suite for more about the new production.

In September, the troupe will visit Town of Olive Day at Davis Park in West Shokan; visit http://

For 19 years, famed Russian émigré pianist Vladimir Feltsman has been organizing PianoSummer, a showcase for talented pianists from all over the world on the SUNY-New Paltz campus.

july 5 – august 18,

The mid-Hudson’s favorite giant puppetry troupe takes its two current traveling shows, The Rejuvenary River Circus and City that Drinks the Mountain Sky, around to festivals and outdoor public spaces throughout our region and beyond.

Arm-of-the-Sea Theater will perform at the Clearwater Festival at Croton Point Park in Croton-onHudson on June 15 and 16; find ticket info at www. clearwaterfestival.org. On July 18, it will visit the Ellenville Farmer’s Market site on Warren Street in Ellenville. Check the Ellenville Public Library and Museum website at http://eplm.sharepoint.com for details.

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Open-Air Performances, Arm-of-the-Sea Theater, June 15-September 29, various mid-Hudson venues, mostly free; (845) 246-7873, http://armofthesea.org.

“Bard SummerScape and Bard Music Festival always unearth piles of buried treasures.”

— The New Yorker

Bard SummerScape 2013 presents seven inspired weeks of opera, music, theater, dance, film, and cabaret. The hub of these offerings is the 24th annual Bard Music Festival, this year examining the life, work, and cultural milieu of the 20th-century Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. SummerScape takes place in the extraordinary Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts and other venues on Bard College’s stunning Mid-Hudson Valley campus.

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July 6–7

A RITE Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and SITI Company Choreographer Bill T. Jones and theater director Anne Bogart ’74 join forces to create a new work celebrating the centennial of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring. Two of America’s leading dance and theater companies unite to explore the impact of one of the 20th century’s most explosive artistic moments.

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THE MASTER AND MARGARITA Directed by János Szász Adapted by János Szász and Gideon Lester after the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov Hungarian film and stage director János Szász applies his opulent theatrical vision to this adaptation of Bulgakov’s novel—at once a pungent political satire, a magical fantasy, and an unforgettable love story. Suitable for audiences 15 and older (contains nudity)

Two weekends of concerts, panels, and other events bring the musical world of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky vividly to life.

Weekend One August 9–11 Becoming Stravinsky: From St. Petersburg to Paris will trace Stravinsky’s path from his early Russian years to his first great successes in Paris writing for Sergei Diaghilev’s legendary Ballets Russes, most notably the scandalous premiere of The Rite of Spring.

Weekend Two August 16–18 Stravinsky Reinvented: From Paris to Los Angeles will explore Stravinsky’s creative output during the interwar years and the music he composed in the United States, where he settled in 1939.

Film Festival

July 12 – August 3

STRAVINSKY’S LEGACY AND RUSSIAN ÉMIGRÉ CINEMA The SummerScape 2013 film festival will be in two parts: a retrospective of Russian exile filmmaking in France and a series of more contemporary films by such directors as JeanLuc Godard and Claude Chabrol.

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Festivals & Events 6/7: Bug Music presentation at Cary Institute in Millbrook

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The second annual Byrdcliffe Festival of the Arts, in which 13 regional arts organizations gather to present performances ranging from concerts, dance, stage plays, modern mystery and comedy to spoken word (including the performance piece of Jess K. Smith above) over a single weekend, will take place June 14-16 and help preserve the historic American arts colony.

new boat at the 15 th annual Kingston Kayak Festival. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and your $10 entry fee benefits the Forsyth Nature Center. Kids get in free. The landward access point for Kingston Point Beach is 53 Delaware Avenue in East Kingston. For more info call (845) 481-7336 or visit www.kingstonkayakfestival.info.

6/9: Earthfest at Rosendale Recreation Center

food, arts and culture of the Catskills from 12 noon to 5 p.m. at Andy Lee Field, located on Rock City Road in Woodstock. Food activist Ben Hewitt, author of The Town that Food Saved and Making Supper Safe, will be the keynote speaker, and there will be two stages of live music, theater, film, kids’ activities, an art auction, food trucks and more. Admission to Barnfest is free, but you need to preregister to attend at www.org2.salsalabs.com/o/7037/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=66741. For more info, visit www.catskillmountainkeeper.org.

Family-friendly green activities at the “Rosendale Earthfest: Making Connections” will includes a performance by the Redwing Blackbird Puppet Theater, music by the fun and funky Rosendale Improvement Association Brass Band & Social Club and a stream walk with Amie Worley, as well as environmental exhibits and workshops for kids. Meet a live Eurasian Eagle Owl; get something fixed or learn how to fix it at the Repair Café; or donate old or unused hand tools to the Tool Share Network, which loans them seasonally to new farmers and gardeners. The fun goes on from 12 noon to 4 p.m. The Rosendale Recreation Center is located at 1055 Route 32 in Rosendale. For more info call (845) 658-8967 or visit www.shoprosendale. com/2013/05/17/rosendale-earthfest-2013.

6/22: Catskill Mountainkeeper’s Barnfest in Woodstock The Hudson Valley designated the first Riverkeeper, a concept that has now spread around the globe. Now our region has come up with another great idea for the environment: Mountainkeepers!

The fifth annual Catskill Mountainkeeper Barnfest will honor local green activists and celebrate the

7/5-7: Dutchess County Balloon Festival Even if you love to sleep in on weekends, it’s worth getting up well before dawn to hear the eerie hiss of the burners as hundreds of hot air balloons take shape at any of various points in Dutchess County – all bound for a mass convergence of airborne color over the Hudson River! The 22nd annual Dutchess

A Little Night Music June 7 - 23 8 PM Fri & Sat • 3 PM Sun

The Rhinebeck Theatre Society presents A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim’s stunning tour de force, which includes the popular song “Send in the Clowns,” and features a sophisticated, challenging score with masterful lyrics.

Jekyll & Hyde

July 5 - 28 8 PM Fri & Sat • 3 PM Sun Up in One Productions presents Jekyll & Hyde, the musical based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic thriller and winner of four Tony Awards, including Best Book for a Musical!

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August 2 - 18 8 PM Fri & Sat • 3 PM Sun CENTERstage Productions brings you Rodgers & Hammerstein’s romantic Broadway musical set during World War II. An immense critical and box-office 1949 hit, it remains popular to this day.

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â&#x20AC;&#x201C; September 2013 12 | June Explore Hudson Valley County Balloon Festival launches at 5 p.m. on Friday at Waryas Park on the Poughkeepsie waterfront, and flights will take place all weekend, weather permitting. Viewing is free; rides in tethered balloons cost extra. For more info, visit www.hotairballoon. com/dutchess-county-balloon-festival.

7/ 6-7: Sawyer Motors Car Show in Saugerties Calling itself the Best Little Car Show in the Northeast, the tenth annual Sawyer Motors Car Show is a two-day event spanning two venues. On Saturday, Cantine Field will host a â&#x20AC;&#x153;cruise-inâ&#x20AC;? for hot rides, along with a carnival, musical concert, home run derby, skydivers, pig races, hot air balloon rides, fireworks and more. On Sunday, Main and Partition Streets in downtown Saugerties will be closed to traffic (though shops and restaurants will be open for business), except for over 500 vintage cars guaranteed to â&#x20AC;&#x153;bring back the memories.â&#x20AC;?

Fifty trophies will be awarded. Register at www. sawyermotorscarshow.com/pages/registrationp5267.html if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a car that you want to enter in the show; entry fees support a different local non-for-profit group each year, and spectator admission is free. For more info, call (845) 246-4560 or visit www.sawyermotorscarshow.com.

