• 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 […]

    $10
  • Sixth Annual Members’ Art Show

    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 is opening its doors again with this popular show. We have a wide range of work from talented regional artists ~ sculpture, painting, photographs, mixed […]

    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
  • 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) […]

    Still Life: Flowers, Fruits & Foods in Repose

    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 […]

  • 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 […]

    Open to All: 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 […]

    Rick Rodgers. Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from Classic Cafés

    Culinary professional and author Rick Rodgers will conduct a cooking demonstration while being interviewed by Madaline Sparks, Festival Committee member. On the menu will be Almas Pite, or Hungarian Apple Pie, a classic pastry found in most any kaffeehaus and maybe soon your home. Their conversation will range from baking tips to celebrities and famous […]

    Free but registration required

    Peter Sís. Nicky and Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

    Peter Sís is an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator of books for children and adults. He will discuss his latest title, and how it fits in with his overall work, with Carl Atkins, Festival Committee member. Nicky and Vera is true story of the Holocaust written for children but with a message of decency, action and courage […]

    Free but registration required