Long weekend means it's time to dance

The Clubhouse party is back at Bearsville Theater in Woodstock tonight at 9.

Those who arrive before 10 p.m. are rewarded with $5 admission. After 10, the price rises to 10 bucks.

Guest DJ Adam Warped, in a rare East Coast appearance, spins his signature smooth blend of obscure "forward thinking grooves."

The Bearsville Theater is located at 291 Tinker St.

Go dance.

Beacon store appeals to crafty gals

Feel Design, a young women-owned store in Beacon, features clothes and home decor made by other young, crafty women from the mid-Hudson Valley and the rest of the country.

Those looking for an unusual wedding or baby shower gift that isn't mass-produced in China might want to stop by.

I recently bought this vase (left) for a friend's bridal shower.






Wouldn't these pillows (right) make a cute addition to a nursery?

We hear ...

... that Upstate Films in Rhinebeck will host late-night screenings of cult/classic films on Friday and Saturday nights in September.

The screenings are part of the independent moviehouse's effort to draw in younger audiences, particularly college students.

More to come ...

(Poughkeepsie Journal photo by Karl Rabe)

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.