Love Reigns Here

Love Reigns Here. That’s what I kept hearing from within as I walked from the pavilion at Kingston Point Beach on “October 2nd, myriad crafts being created by busy hands, then on up the hill to where the performance, How Gourds Got Their Voices, would be. At the crest of that vista, overlooking the beach and the glorious Hudson River, Caru and Miss V were dressed majestically in white under a striking blue sky, preparing. Many other percussionists and performers were also assembled there, beneath looming, powerful paper maché puppets, handmade by Amy Trumpeter’s Red Wing Blackbird Theater…”

Guest UserOctober 7, 2021community, Kingston, craft

Voices Shaking Free

This past Saturday, on the potent date of 9/11, twenty families and many friends gathered at Kingston Point Beach to celebrate community and the healing wrought by shared wisdom and the unique expression of our own two hands and hearts. The medium was shekere— gourd instruments, and (in this case) decorated with cotton cord and simple wooden beads—and although we each had access to the same small and large monochromatic beads, every finished piece pulsed with its very own character and range.

Guest UserSeptember 13, 2021craft, crafting, Kingston, Hudson Valley, Family Events