Sat. & Sun., Mar. 2-3 / Third Annual Catskill Film and Video Festival


Tony Caio,"Say Can You See," video still


Union Mills Building
361 Main St., Catskill, NY
$5 suggested donation
Performance by YOUNG PARIS, 8pm
Opening party, 8:30pm

Two days of cinematic surprises, including new features and documentaries, animated shorts, experimental works and more by seasoned filmmakers and young artists, as well as early silent films of the Catskills. Curated by filmmaker/producer/director/actor Andrea Cunliffe. Stay for a live performance by hiphop artist YOUNG PARIS (see below), and party on. Complete details here
 
Sat. & Sun., Mar. 2-3 / The Glow Show lights up Catskill Main Street, 6:30pm


YOUNG PARIS
Free tour begins at 
Union Mills Building
361 Main St., Catskill NY

One weekend only! Storefront exhibit of video and light-based installations by NYC and Hudson Valley artists, made possible by Masters on Main Street.  
The Glow Show is presented in concert with Masters on Main Street's 3rd Annual Catskill Film and Video Festival. Saturday tour ends back at Union Mills with a performance by local hiphop electronic artist, YOUNG PARIS. Complete details here



Now through Mar. 9 /VISITORS, VISITATIONS, VISIONS exhibition
  
Polly Law, "Empress in Winter," bricolage

Greene County Council on the Arts
398 Main St., Catskill, NY
Gallery open Mon.-Sat., 10am-5pm
Opening reception Sat., Jan. 26, 5pm

A group show of works by seventeen Hudson Valley artists exploring fantasy, sci-fi and whimsy. Highlights include Tim Slowinski' paintings of alien demons, Shannin Broder's pillow beasts and Polly Law's assemblage characters from not-yet-written fables. More info here 
or call 518.943.3400.

Sun., Mar. 10 / Cellist Emma Schmiedecke with Chorong Park, Piano, 2pm

Beattie-Powers Place
Prospect Ave. and Bridge St., Catskill, NY
Admission $10
 
Among her many honors, Ms. Schmiedecke is the youngest cellist ever accepted into the professional performance course at the Oxford Cello School, where she won First Prize in the Spectrum Competition for cello sponsored by the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music. She and her accompanist, Ms. Park, will perform a program of Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Bach and Massenet. Reception with the artists to follow. Click for reservations. More information here.  



Sat., Feb. 16 / The Blues Hall of Fame Concert and Awards, featuring Grammy-nominated Professor Louie and the Cromatix, 8pm 

Orpheum Performing Arts Center
6050 Main St., Tannersville, NY
Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at door

P
erformances by WDST's Blues Break host and performer Big Joe Fitz, slide guitar virtuoso Kerry Kearney, Bill Sims Jr., guitarist Greg Dayton, and Linda Nicholl's Greene Room Show Choir,  joining Professor Louie and the Crowmatix  – the only band inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.  Presented by the Catskill Mountain Foundation and made possible by the support of Friends of the Orpheum (FOTO). Purchase tickets at www.catskillmtn.org 

Sun., Feb. 10 / Bard at Beattie presents award-winning pianist Chi-Hui Yen, 2pm 

Beattie-Powers Place
Prospect Ave. and Bridge St., Catskill NY
Free admission
Donations welcome



Born in 1991 in Taipei, Taiwan, Chi-Hui Yen is in her fifth year at the Bard College Conservatory of Music, studying with Melvin Chen and Peter Serkin. Winner of numerous prizes including the Taipei International Chopin Piano Competition and Bard College Conservatory of Music's Annual Concerto Competition. Program: Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 904; Beethoven, Piano Sonata #30 in E major, Op. 109; Ravel, Valse nobles et sentimentales; Schumann Carnival, Op. 9. For reservations, rhoveninc@gmail.com. Visit our website, here
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Sun., Dec. 1 / IT'S ALL ABOUT ME-OW by Hudson Talbott. Book signing, 2-4pm

Greene County Council on the Arts
398 Main St., Catskill NY
Free admission

Attention kitty lovers, children's book devotees and followers of local author/illustrator Hudson Talbott! Come to a book signing and author discussion for "It's All About Me-ow," Talbott's newest book. Music and light refreshments available at the gallery starting at noon for Catskill's "Day in December" celebration. More information here and at 518.943.3400. Or contact "Day in December" coordinator Eileen Deis at 518.943.1994.