Betty & the Baby Boomers
Saturday, May 19th - 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Betty Boomer, Jean Valla McAvoy, Paul Rubeo, and Steve Stanne began singing together 30 years ago, and bassist Robert Bard fit right in when he joined later on. “Betty and the Baby Boomers” appears on the covers of the band’s five CDs, and the name is known to folk music fans from the mountains of Connemara in Ireland to the Catskills overlooking New York's Hudson Valley, their home base.
The folk genre covers many styles. The Boomers’ take on it is suggested in a review of their second recording, Tumbling Through the Stream of Days, in the folk song magazine Sing Out! It described the group as “a refreshing reminder of the halcyon days of American folk music” and the CD as “an enthusiastic testament to the sheer joy of singing and playing music.” In addition to original songs from Jean, the Boomers draw on sources including traditional tunes, Americana roots music, contemporary artists like Greg Brown, Bruce Springsteen, and Dougie MacClean, and classic “folksingers” like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Phil Ochs.
Whatever the source, each song is “Boomerized” – set in distinctive arrangements with three and four part harmonies. The singers' voices differ in range and color; they combine in a unique and resonant blend that is the Boomers’ signature. Their vocals are coupled to impressive instrumental work on guitars, Dobro, bass, bodhran, and kazoo, or sometimes — “Look Ma, no hands”— uncoupled in a capella selections.
Betty and the Boomers’ talents have led to frequent performances in venues such as the Eighth Step in New York’s Capital region, Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, the Towne Crier in Beacon, and at Phil Ochs Song Night concerts in rooms ranging from New York City’s Village Gate to the Nameless Coffeehouse in Cambridge, Mass. The group is regularly booked along with the likes of the Chieftains, Paul Brady, and Christy Moore to perform during Clifden Community Arts Week in County Galway, Ireland; 2017 marked the Boomers’ 14th engagement at this festival as it celebrated its 40th anniversary.
The Boomers’ fifth and most recent CD, This Love Will Carry, released in fall, 2016, is the group’s most diverse album, including a jazz standard from Brazil, a rhythm-and-blues classic, two songs from Ireland, and a country favorite, along with a new song by Jean and others in the Boomer tradition.
Saturday, May 19th - 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Betty Boomer, Jean Valla McAvoy, Paul Rubeo, and Steve Stanne began singing together 30 years ago, and bassist Robert Bard fit right in when he joined later on. “Betty and the Baby Boomers” appears on the covers of the band’s five CDs, and the name is known to folk music fans from the mountains of Connemara in Ireland to the Catskills overlooking New York's Hudson Valley, their home base.
The folk genre covers many styles. The Boomers’ take on it is suggested in a review of their second recording, Tumbling Through the Stream of Days, in the folk song magazine Sing Out! It described the group as “a refreshing reminder of the halcyon days of American folk music” and the CD as “an enthusiastic testament to the sheer joy of singing and playing music.” In addition to original songs from Jean, the Boomers draw on sources including traditional tunes, Americana roots music, contemporary artists like Greg Brown, Bruce Springsteen, and Dougie MacClean, and classic “folksingers” like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Phil Ochs.
Whatever the source, each song is “Boomerized” – set in distinctive arrangements with three and four part harmonies. The singers' voices differ in range and color; they combine in a unique and resonant blend that is the Boomers’ signature. Their vocals are coupled to impressive instrumental work on guitars, Dobro, bass, bodhran, and kazoo, or sometimes — “Look Ma, no hands”— uncoupled in a capella selections.
Betty and the Boomers’ talents have led to frequent performances in venues such as the Eighth Step in New York’s Capital region, Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, the Towne Crier in Beacon, and at Phil Ochs Song Night concerts in rooms ranging from New York City’s Village Gate to the Nameless Coffeehouse in Cambridge, Mass. The group is regularly booked along with the likes of the Chieftains, Paul Brady, and Christy Moore to perform during Clifden Community Arts Week in County Galway, Ireland; 2017 marked the Boomers’ 14th engagement at this festival as it celebrated its 40th anniversary.
The Boomers’ fifth and most recent CD, This Love Will Carry, released in fall, 2016, is the group’s most diverse album, including a jazz standard from Brazil, a rhythm-and-blues classic, two songs from Ireland, and a country favorite, along with a new song by Jean and others in the Boomer tradition.
A Simple Heart
May 12 - 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
A Simple Heart will return to Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, following their sold-out performance last summer. The duo, singer-songwriter and pianist Janice Hardgrove and guitarist Timothy E. Pitt, blend soulful originals and elegant interpretations of songs by everyone from Joni Mitchell to Robin Batteau, Suzanne Vega, and George and Ira Gershwin. Janice and Timothy have opened shows for artists ranging from jazz great Don Byron to folk icon John Gorka, and released their debut CD last year. They’ll become a quintet again for this special evening, joined once more by keyboardist Pete Levin, drummer Tim Griffin, and bassist Mark Dann.
Janice and Timothy first met in the 1980s through Fast Folk, the famed singer-songwriter cooperative. Janice was a much-sought-after jingle singer, doing national TV commercials for everything from McDonald's to Diet Coke. As co-owner of a 24-track recording studio, she scored corporate videos and was the co-producer, arranger, backup singer, and keyboardist on many albums. Timothy was accompanying folksingers who opened for artists such as John Hartford & Norman Blake, Steve Goodman, and guitarist Joe Walsh's Barnstorm band, and playing in old-timey, country, and rock ’n’ roll bands.
Janice invited Timothy to her studio to play guitar and collaborate on arrangements for albums by John Gorka, Christine Lavin, and Lucy Kaplansky, among others. After going their separate ways, in 2015 Janice stumbled across Timothy's phone number and gave him a call. They soon discovered that their musical collaboration was better than ever, and they formed A Simple Heart.
Pete Levin has performed and recorded with musicians from all over the musical landscape, including Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, Jaco Pastorious, Judy Collins, Robbie Robertson, Annie Lennox, and Paul Simon.
Tim Griffin’s resumé includes stints with The Shirelles, The Temptations, Chuck Berry, Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, Christine Lavin, and revered Massachussetts bands Bold and Clean Living.
Mark Dann’s performance and studio credits (as both recording engineer and session player) include Eric Andersen, Richard Shindell, David Massengill, Dar Williams, Christine Lavin, and Rob MacDonald.
May 12 - 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
A Simple Heart will return to Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, following their sold-out performance last summer. The duo, singer-songwriter and pianist Janice Hardgrove and guitarist Timothy E. Pitt, blend soulful originals and elegant interpretations of songs by everyone from Joni Mitchell to Robin Batteau, Suzanne Vega, and George and Ira Gershwin. Janice and Timothy have opened shows for artists ranging from jazz great Don Byron to folk icon John Gorka, and released their debut CD last year. They’ll become a quintet again for this special evening, joined once more by keyboardist Pete Levin, drummer Tim Griffin, and bassist Mark Dann.
Janice and Timothy first met in the 1980s through Fast Folk, the famed singer-songwriter cooperative. Janice was a much-sought-after jingle singer, doing national TV commercials for everything from McDonald's to Diet Coke. As co-owner of a 24-track recording studio, she scored corporate videos and was the co-producer, arranger, backup singer, and keyboardist on many albums. Timothy was accompanying folksingers who opened for artists such as John Hartford & Norman Blake, Steve Goodman, and guitarist Joe Walsh's Barnstorm band, and playing in old-timey, country, and rock ’n’ roll bands.
Janice invited Timothy to her studio to play guitar and collaborate on arrangements for albums by John Gorka, Christine Lavin, and Lucy Kaplansky, among others. After going their separate ways, in 2015 Janice stumbled across Timothy's phone number and gave him a call. They soon discovered that their musical collaboration was better than ever, and they formed A Simple Heart.
Pete Levin has performed and recorded with musicians from all over the musical landscape, including Gil Evans, Jimmy Giuffre, Jaco Pastorious, Judy Collins, Robbie Robertson, Annie Lennox, and Paul Simon.
Tim Griffin’s resumé includes stints with The Shirelles, The Temptations, Chuck Berry, Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, Christine Lavin, and revered Massachussetts bands Bold and Clean Living.
Mark Dann’s performance and studio credits (as both recording engineer and session player) include Eric Andersen, Richard Shindell, David Massengill, Dar Williams, Christine Lavin, and Rob MacDonald.
Pete Seeger Festival
Sunday, May 6th - 2 to 5 pm
FREE Event
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present our third annual Pete Seeger Festival to celebrate the musical and humanitarian legacy of our neighbor, mentor and friend - and his birthday, which is on May 3rd.
Scheduled performers include Rich Bala, Lydia Adams Davis, Dan Einbender with Roy Diggit and Patrick Stanfield Jones, Karen Hinderstein (who will also be cooking and serving her famous stone soup), Pat Lamanna, Rick Nestler, Melissa Ortquist, Laurie Siegel and Karen Brooks (the Trouble Sisters), Andy Revkin, Sarah Underhill, and Susan Wright with Carla Springer and Rick Aparicio.
The musicians have all performed with Pete and sailed with him on the sloops Clearwater and Woody Guthrie and worked with him at the Beacon Sloop Club. In addition to singing Pete’s songs and their own, they will reminisce about the man who inspired so many people in the course of his 94 years.”
This is a FREE, family-friendly event and everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be available. Donations will be gratefully accepted and will be shared with local organizations that Pete created, including the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the Beacon Sloop Club and the River Pool at Beacon.
Sunday, May 6th - 2 to 5 pm
FREE Event
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present our third annual Pete Seeger Festival to celebrate the musical and humanitarian legacy of our neighbor, mentor and friend - and his birthday, which is on May 3rd.
Scheduled performers include Rich Bala, Lydia Adams Davis, Dan Einbender with Roy Diggit and Patrick Stanfield Jones, Karen Hinderstein (who will also be cooking and serving her famous stone soup), Pat Lamanna, Rick Nestler, Melissa Ortquist, Laurie Siegel and Karen Brooks (the Trouble Sisters), Andy Revkin, Sarah Underhill, and Susan Wright with Carla Springer and Rick Aparicio.
The musicians have all performed with Pete and sailed with him on the sloops Clearwater and Woody Guthrie and worked with him at the Beacon Sloop Club. In addition to singing Pete’s songs and their own, they will reminisce about the man who inspired so many people in the course of his 94 years.”
This is a FREE, family-friendly event and everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be available. Donations will be gratefully accepted and will be shared with local organizations that Pete created, including the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the Beacon Sloop Club and the River Pool at Beacon.
Moonshine Holler and special guest George Wilson
April 28 - 7:30pm
$20 suggested donations
purchase advanced tickets for $18
Capturing the essence of American roots music: hillbilly blues, ballads and breakdowns, Carter family classics and jugband stompers, with knock-your-socks-off flatfoot dancing to boot, Paula and Bill, known for their musical prowess on more instruments than they can juggle (banjo, fiddle, guitar, Hawaiian guitar, harmonica, ukulele, kazoo), are two performers steeped in old time traditional music who have performed and taught across the country and abroad.
A multi-instrumentalist, Paula toured the US and Germany on banjo with old-time darlings "Uncle Earl" and teamed up with fiddle powerhouses Bruce Molsky and Brittany Haas (Crooked Still) for a tour of Sweden. Along with Bruce, she was also a member of the trio “Jawbone” featuring banjo innovator Tony Trischka and appears on Tony Trischka’s CD “Territory”, winner of the 2009 Americana Awards. She has also recorded and performed with old time trios The Rhythm Rats (with Kenny Jackson and Whitt Mead) and The Haywire Gang (with Mac Benford and John Hoffmann). These days she also tickles the ivories and shares lead singing duties in the NE-based honky tonk combo Girl Howdy and fronts her own jukejoint swing combo The Twangbusters.
Bill is a founding member of the legendary Canebrake Rattlers, a NYC-based stringband known for their authentic “78 rpm” sound. He has an acclaimed old-time CD “Been on the Job Too Long” recorded with Dave Rice and Joe LaRose as "The Cuyahogians". Between them, Paula and Bill have performed at many festivals including the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Alaska Folk Festival, the Wheatland Music Festival, MN OT and Bluegrass Festival, Bluff Country Gathering, Pinewoods Folk Music Week, Hillbilly Days in Pikeville, KY, and the Hudson Clearwater Revival. Additionally, they are sought-after traditional music teachers and have been staff instructors at Augusta (Elkins, WV) and Swannanoa (Asheville, NC) Old-Time Weeks, Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp, Bluff Country Gathering and the Maryland Banjo Academy.
A talented, multi-instrumentalist and singer, George Wilson's repertoire samples a wide variety of traditional and folk styles. As a fiddler, he has over 500 tunes for dancing and listening — tunes from New England, Quebec, Cape Breton, Scotland, Ireland and Shetland. His dynamic fiddling, strongly influenced by Cape Breton and French Canadian styles, has been popular with contra dancers and concert-goers since the late 1970s. Along with fiddling, George explores some of the roots of contemporary folk music by "visiting" some personalities of the past. Accompanying himself on the 5-string banjo, he sings songs of Uncle Dave Macon (of early Grand Ole Opry fame). He brings this colorful character to life through songs, stories and close representation of Uncle Dave's energetic banjo styles and antics. Another character George visits in concert is Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly), the source of some of America's best-loved folk songs. Leadbelly's gutsy, bluesy songs are accompanied by accurate re-creations of the guitar style of this African-American songster and "King of the 12-string guitar."
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, a 501(c)(3) public charity organization, is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $20 at the door. $18 tickets can be purchased in advance at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3390827 or reserved on the TCCC website at www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html or by phone at (845) 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
April 28 - 7:30pm
$20 suggested donations
purchase advanced tickets for $18
Capturing the essence of American roots music: hillbilly blues, ballads and breakdowns, Carter family classics and jugband stompers, with knock-your-socks-off flatfoot dancing to boot, Paula and Bill, known for their musical prowess on more instruments than they can juggle (banjo, fiddle, guitar, Hawaiian guitar, harmonica, ukulele, kazoo), are two performers steeped in old time traditional music who have performed and taught across the country and abroad.
A multi-instrumentalist, Paula toured the US and Germany on banjo with old-time darlings "Uncle Earl" and teamed up with fiddle powerhouses Bruce Molsky and Brittany Haas (Crooked Still) for a tour of Sweden. Along with Bruce, she was also a member of the trio “Jawbone” featuring banjo innovator Tony Trischka and appears on Tony Trischka’s CD “Territory”, winner of the 2009 Americana Awards. She has also recorded and performed with old time trios The Rhythm Rats (with Kenny Jackson and Whitt Mead) and The Haywire Gang (with Mac Benford and John Hoffmann). These days she also tickles the ivories and shares lead singing duties in the NE-based honky tonk combo Girl Howdy and fronts her own jukejoint swing combo The Twangbusters.
Bill is a founding member of the legendary Canebrake Rattlers, a NYC-based stringband known for their authentic “78 rpm” sound. He has an acclaimed old-time CD “Been on the Job Too Long” recorded with Dave Rice and Joe LaRose as "The Cuyahogians". Between them, Paula and Bill have performed at many festivals including the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Alaska Folk Festival, the Wheatland Music Festival, MN OT and Bluegrass Festival, Bluff Country Gathering, Pinewoods Folk Music Week, Hillbilly Days in Pikeville, KY, and the Hudson Clearwater Revival. Additionally, they are sought-after traditional music teachers and have been staff instructors at Augusta (Elkins, WV) and Swannanoa (Asheville, NC) Old-Time Weeks, Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp, Bluff Country Gathering and the Maryland Banjo Academy.
A talented, multi-instrumentalist and singer, George Wilson's repertoire samples a wide variety of traditional and folk styles. As a fiddler, he has over 500 tunes for dancing and listening — tunes from New England, Quebec, Cape Breton, Scotland, Ireland and Shetland. His dynamic fiddling, strongly influenced by Cape Breton and French Canadian styles, has been popular with contra dancers and concert-goers since the late 1970s. Along with fiddling, George explores some of the roots of contemporary folk music by "visiting" some personalities of the past. Accompanying himself on the 5-string banjo, he sings songs of Uncle Dave Macon (of early Grand Ole Opry fame). He brings this colorful character to life through songs, stories and close representation of Uncle Dave's energetic banjo styles and antics. Another character George visits in concert is Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly), the source of some of America's best-loved folk songs. Leadbelly's gutsy, bluesy songs are accompanied by accurate re-creations of the guitar style of this African-American songster and "King of the 12-string guitar."
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, a 501(c)(3) public charity organization, is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $20 at the door. $18 tickets can be purchased in advance at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3390827 or reserved on the TCCC website at www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html or by phone at (845) 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
The Sacred Run
April 20th, at 7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
The evening will honor Dennis Banks (April 12, 1937 – October 29, 2017), who with First Nation people from North America and Japan, were joined by volunteers from thirteen countries on a ceremonial run finishing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This remarkable physical and spiritual journey of a diverse group of all ages voyaging 4,000 km along the Sea of Japan, carried the simple message, that All Life is Sacred. Banks was an Anishinaabe Native American activist, teacher, and author and a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in 1968 to ensure and protect the civil rights of Native Americans living in urban areas.
Native wisdom is woven with Japanese traditions in the film, which is a stunning and inspirational portrait of individuals committed to promoting peace, respect for the earth and all life, and to sharing the rich cultural diversity of the human race. A lyrical film, it reveals that the transformation of the individual ripples out to infuse the world with more consciousness. The evening’s program will incorporate an opening blessing by Donna Coane, Native American drummer and member of the Schaghticoke First Nation. After the film showing there will be a Q& A and Circle ceremony to share prayers and gratitude. Refreshments will be served.
"The Sacred Run, the lotus and the feather" is one of most inspiring, powerful, awesome depictions of a sacred journey of hope, love and beauty. - Pamela Rickenbach, Founder of Blue Star Equiculture
"Not only is SACRED RUN a film that teaches and entertains, it is also a movie that takes you on a most inspiring physical adventure and then launches you out of the theatre or off the couch convinced that you can save the planet." - Ezra Soiferman, Filmmaker, Montreal, Quebec.
“The essence of filmmaking is to teach and to share. The Sacred Run by Andrea Sadler teaches us about love and shares with us a sense of hope. I can offer no higher praise.” - Murray Jurak, First Nations Filmmaker, Edmonton, Alberta
April 20th, at 7:00 pm
$10 suggested donation
The evening will honor Dennis Banks (April 12, 1937 – October 29, 2017), who with First Nation people from North America and Japan, were joined by volunteers from thirteen countries on a ceremonial run finishing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This remarkable physical and spiritual journey of a diverse group of all ages voyaging 4,000 km along the Sea of Japan, carried the simple message, that All Life is Sacred. Banks was an Anishinaabe Native American activist, teacher, and author and a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in 1968 to ensure and protect the civil rights of Native Americans living in urban areas.
Native wisdom is woven with Japanese traditions in the film, which is a stunning and inspirational portrait of individuals committed to promoting peace, respect for the earth and all life, and to sharing the rich cultural diversity of the human race. A lyrical film, it reveals that the transformation of the individual ripples out to infuse the world with more consciousness. The evening’s program will incorporate an opening blessing by Donna Coane, Native American drummer and member of the Schaghticoke First Nation. After the film showing there will be a Q& A and Circle ceremony to share prayers and gratitude. Refreshments will be served.
