24-HOUR DRONE INT’L
Saturday, February 23, 2019
LUMEN PROJECT 12-HOUR DRONE takes place February 23 in Stockholm, Sweden, with Moor Mother, Julianna Barwick, Noveller, Mika Takehara and many more.
24-HOUR DRONE INT’L
Saturday, February 16, 2019
DREAM MUSIC Two is a six hour event taking place in Malmö, Sweden, merging a concert with a sound and light installation.
Imbolc Riverfire
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Inspired by the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, Imbolc Riverfire is an Elysian festival of fire and light.
Winter Spiral
Sunday, December 2, 2018
A FREE large-scale installation and multidisciplinary performance featuring music, movement, sculpture and ritual.
Basilica Psychic Green Trailer: Marka Kiley
Friday, November 23 – Friday, December 7, 2018
Open to the public in tandem with 2018’s Basilica Farm & Flea Holiday Market, Basilica Hudson’s Psychic Green Trailer will host nature photography – an installation by artist Marka Kiley.
Basilica Farm and Flea Holiday Market 2018
Friday, November 23 – Sunday, November 25, 2018
Part timeless flea and farmer’s market and part 21st-century craft fair, showcasing the wealth and splendor of the Hudson Valley’s artisanal talents.
Basilica Double Bill: Tour Without End + 131 Different Things
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
A FREE evening of film, photo and conversation with a screening of Laura Parnes’ Tour Without End and a book release event for Stacy Wakefield’s 131 Different Things.
Pioneering People: Courtney Love
Saturday, October 27 2018
Basilica’s biennial fundraiser will celebrate the achievements and legacy of musician, songwriter, actor, performer, and incomparable cultural force Courtney Love.
See Us, Support Us at Basilica Hudson
Tuesday, October 9 2018
Join us for a free event, hosted by the Council on Children and Families as part of See Us, Support Us, a month-long national campaign to increase support for children of incarcerated parents.
Basilica’s Hope on the Hudson Series
Monday, October 8 2018
With filmmaker Jon Bowermaster, plus special visiting guests Slow Money founder Woody Tasch and musical guest LA FORCE (Ariel Engle of Broken Social Scene)
Basilica Back Gallery: Joe Mama Nitzberg
Sunday, October 7 2018
Catskill-based multimedia artist Joe Mama Nitzberg continues Basilica’s 2018 Back Gallery Artist In Residence Series with a free exhibition of new work
Basilica SoundScape
Friday, September 14 – Sunday, September 16 2018
An immersive, innovative weekend of art, music, and culture. Conceptual sound performances, author readings, installations, collaborations, curated local vendors and artisans, on-site activities.
Basilica FREE Family Matinee Series: Viva Kid Flicks
Sunday, August 26, 2018
The best Spanish language shorts from New York International Children’s Film Festival 2018 for ages 7+. Suitable for native speakers and language learners alike.
Basilica Back Gallery Series: Annie Bielski
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Bielski’s innovative, multi-disciplinary work has featured in a number of Basilica events, from her ‘darkwave comedy’ performance at (FREAK) FLAG DAY to her visual musings on the theme of still life.
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series: Who Got NeXt
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Short narrative films and documentaries made by the young filmmakers of Albany’s Youth FX.The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and program directors.
Guerrilla Basilica Improvisations
Sunday, August 12, 2018
A free afternoon of fully improvised music, performed by the 2018 Art Omi: Music residents.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Thursday, August 9, 2018
The legendary Montreal musical collective return to Basilica Hudson for the third time
Basilica Back Gallery: Social Justice Leadership Academy
Opens Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Hudson youth ages 12 – 20 will be the August artists in residents in Basilica’s Back Gallery with an exhibition which explores meaning-making through Afrofuturism.
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series: BLOWIN’ UP
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Working within a broken criminal justice system, a team of rebel heroines work to change the the way women arrested for prostitution are prosecuted. Programmed in collaboration with NeXt Doc – a program of Youth FX and the Logan Non-Fiction Program.
Basilica FREE Family Matinee Series: Hack The Library
Sunday, July 15, 2018
A free public screening of the films created by Hudson tweens and teens during Hudson Area Library’s Hack The Library program
Matana Roberts LIVE
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Widely praised for the stylistic innovations and narrative power of her work, the experimental musician and self-taught mixed media composer will play a FREE solo saxophone concert followed by a Q&A.
A Bright Future Bar BQ
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Free art opening by Kingston NY-based artist Andrew H. Shirley plus HifiBangalore’s Exploding Inevitable Dance Party with DJ Tedd Patterson and artist Jack Walls
Basilica FREE Family Matinee Series: Kid Flicks Two
Sunday, July 1, 2018
The best shorts from New York International Children’s Film Festival 2018. Clever, thought-provoking films sure to inspire audiences ages 8+ to expand their horizons.
BASILICA FREE FAMILY MATINEE SCREENING SERIES: KID FLICKS ONE
Sunday, June 17
On select monthly summer Sundays, Basilica Hudson will be screening the Kid Flicks Tour – the best short films from the 2018 New York International Children’s Film Festival!
This Is Congo
Thursday, June 15
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series. With filmmaker Daniel McCabe in conversation
Ben Fain: Gone Fishing
Opens Saturday, June 9
Launching Basilica’s 2018 artist in residence Back Gallery program
St Julian’s Juggling Troupe
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Talented band of brothers dazzling an all-ages crowd with their old timey circus skills.
Basilica Farm and Flea Spring Market 2018
Saturday, May 12 – Sunday, May 13, 2018
Part timeless flea and farmer’s market and part 21st-century craft fair, showcasing the wealth and splendor of the Hudson Valley’s artisanal talents.
