Amythyst Kiah

The Rounder Records debut from Amythyst Kiah, Wary + Strange marks the glorious collision of two vastly different worlds: the iconoclastic alt-rock that first sparked her musical passion, and the roots/old-time-music scene where she’s found breakout success in recent years, including recognition from Rolling Stone as “one of Americana’s great up-and-coming secrets.” Along with tapping into the vibrant musicality she honed in part through her studies in East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old Time, Country Music program, the Chattanooga-bred singer/songwriter expands on the uncompromising artistry she’s displayed as a member of Our Native Daughters—an all-women-of-color supergroup whose Kiah-penned standout “Black Myself” earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best American Roots Song and won Song of the Year at the Folk Alliance International Awards.

Produced by Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Amos Lee, Andrew Bird) and made with esteemed musicians like Blake Mills, Wary + Strange arrives as a deeply immersive body of work, endlessly redefining the limits of roots music in its inventive rhythms and textures. With an unforgettable voice that’s both unfettered and exquisitely controlled, Kiah gracefully interlaces potent vulnerability and personal revelation, ultimately offering a raw yet nuanced examination of grief, alienation, and the hard-won triumph of total self-acceptance.

https://www.amythystkiah.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/AmythystKiah

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Amy G

Forged from vaudeville stock, classical training, and an endless international tour circuit, Amy G is a deluxe weirdo extraordinaire.
Credits include two of her own shows at Broadway’s New Victory Theatre (Writer/Asst. Director/Lead in AntiGravity’s Crash Test Dummies, and Daredevil Opera Company’s Cirkus Inferno), Sydney Opera House, The Kennedy Center, Adelaide International Festival, Festival International de Teatro de Bogota, Montreal’s TOHU, Macau Centre for the Arts, and Taipei, Hong Kong and Okinawan Arts Festivals. As co-director and co-star of the Daredevil Opera Company, she created and toured original pyrotechnic physical comedy shows for 6 years, doing over 600 shows in 33 different countries.
In NYC, her many solo shows (Entershamement, Round She Goes, Loving Abroad, and On A Roll) have played at Joe’s Pub, Dance Theatre Workshop, Symphony Space, The Deluxe at Spiegelworld, The Duplex, NY Intl Clown Theatre Festival and the Bard Spiegeltent. Internationally, she has performed solo shows in theatres around the UK (including London’s Hippodrome and Southbank Centre, Edinburgh and Brighton Fringe, etc), Australia (Adelaide & Melbourne Cabaret Festivals), Ireland (Bosco Theatre), Germany (Dresden’s Schaubudensommer, etc), France (Versailles Festival de Rocquencourt, Antibes FestiFemme, etc), Austria (Vienna’s Metropol, Stadtsaal and Innsbruck’s Festival of Dreams), Czech Republic (UFFO), and the Seychelles (Kempinski Resorts).
She’s been featured around the world since 2006 with the award-winning (2x Olivier Award winner, “Best Entertainment,” and Off-Broadway Theatre League’s “Best Unique Theatrical Experience,” La Soirée (aka La Clique / Absinthe NYC 2006 season) – including long runs Off-Broadway at the Union Square Theatre, in London’s West End Hippodrome, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Stockholm Int’l Festivals, and in Paris’ iconic Bobino, among numerous other seasons. She is also featured in Club Swizzle, that recently enjoyed a 2 month season at the Sydney Opera House. She hosted Europe’s premiere gourmet variete theatre, Palazzo’s Fool for Love (Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Hamburg), and Cirkus Knie’s sexy sister, Ohlala (Zurich). She’s been seen at Just for Laughs (Montreal), Quatch Comedy Club (Berlin), GOP Variete (Germany), and has made numerous appearances on British, French, Austrian and German TV, as the subject of specials, documentaries and general intrigue.
To date she has worked in theatres, films, tv, festivals, circuses, variety shows and events in over 40 countries worldwide, and performed her original material in 6 different languages. She lives in Brooklyn with a husband and some unwelcome mice, but calls anyplace with keys and a bicycle (or Vespa, or rollerskates, for that matter) home.

