Edited by Pamela Doan ( calendar@highlandscurrent.org )
For a full listing of events, see highlandscurrent.org/calendar .
P R I D E
SAT 21
Pride on the Green NEWBURGH
Noon – 5 p.m. Safe Harbors Lobby
107 Broadway | safe-harbors.org
This family-friendly celebration will include performances, music, DJs, Drag Story Hour, activities for children and food.
SAT 21
Trans Closet Popup
BEACONNoon – 4 p.m. Howland Public Library
313 Main St. | 845-831-1134
beaconlibrary.org
The Hudson Valley mutual-aid group will offer free gender-affirming clothing and accessories.
COMMUNITY
SAT 21
Historic Home Tour BEACON
Noon – 4 p.m. 1190 North Ave. dub.sh/northcutt-tour
The former home of the late Florence Northcutt, a longtime president of the Howland Cultural Center, and one of the oldest houses in Beacon, has been restored and will be open for tours. Proceeds will benefit the Howland Cultural Center and Beacon Historical Society. Also SUN 22. Cost: $20
SAT 21
NY Craft Beer Tasting and Market
COLD SPRING Noon – 2 p.m. & 3 – 5 p.m. St. Mary’s Lawn | 1 Chestnut St. hopsonthehudson.comSample beer from dozens of craft breweries. There also will be food, live music and a maker’s market. Cost: $65 ($25 for non-drinkers)
SAT 21
Community Day COLD SPRING 4 – 8 p.m. Dockside Park | 34 West St. This annual event will feature live music, children’s games and activities and food. Rain date: SUN 22.
Free
SAT 21
Dance Party
BEACON7 p.m. Masonic Hall | 33 Verplanck Ave. Bring the kids for activities and dancing at this fundraiser for the Beacon Spring Celebration of Light. It’s family friendly until 9 p.m., then 21 and older. Cost: $30 (ages 17 and younger free with adult)
SUN 22
Art, Wine and Spirits Show COLD SPRING
11 a.m. – 5 p.m. St. Mary’s Lawn 1 Chestnut St. | hopsonthehudson.com
Sample Hudson Valley wines and spirits while enjoying art, music and food. Rain or shine. Free
SAT 28
PHM Lawn Party GARRISON
4 p.m. Highlands Country Club 955 Route 9D putnamhistorymuseum.org
This benefit for the Putnam History Museum will include prizes for the best women’s and men’s 18th century-style hat in the spirit of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The Todd Londagin Quintet will perform. Cost: $70 to $250
TALKS & TOURS
SAT 21
Always Present, Never Seen
GARRISON3 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 highlandscurrent.org/black-history
Leonard Sparks of
The Current
will talk about the history of Black people in the Highlands, extending the reporting he and Editor Chip Rowe did for a series published in 2022.
SAT 21
Hudson Valley Poets
BEACON6 p.m. BAU Gallery | 506 Main St.
baugallery.org
Catherine Arra, Tina Barry and Lissa Kiernan will read their work.
SUN 22
Learn Your Housing Rights
BEACON1 p.m. Howland Public Library
313 Main St. | 845-831-1134
beaconlibrary.org
Advocates and experts will discuss protections for tenants under Beacon’s “good cause” eviction law.
TUES 24
Camp Nitgedaiget
BEACON7 p.m. Elks Lodge | 900 Wolcott Ave.
beaconhistorical.org
Diane Lapis of the Beacon Historical Society and Steven Payne, director of the Bronx County Historical Society, will discuss Camp Nitgedaiget, a Dutchess Junction resort for Jewish progressives and Communist sympathizers, and the Coops, a related housing development in the Bronx.
FRI 27
Ecstasy
BEACON7 p.m. Stanza Books 508 Main St. 845-440-3906 stanzabooks.com
Ivy Pochoda will read from and discuss her latest novel, a dark retelling of a Greek tragedy.