24 HOUR DRONE
Saturday, April 28 – Sunday, April 29, 2018
Experiments in sound. Experiments in music. Honor sound without the tight hands of time with 24 hours of unbroken sound.
ONE FAIR
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Connecting Hudson Valley residents with local sustainability and renewable energy organizations
Hudson Women’s March
Saturday, January 20, 2018
A woman’s place is in the resistance. A harbinger of success in 2018! Be part of the change!
Basilica Farm and Flea Holiday Market
Friday, November 24 – Sunday, November 26, 2017
Part timeless flea and farmer’s market and part 21st-century craft fair, showcasing the wealth and splendor of the Hudson Valley’s artisanal talents.
Le Guess Who? Utrecht
Friday, November 10, 2017
Basilica SoundScape curates a stage at the Netherlands’ most unique festival, with performances by Jenny Hval, Greg Fox, Protomartyr, Meredith Graves, Prurient and more.
Hope on The Hudson
Friday, October 27, 2017
Join us as we come together to recognize and celebrate many important and positive efforts to preserve the Hudson River and this beautiful region where we make our home.
Dream Music, Malmö
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Our DRONE dream comes to Sweden with Malmö Live’s 12 HOUR DRONE, featuring Julianna Barwick, Stephen O’Malley, Julia Kent, Noveller and more.
Schooner Apollonia Community Discussion
Free admission discussion on the future of our precious river, with food provided by Lil Deb’s Oasis
Learn more | FREE ADMISSION
Back Gallery Series
March – October
Back Gallery Openings are the culmination of Basilica’s artist-in-residency program, as hyper-local artists explore the location itself as muse.
Learn more | FREE
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series
Select summer Thursday evenings
A vibrant series exploring the documentary genre, continuing Basilica Hudson’s long-standing film program, in collaboration with Chris Boekmann of True/False Film Fest.
Learn more | $5 – $10 | FREE for kids and teens
Basilica SoundScape
Friday, September 15 – Sunday, September 17, 2017
A weekend of innovative art, music and culture, presented in collaboration with The Creative Independent and Jenn Pelly.
What’s Up En Cuba?
Opens Sunday, September 17, 2017
A multi-disciplinary group show by some of Cuba’s brightest young artists in Basilica Back Gallery.
Learn more | FREE
Haley Josephs
Thursday, August 24, 2017
The latest Basilica Back Gallery exhibition explores the mysteriousness of the Catskill mountains and the surrounding Hudson Valley within the realm of feminine sensuality.
Learn more | FREE
Stranger in Paradise
Thursday, August 17, 2017
The latest film in the Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series reflects on the power relations between refugees and Europeans.
Learn more | $5 – $10 sliding scale
Guerrilla Basilica Improvisations
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Mid-afternoon, avant-garde world music celebration welcoming Art Omi’s newest cohort of international musician fellows.
Learn more | FREE
Music From High Peaks
Friday, August 11, 2017
Rising young international artists perform chamber music in Basilica’s North Hall as Catskill High Peaks Festival returns.
Ketermaya: Closer Than You Think
Sunday, August 6, 2017
Join us for a special community screening of Lucas Jedrzejak’s documentary Ketermaya, and see a Syrian refugee camp through the remarkable resilience of its children.
Learn more | donations to Ketermaya refugee camp
Abacus: Small Enough To Jail
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series continues with this gripping documentary, in collaboration with Chris Boekmann of True/False Film Fest.
Learn more | $5 – $10 | FREE for kids and teens
Make Art (Great) Again
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Catskill artist Alon Koppel opens the latest Back Gallery show, exploring truth and fiction in the current political landscape.
Learn more | FREE
The Health of the Hudson
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
The latest instalment of the Chronogram Conversations series offers a social and networking opportunity to those keen to discuss the future of our River.
Learn more | FREE with RSVP
Read & Feed
Sunday, July 23, 2017
A day of poetry, performance, food and community, honouring Hudson Valley poetry icon John Ashbery, presented in collaboration with CMLP.
Rally In The Valley’s Story Slam
Friday, July 21, 2017
All true stories with no scripts, raising money for Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood as part of Rally In The Valley’s weekend of activities.
Wild Gather workshop: Be a Better Neighbor: Gender 101
Friday, July 21, 2017
The Hudson Valley School of Herbal Studies workshop will provide tools for creating safer spaces, gender literacy and collective liberation.
Whose Streets?
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series continues with an exclusive screening of this vital new documentary, in collaboration with Chris Boekmann of True/False Film Fest.
Learn more | $5 – $10 | FREE for kids and teens
The National Live in Concert
Friday, July 14 and Saturday, July 15 2017
The National throw an intimate release party, with Buke & Gase, Nadia Sirota, Mouse on Mars and SO Percussion, raising funds for Basilica.
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series: Two Lessons
Thursday, July 6, 2017
More information | // $5 – $10 sliding scale | FREE for kids and teens //
Wild Gather workshop: Herbal Lube + Sexual Health
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
More information | // RSVP to wildgather@gmail.com //
Wild Gather workshop: Making Baskets With Bark
Monday, July 3, 2017
More information | // RSVP to wildgather@gmail.com //
Basilica Back Gallery: The Bright Future Group Show
Monday, July 3, 2017
More information | // FREE //
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series: Cousin Bobby
Thursday, June 22, 2017
More information, $5 – $10 sliding scale, free for kids and teens
Basilica Screening Series launch: Rat Film with director Theo Anthony
Friday, June 9, 2017
More information | Sliding scale $5-$10
Basilica Farm & Flea Spring Market
Saturday, May 6 – Sunday, May 7, 2017
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24-HOUR DRONE: EXPERIMENTS IN SOUND AND MUSIC
Saturday, April 29 – Sunday, April 30, 2017
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STANDING WITH STANDING ROCK
Documentary screening this Saturday
Saturday, December 10, 2016 | 7pm
Open to the public | Suggested donation
More information
BASILICA BACK GALLERY SERIES
April – November
More information.
