Arts Berkshire Opera Festival 2026 Expands with Tragedy, Comedy, and Residency An 11-year-old opera company that fills the Mahaiwe each summer adds a training program built around a rarely performed Grétry comedy By Jamie Larson • •
Community Cirque Du Creep Brings “Invasion of Camp Cryptid” to Beacon July 25 The immersive alternative arts market returns to Beacon with more than 90 artists, live music, sideshow acts, and a celebration of the Hudson Valley’s growing fascination with the strange. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts Paris and Dyonne L'Hommie Tape a Live Talk Show at The Foundry A one-night-only variety show doubles as a scene in the hosts' own documentary. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Surface, Structure, String" Talk at Hudson Hall Curator Richard Saja, art critic Matt Moment, and CREATE Council on the Arts director Stella Yoon discuss Hudson Valley textile art during Upstate Art Weekend. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate A Log-Sided Cabin With Access to Two Lakes and Clay Tennis, in Becket A renovated three-bedroom retreat in the Indian Lakes community, with new kitchen and baths. By Jamie Larson •
Food At Pez, Efren Hernandez Reimagines Hudson Valley Dining Through Seafood Chef Efren Hernandez’s new Hudson restaurant swaps farm-to-table predictability for East Coast mariscos, pairing Atlantic seafood with Mexican techniques, a tightly curated wine list, and a clear culinary point of view. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Dig Deeper, Sara Farrell Okamura, 2026, oil on linen. Photo from LABspace. Arts Sara Farrell Okamura's Expressionist Nature at LABspace Sara Farrell Okamura’s “On The Precipice” exhibition at LABspace runs till June 28 and depicts the beauty of Mother Earth. By Taliesin Thomas •
Arts "The Remains of the Gay": Samuel Gassman Opens at Ornamentum Hand-sewn flags, antique jewel assemblages, and an artist talk on the politics embedded in salvaged objects. By Jamie Larson •
Installation photograph, Archive Gallery Arts Furniture by Architects and Sculpture at "T" Space Mark McDonald curates a dialogue between architect-designed objects by Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Frank Gehry, and Margaret Saliske's wall sculptures, at 'T' Space in Rhinebeck. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Farm-to-Easel: See Jill Duffy Grow Her own Paint at Farm & Field Walnut ink, wild vine charcoal, and oil and cold wax paintings made from the same land they depict—plus foraging walks, a pigment lab, and 210 acres of trails for Upstate Art Weekend. By Jamie Larson •
Arts The Strategists Behind the March: "The American Five" at the Unicorn A regional premiere from Ford's Theatre examines the coalition that built the March on Washington, not just the speech it produced. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate A Barn Conversion on 10 Acres, Tended by the Same Owners for 52 Years, in Chatham A stone fireplace, wide-plank floors, a lofted primary suite, and gardens that have had half a century to mature. By Jamie Larson •
