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MUSE: Let’s Get Lucky 🍀

MUSE: Let’s Get Lucky 🍀

November 7 at 5pm (This weekend) +1

Cunneen-Hackett Arts Theater · Poughkeepsie • $60-$65

Vegas glitz lands in Poughkeepsie: sequins, casino tables, and vintage cigarette girls kick off this adults-only dance spectacle. The cocktail hour alone is worth dressing up for.

Vinny DePonto - Mind Reader

Vinny DePonto - Mind Reader

November 7 at 7:30pm (This weekend)

Saint Rita’s Music Room · Beacon • $45

Your thoughts become the show. Mentalist Vinny DePonto plucks volunteers from the crowd, nudging attention and bending minds to reveal the strange, wonderful wiring inside your own head.

SUGAR SKULL! A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure

SUGAR SKULL! A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure

November 10 at 12pm

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie • $12

A spirited candy skeleton whisks Vita on a magical Día de Muertos adventure. This bilingual musical blends traditional Mexican music and dance to celebrate family, memory, and a holiday that's anything but "loco."

SPIES, IN AGGREGATE...and other witnesses

SPIES, IN AGGREGATE...and other witnesses

November 14 at 7:30pm (Next weekend)

Saint Rita’s Music Room · Beacon • $21.71

Ever wonder what spies dream about? Beacon's poet laureate and a theater director blend comedy, poetry, music, and video into an hour of secrets, surprises, and Cold War intrigue.

FREE EVENT: The Fateful Hour

FREE EVENT: The Fateful Hour

November 17 at 7pm

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie • Free

Watch Alexander Hamilton and Governor George Clinton duke it out over the Constitution's fate. This free historical drama brings Poughkeepsie's pivotal role in creating the Bill of Rights to vivid, argumentative life.

GIANT - The Play

GIANT - The Play

November 19 at 7pm +1

The Moviehouse · Millerton

Catch the Olivier-winning West End play on film before its Broadway bow. John Lithgow plays Roald Dahl in 1983, racing to finish The Witches as controversy erupts over his own words.

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Mon, Nov 2 · 7:30 PM

Fall Theatre Classes

Beacon Performing Arts Center · Beacon

Tue, Nov 3 · 8:00 PM

Tito’s Tuesdays: Queeraoke

Hudson Valley Food Hall · Beacon

$$

Wed, Nov 4 · 7:00 PM

Open Mic Night

Two Way Brewing Company · Beacon

Thu, Nov 5 · 6:30 PM

Open Mic Night

Towne Crier Cafe · Beacon

Thu, Nov 5 · 6:30 PM

EVERY THURSDAY Open Mic Night

Towne Crier Cafe · Beacon

$10

Fri, Nov 6 · 9:00 PM

Drag Show Hosted By Andrameda

Hudson Valley Food Hall · Beacon

$$

Fri, Nov 6 · 7:30 PM

Up In One Fall Musical

The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck · Rhinebeck

$29

Fri, Nov 6 · 7:00 PM

Lit Lit

Howland Cultural Center · Beacon

$5

Sat, Nov 7 · 7:30 PM

The Last Supper: A Grand Guignol Love Story

The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck · Rhinebeck

Sat, Nov 7 · 5:00 PM

Passion – The Adult Dance Studio presents “Muse: Let’s Get Lucky”

Cunneen-Hackett Arts Theater · Poughkeepsie

Tue, Nov 10 · 10:00 AM

Sugar Skull

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$12

Tue, Nov 10 · 12:00 PM

EDUCATION: Sugar Skull

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$12

Sat, Nov 14 · 8:00 PM

Hundred Hand Slap & Friends

Passion - The Adult Dance Studio · Beacon

Sat, Nov 14 · 8:00 PM

The Duke Comedy Theatre

Passion - The Adult Dance Studio · Beacon

Sun, Nov 15 · 6:00 PM

Fallen Angels

The Moviehouse · Millerton

Sat, Nov 21 · 7:00 PM

LAUGH IT UP COMEDY CLUB PRESENTS LUIS J. GOMEZ

LAUGH IT UP COMEDY CLUB · Poughkeepsie

Sat, Nov 21 · 7:30 PM

Rachna Nivas - "Unedited"

