"What's Happening" calendar of SHOWS, EXHIBITS, EVENTS
FOCUS ON PHOTOGRAPHERS III
September 12 - November 15
25% of each art sale supports the Center
Open most Sat and Sun 1-5 PM and M-F by appointment and chance
September 12 - November 15
25% of each art sale supports the Center
Open most Sat and Sun 1-5 PM and M-F by appointment and chance
Lori Adams — loriadamsphoto.com Lori is a Hudson Valley botanical photographer based in Hopewell Junction. She makes luminous studio "plant portraits" and still lives inspired by 17th-century Netherlandish painting.
Cali Gorevic — caligorevic.com Cali is an award-winning black-and-white fine-art photographer and sculptor working in the Hudson Valley. For this show she presents a series of animals; wolves, horses, zebras, and more.
Stephen Podrasky — podraskyfineart.com Stephen holds a BA in Fine Art Photography and works from his home base of Denver. A member of the Leica Society International, he is presenting a series of U.S. Southwest landscapes for this show, printed on Japanese washi paper.
Jörg Gläscher — glaescher.de Jörg joins us from Germany, making this an international show. He studied under Timm Rautert at the HGB Leipzig. He will exhibit his acclaimed Twelve Waves series — monumental "waves" of deadwood he built and photographed in a forest near Hamburg during the Covid pandemic. The book is available here: Twelve Waves (Hartmann Books).
Dr. Ruth Oratz & Dr. Albert Knapp — Ruth and Albert are a wife-and-husband team, both physicians at NYU Langone Medical Center and accomplished Leica landscape photographers. Their work has been published in the Leica Society International's Viewfinder magazine (for example "The Shape of Ice"). They pair their images from the same locations — Ruth's intimate, close studies alongside Albert's sweeping vistas. We are attaching their contact sheets so you can see their work.
Larry Kerschberg and Ronnie Beth Sauers
Cali Gorevic — caligorevic.com Cali is an award-winning black-and-white fine-art photographer and sculptor working in the Hudson Valley. For this show she presents a series of animals; wolves, horses, zebras, and more.
Stephen Podrasky — podraskyfineart.com Stephen holds a BA in Fine Art Photography and works from his home base of Denver. A member of the Leica Society International, he is presenting a series of U.S. Southwest landscapes for this show, printed on Japanese washi paper.
Jörg Gläscher — glaescher.de Jörg joins us from Germany, making this an international show. He studied under Timm Rautert at the HGB Leipzig. He will exhibit his acclaimed Twelve Waves series — monumental "waves" of deadwood he built and photographed in a forest near Hamburg during the Covid pandemic. The book is available here: Twelve Waves (Hartmann Books).
Dr. Ruth Oratz & Dr. Albert Knapp — Ruth and Albert are a wife-and-husband team, both physicians at NYU Langone Medical Center and accomplished Leica landscape photographers. Their work has been published in the Leica Society International's Viewfinder magazine (for example "The Shape of Ice"). They pair their images from the same locations — Ruth's intimate, close studies alongside Albert's sweeping vistas. We are attaching their contact sheets so you can see their work.
Larry Kerschberg and Ronnie Beth Sauers
BEACON FILM SOCIETY presents:
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
Friday, October 16 at 7 PM
S O L D - O U T
Q&A TO FOLLOW WITH CO-DIRECTORS: JODIE CHILDERS & DAN MESSINA
Down by the Riverside follows the unlikely story of the Clearwater, a boat that launched a movement. In the 1960s, the American folk singer Pete Seeger devised an extraordinary plan: he built a 106-foot sailboat to save the polluted Hudson River. An intimate portrait of Pete, his wife Toshi, and the grassroots community they anchored for over 40 years, the film takes the audience on a musical and nautical odyssey, showing how an unconventional campaign to save a beloved American waterway prompted a green revolution. The tale of the Clearwater is a parable for our time, offering hope for a fractured nation and revealing how participatory imagination can solve environmental problems and transform how we relate not only to the earth but also to one another.