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series
PETER AND THE FARM, Tony Stone
Sunday, October 30, 7PM
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series
STARLESS DREAMS, Mehrdad Oskouei
Thursday, October 20, 8PM
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series
BEHEMOTH, Zhao Liang
Thursday, October 13, 8PM
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series
CAMERAPERSON, Kristen Johnson
Thursday, September 22, 8PM
Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series
THE PRISON IN TWELVE LANDSCAPES, Brett Story
Thursday, September 8, 8PM
Free Screening Series | River’s Pics!
NUTCRACKER : The Motion Picture
Sunday, September 4, 11AM
More Information
Free and open to the public
Back Gallery Series Event
Sorrow In The Sunlight
Reading by Jack Ferver and Chris Freeman
Saturday, August 20, 4-6PM
Free Screening Series
Bollywood @ Basilica
HOUSE FULL 3 (2016)
Tuesday, August 9, 8PM
More Information
Free and open to the public
BASILICA BACK GALLERY SERIES
Marc Swanson Co-Presented by Basilica Hudson & Jeff Bailey Gallery
Saturday, August 6, 4PM
BASILICA SCREENING SERIES
HOMELAND : YEAR ZERO, Abbas Fahdel
Thursday, August 4, 6PM
Free Screening Series | River’s Pics!
BRINGING UP BABY
Sunday, July 31, 11AM
More Information
Free and open to the public
BASILICA SCREENING SERIES
An Evening with Sara Magenheimer and Martine Syms
Thursday, July 21, 8:30PM
Free Screening Series
Bollywood @ Basilica
Bajrangi Bhaijaan, 2015
Tuesday, July 12, 8PM
More Information
Free and open to the public
BASILICA BACK GALLERY SERIES
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
Curated by Dylan Kraus and Rose Salane
July 9, 6PM
BASILICA SCREENING SERIES
JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 COMMERCE QUAY, 1080 BRUSSELS, Chantal Akerman
Thursday, July 7, 8PM
Free Screening Series | River’s Pics!
Sunday, June 26, 11AM
Free and open to the public
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT PIONEERING PEOPLE
Fall Fundraiser
Saturday, October 22, 8PM
Free Screening Series | Bollywood @ Basilica
Presented by Max of “Taste of India”
Tuesday’s | June 21 | July 12 | August 9 | Doors at 7PM | Films at 8PM
Free and open to the public
BASILICA BACK GALLERY SERIES
James Concannon Curated by Jack Walls
Saturday June 11, 7 -9PM
BASILICA FARM & FLEA SPRING MARKET
Saturday, May 7 from 10AM – 6PM
Sunday, May 8 from 11AM – 5PM
24-HOUR DRONE: EXPERIMENTS IN SOUND AND MUSIC
Weekend of April 23-24, from 3PM to 3PM
Celestine V: A Night of Astral Sound
Sunday, December 13, 7 PM in Basilica’s Back Gallery
Basilica invites you to join us as we celebrate our season’s end with a sacred Sunday night – an opportunity to reflect inward / radiate outward in a cosmic cave-like gathering of spirits and sounds.
Basilica Farm & Flea
November 27 – 29, 2015
Large-scale farmstand and flea market promoting the talents + resources within our community.
Basilica Hosts: Buy Local Business Expo
Thursday, October 1, 4-7 PM
Presented by the Chamber of Commerce for Columbia + Greene counties.
Special Event: Discussion with Curators
Sunday, September 27, 6-8 PM
In conjunction with the exhibition “The Now Forever”.
The Now Forever
Exhibition in Basilica’s Back Gallery
On view: Saturdays + Sundays from September 11 – October 4, 12-5 PM + by appointment
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Tuesday, September 8
A precursor to Basilica SoundScape (GY!BE ticket buyers enjoy discounted Soundscape weekend pass!)
Oral History Summer School Presents: Automotive Archive, A Roving Memorial
1 PM cars assemble
1:30 PM passengers assemble + set off
3-4 PM program continues at Basilica with music and words
Screening: Josh and Benny Safdie’s HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT
August 22, 8 PM
Josh and Benny Safdie, 2014, 94 min.
with filmmaker Josh Safdie in attendance!
More information here.
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival presents “An Iliad”
Sunday, August 16 at 2 PM
Due to unforeseen circumstances outside of our control, this event has been cancelled. We apologize for the inconvenience!
Screening: DUNE VERSUS DUNE
August 15, 8 PM
back to back!
JODOROWSKY’S DUNE, Frank Pavich, 2013, 88 min. and DUNE, David Lynch, 1984, 137 min.
Part of the Sci-Fi Summer Nights Series with SPICE inspired food available for purchase (while supplies last!) by Nicole LoBue/Alimentary Kitchen served before the screening at 7 PM.
More information here.
Music From High Peaks, presented by the Catskill High Peaks Music Festival
Friday, August 14, 8 PM
More information and tickets here.
Screening: Spike Lee’s JOE’S BED-STUY BARBERSHOP: WE CUT HEADS
August 6, 8 PM
Spike Lee, 1983, 60 min.
Projected on 16 mm. film!
