by Macey Levin Ralph Albert Blakelock is one of the least famous artists of the Hudson River School overshadowed by Thomas Cole and Frederic Church amongst others. In 1916, however, his “Brook By Moonlight” (below) was bought for $20,000, the highest price ever paid for a painting by a living…
“Papa said it was a curse. That Blakelock was cursed. Papa said because Blakelock was his dad he carried it too, and that I have it.He said I had him in my blood.That I was just like him.”  The tragic and nearly forgotten life of painter Ralph Albert Blakelock is reclaimed by his…
“Papa said it was a curse. That Blakelock was cursed. Papa said because Blakelock was his dad he carried it too, and that I have it. He said I had him in my blood. That I was just like him.” The tragic and nearly forgotten life of painter Ralph Albert…
For the third consecutive year, Catskill’s award-winning Bridge Street Theatre has scoured the country to find the very best one-person shows around. And this March, the best of the best will be coming to BST’s “Priscilla” Mainstage as part of “SoloFest 2025” – four successive weekends of mesmerizing stories from…
My favorite plays come from the smaller theatres within our scope of activity: Ancram Center for the Arts offered Constellations directed by Jeffrey Mousseau featuring Andrus Nicholls and Drew Ledbetter. The play moves back andf forth in time. The artistry of Mousseau, Nichols and Ledbetter gave depth to the characters’ conflicts and…
by Macey Levin Two lonely men, Chip and Gus, meet every third Tuesday of the month to play ping-pong in the back room of a bar in Schenectady, New York. Chip, a struggling professional musician and composer, teaches music at a university as an adjunct professor; Gus has a Ph.D…
Bridge Street Theatre presentsThe Fat Knight Theatre production ofCHIPANDGUSWritten and performed by John Ahlin and Christopher Patrick MullenSeptember 26 – October 6, wow4Bridge Street Theatre’s “Priscilla” Mainstage44 West Bridge Street, Catskill, NY Fat Knight Theatre’s Award-Winning “ChipandGus” Comes to CatskillSeptember 26 – October 6 The two loneliest guys in upstate…
Bridge Street Theatre, one of the most exciting and adventurous small theater companies in the Hudson Valley region, recently celebrated the opening of its first decade of existence by presenting rapturously received productions of two classic works – Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie” and Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”. They?re now…