Watch the Trailer
Jodie Childers is a documentary filmmaker and writer based in NYC and Charlottesville, VA, where she is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia. She produced The Other Parade, and she directed and shot Down by the Riverside, which premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival. Her writing has been featured in American Quarterly, the Journal of Transnational American Studies, Comparative American Studies, The Conversation, Jacobin, Transatlantica, The Pittsburgh Review of Books, Boulevard, and The Hopkins Review, among others. She holds a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Brooklyn College.
Dan Messina is a showrunner, director, and editor with twenty years of experience in nonfiction film and television. He directed the documentary feature Down by the Riverside, which premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, and The Other Parade, which screened at Frameline and was broadcast on RTE. Dan is currently the showrunner for the hit series The Real Murders of Atlanta on Oxygen. He also executive-produced Women on Death Row for A&E, and he has served as showrunner, producer, and editor for shows on Discovery+, National Geographic, Investigation Discovery, and OWN, among others.
DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
Friday, October 16 at 7 PM
S O L D - O U T
Q&A TO FOLLOW WITH CO-DIRECTORS: JODIE CHILDERS & DAN MESSINA
Down by the Riverside follows the unlikely story of the Clearwater, a boat that launched a movement. In the 1960s, the American folk singer Pete Seeger devised an extraordinary plan: he built a 106-foot sailboat to save the polluted Hudson River. An intimate portrait of Pete, his wife Toshi, and the grassroots community they anchored for over 40 years, the film takes the audience on a musical and nautical odyssey, showing how an unconventional campaign to save a beloved American waterway prompted a green revolution. The tale of the Clearwater is a parable for our time, offering hope for a fractured nation and revealing how participatory imagination can solve environmental problems and transform how we relate not only to the earth but also to one another.
Watch the Trailer
Jodie Childers is a documentary filmmaker and writer based in NYC and Charlottesville, VA, where she is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia. She produced The Other Parade, and she directed and shot Down by the Riverside, which premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival. Her writing has been featured in American Quarterly, the Journal of Transnational American Studies, Comparative American Studies, The Conversation, Jacobin, Transatlantica, The Pittsburgh Review of Books, Boulevard, and The Hopkins Review, among others. She holds a Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Brooklyn College.
Dan Messina is a showrunner, director, and editor with twenty years of experience in nonfiction film and television. He directed the documentary feature Down by the Riverside, which premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, and The Other Parade, which screened at Frameline and was broadcast on RTE. Dan is currently the showrunner for the hit series The Real Murders of Atlanta on Oxygen. He also executive-produced Women on Death Row for A&E, and he has served as showrunner, producer, and editor for shows on Discovery+, National Geographic, Investigation Discovery, and OWN, among others.
NiNE
Album Release
DASSI ROSENKRANTZ
Saturday, October 17 at 8 PM
Dassi Rosenkrantz is a bass player, composer and producer. She toured and recorded with the late Debbie Friedman, and directed a variety of Latin Music projects. Her bass playing is featured on a few albums by Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors, and she had original music licensed for films and TV. Other projects include: Zohar & Adam, NOGA/Lady Sun, and The Cabo Project/self-titled.
dassirosenkrantz.com
Album Release
DASSI ROSENKRANTZ
Saturday, October 17 at 8 PM
Dassi Rosenkrantz is a bass player, composer and producer. She toured and recorded with the late Debbie Friedman, and directed a variety of Latin Music projects. Her bass playing is featured on a few albums by Gabrielle Roth and the Mirrors, and she had original music licensed for films and TV. Other projects include: Zohar & Adam, NOGA/Lady Sun, and The Cabo Project/self-titled.
dassirosenkrantz.com
Howland Chamber Music Circle
POIESIS QUARTET
Saturday, October 18 at 4 PM
Celebrated for their “multifaceted artistry” and “brilliantly idiomatic” programming (New York Times), the Poiesis Quartet is the winner of the 2026 Cleveland Quartet Award and the First Prize and Commission Prize recipients of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition. In 2023, they were also named the Grand Prize and Lift Every Voice Prize winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, as well as Gold Medal and BIPOC Prize winners at the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. In May 2024, Poiesis joined the Concert Artists Guild roster for North American management as winners of the Louis and Susan Meisel Competition. This concert is designated our Founders Concert, in memory of our founders, Gwen and Bill Stevens, who encouraged the development of younger musicians.