STAGE & SCREEN
SAT 21
Pocket Moxie
BEACON2 p.m. Howland Cultural Center
477 Main St. | 845-831-4988
howlandculturalcenter.org
Happenstance Theatre will stage a vaudeville show, complete with a ventriloquist. Register online. Free
SAT 21
The Importance of Being Earnest
BEACON7 p.m. Savage Wonder
139 Main St. | savagewonder.org
Eric Tucker directs Mike Labbadia, Dylan Crow and Shonita Joshi in this “wildly staged” reading of the Oscar Wilde classic. Also SAT 28. Cost: $25
SAT 21
The Comedy of Errors PHILIPSTOWN
7:30 p.m. Hudson Valley Shakespeare 2015 Route 9 | 845-265-9575
hvshakespeare.org
Shakespeare’s comedy includes two sets of twins separated at birth and searching for soulmates. Also MON 23, WED 25, FRI 27, SUN 29. Cost: $10 to $100
SAT 21
Work Sucks BEACON
8 p.m. Beahive | 6 Eliza St. 845-418-3731 | dub.sh/beahive-events
This improv comedy show will feed off audience suggestions and work stories. Cost: $15 ($20 door)
SUN 22
The Matchmaker
PHILIPSTOWN7:30 p.m. Hudson Valley Shakespeare
2015 Route 9 | 845-265-9575
hvshakespeare.org
Nance Williamson stars as Dolly Levi in the Thornton Wilder play that inspired the 1969 film Hello, Dolly! Also THURS 26, SAT 28. Cost: $10 to $100
FRI 27
Peekskill Film Festival
PEEKSKILL6 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley
1008 Brown St. | 914-739-0039
paramounthudsonvalley.com
The festival, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, will screen shorts, feature films, documentaries and animation. Also SAT 28. Cost: $17 to $38
FRI 27
Dance Showcase BEACON
7 p.m. The Yard | 4 Hanna Lane beaconopenstudios.com
The Beacon Open Studios program will feature choreographer Skyla Schreter’s series, Love is an Action 3.0 , with live music. Cost: $20 ($25 door)
SAT 28
LitFest Drama
BEACON6 p.m. Howland Cultural Center
477 Main St. | 845-831-4988
howlandculturalcenter.org
This Hit House Creative and Beacon Litfest program, rescheduled from June 14, will feature a discussion led by Shane Killoran with Vieve Radha Price and Chuck Obasi, directors of Téa Artistry. Cost: $20
SAT 28
A Good Ol’ Fashioned Queer Comedy Show BEACON
8 p.m. Dennings Point Distillery 10 N. Chestnut St. | dub.sh/queer-comedy
Headliner Arjun Banerjee will be joined by local performers Caroline Contillo, Jamie Mulligan and Ely Kreimendahl. Cost: $15
SAT 28
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off COLD SPRING
8:30 p.m. Dockside Park
34 West St. | coldspringfilm.org
The Cold Spring Film Society opens its summer series with the 1986 comedy starring Matthew Broderick as a teen trying to get away with skipping school.
SUN 29
Broadway in Beacon
BEACON6:30 p.m. The Yard | 4 Hanna Lane beaconopenstudios.com
The Beacon Open Studios theater program hosted by Jennifer Malenke and Will Reynolds features Broadway performers and local talent singing showtunes. Sign up at 6:30 p.m. for limited slots. Cost: $20
KIDS & FAMILY
SUN 22
Messy McFarlen’s Tomato Garden
COLD SPRING10:30 a.m. Split Rock Books 97 Main St. 845-265-2080 splitrockbks.com
Barry Waldo will read from his children’s picture book, followed by a garden activity.
TUES 24
Color Our World
GARRISON6 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 desmondfishlibrary.org
Learn about the science of color through family-friendly experiments. Registration required.
WED 25
Summer Reading Kick-off COLD SPRING Noon. Butterfield Library
10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040
butterfieldlibrary.org
Stop by for ice cream and face painting when you sign up for the program. Register online.
WED 25
Campers Book Clubs
BEACON4:30 & 5:30 p.m. Howland Cultural Center
477 Main St. | stanzabooks.com/bambini
Stanza Books hosts this monthly story time for children, with badges, treats and creative writing. Children ages 5 to 7 are welcome at 4:30 p.m. with caregivers, and ages 8 to 12 at 5:30 p.m. with caregivers or drop off. Free
SAT 28
Summer Reading Kick-off
GARRISONNoon. Desmond-Fish Library 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 desmondfishlibrary.org
The theme is “color our world”; the library will have prizes for readers of all ages.