Part of the season-long series, Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986
More information here.
Closing Night with Discussion between Jack Walls + Sean Osborne
Saturday, August 1
A conversation on the artist’s work, life and times.
More information here.
Opening Event: PSYCHIC GREEN TRAILER
Saturday, August 1, 6-8 PM
a historic marker/installation by Alan Danielson
curated by Daniel Peterson
More information here.
Screening: Frederick Wiseman’s ASPEN
July 23, 2015
Frederick Wiseman, 1991, 146 min.
More information here.
An Evening of Art + Performance by Jack Walls
Friday, July 17
Screening of EYE TO EYE, reading from The Ebony Prick of the White Rose’s Thorn (aka T. E. P. W. R. T.) with musical accompaniment by Harbour
More information here.
Jack Walls Exhibition: “PAINTINGS, ET CETERA”
On view July 17 – August 2, weekends 12-4 pm or by appointment
Events on opening and closing nights!
More information here.
Screening: Wu Tsang’s WILDNESS
July 16, 2015
Wu-Tsang, 2012, 74 min.
Intro and Q&A with filmmaker Wu Tsang! Food before the screening by Alimentary Kitchen/Nicole LoBue at 7 PM.
More information here.
Random House presents “Off The Page” at Basilica
July 11, 2015
A day of inspiration and fun in New York’s scenic Hudson Valley.
More information here.
Screening: INSIDE BEDFORD-STUYVESANT PROGRAM
July 9, 2015
Part of the season-long series, “Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986”, 1968-1971, 70 min.
Intro and Q&A with producer Charles Hobson and programmer Jake Perlin!
More information here.
CATCH TAKES THE HUDSON
July 5, 2015
A nomadic and multidisciplinary performance series.
More information here.
BLADE RUNNER NOODLE NIGHT
July 3, 2015
free event, part of the Sci-Fi Summer Nights Series
More information here.
Screening: Sugarcoated Arsenic and other recent films by Kevin Jerome Everson (filmmaker in attendance for Q&A)
June 25, 2015
Food before the screening by Alimentary Kitchen/Nicole LoBue at 7 PM
An evening with Kevin Jerome Everson, with an introduction and Q&A with the filmmaker.
More information here.
Il Cuore Canta presents: The Enchanted Pomegranate
June 21, 2015
A storytelling concert from Monteverdi to Handel.
More information here.
Il Cuore Canta presents: The Enchanted Pomegranate
June 20, 2015
A storytelling concert from Monteverdi to Handel.
More information here.
Screening: Videodrome
June 18, 2015
David Cronenberg, 1983, 87 min.
First 10 guests get a free TV dinner!
More information here.
Screening: Citizenfour
June 11, 2015
Laura Poitras, 2014, 114 min. Winner of the 2014 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature.
More information here.
Screening: Symbiopsychotaxiplasm:
Take One
June 4, 2015
William Greaves, 1968, 75 min, part of the season-long series, Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968 – 1986.
More information here.
FLAG MAKING WORKSHOPS
June 2, 2015
Make a flag to represent your YOU-ness for our (FREAK) FLAG DAY fundraiser + party!
More information here.
FLAG MAKING WORKSHOPS
May 31, 2015
Make a flag to represent your YOU-ness for our (FREAK) FLAG DAY fundraiser + party!
More information here.
HQTBD Screening Program
May 22, 2015
Work by Peggy Ahwesh, Ephraim Asili and Takeshi Murata.
More information here.
Ramp Fest
May 2, 2015
24-HOUR DRONE: EXPERIMENTS IN SOUND AND MUSIC
April 25 – 26
Farm + Flea
Friday, November 28 – Sunday, November 30
Local, Farm, Vintage and Handmade. Promoting the talents and resources within our community. Kicking off with our “Black Friday Soirée,” the Basilica Hudson will be hosting a Thanksgiving weekend event and marketplace.
Basilica Hudson + Shawn Nightingale Productions Present John Waters’ One-Man-Show “This Filthy World, Volume 2″
Saturday, October 18, 8 PM SHOW
A BENEFIT PERFORMANCE FOR BASILICA ARTS + THE AIDS COUNCIL OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK
$125 General Admission
$175 Preferred Seating including Cocktails
$50 Students (with valid ID)
Visionary filmmaker and one-of-a-kind personality JOHN WATERS (Cry Baby, Pink Flamingos, Polyester, Female Trouble, and Hairspray) will make his EXCLUSIVE and ONLY PERFORMANCE in the region at Basilica Hudson on October 18.
Buy Local Business Expo
presented by the Greene & Columbia County Chambers of Commerce
Basilica will be selling John Waters tickets!
Thursday, October 2, 4-7 PM at Basilica Hudson
//FREE//
The Business Expo is the largest collaborative business-to-business trade show in the area. More than 50+ exhibitors will display their products and services to the 500-plus people expected to attend.
The Expo gives companies the opportunity to display their products and services to the area’s key decision makers, buyers and business leaders.
The Expo is free and open to the public. A number of exhibitors will be raffling off prizes throughout the Expo at their individual booths. Attendees will also be able to sample locally crafted beer, wine and food.
SCREENING: FILM AS FILM: THREE FILMS BY GREGORY J. MARKOPOULOS
co-presented by the Film and Electronic Arts Department at Bard College
MING GREEN, 1966, 16mm, 7 min.
TWICE A MAN, 1963, 16mm, 48 min
THROUGH A LENS BRIGHTLY: MARK TURBYFILL, 1967, 16mm, 14 min.
total program 69 min.
