Calendar of Events

Fri - Apr 02  8:00 PM  Featured poets: Janet Hamill & Robert Milby
Now in its eleventh year, CAPS continues to bring the finest Hudson Valley/tri-state area poets to The Howland's Great Hall.

Featured Poets:

Sat - Apr 03  3:00 PM - 5:00 PM  Artists Members of the Howland Cultural Center Exhibition
Opening Reception  normal  Gallery Hours: 1 – 5 PM every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday; EXCEPTION:  Gallery closed to general viewing public for Howland Chamber Music Concert on Sunday, March 25th

Sat - Apr 03  8:00 PM  Coffee House
Host; Chris Ruhe - jazz with Beacon's own Tom Baldino (guitar and vocals) and Tony D'Aquisto ( guitar), with a suprise guest vocalist - donation is $8.00

Sun - Apr 04  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM  “Artists Members of the Howland Cultural Center Exhibition”
Gallery Hours: 1 – 5 PM every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday; EXCEPTION:  Gallery closed to general viewing public for Howland Chamber Music Concert on Sunday, March 25th

Mon - Apr 05  9:30 AM - 12:30 PM  Bridge Club
All interested bridge players , at any level, welcome; refreshments served - $3.00 per day

Mon - Apr 05  2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  Conversational Spanish Course
Taught by Lisa Sheets-Archibald  8-week course - limited registration; for further info call 877-9667 or 831-4988

Thu - Apr 08 -- Sun - Apr 11  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM  “Artists Members of the Howland Cultural Center Exhibition”
Gallery Hours: 1 – 5 PM every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday; EXCEPTION:  Gallery closed to general viewing public for Howland Chamber Music Concert on Sunday, March 25th

Thu - Apr 08  8:00 PM - 10:00 PM  Michael Jackson's This Is It
This month's video concert is "This Is It", the documentary-concert film about Michael Jackson's rehearsals for his comeback concert series. Come on down and celebrate the life and music of this charismatic and musically talented icon. Critics and fans alike have praised this wonderful portrayal of Michael Jackson and his music. Refreshments- suggested donation $3.

Fri - Apr 09  8:00 PM - 11:00 PM  Howalnd presents: The Mark Tonelli Quartet
Howland presents:


The Mark Tonelli Quartet

Mark Tonelli - guitar

Sat - Apr 10    Second Saturday, Beacon

most shops and all galleries open until 9 PM

Sat - Apr 10  3:00 PM - 4:30 PM  BIG RED DOORS CONCERT FOR KIDS

BIG RED DOORS CONCERT FOR KIDS

Sat - Apr 10  7:00 PM  The Open Heart String Quartet and The Odyssey String Quartet
performing the music of Barber, Blow, Britten, Purcell,
and introducing new works by composers
refreshments Seniors  tickets at the door: $15.00  available & Students: $12.00

Sun - Apr 11  2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  CAPS presents: Book Signing & Reading with Will Nixon

Will Nixon 's new poetry book, Love in the City of Grudges (FootHills Publishing), has been called “a poetic coming of age story” “in which the American family romance morphs into Night of the Living Dead.” Ranging from suburban childhood reveries to the misadventures of a young man in gentrifying Hoboken of the 1980s to the concluding sequence of zombie poems that mix family history with movie characters, the book finds both humor and sadness in a life's journey with “a novel's sweep.” “We're embarrassed to smile, but page after page we do,” said the poet Djelloul Marbrook.

Of Will Nixon 's previous poetry book, My Late Mother as a Ruffed Grouse (FootHills Publishing), the poet Mikhail Horowitz said, “ Will Nixon 's narrative poems strike a rare balance between a child's sense of wonder and a skeptic's dry, knowing assessment of the world. We know at every wrenching turn or droll digression that we're in the presence of a born storyteller.”

With Michael Perkins Will Nixon has co-authored, Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the Wild Heart of America's Most Famous Small Town (Bushwhack Books), an essay collection that began with walking columns for the Woodstock Times. This book was the #1 paperback bestseller of 2009 at the Golden Notebook, Woodstock's independent bookstore. It's also available at bushwhackbooks.com.

Will Nixon grew up in the Connecticut suburbs, lived in Hoboken and Manhattan as a young man, then fled to a Catskills log cabin in 1996. He now lives in Woodstock. As an environmental journalist in the past, he was a contributing editor to The Amicus Journal, published by the Natural Resources Defense Council, and a special correspondent for the Adirondack Explorer. His poems have appeared in many literary journals, several regional anthologies, and two earlier chapbooks, When I Had It Made (Pudding House) and The Fish Are Laughing (Pavement Saw). His work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and listed in Best American Essays 2004. His website is willnixon.com.


Open to the public. Donations accepted.

