The Beat

Glens Falls, N.Y.  - The 24^th season of the Adirondack Theatre Festival will feature the concert reading of the hilarious romantic comedy Calling All Kates. The show will open at the Charles R. Wood Theater, located at 207 Glen Street in downtown Glens Falls, and run July 22^nd and 23^rd.Performances will start at 7:30pm. Tickets are $28 and can be purchased at the Wood Theater Box Office, online at ATFestival.org, or by calling (518) 480-4878.

Summer Film Series at Fosun Plaza at 28 Liberty to Begin July 26

In Partnership with The Downtown Alliance

New York, N.Y. —Lower Manhattan will be a destination for movie enthusiasts this summer as Fosun, in partnership with the Alliance for Downtown New York, hosts The 28 Liberty Summer Film Series on Fosun Plaza at 28 Liberty. Movies will be shown free on the plaza every Thursday night at 8 pm beginning July 26 and running through the end of August.

September 7-9, 2018

Art and Technology Merge in Huge 3D Experiences on Historic City Buildings

Opera & Beer, Theremin Concert, Orchestral Light Show, Lights Out Dining Experience
and art exhibitions enhance festival

Binghamton, N.Y. –  A town in upstate New York will be transformed by world-renowned projection mapping experts and thrust onto the global art scene for the Fourth Annual LUMA Projection Arts Festival. LUMA will celebrate its bold commitment to shaping the future of storytelling with cutting edge technology from September 7-9, 2018 bringing art lovers and tech enthusiasts alike to Binghamton, NY to witness artists from around the globe.

June 22^nd thru July 1

7:30 Friday/Saturday; 2:00 Sunday Matinee

Woodstock, N.Y. – From the stage that looks like a baseball stadium complete with the diamond painted on the stage floor, the anthem ‘You Gotta Have Heart’ rings out in a chorus of male voices announcing that the homerun hit of the season, DAMN YANKEES, opens the Summer Season of rising professional theatre at the Woodstock Playhouse.

A Broadway mega-hit and winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, hits it out of the park for you this season under the stage direction of Randy Conti and music direction of Bobby Tomasulo. The winning music & lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and a devilish book by George Abbot make this sporty musical comedy a true American classic.

The multidisciplinary arts center will partner with Youth FX and Hudson Area Library to present free film screenings throughout summer 2018

2018 film program will include monthly documentary screenings and monthly Sunday family matinees

All screenings will be FREE and open to the public

Hudson, N.Y. - Basilica Hudson has announced the launch of an expanded summer film program which will invite residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond to enjoy a series of free public screenings. Programmed in collaboration with NeXt Doc - a program of Youth FX and the Logan Non-Fiction Program - the Basilica Non-Fiction Screening Series will return for its third year, exploring the documentary genre through screenings and dialogue with visiting directors.

Glens Falls, N.Y. — The Hyde Collection is hosting a Day Trip to the home and farm built by artist Rockwell Kent on Thursday, June 14.

Since early April, we have admired the artwork Kent created at his Au Sable Forks farm, Asgaard Farm & Dairy, in The Prints of Rockwell Kent: Selections from the Ralf C. Nemec Collection and A Life and Art of His Own: The Paintings of Rockwell Kent from North Country Collections.

The first museum exhibition of Out My Window will include work from all of Albert Halaban’s series locations

Rochester, N.Y., May 30, 2018—Gail Albert Halaban: Out My Window will be on view at the George Eastman Museum beginning July 7. The exhibition will include artist Gail Albert Halaban’s photographs from the earliest to the most recent phases of her project, which until now has been seen only as discrete bodies of work from New York and Paris. This show features images made in cities all over the world, including Buenos Aires, Istanbul, New York, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Utrecht, and Venice, and showcases what urban neighbors see when they look across the street.

Poughkeepsie, NY– Dutchess Tourism, Inc., operating as Film Dutchess in the industry, will host an exciting film conference, Tuesday, June 5 at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. Organized in partnership with the Orange County NY Film Office, Stockade Works and the Hudson Valley Film Commission, this informative event will connect industry professionals and share knowledge on various topics while also helping businesses and municipalities learn how to become part of the growing Hudson Valley film industry.

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) GlassBarge docks at Waryas Park on the Poughkeepsie waterfront on June 9 - 10, offering glassblowing demos from 11 am - 5 pm, every 45 minutes. Up to 150 guests are welcome onboard for each 30-minute performance. It’s free, but pre-registration is required to board…

Poughkeepsie, NY– Dutchess Tourism, Inc. (DTI) and Poughkeepsie Galleria are seeking proposals from artists for a commissioned mural project at the Poughkeepsie Galleria. The mural will enhance what will become the newly expanded Dutchess Tourism Information Center located inside the Galleria near the Food Court. The two organizations are working in partnership with Arts Mid-Hudson to solicit submissions, collect and judge the proposals.