"The Sacred Run, the lotus and the feather" is one of most inspiring, powerful, awesome depictions of a sacred journey of hope, love and beauty. - Pamela Rickenbach, Founder of Blue Star Equiculture
"Not only is SACRED RUN a film that teaches and entertains, it is also a movie that takes you on a most inspiring physical adventure and then launches you out of the theatre or off the couch convinced that you can save the planet." - Ezra Soiferman, Filmmaker, Montreal, Quebec.
“The essence of filmmaking is to teach and to share. The Sacred Run by Andrea Sadler teaches us about love and shares with us a sense of hope. I can offer no higher praise.” - Murray Jurak, First Nations Filmmaker, Edmonton, Alberta
3 Ravens
Saturday, April 14th at 7:30 pm
$18 advance tickets, $20 at the door
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center presents 3 Ravens in an evening of originals, instrumentals, and traditional songs, with Donna Hébert on the fiddle, Lui Collins on the piano, banjo and ukulele, and Max Cohen on the guitar; three strong voices blending harmonies and conversing fluently with one another.
Folk singer/songwriter Lui Collins has been on the scene for over 40 years, earning international acclaim for her music. With sixteen recordings to her credit, she’s shared a stage with Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Van Ronk, Stan Rogers, John Gorka, and Anais Mitchell. Lui has been hailed by the Boston Herald as a “folksinger for our times.” Dave van Ronk called her “one of the best guitarist-arrangers I have heard in years.”
Donna Hébert is a cultural treasure. She’s an Artist’s Fellow in the Folk Arts with two original songs on Smithsonian anthologies and eight appointments as a master fiddler in the National Endowment’s Master-Apprenticeship program.
A highly accomplished guitarist, Max Cohen balances tremendous sensitivity with driving rhythmic power. Max and Donna also are a fiddle-guitar duo, and they record and perform with the Celtic group, Mist Covered Mountains.
Even after the last note has rung, expect to feel a warm glow deep down in your soul that sustains like a grand piano.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $18 for tickets that may be purchased in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com or $20 at the door. You can reserve $20 tickets on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Saturday, April 14th at 7:30 pm
$18 advance tickets, $20 at the door
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center presents 3 Ravens in an evening of originals, instrumentals, and traditional songs, with Donna Hébert on the fiddle, Lui Collins on the piano, banjo and ukulele, and Max Cohen on the guitar; three strong voices blending harmonies and conversing fluently with one another.
Folk singer/songwriter Lui Collins has been on the scene for over 40 years, earning international acclaim for her music. With sixteen recordings to her credit, she’s shared a stage with Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Van Ronk, Stan Rogers, John Gorka, and Anais Mitchell. Lui has been hailed by the Boston Herald as a “folksinger for our times.” Dave van Ronk called her “one of the best guitarist-arrangers I have heard in years.”
Donna Hébert is a cultural treasure. She’s an Artist’s Fellow in the Folk Arts with two original songs on Smithsonian anthologies and eight appointments as a master fiddler in the National Endowment’s Master-Apprenticeship program.
A highly accomplished guitarist, Max Cohen balances tremendous sensitivity with driving rhythmic power. Max and Donna also are a fiddle-guitar duo, and they record and perform with the Celtic group, Mist Covered Mountains.
Even after the last note has rung, expect to feel a warm glow deep down in your soul that sustains like a grand piano.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $18 for tickets that may be purchased in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com or $20 at the door. You can reserve $20 tickets on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Putnam Valley Community Read
Sunday, April 8th, 11am - Group discussion at TCCC
Get your book now and be ready for these events! For the last six months we have been working with various town leaders on creating a Community Read event for Putnam Valley. We have chosen the book, A Man Called Ove, by the Swedish author Fredrik Backman. It made us both laugh and cry at the same time. We believe it will have broad appeal and create discussions that highlight important themes that speak to our lives, such has:
Judging one another
Caring for our neighbors
Finding the best version of ourselves
Above is the flyer with all the information, including times and dates of book discussions throughout Putnam Valley. The library has copies of the book, or you can buy your own copy. We hope you will join us or attend an event at another venue in town.
A Community Read is a great opportunity to get to know neighbors through sharing thoughts, feelings and ideas on the same subject.
Sunday, April 8th, 11am - Group discussion at TCCC
Get your book now and be ready for these events! For the last six months we have been working with various town leaders on creating a Community Read event for Putnam Valley. We have chosen the book, A Man Called Ove, by the Swedish author Fredrik Backman. It made us both laugh and cry at the same time. We believe it will have broad appeal and create discussions that highlight important themes that speak to our lives, such has:
Judging one another
Caring for our neighbors
Finding the best version of ourselves
Above is the flyer with all the information, including times and dates of book discussions throughout Putnam Valley. The library has copies of the book, or you can buy your own copy. We hope you will join us or attend an event at another venue in town.
A Community Read is a great opportunity to get to know neighbors through sharing thoughts, feelings and ideas on the same subject.
Love Letters
Saturday, April 7th at 7:30 pm
Free
Celebrating its third birthday, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present A.R. Gurney’s play, “Love Letters” with Brian Keeler and Peggity Price, directed by Joseph Capone, on Saturday, April 7th at 7:30 pm.
The reading will be free to the public, with donations going to support continuing upgrades to the historic site on Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Since purchasing the property in 2015, the not-for-profit organization has completed a new accessible bathroom and a reconstruction of the stage in the performance room. Funds are being raised now to improve the reception room which will be known as the Maaike Hoekstra Gallery, in honor of TCCC’s co-founder and first president, who passed on in February.
Brian Keeler has appeared in plays around the country and around the world. His credits include world premieres of plays in New York, Denver, Louisville, Cleveland and Los Angeles. With his wife, Peggity Price, he has also toured in Poland and Australia. He has worked on projects with Lynn Redgrave, Denzel Washington, Chris Cooper and Tim Busfield. On his mother’s side, Brian is a direct descendant of Daniel Tompkins, NYS Governor in the early 1800’s, and is related to the Tompkins family who founded Tompkins Corners. Many of his relatives are buried just down the road from the Tompkins Corners Church.
Peggity Price has worked extensively in television and stage both on and off Broadway and in the regions for over 35 years, including performances with her husband, Brian Keeler, in Australia and Poland. In 2008, she partnered with Lora Lee Ecobelli as co-founder and artistic director of the Blue Horse Repertory Company, which is a professional performance and teaching theatre company, now popular up and down the mid-Hudson Valley.
Joseph Capone is the Co-Artistic Director of the American Renaissance Theatre Company in NYC. As Artistic Director of Classics@The Point Theatre Ensemble in Catskill, NY, he has directed productions of Blithe Spirit, Amadeus, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Our Town, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, and Three Sisters. Joseph wrote, directed, and acted in Thomas, a play about Thomas Cole, which was produced twice, commissioned and presented by Columbia-Greene Community College as was his play, Sebal’s Star, about Sybil Ludington, Putnam’s own Paul Revere. Joseph is in the process of directing a solo show, Between Us - The Secret Life of Edith Wharton, at Shetler Studio's Theatre 54, New York City.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, in Putnam Valley. Reservations for the free performance can be made on the TCCC website at www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html and by phone at (845) 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Saturday, April 7th at 7:30 pm
Free
Celebrating its third birthday, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present A.R. Gurney’s play, “Love Letters” with Brian Keeler and Peggity Price, directed by Joseph Capone, on Saturday, April 7th at 7:30 pm.
The reading will be free to the public, with donations going to support continuing upgrades to the historic site on Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Since purchasing the property in 2015, the not-for-profit organization has completed a new accessible bathroom and a reconstruction of the stage in the performance room. Funds are being raised now to improve the reception room which will be known as the Maaike Hoekstra Gallery, in honor of TCCC’s co-founder and first president, who passed on in February.
Brian Keeler has appeared in plays around the country and around the world. His credits include world premieres of plays in New York, Denver, Louisville, Cleveland and Los Angeles. With his wife, Peggity Price, he has also toured in Poland and Australia. He has worked on projects with Lynn Redgrave, Denzel Washington, Chris Cooper and Tim Busfield. On his mother’s side, Brian is a direct descendant of Daniel Tompkins, NYS Governor in the early 1800’s, and is related to the Tompkins family who founded Tompkins Corners. Many of his relatives are buried just down the road from the Tompkins Corners Church.
Peggity Price has worked extensively in television and stage both on and off Broadway and in the regions for over 35 years, including performances with her husband, Brian Keeler, in Australia and Poland. In 2008, she partnered with Lora Lee Ecobelli as co-founder and artistic director of the Blue Horse Repertory Company, which is a professional performance and teaching theatre company, now popular up and down the mid-Hudson Valley.
Joseph Capone is the Co-Artistic Director of the American Renaissance Theatre Company in NYC. As Artistic Director of Classics@The Point Theatre Ensemble in Catskill, NY, he has directed productions of Blithe Spirit, Amadeus, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Our Town, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard, and Three Sisters. Joseph wrote, directed, and acted in Thomas, a play about Thomas Cole, which was produced twice, commissioned and presented by Columbia-Greene Community College as was his play, Sebal’s Star, about Sybil Ludington, Putnam’s own Paul Revere. Joseph is in the process of directing a solo show, Between Us - The Secret Life of Edith Wharton, at Shetler Studio's Theatre 54, New York City.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, in Putnam Valley. Reservations for the free performance can be made on the TCCC website at www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html and by phone at (845) 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Echoes of Erin
March 17th, at 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, in Putnam Valley, N.Y., will present “Echoes of Erin,” a celebration of the music that has sustained waves of Irish emigrants on their journey to this “Isle of Hope,” the title of one of the songs from the show.
The strong narrative character of the Irish song tradition provides stirring insight into the soul of every emigrant: what it means to leave behind everything one knows and loves, perhaps forever. These songs, which saw the Irish through the hard times of “No Irish Wanted Here,” the subject of another song from the show, live on in the revered tradition of the “party piece” every Irish child learns as soon as he or she can speak.
Telling the story with their own party pieces—songs and stories, jigs and reels—are Judy Allen, Patrick Cummings, Janice Hardgrove and Timothy E. Pitt (A Simple Heart), Neil Hickey, Kate O’Connor and Jan Hoekstra, Joe Mahon, Pallas Athene Scott, and Linda Megale Thornton.
The show starts at 7:30. Refreshments will be available. Come early—don't miss a beat!
March 17th, at 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, in Putnam Valley, N.Y., will present “Echoes of Erin,” a celebration of the music that has sustained waves of Irish emigrants on their journey to this “Isle of Hope,” the title of one of the songs from the show.
The strong narrative character of the Irish song tradition provides stirring insight into the soul of every emigrant: what it means to leave behind everything one knows and loves, perhaps forever. These songs, which saw the Irish through the hard times of “No Irish Wanted Here,” the subject of another song from the show, live on in the revered tradition of the “party piece” every Irish child learns as soon as he or she can speak.
Telling the story with their own party pieces—songs and stories, jigs and reels—are Judy Allen, Patrick Cummings, Janice Hardgrove and Timothy E. Pitt (A Simple Heart), Neil Hickey, Kate O’Connor and Jan Hoekstra, Joe Mahon, Pallas Athene Scott, and Linda Megale Thornton.
The show starts at 7:30. Refreshments will be available. Come early—don't miss a beat!
CANCELLED
Evie Ladin and Keith Terry
March 3rd, at 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Innovative musicians/dancers with a quirky neo-trad soul, Oakland, California-based Evie Ladin & Keith Terry throw down original folk songs and deep interpretations of old songs, with the kinetic thrill of percussive dance. Appalachian string band music pared to the absolute minimum of accompaniment, but packed with an orchestra's worth of rhythm.
- Music City Roots, Nashville
As Evie wrote to us last fall,
"I’m excited for the opportunity to come back to Putnam Valley, as that’s where I spent all the summers of my teen years and I’ve not had the opportunity to return. Taking a look at your site, I have to mention, it was John Cohen who first got me playing banjo when I was a child, and I grew up going to Jay & Molly’s Ashokan camp!"
We're thrilled that Evie Ladin is coming home to Putnam Valley for this event to perform with Keith Terry in our acoustically-friendly historic church.
A prolific singer-songwriter, dancer and square dance caller, the polyrhythmic heat of Evie Ladin's clawhammer banjo has been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Celtic Connections, Lincoln Center to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. "She can write, she can sing, and she pulls back from the saccharine brink with wit - a sharp intelligence." --Grant Alden, No Depression
Keith Terry (bass, percussion, body music, vocals) is a renowned percussionist/rhythm dancer, and the founder of the International Body Music Festival. A pioneer in contemporary Body Music, Keith produces large-scale intercultural collaborations and educational outreach. Keith brings a cinematic ear to playing bass as tonal percussion, with bells, box, body and toys.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $15 for tickets that may be purchased in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com or reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Evie Ladin and Keith Terry
March 3rd, at 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Innovative musicians/dancers with a quirky neo-trad soul, Oakland, California-based Evie Ladin & Keith Terry throw down original folk songs and deep interpretations of old songs, with the kinetic thrill of percussive dance. Appalachian string band music pared to the absolute minimum of accompaniment, but packed with an orchestra's worth of rhythm.
- Music City Roots, Nashville
As Evie wrote to us last fall,
"I’m excited for the opportunity to come back to Putnam Valley, as that’s where I spent all the summers of my teen years and I’ve not had the opportunity to return. Taking a look at your site, I have to mention, it was John Cohen who first got me playing banjo when I was a child, and I grew up going to Jay & Molly’s Ashokan camp!"
We're thrilled that Evie Ladin is coming home to Putnam Valley for this event to perform with Keith Terry in our acoustically-friendly historic church.
A prolific singer-songwriter, dancer and square dance caller, the polyrhythmic heat of Evie Ladin's clawhammer banjo has been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Celtic Connections, Lincoln Center to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. "She can write, she can sing, and she pulls back from the saccharine brink with wit - a sharp intelligence." --Grant Alden, No Depression
Keith Terry (bass, percussion, body music, vocals) is a renowned percussionist/rhythm dancer, and the founder of the International Body Music Festival. A pioneer in contemporary Body Music, Keith produces large-scale intercultural collaborations and educational outreach. Keith brings a cinematic ear to playing bass as tonal percussion, with bells, box, body and toys.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $15 for tickets that may be purchased in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com or reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Harvest Festival
POSTPONED - Please check back for our rescheduled date
$10 Suggested Donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present our Third Annual Harvest Fest…but, with a twist—of the shillelagh!
This year we will celebrate the origins of Halloween by featuring the music of the Celtic New Year, Samhain (pronounced Savhan). In the former historic Tompkins Corners Methodist Church, multi award-winning TCCC will present Celtic musicians known throughout the New York area for their sessiun where they gather as a group every Thursday after the full moon at Peekskill’s Quiet Man pub. There, in authentic Irish music sessiun tradition, the musicians take turns playing, as the spirit moves them. Many area residents will recall a similar event, which took place for decades at the beloved Guinan’s Pub in Garrison. On Sunday, October 29, these musicians will re-create their sessiun at Tompkins Corners, joined by other area players.
In pre-Christian times, Samhain was celebrated at the end of October by Celts in Ireland, Scotland, Britain and parts of Europe to mark the end of Summer and the beginning of Winter—the passing from the light into the darkness. The association of Samhain with ghosts was the result of the rituals that honored the dead at this time—welcoming as well as fearing their return. Many of these Celtic New Year traditions, which were brought to America by Irish immigrants in the 1840’s, gradually morphed into what we now celebrate as Halloween.
Other local artists, familiar favorites of TCCC audiences, will also be performing in this venue where the acoustics have become legendary. In keeping with our Harvest Fest tradition, all performers are donating their time and talent in a musical expression of gratitude for the year we have shared thanks to the generosity of our patrons and audience.
There will be a 50-50 Raffle….and you don’t need the Luck of the Irish to win!
Seasonal and traditional holiday refreshments will be available. Druid dress is optional! A donation of $10 is suggested. For reservations, go towww.tompkinscorners.org/reservattions.html or email info@tompkinscorners.orgor call 845 528-7280.
POSTPONED - Please check back for our rescheduled date
$10 Suggested Donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present our Third Annual Harvest Fest…but, with a twist—of the shillelagh!
This year we will celebrate the origins of Halloween by featuring the music of the Celtic New Year, Samhain (pronounced Savhan). In the former historic Tompkins Corners Methodist Church, multi award-winning TCCC will present Celtic musicians known throughout the New York area for their sessiun where they gather as a group every Thursday after the full moon at Peekskill’s Quiet Man pub. There, in authentic Irish music sessiun tradition, the musicians take turns playing, as the spirit moves them. Many area residents will recall a similar event, which took place for decades at the beloved Guinan’s Pub in Garrison. On Sunday, October 29, these musicians will re-create their sessiun at Tompkins Corners, joined by other area players.
In pre-Christian times, Samhain was celebrated at the end of October by Celts in Ireland, Scotland, Britain and parts of Europe to mark the end of Summer and the beginning of Winter—the passing from the light into the darkness. The association of Samhain with ghosts was the result of the rituals that honored the dead at this time—welcoming as well as fearing their return. Many of these Celtic New Year traditions, which were brought to America by Irish immigrants in the 1840’s, gradually morphed into what we now celebrate as Halloween.
Other local artists, familiar favorites of TCCC audiences, will also be performing in this venue where the acoustics have become legendary. In keeping with our Harvest Fest tradition, all performers are donating their time and talent in a musical expression of gratitude for the year we have shared thanks to the generosity of our patrons and audience.
There will be a 50-50 Raffle….and you don’t need the Luck of the Irish to win!
Seasonal and traditional holiday refreshments will be available. Druid dress is optional! A donation of $10 is suggested. For reservations, go towww.tompkinscorners.org/reservattions.html or email info@tompkinscorners.orgor call 845 528-7280.
Cedric Watson
Saturday, November 11
Cedric will conduct a Creole/ Cajun Fiddle workshop from 3:30pm to 5pm for beginner and intermediate players.
Then Cedric will perform a Concert at 7:30pm
Fee for workshop will be $20 and we will have refreshments for attendees
Concert admission is $15
We will have informal Jam session at completion of concert which should be very special.
One of the brightest young talents to emerge in Cajun, Creole and Zydeco (Louisiana French) music over the last decade, Cedric Watson is a four-time Grammy-nominated fiddler, singer, accordionist & songwriter with seemingly unlimited potential.
Originally from San Felipe, TX (population 868), Cedric made his first appearance at the age of 19 at the Zydeco Jam at The Big Easy in Houston, TX. Just two years later, he moved to south Louisiana, quickly immersing himself in French music and language. Over the next several years, Cedric performed French music in 17 countries and on 7 full-length albums with various groups, including the Pine Leaf Boys, Corey Ledet, Les Amis Creole with Ed Poullard and J.B. Adams, and with his own group, Bijou Creole.
Quotes:
"I'm sure Canray [Fontenot] is smiling (with his wonderful wall-to-wall smile) down on Cedric whenever he picks up a fiddle."
- Jeanie McLerie | The Old-Time Herald, Chapel Hill, NC
"Few recordings in the Cajun and Creole fiefdom have ever run the gamut quite like this..."
