The Beat

Featuring Premieres, International Bands, and Celebrated Collaborators

Highlights include: Icelandic band múm; Davóne Tines and early music band Ruckus; interdisciplinary artist Jon Kinzel, and more.

Hudson, NY (May 14, 2025) — Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House announces events in its Summer and Fall 2025 season, featuring an eclectic lineup of music, performance, visual art, and community programs. The season is anchored by the preview performance of What is Your Hand in This?, a provocative collaboration between baritone Davóne Tines and early music ensemble Ruckus; a rare U.S. appearance by Icelandic experimental pop band múm; and the premiere of Hudson Terminus, a new interdisciplinary installation and performance series by choreographer and visual artist Jon Kinzel as part of the 2025 Upstate Art Weekend.

New Production Explores the Passionate, Complex Bonds between Writers in Intimate East Village Production

Limited Engagement Runs until May 18

New York, N.Y. - This May, the vibrant heart of the East Village becomes home to Donald Margulies' captivating drama Collected Stories, featuring acclaimed performers Grace Kiley and Christina Toth (Orange Is the New Black) in an intimate theatrical experience that delves into the rich, complex relationship between two extraordinary writers. The limited engagement runs until May 18 at The East Village Basement. Award winning director Lori Kee directs. Kiley and Kee are members of the Playwrights/Director Unit (PDU) at The Actors Studio, Toth is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio and a graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse.

New York, NY (May 13, 2025) — Voices of Ascension, the New York City-based professional chorus dedicated to sharing the transformative power of choral music through performances, commissions, and community engagement, announces its 2025-2026 season. Through a blend of contemporary and historical repertoire, Voices of Ascension fills its 36th season with music from the Renaissance to rarely-heard works by Brahms, Kodály, and Duruflé as they continue to celebrate the breadth of classical choral music while fostering the next generation of artists and music-lovers.

Free admission for military personnel and their families from May 17 until September 1

Howes Cave, NY – 5/13/25 – The Iroquois Museum is pleased to participate in Blue Star Museums, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families during the summer. The 2025 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 17, 2025, and end on Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2025. Learn more and find the list of participating museums at arts.gov/BlueStarMuseums.

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (May 14, 2025) — Sculptor and Skidmore College alumnus Fitzhugh Karol unveiled a permanent large-scale sculpture on Skidmore College's campus on Monday, May 12, marking a meaningful full-circle moment in his career. The sculpture, installed just outside the College’s Saisselin Art Building, is an offering to the institution that helped shape him — an invitation to gather, reflect, and connect with form and meaning in daily life. …

New York, N.Y. (May 13, 2025) – The Public Theater’s Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced today the line-up for The Public’s 2025-26 Season at their landmark Astor Place home on 425 Lafayette Street. An iconic New York theatrical institution producing bold, innovative work downtown since 1967, The Public will feature world premieres of plays and musicals by Obie Award winner and Emerging Writers Group alumnus Ethan Lipton, based on Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Skin of Our Teeth…

The historic theater will host a one-night-only rock concert on Saturday, May 31 – the first in their newly launched Milemarker 27 Music Series – featuring local favorites Melodramatic Fools and The Muscle.

Irvington, NY — The beloved local musicians behind Irvington Theater’s  IRV  LA benefit are getting the bands back together – literally! As part of the theater’s newly launched Milemarker 27 Music Series, the Rivertown musicians in The Muscle and Melodramatic Fools are taking you 30 years back in time to the fresh, fly 1990s for an unmissable night of musical memorabilia!…

New York, N.Y. – Experience the best of Korean street food, culture, and K-pop right in Queens. Korea Fest is back! After making waves in Long Island City last year, Korea Fest returns with more exciting offerings – from beloved Korean eats, K-beauty products and merchandise, to high-energy entertainment.

Definitive archive of original materials reflects museum’s leadership in preservation and its commitment to contemporary art

Rochester, NY (May 13, 2025) — The Viola-Perov Trust has agreed to donate the complete set of the master recordings for the moving image artworks by Bill Viola to the George Eastman Museum for the purpose of creating the definitive digital master of each work and assuring its long-term preservation. The donation will include more than 200 artworks originally recorded on magnetic media, as well as on 35mm film.

Sunday, June 1 @ 2 PM

Free community festival to showcase hundreds of the Capital Region’s brightest young dancers, musicians, singers, poets and visual artists, culminating in a large-scale performance on the SPAC stage

Saratoga Springs, NY (May 12, 2025) – Saratoga Performing Arts Center announced that “The Adirondack Trust Company Festival of Young Artists” will return for its eighth annual event on Sunday, June 1 from 2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Following the theme Wonder – inspired by the work of 24^th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón – the festival will celebrate the collaborative creativity of more than 700 of the Capital Region’s brightest young dancers, musicians, singers, poets, and visual artists all in support of SPAC’s mission to provide free and accessible arts programming for local youth.