// Filmmaker Robert Beavers and curator Mark Webber will be present for a discussion! //
Basilicascope: Weekend Film Festival
Featured Filmmaker Alex Cox
Friday, September 19, 8 PM
STRAIGHT TO HELL RETURNS (Directors Re-Cut), 2010, 91 min.
// with extended Q&A //
Saturday, September 20, 7 PM
WALKER, 1987, 94 min
// with extended Q&A //
Saturday, September 20, 10 PM
REPO MAN, 1984, 92 min
// 30th Anniversary Showing! //
TICKETS | $10/screening + $25 for all three with popcorn!
Basilica Soundscape
Weekend of Music + Art
Announcing extended line-up, with more to come, for Basilica SoundScape 2014 – a carefully curated two-day program on September 12th and 13th featuring a wide range of music, visual art, and literature that aims for specific connections and overlaps instead of “festival”-style overload.
BUMP: Closing Party
Friday, August 29, 8 PM doors, 9 PM sounds
featuring Black Sea Hotel, Charlie Looker + Patrick Higgins
On view from August 28 – September 1 (Labor Day).
BUMP is an interactive whale exhibit created by brothers Frank DenDanto, a cetacean biologist, and Dan DenDanto, a theater designer. The installation includes bones from three different whales, suspended at eye level in Basilica’s Main Hall and are accessible for hands-on touching. The art is intended to be educational and the bones are accessible for hands-on touching.
Screening: Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project with New Fancy Foils, Undertone Overture, Glistening Thrills, and Let Your Light Shine
// Q&A via Skype with Jodie Mack! //
This collection of films questions the role of abstract animation in a post-psychedelic climate. Merch tables meet museum gift stores. The sublime meets Sublime the band. Rippling head shop tie dyes and dollar store gift bags form ebullient spectacles from resurrected dead capital and banal everyday objects.
$5-$10 sliding scale at door
BUMP: An Interactive Whale Exhibit by Frank & Dan DenDanto
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 23, 5-7 PP
Artists will be present for Q&A + Discussion on opening night.
Closing Party: Friday, August 29, 8 PM doors, 9 PM sounds
Featuring Black Sea Hotel, Charlie Looker + Patrick Higgins
On view from August 28 – September 1 (Labor Day).
BUMP is an interactive whale exhibit created by brothers Frank DenDanto, a cetacean biologist, and Dan DenDanto, a theater designer. The installation includes bones from three different whales, suspended at eye level in Basilica’s Main Hall and are accessible for hands-on touching. The art is intended to be educational and the bones are accessible for hands-on touching.
Screening: Programs I & II, Colony of Light
// All artists present! //
The Colony of Light is a provisionally utopian collective of artists and filmmakers which first convened and collaborated in July 2013 at MoMA PS1, NYC. They reunite for a week residency at Basilica Hudson this August, where they will be collaborating on new work, and will present two public programs of films, videos, and performances.
$5-$10 sliding scale at door
Screening: A Spell To Ward Off the Darkness, Ben Rivers and Ben Russell, Estonia/France, 2013, 98 min.
// Ben Russell in person for Q&A! //
Marked by loneliness, ecstatic beauty and an optimism of the darkest sort, A SPELL is a radical proposition for the existence of utopia in the present.
$5-$10 sliding scale at door
A Rare Evening with Michael Lindsay Hogg: Screening, Reading + Talking
Presented in association with Spotty Dog Books and Ale
Film Screening: The Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus
Reading: Luck and Circumstance
A rare and special evening with acclaimed film and television director, artist, and author Michael Lindsay-Hogg (The Normal Heart, The Beatles’ Let It Be, Brideshead Revisited, etc.)
$10 sliding scale at door
Exhibition: Ambulance Blues Curated by Erin Falls
Presented by Retrospective and Basilica Hudson
Art Opening 7-9 PM followed by After-Party Live Show at 9 PM. Gallery hours: Fri – Sun 12-5 PM or by appointment.
“Ambulance Blues” curated by Erin Falls features work by 19 artists and performers with after opening performances by Big French, Lissy Trullie and Imaad Wasif with Brian Chase.
Screening: Los Angeles Plays Itself, Thom Andersen, 2003, 169 min
// Introduction by writer Colin Beckett //
Newly remastered and reedited, Thom Andersen’s 2003 opus, Los Angeles Plays Itself traces the development and evolution of Los Angeles, ‘the most photographed city in the world’
$5-$10 sliding scale at door
Screening: No Man’s Land (Terra De Ningém), Salomé Lamas, Portugal, 2012, 72 min
// Salomé Lamas in person for Q&A! Introduction by Joana Pimenta //
Paolo, a mercenary, narrates and performs his own history, constructing a record which slowly reveals in its turns of phrase and mismatched events, a series of doubts and contradictions.
$5-$10 sliding scale at door
Screening: The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye, Marie Losier, 2011, 72 min preceded by Bim Bam Boom, Marie Losier, 2013, 12 min
// Marie Losier in person for Q&A! //
An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of groundbreaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and his other half and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centered around the daring sexual transformations the pair underwent for their “Pandrogyne” project.
$5-$10 sliding scale at door
Exhibition: Haute Surveillance
On view from July 12 – July 25 with an opening reception at 6-8 PM on Saturday, July 12. Gallery hours: Sat & Sun, 1-5 PM or by appointment.
James Fuentes is pleased to announce a three person exhibition featuring the works by New York based artists Valerie Keane, Andy Meerow and Daniel Peterson.
Screening: Black Moon, Louis Malle, France, 1975, 100 min
Louis Malle meets Lewis Carroll in this bizarre and bewitching trip down the rabbit hole. One of Malle’s most experimental films and a cinematic daydream like no other.