- Dan Willgng | Offbeat Magazine, New Orleans, LA
"Fiddler Cedric Watson moves like a star and gets the girls screaming"
- Songlines | London, UK
"An aggressive and gifted reanimator of Louisiana Creole music"
- New York Times | New York City, NY
For more information about Cedric, please visit his website at Cedricwatson.com
Saturday, November 11
Cedric will conduct a Creole/ Cajun Fiddle workshop from 3:30pm to 5pm for beginner and intermediate players.
Then Cedric will perform a Concert at 7:30pm
Fee for workshop will be $20 and we will have refreshments for attendees
Concert admission is $15
We will have informal Jam session at completion of concert which should be very special.
One of the brightest young talents to emerge in Cajun, Creole and Zydeco (Louisiana French) music over the last decade, Cedric Watson is a four-time Grammy-nominated fiddler, singer, accordionist & songwriter with seemingly unlimited potential.
Originally from San Felipe, TX (population 868), Cedric made his first appearance at the age of 19 at the Zydeco Jam at The Big Easy in Houston, TX. Just two years later, he moved to south Louisiana, quickly immersing himself in French music and language. Over the next several years, Cedric performed French music in 17 countries and on 7 full-length albums with various groups, including the Pine Leaf Boys, Corey Ledet, Les Amis Creole with Ed Poullard and J.B. Adams, and with his own group, Bijou Creole.
Quotes:
"I'm sure Canray [Fontenot] is smiling (with his wonderful wall-to-wall smile) down on Cedric whenever he picks up a fiddle."
- Jeanie McLerie | The Old-Time Herald, Chapel Hill, NC
"Few recordings in the Cajun and Creole fiefdom have ever run the gamut quite like this..."
- Dan Willgng | Offbeat Magazine, New Orleans, LA
"Fiddler Cedric Watson moves like a star and gets the girls screaming"
- Songlines | London, UK
"An aggressive and gifted reanimator of Louisiana Creole music"
- New York Times | New York City, NY
For more information about Cedric, please visit his website at Cedricwatson.com
Sloan Wainwright with Guest Kathleen Pemble
Saturday, Nov. 4th - 7:30 pm
$20 Suggested Donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center proudly presents Singer/Songwriter Sloan Wainwright and Special Guests in a unique evening of musical entertainment.
Defying standard categorization, Sloan consistently demonstrates her easy command of a variety of American musical styles — pop, folk, jazz and blues — held together by the melodious tone of her rich contralto, with the end result being a unique and soulful hybrid.
Her family tree (brother and folk-music luminary Loudon Wainwright, nephew Rufus Wainwright, nieces Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche) reads like a who’s who of contemporary folk music. Sloan’s incredible gift is not only her unique songwriting ability but also her dramatically voiced rendition of original songs. She’s folk influenced, but the real star here is her voice. Warm and smoky and smooth, it makes her earthy, ominous lyrics seem all the more intense.
With a solid and impressive discography of 10 original CD releases to her credit, Sloan continues to write, sing and perform live and has won two songwriting awards at the annual EmPower Posi Music Awards. In addition, Sloan has written numerous musical compositions for theater and dance and teaches at many of the best-known master songwriter series and workshops. Sloan’s open spirit and first-hand experience is welcome –year after year– in the musical classrooms of such prestigious song camps as Richard Thompson’s Frets and Refrains, The Swannanoa Gathering, SummerSongs, WUMB Radio’s Summer Acoustic Music Week (SAMW), Winter Acoustic Music Weekend (WAMW), Moab Folk Camp, Cape Cod Songwriting Retreat and emPower Music & Arts Totally Cool Song School.
Sloan is a beloved part of several music communities, including: SummerSongs — annual creative songwriting retreats founded by Penny Nichols in 1999; Empower Music & Arts — a community dedicated to creating positive global change through music.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $20. Prepaid tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3101787 or make reservations on our website at www.tompkinscorneers.org/reservations.html or email info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280 for more information.
Saturday, Nov. 4th - 7:30 pm
$20 Suggested Donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center proudly presents Singer/Songwriter Sloan Wainwright and Special Guests in a unique evening of musical entertainment.
Defying standard categorization, Sloan consistently demonstrates her easy command of a variety of American musical styles — pop, folk, jazz and blues — held together by the melodious tone of her rich contralto, with the end result being a unique and soulful hybrid.
Her family tree (brother and folk-music luminary Loudon Wainwright, nephew Rufus Wainwright, nieces Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche) reads like a who’s who of contemporary folk music. Sloan’s incredible gift is not only her unique songwriting ability but also her dramatically voiced rendition of original songs. She’s folk influenced, but the real star here is her voice. Warm and smoky and smooth, it makes her earthy, ominous lyrics seem all the more intense.
With a solid and impressive discography of 10 original CD releases to her credit, Sloan continues to write, sing and perform live and has won two songwriting awards at the annual EmPower Posi Music Awards. In addition, Sloan has written numerous musical compositions for theater and dance and teaches at many of the best-known master songwriter series and workshops. Sloan’s open spirit and first-hand experience is welcome –year after year– in the musical classrooms of such prestigious song camps as Richard Thompson’s Frets and Refrains, The Swannanoa Gathering, SummerSongs, WUMB Radio’s Summer Acoustic Music Week (SAMW), Winter Acoustic Music Weekend (WAMW), Moab Folk Camp, Cape Cod Songwriting Retreat and emPower Music & Arts Totally Cool Song School.
Sloan is a beloved part of several music communities, including: SummerSongs — annual creative songwriting retreats founded by Penny Nichols in 1999; Empower Music & Arts — a community dedicated to creating positive global change through music.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $20. Prepaid tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3101787 or make reservations on our website at www.tompkinscorneers.org/reservations.html or email info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280 for more information.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - A film by Master Storyteller Johnathan Kruk
Friday, November 3rd - 7 pm
$10 Suggested Donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center proudly presents a Special Preview of the film, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk in a rousing spirited solo performance. After the film there will be a Q & A with the producer/director, Andrea Sadler and Master Storyteller, Jonathan Kruk.
Kruk enlivens Washington Irving’s classic gothic tale with sartorial splendor, and his poetic persona beguiles the audience with a myriad of visages, voices, sounds and gestures. Jim Keyes, the musical director who accompanies Jonathan’s shows at the Old Dutch Church on its replica 17th-century pipe organ, scored the film.
Written in 1819, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow made Irving famous and continues to captivate audiences today. This horror-romance tells of a Yankee schoolmaster infatuated with a Dutch heiress, chased off by a goblin known as the Headless Horseman. True to the author’s original tale, the performance delivers drama, mystery and wit.
The author of Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley, Jonathan is renowned for dramatically retelling The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, countless times since 1996, selling out every October weekend for Historic Hudson Valley with his annual signature show. Kruk is also acclaimed for his solo show of A Christmas Carol. With more than 500 shows a year, he regales all with programs such as Medieval Manors & Manners, Finger Fables, Mythology, Story Theater, Shakespeare is Elementary and Hudson River Lore to schools, libraries, historic sites and festivals. Jonathan Kruk has been featured on ABC Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning News and History Channel. He has previously appeared at Tompkins Corners in both The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and A Christmas Carol.
Filmed in Sleepy Hollow’s 1685 Old Dutch Church, the actual setting of Irving’s Legend, this iconic church is the oldest religious building in New York and one of the longest continuously active congregations in North America. Nestled between the Sleepy Hollow cemetery, where Washington Irving rests, and the bridge of the Headless Horseman’s ride, the location provides a palpable ghostly presence.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow will be the first film to be shown at Tompkins Corners since the organization was awarded funding by the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley to purchase a new screen and projector. The evening’s program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Program, with public funds provided through the NY State Council on the Arts with support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature and with funds from Putnam County.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road. Admission is a $10 suggested donation; prepaid tickets are available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3118211. For more information, see www.tompkinscorners.org or email info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280.
Friday, November 3rd - 7 pm
$10 Suggested Donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center proudly presents a Special Preview of the film, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk in a rousing spirited solo performance. After the film there will be a Q & A with the producer/director, Andrea Sadler and Master Storyteller, Jonathan Kruk.
Kruk enlivens Washington Irving’s classic gothic tale with sartorial splendor, and his poetic persona beguiles the audience with a myriad of visages, voices, sounds and gestures. Jim Keyes, the musical director who accompanies Jonathan’s shows at the Old Dutch Church on its replica 17th-century pipe organ, scored the film.
Written in 1819, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow made Irving famous and continues to captivate audiences today. This horror-romance tells of a Yankee schoolmaster infatuated with a Dutch heiress, chased off by a goblin known as the Headless Horseman. True to the author’s original tale, the performance delivers drama, mystery and wit.
The author of Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley, Jonathan is renowned for dramatically retelling The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, countless times since 1996, selling out every October weekend for Historic Hudson Valley with his annual signature show. Kruk is also acclaimed for his solo show of A Christmas Carol. With more than 500 shows a year, he regales all with programs such as Medieval Manors & Manners, Finger Fables, Mythology, Story Theater, Shakespeare is Elementary and Hudson River Lore to schools, libraries, historic sites and festivals. Jonathan Kruk has been featured on ABC Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning News and History Channel. He has previously appeared at Tompkins Corners in both The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and A Christmas Carol.
Filmed in Sleepy Hollow’s 1685 Old Dutch Church, the actual setting of Irving’s Legend, this iconic church is the oldest religious building in New York and one of the longest continuously active congregations in North America. Nestled between the Sleepy Hollow cemetery, where Washington Irving rests, and the bridge of the Headless Horseman’s ride, the location provides a palpable ghostly presence.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow will be the first film to be shown at Tompkins Corners since the organization was awarded funding by the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley to purchase a new screen and projector. The evening’s program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Program, with public funds provided through the NY State Council on the Arts with support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature and with funds from Putnam County.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road. Admission is a $10 suggested donation; prepaid tickets are available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3118211. For more information, see www.tompkinscorners.org or email info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280.
“Honorando Los Laboradores” - Latino Music Festival
Sunday, October 8th, from 3 to 6 pm
$10 suggested donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center (TCCC) announces its second Latino music event honoring the laborers of the Hudson Valley - a concert with traditional music groups from Ecuador, Nicaragua, Mexico, and more... representing the rich cultures of the Latino population who works and lives in Putnam County, NY.
Essential in the fabric of our community and economy, Latin music is the soundtrack of laborers as they go about their work and as they perform for local social events. It is an integral part of the musical culture of the Hudson Valley, vibrantly present, but seldom heard by many residents. It is the spirited music of hard working people. These musicians usually perform at house parties and local cultural celebrations - coming together at Tompkins Corners for an opportunity to share their music with the Putnam community.
The musical groups singing and performing on October 8th include:
Juan Basilio Sanchez, music from Nicaragua, coming to us from Hudson, New York;
Cesar Vele and his group, Sentimiento, performing a range of popular Ecuadorian music who come to us from Peekskill;
Miguel Angel and his son Cosobi performing Mexican music from Oaxaca, coming to us from Stanford, Connecticut.
The local Latino musicians performing in "Honorando Los Laboradores" are excited to share their music at Tompkins Corners.
The planning for this event has been done in consultation with the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) Folk Arts program, ethnomusicologist Tom Van Buren (Arts Westchester and community advisor) and our friends Norma Periera and Wilfredo Morel from Brewster and Peekskill respectively .This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is supported with public funds through the New York State Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. This is a rain-or-shine event, and if the weather is nice, please bring lawn chairs for outdoor seating. Suggested donation is $10 for tickets that may be purchased at the door or reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Sunday, October 8th, from 3 to 6 pm
$10 suggested donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center (TCCC) announces its second Latino music event honoring the laborers of the Hudson Valley - a concert with traditional music groups from Ecuador, Nicaragua, Mexico, and more... representing the rich cultures of the Latino population who works and lives in Putnam County, NY.
Essential in the fabric of our community and economy, Latin music is the soundtrack of laborers as they go about their work and as they perform for local social events. It is an integral part of the musical culture of the Hudson Valley, vibrantly present, but seldom heard by many residents. It is the spirited music of hard working people. These musicians usually perform at house parties and local cultural celebrations - coming together at Tompkins Corners for an opportunity to share their music with the Putnam community.
The musical groups singing and performing on October 8th include:
Juan Basilio Sanchez, music from Nicaragua, coming to us from Hudson, New York;
Cesar Vele and his group, Sentimiento, performing a range of popular Ecuadorian music who come to us from Peekskill;
Miguel Angel and his son Cosobi performing Mexican music from Oaxaca, coming to us from Stanford, Connecticut.
The local Latino musicians performing in "Honorando Los Laboradores" are excited to share their music at Tompkins Corners.
The planning for this event has been done in consultation with the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) Folk Arts program, ethnomusicologist Tom Van Buren (Arts Westchester and community advisor) and our friends Norma Periera and Wilfredo Morel from Brewster and Peekskill respectively .This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is supported with public funds through the New York State Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. This is a rain-or-shine event, and if the weather is nice, please bring lawn chairs for outdoor seating. Suggested donation is $10 for tickets that may be purchased at the door or reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Four O'Clock Flowers
Saturday, September 30 - 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Four O'Clock Flowers—Samoa Wilson & Ernie Vega—are up to their necks in folk, gospel, country, blues, and jazz. Ernie is a master of many guitar sounds from Leadbelly to Charlie Patton. He performs the nuances that define the style. Samoa has caught the spirit of early blues singing, and makes the songs as alive now as they were then. Samoa keeps the faith with the down-home gospel of Vera Hall as well as the lowdown blues of Bessie Smith. The Flowers’ music offers a pared-down view of the styles still preferred by popular singers today. Many people have commented on the Flowers’ performances at TCCC. They come to us from Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theatre, Newport Folk Festival and Sunny's Bar, and are returning for an extended encore.
They create music from the multicolored blossoms of traditional American music. They are not time travelers; they just sound that way, like visitors from what Greil Marcus calls the old weird America. And like their namesakes, The Four o’clock Flowers illuminate the beauty of the night. Their music entices, intoxicates, maybe even heals us and then, as Willie Blackwell sings in “Four o’clock Flower Blues,” when I think about it in the morning…it makes my heart ache in the afternoon.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $15. Prepaid tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3089419
Saturday, September 30 - 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Four O'Clock Flowers—Samoa Wilson & Ernie Vega—are up to their necks in folk, gospel, country, blues, and jazz. Ernie is a master of many guitar sounds from Leadbelly to Charlie Patton. He performs the nuances that define the style. Samoa has caught the spirit of early blues singing, and makes the songs as alive now as they were then. Samoa keeps the faith with the down-home gospel of Vera Hall as well as the lowdown blues of Bessie Smith. The Flowers’ music offers a pared-down view of the styles still preferred by popular singers today. Many people have commented on the Flowers’ performances at TCCC. They come to us from Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theatre, Newport Folk Festival and Sunny's Bar, and are returning for an extended encore.
They create music from the multicolored blossoms of traditional American music. They are not time travelers; they just sound that way, like visitors from what Greil Marcus calls the old weird America. And like their namesakes, The Four o’clock Flowers illuminate the beauty of the night. Their music entices, intoxicates, maybe even heals us and then, as Willie Blackwell sings in “Four o’clock Flower Blues,” when I think about it in the morning…it makes my heart ache in the afternoon.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is located at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, NY. Suggested donation is $15. Prepaid tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3089419
Go, Granny D!
Monday, September 18 - 7:00 pm
Free Event!
Reservations only
Currently touring nationwide, actress Barbara Bates Smith and musician Jeff Sebens will present "Go, Granny D!” on Monday, September 18, at 7 pm at Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley. Admission is free, with a hat pass for donations, which will benefit the Tompkins Corners Cultural Center and the Beacon Sloop Club.
Touting “You’re never too old to raise a little hell,” the 90-year-old Doris "Granny D" Haddock in 2000 blazed a 3200-mile trail across America for campaign finance reform, precipitating the passage of the McCain-Feingold Act. She continued her bipartisan reform efforts in country wide voter registration drives, issuing her final challenge in 2010 at age 100: "Democracy is a running game. You huddle and you go back in. You keep going."
"This show totally rocks!" said Quaker Pastor Philip Raines of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Blog reviewer Michelle Grasty wrote, "This show will make you laugh and think and beg for more." Sponsor Felecia Shelor said, "A full house of Liberals and Conservatives all loved the play." "This fabulous show based on Granny D's memoirs brings her to life!" proclaimed her press secretary Maude Salinger. From the Daily Kos: "You will laugh and you will cheer," was penned by Palo Alto's Elizabeth Kasensky.
Barbara Bates Smith, noted for her Off-Broadway adaptation and performance of “Ivy Rowe” from Lee Smith’s Fair and Tender Ladies, has toured for twenty-five years with the works of Lee Smith. She has been active in the NAACP's Moral Monday reform movement in North Carolina, even as an arrestee, in the spirit of Granny D's efforts to reclaim our democracy. For a decade, Jeff Sebens has accompanied her shows with a variety of hammered dulcimer, lap dulcimer, guitar, and banjo music. More information is on her website: www.barbarabatessmith.com
The Beacon Sloop Club was founded in 1969 as an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the Hudson River. The organization hosts three annual festivals and operates the sloop Woody Guthrie, which provides free sails on the Hudson River for the public. For more information and to become a member, visit www.beaconsloopclub.org.
Monday, September 18 - 7:00 pm
Free Event!
Reservations only
Currently touring nationwide, actress Barbara Bates Smith and musician Jeff Sebens will present "Go, Granny D!” on Monday, September 18, at 7 pm at Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley. Admission is free, with a hat pass for donations, which will benefit the Tompkins Corners Cultural Center and the Beacon Sloop Club.
Touting “You’re never too old to raise a little hell,” the 90-year-old Doris "Granny D" Haddock in 2000 blazed a 3200-mile trail across America for campaign finance reform, precipitating the passage of the McCain-Feingold Act. She continued her bipartisan reform efforts in country wide voter registration drives, issuing her final challenge in 2010 at age 100: "Democracy is a running game. You huddle and you go back in. You keep going."
"This show totally rocks!" said Quaker Pastor Philip Raines of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Blog reviewer Michelle Grasty wrote, "This show will make you laugh and think and beg for more." Sponsor Felecia Shelor said, "A full house of Liberals and Conservatives all loved the play." "This fabulous show based on Granny D's memoirs brings her to life!" proclaimed her press secretary Maude Salinger. From the Daily Kos: "You will laugh and you will cheer," was penned by Palo Alto's Elizabeth Kasensky.
Barbara Bates Smith, noted for her Off-Broadway adaptation and performance of “Ivy Rowe” from Lee Smith’s Fair and Tender Ladies, has toured for twenty-five years with the works of Lee Smith. She has been active in the NAACP's Moral Monday reform movement in North Carolina, even as an arrestee, in the spirit of Granny D's efforts to reclaim our democracy. For a decade, Jeff Sebens has accompanied her shows with a variety of hammered dulcimer, lap dulcimer, guitar, and banjo music. More information is on her website: www.barbarabatessmith.com
The Beacon Sloop Club was founded in 1969 as an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the Hudson River. The organization hosts three annual festivals and operates the sloop Woody Guthrie, which provides free sails on the Hudson River for the public. For more information and to become a member, visit www.beaconsloopclub.org.
Tim Eriksen Trio
Friday, September 15 - 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Reservations only
The Tim Eriksen trio return to TCCC featuring Sacred Harp Singing and the distinctive musical innovations of the group. The trio includes ballads, Appalachian music, instrumentals and vocals. Their music expands on old traditions and moves them into a contemporary statement.