Mon - Apr 12  9:30 AM - 12:30 PM  Bridge Club
All interested bridge players , at any level, welcome; refreshments served - $3.00 per day

Mon - Apr 12  2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  Conversational Spanish Course
Taught by Lisa Sheets-Archibald  8-week course - limited registration; for further info call 877-9667 or 831-4988

Wed - Apr 14  7:00 PM  Tioronda Garden Club

monthly meeting  All interested gardeners welcome
refreshment social follows program

Thu - Apr 15 -- Sun - Apr 18  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM  “Artists Members of the Howland Cultural Center Exhibition”
Gallery Hours: 1 – 5 PM every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday; EXCEPTION:  Gallery closed to general viewing public for Howland Chamber Music Concert on Sunday, March 25th

Fri - Apr 16  8:00 PM - 11:00 PM  Open Mic
It's the third Friday of the month and the Howland Center is rocking with some of the best amateur talent in the area. Maybe it's time for you to come down and perform yourself in one of the best venues in Dutchess County. Music, poetry, dance,and comedy are all showcased. The accoustics are great and the audience is friendly. The coffee is hot and the refreshments are yummy! Come on down and participate, either as a performer or a member of the audience. Once you've been to one Open Mic, you're sure to return again for a great night of friends, neighbors, and music. The fun starts at 8PM with early sign up at 7:30.

Sat - Apr 17  1:00 PM - 4:00 PM  "Bindlestick Bill" Celebrates Earth Day for Kids

"Bindlestick Bill" - The Traveling Troubadour In a Program of Songs, Jokes, & StoriesCelebratingEarth Day All children admitted FREE,(but must be accompanied by an adult) Adult Tickets: $8.00

Sat - Apr 17  8:00 PM - 10:00 PM  Howland Presents: Aviva & Dan - Beyond Carmen

Globally accalimed mezzo soprano Audrey Babcock & guitarist Dan Nadel
in a flamenco infused celebration of Spanish passion

$12.00

Limited Seating
Handicap accessible
Refreshments available

tickets: www.howlandculturalcenter.org

Sun - Apr 18  7:00 PM - 9:30 PM  Howland & Local 845 presents The Pre-War Ponies
mining old songs from the '20s and '30s, reaching beyond the standards, breathing new life into gems like The Gentleman Just Wouldn't Say Goodnight and Pettin' In The Park

Tickets: $10.00

Mon - Apr 19  9:30 AM - 12:30 PM  Bridge Club
All interested bridge players , at any level, welcome; refreshments served - $3.00 per day

Mon - Apr 19  2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  Conversational Spanish Course
Taught by Lisa Sheets-Archibald  8-week course - limited registration; for further info call 877-9667 or 831-4988

Thu - Apr 22 -- Sat - Apr 24  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM  “Artists Members of the Howland Cultural Center Exhibition”
Gallery Hours: 1 – 5 PM every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday; EXCEPTION:  Gallery closed to general viewing public for Howland Chamber Music Concert on Sunday, March 25th

Fri - Apr 23  8:00 PM  Howland Presents:The Inbetweens
THE INBETWEENS emerged in the summer of 2002, from the roots of collective improvisation, curiosity, and like minds. Before they were the Tweens, they each lived in Boston, where they each spent time gigging and studying at the New England Conservatory of Music with gurus such as Bob Moses, George Garzone, John Lockwood, and John Abercrombie. In the fall of 02' the boys migrated to Brooklyn, where they each spent an entire year eating, sleeping, and rehearsing in a cozy lil' 3-bedroom apartment, appropriately lodged "inbetween" Brooklyn's own Prospect Park and Greenwood Cemetery.

Since then the trio has completed a self-titled debut album at Clinton Recording Studios, in Manhattan, and has been performing regularly in the Northeast and the midwest. Some listeners consider them a power trio, but their energetic musical conversations draw in people from all backgrounds: popular to improvised. The Inbetweens are not afraid to enter uncharted territories. They trust each other and take risks for the sake of the music.

Some will call it fusion. Some will call it progressive. Some will venture to say it's like hearing the Grateful Dead improv through Miles' 'Bitches Brew'. Either or, it's intense and hypnotic beyond doubt.

$12.00
tickets available www.howlandculturalcenter.org
Refreshments and light snacks available.

Limited seating. Handicap accessible.

Sat - Apr 24  3:00 PM  Classics for Kids concert
featuring Tim Fain, violinist
All children admitted Free, but must be accompanied by an adult. Ticket: $10.00
(Art Gallery closed to the general viewing public at 2:30 PM)

Sat - Apr 24  8:00 PM  Gospel Cafe
Featuring: Bobby Anderson(Soloist) & Rev.Banks & DCPM Praise Team 

Sun - Apr 25    Howland Chamber Music concert
featuring Tim Fain, violin
for ticket info, contact Bill Stevens at (845) 297-9243
(Art Gallery closed to the general viewing public)

Sun - Apr 25    Gallery closed today
Howland Music circle concert

Sun - Apr 25  2:00 PM  Concert season at Dia Beacon

LOVE NOTES
MOZART Divertimento in D Major, K. 251 for oboe, two horns and strings WAGNER Siegfried Idyll  FARRENC Nonette in E-flat Major, Op. 38

Mon - Apr 26  9:30 AM - 12:30 PM  Bridge Club
All interested bridge players , at any level, welcome; refreshments served - $3.00 per day

Mon - Apr 26  2:00 PM - 4:00 PM  Conversational Spanish Course
Taught by Lisa Sheets-Archibald  8-week course - limited registration; for further info call 877-9667 or 831-4988

Tue - Apr 27  7:00 PM  Beacon Historical Society
monthly meeting

Fri - Apr 30  8:00 PM - 11:30 PM  Beacon Riverfest Concert and Fundraiser
8PM
$20 donation
Featuring
Jen Clapp
Todd Giudice
Stephen Clair
Al Hemberger
Dan Fisherman

http://www.beaconriverfest.com