The concert is followed by a reception where you can meet the artists.
All are encouraged to attend.
Sponsored by the Stevens Family Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley
howlandmusic.org
POIESIS QUARTET
Saturday, October 18 at 4 PM
Celebrated for their “multifaceted artistry” and “brilliantly idiomatic” programming (New York Times), the Poiesis Quartet is the winner of the 2026 Cleveland Quartet Award and the First Prize and Commission Prize recipients of the 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition. In 2023, they were also named the Grand Prize and Lift Every Voice Prize winners of the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, as well as Gold Medal and BIPOC Prize winners at the 2023 St. Paul String Quartet Competition. In May 2024, Poiesis joined the Concert Artists Guild roster for North American management as winners of the Louis and Susan Meisel Competition. This concert is designated our Founders Concert, in memory of our founders, Gwen and Bill Stevens, who encouraged the development of younger musicians.
The concert is followed by a reception where you can meet the artists.
All are encouraged to attend.
Sponsored by the Stevens Family Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley
howlandmusic.org
Lovely Calamity Production presents
AN EERIE & ENIGMATIC DOUBLE BILL
Saturday, October 24 at 8 PM
Sunday, October 25 at 6 PM
Step out of the autumn gloom and into the historic Howland Cultural Center for two chilling stories brought to life just in time for Halloween.
ACT 1: Trifles by Susan Glaspell
A pioneering, feminist mystery.
When a local farmer is found dead, male investigators comb the farmhouse for clues—overlooking the small domestic details hidden in plain sight. But as Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters piece together the truth, they must face the consequences of their discovery and make an impossible choice.
ACT 2: The Signal-Man - Adapted from Charles Dickens by Cristina Noelle
A Gothic tale of supernatural suspense.
Deep in a dark, subterranean railway cutting, a lone Signalman is haunted by a relentless, shadowy apparition warning of imminent disaster. Can the phantom's ominous message be deciphered before tragedy strikes again?
About Lovely Calamity
AN EERIE & ENIGMATIC DOUBLE BILL
Saturday, October 24 at 8 PM
Sunday, October 25 at 6 PM
Step out of the autumn gloom and into the historic Howland Cultural Center for two chilling stories brought to life just in time for Halloween.
ACT 1: Trifles by Susan Glaspell
A pioneering, feminist mystery.
When a local farmer is found dead, male investigators comb the farmhouse for clues—overlooking the small domestic details hidden in plain sight. But as Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters piece together the truth, they must face the consequences of their discovery and make an impossible choice.
ACT 2: The Signal-Man - Adapted from Charles Dickens by Cristina Noelle
A Gothic tale of supernatural suspense.
Deep in a dark, subterranean railway cutting, a lone Signalman is haunted by a relentless, shadowy apparition warning of imminent disaster. Can the phantom's ominous message be deciphered before tragedy strikes again?
About Lovely Calamity
NATALIE FORTEZA & The Dan Garcia Trio
Nostalgia
Saturday, November 7 at 8 PM
Nostalgia: Songs/Canciones — Some songs carry more than melody. They carry a place, a voice, a familiar room, nostalgia. They carry the people we’ve loved and the lives we once knew.
For this special evening, NATALIE FORTEZA returns to The Howland Center, stepping outside the repertoire of her usual performances and opens the door to something more personal—a nostalgic collection of songs (canciones) woven through memory, family, and heritage.