T-Bone Burnett calls Eriksen “one of the best voices in music.”
Tim Eriksen is a great exponent and teacher of Sacred Harp. He is a musician, musicologist, and professor. He is also a powerful performer, and was leader of the punk/folk band “Cordelia’s Dad.” The band has released nine full-length albums, played The Newport Folk Festival, and toured with notable bands Nirvana, Uncle Tupelo, and Weezer. Tim was a consultant and performer in the film, “Cold Mountain,” and led the film to a great session in rural Alabama whose singers eventually performed at the Grammy awards.
The Tim Eriksen Trio will lead a singing session with students at the Putnam Valley High School during the day and then perform in the evening at TCCC.
A few years earlier Putnam Valley high school students did a program of music from the Civil War, which included Sacred Harp shape-note singing. The students had the actual experience of engaging with early American music.
Sacred Harp Shape Note singing is non-denominational American choral music from the 19th century. This way of singing started in New England and spread through the South. It was communicated through songbooks at community gatherings.
Friday, September 15 - 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Reservations only
The Tim Eriksen trio return to TCCC featuring Sacred Harp Singing and the distinctive musical innovations of the group. The trio includes ballads, Appalachian music, instrumentals and vocals. Their music expands on old traditions and moves them into a contemporary statement.
T-Bone Burnett calls Eriksen “one of the best voices in music.”
Tim Eriksen is a great exponent and teacher of Sacred Harp. He is a musician, musicologist, and professor. He is also a powerful performer, and was leader of the punk/folk band “Cordelia’s Dad.” The band has released nine full-length albums, played The Newport Folk Festival, and toured with notable bands Nirvana, Uncle Tupelo, and Weezer. Tim was a consultant and performer in the film, “Cold Mountain,” and led the film to a great session in rural Alabama whose singers eventually performed at the Grammy awards.
The Tim Eriksen Trio will lead a singing session with students at the Putnam Valley High School during the day and then perform in the evening at TCCC.
A few years earlier Putnam Valley high school students did a program of music from the Civil War, which included Sacred Harp shape-note singing. The students had the actual experience of engaging with early American music.
Sacred Harp Shape Note singing is non-denominational American choral music from the 19th century. This way of singing started in New England and spread through the South. It was communicated through songbooks at community gatherings.
Malachy McCourt Book Launch Benefit
Sunday, August 20, at 6:30 PM
$50 Donation
*SOLD OUT*
Two Putnam County non-profit arts organizations, Arts on the Lake and Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, will host a book launch dinner and entertainment for Malachy McCourt and his latest book, Death Need not be Fatal, published by Center Street Press.
A man of many talents and accomplishments, Malachy has collected honors in every field he entered since emigrating from Ireland to the States in 1952. The recipient of the Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 for his acting as well as writing for the theatre, Malachy is a strong supporter of other aspiring artists in New York City through Irish Writers in America which he founded. In addition to having operated a legendary tavern in New York City which was frequented regularly by celebrities, he has had several best selling books and successful plays, including “A Couple of Blaguards” which he co-wrote with his brother Frank, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning memoir, Angela’s Ashes. Malachy, a long time talk show host who ran as the Green Party candidate for NY governor in 2006, continues to weigh in on politics regularly on talk shows in the NY Metropolitan area, as well as on his current WBAI call-in show.
At his book launch, guests will share in the intimate setting of the Sedgewood Club boathouse some of the best of Malachy McCourt who will give a talk filled with his never failing humor, philosophy and song. Entertainment will be provided by Midhat Serbagi (viola), Pallas Athene (cello) and Buddy Griffin (bass). The cost for the evening is $50, which includes dinner, entertainment and an autographed copy of Malachy’s book. Each couple or household will receive a book.
All proceeds will be shared by Arts on the Lake and Tompkins Corners Cultural Center.
Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner
Early reservations recommended for this popular event.
Tickets are available for purchase through BrownPaperTickets
Sunday, August 20, at 6:30 PM
$50 Donation
*SOLD OUT*
Two Putnam County non-profit arts organizations, Arts on the Lake and Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, will host a book launch dinner and entertainment for Malachy McCourt and his latest book, Death Need not be Fatal, published by Center Street Press.
A man of many talents and accomplishments, Malachy has collected honors in every field he entered since emigrating from Ireland to the States in 1952. The recipient of the Eugene O’Neill Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016 for his acting as well as writing for the theatre, Malachy is a strong supporter of other aspiring artists in New York City through Irish Writers in America which he founded. In addition to having operated a legendary tavern in New York City which was frequented regularly by celebrities, he has had several best selling books and successful plays, including “A Couple of Blaguards” which he co-wrote with his brother Frank, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning memoir, Angela’s Ashes. Malachy, a long time talk show host who ran as the Green Party candidate for NY governor in 2006, continues to weigh in on politics regularly on talk shows in the NY Metropolitan area, as well as on his current WBAI call-in show.
At his book launch, guests will share in the intimate setting of the Sedgewood Club boathouse some of the best of Malachy McCourt who will give a talk filled with his never failing humor, philosophy and song. Entertainment will be provided by Midhat Serbagi (viola), Pallas Athene (cello) and Buddy Griffin (bass). The cost for the evening is $50, which includes dinner, entertainment and an autographed copy of Malachy’s book. Each couple or household will receive a book.
All proceeds will be shared by Arts on the Lake and Tompkins Corners Cultural Center.
Irish Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner
Early reservations recommended for this popular event.
Tickets are available for purchase through BrownPaperTickets
Joyous Klezmer Music with Alicia Svigals and Lauren Brody
Saturday, August 19th at 7:30 p.m.
$15 Suggested Donation
After their sold-out concert last year, Alicia Svigals, the world's leading klezmer fiddler and Putnam Valley neighbor, and accordion wizard Lauren Brody will return to Tompkins Corners on Saturday, August 19th at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature "women's songs" in conjunction with a poster exhibit in the reception room sponsored by the Putnam County League of Women Voters commemorating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in New York State.
Alicia Svigals is a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, whom she co-led for seventeen years, and a long-time resident of Putnam Valley. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, PBS’ “Great Performances,” NPR’s “Prairie Home Companion,” Weekend Edition” and “New Sounds,” and on the soundtrack for “The L-Word.” She has played with and composed for violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, the late poet Allen Ginsburg, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, and many others.
Lauren Brody is a pioneer of the klezmer revival in the United States and a founding member of the groundbreaking band "Kapelye." She has toured extensively, recorded and appeared on film. She plays regularly with musicians in the klezmer world and also has had a similar role in the Balkan music scene in the United States, both as a teacher and performer. Lauren is a Fulbright scholar, and her research has produced groundbreaking reissues of 78 rpm recordings of Bulgarian Folk Music: “Song of the Crooked Dance” (1998, Yazoo Records) and “Outsinging the Nightingale” (2010, JSP Records).
Photos courtesy of Alicia Svigals and Lauren Brody
Saturday, August 19th at 7:30 p.m.
$15 Suggested Donation
After their sold-out concert last year, Alicia Svigals, the world's leading klezmer fiddler and Putnam Valley neighbor, and accordion wizard Lauren Brody will return to Tompkins Corners on Saturday, August 19th at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature "women's songs" in conjunction with a poster exhibit in the reception room sponsored by the Putnam County League of Women Voters commemorating the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in New York State.
Alicia Svigals is a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics, whom she co-led for seventeen years, and a long-time resident of Putnam Valley. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, PBS’ “Great Performances,” NPR’s “Prairie Home Companion,” Weekend Edition” and “New Sounds,” and on the soundtrack for “The L-Word.” She has played with and composed for violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, the late poet Allen Ginsburg, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, and many others.
Lauren Brody is a pioneer of the klezmer revival in the United States and a founding member of the groundbreaking band "Kapelye." She has toured extensively, recorded and appeared on film. She plays regularly with musicians in the klezmer world and also has had a similar role in the Balkan music scene in the United States, both as a teacher and performer. Lauren is a Fulbright scholar, and her research has produced groundbreaking reissues of 78 rpm recordings of Bulgarian Folk Music: “Song of the Crooked Dance” (1998, Yazoo Records) and “Outsinging the Nightingale” (2010, JSP Records).
Photos courtesy of Alicia Svigals and Lauren Brody
“Summer Shorts” - One-Act Play Readings
Friday, August 18th, 7:30 pm
$5 Suggested Donation
On Friday, August 18th at 7:30 pm, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, in association with the Aery Theatre Company, will present an evening of one-act play readings by local playwrights, including Albi Gorn, Julie Heckert, Pat Lennon and Matt Tomasino.
This will be first program in a series of readings at TCCC by Hudson Valley playwrights that is made possible, in part, through the Arts Link of the Putnam Arts Council, with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts with support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
There will be a Q&A discussion and refreshments. Suggested donation is $5 at the door.
The Aery Theatre Company was founded in 2006 by Patrick J. Lennon, Producer, and Richard Edwin Knipe, Artistic Director. Its home is the Depot Theatre in Garrison, NY, where it produces two play festivals each year, the Ariane Festival in the spring and the 20/20 Festival in the fall. It has nurtured the development of many Hudson Valley playwrights and provides a forum for both actors and playwrights to develop their craft.
Friday, August 18th, 7:30 pm
$5 Suggested Donation
On Friday, August 18th at 7:30 pm, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center, in association with the Aery Theatre Company, will present an evening of one-act play readings by local playwrights, including Albi Gorn, Julie Heckert, Pat Lennon and Matt Tomasino.
This will be first program in a series of readings at TCCC by Hudson Valley playwrights that is made possible, in part, through the Arts Link of the Putnam Arts Council, with public funds from the NYS Council on the Arts with support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
There will be a Q&A discussion and refreshments. Suggested donation is $5 at the door.
The Aery Theatre Company was founded in 2006 by Patrick J. Lennon, Producer, and Richard Edwin Knipe, Artistic Director. Its home is the Depot Theatre in Garrison, NY, where it produces two play festivals each year, the Ariane Festival in the spring and the 20/20 Festival in the fall. It has nurtured the development of many Hudson Valley playwrights and provides a forum for both actors and playwrights to develop their craft.
Mississippi Fiddle Tunes with Harry Bolick and Nathan Bontrager
Sunday, August 13th
4-6 pm Concert lecture
6-7 pm Potluck
7:00 pm Jam
$15 Suggested Donation
Harry Bolick performs on fiddle, octave fiddle, guitar and sings. He will be sharing many tunes and songs unheard since they were collected in manuscript form in Mississippi in the 1930s, along with engaging stories of the history of their collection and sources.
Born in Mississippi, now living in New York, Harry Bolick has focused on, performed, recorded, and taught the classic fiddle tunes from Mississippi. The University Press of Mississippi has just published his book, co-authored by Stephen T. Austin, "Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s." The book publishes for the first time, 180 fiddle tunes collected in 1936 by WPA field workers in Mississippi along with our transcriptions of 140 more tunes that were recorded on the subsequent 1939 WPA/Library of Congress field trip. The book also includes a history of the WPA collecting, photos and bios of many of the source musicians. In support of the book, Document Records has just issued a 3 cd set of the compete 1939 Mississippi fiddle and banjo field-recordings.
Special guest Nathan Bontrager will accompany Harry on cello which will make for an interesting mix. In recent times the cello has found a new place in the music world. Playing old-time fiddle tunes, both lead and backup. Nathan has mastered many styles on his cello and his playing is a natural for Mississippi fiddle tunes. Tompkins Corners is thrilled to bring these two masters together for a very special concert.
We will follow the concert with a Potluck dinner and then an Old-time fiddle Jam Session. Bring a dish and your instruments along and join the fun.
Harry's latest recording, his eighth, is "Tunes from the Book", and can be heard at:https://harrybolick.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-from-the-book. He teaches fiddle and mandolin weekly in Garrison, NY, and is traveling in the US doing house concerts, workshops, festivals and presentations to share these unique Mississippi fiddle tunes.
Photo by Pat Schories
Sunday, August 13th
4-6 pm Concert lecture
6-7 pm Potluck
7:00 pm Jam
$15 Suggested Donation
Harry Bolick performs on fiddle, octave fiddle, guitar and sings. He will be sharing many tunes and songs unheard since they were collected in manuscript form in Mississippi in the 1930s, along with engaging stories of the history of their collection and sources.
Born in Mississippi, now living in New York, Harry Bolick has focused on, performed, recorded, and taught the classic fiddle tunes from Mississippi. The University Press of Mississippi has just published his book, co-authored by Stephen T. Austin, "Mississippi Fiddle Tunes and Songs from the 1930s." The book publishes for the first time, 180 fiddle tunes collected in 1936 by WPA field workers in Mississippi along with our transcriptions of 140 more tunes that were recorded on the subsequent 1939 WPA/Library of Congress field trip. The book also includes a history of the WPA collecting, photos and bios of many of the source musicians. In support of the book, Document Records has just issued a 3 cd set of the compete 1939 Mississippi fiddle and banjo field-recordings.
Special guest Nathan Bontrager will accompany Harry on cello which will make for an interesting mix. In recent times the cello has found a new place in the music world. Playing old-time fiddle tunes, both lead and backup. Nathan has mastered many styles on his cello and his playing is a natural for Mississippi fiddle tunes. Tompkins Corners is thrilled to bring these two masters together for a very special concert.
We will follow the concert with a Potluck dinner and then an Old-time fiddle Jam Session. Bring a dish and your instruments along and join the fun.
Harry's latest recording, his eighth, is "Tunes from the Book", and can be heard at:https://harrybolick.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-from-the-book. He teaches fiddle and mandolin weekly in Garrison, NY, and is traveling in the US doing house concerts, workshops, festivals and presentations to share these unique Mississippi fiddle tunes.
Photo by Pat Schories
James Reams and the Barnstormers
Saturday, August 12, 7:30
$15 Suggested Donation
Scheduled between the Wildlife West Music Festival in Albuquerque, NM in July, and the Park Slope Jamboree in Brooklyn, New York in September, James Reams is bringing bluegrass to Putnam Valley with a full band combining traditional bluegrass and the pain of social outcasts. Some of his original songs are "Where No Heart Goes Hungry," "Coal in My Soul," and "Troubled Times." Coming from a family of traditional singers in southeastern Kentucky, James Reams has played both old-time and bluegrass music since he was just a little sprout. In 1982 James arrived at New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal, carrying two cardboard boxes and two pairs of work shoes...looking for a better life. At first, in his scramble to survive, he didn't play much music. But when he did, those who heard his authentic Kentucky mountain sound encouraged him to play more.
In 2005, James Reams & The Barnstormers cut loose with the CD "Troubled Times" which included a feature length documentary of the band entitled "Rollin On." His latest album, Rhyme & Season, has taken the bluegrass world by, well, barn storm! This concept album is a rarity for bluegrass listeners. It celebrates the perpetual pilgrim that lives within all of us with songs about the different journeys that life takes us on. He hopes to raise awareness about the homeless and is donating a portion of that album proceeds to a local charity.
His music features driving rhythm and hard-edged harmonies that take you back to a time before bluegrass was smoothed out for the uninitiated, the ill-prepared or the faint of heart.
Check out their website: http://www.jamesreams.com/
Join us for another intimate, rollicking evening at the historic Tompkins Corners Cultural Center. Come and listen to the musician that Bluegrass Unlimited praised as “There are few vocalists as natural as Reams. He doesn't have to try to sound down-home, he's there at each turn in the song.”
The performance begins at 7:30 and suggested donation is $15.
Tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.
Saturday, August 12, 7:30
$15 Suggested Donation
Scheduled between the Wildlife West Music Festival in Albuquerque, NM in July, and the Park Slope Jamboree in Brooklyn, New York in September, James Reams is bringing bluegrass to Putnam Valley with a full band combining traditional bluegrass and the pain of social outcasts. Some of his original songs are "Where No Heart Goes Hungry," "Coal in My Soul," and "Troubled Times." Coming from a family of traditional singers in southeastern Kentucky, James Reams has played both old-time and bluegrass music since he was just a little sprout. In 1982 James arrived at New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal, carrying two cardboard boxes and two pairs of work shoes...looking for a better life. At first, in his scramble to survive, he didn't play much music. But when he did, those who heard his authentic Kentucky mountain sound encouraged him to play more.
In 2005, James Reams & The Barnstormers cut loose with the CD "Troubled Times" which included a feature length documentary of the band entitled "Rollin On." His latest album, Rhyme & Season, has taken the bluegrass world by, well, barn storm! This concept album is a rarity for bluegrass listeners. It celebrates the perpetual pilgrim that lives within all of us with songs about the different journeys that life takes us on. He hopes to raise awareness about the homeless and is donating a portion of that album proceeds to a local charity.
His music features driving rhythm and hard-edged harmonies that take you back to a time before bluegrass was smoothed out for the uninitiated, the ill-prepared or the faint of heart.
Check out their website: http://www.jamesreams.com/
Join us for another intimate, rollicking evening at the historic Tompkins Corners Cultural Center. Come and listen to the musician that Bluegrass Unlimited praised as “There are few vocalists as natural as Reams. He doesn't have to try to sound down-home, he's there at each turn in the song.”
The performance begins at 7:30 and suggested donation is $15.
Tickets are available at BrownPaperTickets.
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Out To Lunch
Saturday, July 29, 7:30pm
$20 Suggested Donation
“Out To Lunch” Returns To Tompkins Corners on Saturday, July 29t
What happens when you put five musicians together with backgrounds and influences ranging from Bluegrass to Jazz to Celtic, and give them the common goal of making these varied types music come to life (and have a lot of fun doing it)? You get Out To Lunch!
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is delighted to welcome back the “Out to Lunch” band with with Howie Bujese, Wayne Fugate, Michael Gold, Susan Sassano, Michael Sassano and Joe Selly on Saturday, July 29th at 7:30 pm.
Out To Lunch was “founded” in 1980, at first as a loose collection of friends coming together for an occasional “open mic” night. They soon began to refine their sound as they sensed they had something special with shows that offered broad appeal. Over three decades later, Out To Lunch is still delighting audiences with a sound uniquely their own that combines the best of musical warmth and sharpness.
On a typical evening with Out To Lunch one might be treated to a smooth rendition of a classic such as Nat King Cole’s “Straighten Up and Fly Right” or Bill Monroe’s “Footprints in the Snow.” From there, the band might just as easily shift gears and perform a “monster medley” of Celtic dance tunes or some their own inspired original compositions. While each of these tunes no doubt bear the stamp of Out To Lunch’s distinctive sound, the respect for the traditions that these tunes come from is readily apparent.
The band’s unique instrumentation incorporates two mandolins, guitar, fiddle and bass. Their strong vocals blend to create harmonies that are a distinctive part of Out To Lunch’s musical charm.
Out To Lunch’s self-titled recording has sold extensively, received favorable reviews and airplay on a variety of radio stations. They have appeared on radio and television, and toured extensively throughout the Northeast.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance at BrownPaperTickets until 3 pm on July 29th.
Saturday, July 29, 7:30pm
$20 Suggested Donation
“Out To Lunch” Returns To Tompkins Corners on Saturday, July 29t
What happens when you put five musicians together with backgrounds and influences ranging from Bluegrass to Jazz to Celtic, and give them the common goal of making these varied types music come to life (and have a lot of fun doing it)? You get Out To Lunch!
