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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

William Parker Biography Celebration

May 15, 2021
477 Main St, Beacon, NY 12508, United States

Dia isn’t Beacon’s only treasure; there’s also this bijou of a building, a quondam library designed in 1871 by Richard Morris Hunt in the style of a Norwegian chalet. Just two dozen masked revelers will be admitted, enough (one hopes) to make some joyful noise for this bassist and basis of New York’s free-jazz scene, whose solo set will be followed by a dialogue with biographer Cisco Bradley and a duet with Poughkeepsie wind wizard Joe McPhee. —E.E.