The set will highlight a romantic set of songs that reach back to her familia (family), to the sounds and stories of her Latin American upbringing, and to the people and memories that remain with her through music. Natalie will be performing some songs sung in Spanish, and songs arranged in Latin/Latin-Jazz influenced styles, joined by The Dan Garcia Trio: featuring Dan Garcia on Spanish guitar, Nate Allen on bass and Dave Previ on drums.
An evening of songs from somewhere deep in the heart—music that looks back, reaches inward, and perhaps reminds us of someone, somewhere, or some time we carry with us, too."
ARTIST LINKS:
Website: http://www.natalieforteza.com
Music: https://lnk.to/NFMusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliefortezamusic/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nataliefortezamusic
Nostalgia
Saturday, November 7 at 8 PM
Nostalgia: Songs/Canciones — Some songs carry more than melody. They carry a place, a voice, a familiar room, nostalgia. They carry the people we’ve loved and the lives we once knew.
For this special evening, NATALIE FORTEZA returns to The Howland Center, stepping outside the repertoire of her usual performances and opens the door to something more personal—a nostalgic collection of songs (canciones) woven through memory, family, and heritage.
The set will highlight a romantic set of songs that reach back to her familia (family), to the sounds and stories of her Latin American upbringing, and to the people and memories that remain with her through music. Natalie will be performing some songs sung in Spanish, and songs arranged in Latin/Latin-Jazz influenced styles, joined by The Dan Garcia Trio: featuring Dan Garcia on Spanish guitar, Nate Allen on bass and Dave Previ on drums.
An evening of songs from somewhere deep in the heart—music that looks back, reaches inward, and perhaps reminds us of someone, somewhere, or some time we carry with us, too."
ARTIST LINKS:
Website: http://www.natalieforteza.com
Music: https://lnk.to/NFMusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliefortezamusic/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nataliefortezamusic
ARTICHOKE Storytelling
"Big Story Showdown"
Saturday, November 14 at 8 PM
ARTICHOKE'S Story Slam winners are heading to the Main Stage at The Howland Cultural Center to battle it out for the ultimate bragging rights.
Come cheer on your favorites - Pick a champ. Bring your loudest applause.
Julie Seltzer
Larry Cecker
Rona Levine
Brent Spodek
Alex Stein
Hannah Brooks
John Blesso
Scott Gabriel
Amy Jay
and Crystal River Williams
ARTICHOKE webpage
"Big Story Showdown"
Saturday, November 14 at 8 PM
ARTICHOKE'S Story Slam winners are heading to the Main Stage at The Howland Cultural Center to battle it out for the ultimate bragging rights.
Come cheer on your favorites - Pick a champ. Bring your loudest applause.
Julie Seltzer
Larry Cecker
Rona Levine
Brent Spodek
Alex Stein
Hannah Brooks
John Blesso
Scott Gabriel
Amy Jay
and Crystal River Williams
ARTICHOKE webpage
Nerd Nite Hudson Valley #16 Crash Test Smarties!
Friday, November 20 at 7:30 PM
Buckle up, nerds! We’ve got a stellar cat-tastic catastrophe for you.
Tickets will be on sale October 20th. Follow us @nerdnitehudsonvalley on instagram for announcements.
Three fun-yet-informative visual presentations with music, prizes, refreshments and guaranteed good company.
Author and journalist Alex Davies joins us with test engineering: the weird, fascinating, occasionally dangerous work of figuring out how things fail before they kill you. It involves shooting dead chickens into jet engines, dropping safes from four stories up, strapping a guy to a rocket sled at 647 miles per hour, and — yes — wild bear stuff! His book Kobuk the Destroyer: And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering will be on sale at the show! We’ve got a self-proclaimed (and proud) crazy cat lady! Anthropologist and Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern Maine, Dr. Susan Rottmann brings us “A Non-Scientific and Barely Anthropological Study of Cat Humor.” Representations of cats reflect broader concerns about independence, identity, gender, loneliness, consumerism, uncertainty, and the desire for affection. And we are so honored to welcome Liz Kennick, the CEO of Teachers in Space (TiS), a nonprofit dedicated to educating teachers about space. Participating teachers build CubeSats, tiny satellites with embedded sensors that capture data (such as radiation sensors and sound levels) which are then launched on low-altitude balloons and beyond!
