Spencertown Academy

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    • Elizabeth Diggs - Winter Memoir Workshop

    Winter Memoir Workshop with Elizabeth Diggs

    Winter Memoir Workshop with Elizabeth Diggs

    This in person workshop will be held for eight consecutive weeks at the Spencertown Academy.

    The personal memoir has become one of our most popular genres. Every life is a compelling and unique story. In this workshop, explore how to shape and explore your stories. Put pen to paper, fingers to keyboard, and craft the memories you’ve been waiting to tell, with expert tutelage!The personal memoir has become one of our most popular genres. Every life is a compelling and unique story. Sharing your life story with a group of interested members of the workshop is a moving and gratifying experience...

    $210 – $240

    • Friendly Banjos with Zack

    Friendly Banjos With Zack

    Ages: 4-7 with an adult companion Using the banjo as the main tool, Zack teaches basic skills that apply to any string instrument—ukulele, guitar, Loog guitar, violin, you name it. By the end of the workshop, your child will be strumming their first song on the banjo,feeling confident and excited for more music-making at home. […]

    Free
    Tales of the Boatwoman - Amber Chand

    Amber Chand: Tales of the Boatwoman

    This storytelling performance offers an evocative journey into the world of Chand’s ancestors in India and Africa. She will read excerpts from her forthcoming book, “Tales of the Boatwoman,” which blends ancestral stories, creative memoir, and wisdom teachings. “Tales of the Boatwoman” audience members will discover why a passionate elopement turned into an unhappy betrayal; […]

    $15 – $20
    THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE 2026

    The Gift to be Simple: Our Local Shaker Heritage and Its Future

    This panel discussion will feature Shaker Museum’s newly appointed Executive Director Claudia Gould, Director of Library & Collections Jerry Grant, and Collections Manager Sharon Duane Koomler. Topics will include the museum’s now 18,000 object-strong collection, history of the Shakers at Mount Lebanon’s thriving garden seed industry, and plans on the horizon for the museum, including […]

    Free
    variations on a theme

    Variations on a Theme

    Variations on a Theme

    Opening Reception: Saturday March 28, 3-5pm Dates: March 27-April 26 Gallery Hours: Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, 1-5pm Variations on a Theme features artwork by Betsy Jacks, Jim Krewson, John Morra, […]

    • seedling-swap-sale

    Seedling Swap & Sale

    Join us for Spencertown Academy’s first Seedling Swap & Sale, a welcoming celebration of gardening, generosity, and growing together. Local gardeners and plant enthusiasts of all experience levels are invited to share seedlings, swap favorites, or purchase plants to take home for the season ahead — vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more… all plants are welcome!