'New Term - New Progarm - New Happenings!'

'New Term - New Programs - New Happenings!'

'Plant Sale Mania!'

'Plant Sale Mania!'

Movie, Lunch, Dance!
Saturday, April 24 12noon-3pm
Cost: 14.00 / 12.00 members
DANCE STUDENTS! Sign up with a friend who is new to Hubbard Hall, and YOU (the current student) can come for half price! Deadline to register is Tuesday, April 20 at 5pm

Bring a bag lunch and we treat you with sweets, a movie, and a dance class for dessert! Watch and talk about the dance movie, Step Up (104 min. Rated PG-13). Then join guest instructor Gladys Brangman for a street-style jazz workshop. Gladys will take the funkiest song from the movie Step Up and she’ll have you dancing, prancing and laughing while learning some really cool dance moves. In this class, the warm up is just as much fun as the choreography. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

Gladys Brangman is a high energy dance instructor who loves working with dancers of any age. She has taught at The Trumansburg Dance Studio, Trumansburg, NY, The College for Lifelong Learning and the Community School of Music and Art, Ithaca, NY and Jill Reeners School of Dance and Performing Arts , Cortland, NY. In Cortland, Miss Gladys had a dance team that won platinum awards at competition two years in a row. Her dance philosophy is “If you can walk, you can dance” but it doesn’t end there. In her Hip Hop for Seniors dance class Miss Gladys had seniors in wheelchairs movin’ and groovin’.

Denim Delights Fashion Show
Denim Delights Fashion Show
Saturday, April 24 at 7:30pm
Beacon Feed Studio
10.00 adults / 5.00 children under 12
Runway fashion show featuring designs by fashion students & designer Katrina Maria. A benefit for the Hubbard Hall dance studio.

Freight Depot Gallery
LAST WEEK TO STOP BY AND VISIT THE INAUGURAL GRAND OPENING EXHIBIT!
The Grand Opening Exhibit will close on Sunday, April 25 at 5:00pm - don't miss out on this beautiful exhibit of original works by professional artists who have been great supporters of Hubbard Hall Projects!

Grand Opening of the Freight Depot Gallery
April 1 - 25, 2010
Featuring works by Gerald Coble, Constance Kheel, Clarence King, Karen Koziol, Jeri Macdonald, Adriano Manocchia, Robert Nunnelley, Leslie Parke, Carol Serotta, George Van Hook, Gyula Varosy, Hannie Varosy, Regina Wickham, and Anita Witten.

We have had so much fun exploring Hubbard Hall’s newest facility, the Freight Depot, as a theater facility. Now come and help us celebrate its use as an exhibition space.

The Freight Depot is the Green Building behind Hubbard Hall, next to the R.R. tracks and at the end of the yellow brick road.

Gallery Hours:
Mon-Fri 2:00-4:30pm
Sat & Sun 10:00am-5:00pm

'A Hot Weekend at the Hall!'

'A Hot Weekend at the Hall!'

LAST SHOW WAS A COMPLETE SELL-OUT!!!
DON'T BE DISAPPOINTED - CALL FOR TICKETS NOW!
Any remaining tickets will be on sale at the door 30 minutes before show time.

The Red Lions:
Saturday April 17 @ 8pm
Freight Depot Theater

"Elegant, sophisticated and refreshingly open-hearted, singer-guitarist Margan pens wonderfully literate and melodically inventive songs that he has orchestrated for a most unusual but oh-so effective ensemble of musicians. This is chamber music for the 21st century, and it simply sparkles”
-Greg Haymes, The Times Union

“Brilliantly informed by Impressionism, classic rock, and chamber and adagio musics with a dash of smoky nightclub jazz. Expect Stravinsky to spice the slow sonics, Gershwin to walk side by side with rapture, Ravel to pull in fog and rain, and Weill to spike the decadence factor.” - Mark S. Tucker, Acoustic Music Exchange

Tickets: 12.00 / 10.00 members / 8.00 students

See the Red Lions on MySpace Call 518-677-2495 for tickets

The Starry Mountain Singers
Wednesday, April 14
Hubbard Hall Mainstage
7:30pm Concert
4 – 5:30pm Workshop
6-7pm Potluck Dinner - bring a dish to share!

