April Theatre & Cinema Highlights

Th 4/10- Preview Screening of National Geographic Channel documentary HUMAN FOOTPRINT, at Bearsville Theater, Woodstock—Filmed mostly on location in Ulster and Dutchess Counties, and using local casts and crew courtesy of the Hudson Valley Film Commission, this National Geographic Channel documentary gives a visual reality to the consumption and waste impact on the planet of average Americans, from cradle to grave. It’s a different perspective when it’s all added up: 3,796 diapers, 43,371 cans of soda, 28,433 showers—that’s pretty daunting when confronted in totality. The screening at Bearsville is a benefit for the HVFC, and ticket info is available at www.hudsonvalleyfilmcommission.org. The program will also be airing Su 4/13, at 9 PM Eastern. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St. (Rte. 212), Woodstock, www.bearsvilletheater.com, 845.679.4406. 8 PM

Tu 4/15- Special screening with filmmaker Irena Salina of FLOW: FOR THE LOVE OF WATER, at Upstate Films, Rhinebeck—The global water supply isn’t just at risk, it’s in crisis, and we can see this worldwide: African plumbers reconnect shantytown water pipes under cover of darkness to ensure a community’s survival; a Californian scientist forces awareness of shockingly toxic public water sources; a “Big Water” CEO argues privatization is the wave of the future; a “Water Guru” in India sparks new community water initiatives in hundreds of villages; a Canadian author uncovers the corporate profiteering that drives global water business. With an unflinching focus on politics, pollution and human rights, FLOW is a catalyst for awareness and action, and this screening is co-sponsored by Upstate Films and The Hudson Valley Programmers' Group, with a post-screening discussion and reception with filmmaker Irena Salina. For more info about the film, visit flowthefilm.com/about..php. Upstate Films, 6415 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, www.upstatefilms.org, 845.876.2515. 8 PM

Fr-Su 4/25 through 4/27- A MIDSUMMER’S NIGHT DREAM by Catskill Ballet Theatre, at Ulster Performing Arts Center, Kingston—Thanks to a $60,000 donation by Accord’s Peter and Judith Hauser, a new adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic “A Midsummer’s Night Dream,” has been commissioned for the Catskill Ballet Theatre, choreographed by noted New York City-based choreographer Davis Robertson, a former dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, and utilizing the timeless music of Felix Mendelssohn. Many of the younger dancers come from the Kingston-based Anne Hebard School of Ballet, however, the principal dancers will be professionals from the New York City dance community. UPAC, 601 Broadway, Kingston, www.catskillballet.org, 845.339.1629

Th-Su 5/1 through 5/11- THE BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER at Time and Space Limited, Hudson—The Bread and Puppet Theater, founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann, is one of the oldest, nonprofit, self-supporting theatrical companies in this country, and is bringing its politically charged, raucous, and artful performances to TSL. “The Divine Reality Comedy Circus” (Sa/Su) features the Grand Forgiveness Society of Glover, VT, the triumph of the small farmer, advice on where to get really cheap drinking water, a celebratory ballet by a flock of roosters, the Rotten Idea Theater Company’s distillation of political issues and much more, all accompanied by the Bread & Puppet Circus Band. The decidedly less family-friendly “Photographs of My Corpse: A Puppet Service for Guantanamo” (Th/Fr) utilizes the texts of actual interrogation documents, and an inmate’s poem. A small papier-mache population first re-enacts the interrogation process, and then witnesses three cases of torture on three oversized puppets. Time and Space Limited, 434 Columbia St, Hudson, www.timeandspace.org, 518.822.8448. Th: 7:30 PM, Fr: 8 PM, Sa: 2 & 8 PM, Su: 2 & 6 PM