West Kortright Centre


	The Kody Norris Show 6/4 Sunday, 4pm Outdoor concert Deeply rooted in North American folk music, Norris has crafted a performance that harkens back and tips a hat to the traditions created by Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin’s showmanship, the Stanley Brothers’ harmonies, performances of the Grand Ole Opry and a bit of Vaudeville. Top notch picking is center stage, but humor and visual flash are part of the entertaining package. Always clad in colorful, tailored suits adorned with rhinestones, ties, classic hats and ornate boots, the band earns its moniker as a“show”. The brand is traditional, clean cut, acoustic and always entertaining. The Kody Norris Show was honored with seven SPBGMA nominations in 2018 and four nominations in 2022. In addition to winning Fiddler performer of the year, The Kody Norris Show was also named the 2022 Entertainer of the Year! We are serving barbecue and drinks starting at 3pm! Videos: Little Maggie Ramblin' Around The Kody Norris Show Website: https://www.thekodynorrisshow.com/	Buy Tickets
	Arm-of-the-Sea Theater presents A Riparian Rhapsody: How the Forest Sings to the Stream 6/17 Saturday, 2 pm Outdoor performance This puppet extravaganza dives into Catskill ecology to reveal the intricate interactions between Forest and Stream and lyrically makes the case for protecting streamside buffer zones. Featuring stunning visials, live music, (and a singing Bear!). Arm-of-the-Sea is an award winning ensemble that fuses visual storytelling with live music in original works of mask and puppet theater. Founded in 1982, the company's lively productions illuminate relations between humans and the life-support networks of this blue-ocean planet. This performance is FREE Get a sneak peek of their performance here. www.ArmoftheSea.org Special thanks to the A. Lindsay & Olive B. O'Connor Foundation for sponsoring this event. This performance is part of our Songbird Sessions, free events for families. Thanks to all our Songbird sponsors Birdsong Farm, Bovina Center Montessori School, Catskill Country Living, Delaware National Bank of Delhi, ecoagents, and Christine Egan & Scott DeSimon.	Buy Tickets
	Happy Sad Music — Emerging Voices Pride Fest 6/18 Sunday, 4pm Outdoor Come celebrate the talents of local LGBTQIA+ artists here at WKC! We have three indie music performances lined up featuring Awksymoron, Chris Riffle, and Moppy. Food and drinks available starting at 3pm! Awksymoron Over a period of nearly 10 years, Brooklyn native and musical polymath Athena Matsil has maintained a presence as Awksymoron across New York City’s DIY scene. With a steady flow of new music that has grown as Matsil has, the indie band presently features Jane Lai on keys, D.j. O’Loane on guitar, Phil Joy on drums, and Sam Zagnit/Griffin Jennings on bass. Matsil handles everything else: she sings with gorgeously rich tone and unparalleled range, can whistle better than anyone in New York DIY, plays violin, and writes guitar parts that are as wistful as they are vibrant. Together, the quintet plays songs written in earnest about the stuff of life. Awksymoron is not tethered to a single genre, with moments that evoke sounds of jazz, math rock, latin music and early rock. For fans of the Beach Boys, the Sea and Cake, Helado Negro, and Rebecca Sugar. https://awksymoron.bandcamp.com Chris Riffle's brand of heartfelt folk is a product—and a tale—of two coasts. There’s no mistaking the pastoral, spacious sound of his roots—the picturesque coastal towns of Washington state, where while still in college Riffle began making waves on local radio stations, and landed support gigs for such indie mainstays as Death Cab for Cutie. And yet it’s the other side of the country, on New York’s Lower East Side, where Chris has found a home with residencies at venues like the venerable Living Room and Rockwood Music Hall. Chris' albums have been in rotation at over 150 radio stations & featured on Sirius XM. Since the release of his last album, Out of Town, Chris has shared the stage with Patti Smith, Blood Orange, Joan As Police Woman; embarked on a national tour supporting Heather Nova; and toured Germany & Belgium. Chris is currently finishing up a new full-length album he recorded with his longtime friend and producer Jimi Zhivago... www.chrisriffle.com Moppy is a non-binary musician and Oneonta local who has been performing for over 10 years and writing their own songs since they were a young teenager. In the late 2010s, they were a part of the NYC anti-folk movement with their band, Sourdoe. Inspired by and following in the footsteps of The Moldy Peaches and Jeffrey Lewis- their music is funny, intense, as well as cheerfully heartwarming. Currently, as a solo artist, their music focuses on self development in a more serious, honest, and loving light. Moppy is also an alum of WKC's Shakespeare program and performed on our stage as a young teenager as part of our Opening Acts program. https://sourdoeband.bandcamp.com/track/itch-my-ass-demo	Buy Tickets
