BACA LOGO
This Week in Beacon
 April 10, 2010 
If you haven't already done your taxes, DON'T START NOW!  There is too much art happening this weekend.  Check it out!
 
Have you heard the word?  Local 845 has announced the lineup for Riverfest this summer.  Click here for more info!

Art on Main

 

 
Polly Law
glass@hudsonbeachglass.com March 27 - April 27, 2010
Polly M. Law - "The Word Project"
Artist Reception: Second Saturday, April 10, 6-9PM
Hudson Beach Glass Beacon, 162 Main St., Beacon, NY
Music, Art, Events and so on...
SATURDAY, April 10
 
All Day at School of Jellyfish
Spring Drinks and Chocolate Martinis
www.schooljellyfish.com
School of Jellyfish
183 Main Street
845-440-8017
 
Walk 12p - Denning's Point
Denning's Point Walk and Talk 12-2p
Join Jim Heron, Project Historian for Beacon Institute and author of Denning's Point: A Hudson River History for an educational and enlightening tour of Denning's Point. Pre-registration required, please register at
199 Dennings Ave
845-838-1600 x16

Wine Tasting 3-6p - Artisan Wine Shop
180 Main Street
www.artisanwineshop.com  
845.440.6923

Kid Friendly Music 3p - Howland Cultural Center
BIG RED DOORS CONCERT FOR KIDS
Lydia Adams Davis and Kathy Byers. A highly-interactive program combining original songs, family favorites, and entertaining wild animal puppets for all ages children admitted FREE accompanied by an Adult. Available online: Adult tickets $10.00. Handicap accessible
www.howlandculturalcenter.org  
477 Main Street
845-831-4988

CD Launch 4p - Beacon Institute
The Hudson River Ramblers of Rich Bala, folksinger & Jonathan Kruk, storyteller, will hold their CD launch of Once Upon the Hudson: Four Hundred Years in Story and Song at the Gallery at 199 Main Street with shows at 5:00 pm & 7:00 pm.
www.thebeaconinstitute.org 
199 Main St.
845-838-1600
 
Opening Reception 4-8p - Fovea
Haiti 12 January 2010
www.foveaeditions.org
142 Main Street
845-765-2199
 
Opening Reception 5-8 -  RiverWinds Gallery
"Luscious Landscapes" - Paintings by Basha Maryanska 
www.riverwindsgallery.com  
172 Main St.
845-838-2880
 
Opening Reception 6-8 - Zuzus
Mother Lovers Small Works Art Opening
Art opening of Small Works for Mothers Day. All local
artists - wonderful art and crafts will be for displayed
and for sale (with affordable prices, $250.00 is the
max). Come and support our art community on Second
Saturday at Zuzu's! Music starts at 7pm as well - we'll
be rockin'!
453 Main St.     
845-765-0679
 
Opening Reception 6-9pm - bau
First Annual VAU Exhibit
www.baugallery.com 
www.beaconartistunion.com 
161 Main St
 
Opening Reception 6-9pm - Hudson Beach Glass
Do you have Koumpounophobia? Polly M. Law - "The Word Project"
www.hudsonbeachglass.com 
162 Main St.   
845-440-0068
 
Opening Reception 6-9pm - vanbrunt gallery
"Running on Emptiness" New work by Greg Slick and Carl
Van Brunt
www.vanbruntgallery.com 
137 Main St. 
845-838-2995
 
Opening Reception 6-9pm - Daniel Aubry Gallery
True To Life: Katie O'Hagan's Portraits
www.danielaubrygallery.com 
426 Main Street
845-519-4070
 
Opening Reception 6p - Marion Royael Gallery
"Elements of Surprise"
www.marionroyaelgallery.com 
460 Main Street
541-301-0032
 
Opening Reception 6-9pm - Gallery G
AT Night - Tom Egan's photographic work was originally a
series of photographic experiments using light and time
during evening hours. This later developed into a more
photo-documentary approach, using night photography to
bring a personal perspective to the collective portrait
of a particular subject or place.
15 East Main Street

Music 6p - Max's On Main
Thrown Together Rocks
www.maxsonmain.com     
246 Main Street
845-838-6297(MAXS)
 
Music 730p -  School of Jellyfish
Brooklyn based Kobie Maintland (a.k.a Kayem) takes dub
and hip-hop sensibilities and mashes them with a bit of
the glitch and some classic, pop-synth leads, that keep
you interested and hypnotize you, in similar quantities.
Hailing from the Living House artist.
183 Main Street
Beacon, NY 12508
www.schooljellyfish.com
845-440-8017
 
Music 7p - Howland Cultural Center
The Open Heart String Quartet and The Odyssey String Quartet performing the music of Barber, Blow, Britten, Purcell, and introducing new works by composersrefreshments Seniors tickets at the door: $15.00 available & Students: $12.00
www.howlandculturalcenter.org  
477 Main Street
845-831-4988

