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The market will take place, as always, on The Green in the center of Spencertown. More than 20 vendors will showcase offerings of flowers, plants, vintage and new home and garden furnishings, pottery, crafts, and garden books. Shoppers will be serenaded by the live music and find bargains on choice garden items and accessories at […]
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 […]
This show runs Saturdays and Sundays, May 27-June 25, 1:00-5:00pm “The Garden of Earth” exhibition curated by Kelly Kynion, guest curator, focuses on the natural environment as a source of beauty and imagination. The show features works on paper by Hudson Valley-based artists Bruce Bundock, Mary Flinn, Lynn Palumbo, Lydia Rubio, Susan M. Story, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Academy gallery curators Norma Cohen, Leslie Gabosh, Barbara Lax Kranz, Moira O’Grady, and Lynn Rothenberg. “This exhibit is our way of thanking the diligent and […]
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 things literary. The 2023 Festival of Books will take place Friday, September 1 through Monday, September 4. The Festival opens Friday with a Members Only […]
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 […]
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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 […]