Culturally Speaking
By Cornelia Seckel
ART TIMES online August 2011
 Chorus Line performed at the newly rennovated Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, NY.  The Resident Company at the Woodstock Playhouse The New York Conservancy for the Arts has purchased the historic Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock, NY. In 6 months time, the Theatre was completely renovated and is now fully enclosed. Air conditioning and heating allows the Playhouse to be a year-round venue for Music, Theatre and Dance. Originally built in 1928, there have been several owners, fires and rebuilding. The Resident Company performed “Chorus Line”, “Anything Goes” and now “Hair” (thru Aug 13). Learn more at: WoodstockPlayhouse.org |
 A New Deal for Youth: Eleanor Roosevelt, Val-Kill Industries and the Woodstock Resident Work Center. An exhibition at the Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY thru November 5, 2011 |
 Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in The Legend of Ten; photo Cherylynn Tsushima Jacob’s Pillow, celebrating their 79 Anniversary is now a National Historic Landmark and home to America’s longest running International dance festival. There is a school, intern program, Archives that chronicle more than 80 years of dance, a year-round Community Program, Art Gallery, Residencies and several performance spaces. In March, 2011, Jacob’s Pillow was honored by President Obama with a National Medal of Arts. The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company was lyrical in their movement and overall a great pleasure to see. Learn more about Jacob’s Pillow at: jacobspillow.org
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 The Mount, Lenox, MA. was the home of Edith Wharton who designed the house and the gardens and lived there for many years until relocating to France where she lived till her death in 1937. Edith Wharton wrote over 40 books and was the first woman awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Yale and the first woman elevated to full membership in the American Academy of Arts and Letters. ••• EdithWharton.org |
 Die Liebe der Danae (The Love of Danae, 1940), by Richard Strauss. Starring soprano Meagan Miller.  Tero Saarinen Company Triple Bill at Bard SummerScape. This intense, powerful dance program kept my attention throughout. ••••••••••••••••••••• Bard SummerScape has a full program of Opera, Dance, Theatre, Music, Film and Cabaret & Music in the Spiegeltent. The 22nd Bard Music Festival (Aug 12-21) features Sibelius and his World. For more information bard.edu/fishercenter |