Be there and be square! hudsonvalley.nerdnite.com
Friday, November 20 at 7:30 PM
Buckle up, nerds! We’ve got a stellar cat-tastic catastrophe for you.
Tickets will be on sale October 20th. Follow us @nerdnitehudsonvalley on instagram for announcements.
Three fun-yet-informative visual presentations with music, prizes, refreshments and guaranteed good company.
Author and journalist Alex Davies joins us with test engineering: the weird, fascinating, occasionally dangerous work of figuring out how things fail before they kill you. It involves shooting dead chickens into jet engines, dropping safes from four stories up, strapping a guy to a rocket sled at 647 miles per hour, and — yes — wild bear stuff! His book Kobuk the Destroyer: And Other Tales from the Wild, Unseen World of Test Engineering will be on sale at the show! We’ve got a self-proclaimed (and proud) crazy cat lady! Anthropologist and Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Southern Maine, Dr. Susan Rottmann brings us “A Non-Scientific and Barely Anthropological Study of Cat Humor.” Representations of cats reflect broader concerns about independence, identity, gender, loneliness, consumerism, uncertainty, and the desire for affection. And we are so honored to welcome Liz Kennick, the CEO of Teachers in Space (TiS), a nonprofit dedicated to educating teachers about space. Participating teachers build CubeSats, tiny satellites with embedded sensors that capture data (such as radiation sensors and sound levels) which are then launched on low-altitude balloons and beyond!
Be there and be square! hudsonvalley.nerdnite.com
Ticket sales for the Howland Chamber Music Circle 33rd season have been exceptionally brisk, with at least one concert nearly sold out before even one note has been played! Be sure to lock in your entrance to our exciting new season!
HCMC entire concert season is listed on their website. You may order online through the website, or click here to download a printable order form which you can mail back to HCMC.
Purchase four or more concerts and we automatically apply a discount to the sale. The more concerts you purchase, the greater the discount percentage. (Please note, the Yefim Bronfman concert is specially priced and does not count toward the subscription discount.)
All concerts, with the exception of the Special Event, are Sunday afternoons at 4:00 PM at the acoustically ideal Howland Cultural Center.
HCMC entire concert season is listed on their website. You may order online through the website, or click here to download a printable order form which you can mail back to HCMC.
Purchase four or more concerts and we automatically apply a discount to the sale. The more concerts you purchase, the greater the discount percentage. (Please note, the Yefim Bronfman concert is specially priced and does not count toward the subscription discount.)
All concerts, with the exception of the Special Event, are Sunday afternoons at 4:00 PM at the acoustically ideal Howland Cultural Center.
MID HUDSON MUSIC TOGETHER
Sign Up for Classes
Sign Up for classes in Beacon at Howland Cultural Center! Music Together is offering musical fun for kids ages 0- 5 and their caregivers. Sing, dance, play instruments, and learn basic rhythm and tonal patterns. Play musical games and make friends while enjoying music from around the world. Visit www.mhmusictogether.com for details
Sign Up for Classes
Sign Up for classes in Beacon at Howland Cultural Center! Music Together is offering musical fun for kids ages 0- 5 and their caregivers. Sing, dance, play instruments, and learn basic rhythm and tonal patterns. Play musical games and make friends while enjoying music from around the world. Visit www.mhmusictogether.com for details
LATIN DANCE NIGHT
Thurs | Nov 12 & Dec 10 | 7:00 PM
Monthly Program
Beacon Dance Beat plays a wide array of Latin rhythmic styles, including Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cha-Cha, Cumbia, Reggaeton y Mas. Singles, couples, friends, newcomers – all are welcome.
