movie WOMEN WITHOUT MEN Time & Space Limited-
434 Columbia St. Hudson, NY 12534 3:30pm Women Without Men, an adaptation of Shahrnush Parsipur's magical realist novel, is Iranian artist Shirin Neshat's first feature length film. The story chronicles the intertwining lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953; a cataclysmic moment in Iranian history when an American led, British backed coup d'etat brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh, and reinstalled the Shah to power. The film is dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in the struggle for freedom and democracy in Iran - from the Constitutional Revolution of 1906 to the Green Movement of 2009.
95 minutes. 2009 Member: $5, General: $7, Student: $5 www.timeandspace.org
variety/comedy
SATURDAY NIGHT LIV (hosted by Liv Cummins) Columbia Arts Team - The Pond Restaurant, 711 County Rte 3, Ancramdale, NY 6:00pm New dinner & show episode of variety, hilarity and music including physical comic Pat Ferri; well-known songstress Christina Dellea, celebrating her newest CD release; up-and-coming singer/songwriter Rebecca Finkle, a Taconic Hills graduate; and the show’s regular sketch comedy troupe, the Really Convincing Players (starring Tony Carrano, Andrew Joffe, Prudence Theriault, John Wallace, Zach Nayer, Rebecca Finkle, and Cummins)and more. Ticket includes hor'deuvres, buffet dinner, dessert, coffee, and two act show. $35.00 Reservations highly recommended.
518-329-1500 www.columbiaartsteam.org
theatre, music, family
BYE, BYE BIRDIE The Mac-Haydn Theatre, Inc. - P.O. Box 204; 1925 State
Route 203, Chatham, NY, 12037
4:00pm & 8:00pm Jitterbug your bobby-sox off, swoon at a teen idol, have a ball with this ‘back to the 50’s blast’! Kids, Lot Of Livin’ to Do. 518-392-9292
- machaydn@fairpoint.net www.machaydntheatre.org
movie JOAN RIVERS - A PIECE OF WORK Time & Space Limited-
434 Columbia St. Hudson, NY 12534 7:30pm This film, by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, takes the audience on a 12-month ride with Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life - Joan at home, during holidays, performing stand up and acting in a play she wrote, gossiping with her QVC fans, writing jokes and managing her career -- interweaving them with home movies, stand up routines, book recordings, personal photographs and archival footage to create a lush visual landscape and cinematic backdrop for the narrative as it unfolds. Filmed as a cinema verite documentary, the film reveals a rare glimpse of the comedic process and the toxic mixture of self-doubt and anger that often fuels it, laying bare both the struggle and thrill of living life as a groundbreaking female performer. Filmmakers Stern and Sundberg (The Devil Came on Horseback, The Trials of Darryl Hunt) expose the private dramas of this irreverent, legendary comedian as she fights to keep her career thriving in a business driven by youth and beauty. 2010, 84 minutes. Member: $5, General: $7, Student: $5 www.timeandspace.org
theater
IT HAD TO BE YOU The Theater Barn - 654 Route 20, New Lebanon, NY - 518-794-8989 8:00pm In this delightful comedy, a kooky failed actress, health food nut and would-be playwright holds a successful commercial director hostage in her apartment on a snowy Christmas Eve while she pitches both her play and herself. Tickets $24 Sunday Matinee $22 Group Rates Available www.theaterbarn.com
