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A GROUP OF STRANGERS WITH ONE THING IN COMMON... THEY'RE ALL GOING TO DIE A reading of a new play by Erin Buckley inspired by True Stories This project is made possible with funds from the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.  Accompanied by Kat Lee Rivers, piano, Anthony Candullo, bass and Matt Graff, drums. Tapping into both the sultry and sweet, Natalie Forteza's unique, recognizable voice effortlessly summons emotion with soulful mystique through layers of Neo-Soul, Indie singer-songwriter, Modern-Pop, Jazz and World Music.   Imagine if you could create a soundtrack to your dreams! Want to discover what your dreams are singing to you? Composer and pianist Daniel Kelly joins singer-songwriter Tara O’Grady as a dynamic duo who explore dreams in this interactive improvisational music experience for children and families.
Dreams communicate in a symbolic visual language similar to movies in our minds. Songwriters have been translating these scenes from their psyches for ages – Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, and Taylor Swift are just a few musicians who have turned their night visions into gold records. When we learn how to engage with our dreamscape and the wisdom dreams have to offer, we become more aware of our inner world and how we relate to the outer world. Audiences will be guided to explore their dreams, follow their curiosity, and participate in the creative process of transforming dreams into live music. www.taraogradymusic.com www.danielkellymusic.com This program was produced in part with the support of the State of New York Office of Children and Family Services upon the legislative initiative of Assembly member Jonathan Jacobson.  Classical guitar concert artist specializing in the music of his home country of Spain as well as the beautiful music of Latin America. From the Renaissance period through the XX century.
Dan is the creator of both Learn Flamenco Guitar App and Learn Guitar App, two interactive mobile apps available for iPhone and Android. Dan is also author of several guitar methods such as 120 studies for Classical Guitar, Seven Techniques to Master Flamenco Guitar and the School of Guitar Method. He runs a classical guitar studio in the Hudson Valley NY and is the band leader of LOTUS “Spirit of Santana”, a band that celebrates the music the great Carlos Santana. dangarciaguitar.com  When Russia invaded, the women of Ukraine’s leading contemporary dance group struggled to find purpose in their work. A search for resistance ultimately led them back to dance.
Dance becomes an act of bravery in Match in a Haystack, a new documentary film following a dance troupe in Ukraine directed by 5x Emmy Award winner Joe Hill and produced by Dangerous Company Media and EP Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. “The message of Match in a Haystack is that art is resistance, that creation in the face of destruction is an assertion of humanity, identity, culture.” –LA Times Film Critic Katie Walsh *****Match in a Haystack's editor Arielle Sherman is an Emmy award-winning NYC based film and television editor. She began her professional career working as an assistant editor, and VFX editor on many critically acclaimed and commercially successful feature films and television series before shifting into editing full-time. Arielle has always believed in the power of storytelling through visual mediums. Through editing, she is able to experiment with and expound on the boundaries of both narrative and visual aesthetics. She is a born and raised Californian and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. beaconfilmsociety.org From the iconic Bram Stoker novel, this script, written for the original Broadway production (1927), and revised in 1979 starring Frank Langella, has become our flagship production, with sold-out performances and extended runs each year since 2022 at both Bannerman Island & The Widow Jane Mine (Rosendale). Lucy, the beautiful young daughter of Doctor Seward, the head physician at an English sanatorium, has been attacked by a mysterious illness. Professor Van Helsing believes Lucy is the victim of a vampire — a certain Count Dracula. Renfield, an inmate, suffers from manic delusions and is under the spell of the Count. Will Dracula be found, Lucy healed and this demon finally laid to rest?  Laura Ornella never thought caring for her 90-year-old Cuban grandfather would be in her future. Turns out her psychic never saw it coming either. This is a tale about discovering your heritage, navigating the nation's terrible health system, and learning how to put diapers on your abuelo — all while occasionally seeing a weirdly accurate psychic. Jack Blankenship the star of America’s top-rated ghost hunting reality show, hosts a seminar detailing his proof of the paranormal, but his beliefs and credibility are called into question when he encounters a spirit in a New York City basement. Come watch the fight of Jak’s afterlife!  