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Olana’s Fallen: Hemlock Walking Tour, Apr 3

Get up close and personal with hemlocks throughout Olana’s artist-designed landscape.

Get up close and personal with hemlocks throughout Olana’s artist-designed landscape. Rebecca Pinder Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia-Greene Community College, will guide participants in identifying these important trees and learning more about the current challenges facing hemlocks today. As part of this hour-long walking tour, participants will be invited to locate hemlocks throughout Olana’s 250 acres and take part in an immersive tree mapping project by the artist Jean Shin.

This program is offered in conjunction with Fallen, Shin’s site-specific work at Olana on view from May 1-October 31, 2021. To learn more about Fallen, please visit https://www.olana.org/exhibitions/fallen/.

DATE/TIME: Saturday, April 3, 2021 / 1:30-2:30pm

LOCATION: Olana
5720 New York 9G
Hudson, NY 12534

ADMISSION: $15 person/ $10 members
Advanced registration required. For more information, please contact education@olana.org or call (518) 751-6938.

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New Lebanon Library Crafternoon Kids: “Hanging with my Peeps” Garland

To get in the spirit of Spring, the New Lebanon Library presents Crafternoon Kids: “Hanging with my Peeps” Garland craft project.

To get in the spirit of Spring, the New Lebanon Library presents Crafternoon Kids: “Hanging with my Peeps” Garland craft project. This fun craft is a peeps inspired garland. Make as is or jazz it up to suit your decor.

Kits will be ready for pickup on Wednesday, March 31st. The tutorial will be out on the blog this Thursday, April 1st

*Craft kits can be picked up curbside. Call the library and it will be outside waiting for you!*

LOCATION: (Pick up kits) New Lebanon Library

550 State Rte 20
New Lebanon, NY 12125

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COVID-19 Update from Columbia County Health Department

The latest update from the Columbia County Department of Health.

Following is the latest update from the Columbia County Department of Health.

For comparison, here is last week’s update:

For more info, visit columbiacountynyhealth.com

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Two Of Us Productions Presents ‘Rabbit Hole’, Mar 27

The Two Of Us Productions presents ‘Rabbit Hole’ by David Lindsay-Abaire. This free, one night only, staged reading will take place via Zoom on Saturday, March 27.

This Pulitzer Prize winning drama deals with the ways family members survive a major loss. Rabbit Hole premiered on Broadway in 2006, and has also been produced by regional theaters in cities such as Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The play had its Spanish language premiere in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2010.

Becca and Howie Corbett have a comfortable family life in the suburbs of New York City until a random, tragic accident takes the life of their four-year old son. Soon after,Becca’s younger, irresponsible sister, Izzy, announces that she is pregnant: there will now be a new child in the family. As Becca and Howie grow apart, Becca’s mother Nat badgers Becca about her grieving process while Shauna, the young driver who killed their son, continually shows up to ask forgiveness.

DATE/TIME: Saturday, March 27, 2021 / 7pm

LOCATION: Hosted on ZOOM
Register at www.thetwoofusproductions.org for link.

ADMISSION: Free. Donations appreciated.

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FASNY’s ‘Girl Power: Discovering Careers in Emergency Services’

The FASNY Museum of Firefighting presents a special, free, virtual show: “Girl Power: Discovering Careers in Emergency Services.”

Join FASNY as they explore careers in emergency services. Meet some brave female firefighters, who will give you a guided tour through their firehouse. You will also meet a DEC forest ranger trained in fighting wild fires, and see all her cool firefighting equipment. And of course it would not be a party without Molly the Museum Dog. What part of the program will this crazy canine present? Tune in to find out! After the show, sign up to receive a free girl power craft project!

This program is made possible by a generous grant award from the Hudson River Bank and Trust Co. Foundation.

DATE/TIME: Saturday, March 27, 2021 / 11am

COST: Free

LOCATION: The Museum’s YouTube channel

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