– The Singers –
Stefan Amidon, Zara Bode, Avery Book, Gideon Crevoshay, Jeff Fellinger, Cora Kelly, Emily Miller, Nathan Morrison and Suzannah Park

The Starry Mountain Singers is a nine-voice world music ensemble that performs sacred and secular singing traditions from Georgia, Bulgaria, Corsica, and the United States. The group’s members have toured extensively and taught with the Vermont-based world-music ensembles Northern Harmony and Village Harmony, where they received an introduction to traditional songs and singing styles from around the world. In addition, members of the ensemble have worked with Meredith Monk and the Revels Inc., have performed on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion and Mountain Stage, and include three members of the Brooklyn-based country band, The Sweetback Sisters.

For music clips and more information, go to: http://www.myspace.com/thestarrymountainsingers
http://www.suzannahpark.com/StarryMtnSingers.html

Concert Only : 15.00 / 12.00 member
Workshop & Concert Admission: 25.00 / 20.00 member

For more information please contact: morrisonpark@gmail.com Please call 518-677-2495 for tickets & registration.

Only 6 Performances Remaining!

'All My Sons & More...'

'All My Sons & More...'

Michael Eck Review of All My Sons - SEE IT!

ALL MY SONS @ HUBBARD HALL, 4/2/10

April 3, 2010 at 12:19 am by Michael Eck

by Michael Eck
Special to The Times Union
A small crowd gathered at Hubbard Hall Friday night for the opening of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.” That’s too bad. It should have been a big crowd, because this is a powerful production of a powerful play.
It does not go down easy.
63 years after making its bow on Broadway the play remains a scathing indictment of American ideals; and — unfortunately — its themes of money and war seem as timely as they did in 1947.
Actor Allen McCullough directs the show for the Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall and it’s his first time on the other side of the stage.
He succeeds by letting the actors act, and he has assembled a top notch cast mixing Hubbard Hall familiars and talented newcomers with serious resumes. McCullough has also been assisted by his wife, Randolyn Zinn, who choreographs the action in such a way to amplify the emotions without distracting from the tale.
And what a tale.
Miller wrote “All My Sons” using Greek tragedies as a rule book, and he succeeded in spades.
As the play opens we find ourselves in the backyard of Joe Keller’s house, just beside the former home of his partner, Steve Deever, who went to jail after being convicted of selling cracked cylinder heads the Army Air Force (and causing 21 pilots to crash over Australia).
Soon the details swirl around — concerning sons who died overseas and sons who came home; daughters who stopped talking to their fathers; and mothers who manipulate the truth.
The play is indeed a tragedy, but its force would be blunted to say much more.
As noted, McCullough’s cast is strong, playing all the action in realistic fashion on a simple stylized set courtesy of Richard Howe.
David Braucher has a winning grin as Keller; the kind of grimace that belongs to a man living with secrets. Joan Coombs is every bit his equal as wife, Kate, one of the most thankless roles in the American canon. Coombs creates a full character, without worrying whether the audience will love her or loathe her.
Josh Bywater and Melissa Macleod Herion play Chris Keller and Ann Deever, children of the accused men; both caught in the webs left by the incident, the war and the loss of Larry Keller (Chris’ beloved brother and Ann’s intended) in the Pacific Theatre.
Bywater is brilliant in his role and this production hangs on him; as does Herion as the confused, yet willful Ann.
The supporting cast is also impressive, although Peter Delocis and Keelye St. John might be just a little loud (and not just in volume) for the surroundings.
Capital Repertory Theater recently offered a production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” which reminded patrons just how powerful classics (even dark classics) can be. This staging of “All My Sons” does the same.
See it.

ALL MY SONS
Performance reviewed: 8 p.m. Friday
Where: Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main Street, Cambridge
Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes; one intermission
Continues: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday. Through April 25.
Tickets: $15-$24
Info: 677-2495; http://www.hubbardhall.org.