Two Shows! One Night Only! Jamie Mulligan hosts as Artichoke's founder Drew Prochaska performs his solo show, “Get the Dog,” and Artichoke's graphic designer, Adam Selbst shares his, “As I Lay Whining.” (Both shows are intended for adults.) For more on Artichoke  Welcome to the Fall Season with Poetry. Curated by Ruth Danon Laureates and Friends from the Hudson Valley and Beyond. Featuring: Kate Hymes, Mike Jurkovic, Jason Koo, Raphael Kosek, Stephanie JT Russell and Soraya Shalforoosh    Discovering the Magic of Strings! An interactive musical experience while exploring the world of string instruments . With a lively performance by a string quartet, a discussion about the inner workings of the string family, and build your own boxed violin! Performers: Adrienne Harmon, violin | Kathleen Bosman, violin | Eva Gerard, viola | Naomi Benecasa Lisowski, cello | Gina Samardge, narrator, of Compass Arts Creativity Project This program is produced with the support of the State of New York Office of Children and Family Services upon the legislative initiative of Assembly member Jonathan Jacobson.  Psychedelics, Remote Sensing for Wildlife Conservation & Rehabilitation Through the Arts! Three fun-yet-informative visual presentations! We hear from Jermaine Archer of RTA, Rehabilitation Through the Arts, a program made famous in the Oscar nominated film Sing Sing, Julia Janson, former conservation biologist and interpretive naturalist with The Association of Zoos & Aquariums and the U.S. Forest Service, giving a talk on remote sensing for wildlife conservation and Galen Ballentine, researcher of psychedelics and neuroscience who did one of the largest studies ever on hallucinogenics and psychedelics. Special guest Andrea Talarico joins us representing Stanza Books, a participant in the Beacon Prison Books Project, a program started by Binnacle Books which now includes a number of Hudson Valley bookstores including Stanza. Buy a book or donate to the project! With fun music, prizes, libations and guaranteed good company. Be there and be square!  Kenice Mobley, Eli Walker, Esmond Fountain, Sharon Spell, Kaitlin Becker & Sean O’Brien.
Grit-voiced, multi-instrumentalist folk-Americana powerhouse Tyler Sjöström delivers bone-rattling vocals, genre-blending artistry, and electrifying live intimacy that captivates crowds and stirs the soul. www.tylersjostrom.com/#music-section Since emerging from the Chicago scene, Tyler has shared stages with Tenille Townes, Judah and The Lion, Joseph, and more, and has performed at festivals like SXSW, C2C Berlin, Smiling Acres, and Lollapalooza. His music has been featured in commercials for Aflac and the Euro 2024 Championship, and even on Oprah’s arena tour. With new music on the way, Tyler is bringing his powerful live performance to the Center.  The Lattimore Studio Exhibition was back at the Center, his talented group of participating artists joined Andrew Lattimore! Click here for Lattimore Studio info  MASTER MUSICIANS, INNOVATORS, COMPOSERS AND IMPROVISERS Iva Bittová, voice & violin; Steve Gorn, winds; Timothy Hill, voice & guitar; Michael Bisio, bass. The Chimera collective ensemble are all master musicians, innovators, composers, and improvisers. They have deeply immersed themselves in various musical streams, including avant-garde jazz, Indian raga, Moravian folk music, overtone singing, as well as both early and modern European classical music and American folk. Individually, they have performed with a stunning array of influential creative artists, such as Fred Frith, Bang on a Can All-Stars, ETHEL, Paul Winter, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Simon, David Hykes, Pauline Oliveros, Bill Frisell, Matthew Shipp, Tani Tabbal, and Joe McPhee, to name just a few.  An evening in the round song-sharing, harmonies, and stories with local singer-songwriters NOGA and Rose Stoller, joined by NYC’s Lila Blue.  