	KIDSTOCK! 7/1 Saturday, 11am-4pm Pay what you wish - suggested donation $20/family Join us for a fun afternoon with live music and activities for kids including face painting, crafts, an obstacle course and more! Additional details to be announced soon. The fair will be held rain or shine! Pay what you wish - suggested donation $20/family	Buy Tickets
	2023 Landscape and Garden Tour 7/16 Sunday The 32nd annual tour to benefit the West Kortright Centre will be a journey along beautiful country roads. Get a rare insider look at how local garden enthusiasts have enhanced the natural beauty of their outdoor environments. On view will be a myriad of design sensibilities incorporating flowers, shrubs and trees, stonework, water elements, artwork, vegetable beds, and more. Rain or shine. No dogs, please. To give everyone a good experience during this popular self-guided tour, please pick your starting time slot at check out. Detailed informational directions will be sent before the weekend. Contact info@westkc.org or (607) 278-5454 with any questions.	Buy Tickets
	Meredith Monk and John Hollenbeck - Duet Behavior 2023 7/22 Saturday, 7pm Indoor concert Duet Behavior 2023 is an intimate evening of Meredith Monk’s music as it has never been experienced. Through a conversational approach, long-time friends and colleagues Monk and Hollenbeck expand and improvise on pieces from across Monk’s 50+ year catalogue, combining her pioneering vocal magic with his inventive and masterful percussion to generate new arrangements of Monk’s iconic compositions. Meredith Monk, voice, piano, jew’s harp John Hollenbeck, percussion Videos: Duet Behavior: Meredith Monk and John Hollenbeck (2020) Meredith Monk's website: https://www.meredithmonk.org John Hollenbeck's website https://johnhollenbeck.com	Buy Tickets
	Medicine Singers ft. Yonatan Gat & Lee Ranaldo (more special guests TBA) 8/12, Saturday 4PM Indoor & Outdoor concerts The Medicine Singers embody decades of musical genres influenced by Native American music, offering what Pitchfork called a “vivid new context for the sound of the powwow drum, highlighting the debt that rock music owes to Native American music.” Their live show with legendary guitarist Yonatan Gat and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth bridges multiple dimensions of sound and evokes a bodily experience that transcends mere observation. More artists will be added to the lineup soon. Videos: Medicine Singers: Daybreak Eastern Medicine Singers: Sunrise (Rumble) ft. Yonatan Gat Learn more about The Eastern Medicine Singers, Yonatan Gat & Stone Tapes here.	Buy Tickets
	Noura Mint Seymali 8/19 Saturday, 7pm Indoor concert Noura Mint Seymali is Mauritania's defining artist on the international stage. Drawing on the timeless repertoire of the Moorish griot, a hereditary class of musical poets / historians, her band conjures "a full blown sandstorm of hypnotic grooves, melding traditional Mauritanian instruments within an electrified psychedelic rock band.” Expanding a sound born of Arab and Sub-Saharan roots, Noura Mint Seymali bends the arc of Moorish musical tradition to fit our contemporary moment, as described by NPR, “the arrival of Mauritanian vocalist Noura Mint Seymali in front of Western audiences feels like the start of a new era. Recognized by the African Union at the first-ever AFRIMA awards, Noura Mint Seymali was named "Best Female Artist from North Africa." Videos: Na Sane Live on KEXP Tiny Desk meets Global Fest 2023 Noura Mint Seymali’s website: www.nouramintseymali.com	Buy Tickets
	Mali Obomsawin 9/28 Thursday, 7pm Indoor concert Mali Obomsawin is an award winning bassist/composer from Odanak First Nation. Her debut album Sweet Tooth (Out of Your Head Records 2022) has garnered international acclaim and quickly established her as a rising jazz star and an innovative folk music visionary. Seamlessly melding chorale-like spirituals, folk melodies, and post-Albert Ayler free jazz, Obomsawin's compositions occupy a universe completely their own. Sweet Tooth has topped year end lists from NPR, The Guardian, Jazz Critics Poll, and more, delivering a suite of "gripping, dynamic, and thunderous music." —Jazz Times Videos: Wawasint8da Sweet Tooth, Movement 1 Lineage Mali Obomsawins’ website: www.maliobomsawin.com This performance is sponsored by The Table Rock Group, Financial Advisors at Morgan Stanley	Buy Tickets
	The Nude Party 10/8 Sunday, 4pm A septet formed at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina playing electro-pop and stripped down country. The Nude Party has performed with Orville Peck, Jack White, and Arctic Monkeys. They have given concerts at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Shaky Knees and Newport Folk Festival. Their Communal Catskills studio is not far from the West Kortright Centre and we are excited to have them perform here as the last concert on their Spring tour. We are serving food and drinks starting at 3pm. Videos: Live on KEXP Thirsty Drinkin' Blues The Nude Party website: https://www.thenudepartymusic.com	Buy Tickets

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