This Weekend in Columbia County

Thursday-Sunday, August 13-16

Walking the dog Theater's production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - Directed by Adrian Locher (Theatre of the Word, UK) - Information at 392-6121 or www.ps21chatham.org - 8 pm - NO PERFORMANCE ON FRIDAY - PS/21, 2980 Route 66, 1 mile north of Chatham

Film - The Beaches of Agnes - directed by Agnes Varda - A cinematic self-portrait - 5:30 pm - Time & Space Limited

Film - Under Our Skin - "Investigates the untold story of Lyme disease, an emerging epidemic larger than AIDS" - Thurs/Fri at 7:30 pm, Sat at 3:30 & 7:30 pm, Sun at 3:30 pm - Time & Space Limited


Theatre - Crazy For You - Gershwin plus tap dancing. What could be bad? - Reservations at 392-9292 or www.machaydntheatre.org - Thurs at 2 & 8 pm, Fri at 8 pm, Sat at 4 & 8 pm, Sun at 2 & 7 pm - Mac-Haydn Theatre, 1925 Route 203, Chatham

Friday, August 14

Music at Sunset series - Long Neck Band - 7 pm - Information at 828-4656 - Greenport Town Park


Free Outdoor Movie - Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window - Bring a chair - After dark - PARC Park, across from the Opera House - Presented by Time & Space Limited


Friday-Sunday, August 14-16

Ancram Community Days - A weekend of activities including a "dive-in" movie at the pool, a dunking booth featuring town officials, chicken barbeque, the Local Bluegrass Jam Band, a potluck picnic, and an ice cream social - Who could ask for anything more?


Saturday, August 15

Gallery talk - Carolyn Marks Blackwood talks about her Hudson River photographs - 2 pm - Hudson Opera House


Badila family Community Celebration - Bring a picnic and join in the games from 2-7 pm - Performance including Lady Moon and her band Eclipse (fresh from her performance at Club Helsinki in Great Barrington), Young Paris, and Diata Diata from 7-10 pm - Henry Hudson Riverfront Park


Wine Tasting/exhibition opening - A retrospective of works by Lou Stettner, a seminal photographer of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for his photographs of Penn Station commuters. The wine tasting is curated by Michael Albin of Hudson WIne Merchants and will compare French and Hudson Valley food and wine - 6-8 pm - Athens Cultural Center


Chatham Improv - Bud Godfroy, Richard Lapo, Prudence Theriault, John Wallace and Mark Wilson - 8 pm - Space 360, 360 Warren Street


Saturday-Sunday, August 15-16

Napoleonic Brigade Re-enactment - Battle skirmishes! Military encampments! Information at 392-0062 or www.oldausterlitz.org - Battle times : Saturday at 1:30 pm, Sunday at 11:00 am - Austerlitz Historical Society, Old Austerlitz Site, Route 22, Austerlitz


Sunday, August 16

Rip Van Winkle's Wacky Raft Race - Information at 1-800-355-2287 - Starts at 11 am at Athens Riverfront Park and ends whenever at Dutchman's Landing, end of Main Street, Catskill.


Music - A faculty/student concert presented as part of the Hudson Jazz Workshop with Armen Donelian, Marc Mommaas and David Liebman. Information at 822-1640 or info@armenjazz.com - 3 pm - Hudson Opera House


Bruce Molsky - Traditional American music by an "old-time fiddler" (Also plays guitar and banjo) - Has played at Lincoln Center and on "A Prairie Home Companion," and has been nominated for a Grammy - 3 pm - PS/21, 2980 Route 66, 1 mile north of Chatham