The Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society is hosting a fundraising event featuring live music, food & drinks, and silent auction. Athens crooner Isaak James will perform, Hors d’oeuvre courtesy of The Stewart House, wines & cocktail drinks made from Hudson Valley's vineyards and distillers such as Hudson-Chatham Winery, 1857 Premium Vodka & Cooper’s Daughter. For tickets and more information please visit http://www.halps.org/fundraiser.html, call 518-828-5294, or email events@hudsonathenslighthouse.org. Summer/Fall lighthouse tours are also now available. Visit the halps.org tour page for schedules and information about how to get tickets.

Bridge Street Theatre’s annual Summer Youth Musical is coming! Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", “Monty Python’s SPAMALOT” is an outrageous musical retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, featuring airborne cows, killer rabbits, inscrutable wizards, mysterious maidens, gorgeous showgirls, and farting Frenchmen. 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY. Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sundays at 2:00pm from July 13 – 23. For tickets and info, visit bridgest.org/spamalot/

Open Irish jam every Sunday.

Miranda Cuckson (violin), Adrián Sandí (clarinet), and Eric Huebner (piano) explore 100 years of boldly original music, from Leo Ornstein, through Stravinsky, Saariaho, and Saunders. Brewed specially for the audience, PS21’s annual House Blend series features celebrated soloists and ensembles in programs of cutting edge new music and bold works of the past. With genre-defying collaborations that can only be experienced at PS21, we invite listeners to experience vital music in stimulating new ways. Program: Leo Ornstein: “Wild Men’s Dance”; “Nocturne” Claude Vivier: “Music for violin and Clarinet” Lili Boulanger: “Nocturne” Kaija Saariaho: “Duft” Igor Stravinsky: “Duo Concertant” Rebecca Saunders: “The Underside of Green” Performed by Miranda Cuckson (Violin), Eric Huebner (Piano), and Adrián Sandí (Clarinet)

Join the Hudson Area Library and Columbia Land Conservancy as we gear up in waders and bring our magnifying glasses to take a closer look at the critters living in Frog Pond. Families with children of all ages are welcome! Space is limited and registration is required. Location: Meet at the Hudson Skatepark near Oakdale Beach. Registration: To register for a session, email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org or call 518-828-1792 x101. This program is supported with funding from the New York State Conservation Partnership Program (NYSCPP) and New York’s Environmental Protection Fund. The NYSCPP is administered by the Land Trust Alliance, in coordination with the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Learn to administer Narcan and reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. This is a free training and each participant will receive a free nasal Narcan kit. Offered every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. For more information, contact Al White at Columbia County Mental Health Center, 518-828-9446 Ext 1235. Date/Time: Tuesday, December 20, 10 - 11 a.m. Location: In person, Hudson Area Library Community Room, 51 N 5th Street, Hudson, NY 12534

Participants will learn various Qigong sets and then work on a traditional Tai Chi Form, a set series of movements and postures. The sessions are intended to be a gentle practice that enhances coordination, balance, and circulation. No registration is required. Open to the public.

Join Johnny Sturman and Carmen Borgia at the Bridge Street Theater for a live broadcast of WGXC FM's "Ukuleles Unleashed." The show will feature a reading and singing of Harry Nilsson's "The Point" on ukuleles followed by recorded music, all in front of a live audience. Open to the public. Join us live at the Bridge Street Theatre, or tune in to 90.7 FM, go online to wgxc.org, or use the WGXC app on a smartphone. Admission is free, but donation hats will be put out to support the WGXC and the Bridge Street Theatre.
Carmen Borgia - Uke and singing
Alison Davy - narration
Nancy Giles - narration, uke and singing
Bob Goldberg - accordion
Dave Kelsey - narration
Plus the world premiere of the Unleashed Ukuleles Ensemble.