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is delighted to welcome back the “Out to Lunch” band with with Howie Bujese, Wayne Fugate, Michael Gold, Susan Sassano, Michael Sassano and Joe Selly on Saturday, July 29th at 7:30 pm.
Out To Lunch was “founded” in 1980, at first as a loose collection of friends coming together for an occasional “open mic” night. They soon began to refine their sound as they sensed they had something special with shows that offered broad appeal. Over three decades later, Out To Lunch is still delighting audiences with a sound uniquely their own that combines the best of musical warmth and sharpness.
On a typical evening with Out To Lunch one might be treated to a smooth rendition of a classic such as Nat King Cole’s “Straighten Up and Fly Right” or Bill Monroe’s “Footprints in the Snow.” From there, the band might just as easily shift gears and perform a “monster medley” of Celtic dance tunes or some their own inspired original compositions. While each of these tunes no doubt bear the stamp of Out To Lunch’s distinctive sound, the respect for the traditions that these tunes come from is readily apparent.
The band’s unique instrumentation incorporates two mandolins, guitar, fiddle and bass. Their strong vocals blend to create harmonies that are a distinctive part of Out To Lunch’s musical charm.
Out To Lunch’s self-titled recording has sold extensively, received favorable reviews and airplay on a variety of radio stations. They have appeared on radio and television, and toured extensively throughout the Northeast.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance at BrownPaperTickets until 3 pm on July 29th.
A Simple Heart - Janice Hardgrove & Timothy E. Pitt
with special guests Pete Levin, Tim Griffin, and Mark Dann
Saturday, July 15th, 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Spend a summer evening with A Simple Heart! Singer-songwriter and pianist Janice Hardgrove and guitarist Timothy E. Pitt invite you into their world of original songs and special interpretations of songs by everyone from Joni Mitchell to George and Ira Gershwin. The duo will become a quintet for this special evening, joined by Pete Levin, Tim Griffin, and Mark Dann.
Janice and Timothy first met in the 1980s through Fast Folk, the famed singer-songwriter cooperative. Janice was a much-sought-after jingle singer, doing national TV commercials for everything from McDonald's to Diet Coke. As co-owner of a 24-track recording studio, she scored corporate videos and was the co-producer, arranger, backup singer, and keyboardist on many albums. Timothy was accompanying folksingers who opened for artists such as John Hartford & Norman Blake, Steve Goodman, and guitarist Joe Walsh's Barnstorm band, and playing in old-timey, country, and rock 'n' roll bands.
Janice invited Timothy to her studio to play guitar and collaborate on arrangements for albums by John Gorka, Christine Lavin, and Lucy Kaplansky, among others. As fate would have it, they went their separate ways. In 2015, Janice stumbled across Timothy's phone number and gave him a call. After playing for fun one afternoon, they discovered that their musical collaboration was better than ever, and they formed A Simple Heart.
For the July 15 show, they're thrilled to be joined by …
Pete Levin, who has performed and recorded with musicians from all over the musical landscape, including Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Jaco Pastorious, Judy Collins, Annie Lennox, and Paul Simon, and…
Tim Griffin, whose resumé includes stints with The Crystals, The Shirelles, The Temptations, Chuck Berry, Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, Christine Lavin, and revered Massachussetts bands Bold and Clean Living, as well as numerous recording sessions, and …
Mark Dann, a much-in-demand musician and recording engineer whose list of playing and studio credits (as both engineer and session player) includes Eric Andersen, Richard Shindell, David Massengill, Dar Williams, Christine Lavin, and Rob MacDonald.
You won't want to miss this show!
with special guests Pete Levin, Tim Griffin, and Mark Dann
Saturday, July 15th, 7:30 pm
$15 suggested donation
Spend a summer evening with A Simple Heart! Singer-songwriter and pianist Janice Hardgrove and guitarist Timothy E. Pitt invite you into their world of original songs and special interpretations of songs by everyone from Joni Mitchell to George and Ira Gershwin. The duo will become a quintet for this special evening, joined by Pete Levin, Tim Griffin, and Mark Dann.
Janice and Timothy first met in the 1980s through Fast Folk, the famed singer-songwriter cooperative. Janice was a much-sought-after jingle singer, doing national TV commercials for everything from McDonald's to Diet Coke. As co-owner of a 24-track recording studio, she scored corporate videos and was the co-producer, arranger, backup singer, and keyboardist on many albums. Timothy was accompanying folksingers who opened for artists such as John Hartford & Norman Blake, Steve Goodman, and guitarist Joe Walsh's Barnstorm band, and playing in old-timey, country, and rock 'n' roll bands.
Janice invited Timothy to her studio to play guitar and collaborate on arrangements for albums by John Gorka, Christine Lavin, and Lucy Kaplansky, among others. As fate would have it, they went their separate ways. In 2015, Janice stumbled across Timothy's phone number and gave him a call. After playing for fun one afternoon, they discovered that their musical collaboration was better than ever, and they formed A Simple Heart.
For the July 15 show, they're thrilled to be joined by …
Pete Levin, who has performed and recorded with musicians from all over the musical landscape, including Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Jaco Pastorious, Judy Collins, Annie Lennox, and Paul Simon, and…
Tim Griffin, whose resumé includes stints with The Crystals, The Shirelles, The Temptations, Chuck Berry, Tom Rush, Bonnie Raitt, Christine Lavin, and revered Massachussetts bands Bold and Clean Living, as well as numerous recording sessions, and …
Mark Dann, a much-in-demand musician and recording engineer whose list of playing and studio credits (as both engineer and session player) includes Eric Andersen, Richard Shindell, David Massengill, Dar Williams, Christine Lavin, and Rob MacDonald.
You won't want to miss this show!
David Greely’s Cajun Fiddle and Vocal Workshop and Concert
Sunday, July 2
Workshop: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Concert: 4:00 pm
workshop is $20 and the concert is $15. Both are $30
David Greely, founding fiddler of the Mamou Playboys, has for years been assembling a repertoire of uncommon Cajun music. He uses old and rare tunes, new companion pieces to the old ones, and striking new melodies that meld Cajun roots with fiddle sounds he’s heard in his travels worldwide, and arranges them with novel instrumentation and rich harmonies. He will lead a two-hour workshop at Tompkins Corners on Sunday, July 2nd from 1:30 to 3:30 pm, followed by a concert from 4 to 6 pm. Participants are welcome to stay for a potluck supper and a Cajun jam session into the summer evening.
David works as a solo fiddler and vocalist, doing Louisiana French Music, focusing on "home music," designed for listening rather than dancing. This allows him to use more archival material and an expanded palette of moods an modes, minor keys, esoteric tunes that would not be heard in a dance hall. His style is based on the old tradition of two fiddlers- one playing melody and one playing rhythm, except he does it all himself!
Photo by Rick Olivier
Sunday, July 2
Workshop: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Concert: 4:00 pm
workshop is $20 and the concert is $15. Both are $30
David Greely, founding fiddler of the Mamou Playboys, has for years been assembling a repertoire of uncommon Cajun music. He uses old and rare tunes, new companion pieces to the old ones, and striking new melodies that meld Cajun roots with fiddle sounds he’s heard in his travels worldwide, and arranges them with novel instrumentation and rich harmonies. He will lead a two-hour workshop at Tompkins Corners on Sunday, July 2nd from 1:30 to 3:30 pm, followed by a concert from 4 to 6 pm. Participants are welcome to stay for a potluck supper and a Cajun jam session into the summer evening.
David works as a solo fiddler and vocalist, doing Louisiana French Music, focusing on "home music," designed for listening rather than dancing. This allows him to use more archival material and an expanded palette of moods an modes, minor keys, esoteric tunes that would not be heard in a dance hall. His style is based on the old tradition of two fiddlers- one playing melody and one playing rhythm, except he does it all himself!
Photo by Rick Olivier
The Lucky 5 Jazz Band
Saturday, July 1st, 3pm
$15 suggested donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is pleased to present The Lucky 5 Jazz Band, playing their mix of Hot Swing and Gypsy Jazz.
We are delighted to present this exciting band hailing from the Great Barrington area of Massachusetts who have been entertaining audience and dancers for five years with their vibrant renditions of tunes from the 30's, 40's and 50's.
The Lucky 5 is a hard-swinging jazz band that blends swing and gypsy jazz to create a unique, foot-stomping blend of music that appeals to a wide range of music lovers, and is known for performing original compositions as well as unearthing and rearranging traditional gems from a bygone era.
The five piece band alternates between guitar, upright bass, drums, trombone and trumpet, mandolin and fiddle with vocals to top off the excitement. Band members Jonathan Talbott, Don Mikkelsen, Matt Downing, Kip Beacco and Brian Kantor are all highly seasoned touring musicians who have played with The Hunger Mountain Boys, Lauren Ambrose & The Leisure Class, and traveled, performed and recorded with artists such as Peter Gabriel, Tony Bennett, Neko Case, Iris DeMent, Bobby Previte, Del McCoury, and Jim Lauderdale, to name just a few.
The Lucky 5 bring verve, high energy, and an unpredictable impulse to the tradition of jazz, grooving deeply, and keeping dancers happy .
Two members are also active as producers; in early September they will be presenting their third annual Oldtone Music and Dance Festival in Hillsdale featuring a wide spectrum of Traditional sounds that include Bluegrass, Cajun, Old Time, Swing and more.
Saturday, July 1st, 3pm
$15 suggested donation
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is pleased to present The Lucky 5 Jazz Band, playing their mix of Hot Swing and Gypsy Jazz.
We are delighted to present this exciting band hailing from the Great Barrington area of Massachusetts who have been entertaining audience and dancers for five years with their vibrant renditions of tunes from the 30's, 40's and 50's.
The Lucky 5 is a hard-swinging jazz band that blends swing and gypsy jazz to create a unique, foot-stomping blend of music that appeals to a wide range of music lovers, and is known for performing original compositions as well as unearthing and rearranging traditional gems from a bygone era.
The five piece band alternates between guitar, upright bass, drums, trombone and trumpet, mandolin and fiddle with vocals to top off the excitement. Band members Jonathan Talbott, Don Mikkelsen, Matt Downing, Kip Beacco and Brian Kantor are all highly seasoned touring musicians who have played with The Hunger Mountain Boys, Lauren Ambrose & The Leisure Class, and traveled, performed and recorded with artists such as Peter Gabriel, Tony Bennett, Neko Case, Iris DeMent, Bobby Previte, Del McCoury, and Jim Lauderdale, to name just a few.
The Lucky 5 bring verve, high energy, and an unpredictable impulse to the tradition of jazz, grooving deeply, and keeping dancers happy .
Two members are also active as producers; in early September they will be presenting their third annual Oldtone Music and Dance Festival in Hillsdale featuring a wide spectrum of Traditional sounds that include Bluegrass, Cajun, Old Time, Swing and more.
Photograph by
Rob Penner
Margaret McDuffie - Jazz in June
Saturday June 10th at 7:30pm
$15 suggested donation
Margaret McDuffie, a local jazz vocalist, will be joined by Steve Raleigh on guitar, T. Xiques on drums, and Jim Curtin on bass, whom she has referred to as "three fine gentlemen with an excellent sense of direction through that special place in time and space that is blues, country swing, folk, funk and jazz."
Margaret is a songwriting, blues and jazz singer engaged in music in the Hudson Valley for about twenty years, performing at local venues such as The Falcon in Marlboro, the Towne Crier Cafe, Dogwood Bar, and the Philipstown Depot Theater Music Tracks Series.
Though a songwriter at heart, she became known in the region as a jazz singer after working with Ed Diehl, Mike Demicco, Lou Pappas, Art Labriola, and several other regional players. After collaborating many times with guitarist Steve Raleigh, she began to write music again, and since then has been recording and writing a blend of jazz, blues, 60s R&B and folk.
Margaret will be presenting songs from two recordings she is currently making. One, as she puts it, is “a bluesier rendering of the troubles of our time, and the other a folky-jazz that speaks to the heart about inspiration and compassion.” She will also most likely play a few jazz ballads.
Margaret McDuffie’s first CD ‘Under A Spell’ is original blues with a feel for jazz, “and while I'm about to finish a second record, more jazzy and personal with some standards as well as originals, coming right down the pike after that is a darker rustic blues collection. There's a lot of writing going on all the time. There are also a lot of instruments I love to play, but I'm mostly at the mic - thanks to the amazing players behind me!”
"Under A Spell" brings together Hudson Valley players Steve Raleigh on guitar, Mark Murphy on bass, Sara Milonovich on fiddle, Ross Rice on the Hammond organ, T. Xiques on drums, and Esther Knudson on back-up vocals. Also featured are Jim Curtin on bass and Dean Sharp on drums. The CD was produced by Todd Giudice at his Roots Cellar Recording Studio in Cold Spring, N.Y.
Tickets are $15 and are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2969615 until Saturday, June 10th at 3 pm. After that, call 845 528-7280 to reserve seats that can be purchased at the door. Refreshments will be available.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is a not-for-profit organization that purchased the historic Methodist church at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley in 2015. Since then, presentations include concerts, family events, weekly T’ai Chi classes, Cajun jams, Open Mic night and a local Farmers Market on Friday afternoons all summer long. For more information about this and other upcoming events, check our website at www.tompkinscorners.org or our facebook page at facebook.com/tompkinscorners, or email info@tompkinscorners.org or leave a message at 845 528-7280.
Saturday June 10th at 7:30pm
$15 suggested donation
Margaret McDuffie, a local jazz vocalist, will be joined by Steve Raleigh on guitar, T. Xiques on drums, and Jim Curtin on bass, whom she has referred to as "three fine gentlemen with an excellent sense of direction through that special place in time and space that is blues, country swing, folk, funk and jazz."
Margaret is a songwriting, blues and jazz singer engaged in music in the Hudson Valley for about twenty years, performing at local venues such as The Falcon in Marlboro, the Towne Crier Cafe, Dogwood Bar, and the Philipstown Depot Theater Music Tracks Series.
Though a songwriter at heart, she became known in the region as a jazz singer after working with Ed Diehl, Mike Demicco, Lou Pappas, Art Labriola, and several other regional players. After collaborating many times with guitarist Steve Raleigh, she began to write music again, and since then has been recording and writing a blend of jazz, blues, 60s R&B and folk.
Margaret will be presenting songs from two recordings she is currently making. One, as she puts it, is “a bluesier rendering of the troubles of our time, and the other a folky-jazz that speaks to the heart about inspiration and compassion.” She will also most likely play a few jazz ballads.
Margaret McDuffie’s first CD ‘Under A Spell’ is original blues with a feel for jazz, “and while I'm about to finish a second record, more jazzy and personal with some standards as well as originals, coming right down the pike after that is a darker rustic blues collection. There's a lot of writing going on all the time. There are also a lot of instruments I love to play, but I'm mostly at the mic - thanks to the amazing players behind me!”
"Under A Spell" brings together Hudson Valley players Steve Raleigh on guitar, Mark Murphy on bass, Sara Milonovich on fiddle, Ross Rice on the Hammond organ, T. Xiques on drums, and Esther Knudson on back-up vocals. Also featured are Jim Curtin on bass and Dean Sharp on drums. The CD was produced by Todd Giudice at his Roots Cellar Recording Studio in Cold Spring, N.Y.
Tickets are $15 and are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2969615 until Saturday, June 10th at 3 pm. After that, call 845 528-7280 to reserve seats that can be purchased at the door. Refreshments will be available.
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is a not-for-profit organization that purchased the historic Methodist church at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley in 2015. Since then, presentations include concerts, family events, weekly T’ai Chi classes, Cajun jams, Open Mic night and a local Farmers Market on Friday afternoons all summer long. For more information about this and other upcoming events, check our website at www.tompkinscorners.org or our facebook page at facebook.com/tompkinscorners, or email info@tompkinscorners.org or leave a message at 845 528-7280.
Tompkins Corners Community Chorus Concert
Sunday, May 21st at 3:00 pm
FREE
Directed by Cat Guthrie, the Community Chorusworkshop will culminate in this final concert performance, singing songs through the ages, from the Civil Rights Era to today.
Sunday, May 21st at 3:00 pm
FREE
Directed by Cat Guthrie, the Community Chorusworkshop will culminate in this final concert performance, singing songs through the ages, from the Civil Rights Era to today.
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Jay Ungar and Molly Mason in Concert
Saturday, May 20th at 7:30 p.m. $20 Suggested Donation Jay and Molly will return to TCCC after their sold-out concert last year and we recommend purchasing tickets early! They have been active as musicians, presenters and sponsors in the Hudson Valley for the last thirty years or so. Their long list of accomplishments includes creating the Fiddle and Dance Camp at Ashokan in Olivebridge, NY, which now is active year-round. Their music has been heard in several Ken Burn's documentaries for PBS including the haunting Ashokan Farewell which became the main theme of The Civil War miniseries. Their tunes are known worldwide and played and recorded by hundreds of performers. They have made appearances on Prairie Home Companion, CBS Good Morning, BBC'S outstanding series Trans Atlantic Sessions, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and All Things Considered, and Jay, who was part of the Putnam String County Band that performed in Putnam Valley and toured, gave concerts and played at many local square dances, has won a Grammy along the way. For our TCCC concert, Jay and Molly will mix it up on guitar, fiddle, bass and keyboard and play a mix of Cajun, Old Time, Swing, Jazz, Bluegrass, Celtic and some surprises. TCCC will offer refreshments and guests can mingle with performers in our informal setting in the Historic 1891 Tompkins Corners Church. Tickets are $20 and will be available for purchase until Saturday, May 20th at 3 pm or when they sell out. After that, call 845 528-7280 to get on a waiting list. For further information, email info@tompkinscorners.org or leave a message at 845 528-7280. |
SECOND ANNUAL PETE SEEGER FESTIVAL
Sunday, May 7, 2-5 pm
FREE
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present its second annual Pete Seeger Festival to celebrate the musical and humanitarian legacy of our neighbor, mentor and friend - and his birthday, which is on May 3rd.
Scheduled performers include Betty and the Baby Boomers, Karen Brooks, Lydia Adams Davis, Dan Einbender, Cat Guthrie’s Dream Choir, Karen Hinderstein (who will also be cooking her famous stone soup), Pat Lamanna, Rick Nestler, Melissa Ortquist, Andy Revkin, RJ Storm and Old School Bluegrass Band, Sarah Underhill, and Susan Wright with Steve Kirkman.
The musicians all performed with Pete, sailed with him on the sloops Clearwater and Woody Guthrie, and worked with him at the Beacon Sloop Club. In addition to singing Pete’s songs and their own, they will reminisce about the Beacon resident who inspired so many people in the course of his 94 years.
This is a FREE, family-friendly event and everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be available. Donations will be gratefully accepted and will be shared with local organizations that Pete created, including the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the Beacon Sloop Club and the River Pool at Beacon.
Sunday, May 7, 2-5 pm
FREE
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present its second annual Pete Seeger Festival to celebrate the musical and humanitarian legacy of our neighbor, mentor and friend - and his birthday, which is on May 3rd.