7/12-14: Hudson Valley Chalk Art Festival in New Paltz Last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first-ever Hudson Valley Chalk Art Festival brought chalk artists from all over to New Paltzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Water Street Market to create gorgeous ephemeral art, and over 4,000 spectators turned out to watch them at work and enjoy the results.

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7/20-21: Rosendale Street Festival to feature 74 bands The long-running, all-volunteer-run Rosendale Street Festival seems to get bigger and better

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Rosendale will rock to the tunes of 74 bands on six stages this July 20-21 at the annual Rosendale Street Festival http://rosendalestreetfestival.ning.com for more details as Festival weekend nears.

7/20-21: Shandaken Arts Festival and Studio Tour The 22nd annual Dutchess County Balloon Festival launches at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 5, at Waryas Park on the Poughkeepsie waterfront, and flights will take place all weekend, weather permitting.

Already, 34 artists in the Shandaken/Phoenicia/ Chichester/Mount Tremper are signed up to open their studios to visitors during the Shandaken Arts Festival weekend! There will also be special exhibitions set up at locations yet to be announced, mostly outdoors. For more info, including a self-guided tour map, visit www.shandakenart.com.

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The popular Sawyer Motors Car Show will take place on July 6 and 7 in Saugerties.

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ing distance. Streets will be closed to auto traffic, but shuttles will operate from large parking areas on the periphery. The music lineup for 2013 had not yet been announced as of presstime, so check

The quintessential city-escape summer day trip is a visit to a county fair, and Ulster County’s 144-year-old tradition still hangs onto that oldtimey flavor. It has all the requisite attractions of a larger fair – midway rides, carnival games, livestock and produce competitions, equestrian events, tractor pulls, racing pigs, country music acts, fireworks, junky fair food and so on – but on a manageable human scale. Your family can see most everything in a long day and come home tired but happy. The County Fair opens at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, which is Carload Night: $40 admission for the whole crew. On Wednesday through Sunday,

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The Hudson Valley Chalk Festival will come to New Paltz on July 12-14

Tuxedo Park will turn Tudor at the New York Renaissance Faire from August 3-September 22

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the Fairgrounds open at 10 a.m. and the rides start running at 11, with your $15 wristband getting you into all rides, exhibits and entertainment (games of chance cost extra). The Ulster County Fairgrounds, located at 249 Libertyville Road on the west side of the Wallkill from New Paltz, offer ample free parking. For more info including the schedule of evening musical entertainment, visit www.ulstercountyfair.com.

8/2-11: Kingston Film Festival revisits Wall Street Music Documentaries constitute the newest category to be added this year to the Kingston Film Festival’s lineup. Mostly indie, low-budget films, many by local filmmakers, will be screened at various venues on Wall Street in Uptown Kingston over

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the ten days of the Festival, competing for the coveted Red Goat Award. For more info, visit http:// kingstonfilmfestival.org.

8/3-9/22: New York Renaissance Faire Dress up like a knight, a wizard or a fool, a fairy, a scullery wench or a pirate queen and escape to Sterling Forest in Tuxedo Park any of these eight weekends for the ever-fabulous New York Renaissance Faire. Even in jeans and a tee-shirt, you’ll revel in the experience of total immersion in a faraway place and time. Watch jousts and jugglers and falconers, try your hand at archery or quaff a flagon of ale while you listen to minstrels belt out a ribald 16th-century song or three. And ladies, definitely

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drag your Significant Other to the Washing Well Wenches show and point to him when they ask for volunteers (presuming he has a sense of humor)!

The huge site is located on Route 17A, not far from the Harriman Thruway exit, and open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and Labor Day. Admission costs $22 for adults, $11 for children aged 5 to 12, but early purchase discounts are offered at www.renfair.com/ny, where you can also find lots more info about this year’s performers, daily schedules and special themed weekends. Huzzah!

8/10-11: German Alps Festival at Hunter Mountain Everyone goes Sturr-crazy when the Orange County-based emperor of polka starts to play at Hunter Mountain’s German Alps Festival; but check out Die Schlauberger, the Alex Meixner Band and the Radlpass Trio as well. That fresh Alpine air will surely give you an appetite for hearty traditional German-American fare like bratwurst, schnitzel and spätzle. There’s even a Polka Mass on Sunday morning for those who need to repent their Saturday-night overindulgence in excellent German beer! Hunter Mountain is located just off Route 23A in Hunter. Ticket prices had not yet been advertised as of presstime, but you can get more info at www.huntermtn.com/huntermtn/fes-

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The Kingston Film Festival will revisit Wall Street on August 2-11, and filmmakers will compete for the coveted Red Goat Award.

8/17-18: International Celtic Festival Those who have been to the International Celtic Festival – some of them year after year – claim that the sound of hundreds of bagpipers descending Hunter Mountain en masse while playing “Amazing Grace” will make your hair stand on end and

The Dutchess County Fair will come to Rhinebeck August 20-25

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8/17-18: Hudson Valley Ribfest in New Paltz Serious barbecuers from throughout the Northeast converge on the Ulster County Fairgrounds this weekend to enter their secret sauces and gourmet grilling techniques in competition. The rest of us get to watch them cook, or to line up to buy ribs, chicken and other barbecued savories from an array of vendors. No, you don’t get to sample the winning entries, but there are grilling demos and live country-flavored music performances both days. The price of admission is $5 for everyone over age 12, and the site is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Ulster Judy Hasbrouck

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ale and stout are also featured. Admission costs $16 for all aged 13 and up. Hunter Mountain is located just off Route 23A in Hunter. For more info including the full music schedule, visit www.huntermtn.com/huntermtn/festivals/summer-festivalsceltic.aspx.

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8/20-25: Dutchess County Fair returns to Rhinebeck If you prefer your county fairs to be as massive as a state fair, so that you can go back day after day, walk your feet off and still not see it all, then the 144-acre Dutchess County Fair is for you. It has everything that you could imagine wanting at such an event and more â&#x20AC;&#x201C; much more than there is space even to begin describing here, so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll just have to check http://dutchessfair.com for details. Fair exhibit hours are from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., with rides running until 12 midnight on Friday and Saturday and 11 p.m. other nights. General admission is $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and military personnel with ID and free for kids under age 12. Midway rides cost extra; passes for 12 rides for $20 can be purchased online before August 21.

8/23-25: Esopus Creek Puppet Suite in Saugerties Beloved local giant puppet theater troupe Arm-of-the-Sea has its repertoire of environmental-themed plays that it takes around the Hudson Valley all year long; but once every summer, it honors its hometown of Saugerties by unveiling a brand-new Esopus Creek Puppet Suite. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is titled Bending the Crick of Time: True Tall Tales from Olde Saugerties. Based on local lore and archival materials, the show weaves together stories from Saugerties farming families, Civil War draftees and draft-dodgers, papermill workers, a steamboat captain, a wandering poet, two sisters who served as lighthouse keepers and lively mortals from the Fishermenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rest social club. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. at Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park on East Bridge Street in the Village of Saugerties. Admission at the park entrance costs $10 for adults, $5 for children and $25 for a family of four. Arrive early and bring lawn seating. For more info, visit http://armofthesea.org/current-

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8/31-9/2: Woodstock/New Paltz Arts & Crafts Fair in New Paltz This long-running convocation of juried artisans and purveyors of fine handcrafted merchandise always has something new to view, and this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innovation is a concentration on hands-on crafts demonstrations, curated by the Catskill Mountain Artisan Guild. The vendors will surely be keeping their fingers crossed for less stormy weather than their Memorial Day weekend outing at the County Fairgrounds. Fair hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Labor Day. The Ulster County Fairgrounds are located at 249 Libertyville Road, on the west side of the Wallkill from New Paltz. Admission costs $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and is free for kids aged 12 and under. You can find a $1 discount coupon, along with lots of other info,

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9/7-8: Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest in Rhinebeck Touted as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a celebration of the gourmet lifestyle in the Hudson Valley,â&#x20AC;? the 12th annual Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest brings hundreds of restaurants and specialty food and wine vendors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including many New York State wineries â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to the Dutchess County Fairgrounds. Brewers of craft beers have also been added to the roster of late. Food and wine seminars and cooking demonstrations, some by celebrity chefs, will help you educate your palate and hone your kitchen skills. The Fest is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The price of regular adult admission is $22 for one day, $37 for the weekend, which does not include food sampling: Restaurant samples are priced between $1 and $5. For $40 for a single day or $70 for the weekend, a Tasting Ticket gets you a wine-tasting glass and all the wine or beer samples that you care to taste. Children aged 12 and under get in free. For more info, visit www.hudsonvalleywinefest.com.