The Town of Catskill holds their monthly meeting. The public is encouraged to attend. WGXC is partnering with the Town of Catskill to present live audio streams of public meetings. The Catskill Town Board meets every first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m., and holds a committee meeting the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. During meetings, the live stream will be accessible by clicking the play arrow below. Additionally, audio archives from past meetings will be available following the meeting. More information at http://www.townofcatskillny.gov/.

Plant Defenders is a workshop connecting Hudson youth (ages 11 – 13) with the local plant medicine growing abundantly in Hudson. While we wander to discover these plants, we’ll learn about their many gifts, as well as the skills to defend them, steward the land and support autonomous care in our community. Together we’ll craft a medicinal potion to bring home and explore the power of plants. Location: In person, Hudson Area Library Community Room and Oakdale Lake. Registration: Space is limited and registration is required. To register, email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org or call 518-828-1792 x101. This program is presented in partnership with Spark of Hudson.

Sing and dance your way through summer with local musician, Abby Lappen, during these Movement and Music Storytime sessions held in the library's Community Room. Toddlers, kids, and families of all ages will enjoy this program as they learn how to use stories, songs, and motion to develop early literacy skills. Open to the public. Registration is appreciated, but not required — youth@hudsonarealibrary.org or 518-828-1792, ext. 101.

Vendors include Common Hands Farm, Koen's Bread, Sergio Rico, Willowwood Farm, Harvey Mountain Alchemy, Charlie Miller, Sacred Henna, Coxsackie Bee Goods, Farm On Foundation, Red Oak Farm, Autonomous Coffee, and more. Various pop-up vendors will be featured throughout the season, as well as great musicians and some educational opportunities as well. The market was formerly held on Wednesday.

William R. Graves, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate College and Professor, at ​Iowa State University will discuss Dirca palustris, a noteworthy component of Huyck Preserve’s flora. Potluck at 6 p.m., lecture at 7 p.m. Every Thursday night starting July 13 for a scientific lecture series following a communal, potluck meal. Bring a dish to share. Registration is not required.

Bridge Street Theatre’s annual Summer Youth Musical is lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," “Monty Python’s Spamalot” is an outrageous musical retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, featuring airborne cows, killer rabbits, inscrutable wizards, mysterious maidens, gorgeous showgirls, and farting Frenchmen. Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. from July 13 – 23. For tickets and info, visit bridgest.org/spamalot/

PS21’s 2023 Nouveau Cirque Gala is an evening of locally-prepared cocktails and dinner, and a performance by Cirk La Putyka from the Czech Republic.

Tour Wave Farm’s 29-acre campus in Acra, NY, home to our public Art Park, which features 13 site-specific media art installations that reveal what is otherwise unheard or unseen, including: Pond Station by Zach Poff; Solar Radio by Anna Friz and Absolute Value of Noise; Test Site of Acoustic Commons 1 by Soundcamp; Freshkill (in-progress) by Max Goldfarb; SURVANT USB Dead Drop by Patrick Quinn; Underground (Codes) by Yvette Janine Jackson; Remote Audio Outpost / Boomerang by Japanther / Ian Vanek; Here GOES Radiotelescope by Heidi Neilson and Harry Dove-Robinson; Barrier by Type A; Weather Warlock and Traffic Saxx (ON THE 1s) by Quintron; and Every Radio Station by Jeff Thompson.

On Friday, July 21 and Sunday, July 23, advance registration for Art Park tours is required. Book your guided visit here.

On Saturday, July 22, join us for a day of Percussion at the Marimba Tree with performances by percussionists Lisa Schonberg with Leah Bowden and Melanie Medina; Azouke Legba with special guests; Chris Corsano; and Bobby Previte.

