Arts Soviet Underground Rock Legend Kicks off TurnPark's 10th Season A monumental new sculpture, a Russian rock legend, and a season-long meditation on myth anchor the Berkshire park's 10th anniversary. By Jamie Larson •
Arts New Yorker Cartoonist Emily Flake Gives You Permission to Write and Draw Jokes at Hillsdale Workshop Experience The Workshop Experience Weekend in Hillsdale returns for its sixth year with over 26 hands-on classes, and one of the most compelling is a two-hour deep dive into the art of the gag cartoon. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate Lady of the Lake: Immaculate Church Conversion in Chatham A 1910 chapel overlooking a 345-acre lake in Columbia County, renovated into something that feels less like a house than a very good room. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Surface, Structure, String: Hudson Valley Textile Art Now" Hudson Hall opens "Surface, Structure, String: Hudson Valley Textile Art Now" on May 8, a group exhibition featuring 24 artists. By Jamie Larson •
Community The Cistern Chapel: From Water Infrastructure to Underground Performance Space Built in the 1920s, the Poughkeepsie Cistern sat hidden beneath College Hill Park for nearly a century. MASS Design Group is testing its potential as a public arts venue—starting with a May 9 open house and performance series. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts People, Poetry, Perspective: Adams Theater Hosts Ten-Day MA250 Celebration the MA250 Festival: People, Poetry, Perspective, a ten-day run of events from June 12 through 21. By Jamie Larson •
Community Bird Watch with the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program The Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program is leading a guided bird walk at Hawthorne Valley Farm on May 8, right in the middle of spring migration. By Jamie Larson •
Style Farm & Flea Returns for Mother's Day Weekend Basilica Hudson's signature market brings 100-plus vendors, agricultural workshops, and a puppet parade to the waterfront. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Weave Your Own Basket at Five Points Arts Center A two-day workshop covers the fundamentals of reed weaving and leaves you with something to take home. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Railroad Earth Rolls Into the Mahaiwe The New Jersey jam-grass veterans bring their famously unpredictable live show to Great Barrington By Jamie Larson •
Arts Walter Parks & The Unlawful Assembly at the Merryall Center Spirituals, gospel, and blues open the venue's 75th anniversary season. By Jamie Larson •
Community Leon Botstein Out as Bard President After Internal Epstein Review, But Will Still Teach, Conduct, and Live at College Independent review finds he misled the Bard community about his relationship with the convicted sex trafficker. By Jamie Larson •