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9/15: Taste of New Paltz at the Ulster County Fairgrounds One of the mostly highly anticipated events in southern Ulster County each year is Taste of New Paltz, now in its 23rd year. Dozens of restaurants and caterers from the area set up shop at the County Fairgrounds to serve tapas-sized portions of their specialties. You pay a modest entry fee and then buy one-dollar chits that can be traded for small servings of food â&#x20AC;&#x201C; typically at $1 to $3 apiece.

The idea is to sample lots of delicacies, rather than to fill up on any one thing, and get ideas for what restaurants youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll want to check out for dinner in the foreseeable future. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sort of a culinary whirlwind world tour. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., but be warned: Those not arriving on the early side may find themselves disappointed that the most desirable items have sold out early. The Ulster County Fairgrounds, located at 249 Libertyville Road on the west side of the Wallkill from New Paltz, offer ample free parking. For more info, visit www.newpaltzchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?eventid=5.

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Besides a cauliflower recipe contest and food sampling, the event features a Tractor Parade, a Historical Society exhibit, timber framing and haybaling demos, gardening workshops, live old-timey music and clogging performances. There will also be plenty of kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities, including a petting zoo and zipline, pony and horse-drawn carriage rides.

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Bethel Woods Center for the Arts The indoor/outdoor pavilion at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, affectionately called “the shed,” is where the big names go to rock. Actually, the venue’s summer programming is diverse and festive, featuring the obligatory visit from the Dave Matthews Band (who seem to be the house band at all the sheds) on July 2, a couple of shows meant to remind you how big modern country music really is (Luke Bryan on August 23, Tim McGraw on July 26), and a bicontinental classic rock dream team with Bad Company and Lynyrd Skynyrd on July 27. Yikes! Big! Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, 200 Hurd Road, Bethel; (866) 781-2922, www.bethelwoodscenter.org. dion ogust

Maverick Concerts Woodstock’s Maverick Concert Series is approaching 100 years as one of the most challenging and imaginative serious chamber music programs anywhere. In recent years, it has relaxed the definition of “serious” to include serious jazz and children’s music; but range and outsider, maverick thinking are Maverick’s calling card. This summer’s series is jam-packed, featuring a focus on the works of Benjamin Britten and a bevy of performances by world-class string ensembles, including the Shanghai Quartet on Sunday, July 7, the Jupiter String

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Quarter on Sunday, July 21 and the Escher String Quartet on Sunday, July 28. Children’s concert series performers this year include local luminaries Elizabeth Mitchell on Saturday, June 29 and Marc Black on Saturday, August 3.

Maverick Concerts, 120 Maverick Road, Woodstock; (845) 679-8348, www.maverickconcerts.org.

PianoSummer at New Paltz Under the artistic directorship of the great Vladimir Feltsman, PianoSummer at New Paltz has become a veritable Bacchanalia of 88-key virtuosity. But it is an educational program as well as a pyrotechnical display of mastery: a summit of estab-

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This year’s featured concerts include the Faculty Gala on July 6, Jonathan Biss (whose readings of Beethoven’s Sonatas make me weep) on July 13, Alexander Korsantia on July 20 and the Symphony Gala with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic on July 26. All concerts are in the McKenna Theatre at SUNY-New Paltz at 8 p.m. These concerts, however, are only the tip of the iceberg. Master classes and student recitals abound all of July.

PianoSummer at New Paltz, July 6-26, SUNY-New Paltz; www.newpaltz.edu/piano.

Rosendale Street Festival The Rosendale Street Festival, with its dicey golf-cart artist transport, its blazing July temperatures and its oasislike beer tents, has become a music institution of the kind that local players would arm-wrestle to be included in, even though the compensation package leaves exactly everything to be desired. There are six stages all over town, a crunchy vendors’ row that should be the envy of every festival and county fair and a stellar lineup

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Clearwater Festival When Outside Magazine declared the Clearwater Festival “one of the top four music festivals in the US,” it weren’t no joke. Clearwater is consistently one of the most thoughtfully curated, adventurous and culturally purposeful festivals anywhere.

While Clearwater has moved far beyond its folk origins and auspices, this year Pete Seeger returns as a headliner in what should be a special and mistyeyed performance. Meanwhile, a few other acts you might have heard of will be around as well: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Son Volt, Judy Collins, Hot Tuna (acoustic), Kris Kristofferson, Tift Merritt, Jason Isbell, Jill Sobule and on and on and on and on and on and on and on.

Spiegeltent is more ornate and involved than many Baroque churches and more psychedelic than anything that will happen at Mountain Jam this year.

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Ulster County Fair The 2013 Ulster County Fair will be chewing up the turf of the Fairgrounds in New Paltz from July 30 through August 4, and along with the tractors, pigs, zeppoles and death rides comes a generous helping of Fair Rock and Twang. Performers this year include the Rivers Edge Band, Easton Corbin, Joe Diffie, the Lost Trailers, Jason Michael Carroll and many more.

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Pete Seeger (above) will headline at the Clearwater Festival on June 15-16, along with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Son Volt, Judy Collins, Hot Tuna, Kris Kristofferson, Tift Merritt, Jason Isbell and Jill Sobule.

The Taste of Country festival on Hunter Mountain this June 13-15, will feature a few modest names, like Willie Nelson and Family, Lady Antebellum (above) and Trace Adkins

lored to the passions and preferences of jam, roots, blues and classic rock fans, with some late-evening electronic intrigue as well.

Mountain Jam, June 6–9, Hunter Mountain; (518) 628-4423, http://mountainjam.com.

Hunter Mountain Festivals This ski slope hosts more than jam. All summer long, festivals cater to specific communities of interest in the stunning mountain environment.

The Taste of Country invades the hill on June 13 through 15, featuring a few modest names, like Willie Nelson and Family, Lady Antebellum, Trace Adkins and a host of others traditional and new: http://tasteofcountryfestival.com. The Alps Festival takes over on August 10 and 11, and the International Celtic Festival on August 17 and 18. For more information on all of Hunter’s summer offerings, visit www.huntermtn.com.

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival We are living in a bluegrass renaissance, mostly because this musical community and fanbase understands that necessary balance between tradition and progression better than most. When the revolutionaries and the progressives – like Béla Fleck and Chris Thile – are also keepers of the old ways, you know that you are on to something. Grey Fox Bluegrass in Oak Hill features a world-class lineup of pickers and grinners. This year highlights the heaviest of heavies – Thile, Jerry Douglas, Del McCoury – and ventures off-center frequently with other kinds of popular and esteemed roots explorers such as the Carolina Chocolate Drops.

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, July 18-21, Walsh Farm, Oak Hill; (888) 946-8495, www.greyfoxbluegrass.com.

Hudson Valley Bach Festival Why should rock and folk get all the festival love?