1 p.m. Lisa Schonberg with Leah Bowden and Melanie Medina, improvisation with percussion and electronics, with sounds of insects amplified through sculptures on site.
2 p.m. Azouke Legba with special guests, Gamelan performance with marimba tree and water drum.
3 p.m. Chris Corsano, improvised solo performance for bark, branch, trunk, and suspended objects.
4 p.m. Bobby Previte

UPSTATE ART WEEKEND (UPAW) is a connective annual event, for locals and tourists alike, celebrating the cultural vibrancy of Upstate New York. The fourth edition of UPAW will take place Friday, July 21, through Monday, July 24, 2023.

UPAW launched in 2020 with 23 participants, expanding to over 130 in 2023, welcoming thousands of visitors to the region each year. The participants are art organizations, galleries, museums, residencies, and creative projects.

Wave Farm / WGXC Acra
5662 Route 23
Acra, NY 12405
Directions and details at https://wavefarm.org/wf/visit

Bridge Street Theatre’s annual Summer Youth Musical is lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," “Monty Python’s Spamalot” is an outrageous musical retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, featuring airborne cows, killer rabbits, inscrutable wizards, mysterious maidens, gorgeous showgirls, and farting Frenchmen. Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. from July 13 – 23. For tickets and info, visit bridgest.org/spamalot/

The firefighters of the Greenport Fire Department teach how to operate a real fire hose.

During the 2023 edition of Upstate Art Weekend On Saturday, July 22, join us from noon to 6 p.m. for a lively afternoon of performance by percussionists at the Wave Farm Marimba tree, along with self-guided tours of the Wave Farm Art Park Installations.

1 p.m. Lisa Schonberg with Leah Bowden and Melanie Medina, improvisation with percussion and electronics, with sounds of insects amplified through sculptures on site.
2 p.m. Azouke Legba with Gilad Melchior, Gamelan performance with water and marimba tree.
3 p.m. Chris Corsano, improvised solo performance for bark, branch, trunk, and suspended objects.
4 p.m. Bobby Previte

Lisa Schonberg (1977, Staten Island) is a percussionist, composer and ecological sound artist. She documents soundscapes, insects, and habitat through sound works, writing, and multimedia collaboration. Informed by her background in entomology, Schonberg is interested in revealing and challenging assumptions about insects and other overlooked and/or avoided nonhumans. Since 2017 she has been collaborating with Brazilian entomologists on ATTA (Amplifying the Tropical Ants), a project investigating bioacoustics of ants and other invertebrates in Amazônia. Other recent work includes investigations of old-growth forests in Oregon, endangered Hawaiian bees, fungi, and plastics. Schonberg's compositions are performed by percussion ensembles Secret Drum Band, Antenna and UAU, and solo. She is the author of Text Scores for Getting to Know the Invertebrates, The Hylaeus Project, and the The DIY Guide to Drums, and has performed or otherwise presented work at FILE Festival (BR), TBA Festival (PDX), Harvestworks, Z42 (Rio de Janeiro), the Pompidou, the Brooklyn Museum, Bosque da Ciencia (BR), the American Museum of Natural History, and Museo Reina Sofia (SP), and given workshops at Pioneerworks, the Fuller Initiative Land Lab (OR), and the Greenpoint Library (NYC). Her collaboration with Allie ES Wist on sensing fungi/fungal sensing, Sensory Kinship of the Third Kind, has been presented at Pioneerworks, NY Fungus Fest, and the Emerge Festival (AZ). Schonberg has toured the US and internationally in her bands Kickball, Explode into Colors and STLS, and has completed residencies with Labverde, the Banff Centre, Pioneerworks, HJ Andrews Experimental Station, and Signal Fire. Her work has been supported by the the Media Arts Assistance Fund (Wave Farm/NYSCA), the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, the Oregon Arts Commission, the Oregon Community Foundation, Arc Teryx, the Regional Arts and Culture Commission (OR), & The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. She is currently completing her doctorate degree in Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Leah Bowden is a percussionist and music scholar specializing in experimental music, world music, jazz and popular idioms. Her current projects include The Forest, a New York-based percussion quintet, and Baby Bushka, a theatrical eight-woman band that reimagines the music of Kate Bush. Her research focuses on Max Roach and M’Boom, and she is the archivist for M’Boom co-founder Warren Smith.

