Music and Dance

IN THE LANDSCAPE: MINDFUL GUIDED HIKES
Manitoga presents In the Landscape, a series of informed and inspired walks that reinforce observation and sensory exploration. Each individually themed walk is designed to relax, teach and cultivate a sense of place while exploring this resilient woodland with experts in horticulture and meditation.

In the Landscape: Mind the Forest
Friday, May 20, 3 – 5pm
Sunday, July 17, 9 – 11am
Sunday, October 23, 9 – 11am
Sunday, December 4, 9 – 11am
$30 per person
Children (including infants) must be at least 12 years old to attend
Join Mindful Outdoor Nature Guide Jane Dobson for the Japanese practice of Forest Bathing. Unlike a typical walk in the woods, Forest Bathing is slower and more deliberate, allowing our bodies and minds to reset in the natural environment we evolved from. Nature exposure lowers blood pressure and heart rate, reduces stress, and boosts our immune system and mood. Join any one walk or the full series as we explore different aspects of nature connection. Reconnect with nature, oneself and others. Space is limited, reservations required. Buy tickets at visitmanitoga.org

Please review our VISITOR INFORMATION section when planning your visit: https://www.visitmanitoga.org/visitor-information

This program was developed with support from Open Space Institute’s Malcolm Gordon Charitable Fund and a Hudson River Valley National Heritage Grant.

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From the brilliant minds of Improv and Comedy Legend Colin Mochrie and Master Hypnotist Asad Mecci comes a brand new, mind-blowing, jaw-dropping, side-splitting show! Hypnosis and Improv — two art forms that have mystified and entertained fans, sceptics and everyone in between for decades worldwide – come together as two masters of their crafts unite for a totally unique comedy experience — HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis.

Twenty random volunteers from the audience will be put under hypnosis (the process of which is a show in its own right), their inhibitions evaporated and their minds no longer their own. The four or five best are left on stage when one of the world’s leading improvisers enters! Colin Mochrie (co-creator) will initiate and manipulate those under hypnosis himself and turn the show into an improv extravaganza!

In the hands of two masters, and solely crafted from the audience’s uninhibited subconscious, this will be an entirely original and completely unforgettable show, for who knows where the unconscious mind will go. What can possibly go wrong? Come and see for yourself!

An inherent risk of exposure to Covid-19 exists in any public place where people are present. By visiting the Paramount Hudson Valley Theater, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to Covid-19.

All adult guests must be fully vaccinated or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours, to enter the theatre and must present digital or physical proof at the door. At home Rapid Tests are acceptable (please bring in a picture of the negative test with your name and date of test clearly written in the picture). Children under 12 will be able to be admitted with a vaccinated guardian. (Our policy will remain fluid, so please check back or call or email the box office with any questions)

COLLECTORS TOUR – $50 per person
Collectors Tours are offered on the following Saturdays:
May 28, July 16, August 20, September 17, October 15 from 3:30-5pm and November 12 3-4:30pm.
Space is limited to 12 people per tour, advance reservations required. Buy tickets at visitmanitoga.org

Enjoy a late afternoon tour of the House, Studio and Woodland Garden with a special focus on Russel Wright’s iconic designs for the American table and the relationship with the architecture and landscape of Manitoga. Visit includes special viewing of objects from Manitoga’s Design Collection in the new Russel & Mary Wright Design Gallery at Manitoga.

Please review our VISITOR INFORMATION section when planning your visit: https://www.visitmanitoga.org/visitor-information

THE COLLECTORS TOUR EXPERIENCE

Visitors follow the upper Quarry Path to Dragon Rock. Along the way, the tour features stunning views of the House and Studio, an ascending stone staircase, a field of mountain laurel, and the exquisite moss room. Visitors approach Dragon Rock by crossing the majestic waterfall via a wood plank bridge. Interior spaces are defined by expanses of glass, innovative materials use, and seamless connections to outside terraces. Manitoga’s Director of Collections, Interpretation and Conservation greets guests in the House with an in-depth presentation of the new Russel & Mary Wright Design Gallery and provides a look at additional rare items from Manitoga’s Collections. The Tour concludes by following a stepping stone path over the Quarry Pool dam to the Visitor/Guide House.