https://www.amy-g.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/ukulele2008

https://soundcloud.com/amy-gordon-18

Bobcat Goldthwait

Since Bobcat Goldthwait’s first appearance on the David Letterman Show at the age of 20, he has gone on to maintain a thriving career as a writer, director, actor, voice actor and stand-up comedian. As a comedian, Bobcat has starred in numerous HBO/Showtime specials, performed in venues all over the world, and even went on tour as an opening act for the Band: Nirvana. Well known for his roles in “Scrooged” with Bill Murray and as Zed in the “Police Academy” franchise, Goldthwait has gone on to become a well-respected Award-Winning Director. His Directorial works include Television (Jimmy Kimmel, Chappell’s Show, Community, Maron, Those Who Can’t), feature films (World’s Greatest Dad starring Robin Williams, Willow Creek starring Bigfoot, God Bless America, Windy City Heat, and Sleeping Dogs Lie) and documentaries (Call Me Lucky and Joy Ride). In addition to being a 4x Sundance Alumni, Goldthwait’s films have played internationally including Deauville Film Festival and San Sebastian Film Festival. Bobcat has been honored with the German Independent Honorary Award at Oldenburg Film Festival for his collective works. Bobcat has also directed numerous standup comedy specials (Patton Oswalt, Marc Maron, Ron Funches, Iliza Shleshinger, Mo Willems, Gary Gulman, Hari Kondabolu, Eugene Mirman) and is currently working on converting his critically acclaimed documentary “Call Me Lucky” into a narrative film with Judd Apatow. Also in development, is an original Narrative called “The Banishers” with QC Entertainment. After fleeing Los Angeles, he now lives somewhere in the woods in Illinois with his girlfriend, Nora Muhlenfeld, and their 5 cats: Anderson Coopurr, Alice Coopurr, Tina Sparkle, Bruce Wayne and Robert Smith.

Gail Ann Dorsey

With a long career as a session musician mainly on bass guitar, she performed regularly in David Bowie’s band, from 1995 to Bowie’s death in 2016.
Aside from playing bass, she sang lead vocals on live versions of “Under Pressure” (taking the part originally sung by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury) and dueted with Bowie on other songs, including “The London Boys”, “Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?)”, “I Dig Everything”, accompanying Bowie on clarinet,[1] and a cover of Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman”.
From 1993 to 1996, Dorsey also recorded and toured with Tears for Fears, and collaborated on songwriting with the band. She appeared in several of the band’s promo videos throughout this period.
Her diverse range of work includes performances and recordings with The National, Lenny Kravitz, Bryan Ferry, Boy George, the Indigo Girls, Khaled, Jane Siberry, The The, Skin, Gwen Stefani, Charlie Watts, Seal, Gang of Four, Susan Werner, Ani DiFranco and Dar Williams.
In addition, Dorsey has released three solo albums: The Corporate World (1988), Rude Blue (1992), and I Used To Be… (2003).

gailanndorsey.com

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Holly Miranda

Holly Miranda grew up between Detroit and Nashville, two music towns that would influence her own journey in a very profound way. She began playing piano at the age of six, taught herself guitar at fourteen and moved to New York at sixteen to start her professional career. For over twenty years, Holly has been performing, writing and producing with some of the best talent in the business. She has performed with the likes of Karen O, Lou Reed, The XX, and Lesley Gore. She released two records with her band The Jealous Girlfriends, four as a solo artist and has co-written and produced a mass of other projects.
In typical fashion of surviving as an artist for more than half her life, Miranda has developed a bevy of other skills to help keep the boat afloat. Graphic design, Video Production, Music Production, Guest Vocalist, Web Design, to name a few.
Most recently, Holly created an eleven minute video for a live reading from Sophie Strand of her essay titled “I will not be purified” . Amanda Palmer and Grace and Rachel provided musical accompaniment. You can view it here.
In 2019, Holly attended the Globe Institute in San Francisco, CA to study Sound Healing and SOund Therapy.
In 2020, She completely the University of Vermont’s End-Of-life training program.
In 2021, Miranda and her long time collaborator, Ambrosia Parsley, started a co-operative record label called Eye Knee Records.
In 2022, Holly joined the Righteous Babes Revue and toured opening for Ani DiFranco.

https://hollymiranda.com/

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Jaye McBride

Jaye McBride is funny, smart and proudly transgender. Jaye is the first openly transgender comedian to perform at Madison Square Garden is a regular at New York City’s “Comedy Cellar”. In 2021 she was featured as one of the “New Faces” at the Just For Laugh’s comedy festival and has also been featured at The Boston and Limestone Comedy Festivals.
In addition to stand-up, Jaye speaks at high schools, colleges and groups all across the country about being transgender and how we can help trans kids from facing some of the obstacles and challenges she faced. Having transitioned in 2007, Jaye is uniquely qualified to talk about awkward first dates, strained family relationships and self-acceptance.

