Dance, drama, film and music - all have a home here. Our stages host professional performances and summer residencies, community theater, and children's troupes. Performing art spaces run the gamut from the historic opera house atmosphere at the oldest theater in New York, to a bold architectural performance space designed by Frank Gehry.

Bannerman Castle

Discover the ruins of this Scottish-style castle on the Hudson River was built in the early 1900s by Frank Bannerman to store military surplus items. Take a magnificent boat ride from the Beacon dock ...

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Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck

Multi-purpose performance, cultural & education center, featuring plays, musicals, dance, concerts, lectures, staged readings, workshops. Sat. morning family series. Donations accepted. Winner Dutches...

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Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center

Appreciate the performing, cultural and visual arts at two beautiful historic landmark Victorian-age Italianate buildings located at 9 & 12 Vassar Street in downtown Poughkeepsie. Built in the late 1...

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Fisher Center at Bard

Designed by Frank O. Gehry, architecturally bold, dynamic environment for innovative performing arts. Two theaters offer provocative programs in music, opera, theater and dance, and the annual Bard Su...

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Howland Cultural Center

Howland Cultural Center's Gallery in the Great Room is a well-established resource for visual and live arts providing year-round artistic programming and supporting local artists and community organiz...

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Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra

The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra was formed in 2006 to bring live orchestral music to Northern Dutchess County and the surrounding Hudson Valley area. The orchestra ranges from 40-50 performer...

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Trinity Players

Performs at several venues in the area. ...

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