They don’t. Annually for 14 years, Cornwall and Poughkeepsie honor Johann Sebastian Bach: Bach the patriarch, Bach the composer who both embodies and transcends the Baroque ideals, one of the big three composers who maybe gains an edge over Ludwig and Wolfgang when you factor in the great composers whom he fathered. The thoughtful fourpart program features a youth concert and a Main Event on Saturday and – in keeping with the way that J. S. buttered his bread – a bunch of Bachcentric Sunday-morning church services, followed by an afternoon chamber concert at Cornwall Presby-

terian Church.

Hudson Valley Bach Fest, June 15-16, Cornwall Presbyterian Church, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-onHudson; Christ Episcopal Church, 20 Carroll Street, Poughkeepsie; (845) 485-1648, www.hudsonvalleysocietyformusic.org/bachfest.htm.

The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice is a multi-venue, multi-genre half-week of human singing, period. Its mission is to promote “the human voice as an instrument of healing, peace and artistic expression through presenting world-class performances in Phoenicia, New York and surrounding areas.” Its mission is accomplished in early August, with a staggering array of world-class gospel singers, chamber singers, Latin singers, opera singers, lectures and workshops and more.

The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, August 1-3, Phoenicia; (845) 688-1344, www.phoeniciavoicefest.org.

Woodstock Concerts on the Green Now in its eighth year, Jeff Harrigfeld’s Woodstock Concerts on the Green series has become a real focal point for the rich northern Ulster music scene. Concerts occur every week, on June 8, June 29, July 6, July 27, August 10, August 31 and September 7. The schedule is still settling in, but the list of likely performers is a goldmine of local and national talent: Brian Dewan, Mike & Ruthy, the Dharma Bums, Eric Erickson, dubster Ras T. Ashe-

ber, young prodigy Noel Fletcher, George Quinn, the Rev. Thunderbear Traveling Road Show, Kris Garnier & friends and many more.

Woodstock Concerts on the Green, May 25-September 7, Woodstock; search “Woodstock concerts on the green” on Facebook for more information.

Storm King Art Center The Storm King Art Center is a sprawling, otherworldly outdoor art park featuring large-format and environmental sculpture in a winding, multifaceted 500-acre setting. Just being here, one feels heightened, sharpened, attentive to the art of nature and the nature of art. Sounds like a perfect place to attend some serious music, and Storm King obliges, including several concerts in its robust summer event offerings. On Sunday, June 2 at 2 p.m., the Serenade Quartet performed Brahms’s Hungarian Dances, Mozart and more as part of the H. Peter Stern Concert Series. On Sunday, July 14, the tenor will turn toward the rustic and roots with the hootenanny workouts of Spirit Family Reunion. These programs are included in the Storm King Art Center admission.

Storm King Art Center, 1 Museum Road, New Windsor; (845) 534-3115, www.stormking.org.

Rocking the Red Barn The Red Barn at the Catskill Mountain Lodge throws its hat into the seasonal music series ring with monthly outdoor concerts featuring local talent, May through September. Latin dance band Mambo Kikongo kicked off the series in May, along with the Kensington Jazz Ensemble, featuring the ubiquitous, Grammy-nominated Malcolm Cecil.

Catskill Mountain Lodge Summer Concerts, MaySeptember, 334 Route 32A, Palenville: (518) 678-3101, www.catskillmtlodge.com.

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Wassaic Project Summer Festival The Wassaic Project Summer Festival is a highminded, annual and – get this – free multidisciplinary celebration of art, music, dance and community featuring more than 100 artists, 25 bands, film screenings, dance performances and more. It transpires on the property and in the unique buildings of the Wassaic Project on August 2 through 4. The music lineup for this year’s festival is still taking shape (so it always goes on the festival circuit shuffle). One act is confirmed: Superhuman Happiness, a delirious and arty party band that incorporates elements of Minimalism and post-rock pattern study into its uppity take on good-time music. If the 2012 lineup is any indication, this year’s lineup will be filled out with eclecticism and ear for the challenging and unusual.

Wassaic Project Festival, August 2-4, 37 Furnace Bank Road, Wassaic; (347) 815-0783, http://wassaicproject. org.

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Between June and August, Music in the Parks stages concerts at the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site and Staatsburgh State Historic Site.

Music in the Parks Between June and August, Music in the Parks stages concerts at the Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site and Staatsburgh State Historic Site.

These concerts are free and held on the lawns of each site every Wednesday evening, beginning at Staatsburgh in June and at the Vanderbilt on July 17. This year’s 40 th-anniversary program features a glittering spread of crowd-pleasers, from swing bands to early rock ‘n’ roll revivalists.

Music in the Parks, 81 Vanderbilt Park Road, Hyde Park; 75 Mills Mansion 6 Road, Staatsburg; (845) 229-8086, www.nps.gov/vama/planyourvisit/upload/ summerconcert2013.pdf.

Opus 40 Opus 40, the stunning sculpture park and museum in Saugerties, has a long and storied history as a music venue (and is the subject of a song by well-known art rockers Mercury Rev). Many musical notables who call or have called the Woodstock area home have jumped at the chance to perform in the heightened, otherworldly environment of sculptor Harvey Fite’s winding, rocky and elegant life’s work: Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette, Sonny Rollins, Orleans and many more. On June 22 and 23, Ars Choralis will perform Carl Orff ’s masterwork Carmina Burana.

Ars Choralis performs Orff ’s Carmina Burana, June 22-23, 6:30 p.m., Opus 40, 50 Fite Road, Saugerties; (845) 246-3400, www.opus40.org.

Saugerties Sunset Concerts Saugerties keeps going. What you probably think of as Saugerties – the intersection of Main Street and Partition Street and environs – is just the tip of the iceberg. The action rolls right on down to the river with its lovely parks and vistas.

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World-renowned vocalist Tony Bennett – he of the 15 Grammies, two Emmys and Kennedy Center honor – will take the stage at UPAC in Kingston on June 29 in a benefit for the UPAC Capital Campaign And with the popular John Street Jam series, Saugerties has also established itself in recent years as haven and host to musicians, especially to those in the mainstream singer/songwriter tradition. This summer, residents and visitors alike are going to be lured down the hill by the Saugerties Sunset Concerts. Performers and exact locations are to be announced, though it will be in the vicinity of the Tina Chorvas Waterfront Park. In the event of rain, the location changes to the large pavilion at Cantine Field.

Saugerties Sunset Concerts, Fridays, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, 6:30 p.m., location T/B/A; (845) 246-5306, http://saugertiescalendar.com.

Tony Bennett comes to help out UPAC World-renowned vocalist Tony Bennett – he of the 15 Grammies, two Emmys and Kennedy Center honor – seems to have taken a liking to the mid-Hudson Valley. Or maybe it’s just the other way around, and they say that everywhere he goes. On Saturday, June 29, one of the greatest interpretive singers of the 20th century performs at the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston in a benefit for the UPAC Capital Campaign. Funds raised through this capital campaign will keep UPAC warm in the winter and cool in the summer (HVAC) and dramatically reduce the lines at intermission with new restrooms.

Tony Bennett, Saturday, June 29, 8 p.m., UPAC,

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Falcon Ridge Folk Festival In the Balkanized, post-industry music world, festivals are how you do it now, how performers expand their audience and how audiences get the most out of their live music budget and time. The Falcon Ridge Folk Festival is an important and exemplary festival. Like all the great and lasting ones, it knows its audience and it gives the people what they want while it also subtly moves the boundaries outward, becoming selectively more inclusive and eclectic while staying true to its original purpose and demographic. This year’s lineup continues to define “folk” both regionally and globally, with and without rock propulsion. There’s camping and food and plants and birds and rocks and things.

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, August 2-4, Dodds Farm, 44 County Route 7D, Hillsdale; www.falconridgefolk.com.