Jaye is originally from Upstate NY but now lives in Brooklyn, NY.

https://jayemcbride.com/

https://badpassword.lnk.to/JayeMcBrideWE

https://soundcloud.com/jayemcbride/sets/daddys-girl-6

The Wayfinder Experience – Forging Forward: A Wizards Treasure Hunt for Kids

Get caught up in the magic, as you and your child go on an adventure with a wily wizard! Along the way you will meet a number of curious characters and help them more forward with their own journeys! With over 20 years of experience making magical adventures for kids, this The Wayfinder Experience will be engaging, a little challenging and fun for the whole family. Join the fun at 1:00pm or 2:30pm. Each is expected to last one hour.

The Wayfinder Experience (WFE) is a live-action role-playing company, based in Kingston, New York for over 20 years. WFE runs summer camps, events, school programs and workshops for teens, children and adults. The centerpiece of our programs is the Adventure Game, a transformative experience that challenges players physically, mentally and emotionally, while immersing them in an exciting world of fantasy.

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Eric Archer and Diana Seiler – Yin Yoga with a Touch of Thai Massage

Enjoy a deep Yin Yoga journey with live music and ecstatic poetry while receiving Thai Massage. Join Eric and Diana as they weave the long held postures of Yin Yoga with the gentle touch of Thai Yoga Massage, threaded with meditative sound and poetics. The fusion of Yin Yoga with healing touch offers an immersive experience to nourish the heart and spirit.


Eric Archer C. Dahlberg is a senior Jamtse Yin Yoga Teacher who has been assisting and co-teaching teacher trainings with Biff Mithoefer for 10 years. Eric brings 12 years experience teaching Yin Yoga in a myriad of settings, cultivating a deep sensitivity to the practice, anatomy, philosophy, and spirit of the Yin practice. He has helped bring deep listening, Taoist inspirations, and storytelling to the foundational practices of the Jamtse School of Yin Yoga. Eric has been faculty at the Omega Institute in New York for 10 years teaching Yin Yoga, mindfulness and meditation, and contemplative and expressive arts. Eric has developed mindfulness programs for the Millbrook School and the Finger Lakes School of Massage, and produced the local lecture and arts series ‘Everyday Expert’ in the Hudson Valley of New York. Eric has collaborated with Prema Mayi on her Bhakti and mantra offerings, and has worked as a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer who has toured internationally, most recently with the Gipsy Kings. He is a woodcarver, poet, and naturalist living in the Shawangunk Ridges of New York State.

EricArcherArts.com

HudsonValleyThaiMassage.com

Jo Shuman – Let’s Talk About Psychedelics

Join Jo Shuman for a local nurse’s exploration into the entheogenic realms for healing and spiritual growth offered by psychedelics.

Jo Shuman is a mental health nurse, in the field for 30 years. She has worked in several settings: Community Mental Health Clinics; Substance Abuse Programs; a State Prison; and has spent the last 10 years working for the Ulster County Mobile Mental Health Team. She is currently enrolled in a year long program through Psychedilcs Today called Vital to become a psychedelic assisted practitioner.

Torin Murphy – Herbalism 101

Come learn: how herbs work and how to tell which herb is right for you; What a tincture is; How long it takes for herbs to work; Side effects/contraindications; Best herbs for stress/other ailments; The difference between an infusion and a decoction; Additional information depending on where the class discussion takes us!

Torin Murphy is a certified Clinical Herbalist based in the Hudson Valley, and the founder/formulator of Gnome Apothecary. His mission has always been to help others on their path to well-being and happiness. He encourages the practice of intentionally realigning ourselves with Mother Nature, the mother of us all. Torin’s knowledge and love of plants spans over years and he has led him all over the world.

www.gnomeapothecary.com