$5-$10 sliding scale at door
Crude Oil on the Hudson: Virtual Pipeline, Real Risks
Community Meeting and Presentation by Riverkeeper + Scenic Hudson in Basilica’s North Hall Theater – FREE!
Workingman’s Death, Michael Glawogger, Austria, 2005, 120 min
Five portraits of heavy manual labor, increasingly less visible in our technological 21st Century. This is a tribute screening to the filmmaker, Michael Glawogger, who passed away on April 22, 2014 in Liberia, where he was planning his next film.
$5-$10 sliding scale at door
Screening: Dyketactics and Other 70s Films + Q&A with the filmmaker
// SPECIAL HUDSON PRIDE EVENT //
A seminal evening with queer and feminist filmmaker Barbara Hammer in person! Hammer is one of the brightest and most significant lesbian avant-garde filmmaking voices of the past 40 years, whose work includes over 80 film and video works covering lesbian love and sex, women’s spirituality, radical feminist politics, the figure of the goddess, and lesbian/queer film history.
$5-$10 sliding scale at door.
Raymonde Beraud Solo Exhibition
James Fuentes presents the first of two offsite solo exhibitions at Basilica featuring the work of Greek, London based artist Raymonde Beraud. On view from June 18-July 9 and open by appointment.
Industrial Dance Party + Flag Day Fireworks!
Prepare for Flag Day in Hudson, a David Lynch-Americana-Wet Dream, made even more momentous with the presence of founding member and half of goth duo Light Asylum, Shannon F with performances by Crush + Love Pig + Evil Doers. Raising Funds and Flags for Basilica Arts Program with front row seats to Hudson’s legendary Flag Day fireworks display!
$10 tickets at door
Screening: Daisies, Vera Chytilová, Czechoslovakia, 1966, 76 min
A tribute screening to the filmmaker, who passed away this past March, Basilica is proud to present Chytilová’s masterpiece, Daisies, considered to be one of the most anarchic films of all time. Come see this brilliantly rendered, hilarious work which was banned by the Czech government for a year after it was first released.
$5-$10 sliding scale at door
Screening: Physical Cosmologies: The Shining + Q&A with the filmmaker
// FREE SCREENING EVENT //
Join us for a groundbreaking discussion on the language of movies. Game developer Kevin McLeod, (“Mstrmnd” of Room 237‘s commentary track) will present his analysis of the film The Shining with a thought-provoking presentation.
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HORSE LORDS | LUCRECIA DALT | PALM
Prepare for the return of Baltimore-based experimental rock band HORSE LORDS and the debut Hudson performance of Berlin-based electronic artist LUCRECIA DALT with local favorites PALM.
$8 tickets at door
Ramp Fest Hudson
Abundant in the Hudson Valley, the ramp will be at the center of original dishes created by chefs from upstate New York and the big city.
$30 in advance / $35 at the door
$10 for kids under 12
Eclipse: A collaboration between Choreographer Jonah Bokaer and Visual Artist Anthony McCall
Friday + Saturday, April 25 + 26th
Doors open at 6:30, first come first serve.
Showtime at 7:30 sharp!
$20 tickets for general public
$15 tickets with student ID at the door
$10 tickets for kids under 13 at the door
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Rare Off-Season Winter Event!
Nous: A Musical Rite
SAT FEB 1 | Doors + Ambient Pre-Show 7pm | Nous 8 pm
$15 Advance | $20 Door
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BASILICA FARM + FLEA
NOV 29-DEC 1
Farmstand and Flea Market
a collection of of quality products presented by a group of regional makers, farmers and vintage collectors.
Kite’s Nest Alimentary Feast
FRI NOV 22 6:30 pm
A farm-to-table meal prepared by expert chef and Co-Director, Nicole Lobue, a creative silent auction, and live music.
ART OPENING: DARK STAR
Nov 6 – 12
Opening Reception Sat. Nov 9 6-10pm
BLAKK BALLON BALL
featuring YAMANTAKA, SONIC TITAN + JENNY HVAL w/ special guests TANZ PRAXIS (featuring C.LAVENDER)
HALLOWEEN NIGHT OCT. 31 | $12 in advance | $15 at the door | $10 W/ STUDENT ID
Premier of Hudson Rising: Stories of Revival from the Hudson Valley
Jasper Goldman & Liz McEaney, Commissioned by non-profit group Our Hudson.
To attend please email rsvp@ourhudson.org. More information here.
BENEFIT: FAIRVIEW CINEMA 3 PROJECTOR FUND
FRI Oct 25
Supper + Screening of Odds Against Tomorrow to benefit Fairview Cinema. Suggested donation of $50. Space is limited — RSVP to akacass@verizon.net is required by October 18th.
SCREENING: YUMEN
THURS Oct 24
Xu Ruotao, J.P. Sniadecki & Huang Xiang, 2013, 65 min.
J.P. Sniadecki in person! Q&A with Sniadecki following the screening performance.
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SCREENING: TEENAGE
THURS Oct 17
Matt Wolf, 2013, 78 min.
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Join us for a tree planting ceremony! As the result of a summer-long fundraising campaign, 10 new trees have been added to our landscape. All are welcome. Shovels and dirt provided!
SCREENING: SPECIAL EFFECT: LIVE CINEMA
THURS Oct 10
Peter Burr, 2013
Peter Burr in person! Q&A with Burr following the screening performance.
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ANGEL OLSEN
w/ Special Guests Pillars & Tongues + Sasha Pearl
SEPT 29
$15/$18 at door | All Ages | Buy Tickets Here
SCREENING: NORTHERN LIGHTS
THURS Sept 26
John Hanson and Rob Nilsson, 1978, 95 min.
