Lady Moon & The Eclipse

Lady Moon & The Eclipse is a multicultural ensemble founded in Hudson, NY. With a marked emphasis on inclusivity, individuality, and spiritual unity rooted in a unique tapestry of celestial perspectives, the band radiates positive music and message in the community with artists, directors, designers, producers, musicians and celestial beings of earth. The New York Times calls it “Neosoul with a cross-genre bent that manifests through Afrobeat, gospel and funk. The result is charmingly retro.”

Through soaring vocal textures and R&B/afrobeat-influenced rhythms, they create inspirational music that explores the “Cosmic Soul”. Lady Moon carries the essence of the Moon sending a message of love, peace, and light, while the musicians serve as the Sun shining light upon her. The audience represents the Earth, completing the metaphorical eclipse.

Founder, singer and songwriter Ngonda Badila aka Lady Moon is a Hudson Valley force. Born into a traditional African dance and theater company founded by family, Badila, her parents, and her 10 siblings have offered cultural workshops and performances for youth and adults in the Hudson Valley since 1997.

Exploring beyond the New York region spanning from Vermont to New Orleans, The Bay Area, Las Vegas & LA via their Eclipse Season Tours, the band has opened for such names as Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, Amanda Palmer, Maxi Priest, and Tank & the Bangas along the way. Journey to the Cosmic Soul, their full-length album released in April 2020 on double vinyl and CD; was recorded and arranged with a celestial concept used to guide the listener through a journey to become one’s best self.

Kendra McKinley

Catskill’s Kendra McKinley paints on her clothes and makes music for smoking weed with your bra off. Her most recent record, “Where Does A Body Begin?” came out June 23, 2023.

Kendra is your friendra; a conduit of connection with a voice that sounds like tuned honey. Her music braids sensuality, levity and polish. Fronting a dynamic backing band, her live show is an invitation to swerve and swoon to her yummy grooves. An incantation to bloom, on loop.

On our open-air Pavilion Theater stage, in our Black Box Theater, across our expansive grounds—and in our surrounding communities—PS21 cultivates and presents productions that transcend boundaries and encourage your expression and participation. Our programming often engages creatively with critical global and social issues: you’ll leave recharged, invigorated, and perhaps thinking differently.

We also host residencies for dancers, musicians, actors, and creators—supporting their development of new, even unclassifiable, work.

A model of innovative theater design, our green-energy spaces are state-of-the-art, and sit atop our 100 acres of unspoiled meadows, woodlands, and trails—all open to the public every day. With the sights and sounds of nature seeping into every Pavilion performance, PS21 offers truly unforgettable experiences and demonstrates our commitment to be open, inviting, and designed for everyone’s enjoyment.

Through our PATHWAYS programs, we bring visionary artists into workshops, classes, installations, and performances on our grounds and into the community—all free of charge or at low cost. PATHWAYS also fosters collaboration between community arts groups and the Town of Chatham—enhancing cultural life in the Hudson Valley.

Extraordinary times require both new art forms and innovative approaches to time-honored disciplines. PS21 is challenging and joyful, of our community and of our world, thought-provoking and magical.

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PS21’s programs are made possible in part with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Amphion Foundation, The Alice M. Ditson Fund, MidAtlantic Arts Foundation, Veillette Nifosi Foundation, J.M. Kaplan Fund, Robert Craft/Igor Stravinsky Foundation, GKV Foundation, Bank of Greene County, Stewart’s Holiday Match, Japan Arts Council, Government Office of Quebec in New York, Williams College Theater Program, Theatre & New Forms, a program of Albertine Foundation in partnership with Villa Albertine, as well as our valued donors through Memberships, our Circle of Supporters, commissioning, and our annual Gala.

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