Beacon's Homespun hosts movie night

The lovely and tasty Homespun Foods in Beacon is hosting dinner and a movie tonight at 7:30 in the back garden.

The featured movie, "Like Water for Chocolate," will be complemented by Mexican food.

Cost is $20 and includes a short video of animated shadow puppets.

Homespun is currently BYOW. A beer and wine license is coming.

Join me for Sunday's Slavic Soul Party

Look for me Sunday at the free closing night party of the Spiegeltent at Bard College. Slavic Soul Party will play the tent at 8:30 p.m.

These New York City-based musicians mix brass band music from diverse immigrant backgrounds with American jazz and soul.

As a Slavic who thinks she's got soul, I can't resist.

Don't miss 'Stardust'

I went to see this witty delight of a fantasy film last weekend. I left feeling the same way I did when I first saw "The Princess Bride" at the Rosendale Theatre in 1987.

And I predict "Stardust" is going to suffer the same fate: tanking at the box office and later becoming a cult hit.

Don't wait for Netflix. See it on the big screen.

"Stardust" is playing this weekend at Destinta 12 in New Windsor, Regal Cinemas Fishkill 10, Regal Cinemas Hudson Valley Mall in Kingston and Showtime Cinemas in Newburgh.

Jazz-infused opera probes secrets, mystery

Carl Hancock Rux uncovers the story of Angelo Soliman, an African in 18th-century Vienna and friend of Mozart, in "The Blackamoor Angel" opera. The jazz-infused work is being performed in the Spiegeltent at Bard College.

Final performances are Friday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

Rux, who participated in a post-show talk last week, probes Soliman's involvement in Mozart's final operas, his mysterious death and the reason for the heinous postmortem display of his body in the imperial Naturalienkabinett.

(Poughkeepsie Journal photos by Lee Ferris)

To purchase $25 tickets, call 845-758-7900 or the box office Web site.

Woodstock welcomes graffiti art pioneers

On Sunday I checked out a really cool exhibition at Varga Gallery in Woodstock.

The show features works on canvas and paper by graffiti artists LSD-Om, KR.One, Flint..., TEAM (art pictured), Zephyr, Whisper and Revolt.

Most of these guys were writing on New York City subway trains in the 1970s and '80s.

The gallery is located at 130 Tinker St., next to Tinker Street Cinema.

Read my interview with KR.One in the upcoming issue of Enjoy!

(Photo of TEAM's "Plaster Joint" artwork contributed by Christina Varga)

Ulster County art lovers get free day at Dia

Residents of Ulster County get free admission to Dia:Beacon this Saturday, part of the contemporary art museum's Community Free Days. That's a $10 savings!

Bring a driver's license or other government-issued ID for free entry.

Afterward, head up Main Street for Windows on Main and other Second Saturday art openings.

See you out in Beacon Saturday!

Where do you sushi?

My weekends are spent gathering ingredients at the farmers' market and Fleisher's meats for elaborate home-cooked dinners. I enjoy cooking ... when I have lots of time.

But during the week I'm all about the joys of take-out.

Every Tuesday as I'm leaving the Poughkeepsie Journal offices, I make a call to my neighborhood sushi joint, Kyoto. My usual: spicy tuna rolls.

I also have had memorable meals at Hokkaido in New Paltz (super fresh, but expect to wait a while), Edo Sushi in Hyde Park and Osaka in Rhinebeck.

So where do you go when you need your sushi fix? Any places you steer clear away from?