Twilight in the Garden Cocktail Party 2021
THIS PARTY IS SOLD OUT. We are delighted to announce that we will celebrate Twilight in the Garden this year on Saturday, June 26, 2021, 5:30-7:30pm (Rain Date: Sunday June […]
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Events
Sixth Annual Members’ Art Show
We proudly present our Sixth annual Members’ Art Show featuring works made by our talented Academy community. After the long closure due to the pandemic the Gallery at Spencertown Academy […]
SymBeeOtic: Embracing a Life with Bees
Free on Zoom: Registration required. Presented in collaboration with the Austerlitz Climate Smart Task Force When her beekeeping father suddenly passed away in 2019, singer/songwriter/activist Sheri Bauer went home to […]
Free
Preserving the Bounty of the Garden with Chef Linda Romeo
Registration required: tickets $10 A live presentation/demonstration in the Spencertown Town Park Pavilion. A professional chef for 35 years, Linda tackles the sometimes overwhelming task of preserving the bounty of the garden for the home gardener/cook. The basics of canning, fermentation and freezing safely while preserving flavor will be discussed and demonstrated. Picnic table seating […]
$10
Garden Market on the Green
The market will take place, as always, on the Green in the center of Spencertown. It will showcase vendors offering plants, home and garden furnishings, birdhouses, antiques, garden books, and expert garden advice, plus shoppers will find bargains on choice garden items and accessories at the Academy’s White Elephant Booth. A percentage of all sales […]
Hidden Gardens Self-Guided Garden Tour
The 16th Annual Hidden Gardens Tour and Garden Market on the Green had to be canceled for 2020 because of the pandemic. Not knowing exactly how opening up the county would evolve, we passed up the month of June this year and opted to schedule our event for later in the summer, on Saturday, August […]
$35 – $40
Still Life: Flowers, Fruits & Foods in Repose
This year’s botanical show features scenes of tabletops and other settings where flowers, fruits and food items provide glimpses into daily life that can be restful, playful or downright intriguing! Seven artists with very distinct styles will present their visions of peaceful—and sometimes challenging—still-life renderings. Experience the interplay of vegetable cuttings and peelings; the lighthearted […]
Putting Your Garden to Bed
A live presentation at Spencertown Park Pavilion with Donna Peterson, a Horticulture Educator and Certified Master Gardener with Cornell Cooperative Extension since 1994. Donna tells us how to get a jump on next year's garden by putting this year's flower and vegetable garden to bed the right way! Learn what to cut back (and when) […]
Whimsy
In a world that seems more and more fractured and traumatized by a pandemic, the idea of a show focusing on whimsy seemed a necessity for the soul. Whimsy can be defined in many ways; capricious, fanciful, fantastical, imaginative and unpredictable are just a few words that come to mind. We all need a little […]
Whimsy Opening Reception
We are trying our hand at an opening reception for the first time in a very long while. Refreshments will be served outside, the number of visitors in the Gallery at one time, will be limited. Join us for a glass of wine, snacks and conversation. View this fantastical art work that is sure to […]
Rishi Reddi. Passage West. and Dexter Palmer. Mary Toft or, The Rabbit Queen
Two authors will discuss their historical fiction with Daphne Kalotay, prize-winning author of short stories and novels (Russian Winter; Sight Reading; Blue Hours). Passage West tells the story of a Punjabi family, their Mexican in-laws and their Japanese neighbors at the onset of World War I in California. Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen fictionalizes […]
Free but registration required
Members Only Day: Special Book Room Online Store
More than 400 carefully selected volumes in like-new condition, as well as CDs, DVDs, vinyl LPs and ephemera, fill the virtual shelves of the Special Book Room. Richly illustrated coffee table books and rare collectible books are highlights this year. The collection includes art, architecture, design, biography/memoir, cookbooks, fiction, children’s/young adults, history, music/film, photography, signed […]