Mount Tremper Arts Summer Festival “If your summer has room for only one quick dance getaway, you won’t do better than this interdisciplinary, artist-run festival in the Catskills,” writes T he New York Times – a pretty heavy endorsement for the Mount Tremper Arts Summer Festival, an 11-week intensive celebration of contempo-

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rary dance, music, performance and spoken word with a mind toward the avant-garde, the challenging and the unorthodox. Music this year includes the award-winning International Contemporary Ensemble and a daylong, site-specific performance of Robert Ashley’s landmark Perfect Lives, adapted by composer/performer collective Varispeed and staged throughout the Catskills in a market, bank, church and other locales.

Mount Tremper Arts Summer Festival, June 15-August 24, various locations in Woodstock, Boiceville, Mount Tremper & Phoenicia; (845) 688-9893, http://mounttremperarts.org.

Beacon Riverfest Local 845 continues to bring a lot of energy, flair and music to Beacon with the fourth annual Beacon Riverfest (hot on the heels of the In the Pines mini-fest) at Beacon’s Riverfront Park. This year’s lineup includes a sprinkling of locals and notables including Tracy Bonham and Friends, Chicha Libre, High Animals, the Compact (Erin Hobson) and more. There is a Kids & Family tent and, of course, a lot of culinary variety.

Big Band swing and Ben Vereen (August 17), not to mention comedy with Rita Rudner (August 24) and more shows than could possibly be listed here.

Belleayre Music Festival, July-August, Belleayre Mountain Ski Center, Route 28, Highmount; (800) 942-6904, ext. 1344, belleayremusicfestival@gmail. com.

Water Street Market The tiered natural amphitheater or piazza on the south end of New Paltz’s Water Street Market has evolved over the years into an exceptional venue for seasonal music, food and art festivals, film showings and general-purpose community congregating. Every Thursday at 7 p.m. from June through September, regional acts perform to typical large and local crowds. Yard Sale kicks it off this year on June 6. Other highlights include New Paltz natives the Trapps (June 13), MAAZE (July 18), the Sweet Clementines (August 8) and Ratboy (September 5), Hudson Valley staple Vito Petrocitto (July 25) and many more.

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Street Market Music Series, June-September, Water Street Market, 10 Main Street, New Paltz; http://waterstreetmarket.com.

Kingston Music in the Parks Series This summer, the City of Kingston fans its impressive collection of parks like the proverbial peacock tail with the free Music in the Parks series. Academy Green, Gallo Park, Forsyth Park, Cornell Park and, for one show (guitar-shredder Kristen Caolino on July 31), Dietz Stadium. All the performers in the series are notable, but let’s note just a few: the Lindsey Webster Band at Gallo Park on June 5, Professor Louie and the Crowmatix at Academy Green on July 24 and Carl Mateo at Cornell Park on August 21. All shows begin at 6 p.m. For further information, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (845) 334-3915.

Kingston Music in the Parks, June-August; www. kingston-ny.gov/content/120/6823/default.aspx.

Beacon Riverfest, Saturday, June 29, 12 noon-8 p.m., free, Riverfront Park, Beacon; (917) 806-1348, www. beaconriverfest.com.

Belleayre Music Festival While a nearby ski slope gets more attention for its rock festival, Belleayre has been quietly staging huge concerts and excellent music programming featuring national and local luminaries in every genre for many years. Country star Dwight Yoakam (July 6) and rock icons the Doobie Brothers (July 20) highlight the diverse lineup for the Belleayre Music Festival’s 22nd season. Then there’s opera,

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Hudson Valley: Connecting with the River Summer in the Hudson Valley! To our family, one of the best parts of this season is outdoor swimming. As Janet and Steve Fitzgerald from Pine Plains say, “With our grandkids in school full-time, our visits to the park and beach have to wait until summertime now, but it’s a place to bring out the kid in us all.” Here are some favorite local swimming spots right on the Hudson River and at area lakes.

Kingston Point Beach “One of my favorite Hudson Valley memories was the discovery of Kingston Point Beach, which happens to be a city park in Kingston,” shares Rebecca Martin, Hudson Valley resident and musician. “I was alone the very first time, and the beach was empty on my first visit. This sweet little ‘cove’ felt like a private oasis within walking distance of Kingston’s city limits. The air was clear, the commuter train ran periodically along the east side of the Hudson, the expansive Kingston/Rhinecliff Bridge and remnants of Kingston’s brickmaking past somehow were held and made practical in the midst of the big sky and shoreline. It’s a special place that everyone should not only visit, but volunteer to keep it clean and protected. It is one of the few Hudson River swimming spots left!”

Kingston Point Beach also has a playground a short walk from the sand. I recommend wearing swim socks or sandals to protect your feet from the pointy water chestnuts. Rotary Park at Kingston Point is just across the street, and offers more views of the Hudson, birdwatching and nature trails.

Kingston Point Beach is located at 53 Delaware Avenue in Kingston. For more information, including swimming hours, call (845) 331-1682 or visit www.kingston-ny.gov.

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State Parks: Lake Taghkanic, Minnewaska, Belleayre Beach As I mentioned earlier, Janet and Steve Fitzgerald of Pine Plains love summer swimming: “One of the treasures we have rediscovered is Lake Taghkanic State Park, right off the Taconic State Parkway. Different spelling, sounds the same! We’re not exactly too close to the beach here in northern Dutchess County, but this is a wonderful alternative that we’ve taken our grandchildren to, no matter what the season. We’ve found that there’s a fantastic sandy beach, and whether it’s spring or fall, we can always walk barefoot in the sand and try to dip our toes in the water looking at all the minnows swimming about. Bring out those sand toys, and we get to see castles or roadways being built, with us older folks keeping watch and relaxing in beach chairs.

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If it gets too windy, we’ve walked over to enjoy the playground or to hike on the trails around the lake.

Summertime is water time: bobbing around in the water or renting a kayak, which we have yet to do.

But get there early to set up your chair in the shade or sun. We pack our own picnic lunch, or there’s a food stand at the Park building. It all makes you feel like you’re ‘at the shore’ without the traffic, and it’s wonderfully close to home.” And because Lake Taghkanic is a State Park, you can use your Empire Passport car sticker to gain free entry instead of paying the $8 carload admission.

Minnewaska State Park Preserve accepts the Empire Pass, too. It is a small gravel beach, so I recommend wearing water sandals or swimming shoes. The beach is shaded around the sides and has a straight dock from the shore that’s fun to jump off, plus plenty of hiking available around the lake.

I just learned that beautiful Belleayre Beach – that spot you keep passing on your way up to ski at Belleayre Mountain – is not taking the Empire Pass this summer. Bummer! Admission is $10 per carload, but free for seniors 70 and up midweek; or patrons can purchase Belleayre Beach passes for the summer. Belleayre Beach is a sandy beach, smaller than Lake Taghkanic, so beautiful, and our son loves jumping off the floating dock in the deeper area.

Lake Taghkanic State Park is located at 1528 Route 82 in Ancram. For more information, call (518) 851-3631. Minnewaska State Park Preserve is located at 5281 Route 44/55 in Kerhonkson.

For more information, call (845) 255-0752. Lake Taghkanic and Minnewaska can also be visited online at http://nysparks.com. Belleayre Beach is located on Route 28 in Pine Hill, about 35 minutes from the Kingston traffic circle. For more information, call (845) 254-5202 or visit www.belleayre.com/summer/lake.htm.

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Red Wing Park “Our family spent the hot days of summers at Red Wing Park in East Fishkill, and now I take my grandchildren! My children loved it, and so do my grandchildren. A great place for families!” recommends Arleen Johnson of East Fishkill. This park is a new one to me, and I can’t wait to check it out.

Admission is by passes or day fees for the 17-acre facility.

Red Wing Park is located at 11 Old Farm Road off Route 82 in East Fishkill. For more information, call (845) 221-9191 or visit www.eastfishkillny.org.