Collectors Tours highlight The Russel & Mary Wright Design Gallery at Manitoga, featuring over 200 objects from the Wrights’ ground-breaking designs for the American home, with lead support from the Henry Luce Foundation.

On view in the House & Studio: Formafantasma at Manitoga’s Dragon Rock: Designing Nature in collaboration with Magazzino Italian Art
On view in the Landscape: Tea House by designers Yoshihiro Sergel & Diana Mangaser

Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of the Italian design duo Formafantasma present a selection of works in dialogue with the House, Studio and surrounding landscape at Manitoga. The installation focuses primarily on their early works in which the use of materials and preference for the organic encounter – in both familiar and unexpected ways – Russel Wright’s experimental attitude and his vision of an architecture in harmony with nature. Formafantasma and Wright share a broad design reach, across medium and scale, from object to environment. Although separated by almost a century, both address environmental concerns and ask if design can be a steward of nature and our future.

Yuku mizu: Flowing through the Seasons
Yuku mizu ( 行水 ) a term used in haiku, evokes an image of moving water, or flowing water. Yuku mizu: Flowing through the Seasons demarcates the shift from summer into winter at Manitoga.

EXTENDED TOUR: Tea in Mary’s Meadow
2 hours, $50 General Admission
Enjoy an afternoon tour of the House & Studio, culminating in Mary’s Meadow. Designers Yoshihiro Sergel & Diana Mangaser greet guests for an intimate experience in the landscape. They will use the Tea House as a frame to observe each micro-season at Manitoga while engaging in conversation over tea. Space is limited. Advanced reservations required. Buy tickets at visitmanitoga.org.

Sunday, May 15, 2-4pm
立夏 Rikka (Beginning of Summer)

Sunday, July 24, 2-4pm
大暑 Taisho (Greater Heat)

Sunday, October 2, 2-4pm
秋分 Shūbun (Autumn Equinox)

Sunday, November 6, 2-4pm
霜降 Sōkō (Frost Falls)

Please review our Visitor Information when planning your visit: https://www.visitmanitoga.org/visitor-information

ABOUT THE TEA HOUSE:
Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center is thrilled to extend the Tea House by designers Yoshihiro Sergel & Diana Mangaser in the landscape into 2022. Set upon quarry-stone footings among the ferns and grasses of Mary’s Meadow, the Tea House exquisitely expresses the integration of design and nature at Manitoga while evoking Russel Wright’s great affinity with Japan. Designers Yoshihiro Sergel and Diana Mangaser conceived and hand-crafted the Tea House from wood, paper and string as a space for contemplation and ritual, a stage for poetry and music, and as an open framework for the seasonal changes of nature as spring turns to fall and becomes winter at Manitoga.

This program is made possible, in part, through the Putnam Arts Council’s Arts Link Grant Program with public funds from Putnam County, and from the Sara Little Turnbull Foundation and New York State Council on the Arts.

IN THE LANDSCAPE: MINDFUL GUIDED HIKES
Manitoga presents In the Landscape, a series of informed and inspired walks that reinforce observation and sensory exploration. Each individually themed walk is designed to relax, teach and cultivate a sense of place while exploring this resilient woodland with experts in horticulture and meditation.

In the Landscape: Russel Wright’s Quarry to Quarry
Sunday, August 21, 10am – 12pm
Sunday, November 6, 10am – 12pm
$20 per person
Explore Manitoga’s landscape as a personal expression of designer Russel Wright during NY State Path Through History weekend. Join designer Clay Burns on a guided 1-1/2 hr. / 1.5 mile moderate hike from the highly designed Quarry Pool at Dragon Rock to the wilderness of Lost Pond Quarry. Space is limited, reservations required. Buy tickets at visitmanitoga.org

Please review our VISITOR INFORMATION section when planning your visit: https://www.visitmanitoga.org/visitor-information

This program was developed with support from Open Space Institute’s Malcolm Gordon Charitable Fund and a Hudson River Valley National Heritage Grant.

