We are shedding some light on musician and host of the highly-acclaimed show Home From Here, John Burton. Not just that, but John is the creator of The Lifted Project, a documentary being shot in the Hudson Valley that is connecting the arts with local organizations, and lifting groups such as Hudson River Housing, Berkshire Farm Center & Services for Youth, Hudson Valley Animal Rescue, and Kidney4Clark. John and I talk about the song We Won't Be Broken, which is at the center of the documentary, and how it has been a transformative time for him and all the individuals involved. We also discuss how John has used Home From Here to be a platform for both music and mental health.
Big Joe Fitz
As these April showers continue to prep us for those May flowers, a transitional spring mix of virtual and in-real-life events continues to bloom all around us.
Unison Arts Reopens for New Season | April 16
Let’s hear it for first and safe steps. New Paltz’s integral Unison Arts center recently announced its return to in-person events programming this month. The 2021 season kicks off with a limited-attendance (30 guests), Unison members-only indoor concert by local blues kings Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fi’s on April 16 at 7pm; a members-only Chilean wines tasting takes place on April 17. From there, Unison’s outdoor stage begins welcoming public audiences (60 persons maximum; advance ticket purchase required), commencing with a swing dance featuring the Bernstein Bard Trio on April 24 at 5pm. Tickets are $15.
Jenny Morgan, Entering the Field At Night
Jenny Morgan s paintings are a striking combination of realism and surrealism––creating mesmerizing female faces on canvas. I think painting is a kind of magic, Morgan says. In her upcoming solo exhibition, To Bathe the World in a Strange Light at Mother Gallery in Beacon––opening on April 17––Morgan explores the notion of a mental landscape playing with different sides of femininity like witchcraft and spirituality. I am looking for that spirit and ghost in people, that emotion and that invisible energy, Morgan says. Morgan painted
Entering the Field at Night during March and April of last year, just as the lockdown began. I worked on this piece deep into the new orb of isolation, she says. Living in the city is isolating in itself, and I think that many people turn to painting landscapes because we crave it. There s the idea of being in a field in this sort of