River Pool One unique way to experience the Hudson River is in the River Pool at Beacon. This quiet, peaceful spot is a floating, colorful water ring that remains attached to the shoreline, accessible by a short walkway. The circle is lined with seats on the outside, the middle is open space, the bottom is a permeable net. Staffed by lifeguards, this experience is perfect for folks who just want to sit and rest their feet in the water and read, young kids who like the security of a small swim space without the sand or minnows or kids practicing short,

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shallow underwater jaunts. It took our family a few minutes to get used to the feeling of the mesh floor of the River Pool, as well as what to do there; then we had a fantastic time. There are dressing rooms nearby, as well as a playground.

The River Pool is free and open to the public of all ages and is open in early July for the season from Tuesday through Sunday, 12 noon to 6 p.m.

The River Pool is located at Riverfront Park in Beacon, near the Beacon train station. For more information, call (914) 629-4598 or visit www.riverpool.org.

Just down the lane from River Pool and also near the Beacon train station is the Beacon Sloop Club, founded by Pete Seeger and others interested in the health of the Hudson River. Are you ready for the best-kept secret in the Hudson Valley? Here it is: free sailboat rides on the Woody Guthrie all summer long. Free! What? I’m serious. No catch!

You simply call the reservation hotline and leave a message with three reservation dates for the organizer to choose from and the number of people in your party, and you get a callback to confirm. Then you arrive that evening at 6 p.m. at the Beacon Sloop Club boathouse, right in front of the Beacon train station, to get your lifejacket; then you climb aboard at about 6:30 p.m.

The boats are staffed by all levels of volunteers learning to sail, headed up by an experienced captain. Passengers bring snacks to eat and share around the boat, as everyone enjoys the ride together. I have driven over the Hudson River countless times, I have gone swimming in it, but

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The Newburgh/Beacon Ferry landings are located at the south end of the Newburgh waterfront at the ends of Washington and Front Streets, and at the dock in front of the Beacon train station. For more information, call (800) 53-FERRY or visit www.nywaterway.com/newburghtobeaconroute.aspx.

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You can book a free sailboat ride on the Woody Guthrie all summer long. this sailboat ride helped me feel more connected to it. There’s a limit of around a dozen guests, plus volunteer staff added to that, so it’s an intimate ride. The sail lasts anywhere from two to two-anda-half hours, and the ride is peppered with information about the river and the history of the boat.

It feels a little long to hold my kids’ interest – plus, you have to remain seated, which would be tough for them to do the entire time – but it made for a perfect outing with my husband.

The Beacon Sloop Club is located at 2 Red Flynn Drive in Beacon. For reservations or more information, call (845) 297-7697 or visit www.beaconsloop.org.

Another way to experience boating on the Hudson River is to take a cruise on the Rip Van Winkle. The Rip Van Winkle offers narrated tours all season long into October, as well as music cruises, deejay dance parties and murder-mystery dinners, all for adults. They also have three Kids’ Kruises at 11:30 a.m. scheduled for July 12, August 9 and October 26. Each Kids’ Kruise includes an engaging and interactive magic show and a deejay who spins dance tunes afterwards.

Our kids love these cruises, including the concession and souvenir stands, and they ask to go every year. When you’re done, stop by the Hudson River Maritime Museum right next door, or stop

by Ship to Shore just one block away for something to eat. Tickets for Kids’ Kruises cost $21 for adults, $13 for children ages 4 to 11 years, $19 for seniors age 65 and older and free for children under 4 years of age.

Hudson River Cruises are located at 1 East Strand Street in Kingston. For reservations or more information, call (845) 340-4700 or visit www.hudsonrivercruises.com.

Hudson Valley: Music/Books

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Looking for a sweet summer theme song? How about some great summer reading? Here are my picks for summer 2013, all from Hudson Valley artists and writers.

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“Funky Little Sweet Thing” “Put your arms around me/Movin’ to the music/ Let me feel you near me/Funky little sweet thing,” croons Heather Masse in the new song “Funky Little Sweet Thing (Slow Dance for Fast Times)”, written by Verna Gillis and Roswell Rudd. “In a world of twirling and scrambling to keep up, this song intends to slow you down and bring you into physical contact with a loved one, be it a partner, lover, parent, child, friend, neighbor, pet.”

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familiar yet is totally new. Matthew Finck, John Medeski, Ira Coleman and T Xiques all bring real soul to this piece. This song beautifully captures Hudson Valley summer memories. You can “Listen to the music/Morning’ noon and evening” in the wonderful video on www.youtube.com and purchase it at www.cdbaby.com.

If You Want to See a Whale I think what I love about Ezra Jack Keats Book Award-winner Julia Fogliano’s books is the utter simplicity and openness. It’s like getting the best part of any story – just the essence. Her latest picture book, If You Want to See a Whale, is illustrated

by Erin Stead: the same artist who partnered with Fogliano in her previous release, And Then It’s Spring.

Taking in each page feels expansive, inviting, like I’m literally sharing a moment in time on every page with the little boy in the book, as if we were having a shared experience. The storyline also serves as a terrific platform for discernment about what we see on the surface, and what we see in the world when we apply more insight and awareness. This is a great book to add to this summer’s story rotation.

For more information about If You Want to See a Whale, visit http://us.macmillan.com/ifyouwanttoseeawhale/juliefogliano.

You Look Different in Real Life If you have Young Adult (YA) literature fans in your family, or you’re a YA reader yourself, pick up a copy of Jennifer Castle’s new book You Look Different in Real Life as part of your summer reading list. Castle explains, “This story is set in the Hudson Valley, so I’m really excited for local readers in particular to check it out. I feel like it’s the kind of book parents and teens can both enjoy.” The novel explores the dynamics among five youths who are featured in a documentary series together: They were first filmed back in kindergarten at age 6, then filmed at age 11 and now at age 16.

The narrator, Justine, feels and notices everything, and the way that she reacts to whatever is happening affects me as the reader. Justine puts words to ideas that either seem to be missed by the others or that they just cannot express, and it’s done in such a charming, youthful way: “Sometimes I think of an invisible cord connecting Nate and Keira and Felix and Rory and me. It’s made of something thin and deceptively powerful, like the stuff Spider-Man squirts out of his wrists. Then I wonder who spun it. Was it Lance and Leslie? Was it everyone who’s ever watched the Five At documentaries?

Or maybe it was me. All I know is that it’s always there. It stretches and winds but will never break.”

Castle’s writing also offers interesting insights beyond the relationship of the characters: “Leslie once told me that a film isn’t made by shooting stuff but rather, by editing it. The shooting is the inspiration and the ideas and the paint palette.

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The editing is the artist actually picking up the brush to accomplish the doing, the making something out of nothing.” I appreciate the wisdom Justine draws from her experiences as she makes amends and becomes more true to herself, which makes it possible for her to have more authentic relationships in the end.

When the World Was New Grammy Award-winning producer Dean Jones’s new album When the World Was New is a terrific collection of fun, positive songs with a great sound and engaging lyrics. “Stand with Me,” “Absurd” and “Prehensile Grip” are among my favorite tunes on the CD. The entire album is family-friendly, which means that it’s fun for kids of all ages, and it’s enjoyed and appreciated by their parents, too!

When the World Was New is available online at

CDBaby, http://bigkids.com and www.dogonfleas. com for $12.97 or $9.99 digitally, as well as local retailers such as Rhino Records and Enchanted Toys in New Paltz. For more information, visit www.dogonfleas.com.

The Three Feathers Every so often I encounter a book that feels truer and more inspired than imagined or created. It’s as if the author channels a story drawn up from the

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– September 2013 34 | June Explore Hudson Valley depths of heretofore-undiscovered world mythology. That’s how I see Stefan Bolz’s book The Three Feathers.