Stissing Center for Arts and Culture · Pine Plains

Sat, Nov 21 · 5:00 PM

Jeff Dunham Inappropriate Contact

MJ Nesheiwat Convention Center · Poughkeepsie

Sat, Nov 21 · 7:30 PM

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Present The Pirates of Penzance

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

Tue, Nov 24 · 7:00 PM

Musical Theatre Open Mic

St. Andrew and St. Luke Church · Beacon

Sat, Nov 28 · 8:00 PM

Bombshell Comedy Night

Passion - The Adult Dance Studio · Beacon

Sun, Nov 29 · 7:00 PM

The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$49.50

Sun, Dec 6 · 1:00 PM

Nutcracker Ballet

The Culinary Institute of America · Hyde Park

Sun, Dec 6 · 3:00 PM

Candice Guardino: Italian Bred

Bardavon 1869 Opera House · Poughkeepsie

$41.50-$61.50

Thu, Dec 10 · 9:45 AM

EDUCATION: The Nutcracker

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$16

Sat, Dec 12 · 2:00 PM

The Nutcracker

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

Sat, Dec 12 · 2:00 PM

New Paltz Ballet Presents The Nutcracker

Bardavon 1869 Opera House · Poughkeepsie

Sat, Dec 19 · 7:00 PM

Paula Poundstone

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$45-$85

Sun, Dec 20 · 1:00 PM

MET ENCORE: Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns)

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$30

Sun, Dec 20 · 12:00 PM

MET Live in HD: ENCORE Samson Et Dalila (Sainte-Seans)

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

Wed, Jan 20 · 7:00 PM

Swan Lake by The United European Ballet Company

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$51-$101

Sat, Jan 30 · 12:00 PM

MET ENCORE: La Fanciulla del West (Puccini)

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$30

Sat, Jan 30 · 1:00 PM

MET Live in HD: ENCORE La Fanciulla Del West (Puccini)

Bardavon 1869 Opera House · Poughkeepsie

$30

Thu, Feb 11 · 10:00 AM

EDUCATION: Step Afrika!

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$12

Thu, Feb 11 · 12:00 PM

Step Afrika!

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$12

Sat, Feb 13 · 7:30 PM

A Taste of Ireland

Bardavon 1869 Opera House · Poughkeepsie

$89

Tue, Mar 16 · 10:00 AM

Ocean Blue

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$12

Wed, Mar 17 · 10:00 AM

EDUCATION: Ocean Blue

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$12

Thu, Mar 18 · 6:00 PM

Elmo's Got the Moves

MJ Nesheiwat Convention Center · Poughkeepsie

Sat, Mar 20 · 1:00 PM

MET Live in HD: Silent Night

Bardavon 1869 Opera House · Poughkeepsie

Tue, Mar 23 · 10:00 AM

Dino-Light

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$12

Sat, Apr 3 · 12:00 PM

MET Live in HD: Manon (Massenet)

Bardavon · Poughkeepsie

$30

Improv Comedy Jam

BEAHIVE Beacon · Beacon

$5

Hysteria! Where history’s most audacious women come to life... as comedy

Passion - The Adult Dance Studio · Beacon

Improv Comedy Show

Happy Valley Arcade Bar · Beacon

$

Performing Art

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College · Poughkeepsie

Wicked: For Good (PG) In 3D

Lyceum Cinemas · Red Hook

Medea and Her Sons

Powerhouse Theater · Poughkeepsie

Hudson Valley Puppetry Festival

Academy St · Poughkeepsie

HIDE with Jeffrey Doornbos

Howland Cultural Center · Beacon

Come From Away

The CENTER for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck · Rhinebeck

$29

Femme Fatales of History

Poughkeepsie Public Library District - Adriance Memorial Library · Poughkeepsie

Mother Goose: Maurice Ravel’s Enchanted Fairy Tales

Howland Cultural Center · Beacon

Children FREE / Adults $15-$20

Powerhouse Theater - Season

Powerhouse Theater · Poughkeepsie

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