The Paramount is pleased to present

Absolute Queen

Taking place Saturday, November 5th, 2022

8 PM

Ticket on sale now

Row B-K: $47

Row L – S, Row AA & BB: $37

Row T-X, Row CC – GG: $27

18+ age limit

Experience the hyper-realistic sights and sounds of what a Queen concert was like in the early 1980s, filled with all the many hits, incredible vocals, stories about Queen and the songs, costume changes, and high energy sing along songs that will lift you off your seat!

Absolute Queen is an amazing realistic Queen show that replicates the songs and effects and music note for note live. Lead Singer and Welshman Martyn Jenkins fronted the European Touring Queen show “Night at the Opera” for years in Europe, playing for The Queen Fan Club and performing for Brian May and Roger Taylor.

The band has spent hundreds of hours in the studio and you will hear exact multiple harmonies live that you hear on the real Queen records but sung by Absolute Queen. Their attention to detail is astounding and you have to experience them performing Bohemian Rhapsody live to truly appreciate the incredible performance of this masterpiece song as Queen envisioned it.

Do not miss this amazing tribute to one of the most iconic bands ever.

With the massive success of the Bohemian Rhapsody film breathing new life and notoriety into Queen’s music, Absolute Queen will perform every song from the film including Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Gaga, We Will Rock You, Under Pressure, Show Must Go On, Killer Queen and Don’t Stop Me Now, just to name a few. Plus many more deep cuts and hits like Best Friend, Keep Yourself Alive, We Are The Champions, Love Of My Life, Play The Game, Another Ones Bites the Dust and more!

Every year, we dedicate special landscape days for volunteers to come together to help maintain Manitoga as a resource and inspiration for professionals and the public. Members of Manitoga’s Woodland Landscape Council and staff provide special training for teams working on major projects to ready the site for the season and to maintain Wright’s unique design vision.

2022 LANDSCAPE WORKDAYS
Roll up your sleeves and meet other arborists, horticulturists, garden designers and landscape enthusiasts. Volunteers of all skill levels are welcomed. Free lunch provided to those who register in advance.

Saturday, April 23, 9am-2pm: Landscape Workday

Saturday, November 5, 10am-3pm: Family Landscape Workday

For more details or to attend, contact Landscape Manager Emily Phillips.

Landscape Workdays are made possible in part by a gift from Carol and Raymond Krizmanic along with grants from the Malcolm Gordon Charitable Fund and Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.

In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist.
As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O’Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
Rated R (Children under 17 not permitted without an adult)

Art After Dark is finally here! On October 28th, 2022, join The Art Effect at the Trolley Barn for a night of immersive arts experiences, culinary delights, and cocktails with an artistic twist. The evening will honor three prominent community and arts leaders; G. Angela Henry, Caitlyn Phillips, and the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Learn more about this exciting event https://thearteffect.org/event/aad/.

Tracy Morgan is one of the most well-respected comedians in his field, known for his roles across seven seasons of 30 Rock, where he received a Supporting Actor Emmy Nomination, and Saturday Night Live, which earned him an Emmy nod for Outstanding Guest Actor. He can most recently be seen in season four of TBS’s The Last O.G. which he executive produces and stars in. Morgan recently appeared in Amazon’s Coming 2 America alongside Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, which was released in March 2021 and Warner Brothers animated movie Scoob! which was released on PVOD on May 14th, 2020. He has had standup specials for Netflix, HBO and Comedy Central. In 2009, he released his first book, I Am The New Black, a compilation of anecdotes and serious moments that shaped him and his career. He has also had memorable voiceovers in G-Force, Rio and Rio 2 and the Oscar-nominated Boxtrolls. Additional film credits include The Longest Yard alongside Adam Sandler, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Head of State, Son of No One, Why Stop Now and Fist Fight.

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