Jeff McKinney

Enchanted City Steampunk Festival in Troy, Sep 16

The fourth annual Enchanted City Steampunk Fair, returns to Troy, NY this Saturday. The fairy tale of the city’s future and past is revealed for a day in this festival taking place in Troy’s historic downtown. It’s an urban spectacle of invention, imagination, and theater which honors Troy’s Victorian/Industrial heritage, while highlighting the City’s emerging creative economy and technology sector.

The festival will open with the Chamberlain Inventor’s Challenge Parade at 11am that leads into Riverfront Park. The day continues with vendors and special attractions, including street performers and peddlers, storytelling, dancing, puppet shows, interactive theater, magic acts and a costume contest. Adults and children are encouraged to come dressed in steampunk clothing, or as fairies.

DATE/TIME:
September 16, 2017
11:00am to 5:00 pm

LOCATION:
Riverfront Park
275 River Street,
Troy, NY 12180

PRICE:
Free

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Basilica Soundscape 2017 in Hudson NY, Sept 15 – 17

Basilica SoundScape, the annual event that takes place at Basilica Hudson, features live concert performances, conceptual sound performances, author readings, installations, collaborations, curated local vendors and artisans. This year’s “antifestival” will feature a lineup of some of the most innovative and genre-pushing musicians, visual artists and writers working today, with unique collaborations across disciplines.

MUSIC
Bing & Ruth / Blanck Mass / Emel Mathlouthi / Jlin / John Maus / Moor Mother / Priests / Protomartyr / serpentwithfeet / Thou / Vivien Goldman / Yellow Eyes / Yves Tumor / Yvette / Zola Jesus

READINGS
Darcie Wilder / Eileen Myles / Patty Schemel / Morgan Parker / Amy Rose Spiegel

VISUAL ART
Naama Tsabar / Emma Kohlmann / Marianne Vitale / Jesse Draxler / protest sign-making workshops with Taeyoon Choi

Here’s some info about Soundscape from BasilicaHudson.org:

Basilica SoundScape, a carefully curated weekend that’s been called “the antifestival” by various publications for offering of a thoughtful mix of music, visual art, and literature, is co-curated by Brandon Stosuy (The Creative Independent), Basilica Co-Founder and Director Melissa Auf der Maur and Basilica Co-Founder Tony Stone. This year they welcome back previous BSS Creative Director Michael Renaud to handle all aspects of visual design for the event and have added the talents of a special guest curator, Jenn Pelly, editor at Pitchfork, and author of a forthcoming book on the Raincoats.

DATES/TIMES:
September 15 – 17, 2017
Doors open at 6pm on Friday, and performances take place until 5pm on Sunday.
For the full schedule, click here.

ADMISSION:
Ticket prices range from $40 for a day pass (Friday, Saturday) to $75 for a weekend pass, and $125 for a weekend pass with camping option. Click Here to buy tickets, or get more info on ticket prices, including student and senior discounts.

LOCATION:
Basilica Hudson
110 S. Front St.,
Hudson, NY 12534

MORE:
Additional info on Basilica Soundscape, here.

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Block Party: LEGOs in the Library, September 12

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The New Lebanon Library is hosting it’s monthly LEGO Club. The library will provide the LEGOs, so all kids need to bring is their imaginations. After each build, kids will have a chance to check out each other’s creations and the library will display the completed construction sets.

For ages 5 – 12. LEGO donations are very welcome

DATE/TIME:
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 4pm

LOCATION:
New Lebanon Library
550 State Route 20
New Lebanon, NY 12125

MORE:
Phone: 518-794-8844
Email: leb@taconic.net

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Jeff McKinney is a Realtor in Columbia County, NY. Connect with him on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Pinterest.

Columbia County in Pictures: Looking Back on Summer

With Labor day behind us, people start looking to fall, and all the great events coming up in Columbia County. I’ve decided to look back at summer with a collection of pictures I took throughout the season. Many of these were originally posted on my Instagram, so please follow me there if you like them.

Enjoy!

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Jeff McKinney is a Realtor in Columbia County, NY. Connect with him on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Pinterest.

At The Crandell – Wind River

Opening Tomorrow at the Crandell Theater in Chatham: Wind River

Wing River is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American Reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death. Written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, WIND RIVER also stars Gil Birmingham, Jon Bernthal, Julia Jones, Kelsey Asbille, and James Jordan.

TRAILER:

INFO:
Rated: R (strong violence, a rape, disturbing images, and language)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Suspense
Directed By: Taylor Sheridan
Written By: Taylor Sheridan
Runtime: 111 minutes
Studio: The Weinstein Company

SHOW TIMES:
Friday 9/1 through Thursday 9/7 @ 7:30pm

TICKET PRICES:
Chatham Film Club Members & Children $6.50
Non Members $7.50
Matinees, All Seats $6.50
Additional $2.00 fee for 3D

LOCATION:
The Crandell Theatre
48 Main Street in the Village of Chatham, NY

MORE:
Visit CrandellTheatre.org for more info.

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Jeff McKinney is a Realtor in Columbia County, NY. Connect with him on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or Pinterest.