In the story, a rooster named Joshua leaves the comfortable and predictable life of the chicken coop and heads on a quest to uncover the meaning of a persistent dream he has about three feathers. Along the way, he befriends Grey the wolf and Krieg the horse, and they travel together, inspired and motivated by Joshua’s vision: “Why did you help me?” Joshua asks the wolf. Grey replies, “I do not know the answer...I just knew I had to. The... longing in you was so strong and powerful I wanted to help you find whatever it was you are looking for. Maybe so I could find whatever it is I’m searching for as well.”

I celebrate this idea of the importance of the personal journey, accomplished in some way with others, as a fortifying and essential element to the world. I like the way the challenges that this trio encounters are not minimized or skipped over in some way. It’s very lifelike, this ebb and flow of confidence and doubt among the characters: “That you don’t trust your own strength doesn’t mean I don’t have any left. It also doesn’t mean you can’t trust mine.”

I’ve included this book in my summer picks list because it’s about family – not just our families of origin, but those we choose to have accompany us in our lives. It’s also a book that’s suitable for practically all ages: The storyline is engaging and operates on so many different levels, yet remains accessible to anyone, with lots of thought-provoking insights that invite reflection from the reader.

I think part of what makes the larger concepts more digestible is the fact that the characters are all animals. I can identify the way I want to.

We need each other; it’s such a sweet reminder: “Even if he found the feathers, what then? It was hard for him to remember how much they meant to him when they appeared in his dream. One thing was certain: If he hadn’t found Grey and Krieg, he would not have come as far as he did.

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And even more, the friendship between them was what truly made all this worthwhile. It was more than he could have ever hoped to find.”

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site, complete with chairs to sit and appreciate its beauty, and return the same way that you arrived. Or you can continue along the trail to the more rugged part along the Hudson River, which creates a full loop and offers spectacular views.

There’s also a separate small trail with its own waterfall. Each portion of the trail is manageable for young legs.

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Old Aerodrome in Rhinebeck The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome is a unique chance to watch weekend vintage plane shows, as well as explore the Aviation Museum. I suggest bringing earplugs in case the sounds of the propellers and engines feel uncomfortable to the kids.

Weekend admission rates are $20 for adults; $15 for teens, seniors 65 and over and active or retired military; $5 for youth aged 6 to 12 years

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NYS Golden Park Program/ Federal Parks Access Pass Martha Koenig of Gardiner told me about New York State’s Golden Park Program. What a deal!

According to the New York State Parks website: “If you are a New York State resident 62 or older, on any weekday (except holidays), you can obtain free vehicle access to state parks, boat launch sites and arboretums (except at Walkway over the Hudson State Historic Park and Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park) and fee reduction to state historic sites and state-operated golf courses simply by presenting your currently valid New York State Driver License or New York State Non-Driver Identification Card.” And did you know that for $10 (plus $10 for processing) you can get a Federal Parks Access Pass for seniors that provides free access to a multitude of national parks and historic sites for a lifetime?

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or Scouts in uniform; and free for children age 5 and under. Discounts are given to guests wearing period dress.

The Aerodrome is located at 9 Norton Road in Rhinebeck. For more information, call (845) 7523200 or visit www.oldrhinebeck.org.

Hudson Valley Renegades Summer just doesn’t feel complete to our family without doing the Wave at a Renegades baseball game. This family-friendly outing includes lots of interactive games with the spectators between innings, amazing post-game fireworks on special dates, bounce houses for kids for an additional fee and of course concession stands, which continue to creatively expand their menus, including gluten-free and vegetarian options introduced last year.

The Renegades have a Kids’ Club for youth age 12 and under: “This season, every Monday and Tuesday will be declared Kids’ Club days at the ballpark where members will have the opportunity to receive a free General Admission ticket, as well as participate in Kids Run the Bases after the conclusion of the game.” Scan their calendar for their special youth-focused games too, such as Little League Night or Scouts’ Night.

Admission to Renegades games ranges in price from $6 to $15. Dutchess Stadium is located at 1500 Route 9D in Wappingers Falls. For more information or to get tickets, call (845) 838-0094 or visit www.hvrenegades.com.

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Summertime visits to historic sites with the kids and grandkids are a popular choice. Take it from Stephen Kowalsky, 86, in the Town of Poughkeepsie: “I’ve gone to the FDR Home and Library several times, but loved going with my daughter and granddaughter. That was great.” For more information about these amazing programs, visit

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Here’s my A-to-Z recommended list of familyfriendly Hudson Valley destinations:

Maverick Concerts Did you know that the oldest continuous summer chamber music festival takes place right in Woodstock every summer? Maverick Concerts offer incredible musicians and artists from around the world, as well as our local area. They also show their commitment to families and youth with their Young People’s Concerts, which are free for children and cost only $5 for adults.

Young People’s Concerts take place on Saturday mornings at 11 a.m. and last for approximately one hour. This year’s series features Elizabeth Mitchell & Friends on June 29; the Eribeth Chamber Players on July 6; Ilya Yakushev on July 20; and Marc Black on August 3. The setting is serene: a simple music chapel in the woods. The music? Sublime.

And be sure to see who performs the evening and matinée regular concerts.

Maverick Concerts are located at 120 Maverick Road in Woodstock. For more information, call (845) 679-8217 or visit http://maverickconcerts.org.

North/South Lake Just driving to North/South Lake is worth it. I feel like I’m spiraling into the magical world of Rip Van Winkle, disappearing into the Catskills.

North/South Lake is a campground with swimming and boating as well as hiking trails. But I’ll let you in on a secret: It’s a fantastic place to do a camping day trip. Here’s how it works. I reserve my campsite online for $22. I pack up a tent, food to grill and a change of clothes for our family. We swim and play, grill dinner, hang out around the campsite, then clean up and leave! It’s like all of the joy of camping with half the gear. I’m sure that it’s fun actually to stay overnight, but this is one way for families to experience the joy of the space without the commitment of sleeping there.

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Orange County Arboretum Apparently I slip into the feeling of royalty very easily, because when I drive up to the gates at the Orange County Arboretum and they just open! – just like that! – I feel pretty regal. Then I enter the garden and I’m transported into my own personal Versailles. That wisteria? Oh, yes; I had that grown for my queendom. That fountain? Yes, I had that commissioned.

I stroll through the gravel walkways surrounded by a world of flowers and shrubs that look very different from anywhere else: so well-caredfor, thoughtfully and skillfully attended-to. And the incredible floating globe in honor of Orange County lives lost on 9/11 is a poignant remembrance.

Sure, the Arboretum has plant sales and children’s programs, but don’t wait; just go. Visit “my” garden. Afterwards, make a stop at the nearby Orange County Airport. You can get a bite to eat while watching for planes at Culinary Creations, or bring your own food and enjoy the picnic tables out back.

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Hidden in plain sight: That’s my first impression of Springside. I had never heard of it before a friend tagged the site in a photo that she posted online. I must have seen signs for this place over the years, driving through Poughkeepsie, but never noticed or thought about them. Matthew Vassar, founder of Vassar College, owned this land a long time ago. He commissioned Andrew Jackson Downing to cultivate it as an “ornamental farm,” which would be both productive as well as decorative. Over the years, the garden fell into disarray, but a committed band of volunteers is restoring the space. I love the photos and signs that they position along the grassy pathways that give visitors a sense of what it used to be like; and the remaining freshwater spring (for which the land is named) and ruins have a way of “proving” the proud history of the estate. Our kids loved discovering the geocache, too.

Going to the mall? On your way home from work or school? Looking for somewhere new to explore without a long drive? Go check out Springside, a national landmark. Springside is located off Academy Street, off Route 9 in Poughkeepsie, and is well-signed. For more information, call (845)

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Widow Jane Mine I had heard of this place for years, and figured that I wasn’t cool enough to attend any of its events.