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COLUMBIA + GREENE COUNTY CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE BUY LOCAL BUSINESS EXPO
SEPT 26
SCREENING: SUNDANCE SHORTS
THURS Sept 19
2013, Total Program 93 min
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BASILICA SOUNDSCAPE
SEPT 13/14
presented in association with Pitchfork
and here too: www.pitchfork.com
PRE-BASILICASOUNDSCAPE PARTY
featuring TAL NATIONAL + BLUES CONTROL
SEPT 12 @ THE HALF MOON
$7| 21+ | 8PM
*special discount on BasilicaSoundScape weekend passes from 10pm-midnight!
Screening: THURS AUG 22
GIMME THE LOOT
Adam Leon, 2012, 81 min
*Adam Leon in person! Q&A with Leon following the screening.
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Screening: THURS AUG 15
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF
Jean-Luc Godard, 1980, 87 min
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Screening: THURS AUG 8
Vanessa Haroutunian does JOANIE4JACKIE
* Vanessa Haroutunian in person! Q&A with Haroutunian following the screening.
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Basilica Hudson + FatCat Hudson Office Present…
THE EVENS
AUG 7
$6 | Doors 7:30PM | All Ages
BASILICA SCOPE – July 18-21
A weekend of films programmed w/ Mike Plante (Sundance/Cinemad)
THURSDAY, JULY 18
8pm – THE OBSERVERS
FRIDAY, July 19
6:00 pm – O’ER THE LAND
8:15 pm – JAMEL SHABAZZ STREET PHOTOGRAPHER
10:30 pm – WILD STYLE
SATURDAY, July 20
5:00 pm – BENJAMIN: SMOKE
7:30 pm – BESTIAIRE
9:30 pm – CRYSTAL FAIRY
11:30 pm – TV CARNAGE and DJ DANIEL BUNNY After Party
SUNDAY, July 21
1:00 pm – MONTREAL MATINEE: MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI & BESTIAIRE
4:00 pm – JAMEL SHABAZZ STREET PHOTOGRAPHER
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TO LOOK IS TO LABOR
July 12-14, 2013
Exhibition and performative lectures curated by Olga Dekalo and Aily Nash / Co-presented by CCS Bard and Basilica Hudson.
Friday, July 12
6-8pm Opening Reception
8pm ANDREW NORMAN WILSON: Movement Materials and What We Can Do powerpoint performance
Saturday, July 13
1-10pm Gallery hours
8pm LUCY RAVEN: Motion Capture illustrated lecture
Sunday, July 14
1-6pm Gallery hours
2 pm DREAM FACTORY Screening curated by Aily Nash and Andrew Norman Wilson
More info Coming Soon!
Screening:
INTO THE SCRUM
Rian Brown, 19 min
THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING RANTS
Gavin McInnes, Steve Durand, Bryan Gaynor, 65 min
*Gavin McInnes, Steve Durand and Rian Brown in person! Q&A with all following the screening.
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Screening:
TOWHEADS
Shannon Plumb, 2013, 86 min
*Shannon Plumb in person! Q&A with Plumb following the screening.
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Screening:
C’EST VRAI
Robert Frank, 1990, 60 min
LOOK AT THIS
Aaron Graham, 2010-2012, 16 min
*Aaron Graham in person! Q&A with Graham following the screening.
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Screening:
They Accepted the Pleasures of Morning:
Screening by Basma Alsharif
*Basma Alsharif in person! Q&A with Alsharif following the screening.
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Oral History Summer School presents…
A Sneak Preview of the Film Lucky
followed by Q&A with filmmaker Laura Checkoway
Wed. June 12 | 7pm Doors / 7:30pm Screening | $5 suggested donation [Free to Oral History and the Documentary Film workshop participants]
For more information on the workshop: www.oralhistorysummerschool.com
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Screening:
THE DEVIL, PROBABLY
Robert Bresson, 1977, 93 min
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Educational Lecture
Fri May 17 | 7pm | $5-10 suggested donation
Public Workshop
Sat. May 18 | 12pm | $5-10 suggested donation
McPherson will draw from his extensive knowledge of climate change and energy decline as well as his personal approach to mitigating for these predicaments.
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The third annual Ramp Fest will be held at Basilica Hudson on Saturday, May 4th from 12pm-4pm.
Come celebrate the ramp!
To purchase tickets, or for more information please visit: www.rampfesthudson.com
Columbia County has become a place for destination weddings and offers mountains and fields, museums and small country churches as well as a destination for green weddings and farm-to-table receptions. Come join us for a day of presentations, vendors, fashion and all things wedding!
For more information, and to register for the event please visit: www.hudsonweddingshowcase.com
STRING BAND PATTERNS
Films and Music by John Cohen w/ Special Guests the Down Hill Strugglers
Q&A with filmmaker
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MMA Amateur Martial Arts Competition
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Screening: BIRTH STORY: INA MAY GASKIN + THE FARM MIDWIVES
Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore, 2012, 94 min.
Q&A led by Hudson Valley based midwives Jennifer Houston and Kathy Breault.
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Closed for the Season….
Please stay tuned for more events to come in 2013!
Screening: DETROPIA
Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, 2012, 90 min.
**Please Note: No filmmakers in attendance but Q&A via Skype!
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Screening: HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE
Q&A to follow Screening
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Screening: PERFUMED NIGHTMARE
Kidlat Tahimik, 1977, 93 min., 16 mm, In Tagalog with English subtitles
Q&A with Filmmaker Kidlat Tahimik
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Screening: ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
John Carpenter, 1976, 91 min.