Music 830p - Chill Wine Bar
Judith Tulloch band Brazilian Jazz till midnight, no cover
www.myspace.com/ChillWineBar
173 Main St.
845-765-0885
 
SUNDAY, April 11
 
All Day at School of Jellyfish
Spring Drinks and Chocolate Martinis
www.schooljellyfish.com
School of Jellyfish
183 Main Street
845-440-8017
 
Yoga 1030a - CEIE
Vikasa Studio joins Beacon Institute on Sunday mornings (series starts today) for a six-week series of something new. Yamuna, or "body rolling" using a tiny inflatable ball to free restrictions and promote healing is an
innovative approach to wellness with palpable results. We suggest that you arrive at 10:15 for the walk into the CEIE building from the parking lot at the base of Dennings Avenue (near the Water Treatment Plant). $90/series of 6 $17/class for walk-ins To register for the series, please email to: vikasastudio@gmail.com. Walk-ins are welcome!
www.bire.org  
199 Dennings Ave
845-838-1600 x16
 
Poetry 2p - Howland Cultural Center
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."
www.howlandculturalcenter.org   
477 Main Street
845-831-4988
 
THURSDAY, April 15

Lecture 7p - CEIE
Beacon Institute's Third Thursday Series at the Center for Environmental Innovation and Education (CEIE) is off to a stellar start with an evening of Dialogue with John Cronin, internationally renowned Hudson River environmentalist and Time magazine's "Hero for the Planet". Registration is required, so please log on to www.bire.org  to register.
199 Dennings Ave
845-838-1600 x16

FRIDAY, April 16
 
Figure Drawing 6p - Spire Studios
Beacon Figure Drawing Session from 6pm to 9pm
10$ per session For next sessions go to:
Beaconcitizen.com/group/the drawing group
www.spirestudios.org
45 Beekman Street
656-9795

Open Mic 730p - Howland Cultural Center
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.
www.howlandculturalcenter.org   
477 Main Street
845-831-4988
 
Music 8p - Piggy Bank Fridays
LOCAL 845 presents Rebecca Pronsky
Her songs are "literate, passionate, and wry"-Time Out NY
with "brutal, cutting lyricism"--Ithaca Times, and "are
lent authority by her big jazz-trained voice"-Village
Voice
www.local845.com 
Piggy Bank Restaurant
448 Main St.
845-838-0028

Music 9p - Max's On Main
Petey "Hop" Hopkinson
www.maxsonmain.com   
246 Main Street
845-838-6297(MAXS)
In This Issue
Music, Openings & Events
On Walls
On Walls
 
Back Room Gallery
475 Main Street   
845-838-1838
 
Bannerman Island Gallery
www.bannermancastle.org 
150 Main St    
845-234-3204
 
bau
First Annual VAU Exhibit
www.baugallery.com 
www.beaconartistunion.com 
161 Main St    
845-440-7548
 
The Beacon Institute
Water, Water, Everywhere.
www.thebeaconinstitute.org 
199 Main St     
845-838-1600
 
Daniel Aubry Gallery
True to Life: Katie O'Hagan's Portraits
www.danielaubrygallery.com
426 Main Street
845-519-4070
 
Dia:Beacon
Click here to see what is
currenly on exhibit.
www.diabeacon.org 
3 Beekman St.   
845-440-0100
 
Fovea
Haiti 12 January 2010
142 Main Street
www.foveaeditions.org 
845-765-2199
 
Gallery G
AT Night by TOm Egan
15 East Main Street
by appointment
 
The Howland Cultural Center
Artists Member Exhibition
477 Main St.
www.howlandculturalcenter.org 
845-831-4988
 
Hudson Beach Glass
Polly M. Law - "The Word Project"
March 27 - April 27, 2010
162 Main St.
www.hudsonbeachglass.com   
845-440-0068
 
Marion Royael Gallery
"Elements of Surprise"  
460 Main Street
www.marionroyaelgallery.com
541-301-0032
 
Morphicism
440 Main St.  
www.morphicism.com  
845-440-3092  
 
Open Space
www.openspacebeacon.com 
510 Main St.  
845.765.0731
 
The Photographer's Place
508 Main St.
www.thephotographersplace.com 917-478-7620
 
RiverWinds Gallery 
"Luscious Landscapes" - Paintings by Basha Maryanska
www.riverwindsgallery.com 
172 Main St.      
845-838-2880
 
School of Jellyfish
183 Main Street
Beacon, NY 12508
www.schooljellyfish.com
845-440-8017
 
Spire Studios
45 Beekman St.   
www.spirestudios.org    
845-527-8752
 
vanbrunt gallery
"Running on Emptiness"
New work by Greg Slick and Carl Van Brunt
137 Main St. 
www.vanbruntgallery.com  
845-838-2995  
 
vanbruntgallery @ moxie
544 Main St.  
 
Zuzu's Leaf & Bean  
Mother Lovers Small Works Show
453 Main St.     
info@zuzusleafandbean.com
Join Our Mailing List!