I finally made it over for a performance, and love this treasure! A real cave, originally created from mining cement – an important part of local history – it’s also the perfect spot to cool off during the summer.

found locally. I love the signs positioned along the walkway, because they were informative but also made for good conversation with the kids about what we were seeing or looking for. Definitely check out the short Geology Trail for the fantastic four-county views of the Hudson and the Bear Mountain Bridge.

The suggested donation for admission to the Zoo is $1 per person. Bear Mountain Park is located at 1 Hessian Drive in Highland Falls. For more information, call (845) 786-2701 or visit www. trailsidezoo.org.

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Hudson Valley family events Here are some distinctly Hudson Valley familyfriendly events happening this summer: June 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Country Living Fair at Dutchess Fairgrounds, located at 6550 Springbrook Avenue in Rhinebeck. I know a lot of people are excited about this festival; come check it out! For more information, visit www.countryliving.com.

Wing’s Castle Wing’s Castle is unlike any place that you’ll ever see. The reason is its meticulous and imaginative use of reclaimed materials to create it. It is impossible to notice every clever detail, to guess the source of every artistic expression; it is truly a feast for the eyes.

Wing’s Castle is a private home that opens for paid tours by the owner and builder from Wednesday through Sunday during the summer, and weekends in the fall until the snow hits. The tour takes under an hour, and I found it fascinating.

My kids were engaged on the tour as well, because there is simply so much to look at. Be prepared to hear lots of earnest, “Can we do that at our house, Mom?” Afterwards, we got lunch at the Millbrook Diner, then we drove down the street to the awesome Millbrook Playground down the street.

Wing’s Castle is located at 717 Bangall Road in Millbrook. To schedule a tour or for more information, call (845) 677-9085 or visit www.wingscastle.com.

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The Widow Jane Mine is located on the property of the Snyder Estate at 668 Route 213 in Rosendale. Follow the signs for parking, then follow the trail that takes you alongside the small stream towards the back of the property. You’ll see the cave entrance in front of you in just a couple of minutes. The Century House Historical Society is open for tours on Sunday afternoons, but the caves are something that you can visit daily.

For more information, call (845) 658-9900 or visit www.centuryhouse.org.

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Randy BLOOM • Melissa BRAGGINS • Ted BRAGGINS • Richard CHIANELLA • Doris CULTRARO • Tarryl GABEL Maureen GATES • Carl GRIECO • Betsy JACARUSO • Jen JORDAN • John LAVIN • Christine LIVESEY Judy MALSTROM • Tatiana RHINEVAULT • Jeff ROMANO • Pierce SMITH • Todd YOUNG an invitation to visit behind the scenes • where artists create their masterpieces • meet the artists demonstrations • see works in progress • video and interactive how-to’s in some studios

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ASV HEADQUARTERS: for more information, maps, brochures: HYDE PARK: Artists Collective of Hyde Park, 4338 Albany Post Rd., Hyde Park RHINEBECK: Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, “The Courtyard” 43-2 E. Market St. Rhinebeck RED HOOK: Red Hook Community Arts Network, 7516 North Broadway, Red Hook PLAN YOUR TOUR USING OUR ONLINE GOOGLEMAP

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Admission costs $5 for adults and $3 for children and seniors. The Trevor Zoo is located on the Millbrook School campus at 131 Millbrook Road in Millbrook. For more information, call (845) 677-3704 or visit www.millbrook.org/trevorzoo.

Forsyth Nature Center The Forsyth Nature Center has a small, wonderful collection of animals that you can feed with greens and apples from home, or grain out of the vending machine by the gate. The nearby Kinderland Playground across the field makes for a nice outing.

The Forsyth Nature Center is free of charge and is located at 157 Lucas Avenue in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 339-3053 or visit www.forsythnaturecenter.org.

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Harvey Weiss, Betsy (from the series Supermodels), 2013, Archival Digital Print

This summer, you can visit three different local zoos: one for each month of June, July and August!

If you visit Wing’s Castle in Millbrook, make it a point to check out the Trevor Zoo. Our family’s favorite animals are the otters! There are 180 animals, so it holds the interest of older children and youth; the entire facility is such a manageable size, so it works for young children as well; and the zoo is open every single day from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., so it’s easy for you to fit it into your schedule.

Trailside Museums and Zoo SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM OF ART STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ

The Trailside Museums and Zoo at Bear Mountain Park are another great family-friendly jaunt, featuring injured or orphaned species of animals

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– September 2013 38 | June Explore Hudson Valley June 8, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Family Fun & Fish Day at Kenneth Wilson State Park, 850 Wittenberg Road in Mount Tremper. Free for attendees who preregister by June 4. For more information, call (845) 6883047, extension 3, or visit www.ashokanstreams.org.

June 20, 10 a.m.: Damsels and Dragons at Olana State Historic Site is a program for kids and families about these amazing insects. Admission costs $5 per person. For more information or to register, call (518) 828-1872, extension 109, or visit www. parks.ny.gov.

June 8-9, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Gem & Mineral Show at Museum Village. Admission costs $5 for adults, $3 for seniors and kids. Museum Village is located at 1010 Route 17M in Monroe. For more information, call (845) 782-8247 or visit www.museumvillage.org.

July 20-21: Fifth annual Hudson River Days. Activities will include the second annual Great Hudson River Fish Count, as well as festivals, swims, kayak outings, sails and more. For more information, visit http://hudsonriverdaysny.org.

June 15, 12 noon: FDR Royal Hotdog Picnic at the Hyde Park Station, with free hotdogs commemorating the famous meal served by FDR to royalty.

Hyde Park Station is located at 34 River Road in Hyde Park. For more information, visit www. hydeparkstation.com.

August 5-11: The Hudson Valley Jazz Festival takes place at venues throughout the area from August 8 through 11, and this year features a new education program for youth to perform, the Hudson Valley Jazz Workshop. “The model for this summer’s workshop is a time-honored one that works,” says director Bob Rosen. “It works for both the Western European classical tradition and for the historically more recent American jazz tradition.” The Workshop offers a curriculum of instrumental instruction coupled with performance ensemble rehearsal, with an emphasis on jazz improvisation. For more information, e-mail brosenmusic@gmail.com.

June 18, 1:30-3:30 p.m.: Driftwood boat-building event, where participants will explore buoyancy and balance by designing a toy boat from scratch. Meet up at the kayak pavilion at Long Dock Park in Beacon. For more information, call (845) 473-4440, extension 264, or visit www.scenichudson.org.

July 12-14: Second annual Hudson Valley Chalk Festival at the Water Street Market, 10 Main Street in New Paltz. For more information, e-mail hudsonvalleychalkfestival@gmail.com or visit www. hudsonvalleychalkfestival.com.

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September 21-22, 10 a.m.: The Hudson Valley Harvest Festival promotes and celebrates agriculture in the Hudson Valley, featuring music, arts and crafts, family activities and more. Tickets cost $5 and are free for children age 12 and under. The Hudson Valley Harvest Festival takes place at the Ulster County Fairgrounds, located at 249 Libertyville Road in New Paltz. For more information, visit www.hudsonvalleyharvestfestival.com.

Crafts Here are three quick craft ideas that can enhance your summer family fun: 1. Make a hummingbird feeder in about 60 seconds by cutting holes into two sides of a red plastic disposable cup, then hanging outside. Fill with a 1:4 sugar solution and wait for hummingbirds to come visit!

2. Make an easy birdfeeder in about ten seconds by cutting off the top of an egg carton and filling the bottom with seeds, then hang outside.

3. Make epic glow-in-the-dark bubbles by breaking a glowstick into bubble solution.

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