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Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “Winterlude: Classical Sunday with Bob Logan and Julian Müller” on January 21 at 3:00pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. The program will feature works for piano and cello by Haydn, Bartok, Schumann, Beethoven, and Paradis. General admission tickets ($25 public, $20 Academy members, $10 for students ) are available via www.spencertownacademy.org.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center announced today a grant award totaling $25,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Through New York State’s continued investment in arts and culture, NYSCA has awarded over $80 million since Spring 2023 to over 1,500 artists and organizations across the state.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents its 8th annual Members’ Art Show featuring works made by more than 70 Academy community members. On Saturday, November 18, there will be an opening reception from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and the exhibit will remain on display through December 10. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Admission is free and most of the artworks are for sale; a portion of the proceeds benefits the Academy.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “Still Here: A Survival Story of Indigenous People” with public historian, activist, and decolonization education consultant Heather Bruegl on Sunday, November 5 at 2:00pm. While admission is free, advance reservations are requested via www.spencertownacademy.org.
Spencertown Academy Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents “Blues Women of the Capital Region II” on Saturday, November 25 at 7:30pm. Presented in association with the Capital Region Blues Network (CRBN), the show will feature Gina Coleman, Leslie Barkman, and Robin O’Herin. General admission tickets ($25 public, $20 Academy and CRBN members) are available via www.spencertownacademy.org.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center Conversations with Neighbors, in collaboration with The Chatham Bookstore, presents bestselling author Peter Biskind in an event celebrating his new book, Pandora’s Box: How Guts, Guile, and Greed Upended TV (William Morrow, 2023), on Sunday, November 19 at 2:00pm. He will be joined in conversation with acclaimed historian David Nasaw. The book will be for sale and the author will be available for signing after the conversation. While admission is free, advance reservations are requested via www.spencertownacademy.org.
Spencertown Academy Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents “writer song-singer” Heather Maloney on Saturday, October 7 at 8:00pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. General admission tickets ($25 public, $20 Academy members) are available via www.spencertownacademy.org.
Spencertown Academy presents a jazz concert by the Laura Anglade Quartet on Friday, September 22 at 8:00pm at the Academy’s newly christened Blanche Grubin Auditorium. The concert will feature vintage jazz from Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and Tin Pan Alley, along with classic French Chanson. General admission tickets ($30 public, $25 Academy members) are available via www.spencertownacademy.org.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s 18th annual Festival of Books takes place over Labor Day weekend, September 1 through September 4. The Festival features a giant used book sale, two days of discussions with and readings by esteemed authors, and a children’s program. Featured authors include Tamar Adler, Wesley Brown, Jonathan Darman, Eleanor Henderson, Julie Kabat, Daphne Kalotay, and Jane Roper. Admission is free to all of the events, save for the Members Preview early book-buying opportunity detailed below.
Spencertown Academy Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents the Emily Duff Band on Saturday, July 8 at 8:00pm. Rolling Stone magazine described singer-songwriter-guitarist Duff as “one Part Patti Smith, one part Muscle Shoals.” Her band includes John Hamilton (bass and background vocals), Kenny Soule (drums and background vocals), and Danny Ray (saxophone). General admission tickets ($25 public, $20 Academy members) are available via www.spencertownacademy.org. Seating will be limited and advance reservations are strongly suggested.