BEACON’S OWN MUSIC BOOSTER AND SONGWRITER KICKS OFF A NEW SONGWRITER SERIES AT THE CENTER WITH TWO REGIONAL POWERHOUSES KATE MCDONNELL (Albany, NY) has captivated audiences all over the world with her award-winning songwriting, her unusual deft guitar style, and her jaw-dropping voice. Says one recent audience member: “A consummate professional, excellent musician, singer and songwriter and a very slick performer, Kate’s sense of fun and 'joy of being here' shines through and really engages the audience.” FRANK CRITELLI (Meriden, CT) is New England’s Resident Professor of Life, Love, Purpose, Poetry, and Folk Music. A true Johnny Appleseed of the music community, Frank has a gift for turning any space where he opens his guitar case into fertile ground for love, connection, and song. When he's not traveling the country with guitar in hand, Critelli tends to gardens at a quiet nunnery. In a previous life, he spent over a decade as a literature and philosophy professor. His songs draw from these deep wells—stories gathered on the road, wisdom earned from loss and joy alike. He is the velveteen rabbit of folk singer-songwriters—worn soft by experience, and all the more beloved for it. A Relix Magazine "artist to watch,” and your host for the night, STEPHEN CLAIR is known for his wry humor and guitar stylings. He makes honesty sound catchy. Clair is an instinctive and open-hearted writer who doesn't stop touring, releasing albums, or winning fans. Rightly, Performing Songwriter says he’s "the kind of citified troubadour the roots songwriting world needs.”   Premiere jazz quartet that includes Charley Krachy, sax, Dave Frank, piano, Joe Solomon, bass, and T-kash Inuoe, drums. Two of the members were closely associated with the Legendary jazz pianist/educator Lennie Tristano. The mission of the Westchester Jazz Alliance and the WAJQ is, through education, performances, and jazz parties, to increase awareness, participation, and enjoyment of jazz in the New York area and beyond.
Written and Performed by THE CREATOR OF Always... Patsy Cline TED SWINDLEY Produced and Directed by GERALD vanHEERDEN  EASY LAUGHS FOR TOUGH TIMES After five albums and three comedy specials, Christian Finnegan has a new hour of standup, and he's here to answer all of your burning questions. Namely: • Is it a bad sign if your surgeon is covered in tattoos? • What does it mean to "go hard," and can we make people stop saying it? • And most importantly, is it time we all consider joining a cult? An evening of personal revelation, curdled whimsy and, yes, a lot of heart. christianfinnegan.net  One-Man Circus-in-a-Suitcase allowed everyone to participate in an enthralling, whimsical celebration of the imagination. From Kevin O’Keefe’s suitcase an entire circus emerges: tent, band, lights, the boisterous ringmaster Steve Fitzpatrick, the officious Mervin Merkle, the incredible Bumbilini Family, the Magician to the Stars Clyde Zerbini, and Keefer–an innocent trying to run away and join the circus. However, the most important performers emerge from the audience. (This program was produced in part with the support of the State of New York Office of Children and Family Services upon the legislative initiative of Assembly member Jonathan Jacobson. ) Click here for the Photo Gallery  Jacob and David Bernz and Guest! Local heroes are coming together to honor two giants of the folk music genre through their songs and related melodies. An early Bob Dylan arrives in New York, eager to sing a song for his hero, Woody Guthrie. Join us for an evening of stories and music that draws inspiration from the past and remains relevant today.  Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist whose writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York, The Daily Beast, Lapham’s Quarterly, Slate, Aeon, The Forward, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Her documentary film awards include an Independent Spirit Award for directing IFC’s Keep the River on Your Right, and an Emmy nomination for HBO’s Finishing Heaven. Shapiro is the 2021 winner of Best NYC Essay or Article from the GANYC Apple Awards, the 2021 winner of the Damn History Award for “The Improbable Journey of Dorothy Parker’s Ashes” for The New Yorker and gold medallion winner in the People Profiles category for the Silurian Press Club’s 77th annual Excellence in Journalism Awards. The Stowaway (Simon & Schuster) was her best selling first full-length work of nonfiction, and was an Indie next selection. Her next nonfiction book will be The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam and the Marriage that Made an American Icon, for Viking Books. She is an adjunct professor of journalism at The NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute in the graduate program.  Adam McKible is Associate Professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is the author of Circulating Jim Crow (2024) and The Space and Place of Modernism: The Russian Revolution, Little Magazines, and New York (2002). He edited and introduced Edward Christopher Williams’s When Washington Was in Vogue (2004), a previously lost novel of the Harlem Renaissance, and he co-edited the collection, Little Magazines and Modernism: New Approaches (2005).
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