Upstate Art Weekend at KinoSaito

We are excited to share our participation in the sixth edition of Upstate Art Weekend, July 17-21, 2025! Over 155 cultural organizations will participate in this year’s edition, celebrating art and culture in the Catskills Mountains and Hudson Valley.

17-21 Jul. 2025 | 10am-5pm

Expanded Open Hours for Upstate Art Weekend

KinoSaito and the KinoSaito Coffee Bar will be open for additional hours on Thursday, July 17, 2024 and Monday, July 21, 2024 for Upstate Art Weekend.

Water Color Workshop

Instructor: Lilly Gummerson

$20 | RSVP Required

18 Jul. 2025 | 5-7pm | RSVP

A beginner workshop exploring color relationships using watercolors to create abstract paintings. Participants will learn about various watercolor techniques and how to use different colors to express meanings or moods in an artwork.

All materials provided.

This class is suitable for all ages and abilities.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

Higher Eyes on Aricama

Performer | Maria Camia
Piano | Aaron Banes

Maria Camia will perform Higher Eyes on Aricama, a 45-minute solo-performance with four 4’x4’ colorful paintings / Toy Theater sets, hand puppets, costume, and a live pianist. The story follows two flower humanoids, Ari and Cama, as their attention spans shatter into infinite altered dimensions causing their homeland Aricama, the land of practice, play, and healing, to turn into dust. Will they release themselves from their attachments or lose everything they worked for? Maria explores dreams, phone addiction, and a message from the body.

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club is dedicated to the artist and all aspects of the theatre. They are a creative home to artists and audiences from around the world and a dynamic hub for risk-taking performance. La MaMa believes in the power of art to reveal our shared humanity and supports artists of all identities in the creation of new work.

Founded in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, La MaMa is the only original Off-Off-Broadway theatre still in operation. Over the course of 61 years, they have grown from an underground refuge for the avant-garde to a world-renowned cultural institution, with 30+ Obie Awards, dozens of Drama Desk Awards, Bessie Awards, Villager Awards, and the 2018 Regional Theater Tony Award. They have supported nearly 160,000 artists from all over the world, such as Blue Man Group, Peter Brook, André De Shields, Ping Chong, Olympia Dukakis, Harvey Fierstein, Philip Glass, Tedeschi Kantor, Shuji Terayama, Adrienne Kennedy, Diane Lane, Taylor Mac, Bette Midler, Meredith Monk, Sam Shepard, Andrei Serban, Elizabeth Swados, and Julie Taymor, to name a few.

This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Garden Party

Free | RSVP required

19 Jul. 2025 | 4-7pm

To celebrate Upstate Art Weekend, KinoSaito will hold a party in our garden with complimentary food, drinks, and music provided by DJ ANICHE.

ANICHE (@anicheintheworld) is an Indian-born, Brooklyn-based DJ, producer, and community builder blending Hindustani Classical roots with experimental club sounds into genre-fluid sets. He’s the founder of finding your niche, known for events like EXTRA SPICY PLEASE and for the people, a substance-free, community-focused series. His sets have moved crowds at countless venues from Elsewhere to SILO in New York City, and beyond in San Francisco and Tokyo’s underground scene. A resident at Halfmoon Radio and Newtown Radio, ANICHE is known for boundary-pushing sets rooted in intention and cultural influence. He also regularly uploads mixes to his YouTube channel, featuring unique locations—from a high-energy Halloween walking DJ set through the streets of NYC to a chill, jazzy session at the foot of Mt. Fuji. Website: anicheintheworld.com

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Unknown Poetry Workshop

Free Drop In Program

20 Jul. 2025 | 1-4pm

Join us at KinoSaito on Sundays in July for our Unknown Poetry Workshop! Participants are invited to create text-based artworks inspired by the artwork of Cynthia Gutiérrez on display in our current exhibition, The Unknown and Its Poetics.