Scheduled performers include Betty and the Baby Boomers, Karen Brooks, Lydia Adams Davis, Dan Einbender, Cat Guthrie’s Dream Choir, Karen Hinderstein (who will also be cooking her famous stone soup), Pat Lamanna, Rick Nestler, Melissa Ortquist, Andy Revkin, RJ Storm and Old School Bluegrass Band, Sarah Underhill, and Susan Wright with Steve Kirkman.
The musicians all performed with Pete, sailed with him on the sloops Clearwater and Woody Guthrie, and worked with him at the Beacon Sloop Club. In addition to singing Pete’s songs and their own, they will reminisce about the Beacon resident who inspired so many people in the course of his 94 years.
This is a FREE, family-friendly event and everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be available. Donations will be gratefully accepted and will be shared with local organizations that Pete created, including the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, the Beacon Sloop Club and the River Pool at Beacon.
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Gotcha! Pranks and Comics for Kids
Saturday, May 6th, 2 pm FREE Presented by Tompkins Corners Cultural Center and Friends of the Putnam Valley Library Julie Winterbottom is the author of Pranklopedia, a book of pranks for kids 7 and up, and Frightlopedia, a compendium of scary stories, real and fictional. Chris Duffy writes and edits comics for kids, is the editor of SpongeBob Comics, and his books Fairy Tale Comics and Nursery Rhyme Comics have gotten rave reviews. Chris and Julie will talk about their books, how comics are created, and some of the best pranks ever pulled. They will also show kids how to get started making comics and how to do some simple pranks. For kids ages 6 and up and their families. |
Open Mic Night: Music-Poetry-Drama-Comedy
Friday, April 28th, 7pm
FREE
Coordinated by Putnam Valley High School Students
All are welcome to perform or enjoy the show.
For more information and to register your performance, please click below
Friday, April 28th, 7pm
FREE
Coordinated by Putnam Valley High School Students
All are welcome to perform or enjoy the show.
For more information and to register your performance, please click below
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Anna & Elizabeth
(and the Crankies) When: Sat., April 15th, 7:30 pm Price: $15 TCCC Presents Anna & Elizabeth, who honor Appalachian artistry and shed new light upon tradition. “We spent hundreds of hours listening quietly to old field recordings of people singing family songs, in their farm house kitchens in the 1940’s—these old songs are immense, and hold vibrant, vibrating worlds within them—we are excited to share them with you in full color on our new cd, 'Hop High Vineyard.'” This is an extraordinary opportunity to ingest the simple complexity of Anna and Elizabeth prior to their appearance at the Brooklyn Festival and their May tour of England. (www.annaandelizabeth.com). As Bob Boilen of NPR Music put it, “They came to NPR and brought many of us to tears with some of their yearning harmonies…These songs are given few embellishments—sometimes a fiddle is added to a single voice, sometimes a banjo or guitar chimes in—but always the power is the sparseness. If you’ve never thought your tastes would lean to mountain music, take a breath and soak it all in.” And finally from our resident event curator, John Cohen, “If you never heard of Jerron Paxton and fell in love with him at the Center last December come and see, hear and experience Anna and Elizabeth.” Curious about Crankies? "A crankie is an old storytelling art form. It's a long illustrated scroll that is wound onto two spools. The spools are loaded into a box which has a viewing screen. The scroll is hand-cranked while the story is told. It can be accompanied by a narrative, song or tune." (http://www.thecrankiefactory.com/115034629) Listen to them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmdxvuEUBJ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJw7iJgZ30#action=share https://vimeo.com/50238108 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycmpn1bLN14&feature=youtu.be |
Pat Schories - Children’s Book Author and Illustrator
When: Sun., April 9th, 2 pm
Price: FREE
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is happy to present children’s book author and illustrator Pat Schories in a special program for young readers and their families.
Illustrator of the beloved BISCUIT books written by Alyssa Capucilli, Pat will talk about how a book illustrator works, and will bring sketches and finished art; there will be a slide presentation with several complete stories for all to see. She will also talk about some of the other books she has both written and illustrated, including her newest, PIE FOR CHUCK. Several of her books will be available for purchase and autographs.
The event is co-sponsored by Friends of the Putnam Valley Library and is being offered free of charge. The presentation is best suited for ages 4-7, but all are welcome.
For more information email info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280.
This project is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Program, with public funds provided through the NY State Council on the Arts with support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature and with funds from Putnam County.
When: Sun., April 9th, 2 pm
Price: FREE
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center is happy to present children’s book author and illustrator Pat Schories in a special program for young readers and their families.
Illustrator of the beloved BISCUIT books written by Alyssa Capucilli, Pat will talk about how a book illustrator works, and will bring sketches and finished art; there will be a slide presentation with several complete stories for all to see. She will also talk about some of the other books she has both written and illustrated, including her newest, PIE FOR CHUCK. Several of her books will be available for purchase and autographs.
The event is co-sponsored by Friends of the Putnam Valley Library and is being offered free of charge. The presentation is best suited for ages 4-7, but all are welcome.
For more information email info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280.
This project is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Program, with public funds provided through the NY State Council on the Arts with support from Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature and with funds from Putnam County.
Bernstein Bard Trio
When: Sat., April 8, 7:30-10 p.m.
Price: $15
The Bernstein Bard Trio plays World Americana music, recognizing that what is quintessentially American is rooted in cultures all over the world. The Trio revels in the spirit of jazzy improvisation, the power of a folk melody and the joys and sorrows of singing the blues.
The trio will feature music by some of America’s legendary songwriters and performers including Hank Williams, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Joni Mitchell, the Allman Bros. and the Grateful Dead. The trio will also delve into some Old Time and Bluegrass, with tunes by David Grisman, Alison Krauss, and Old and in the Way.
The Bernstein Bard Trio from New Paltz, N.Y. is Steve Bernstein on mandolin/vocals, Mark Bernstein on guitar/vocals and Robert Bard on bass/vocals. Imaginative in their arrangements and captivating in their sound, The Bernstein Bard Trio is one of the top acoustic groups in New York’s Hudson Valley.
When: Sat., April 8, 7:30-10 p.m.
Price: $15
The Bernstein Bard Trio plays World Americana music, recognizing that what is quintessentially American is rooted in cultures all over the world. The Trio revels in the spirit of jazzy improvisation, the power of a folk melody and the joys and sorrows of singing the blues.
The trio will feature music by some of America’s legendary songwriters and performers including Hank Williams, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper, Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Joni Mitchell, the Allman Bros. and the Grateful Dead. The trio will also delve into some Old Time and Bluegrass, with tunes by David Grisman, Alison Krauss, and Old and in the Way.
The Bernstein Bard Trio from New Paltz, N.Y. is Steve Bernstein on mandolin/vocals, Mark Bernstein on guitar/vocals and Robert Bard on bass/vocals. Imaginative in their arrangements and captivating in their sound, The Bernstein Bard Trio is one of the top acoustic groups in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Happy Traum at Tompkins Corners
When: Sat., March 11, 7:30-10 p.m.
Price: 15.00
On Saturday, March 11th at 7:30 pm, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will host Happy Traum in his presentation of “Coming of Age in the Greenwich Village Folk Revival and the Woodstock Scene (1954-1971).”
With colorful anecdotes and incisive memories, and the aid of vintage photos and music clips, Happy Traum relates some of his adventures as an active member of the New York folk revival; his arrest for civil disobedience; his participation in what has become known as the “Great Folk Singer’s Riot” in Washington Square; and his friendships with some of the leading folk artists of the day.
Happy was a regular in the Washington Square Park jam sessions, studied blues guitar with Brownie McGhee, and met, among many others, a young Bob Dylan. His group, the New World Singers, were the first to perform and record “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Don’t Think Twice,” and Dylan wrote the liner notes for their Atlantic Records album. Happyrecounts his later friendship with Bob and the Dylan family in Woodstock, as well as his association with Allen Ginsberg, George Harrison, Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk and many other notables on the scene.
Happy punctuates his remembrances with powerful renditions of songs and guitar solos from the “folk era” and beyond.
When: Sat., March 11, 7:30-10 p.m.
Price: 15.00
On Saturday, March 11th at 7:30 pm, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will host Happy Traum in his presentation of “Coming of Age in the Greenwich Village Folk Revival and the Woodstock Scene (1954-1971).”
With colorful anecdotes and incisive memories, and the aid of vintage photos and music clips, Happy Traum relates some of his adventures as an active member of the New York folk revival; his arrest for civil disobedience; his participation in what has become known as the “Great Folk Singer’s Riot” in Washington Square; and his friendships with some of the leading folk artists of the day.
Happy was a regular in the Washington Square Park jam sessions, studied blues guitar with Brownie McGhee, and met, among many others, a young Bob Dylan. His group, the New World Singers, were the first to perform and record “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Don’t Think Twice,” and Dylan wrote the liner notes for their Atlantic Records album. Happyrecounts his later friendship with Bob and the Dylan family in Woodstock, as well as his association with Allen Ginsberg, George Harrison, Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk and many other notables on the scene.
Happy punctuates his remembrances with powerful renditions of songs and guitar solos from the “folk era” and beyond.
Jonathan Kruk Performs "A Christmas Carol"
Wednesday, December 28th at 7 pm
Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk, selected “Best in the Hudson Valley,” returns to Tompkins Corners Cultural Center to perform his solo rendition of Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol."
Kruk gives life to over thirty characters in “A Christmas Carol.” Add the musical ambiance provided by Jim Keyes on the organ, with bells, harp, violin, and chains, and you’ve got a unique dramatic version of old Scrooge’s story.
On the 4th Day of Christmas, Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk returns with his dramatic solo rendition of Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol." The kids are home from school, so keep the holiday spirit going! Listen and watch this gifted tale teller transform into over thirty characters performing Dickens classic of hope and redemption.
Running about an hour, Kruk abridges Dickens' 27,000 word opus to a family friendly show. Performing in colorful 1840s garb, Kruk’s sonorous, ever-changing voice, along with Keyes’ score, is enchanting holiday entertainment. The kids are home from school, so bring the whole family.
Suggested donations are $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. Refreshments will be available.
Wednesday, December 28th at 7 pm
Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk, selected “Best in the Hudson Valley,” returns to Tompkins Corners Cultural Center to perform his solo rendition of Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol."
Kruk gives life to over thirty characters in “A Christmas Carol.” Add the musical ambiance provided by Jim Keyes on the organ, with bells, harp, violin, and chains, and you’ve got a unique dramatic version of old Scrooge’s story.
On the 4th Day of Christmas, Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk returns with his dramatic solo rendition of Charles Dickens' classic, "A Christmas Carol." The kids are home from school, so keep the holiday spirit going! Listen and watch this gifted tale teller transform into over thirty characters performing Dickens classic of hope and redemption.
Running about an hour, Kruk abridges Dickens' 27,000 word opus to a family friendly show. Performing in colorful 1840s garb, Kruk’s sonorous, ever-changing voice, along with Keyes’ score, is enchanting holiday entertainment. The kids are home from school, so bring the whole family.
Suggested donations are $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. Refreshments will be available.
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton
Saturday, December 10th at 7:30 pm
Only in his 20s, Paxton has earned a reputation for transporting audiences back to the 1920's and making them wish they could stay there for good. This young musician sings and plays banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle, harmonica, Cajun accordion, and the bones (percussion). Paxton has an eerie ability to transform traditional jazz, blues, folk, and country into the here and now, and make it real. In addition, he mesmerizes audiences with his humor and storytelling.
Paxton's sound is influenced by Fats Waller and "Blind" Lemon Jefferson. He's a world-class talent and a uniquely colorful character who has been on the cover of Living Blues Magazine and the Village Voice, and has been interviewed on FOX News. According to Will Friedwald in the Wall Street Journal, Paxton is "virtually the only music-maker of his generation—playing guitar, banjo, piano and violin, among other implements—to fully assimilate the blues idiom of the 1920s and ‘30s."
Paxton performed to a sold out audience for the Lead Belly Tribute at Carnegie Hall in February, 2016 along with Buddy Guy, Eric Burdon, Dom Flemons, Tom Paley, and other stars. He was nominated for Artist of the Year in the inaugural International Folk Music Award in February, 2016 and also headlined the 2016 Brooklyn Folk Festival this past April.
Tickets are a suggested donation of $15
"An exceptional musician will be with us: Jerron Paxton is a young, endlessly entertaining and talented performer who brings an amazing understanding of the richness and connections between blues, the earliest banjo styles from slavery times, old time fiddling, music of Leadbelly, French music both Cajun and Canadian, and Jazz. He takes on the great guitar playing of Rev. Gary Davis. I’ve done shows with him in rural North Carolina and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. and at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. He always wows the audience. He has gotten much attention recently in a Village Voice front page article (http://www.villagevoice.com/music/at-just-25-jerron-blind-boy-paxton-channels-the-spirit-of-a-bygone-era-6638190. We’re really lucky to get him. So I recommend and invite you all to come and not miss what promises to be a special opportunity — like a big fish we caught, and didn’t let it get away." -- John Cohen, TCCC Vice President
Saturday, December 10th at 7:30 pm
Only in his 20s, Paxton has earned a reputation for transporting audiences back to the 1920's and making them wish they could stay there for good. This young musician sings and plays banjo, guitar, piano, fiddle, harmonica, Cajun accordion, and the bones (percussion). Paxton has an eerie ability to transform traditional jazz, blues, folk, and country into the here and now, and make it real. In addition, he mesmerizes audiences with his humor and storytelling.
Paxton's sound is influenced by Fats Waller and "Blind" Lemon Jefferson. He's a world-class talent and a uniquely colorful character who has been on the cover of Living Blues Magazine and the Village Voice, and has been interviewed on FOX News. According to Will Friedwald in the Wall Street Journal, Paxton is "virtually the only music-maker of his generation—playing guitar, banjo, piano and violin, among other implements—to fully assimilate the blues idiom of the 1920s and ‘30s."
Paxton performed to a sold out audience for the Lead Belly Tribute at Carnegie Hall in February, 2016 along with Buddy Guy, Eric Burdon, Dom Flemons, Tom Paley, and other stars. He was nominated for Artist of the Year in the inaugural International Folk Music Award in February, 2016 and also headlined the 2016 Brooklyn Folk Festival this past April.
Tickets are a suggested donation of $15
"An exceptional musician will be with us: Jerron Paxton is a young, endlessly entertaining and talented performer who brings an amazing understanding of the richness and connections between blues, the earliest banjo styles from slavery times, old time fiddling, music of Leadbelly, French music both Cajun and Canadian, and Jazz. He takes on the great guitar playing of Rev. Gary Davis. I’ve done shows with him in rural North Carolina and at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. and at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. He always wows the audience. He has gotten much attention recently in a Village Voice front page article (http://www.villagevoice.com/music/at-just-25-jerron-blind-boy-paxton-channels-the-spirit-of-a-bygone-era-6638190. We’re really lucky to get him. So I recommend and invite you all to come and not miss what promises to be a special opportunity — like a big fish we caught, and didn’t let it get away." -- John Cohen, TCCC Vice President
Max's Midnight Kitchen
Saturday, December 3 at 7:30 pm
Kindred spirits from the Pacific Northwest, Max's Midnight Kitchen (http://www.maxsmidnightkitchen.com/) will be making their way east and beginning their tour at Tompkins Corners. They are known as a touring band, always on the road, away from their home base in Portland, Oregon. Matt Takiff, on acoustic guitar and fiddle; Daniel Nickerson, on banjo and electric guitar; and Hannah Rosencrans doing harmony vocals and clogging, perform "original and traditional music that blends time-honored folk, bluegrass and country themes with a healthy dose of surrealism and humor."
"I met Matt Takiff (leader of the group) when he performed with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary before quite a large audience on a cruise. He was engaging and talented. He’s the godson of Peter, with whom I work on project called Operation Respect. I think the Saturday night gathering will be fun for families. Please come out for a new, young group coming all the way from California. His parents, Peter and Pam, live in NYC."
--Mark Weiss, TCCC Board of Directors and "one of the parking guys"
Saturday, December 3 at 7:30 pm
Kindred spirits from the Pacific Northwest, Max's Midnight Kitchen (http://www.maxsmidnightkitchen.com/) will be making their way east and beginning their tour at Tompkins Corners. They are known as a touring band, always on the road, away from their home base in Portland, Oregon. Matt Takiff, on acoustic guitar and fiddle; Daniel Nickerson, on banjo and electric guitar; and Hannah Rosencrans doing harmony vocals and clogging, perform "original and traditional music that blends time-honored folk, bluegrass and country themes with a healthy dose of surrealism and humor."
"I met Matt Takiff (leader of the group) when he performed with Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary before quite a large audience on a cruise. He was engaging and talented. He’s the godson of Peter, with whom I work on project called Operation Respect. I think the Saturday night gathering will be fun for families. Please come out for a new, young group coming all the way from California. His parents, Peter and Pam, live in NYC."
--Mark Weiss, TCCC Board of Directors and "one of the parking guys"
Annual Harvest Festival
Sunday, November 13th, 2-5pm
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present its annual Harvest Festival in the historic former Tompkins Corners Methodist Church. This years Festival is dedicated to the volunteers who support both TCCC and the wider community, and members of the Putnam Valley Volunteer Fire Department and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps are invited to attend as guests of the Center.
Harvest Festival 2016 will bring back some favorite area performers to celebrate another successful year of cultural offerings in this historic structure that was built in 1891 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Joining us in this historic venue, now renown for its acoustics and for a rich range of musical genres, will be the Dream and Peoples Choirs directed by Cat Guthrie; John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers and the Down Hill Strugglers; Tim Pitt of A Simple Heart; Pat Cummings and Family and their Rhythm and Blues; Alice Backer and Phyllis Elkin of CrossStitch, who perform in the Brothers tradition; and the Kitchen Table Band, with Maaike Hoekstra, Jan Hoekstra, Drew Howland and Dennis Klubnick and Friends.
TCCC programs are funded in part by private donations and the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program through the NYS Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
The show will take place from 2-5, and refreshments will be available. Suggested donation is $10.
Sunday, November 13th, 2-5pm
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present its annual Harvest Festival in the historic former Tompkins Corners Methodist Church. This years Festival is dedicated to the volunteers who support both TCCC and the wider community, and members of the Putnam Valley Volunteer Fire Department and the Volunteer Ambulance Corps are invited to attend as guests of the Center.
Harvest Festival 2016 will bring back some favorite area performers to celebrate another successful year of cultural offerings in this historic structure that was built in 1891 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
Joining us in this historic venue, now renown for its acoustics and for a rich range of musical genres, will be the Dream and Peoples Choirs directed by Cat Guthrie; John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers and the Down Hill Strugglers; Tim Pitt of A Simple Heart; Pat Cummings and Family and their Rhythm and Blues; Alice Backer and Phyllis Elkin of CrossStitch, who perform in the Brothers tradition; and the Kitchen Table Band, with Maaike Hoekstra, Jan Hoekstra, Drew Howland and Dennis Klubnick and Friends.
TCCC programs are funded in part by private donations and the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program through the NYS Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
The show will take place from 2-5, and refreshments will be available. Suggested donation is $10.
Jonathan Kruk's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Saturday, November 5th at 7:30 pm
Jonathan Kruk returns to Tompkins Corners to delight our audience with his signature performance - a dramatic retelling of Washington Irving's haunting classic, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - a grandiloquent finale to Halloween 2016.
Featuring the Headless Horseman, Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones, Katrina Van Tassel and live spooky organ music by Jim Keyes, Kruks spellbinding storytelling captivates all ages from children to adults.
