Going Upstate: The Avery Family in Woodstock

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Kleinert James Gallery

For 125 years, Byrdcliffe has cultivated a community of artists at the base of Mount Guardian in the hamlet of Woodstock, NY.  Founded on principles of camaraderie, fidelity to quality, a reverence for nature and deep respect for fellow creators, Byrdcliffe has welcomed an impressive roster of artists and thinkers to this important art colony.

While many of these creative denizens went on to reknown — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Bob Dylan, Eva Hesse, Philip Guston, Thorstein Veblen and many more — few so embodied the spirit of Byrdcliffe than the Avery Family.

Loving Vivian, A New Musical by Timothy Brown & Daniel Chadwick

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Byrdcliffe Theatre 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd, Woodstock

At 82, Vivian, a legendary singer, actress, and songwriter, is incommunicative with dementia. When she moves into her daughter, Eleanor’s home, everyone in the family is excited, except Eleanor. When her son brings home an avid Vivian fan and would-be biographer who knows how to get Vivian talking lucidly about her checkered past, Eleanor becomes even more uneasy. What secrets might be revealed?