Calendar

Saturday, June 13, 2026 and Sunday, June 14, 2026 / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Performance Times and Ticket Information: From Stage To Screen Acting Studio

Saturday, June 27, 2026 @ 8:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Tickets: $30 Advance and $40 Door / Advance Online Ticket Purchases: For Living Lovers Eventbrite Tickets       

Brandon Ross and Stomu Takeishi

String duos continue into the summer for Elysium Furnace Works with this celebrated, long-running, unplugged project featuring acoustic guitarist/banjoist/vocalist Ross and acoustic bass guitarist Takeishi, building upon their initial association in the ensembles of Henry Threadgill to craft an innovative, distinctively chamber-like approach to modern string music.  Elysium Furnace Works

Friday, July 10, 2026 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm / Free Admission / Refreshments will be served

• Victorian Gallery @ 9 Vassar Street – Onaje Benjamin, Mixed Media and Shirley Parker Benjamin, Mixed Media
• Reception Gallery @ 12 Vassar Street – Meghan McDonough, Oil Paintings 
• Hancock Gallery @ 12 Vassar Street – Mukta, Oil Paintings

Saturday, July 18, 2026 @ 8:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Tickets: $20 Advance and $30 Door / Advance Online Ticket Purchases: Ingrid Laubrock and Cecilia Lopez Eventbrite Tickets    

Ingrid Laubrock and Cecilia Lopez

A duo of very different sort, composer/saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and multimedia artist Cecelia Lopez sculpt otherworldly soundscapes rich with electro-acoustic invention in this startling collaboration. Elysium Furnace Works

Friday, July 24, 2026 at 7:00 pm, Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 1:00 pm & 7:00 pm, and Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 1:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Performance Times and Ticket Information: West Side Theatrix

Friday, September 11, 2026 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm / Free Admission / Refreshments will be served

• Victorian Gallery @ 9 Vassar Street – Liliana Washburn, Acrylic Paintings
• Hancock and Reception Galleries @ 12 Vassar Street – Sustainable Hudson Valley Group Exhibition 

Friday, October 22, 2026 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm / Free Admission / Refreshments will be served

• Hancock and Reception Gallery @ 12 Vassar Street – Grace Smith House – “The Clothesline Project” 

Saturday, October 24, 2026 @ 8:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Tickets: $20 Advance and $30 Door / Advance Online Ticket Purchases: sinonó Eventbrite Tickets     

This singular trio, sinonó, highlights three prodigiously talented up-and-coming artists — vocalist/composer isabel crespo-pardo, cellist Lester St. Louis and bassist Henry Fraser — who weave together Latin American folk, chamber music, and free improvisation to create a space of inimitable, crackling vitality. Elysium Furnace Works

Friday, November 6, 2026 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm / Free Admission / Refreshments will be served

• Victorian Gallery @ 9 Vassar Street – Carolyn Schlam, Painter/Mixed Media
• Reception Gallery @ 12 Vassar Street – Melissa Small Cooper, Floral Paintings 
• Hancock Gallery @ 12 Vassar Street – Christal Ortiz, Painter/Mixed Media 

Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00 pm / VBI Theatre – 12 Vassar Street / Tickets: $30 Advance and $40 Door / Advance Online Ticket Purchases: PAKT Eventbrite Tickets 

The members of PAKT

This prog-prov supergroup closes out our 2026 season in soaring fashion when these four enormously accomplished musicians — guitarists Alex Skolnick, Tim Motzer, fretless bass guitarist Percy Jones, and drummer Kenny Grohowski — perform a completely improvised set of music notable for its peerless, expressive intensity and imagination. Elysium Furnace Works