Gee’s Bend: Quilting Workshop
This event is sold out. The Gee’s Bend quilters guide participants in designing and sewing a 12″ by 12″ quilt block suitable for framing to take away with them. Making […]
$250 – $275
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Events
Gee’s Bend: Quilting Lecture
Gee’s Bend: The Legacy Lives On: Spencertown Academy Board Member and quilter, Lisa Bouchard Hoe, will discuss the long tradition of American quilting and how Gee’s Bend quilts—made for use, […]
Free
Jim Lauderdale in concert at Ten Barn Farm
Roots & Shoots Concerts in collaboration with our friends at Ten Barn Farm is thrilled to present Jim Lauderdale, Grammy and Americana Music Association award-winning singer-songwriter at Ten Barn Farm in Ghent, NY. The Performance Barn at Ten Barn Farm is a wonderful venue and concertgoers will be able to enjoy the farm’s bucolic grounds. […]
$35 – $40
Members Only Preview Sale
Academy members have early access to the giant book sale. Free for members, $10 for member’s guest. Memberships for sale online and at the door. Refreshments served from 5:00-7:00pm. Scanning devices prohibited on Friday.
Children’s Program
Listen to Marcus Pfister’s classic story, The Rainbow Fish, whose silvery scales are the envy of other fish. A wise octopus helps Rainbow Fish learn to share his scales, making him friends. Kids can pose with the costumed character, and get crafty with fishy art.
Free
Giant Book Sale
Browse affordable, gently used books, vinyl LPs, CDs, DVDs and audio books. Young readers find books, puzzles and games in the Kids Corner. The Special Book Room holds first edition, out-of-print and collectible books; no scanning devices here. Teachers with IDs get 20% discount, excluding Special Book Room and guest author books.
Free
Saturday Author Events
12:30pm: Peter Canellos, The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan 2:00pm: Bonnie Yochelson, Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen 3:30pm: Lisa Lerer & Elizabeth Dias, The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America
Free
Sunday Author Events
11:30am: Chloe Caldwell, Trying: A Memoir 1:00pm: Mayukh Sen, Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star 2:30pm: David Hajdu, The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines from Automata to AI
Free
Make it, Shrink it, Wear it! Jewelry, Charms and more
Creative wearable jewelry, charms and more! Let your imagination run wild and your creativity soar. Trace a picture of a pet or loved one (bring a photo or two with you) or an art masterpiece onto a sheet of polystyrene with markers and colored pencils. Cut them out, punch a hole, put them in our […]
Free
Art As Memoir: Regional Juried Show
September 27-October 26 Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00-5:00pm Congratulations to award-winners Fern Apfel (1st Prize) Philip James Palmieri (2nd Prize), Tom Fox (3rd Prize) and Betsy Jacks, Monica Miller […]
Opening Reception – Art As Memoir: Regional Juried Show
September 27-October 26 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 27, 3:00-5:00pm Artists living in Columbia County and nearby counties in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut submitted works based on a personal memory […]
Jen Chapin Trio
Roots & Shoots Concerts is excited to present Jen Chapin accompanied by GRAMMY© nominated bassist Stephan Crump and “impeccable melodist” (New York Times) Jamie Fox on electric guitar, debuting a new cabaret-style performance of her urban folk songs entitled Anything Goes, and How Did We Get Here? The two-set show weaves historically-informed, jazz-inspired questions and […]
$25 – $30