Category: Happenings

Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Survey at Schodack Island State Park, January 14

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Join a nationwide citizen science tradition, as well as bird experts and enthusiasts from the Audubon Society of the Capital Region to conduct a survey of bald eagles overwintering at and around Schodack Island State Park.

Meet at the Riverview Pavilion at 10am and enjoy free coffee and donuts before the day’s activity. This is an outdoor event so dress warmly.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, January 14, 2017 10:00 AM

LOCATION:
1 Schodack Island Way
Schodack Landing, NY 12156

MORE:
Visit Schodack Island State Park, by clicking here.
(518) 732-0187

 

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Block Party: Legos in the Library Tuesday January 10

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

DETAILS:
Tuesday, January 10th, 2017, from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm. For ages of 5 – 12. Lego donations are very welcome

New Lebanon Library
550 State Route 20
New Lebanon, NY 12125
Phone: 518-794-8844
Email: leb@taconic.net

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This Weekend at Meissner’s Auction, Antique Estate w/ Local Items

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This Saturday, Meissner’s Auction in New Lebanon, will host an Estate Auction of 350 lots. Those lots feature some great Columbia County based antiques, including maps, photographs, cookbooks, church books, and much more.

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If you have never been to Meissner’s, it is my favorite auction house in the area, and definitely worth a visit. I wrote a post about my first visit in 2012, which you can read here.

DETAILS:
Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 5pm
Preview at 10am

LOCATION:
Meissner’s Auction Service
438 Route 20
New Lebanon, NY

For more info, including more photos of items, visit meissnersauction.com.

*All images from MeissnerAuction.com

 

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Alejandro Escovedo at Club Helsinki Tonight, January 6

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Legendary rocker Alejandro Escovedo brings his unique punk-infused, roots-rock sound to Club Helsinki in Hudson tonight. Escovedo is joined by the Burn Something Beautiful Band, which features Peter Buck of R.E.M., Scott McCaughey of Young Fresh Fellows, Kurt Block of Fastbacks, and Linda Pitmon of the Baseball Project.

Here is some info from HelsinkiHudson.com:

Texas-raised Mexican-American Alejandro Escovedo – the uncle of pop-funk star Sheila E – is a one-time punk-rocker mostly playing original alt-country music since before there was such a term. His music today ranges from Velvet Underground-style drone rock to classic punk to Los Lobos-like Chicano rock to Rolling Stones covers to idiosyncratic, character-based visionary music along the lines of Tom Waits.
In recent years, Escovedo has teamed with Helsinki favorite Chuck Prophet for songwriting and Tony Visconti (David Bowie) for producing. Escovedo credits Prophet for the hints of lightness and humor that have been creeping into his work the past few years.

Tonight’s show will also include an opening band – the indie-rock group, The Minus 5.

DETAILS:
Friday, January 6, 2016
The Minus 5 at 8pm
Alejandro Escovedo at 9pm

Helsinki Hudson
405 Columbia Street
Hudson, NY 12534

TICKET INFO:
Tickets are $25 to $30, and can be purchased here.

For more info, visit HelsinkiHudson.com by clicking here.

 

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Cary Institute Lecture Series Presents ‘Wild By Design’ on January 6

Winter is the perfect time to start planning, and day dreaming, for the next outdoor season and your garden.  To help you jump-start those plans, and get some interesting new ideas that you might be able to incorporate into your own garden, this Friday, the Cary Institute Presents ‘Wild By Design’ with landscape architect Margie Ruddick.

Harvard trained landscape architect Margie Ruddick will showcase design strategies that integrate biodiversity and ecological purpose. Her visually rich presentation will draw on 30 years of public and private landscape design work.

In her book Wild by Design, Ruddick shows how five basic principles can be applied to create landscapes that are both sustainable and emotionally powerful places. Books will be available for purchase by Merritt Bookstore.

DETAILS:
Friday, January 6, 2017 at 7pm
Open to the Public

Cary Institute auditorium
2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44)
Millbrook, NY

 

For more info, visit CaryInstitute.org by clicking here.

 

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