Brent De Joseph wants to break into the big-time with his artwork this year, and you can catch the beginning of his journey with the aptly titled exhibit “A Prelude to Destiny” through Feb. 29 in the lobby gallery of the Newburgh Free Library. Read more…

Is a white painting on a white canvas brilliant or bullocks? That’s the question posed in Yasmina Reza’s comedy Art, to be performed at The Beacon theater this weekend, but the answer threatens to tear three old friends apart. Read more…

Much like some of his artistic subjects, Sal Aiello’s paintings of barns in various states of disrepair, currently on display at the Pine Bush Area Public Library, will be disappearing before you know it. Read more…

Longtime West Point Band member Master Sergeant Matt Wozniak will get a rare solo opportunity this Sunday, Jan. 22 during a bass trombone recital. Read more…

While Beacon’s Go North Gallery has been but a pleasant memory since it shut its doors in 2009, the artists who ran the space, Greg Slick and Karlos Carcamo, will be exhibiting their work together at the BAU Gallery in the show “Go West,” on display beginning Saturday, Jan. 14. Read more…

The landscapes of photographer Mark W. Woods, featuring sun and sea, will be on display at the Newburgh Free Library throughout the month. Read more…

The Ann Street Gallery is having the tapestries tell their tales at its newest exhibition, Woven Stories: Contemporary Tapestries, featuring the hand-woven works of more than a dozen artists. Read more…

Chanukah is known as the Festival of Lights, but holographic and laser artist Linda Law is taking a piece of the phosphorescent pie on the darkest night of the year, the Winter Solstice, when she performs a laser light presentation on Thursday, Dec. 22. Read more…

The Hudson Valley Conservatory invites you to a Christmas circus with Clarabelle and her holiday prince in The Nutcracker Carnival, to be performed this weekend. Read more…

Returning to the Ritz Theater this Saturday, Dec. 10 are the gypsy jazz specialists of Frank Vignola’s Hot Club, whose sweltering blend of contemporary and classical tunes have burned up the Tom Humphrey Guitar Series for the past three seasons. Read more…