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Admirable Weirdness: Sky High Farm Biennial 2025 in Germantown — Installation view of the second-floor of the Sky High Farm 2025 Biennial "Trees Never End and Houses Never End."

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Admirable Weirdness: Sky High Farm Biennial 2025 in Germantown

The peculiar feeling of this exhibition is heightened by the vibe of the historic storage building that hosts it.

By Taliesin Thomas

Kaatsbaan Dances the Summer Away with Emotional Month-Long Festival — BodyCartography Project’s “Resisting Extinction: dying and decomposing practice”

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Kaatsbaan Dances the Summer Away with Emotional Month-Long Festival

Guest Curator Michèle Steinwald brings audiences into her world in surprising ways.

By Jamie Larson

PS21 Launches Commonground Festival of Contemporary Circus and Street Theater

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PS21 Launches Commonground Festival of Contemporary Circus and Street Theater

A new kind of festival unfolds in the orchards and open spaces of PS21 in Chatham.

By Jamie Larson

Flotsam River Circus Docks in Hudson September 1 — Paul Kahl

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Flotsam River Circus Docks in Hudson September 1

Flotsam River Circus floats into the region with a string of waterfront performances in early September.

By Katie Ondris

Berkshire Author Kevin West's New Book Digs Into Vegetable Variety — Kevin West at his home in the southern Berkshires.

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Berkshire Author Kevin West's New Book Digs Into Vegetable Variety

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By Alexandra Marvar

Phyllis Hjorth’s Community Portraits Come Home to Hudson — A painting by Phyllis Hjorth.

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Phyllis Hjorth’s Community Portraits Come Home to Hudson

“This is about my journey. This painting is part of my history,” Hjorth says of her body of work.

By Ben Rendich

The Dogist Comes to Amenia to Talk About the Life-Changing Power of Dogs — Cashew, a 2-year-old Pomsky, poses with its owner.

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The Dogist Comes to Amenia to Talk About the Life-Changing Power of Dogs

Best selling author Elias Weiss Friedman aka the Dogist, has written three New York Times best sellers.

By Katie Ondris

Tanglewood Learning Institute Unveils Ambitious Year-Round Season Lineup

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Tanglewood Learning Institute Unveils Ambitious Year-Round Season Lineup

Tanglewood has become synonymous with summer. Now there are three more seasons to get excited about.

By Jamie Larson

Jacob’s Pillow Cancels Remainder of 2025 Festival Season in the Wake of Tragic Loss

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Jacob’s Pillow Cancels Remainder of 2025 Festival Season in the Wake of Tragic Loss

Production Manager Kat Sirico passed away August 1.

By Jamie Larson

Kate Douglas Returns to Ancram with “My Dog is Dead” — Kate Douglas, creator of “My Dog is Dead”

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Kate Douglas Returns to Ancram with “My Dog is Dead”

Kate Douglas's "My Dog is Dead," is a surreal 1950s chamber musical exploring grief, telepathy, and the magic of rural life.

By Brian K. Mahoney

Hudson Film Festival Returns: 4 Days of Global Cinema, Local Flavor, and Free Fun — Tabatha Zimiga stars in Kate Beecroft's East of Wall about a horse trainer wrestling with financial insecurity and unresolved grief while providing refuge for a group of wayward teenagers on her broken-down ranch in the Badlands. The film opens the Hudson Film Fest on August 7.

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Hudson Film Festival Returns: 4 Days of Global Cinema, Local Flavor, and Free Fun

Travel the world in the theaters of Hudson.

By Brian K. Mahoney

Hudson Jazz Festival Hosts Exciting New Voices — Caity Gyorgy, one of Canada’s brightest young jazz talents, brings her quartet to the Hudson Jazz Fest in October.

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Hudson Jazz Festival Hosts Exciting New Voices

Hudson Hall's premier festival brings the center of the jazz universe to the region.

By Jamie Larson