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Four Nations Ensemble – Hudson River Concert Series
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Screening: TWO SQUARE MILES
Barbara Ettinger & Sven Huseby, 2006, 90 min.
Discussion with Barbara Ettinger, Sven Huseby and Sam Pratt
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GRIMES with SPECIAL GUESTS ELITE GYMNASTICS & MYTHS
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A Special Literary Evening with Bill Peters and Nathan Larson
with readings from “Maverick Jetpants in the City of Quality” by Bill Peters and “The Nervous System” by Nathan Larson
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Jean Deux + Basilica Husdon present…
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR starting at 7 PM
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Alabama Chanin One-day Sewing Workshop
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Screening: SANS SOLEIL
Chris Marker, 1983, 100 min.
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Screening: An Evening with Albert Maysles
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Basilica Hudson, Leg Up Management + Pitchfork present…
BASILICA MUSIC FESTIVAL
TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR (during festival hours)
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DIATA DIATA 11th Annual Spring/ Summer theater project: Revival of the Fittest
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NADA Hudson
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Jean Deux + Musica present…
LEE RANALDO
w/ Spoken Word by Gerard Malanga to Open
Tickets available at John Doe Records and Musica. Tickets are Limited.
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Free Columbia: Beyond the Object-Beyond Sensation Art Conference
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FOUR DANCE SOLOS IN ONE HOUR
w/ Molissa Fenley, Roxanne Steinberg, Jonah Bokaer with dancer CC Chang and Nina Winthrop with dancer Maggie Bennett.
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ICON EYE Screening + Q&A and Live Performance
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The Hudson Teen Theatre Project Ensemble presents:
The Canterbury Tales
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200 YEARS (Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance and Elisa Ambrogio of Magik Markers) w/ Special Guests Led Er Est
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Screening: BE LIKE AN ANT + Shorts with Mike Plante
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Screening: PROMISED LANDS
Susan Sontag, 1974, 87 min.
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WGXC, Jean Deux + Basilica Husdon present…
FREAK FLAG DAY with WOODS / BLACK PUS and Special Guests
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Screening BALLOON LAND: THINNER THAN AIR
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Screening: THE WILD CHILD
Francois Truffaut, 1970, 83 min.
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This is Congo: Photography Exhibit + Preview of Shortcut to Heaven with special guest filmmaker and crew.
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Screening: HALLELUJAH THE HILLS
Adolfas Mekas, 1963, 82 min., 16mm, B&W
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Portrait of a Landscape Closing Reception
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Ramp Fest Hudson
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Habitat for Humanity Builder of the Year Gala
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Basilica Hudson Opening Night: Rock ‘n’ Remembrance
Tales of Survival and Rebirth
Letters to Kurt book reading by Eric Erlandson
HIT SO HARD Screening with Patty Schemel
Q&A + Short Music Performance with members of Hole
Jean Deux and Basilica Hudson present: Rhyton (No Neck Blues Band, D Charles Speer, Psychic Ills) with Special Guest Mike Fellows (Silver Jews, Rites of Spring, Miighty Flashlight) and DJ Daniel Bunny ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT WGXC!
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Laetitia Hussain : Installation of 1000 Sculptures
Open to the Public Saturday February 18th and Sunday February 19th from 4-7pm.
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A Special Benefit for WGXC: NOSFERATU Screening with LIVE Accompaniment
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An Evening of Dance
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Putting the Pieces Together: new works by Kris Perry
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TroubleMakers (Vanessa Haroutunian + Lauren Schaeffer) Debut and EP Release
w/ Sam Buck Rosen, Ryder Cooley + Alphabet
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Columbia County Council on the Arts Authors Evening
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Nippon Re-Read: Radical Fragments + Abstractions from Japan
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Hudson Opera House: In Black and White Gala
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Buy Local Business Expo presented by Columbia and Greene County Chambers of Commerce
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MUSIC – DJS – ART – FOG & LASERS
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John Doe Presents: Nautical Almanac + Bunnybrains + Special Guests
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Free Columbia Summer Conference: Image Arts from the Perspective of Spiritual Reality
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NADA Art Fair July 30-31st 2011
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$5 Suggested Donation
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THIS IS HUDSON NOT L.A.
Punk Rock Reality Film and Concert
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Free Columbia Celebration End of Year Exhibit and Library Event
Exhibition Hours: Saturday and Sunday 11am-7pm
“The Booted Tom Cat” performance times: Saturday June 4: 2 pm and 7 pm and Sunday June 5: 2 pm
Free Columbia will end their year with an exhibition of student’s work and three performances on Saturday, June 4th and Sunday June 5th of our rod puppet and shadow puppet play, “The Booted Tom Cat” by Ludwig Tieck
MARCH ON: The Columbia County Young Democrats and the Human Rights Campaign will host a screening of the documentary ‘March On’. Followed by a panel discussion with LGBTQ activists and state and national organizations on the issue of Marriage Equality.
Ramp Fest Hudson 2011
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Ramp Fest Hudson 2011
For more info visit www.rampfesthudson.com
SLOW FADE: An evening reading of renowned novelist and screenwriter, Rudy Wurlitzer’s 1984 novel Slow Fade by folk music legend, Will Oldham (Palace Brothers, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) accompanied by guitar player Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance) with photographic projections by acclaimed photographer Lynn Davis. Connecticut based artist Elisa Ambrogio, of noise rock band Magik Markers, will open the evening with her own reading. All Ages – Suggested $5 Donation
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