Melanie Medina is an LA-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. She received a Bachelors’ in Jazz Guitar Studies, and played for various ensembles in San Diego before relocating to Los Angeles in 2022. She has played extensively in the orchestra pit as a theater musician, and performs in the San Diego-based Kate Bush tribute band Baby Bushka with Bowden.

Azouke Legba is songwriter, rhythm guitar player, drummer, and the cohost (together with Carline Murphy) of the weekly radio show on Wave Farm's WGXC 90.7-FM, Li Le, Li Tan, a Creole language radio program meaning "it’s the time, it’s the hour." The show's mission is to promote Haitian language, music, arts and culture; to raise awareness and to discuss Haiti’s history and its relevance to today’s world; and to share news on current events happening here in the counties and in Haiti. Legba is band member with Mother Fletcher, Samba Yo, Azaka, and appears on the Smithsonian Recordings of Rhythms of Rapture.

Chris Corsano (b. 1975, USA) is an upstate NY-based drummer who has been active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, avant-rock, and noise music since the late 1990's. He began a long-standing, high-energy musical partnership with saxophonist Paul Flaherty in 1998. Their style, which they occasionally refer to with (semi-)tongue-in-cheek humor as "The Hated Music", combines modern free-jazz's ecstatic collectivist spirit and the urgency and intensity of hardcore punk.

A move from western Massachusetts to the UK in 2005 led Corsano to develop his solo music--a dynamic, spontaneously-composed amalgam of extended techniques for drum set and non-percussive instruments of his own making: e.g. bowed violin strings stretched across drum heads, modified reed instruments, and stockpiles of resonant metal. In February 2006, Corsano released his first solo recording, The Young Cricketer, and toured extensively throughout Europe, USA, Australia, and Japan. He spent 2007 and '08 as the drummer on Björk's Volta world tour, all the while weaving in shows and recordings on his days off with the likes of Evan Parker, Virginia Genta, C. Spencer Yeh, and Jandek.

Moving back to the U.S. in 2009, Corsano returned focus to his own projects, including a duo with Michael Flower, Vampire Belt (with Bill Nace), Rangda (with Richard Bishop and Ben Chasny) and his solo work, further expanded in its use of contact microphones and synthesizers. In 2017, he received the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artist Award.

Corsano's dedication to collective improvisation has led to collaborations with many kindred spirits and his appearance on over 150 records and 1000 live performances. He's worked with, among others: Paul Dunmall (released by the label: ESP-Disk), Joe McPhee (Roaratorio), Okkyung Lee (Open Mouth), Mette Rasmussen (Hot Cars Warp Records & Clean Feed), John Edwards (OTOroku & Dancing Wayang), Sylvie Courvoisier (Relative Pitch), Nate Wooley (No Business & Astral Spirits), Jim O'Rourke & Akira Sakata (Drag City & Polystar), Merzbow (Family Vineyard), Jessica Rylan (Load Records), Nels Cline (Strange Attractors), Heather Leigh (Volcanic Tongue), Ghédalia Tazartès (Ultra Eczema), Ken Vandermark (Audiographic), and Sunburned Hand Of Man (Manhand).

Bobby Previte is a composer and performer whose work explores the nexus between notated and improvised music. One of the seminal figures of the 1980s New York ‘Downtown’ scene, Previte is the recipient of the 2015 Greenfield Prize for music and was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in 2012. He has received multiple awards for composition from the NEA, NYFA, NYSCA, New Music USA, The Jerome Foundation, The New York State Music Fund, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the American Music Center. Mr. Previte has been an artist-in-residence at the Rockefeller Foundation in Bellagio, Italy, Civitella Ranieri, The Montalvo Arts Center, The Hermitage Artist Retreat, and nine times at the MacDowell Colony.