NATURE & OUTDOORS
SUN 22
Master Gardener Guided Hike PATTERSON
9:30 a.m. Ciaiola Conservation Area
480 Haviland Hollow Road cceputnamcounty.org
This strenuous, 4-mile hike includes a waterfall, views and a hemlock forest, along with discussion of the area’s history. Registration required. Free
FRI 27
All the Light and Shadow GARRISON
3 p.m. Manitoga | 584 Route 9D 845-424-3812 | visitmanitoga.org
The tour will include a talk by Alyson Baker, curator of River Valley Arts Collective, about this season’s exhibit, as well as conversation with some of the participating artists. Cost: $50
SUN 29
Garden Tour
BEACON11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Mount Gulian
145 Sterling St. | mountgulian.org
Take a tour of the gardens and learn about the site’s horticultural history and the lives of Mary Anna Verplanck, who designed it, and James F. Brown, a fugitive enslaved man who was the estate’s master gardener. Cost: $17 ($14 seniors, $8 ages 6 to 18, free ages 6 and younger and members)
VISUAL ART
FRI 27
Group Show BEACON
Noon – 6 p.m. The Yard 4 Hanna Lane | beaconopenstudios.com
Artists participating in Beacon Open Studios will have work on view. Also SAT 28, SUN 29.
SAT 28
Open Studios
BEACONNoon – 6 p.m. Various
beaconopenstudios.com
See the website for a map to the studios and exhibitions at this annual event. Also SUN 29.
MUSIC
SUN 22
Saint Rita
BEACON6 p.m. Howland Cultural Center
477 Main St. | 845-831-4988
howlandculturalcenter.org
Kelly Ellenwood (vocals), Kathleen Bosman (violin/viola), Stephen Clair (guitar), Nate Allen (double bass) and Brad Hubbard (woodwinds) will explore the musical connection between Kurt Weill and Edith Piaf. Cost: $20
FRI 27
Joe Crookston
BEACON8:30 p.m. Towne Crier | 379 Main St. 845-855-1300 | townecrier.com
The multi-instrumentalist and folk singer will play songs from his latest release, Nine Becomes One . Antje Duvekot will open. Cost: $25 ($30 door)
SAT 28
Spring Music Festival
BEACONNoon – 3 p.m. Industrial Arts
511 Fishkill Ave. industrialartsbrewing.com
Adult bands from The School of Rock will perform.
Cost: $16
SAT 28
Music Showcase
BEACON7 p.m. The Yard | 4 Hanna Lane | beaconopenstudios.com
This Beacon Open Studios program includes sets by Martin Fowler, Odetta Herman with Letz and Illari. Cost: $20 ($25 door)
SAT 28
Deni Bonet & Chris Flynn PUTNAM VALLEY
7:30 p.m. Tompkins Corners C.C. 729 Peekskill Hollow Road tompkinscorners.org
Bonet (violin) and Flynn (guitar) sing and play Americana and folk-rock.
Cost: $25
SAT 28
More Horse BEACON
8 p.m. Quinn’s
330 Main St. | quinnsinbeacon.com
The band will celebrate its first single with Brothertiger and nabbler.
SAT 28
The Rhythm Rising Quartet
BEACON8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center
477 Main St. | 845-831-4988
howlandculturalcenter.org
The Latin jazz band includes Tomas Martin Lopez (percussion), Victor Catanzaro (vibraphone), Doug Correllus (piano) and Ron Figueroa (bass). Cost: $20 ($25 door)
SUN 29
The Hendersons PHILIPSTOWN
3 p.m. Marbled Meat | 3091 Route 9 marbledmeatshop.com
The benefit for the Philipstown Food Pantry includes BBQ. Cost: $20 donation
CIVIC
SAT 21
Early Voting
CARMEL9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Board of Elections
25 Old Route 6 | boe.putnamcountyny.gov
Putnam County residents who are registered Democrats can vote before the June 24 primary for Philipstown Town Board. Also SUN 22. See site for hours.
TUES 24
Democratic Primary
COLD SPRING 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. Methodist Church216 Main St. | boe.putnamcountyny.gov
Voters who usually vote at the North Highlands Fire Department should use this site.
TUES 24
Democratic Primary
PHILIPSTOWN6 a.m. – 9 p.m. Garrison Fire Department
1616 Route 9 | boe.putnamcountyny.gov
Voters who usually vote in Continental Village should use this site.
WED 25
Village Board
COLD SPRING 7 p.m. Village Hall | 85 Main St. 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov
