10/16/2026
Music, Image & Word with J.C. Hopkins
Orpheum・Saugerties
Sunday, October 25th
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A night of film, jazz, and poetry about and for the people of New York City.
A new ongoing series where live jazz, poetry, and film converge in real time, making every evening a singular, unrepeatable experience. Led by Grammy-nominated bandleader J.C. Hopkins, it brings together an evolving lineup of musicians, poets, and filmmakers in a dynamic exchange between sound, language, and moving image.
Featuring an extraordinary gathering of poets, including Woodstock poet Phillip Levine, the irrepressible Sparrow, Dante Kanter, Bel Simek, Jonas Kyle, Kathy Joyce, Hannah Finnie, Simone Kyle, Michael Cohen, Alison Koffler, and Dayl Wise.
Live music will be provided by the J.C. Hopkins Quartet, led by Grammy-nominated songwriter, musician, writer, and filmmaker J.C. Hopkins, whose work has long explored the intersection of music, storytelling, and the lives of New Yorkers.The evening will also feature these fine musicians- Steven Bonacci, Aidan Samp, and Theo Berliner.
This night is devoted to New York City in all its beauty, noise, loneliness and possibility—told through poetry, music and film. J.C. Hopkins and his quartet, move between jazz, atmospheric and experimental terrain—evoking the cinematic worlds of Ennio Morricone and Angelo Badalamenti.