His original compositions have been recorded and released on Sony, Elektra, Rykodisc, Palmetto, New World, Ropeadope, Tzadik, Thirsty Ear, Cantaloupe and Rarenoise. Leading a plethora of diverse ensembles from his instrument, the drums, he has collaborated with many of the leading lights in and beyond the world of music, including master composer John Adams, iconic singer Tom Waits, pantheon filmmaker Robert Altman, and most recently, rock legend Iggy Pop. His music has been labeled as ‘utterly original,’ by the New York Times, while The New Yorker has said his ensembles ‘speak in visionary tongues.’ Mr. Previte has given master classes at schools and universities around the world including The Eastman School of Music, The New School, Bard College, and Princeton University. His recent work includes: TERMINALS, Five Concertos for Percussion Ensemble and Soloist, with SO Percussion, released October 28th, 2014 by Cantaloupe Music, GONE, with Bobby Previte & the Visitors, released summer 2016 on the forTune label, TERMINALS QUARTETS, the percussion only version of Terminals, summer 2016, by Cantaloupe Music, and MASS, a music in nine parts for choir, pipe organ, and metal trio, released April 2017 by Rarenoise Records. His newest work, RHAPSODY, a song cycle on the subject of migration, was commissioned by the Greenfield Prize at the Hermitage Artist Retreat, and premiered April 21, 2017 at New College in Sarasota, Florida. Scored for acoustic guitar, harp, piano, voice, drums and saxophone, and featuring a powerhouse band of Zeena Parkins, John Medeski, Nels Cline, Fabian Rucker, and Jen Shyu, RHAPSODY was released in January, 2018 by Rarenoise.

Want to play ukulele? Do you already know how to play? Want to add some particpatory music to your life? Every Saturday play ukulele with eager, supportive people. All levels are welcome, from never-evers to seasoned players. a suggested donation of $5 is requested but not required. We provide the music and the venue. You provide fun, participation, and joy.

Join Taganyahu Swaby for a Capoeira Workshop in which he will share teachings through movement, accompanied with traditional music. Taganyahu Swaby has studied Capoeira Angola, a dance form that has origins in Central and Western African and was developed in Brazil by captured African and indigenous Brazilians as a means of liberation from oppression. No registration required. All are welcome! In person at the Hudson Area Library Community Room. Presented by Elena Mosley, a member of the NYS DanceForce and Operation Unite NY, in collaboration with Hudson Area Library.

Gates at 4, Grateful Dub: 4:30 p.m., Badfish: 7:30 p.m. Badfish is a Sublime tribute band, while Grateful Dub plays the music of the Grateful Dead in reggae-dub style. A family friendly event, attendees are invited to bring their own chairs and blankets. No outside food or beverages allowed on sight. The concert will happen rain or shine.

Songwriters and performers Todd Almond and Kate Douglas take to the fields of the Circa 1799 Barn for a special concert celebration of their new musical, The Lucky Few. It’s New Year’s Eve, 1959, an explosive moment in American history. The U.S. has entered the space race; Lenny Bruce appeared on NBC for the first time; Miles Davis began recording Kind of Blue; and somewhere in South Dakota, Jane is making music nobody has ever heard before. For tickets and more information, visit www.ancramoperahouse.org.

Bridge Street Theatre’s annual Summer Youth Musical is lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," “Monty Python’s Spamalot” is an outrageous musical retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, featuring airborne cows, killer rabbits, inscrutable wizards, mysterious maidens, gorgeous showgirls, and farting Frenchmen. Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. from July 13 – 23. For tickets and info, visit bridgest.org/spamalot/

“Runners” is a circus/dance making its North American debut at PS21. Award winning company Cirk La Putyka presents a show filled with dance, acrobatics and original live music, all set on a giant moving treadmill. More info and tickets: https://www.simpletix.com/e/north-american-premiere-runners-by-cirk-la-tickets-128914