• Embe Esti with special guest Rob Fisch

    TO BE RESCHEDULED. Embe Esti is the New York Capital Region’s premier intercontinental fusion band that mixes Afrobeat, North African, and other global traditions with rock, funk, and blues. Their […]

  • Jim Kweskin

    TO BE RESCHEDULED. Jim Kweskin is the founder of the legendary 1960s Jim Kweskin Jug Band with Fritz Richmond, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Mel Lyman, Bill Keith, and Bruno Wolfe. Their imitators were legion, including a San Francisco jug band that became the Grateful Dead, a Los Angeles jug band that became the Nitty Gritty […]

    Opening Reception: Fifth Annual Members’ Show

    TO BE RESCHEDULED. We are pleased to announce our 5th Annual Members’ Art Show. This popular show is open to all Academy members. To submit work for the exhibition you must be a current member of the Academy as of March 1, 2020. Submission guidelines and details.

  • CANCELED: Rachelle Garniez and Erik Della Penna

    TO BE RESCHEDULED. An evening of original and vintage songs about NYC. Singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists, Rachelle Garniez and Erik Della Penna bring a wealth of inspirations and influences to their crafts, from Tin Pan Alley to folk and Americana. Fresh from their German tour of "Ein Abend in New York," they harmonize and wax […]

  • Garden Lecture with Robert Clyde Anderson

    Naturalistic Planting on a Domestic Scale PLEASE NOTE: Ticket sales end Saturday, June 27 at 6:00pm. This illustrated talk will focus on practical techniques for creating and managing naturalistic plantings at a size that’s feasible for the home gardener, in terms of both labor and expense. Using part of his own garden as the example, […]

    $10
  • Community Reads “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones

    Read with us. Please join the Spencertown Academy Arts Center for our first Community Reads event, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. An American Marriage was an Oprah’s Book Club selection, as well as a New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book. In the novel, newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and […]

    Free