Tickets are just $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under.
Saturday, November 5th at 7:30 pm
Jonathan Kruk returns to Tompkins Corners to delight our audience with his signature performance - a dramatic retelling of Washington Irving's haunting classic, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - a grandiloquent finale to Halloween 2016.
Featuring the Headless Horseman, Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones, Katrina Van Tassel and live spooky organ music by Jim Keyes, Kruks spellbinding storytelling captivates all ages from children to adults.
Tickets are just $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under.
"The Bride of Frankenstein"
Friday, October 28 - 7:30 pm
the 1935 horror classic from Universal Pictures,
preceded by a short: Laurel and Hardy in the 1934 Hal Roach Production of "The Live Ghost."
Attendees are encouraged to come in costume. Halloween treats and popcorn will be available.
Tickets are $10 and can be reserved at www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.htm.
For further information call 845 528-7280.
Friday, October 28 - 7:30 pm
the 1935 horror classic from Universal Pictures,
preceded by a short: Laurel and Hardy in the 1934 Hal Roach Production of "The Live Ghost."
Attendees are encouraged to come in costume. Halloween treats and popcorn will be available.
Tickets are $10 and can be reserved at www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.htm.
For further information call 845 528-7280.
John Abercrombie and the Putnam Valley Jazz Quintet
Sunday, October 23 - 3 to 6 pm
World renowned Jazz guitarist, composer and Putnam Valley resident, John Abercrombie will be performing with:
Ed Xiques - Horns
Ryan Odell - Drums
Patrick Cummings - Guitar
Kevin Callaghan - bass
$15 tickets can be reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html, or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280.
This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is supported with public funds through the New York State Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.
Sunday, October 23 - 3 to 6 pm
World renowned Jazz guitarist, composer and Putnam Valley resident, John Abercrombie will be performing with:
Ed Xiques - Horns
Ryan Odell - Drums
Patrick Cummings - Guitar
Kevin Callaghan - bass
$15 tickets can be reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html, or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280.
This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is supported with public funds through the New York State Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.
Latino Music Fest
Honorando los Laboradores (Honoring the Laborers)
Sunday, October 16th, from 3 to 6 pm
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present Honorando Los Laboradores - a concert with traditional music groups from Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico, representing the rich cultures of the Latino population who work in Putnam County, NY.
The musical groups singing and performing on October 16th include:
Juan S and Roberto Verde music from Nicaragua, guitar and mandolin;
Moises Salazar y su Charango, from Westchester County - Peruvian music featuring charango, flutes, panpipes and guitar;
Edwin Rodriguez y Los Caribeños de Puerto Rico, from New Windsor, New York - Puerto Rican music with bomba and plenas;
Grupo Sentimiento de Ecuador, from Peekskill - guitarists.
"Honorando Los Laboradores" celebrates local Latino musicians who are excited to share their music in this new setting and pleased with the prospect of promoting their traditional cultures. It is a rain-or-shine event. If the weather is nice, please bring lawn chairs for outdoor seating.
This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is supported with public funds through the New York State Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.
Suggested donation: $10 may be purchased in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2603896 or reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html
or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280.
Honorando los Laboradores (Honoring the Laborers)
Sunday, October 16th, from 3 to 6 pm
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present Honorando Los Laboradores - a concert with traditional music groups from Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico, representing the rich cultures of the Latino population who work in Putnam County, NY.
The musical groups singing and performing on October 16th include:
Juan S and Roberto Verde music from Nicaragua, guitar and mandolin;
Moises Salazar y su Charango, from Westchester County - Peruvian music featuring charango, flutes, panpipes and guitar;
Edwin Rodriguez y Los Caribeños de Puerto Rico, from New Windsor, New York - Puerto Rican music with bomba and plenas;
Grupo Sentimiento de Ecuador, from Peekskill - guitarists.
"Honorando Los Laboradores" celebrates local Latino musicians who are excited to share their music in this new setting and pleased with the prospect of promoting their traditional cultures. It is a rain-or-shine event. If the weather is nice, please bring lawn chairs for outdoor seating.
This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is supported with public funds through the New York State Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.
Suggested donation: $10 may be purchased in advance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2603896 or reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html
or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280.
Old Time Stringband Music and Early Country Blues
Saturday, October 1 at 7:30 pm
THE DOWN HILL STRUGGLERS & JOHN COHEN
and
THE FOUR O’CLOCK FLOWERS
Some of the best traditional American music, blues, gospel and hillbilly, was recorded on commercial 78 rpm records during the 1920s & 30s. The Down Hill Strugglers and the Four O’clock Flowers keep that music alive with new interpretations.
The Down Hill Strugglers are:
Walker Shepard - fiddle, banjo, guitar, harmonica, voice
Jackson Lynch - fiddle, banjo, guitar, voice
Eli Smith - banjo, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, Jews harp, pump organ, voice
They will be joined by John Cohen - banjo, guitar, mandolin, voice.
The Four O’Clock Flowers (Somoa Wilson & Ernie Vega): Ernie is a master of many guitar sounds from Leadbelly to Charlie Patton. He performs the nuances that define the style. Somoa has caught the spirit of early blues singing, and keeps the faith with the down-home gospel of Vera Hall as well as the lowdown blues of Bessie Smith.
$15 tickets still available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2601951 or reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html,
or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280.
Saturday, October 1 at 7:30 pm
THE DOWN HILL STRUGGLERS & JOHN COHEN
and
THE FOUR O’CLOCK FLOWERS
Some of the best traditional American music, blues, gospel and hillbilly, was recorded on commercial 78 rpm records during the 1920s & 30s. The Down Hill Strugglers and the Four O’clock Flowers keep that music alive with new interpretations.
The Down Hill Strugglers are:
Walker Shepard - fiddle, banjo, guitar, harmonica, voice
Jackson Lynch - fiddle, banjo, guitar, voice
Eli Smith - banjo, guitar, mandolin, harmonica, Jews harp, pump organ, voice
They will be joined by John Cohen - banjo, guitar, mandolin, voice.
The Four O’Clock Flowers (Somoa Wilson & Ernie Vega): Ernie is a master of many guitar sounds from Leadbelly to Charlie Patton. He performs the nuances that define the style. Somoa has caught the spirit of early blues singing, and keeps the faith with the down-home gospel of Vera Hall as well as the lowdown blues of Bessie Smith.
$15 tickets still available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2601951 or reserved on our website at http://www.tompkinscorners.org/reservations.html,
or by leaving a message at 845 528-7280.
SACRED HARP SINGING
July 22, 5pm, there will be Sacred Harp singing, which will continue over the summer on first and third Fridays. You don't have to have any experience to enjoy this traditional American activity. Come and give it a try!
July 22, 5pm, there will be Sacred Harp singing, which will continue over the summer on first and third Fridays. You don't have to have any experience to enjoy this traditional American activity. Come and give it a try!
FARMERS MARKET AND MUSIC
Every Friday until Labor Day from 3 to 6:30 pm the Putnam Valley Residents Coalition hosts a Farmers Market at Tompkins Corners .
Come for the market, stay for the music!
This week in the market produce vendors are selling fresh picked rhubarb, four kinds of squash, lettuces, golden and red beets, strawberries, carrots and radishes and more.
They will have baked goods, sorbets, handmade quilts and silver jewelry.
Planned Musical Events:
July 15, starting at 4pm: Old Timey Music Jam with Harry Bolick and Jim Garber. Bring an instrument and join in or relax and listen.
July 22, 5-8pm: Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing Group. All levels are welcome!
Every Friday until Labor Day from 3 to 6:30 pm the Putnam Valley Residents Coalition hosts a Farmers Market at Tompkins Corners .
Come for the market, stay for the music!
This week in the market produce vendors are selling fresh picked rhubarb, four kinds of squash, lettuces, golden and red beets, strawberries, carrots and radishes and more.
They will have baked goods, sorbets, handmade quilts and silver jewelry.
Planned Musical Events:
July 15, starting at 4pm: Old Timey Music Jam with Harry Bolick and Jim Garber. Bring an instrument and join in or relax and listen.
July 22, 5-8pm: Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing Group. All levels are welcome!
IN THE GALLERY: ARTWORKS BY A. ERIC ARCTANDER
1944–2013 (http://highlandscurrent.com/2013/10/29/obituary-eric-arctander-1944-2013/)
http://www.aericarctander.com
During the night some of the mountains moved. Presumably to higher ground.
Now our valley seemed so low, but it still looked like home. It is where my family has been for generations. Only my grandmother was an outsider. She came from another valley. All her life she would regale us with the marvels of her valley. Like ours, it had a river dividing it and thus, like us, there are people from the other side. I have never been there as the journey is both dangerous and boring.
When I was a child the most extraordinary event occurred. A plane landed in our valley. The glittering wings stacked upon wings stood out among the cows in the field. Although foul smelling, the pilot was a dashing figure in a white scarf. Where he came from and where he was going was a mystery to all. And because he spoke French it was never learned. I knew then what my destiny was to be. To Fly! To fly from valley to valley.
In my life, however, I have not been bitter or disappointed that such a fate would elude me (although I continue to study French). So it was that I came to be an artist. And still I paint those valleys of my dreams and take flight over distant mountains.
A. Eric Arctander
1944–2013 (http://highlandscurrent.com/2013/10/29/obituary-eric-arctander-1944-2013/)
http://www.aericarctander.com
During the night some of the mountains moved. Presumably to higher ground.
Now our valley seemed so low, but it still looked like home. It is where my family has been for generations. Only my grandmother was an outsider. She came from another valley. All her life she would regale us with the marvels of her valley. Like ours, it had a river dividing it and thus, like us, there are people from the other side. I have never been there as the journey is both dangerous and boring.
When I was a child the most extraordinary event occurred. A plane landed in our valley. The glittering wings stacked upon wings stood out among the cows in the field. Although foul smelling, the pilot was a dashing figure in a white scarf. Where he came from and where he was going was a mystery to all. And because he spoke French it was never learned. I knew then what my destiny was to be. To Fly! To fly from valley to valley.
In my life, however, I have not been bitter or disappointed that such a fate would elude me (although I continue to study French). So it was that I came to be an artist. And still I paint those valleys of my dreams and take flight over distant mountains.
A. Eric Arctander
Stories Around the Campfire
Friday, August 26th, 7 pm
Our final performance of the summer - Judith Heineman, resident of the Mohegan Colony, will treat us to an evening of Stories Around the Campfire - from Grimm to ghosts and more! Judith has told stories throughout the US and internationally and is a MOTH winner and judge. We will have marshmallows for roasting and fixins for "s'mores."
Tickets are just $10 and children under 10 are FREE! Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and a picnic supper if you like. Reserve your seats around the campfire by clicking the button above, or call 845 528-7280 or send an email to info@tompkinscorners.org.
Friday, August 26th, 7 pm
Our final performance of the summer - Judith Heineman, resident of the Mohegan Colony, will treat us to an evening of Stories Around the Campfire - from Grimm to ghosts and more! Judith has told stories throughout the US and internationally and is a MOTH winner and judge. We will have marshmallows for roasting and fixins for "s'mores."
Tickets are just $10 and children under 10 are FREE! Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and a picnic supper if you like. Reserve your seats around the campfire by clicking the button above, or call 845 528-7280 or send an email to info@tompkinscorners.org.
A JOYOUS EVENING OF KLEZMER MUSIC
with Alicia Svigals and Lauren Brody
Saturday, August 20, 7:30 pm
TCCC presents a concert of klezmer music featuring violinist/vocalist/composer Alicia Svigals and accordionist Lauren Brody in a program of euphoric klezmer fiddle music and Yiddish songs old and new.
Alicia Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer fiddler, a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics - whom she co-led for seventeen years - and a long-time resident of Putnam Valley. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, PBS’ Great Performances, NPR’s Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds, and on the soundtrack for The L-Word. She has played with and composed for violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, the late poet Allen Ginsburg, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, and many others.
Lauren Brody is an accordionist, singer, and researcher She is a pioneer of the klezmer revival in the United States and a founding member of the groundbreaking band "Kapelye." She has toured extensively, recorded and appeared on film. She plays regularly with musicians in the klezmer world and also has had a similar role in the Balkan music scene in the United States, both as a teacher and as a performer. Lauren is a Fulbright scholar, and her research has produced groundbreaking reissues of 78 rpm recordings of Bulgarian Folk Music: “Song of the Crooked Dance” (1998, Yazoo Records) and “Outsinging the Nightingale” (2010, JSP Records).
The performance begins at 7:30 and suggested donation is $15. Tickets are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2584969. For more information or to reserve seats, call 845 528-7280 or email info@tompkinscorners.org.
with Alicia Svigals and Lauren Brody
Saturday, August 20, 7:30 pm
TCCC presents a concert of klezmer music featuring violinist/vocalist/composer Alicia Svigals and accordionist Lauren Brody in a program of euphoric klezmer fiddle music and Yiddish songs old and new.
Alicia Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer fiddler, a founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics - whom she co-led for seventeen years - and a long-time resident of Putnam Valley. She has appeared on David Letterman, MTV, PBS’ Great Performances, NPR’s Prairie Home Companion, Weekend Edition and New Sounds, and on the soundtrack for The L-Word. She has played with and composed for violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Kronos Quartet, playwrights Tony Kushner and Eve Ensler, the late poet Allen Ginsburg, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, and many others.
Lauren Brody is an accordionist, singer, and researcher She is a pioneer of the klezmer revival in the United States and a founding member of the groundbreaking band "Kapelye." She has toured extensively, recorded and appeared on film. She plays regularly with musicians in the klezmer world and also has had a similar role in the Balkan music scene in the United States, both as a teacher and as a performer. Lauren is a Fulbright scholar, and her research has produced groundbreaking reissues of 78 rpm recordings of Bulgarian Folk Music: “Song of the Crooked Dance” (1998, Yazoo Records) and “Outsinging the Nightingale” (2010, JSP Records).
The performance begins at 7:30 and suggested donation is $15. Tickets are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2584969. For more information or to reserve seats, call 845 528-7280 or email info@tompkinscorners.org.
David Amram Quintet with Special Guest, "Out to Lunch"
Saturday, July 30th, 7:30 pm
David Amram Quintet with Kevin Twigg drums, and glockenspiel; Rene Hart, bass violin; Adam Amram on congas; Elliot Peper, bongos; and
David Amram, piano, french horn, percussion, flutes and whistles, including classics of Jazz, Folk and World Music.
Special Guest: Out to Lunch with Howie Bujese, Larry Cohen, Susan Sassano, Wayne Fugate, Michael Sassano and Joe Selly, whose unique instrumentation incorporates two mandolins, guitar, fiddle, bass and hammered dulcimer. Their strong vocals blend to create harmonies that are a distinctive part of Out To Lunch's musical charm. They enjoy playing with David Amram whenever and wherever.
In conjunction with the Second Annual David Amram Concert on July 30th, we are happy to include a showing of the work of Eric Arctander - neighbor, friend, artist, teacher - who was an integral part of the Putnam County arts community, a regular at the Tompkins Corners Farmers Market, and who lives on in his work and in our hearts.
Tickets are $20. For more information, email info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280.
Saturday, July 30th, 7:30 pm
David Amram Quintet with Kevin Twigg drums, and glockenspiel; Rene Hart, bass violin; Adam Amram on congas; Elliot Peper, bongos; and
David Amram, piano, french horn, percussion, flutes and whistles, including classics of Jazz, Folk and World Music.
Special Guest: Out to Lunch with Howie Bujese, Larry Cohen, Susan Sassano, Wayne Fugate, Michael Sassano and Joe Selly, whose unique instrumentation incorporates two mandolins, guitar, fiddle, bass and hammered dulcimer. Their strong vocals blend to create harmonies that are a distinctive part of Out To Lunch's musical charm. They enjoy playing with David Amram whenever and wherever.
In conjunction with the Second Annual David Amram Concert on July 30th, we are happy to include a showing of the work of Eric Arctander - neighbor, friend, artist, teacher - who was an integral part of the Putnam County arts community, a regular at the Tompkins Corners Farmers Market, and who lives on in his work and in our hearts.
Tickets are $20. For more information, email info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280.
Funtastic Family Art Festival
Sunday, July 10th, from 12-5pm
Rain or Shine
Join us for an afternoon of imagination and creativity! We'll have many stations with fun projects to make using a lot of different materials.
Singer/puppeteer Lydia Adams Davis presents One Earth So Green and Round at 2:30, introducing native animal puppets to kids, who will then become the puppeteers. Amy Hersh will sing original children’s songs and help kids learn them. Music maker Caleb Schepart will show how to make finger pianos and other musical instruments. Maaike Hoekstra will give a pottery demonstration.
Plus, fun art and music activities, live music, face painting, and more!
Tickets are $20 per family, (or what you can) at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2565248.
Or pre-register by emailing info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280 to reserve a space.
Walk-ins are welcome, but RSVPs are even better, so we can make sure we have enough materials. Bring your own lunch; snacks and drinks will be available.
Sunday, July 10th, from 12-5pm
Rain or Shine
Join us for an afternoon of imagination and creativity! We'll have many stations with fun projects to make using a lot of different materials.
Singer/puppeteer Lydia Adams Davis presents One Earth So Green and Round at 2:30, introducing native animal puppets to kids, who will then become the puppeteers. Amy Hersh will sing original children’s songs and help kids learn them. Music maker Caleb Schepart will show how to make finger pianos and other musical instruments. Maaike Hoekstra will give a pottery demonstration.
Plus, fun art and music activities, live music, face painting, and more!
Tickets are $20 per family, (or what you can) at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2565248.
Or pre-register by emailing info@tompkinscorners.org or call 845 528-7280 to reserve a space.
Walk-ins are welcome, but RSVPs are even better, so we can make sure we have enough materials. Bring your own lunch; snacks and drinks will be available.
Putnam County Day & Awards Ceremony
Monday, June 13th at 10:00 am
*Open to the Public*
Please join us for Putnam County Day as we are honored with the Creative and Adaptive Reuse of a Historic Structure Award at the Historic Courthouse, 44 Gleneida Avenue in Carmel
Monday, June 13th at 10:00 am
*Open to the Public*
Please join us for Putnam County Day as we are honored with the Creative and Adaptive Reuse of a Historic Structure Award at the Historic Courthouse, 44 Gleneida Avenue in Carmel
Kitchen Table Band
Saturday, June 11th at 7:30 pm
Long time area favorites, the Kitchen Table Band and Friends, will present the blend of energizing contemporary, folk and Irish music for which they have become known. The concert begins at 7:30 PM.
Joining Jan Hoekstra, Maaike Hoekstra, Drew Howland and Dennis Klubnick on a variety of instruments, will be Lora Lee Ecobelli, along with Pat Cummings and Tim Pitt, who have also performed at the Towne Crier in Beacon. And, for the first time, the KTB will present Pallas Athene on cello and bass, and Cyd Scott on bassoon.
The Kitchen Table Band has performed widely throughout Putnam County, including playing annually at the 4-H Fair in July and in years past at the Hoot on the Hudson music fest at Little Stony Point in Cold Spring.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2560337
or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006.
Saturday, June 11th at 7:30 pm
Long time area favorites, the Kitchen Table Band and Friends, will present the blend of energizing contemporary, folk and Irish music for which they have become known. The concert begins at 7:30 PM.
