Lijah Friedman – Solo Art Exhibition in the Reception Gallery @ 12 Vassar Street

November 3, 2023 – December 29, 2023 Art Opening Reception: Friday, November 3, 2023 / 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm @ 12 Vassar Street Native New Yorker and Ulster County resident, Lijah Friedman, has been a life documentation photographer since her early 20’s.  Attending the International Center for Photography in the early 1990’s, she honed her craft specializing in black … Read More

Magic Beyond Imagination featuring Adam Wilber, Ryan Bliss and Kozmo

Friday, October 6, 2023 @ 7:30 pm and Saturday, October 7, 2023 @ 7:30 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Tickets: $55 VIP Advance Tickets (Limited) and $45 General Admission / General Admission – Doors Open at 7:00 pm & VIP Advance Tickets – Doors Open at 6:00 pm (The VIP Meet & Greet starts 6:30 pm … Read More

TRANSART & Cultural Services, Inc. presents The Bluocracy Project with Craig Harris and Harlem Nightsongs

Saturday, September 16, 2023 @ 7:30 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Tickets: $20 / Information: TRANSART The Bluocracy Project The Bluocracy is a masterwork, composed by Craig Harris exploring the great democratic process that is essential to the music called “jazz” and examines how it parallels the fiber of American relationships, especially those considering gender, race, class, and politics. … Read More

From Stage To Screen Acting Studio presents “Seussical Kids”

Saturday, December 9, 2023 and Sunday, December 10, 2023 / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Performance Times and Tickets: From Stage To Screen Acting Studio Transporting audiences from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus, the Cat in the Hat, our narrator, tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust containing tiny … Read More

Elysium Furnace Works presents Joe Fiedler

Saturday, December 16, 2023 @ 8:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Ticket Information: Elysium Furnace Works This solo performance by the consummate trombonist/composer/arranger, Joe Fiedler, builds on his recent solo recording The Howland Sessions.  This performance is sure to be startling and deliriously engaging to close out Elysium Furnace Works 2023 Season on a multi-phonically high … Read More

Elysium Furnace Works presents Joe McPhee with Strings

Saturday, March 16, 2024 @ 8:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Ticket Information: $40 Advance or $30 Door / Purchase Online Tickets at Joe McPhee Eventbrite Tickets    The legendary Poughkeepsie-based multi-instrumentalist, Joe McPhee, performs with a large string ensemble which includes such acclaimed musicians as bassists Michael Bisio and Hillard Greene, cellists Daniel Levin and … Read More

Elysium Furnace Works presents Sana Nagano’s Smashing Humans

Saturday, October 21, 2023 @ 8:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Advance Tickets: $20; At the Door: $30 / Click HERE to purchase Advance Tickets The Brooklyn-based noise-jazz violinist Sana Nagano leads an adventurous ensemble performing her compositions which bring together gorgeous chaos, explosive energy and exceptional musical dexterity, featuring Nagano on violin and effects, Anna … Read More

Elysium Furnace Works presents exclusiveOr

Saturday, September 23, 2023 @ 8:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Advance Tickets: $20; At The Door: $30 / Click HERE to purchase Advance Tickets. Sam Pluta, director of the CHIME (Chicago Integrated Media Experimental Studio) Studio at the University of Chicago and laptop artist, and Jeff Snyder, director Electronic Music and director of the Princeton … Read More

Elysium Furnace Works presents Eugene Chadbourne and Jim McHugh

Thursday, September 14, 2023 @ 8:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Advance Tickets: $15 ; At The Door: $25 / Click HERE to purchase Advance Tickets. Elysium Furnace Works is thrilled to present the dynamic duo of legendary multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, author and all-around creative force Eugene Chadbourne, joined by guitarist/vocalist Jim McHugh from the NYC-based … Read More