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The 19th annual Hidden Gardens Tour celebrates local artful landscapes. The glory of late spring and the promise of summer beauty will be on full display at the host properties in Columbia County, NY. This year the gardens are located in Spencertown, Austerlitz, Hillsdale and Copake. Revel in magnificent views and vistas at two of […]
Romeo & Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. Filled with laughter and joy, tragedy and heartbreak, this is a story about love's journey through a violent and destructive community. When two warring families (the Montagues and the Capulets) meet once again for bloodshed, they have no idea they’re laying the groundwork for the […]
This show runs from July 1-August 6. Gallery hours: Saturdays & Sundays, 1:00-5:00pm Opening Reception: Saturday, July 1, 4:00-6:00pm Curator as Artist lll features collages, paintings, ceramics, and photographs by […]
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series is excited to present the Emily Duff Band. 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), Benny Landa (guitar), Kenny Soule (drums and background vocals), and Danny Ray (saxophone). Listen to the Emily Duff […]
Friday, September 1, 3:00-8:00pm Saturday September 2, 10:00am-5:00pm Sunday, September 3, 10:00am-4:00pm Monday, September 4, 10:00am-2:00pm The Spencertown Academy Arts Center is ramping up for its signature celebration of all […]
To register please contact the instructor Fran Snyder by email at uws.upstate.taichi@gmail.com Tai Chi practice helps us achieve balance. It stabilizes our feet on the ground and contributes to proper body alignment from foot to crown of the head. It teaches us how to be simultaneously upright and relaxed, and how to move through our […]
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. The Toronto-based jazz vocalist, Laura Anglade, has been charming audiences by bringing a fresh face to the vintage sound of classic jazz numbers in both French and English. The Laura Anglade Quartet will perform their own arrangements drawing from the Great American Songbook,Vintage Jazz from Broadway, the Great American Songbook […]
September 30-October 29, 2023 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 30, 4:00-6:00pm This year’s show features 76 works by 53 artists in a range of media, including oils, watercolors, gouache, acrylic, graphite, […]
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Roots & Shoots Concerts Series is pleased to present “writer song-singer” Heather Maloney. Maloney has toured nationally as a headliner, as well as in support of acts like Lake Street Dive, Shakey Graves, Gary Clark Jr., Colin Hay, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and many more. The New York Times called her music “utterly gorgeous, visceral” and […]
It’s not too late to save the planet! “Throughout the Hudson Valley, and right here in Spencertown, people are working hard to slow the advance of climate change,” says Lisa Bouchard Hoe, chair of the Spencertown Academy’s Conversations with Neighbors program. At this "Conversations with Neighbors" event, a panel of local luminaries will talk about […]
Fran Snyder, New York School of Tai Chi Chuan October 19-January 11, twelve-week course: Thursdays, 12:30-1:30pm There will be class on December 28! Fee: General Admission $240. Academy Members: $220 […]