Sat Feb 11th: Another Night on the Town!

What a great way to spend a wintry Saturday; a little music, a little art, a little lite local restaurant fare and great neighbors. And then go out for dinner at one of Millbrook's restaurants!

Last months event was well attended; who knows, we may have to do this every winter. This month MAG and the Millbrook Library are hosting the HUMORESQUE DUET (Julie Martyn & Laura Majestic). The artist talk & photographs will be by Bill Wiegelman.

Coaches has graciously agreed to provide lite refreshments, to whet your appetite for a night on the town! Bring the night’s program to Coach’s for
a complimentary draft, well drink, or soft drink!

5:00-7:00 pm at the Millbrook Free Library.

This project is made possible (in part) through a grant from the Dutchess County Arts Council, administrator of public funds through NYSCA’s Decentralization Program.

Saturday 1/14 5:00 Night on the Town Series

Come out for an early start of your Saturday night with an artist talk, gallery exhibit and classical music... and then go out to dinner in Millbrook!

The Millbrook Free Library and Millbrook Arts Group have teamed up to present three classical music concerts and gallery talks this winter. The first event is this Saturday at the Millbrook Library from 5-7pm.

Our first concert will feature the Arabesque Trio- three talented musicians who will delight listeners with traditional and modern classical music selections. The evening will start with light refreshments and a gallery talk by our featured artist Miani Carnevale. After the concert, the musicians will give a brief talk about their music and their work as performing artists.

The Millbrook Cafe will be providing the light refreshments at this event, so show your appreciation (& it's a great excuse to stay in town!) and go out to dinner at any of our local restaurants.

Next Concert / Gallery talk: Feb 11.

Who's afraid of a little rain... Sat 8/27

OK, when rain storms get a name, I guess we cancel... Vinnie Bo is CANCELED for tonight.

Next Concert is GIRL HOWDY next Saturday September 9/3.

Rain Rain - Go AWAY! 6/25 Concert is rained out

Saturday to do list:
#1. Check out circus residue: Check - only two piles of Elephant souvenirs remain.
#2. Walk the Band shell lawn: Check - ponds are gone... but still extremely soggy.
#3. Look outside at 12:00pm: Check - Sun is poking out
#4. Check out Weather.com: RATSs... Sun is only teasing us, cause the nightly rain storms are coming back!

Sat. June 25th: GIRL HOWDY

"Girl Howdy - the honky tonk dance band that puts the twang in the swing & the rootin tootin' in the two-steppin'?"

The (22nd?) Millbrook Summer Concert season starts this Saturday with a return visit by GIRL HOWDY. They were here in 2009 and the crowd LOVED them.

A new feature this year: from 6:30-7:00 we'll have an 'open mike' format. If you are interested in performing contact MAG at info@millbrookartsgroup.org See you this Saturday at the Bandshell for Girl Howdie at 7:00pm

"Girl Howdy packs some serious gurl-harmony with classic honky-tonkin’

grooves." - Providence Journal

"...sweet harmonies, sliding steel and sawing fiddle--define Girl Howdy's genuine jukebox sound. With a few exceptions, males dominated the post-war Honky Tonk scene. But in the 21st Century Girl Howdy rules..." - Hudson Valley Bluegrass Association Jamboree

http://www.girlhowdyband.com/index.html

Fri April 29: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

MAG is excited to help bring the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival to Millbrook from their Boscobel summer home for a third year. This year's play is JULIUS CAESAR. The Festival is providing a workshop for the high school during the week. MAG has arranged for the troupe to give a performance for the community Friday night.

These plays have been a fantastic treat for our community, and is very appropriate for the entire family. The younger audience members have especially enjoyed asking questions of the actors at the the post performance discussion.

About the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

For 24 years the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival has produced critically acclaimed shows that challenge, inspire and demystify the great works of William Shakespeare delighting and enlightening audiences of all ages. The region’s only professional resident Shakespeare company, HVSF, makes its home under an open-air tent theater perched high up on the banks of the Hudson River on the grounds of the historic 19^th Century Boscobel estate in Garrison, New York.

“Any Shakespearean scholar or novice theatergoer will be awed by the brilliant innovation and breadth of talent on display.” -The Poughkeepsie Journal

7:00 PM at the Millbrook High School
Tickets sold at the door - Adults $10, Students FREE!

DANCE DZUL ... Saturday April 2nd

The postponed DANCE DZUL performance is Saturday April 2nd. Unless a tornado comes... the show will go on! We heard from so many people how disappointed they were that the January date had snow problems. Fortunately we were able to rebook the group. The performance is surely worth the wait.

This is a family event. (Some people had asked about the promotional pictures.)

Recap from earlier post:
Join us for an exciting evening and an unique opportunity to watch Dance Dzul's latest show being performed in NYC.

"Dzul Dance fuses dance with aerial arts as a means to communicate indigenous pre-Hispanic ritual and mythology and create dialogue between contemporary art and historical heritage. By transforming bodies into earthbound and airborne forces of nature Dzul breaks physical, cultural and political boundaries. This daring and unique company connects the bridges between the ancient and the modern in order to illuminate the vast array of drama and beauty inherent to the universal human condition and the natural world."

Artistic Director Javier Dzul and his diverse company of dancers and aerialists have been presented throughout New York and Mexico and in South America, Europe, Asia and the Virgin Islands garnering reviews along the way that hail Dzul’s “acrobatic wizardry” and his ability to turn his dancers of “remarkable elasticity” into “creatures of the air as well as of the earth” (The New York Times). His choreographies have been described as “electrifying” by Magazine.Art, “sophisticated and eloquent” by Attitude: The Dancers’ Magazine and “beautiful…extremely effective” by The New York Times.

Millbrook Arts Group presents Dzul Dance

Saturday, April 2nd at 7:30PM at
the new Millbrook High School Theater
$15 General Admission
FREE for Millbrook elementary, middle and high school students

for more info: www.dzuldance.com