For more info, contact Beacon Dance Beat at (845) 765-0667 or [email protected].
Thurs | Nov 12 & Dec 10 | 7:00 PM
Monthly Program
Beacon Dance Beat plays a wide array of Latin rhythmic styles, including Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Cha-Cha, Cumbia, Reggaeton y Mas. Singles, couples, friends, newcomers – all are welcome.
For more info, contact Beacon Dance Beat at (845) 765-0667 or [email protected].
2nd Tuesdays - SOUTHERN FIDDLE TUNE JAM
Tuesday, October 13 - 7 PM
Click Here for information Harry Bolick and Fiddle Tune Jam
Tuesday, October 13 - 7 PM
Click Here for information Harry Bolick and Fiddle Tune Jam
KADAMPA MEDITATION
1st Wednesdays of the Month
Nov 4, 7 PM to 8:30 PM
All are Welcome
For more info, visit their website.
1st Wednesdays of the Month
Nov 4, 7 PM to 8:30 PM
All are Welcome
For more info, visit their website.
4th Wednesdays - SOUND BATH with Jodi Evans
Wednesday, October 28 - 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Click Here for information RIVER SONG SOUND HEALING
Wednesday, October 28 - 5:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Click Here for information RIVER SONG SOUND HEALING
HOWLAND OPEN MIC NIGHT
4th Friday - October 23, 7 PM
With host Jay Strauss and co-hosts Amy Englehardt and Sandy Santra
Come sing or play for an appreciative audience, or just listen and enjoy! SIGN-UP: In-person, 6:15 p.m.; drawing for order of performances 6:45 p.m. LINEUP: 16 to 20 slots, 10 minutes each.
$5 at the door - Refreshments available.
LAUNCHED in 1997. The open mic began with the merger of a coffeehouse and a blues jam run by then board members Thom Joyce and Chris Rue. Joyce hosted the open mics for 25 years before Strauss took over in 2023. He notes that the night has featured musicians performing blues, jazz, rock, alternative, folk, classical, covers, opera and spoken word. “A good open mic performance is someone who gets up there and has something to say — or something they want to share — and communicates it to the room,” Strauss says. “That might be an original song, a cover, a beautiful piece of music, something funny, something completely unexpected. Sometimes it’s technically dazzling; sometimes it’s wonderfully rough around the edges.”
4th Friday - October 23, 7 PM
With host Jay Strauss and co-hosts Amy Englehardt and Sandy Santra
Come sing or play for an appreciative audience, or just listen and enjoy! SIGN-UP: In-person, 6:15 p.m.; drawing for order of performances 6:45 p.m. LINEUP: 16 to 20 slots, 10 minutes each.
$5 at the door - Refreshments available.
LAUNCHED in 1997. The open mic began with the merger of a coffeehouse and a blues jam run by then board members Thom Joyce and Chris Rue. Joyce hosted the open mics for 25 years before Strauss took over in 2023. He notes that the night has featured musicians performing blues, jazz, rock, alternative, folk, classical, covers, opera and spoken word. “A good open mic performance is someone who gets up there and has something to say — or something they want to share — and communicates it to the room,” Strauss says. “That might be an original song, a cover, a beautiful piece of music, something funny, something completely unexpected. Sometimes it’s technically dazzling; sometimes it’s wonderfully rough around the edges.”
THE BRIDGE CLUB
Mondays - 10 AM - 1 PM
Drop in any Monday $5 - Everyone's Welcome - The Highlands Current article
Mondays - 10 AM - 1 PM
Drop in any Monday $5 - Everyone's Welcome - The Highlands Current article
"A memorable event from 2022 that still shines bright in our history!"
AIAWHV Presents: Howland Cultural Center: Celebrating 150 Years
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AIAWHV Presents: Howland Cultural Center: Celebrating 150 Years
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