Artists Opening Weekend Events at Omi Arts Center, Jul 7 2018

Art Omi celebrates it’s Artists Open Weekend with a dance party, brunch, and Open Studios.

Art Omi celebrates it’s Artists Open Weekend with a dance party, brunch, and Open Studios. The fun begins Saturday night with drinks, hors d’oeuvres and live, energetic music by Nkumu Katalay overlooking the firefly-lit sculpture park at Omi, in the company of the artists-in-residence and upstate arts community.

On Sunday, Art Omi honors their international artists-in-residence and celebrates with a country brunch on the lawn of Ledig House. Mimosas, French toast, and fresh fruit will be served.

Immediately after brunch, you can see the work of 30 international artists in one place. Take a short stroll down to the studio barns, and see what the artists have been working on for the past 4 weeks, along with additional events and installations to be announced! Free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

DATE/TIME:
Dance Party – Saturday, July 7 2018: 8pm – 11:45pm
Country Brunch – Sunday, July 8 2018: 11am – 1pm
Open Studios – Sunday, July 8 2018: 1pm – 5pm

LOCATION:
Omi International Arts Center
1405 County Route 22
Ghent, NY 12075

COST:
Dance Party – $30 per person
Brunch – $40 per person for members. $50 for non members
Open Studios – Free/no RSVP required

Cash/check/card accepted at the door for dance party.
To RSVP please e-mail events@artomi.org

MORE:
ArtOmi.org.
FaceBook/Art-Omi
instagram.com/art_omi

 

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Monodic Flow (Field Totem), an Outdoor Art Installation in Hancock, MA

I was driving through Hancock, MA the other day, and saw an interesting art installation in a field at Hancock Shaker Village. The work is called Monodic Flow (Field Totem), by New York-based conceptual sculptor Marko Remec.

I was driving through Hancock, MA the other day, and saw an interesting art installation in a field at Hancock Shaker Village. The work is called Monodic Flow (Field Totem), by New York-based conceptual sculptor Marko Remec.

Monodic Flow features over 160 convex dome mirrors, 32 inches each, that “flow” over a 200-foot path down the hill.  The path of mirrors echoes the flow of water in the underground aqueducts that the Shakers laid in 1818 from a reservoir at the top of the hillside to the village below. Water then powered their machinery, supplied the laundry, and afterward drained into fields to water the cattle and livestock. Nothing was wasted by the Shakers, and the aqueduct is still in use today.

A monody is a song sung by a single voice. Early Shaker music was sung in unison without instrumental accompaniment, the voices of the community coming together to offer a single prayer to God. To Marko Remec, a conceptual sculptor, the Shakers’ presence in American history was like a lone melody against the bustle of society around them, spiritually and culturally.

Remec’s work has been shown at museums and sculpture parks such as MASS MoCA, LongHouse Reserve, Chesterwood – National Trust Historic Site, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Kunsthaus Zug, the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, the Nassau County Museum of Art and the Hancock Shaker Village, among other locales.

You can see Monodic Flow from Lebanon Mountain Road (Route 20) in Hancock. It’s across the street from the Shaker Village. You can park along the road, by the installation, and walk over to take a closer look. Monodic Flow is made possible by the generosity of Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia

DATES:
May – November, 2018

LOCATION:
34 Lebanon Mountain Rd.,
Hancock, MA 01237

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This work is part of an exhibition titled, Altered Visions. The exhibit explores how the repurposing of objects or landscapes can change the way we view them. The exhibit also includes work by Henry Klimowicz, and Abelardo Morell. Henry Klimowicz uses cardboard to create organic sculptures that grow out of an inspired process. Abelardo Morell works with a camera obscura and shadows in the historic village to alter our perception of Shaker objects and a historic environment.

 

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Love Apple Farm Family BBQ, Jul 6, 2018

Love Apple Farm in Ghent is hosting an abundant farm to table summertime supper featuring barbecued pork, hot dogs, five different salads, fruit cobbler and all the fixins.


Love Apple Farm in Ghent is hosting an abundant farm to table summertime supper featuring barbecued pork, hot dogs, five different salads, fruit cobbler and all the fixins. There will also be Live Music and Lawn Games, plus a beer or a beverage is included in the ticket price.

DATE/TIME:
Friday, July 6 2018: 4 – 7pm

ADMISSION:
$25 Adults
$15 Children ages 5-12
Kids under 5 years old eat Free
Tickets available in the Love Apple Farm Market

LOCATION:
Love Apple Farm Orchard
1421 State Route 9H,
Ghent, NY

MORE:
https://loveapplefarm.com
facebook.com/LoveAppleFarmNY
info@loveapplefarm.com
(518) 828-5048

 

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At The Crandell: ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ & ‘The Seagull’

This weekend there are dinosaurs and birds at the Crandell Theatre in Chatham. The main event is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and Sunday’s matinee is The Seagull.