Joining Jan Hoekstra, Maaike Hoekstra, Drew Howland and Dennis Klubnick on a variety of instruments, will be Lora Lee Ecobelli, along with Pat Cummings and Tim Pitt, who have also performed at the Towne Crier in Beacon. And, for the first time, the KTB will present Pallas Athene on cello and bass, and Cyd Scott on bassoon.
The Kitchen Table Band has performed widely throughout Putnam County, including playing annually at the 4-H Fair in July and in years past at the Hoot on the Hudson music fest at Little Stony Point in Cold Spring.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2560337
or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006.
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason in Concert
Saturday, June 4th at 8 pm.
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, household names in traditional American music, have a special connection to Putnam County, having met here originally. Jay is best known for his composition, Ashokan Farewell which was the theme music in Ken Burns Civil War series on PBS. On June 4, Jay and Molly will perform traditional American folk tunes, as well as original tunes, Western, Swing, and Southern and Northern dance tunes.
This show is a continuation of our cultural series of events and our first full year of ever-growing activity. The program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is funded with public funds through the NYS Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
Tickets are $20 and available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2544771 or call 1-800-838-3006. We urge you to book tickets early, as we expect this event to sell out.
Saturday, June 4th at 8 pm.
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, household names in traditional American music, have a special connection to Putnam County, having met here originally. Jay is best known for his composition, Ashokan Farewell which was the theme music in Ken Burns Civil War series on PBS. On June 4, Jay and Molly will perform traditional American folk tunes, as well as original tunes, Western, Swing, and Southern and Northern dance tunes.
This show is a continuation of our cultural series of events and our first full year of ever-growing activity. The program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is funded with public funds through the NYS Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
Tickets are $20 and available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2544771 or call 1-800-838-3006. We urge you to book tickets early, as we expect this event to sell out.
Spring Cleaning and Work Party!
Saturday, May 14, starting at 10am
Volunteer to help for our work party and spring cleaning. Come join the fun, meet your neighbors, and find out more about all the events this spring and summer.
Saturday, May 14, starting at 10am
Volunteer to help for our work party and spring cleaning. Come join the fun, meet your neighbors, and find out more about all the events this spring and summer.
Tim Eriksen: “Sacred Harp” shape note singing, workshop and performance.
Friday, May 13: Workshop 5-6 pm, Performance 7:30
On Friday, May 13, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present Sacred Harp Singing with Tim Eriksen, an evening of community singing and a performance by the TimEriksen Trio.
Mr. Eriksen will hold a Sacred Harp Singing Workshop from 5 to 6 pm at Tompkins Corners followed by an evening performance at 7:30.
Sacred Harp Shape Note singing is non-denominational American choral music from the 19th century. This way of singing started in New England and spread through the South. It was communicated through songbooks at community gatherings. It is a powerful musical experience that emphasizes participation, and the workshop that will be held prior to the concert will encourage members of the community to learn and be part of this unique musical event. This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is funded with public funds through the NYS Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
The presentation promises to be a remarkable opportunity to join with the text, the sound, the style and the feel of special American music. We invite the public to join a musical happening that is unlike anything else. Reading music is not required. There is a special “shape note” system, in which the sounds of fa sol la are represented as squares, triangles and circles that can be applied to any singing key. This music is often referred to as “Fa Sol La” singing. Some of the songs were composed in the 1790s and make special religious references.
Tim Eriksen is a great exponent and teacher of Sacred Harp. He was a consultant and performer in the film, “Cold Mountain”, and led the film to a great session in rural Alabama whose singers eventually performed on the Grammy awards. He is a musician, musicologist, and professor. He is also a powerful performer, ballad singer, and was leader of the punk/folk band “Cordelia’s Dad”. The band has released nine full-length albums, played festivals, including The Newport Folk Festival, and toured with notable bands Nirvana, Uncle Tupelo, and Weezer. T-Bone Burnett calls Eriksen “one of the best voices in music.”
At Tompkins Corners, besides the Sacred Harp, The Tim Eriksen Trio will give a performance of ballads, Appalachian music, instrumentals and vocals. Their music is an expansive and moving experience.
Suggested donations for the workshop and performance are $10 each, but both together are available for $15. Tickets are available for either or both the workshop and the performance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2542004. Or call 845 528-7280 to reserve a place at either workshop or concert or both, or email info@tompkinscorners.org for more information.
Friday, May 13: Workshop 5-6 pm, Performance 7:30
On Friday, May 13, Tompkins Corners Cultural Center will present Sacred Harp Singing with Tim Eriksen, an evening of community singing and a performance by the TimEriksen Trio.
Mr. Eriksen will hold a Sacred Harp Singing Workshop from 5 to 6 pm at Tompkins Corners followed by an evening performance at 7:30.
Sacred Harp Shape Note singing is non-denominational American choral music from the 19th century. This way of singing started in New England and spread through the South. It was communicated through songbooks at community gatherings. It is a powerful musical experience that emphasizes participation, and the workshop that will be held prior to the concert will encourage members of the community to learn and be part of this unique musical event. This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is funded with public funds through the NYS Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
The presentation promises to be a remarkable opportunity to join with the text, the sound, the style and the feel of special American music. We invite the public to join a musical happening that is unlike anything else. Reading music is not required. There is a special “shape note” system, in which the sounds of fa sol la are represented as squares, triangles and circles that can be applied to any singing key. This music is often referred to as “Fa Sol La” singing. Some of the songs were composed in the 1790s and make special religious references.
Tim Eriksen is a great exponent and teacher of Sacred Harp. He was a consultant and performer in the film, “Cold Mountain”, and led the film to a great session in rural Alabama whose singers eventually performed on the Grammy awards. He is a musician, musicologist, and professor. He is also a powerful performer, ballad singer, and was leader of the punk/folk band “Cordelia’s Dad”. The band has released nine full-length albums, played festivals, including The Newport Folk Festival, and toured with notable bands Nirvana, Uncle Tupelo, and Weezer. T-Bone Burnett calls Eriksen “one of the best voices in music.”
At Tompkins Corners, besides the Sacred Harp, The Tim Eriksen Trio will give a performance of ballads, Appalachian music, instrumentals and vocals. Their music is an expansive and moving experience.
Suggested donations for the workshop and performance are $10 each, but both together are available for $15. Tickets are available for either or both the workshop and the performance at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2542004. Or call 845 528-7280 to reserve a place at either workshop or concert or both, or email info@tompkinscorners.org for more information.
Pete Seeger Festival
Sunday, May 1st from 1 to 6 pm
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center presents a Pete Seeger Festival to celebrate the musical and humanitarian legacy of our neighbor, mentor and friend - and his birthday, which is on May 3rd.
Performers will include David and Jacob Bernz, Dan Einbender and Roy Diggit, Pat Lamanna, Mel and Vinnie, Melissa Ortquist and Karen Brooks, Andy Revkin, RJ Storm and Old School Bluegrass Band, Sarah Underhill, and Susan Wright with Steve Kirkman. The musicians performed with Pete and sailed with him on the sloops Clearwater and Woody Guthrie and worked with him at the Beacon Sloop Club. In addition to singing Pete’s songs and their own, they will have stories to tell about the man who inspired so many people in the course of his 94 years.
The Festival is free and family-friendly. Because the Great Hudson River Revival is not being held this year, and because Clearwater still needs to raise funds to complete the restoration of its hallmark sloop, donations will be requested throughout the festival that will be given to the Clearwater organization to “float the boat.”
For more info send an email to info@tompkinscorners.org or leave a message at 845 528-7280.
Sunday, May 1st from 1 to 6 pm
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center presents a Pete Seeger Festival to celebrate the musical and humanitarian legacy of our neighbor, mentor and friend - and his birthday, which is on May 3rd.
Performers will include David and Jacob Bernz, Dan Einbender and Roy Diggit, Pat Lamanna, Mel and Vinnie, Melissa Ortquist and Karen Brooks, Andy Revkin, RJ Storm and Old School Bluegrass Band, Sarah Underhill, and Susan Wright with Steve Kirkman. The musicians performed with Pete and sailed with him on the sloops Clearwater and Woody Guthrie and worked with him at the Beacon Sloop Club. In addition to singing Pete’s songs and their own, they will have stories to tell about the man who inspired so many people in the course of his 94 years.
The Festival is free and family-friendly. Because the Great Hudson River Revival is not being held this year, and because Clearwater still needs to raise funds to complete the restoration of its hallmark sloop, donations will be requested throughout the festival that will be given to the Clearwater organization to “float the boat.”
For more info send an email to info@tompkinscorners.org or leave a message at 845 528-7280.
First Anniversary Celebration
Sunday, April 10th, 2-6pm:
On Sunday, April 10th, we will be one year old! Come celebrate with us at an Open House from 2 to 6 pm. We welcome all of you who have performed, attended, contributed and otherwise helped to make our first year more successful than any of us could have imagined. Bring musical instruments if you'd like to play informally during the afternoon, a snack or beverage, and good wishes to help us into our second year.
Questions? Leave us a message at 845 528-7280 or email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Sunday, April 10th, 2-6pm:
On Sunday, April 10th, we will be one year old! Come celebrate with us at an Open House from 2 to 6 pm. We welcome all of you who have performed, attended, contributed and otherwise helped to make our first year more successful than any of us could have imagined. Bring musical instruments if you'd like to play informally during the afternoon, a snack or beverage, and good wishes to help us into our second year.
Questions? Leave us a message at 845 528-7280 or email info@tompkinscorners.org.
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart
Saturday, April 2nd, 7:30 p.m. - Filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders presents his film
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is a longtime Putnam Valley resident whose distinctive films for HBO and PBS are well known. Originally a portrait photographer, he has documented the leading figures of Arts and Culture in books and exhibitions. He will present his film about the musician Lou Reed: Rock ’n Roll Heart. Lou Reed was a member of the Velvet Underground, a group associated with Andy Warhol. His long solo musical career as songwriter and performer profoundly influenced Rock & Roll.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ other films include “The Women’s List" (currently on PBS), “The Black List," “The Boomer’s List," and “About Face." This is a rare opportunity to meet and engage with one of Putnam Valley’s distinguished neighbors.
“Lou and I were friends and he spent a lot of time up in Putnam Valley.” TGS
This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is funded with public funds through the NYS Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
Saturday, April 2nd, 7:30 p.m. - Filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders presents his film
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is a longtime Putnam Valley resident whose distinctive films for HBO and PBS are well known. Originally a portrait photographer, he has documented the leading figures of Arts and Culture in books and exhibitions. He will present his film about the musician Lou Reed: Rock ’n Roll Heart. Lou Reed was a member of the Velvet Underground, a group associated with Andy Warhol. His long solo musical career as songwriter and performer profoundly influenced Rock & Roll.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ other films include “The Women’s List" (currently on PBS), “The Black List," “The Boomer’s List," and “About Face." This is a rare opportunity to meet and engage with one of Putnam Valley’s distinguished neighbors.
“Lou and I were friends and he spent a lot of time up in Putnam Valley.” TGS
This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council's Arts Link Grant Program, which is funded with public funds through the NYS Council on the Arts with support from Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature and with public funds from Putnam County.
A Nation Once Again - St. Patricks Day Celebration
Saturday, March 12th, 7:30 p.m. “A Nation Once Again” celebrates the centennial of the 1916 Easter Uprising that sparked the Irish War of Independence. Keeping the fight alive from generation to generation through music and poetry, the singers, actors and musicians will include Susie Deane, Bill Molloy, Tim Pitt, Pat Cummings, Pallas Athene and Mike Scott, Janice Hardgrove, Alice Backer, Jan Hoekstra, Frank Fasano, Caitlin O’Heaney and Paul Savior. And because no Irish evening is complete without one, a “seisiún” will follow the performance. If you like their music, you’ll love their story!
Saturday, March 12th, 7:30 p.m. “A Nation Once Again” celebrates the centennial of the 1916 Easter Uprising that sparked the Irish War of Independence. Keeping the fight alive from generation to generation through music and poetry, the singers, actors and musicians will include Susie Deane, Bill Molloy, Tim Pitt, Pat Cummings, Pallas Athene and Mike Scott, Janice Hardgrove, Alice Backer, Jan Hoekstra, Frank Fasano, Caitlin O’Heaney and Paul Savior. And because no Irish evening is complete without one, a “seisiún” will follow the performance. If you like their music, you’ll love their story!
"Share the Love" - Valentine's Day Concert
Sunday, February 14, 2-4 pm - A concert of original and cover songs dedicated to Love. In our beautifully preserved and comfortably heated historic landmark at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, performers will include Janice Hardgrove and Tim Pitt who have performed in New York City, Woodstock, and the Town Crier Cafe in Beacon; Bill Molloy and Jennifer Dreaper, a singer-songwriter team well known in the Hudson Valley; John Cohen, Old Time musician, and TempoMental, a teen a capellasinging group. Suggested donation: $15 adults, $10 students/seniors, $25 families. Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2488944 or at the door.
Sunday, February 14, 2-4 pm - A concert of original and cover songs dedicated to Love. In our beautifully preserved and comfortably heated historic landmark at 729 Peekskill Hollow Road in Putnam Valley, performers will include Janice Hardgrove and Tim Pitt who have performed in New York City, Woodstock, and the Town Crier Cafe in Beacon; Bill Molloy and Jennifer Dreaper, a singer-songwriter team well known in the Hudson Valley; John Cohen, Old Time musician, and TempoMental, a teen a capellasinging group. Suggested donation: $15 adults, $10 students/seniors, $25 families. Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2488944 or at the door.
Old Timey Jam Session
Sunday, January 3, 2016, 2:00pm to 7:00pm - Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, dulcimer or your favorite instrument and join special guests Harry Bolick, Pat Schories and Jim Garber who will lead an afternoon of old-timey tunes. Snacks and refreshments will be available. Donations appreciated. Questions? Call 845 528-7280 or email info@tompkinscorners.org. Happy new year!
Sunday, January 3, 2016, 2:00pm to 7:00pm - Bring your fiddle, banjo, guitar, dulcimer or your favorite instrument and join special guests Harry Bolick, Pat Schories and Jim Garber who will lead an afternoon of old-timey tunes. Snacks and refreshments will be available. Donations appreciated. Questions? Call 845 528-7280 or email info@tompkinscorners.org. Happy new year!
Master Storyteller Jonathan Kruk Performs Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
Friday, December 18th, 7:30pm - Listen and watch this gifted tale-teller in period garb transform into over thirty characters performing the Dickens holiday classic of hope and redemption. Jim Keyes accompanies with original music performed on instruments ranging from pump organ to harp. The performance runs about one hour with Jim Keyes opening with a lively sing-along of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." The show is suitable for children 8 years old and over. Suggested donations are $25 for families, $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2469858 or for reservations and more information, call 845 528-7280 or send an email toinfo@tompkinscorners.org.
Friday, December 18th, 7:30pm - Listen and watch this gifted tale-teller in period garb transform into over thirty characters performing the Dickens holiday classic of hope and redemption. Jim Keyes accompanies with original music performed on instruments ranging from pump organ to harp. The performance runs about one hour with Jim Keyes opening with a lively sing-along of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." The show is suitable for children 8 years old and over. Suggested donations are $25 for families, $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2469858 or for reservations and more information, call 845 528-7280 or send an email toinfo@tompkinscorners.org.
Gratitude Festival presented by the Putnam Valley High School Tri-M Music Honor Society
Tuesday, November 24th at 7 pm - We welcome Putnam Valley High School students in an evening of live music and poetry in celebration of Thanksgiving. This is a FREE event, family-friendly and all are welcome.
Tuesday, November 24th at 7 pm - We welcome Putnam Valley High School students in an evening of live music and poetry in celebration of Thanksgiving. This is a FREE event, family-friendly and all are welcome.
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An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe at Tompkins Corners
Saturday, October 24, 8:00pm "MOURNFUL AND NEVER-ENDING REMEMBRANCE" - An Evening With The Best Of Edgar Allan Poe, as interpreted by actor Paul Savior. Mr. Savior’s selection of seventeen poems of love, sorrow, loss and terror, will be presented as a journey through the brief and troubled life of one of the most important literary voices of the first half of the 19th century. Remembered as a poet, storyteller, essayist, editor, critic and leading American Romanticist, Poe was defined by D. H. Lawrence as "An adventurer into the vaults, and cellars and horrible underground passages of the soul". |
Video Credit: Cory Allen, Milkman Media
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Neighborhood Flea Market
Saturday, September 26, 10:00am to 5:00pm - Please join us for our first Neighborhood Flea Market and enjoy the sound of local musicians playing while you shop. Rain or shine.
Saturday, September 26, 10:00am to 5:00pm - Please join us for our first Neighborhood Flea Market and enjoy the sound of local musicians playing while you shop. Rain or shine.
Farmer's Market Special Event!
Friday, August 28, 3:00pm to 6:30pm Tai-Chi demonstration at the August 28th Farmers Market. Dixie Piver and Leon Ablon invite you to try a few Tai-Chi moves as demonstrated by two members of the Taoist Tai-Chi Society. Tai-Chi is known to cultivate both mind and body to restore and maintain good health. Also weekly music jam. Hours: 3:00 to 6:30 pm. Come one, come all!
Friday, August 28, 3:00pm to 6:30pm Tai-Chi demonstration at the August 28th Farmers Market. Dixie Piver and Leon Ablon invite you to try a few Tai-Chi moves as demonstrated by two members of the Taoist Tai-Chi Society. Tai-Chi is known to cultivate both mind and body to restore and maintain good health. Also weekly music jam. Hours: 3:00 to 6:30 pm. Come one, come all!
David Amram Quintet, with Kevin Twigg, Rene Hart, Adam Amram and Elliot Peper
July 25th, 8:00pm to 10:00pm - The evening will include Classics of Jazz, Folk and World Music, and celebrate both the 30th anniversary of Amram and Friends’ first concert at the Church and its emergence today as a new Cultural Center located at beautiful Tompkins Corners in Putnam County. Surprised musical guests include Midhat Serbagi, Jan Hoekstra and others. This is an all-ages event and children, their parents and grandparents are all welcome. For current information about Amram's world-wide activities, access www.davidamram.com.
July 25th, 8:00pm to 10:00pm - The evening will include Classics of Jazz, Folk and World Music, and celebrate both the 30th anniversary of Amram and Friends’ first concert at the Church and its emergence today as a new Cultural Center located at beautiful Tompkins Corners in Putnam County. Surprised musical guests include Midhat Serbagi, Jan Hoekstra and others. This is an all-ages event and children, their parents and grandparents are all welcome. For current information about Amram's world-wide activities, access www.davidamram.com.
Farmers Market
Every Friday (June 26th - September 4th), 3:00pm to 6:30pm - 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the Putnam Valley Residents Coalition’s Farmers Market. Our vendors offer a variety of fresh, locally grown produce, baked goods and crafts. Vendor inquiries are welcome. Contact us at putnamvalleyresidentscoalition@yahoo.com or call 845-528-0066.
Every Friday (June 26th - September 4th), 3:00pm to 6:30pm - 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the Putnam Valley Residents Coalition’s Farmers Market. Our vendors offer a variety of fresh, locally grown produce, baked goods and crafts. Vendor inquiries are welcome. Contact us at putnamvalleyresidentscoalition@yahoo.com or call 845-528-0066.