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New Lebanon Neighbors

New Lebanon Neighbors is an independently created, volunteer-managed website that is compiling resources thought to be useful to town residents of New Lebanon during the COVID-19 crisis. This website is not a Town of New Lebanon resource. It is an independent resource.

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has transformed lives in small-town New Lebanon. Some of our neighbors have lost their jobs, are living in quarantine, and/or can no longer perform daily living like they used to. None of us anticipated this. Navigating the influx of information coming from various news channels, social media, the television, the radio, podcasts, friends/family, and more can become overwhelming and counterproductive when time is of the essence.

If you need help or want to give help, New Lebanon Neighbors is ready for you. Check out the site at www.newlebanonneighbors.com.

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Support Our Farming Community

The Columbia Land Conservancy (CLC) has some great ideas to support our farming community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Columbia Land Conservancy (CLC) has some great ideas to support our farming community during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of those ideas is purchasing food from local farms.

New York State considers farms and farmers markets to be essential during this time. Local farms are still open, but you may have to be flexible to purchase their products. Find your favorite farms online or call to see if they are taking pre-orders for pick up or offering delivery services while we all practice social distancing. CLC has created a directory of Columbia County Farms to find available local farm products.

Another idea is to sign up for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share. CSA memberships offset some of a farmer’s early operational costs and allow them to invest in their growing season, while you enjoy fresh food as it is ready for harvest. Click here to find a CSA near you.

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518.392.5252

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May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month

May is observed as “Lyme Disease Awareness Month.”

Between the Pandemic and the miserable weather we have been dealing with – snow in May! – it might have slipped your mind that it’s also tick-season. May is observed as “Lyme Disease Awareness Month.” While all New Yorkers have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s vitally important to remember that Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses continue to be major concerns throughout our state. To learn more about symptoms and steps you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones, visit https://www.lymedisease.org/get-involved/take-action/lyme-awareness-month/.

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Hudson Hall Presents Close Readings in a Virtual Space, May 14

Hudson Hall is hosting a New Virtual Event, ‘Close Readings in a Virtual Space’.

Hudson Hall is hosting a New Virtual Event, ‘Close Readings in a Virtual Space’. Read through Jay Wright’s poem “The Homecoming Singer” together with poet Rigoberto Gonzáles and others taking part.

Rigoberto Gonzáles, one of our favorite poets, will lead this intimate, virtual group read-through of Jay Wright’s poem “The Homecoming Singer.” Neither teaching nor explaining, Rigoberto will serve as your expert tour-guide to explore this poem as a group. Whether you are already well-versed in the close reading of poems, or have never been quite sure you’ve been “getting it,” this “close reading in a virtual space” will provide a digital gathering for everyone to take a refreshing deep dive into this single poem.

The event will last about an hour, and will conclude with a brief reading of poetry by our special guest poet.

This is a challenging time for all of us, but poetry offers us a fortifying focus. Talking through a poem together with a group of fellow readers just might provide a bit of the balm we all need.

DATE/TIME: Thursday, May 14, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

COST: Free
Register at https://www.eventbrite.com for an event link.

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TSL Expands into the Digital Realm w/ Home-Streaming Options

Time & Space Limited (TSL), in Hudson, expands into the digital realm.

Time & Space Limited (TSL), in Hudson, expands into the digital realm. In partnership with the film distributors, TSL offers you a selection of independent films and documentaries available to stream from your devices at home.

This innovation in movie-going allows for you, the moviegoer, to keep going! And for TSL – the filmmakers, the distributors, and your local, arthouse cinema – to keep thriving in this time of social distancing.

If prompted, make sure to select TSL as your local theater in order for them to receive their share of the support.

Virtual film selection to be updated on a continual basis.

Now Playing!

The Following are Available to Stream From Friday, May 1 – Thursday, May 14, 2020

“Once We Were Brothers”

From Magnolia Pictures. Available to screen for three days upon purchase. — The documentary features 137 photographs taken by Elliott Landy, whose celebrated works include portraits of Bob Dylan, The Band, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival, for which he was an official photographer.The film tells the story of Robbie Robertson’s young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band. It is a moving story of Robertson’s personal journey, overcoming adversity and finding camaraderie alongside the four other men who would become his brothers in music. Once Were Brothers blends archival footage, photography, songs, and interviews with Robertson’s friends and collaborators including Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and more. 2019.

COST: $12

“The Booksellers”

D.W. Young’s elegant and absorbing documentary is a lively tour of New York’s book world, populated by an assortment of obsessives, intellects, eccentrics, and dreamers, past and present. From the Park Avenue Armory’s annual Antiquarian Book Fair, where original editions can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars; to the Strand and Argosy bookstores, still standing against all odds; to the beautifully crammed apartments of collectors and buyers. The film features a range of commentators, including Fran Lebowitz, Susan Orlean, Gay Talese, and a community of dedicated book dealers and collectors who strongly believe in the wonder of the object and what it holds within. 2019. 1h39m.

COST: $9.99

“The Times of Bill Cunningham”

Narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker, The Times of Bill Cunningham features incredible photographs chosen from over 3 million previously unpublicized images and documents from iconic street photographer and fashion historian Bill Cunningham. Told in his own words from a recently unearthed 1994 interview, the photographer chronicles, in his customarily cheerful and plainspoken manner, moonlighting as a milliner in France during the Korean War, his unique relationship with First Lady Jackie Kennedy, his four decades at The New York Times, and his democratic view of fashion and society. 2020. 1h14m

COST: $9.99

LOCATION: Time & Space Limited

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