This weekend there are dinosaurs and birds at the Crandell Theatre in Chatham. The main event is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, and Sunday’s matinee is The Seagull.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles.

When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

TRAILER:


INFO:
Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril)
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By: J.A. Bayona
Written By: Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly
In Theaters: Jun 22, 2018 Wide
Runtime: 129 minutes
Studio: Universal Pictures

SHOW TIMES:
Mon 6/25 thru Fri 6/29, 7:00pm
Sun 7/1, 2:30pm & 7:00pm
Mon 7/2 thru Thu 7/5, 7:00pm


The Seagull

The Seagull is the heartbreaking and funny story of friends and lovers, all of whom are in love with the wrong person. The movie is timely in its depiction of the tragic consequences of narcissism, particularly on young dreams and romantic love.

TRAILER:


INFO:
Rated: PG-13 (for some mature thematic elements, a scene of violence, drug use, and partial nudity)
Genre: Drama
Directed By: Michael Mayer (VI)
Written By: Stephen Karam
In Theaters: May 11, 2018 Limited
Runtime: 98 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

SHOW TIMES:
Sunday 7/1 at 12:00pm

 

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

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

MORE:
CrandellTheatre.org
FaceBook.com/CrandellTheatre

 

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Chatham Summerfest 2018 is July 7!

Chatham Summerfest 2018 is July 7!


EVENTS:
10:00am-Noon WDST Live Remote Live broadcast with free giveaways.

10:00-11:45am Mural activity for kids and families age 3 and up Art School of Columbia County at the gazebo.

10:00am-3:00pm Tours of the Tracy Memorial. Enter the free raffle to win a basket of local Gift Certificates by Friends of the Tracy

10:00am-4:00pm Newburyport artist Annalee Johnson Gallery Exhibit Landscapes in Oil at the Chatham Bookstore in a show entitled “New Horizons.”

10:00am-4:00pm Scavenger Hunt Forms can be picked up at the info booth in front of the Chatham Bookstore

10:00am-4:00pm Farmer’s Market at the Gazebo

10:30am-3:00pm Face Painting by Melissa King at The Morris

11:00am-Noon Eric the Illusionist A very funny and interactive show for children and families where the magic happens in the hand. On the Chatham Brewing Stage.

11:00am A Year With Frog and Toad KIDS! Columbia County Youth Theater presents A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS, adapted from the three-time-Tony-nominated Broadway hit and based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books. Part vaudeville, part make-believe, and all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons. This whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular Frog, and the rather grumpy Toad – through four seasons. Waking from hibernation, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and, along the way, learn valuable life lessons. At the Crandell Theatre.

11:00am-4:00pm Dunking Booth In front of the Morris Memorial

11:00am-4:00pm Kids Corner Crafts and Activities At the Morris Memorial

11:45am Author and illustrator Amy Deweerd will read two trues stories from Kinderhook Farm In the Chatham Bookstore’s Reading Tent on Main Street
Noon Big Head Parade Kicks off from the Chatham Brewing

12:30-3:30pm Live Music at the Gazebo The Kirks (Christine & James), Abbey Lappen, and 2 Blue (Amy Ryan and Richard Green)

1:00pm A Year With Frog and Toad KIDS! Columbia County Youth Theater presents A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS, adapted from the three-time-Tony-nominated Broadway hit and based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books. Part vaudeville, part make-believe, and all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad KIDS tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons. This whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular Frog, and the rather grumpy Toad – through four seasons. Waking from hibernation, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and, along the way, learn valuable life lessons. At the Crandell Theatre.

1:00-3:00pm Reverberators Chatham Brewing Stage

1:45pm Jacqueline Rogers will read from her latest picture book In the Chatham Bookstore’s Reading Tent on Main Street

3:00-6:00pm Payne’s Grey Sky Chatham Brewing Stage

3:30pm Unveiling of Plaque to mark the Tracy Memorial in the National Register of Historic Places At the Tracy Memorial

4:00pm Andrea Fry Poetry Reading From “The Bottle Diggers” with Fern Sloan and Ted Pugh of The Actors’ Ensemble

6:00-8:00pm Rusticator Brewery After Party at Chatham Brewing

8:00-11:00pm Breezy Grass Brewery After Party at Chatham Brewing

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For more info, including the list of Vendors, visit VisitChathamny.com/Chatham-Summerfest

 

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