Category: Happenings

Garden Conservancy Open Day in Canaan & Spencertown, Aug 1

The Garden Conservancy invites you to visit two beautiful gardens of Columbia County on view in Canaan and Spencertown on Sunday, August 1.

The Garden Conservancy invites you to visit two beautiful gardens of Columbia County on view in Canaan and Spencertown on Sunday, August 1.

Rockland Farm – The garden comprises a variety of areas that flow one from another over about ten acres of our property. A 450-foot-long rock ledge runs parallel to the front drive and is topped by a dry garden in silver, gray and blue, with a thyme walk along one edge. Raised areas on the west side of the house feature exotic and tropical plants, many in containers. Behind the house is a sequence of garden rooms: a lavender garden contained within a raised hornbeam hedge; a perennial garden in pastels surrounding our pool; a water garden, fronted by a white garden and with a shade garden and rhododendron walk behind; a hot sundial and rock garden; and a fenced vegetable and cutting garden.

Landscape of Linda B. Horn – The restoration of my landscape has been the goal for fifteen years of living here after a move from Chicago. There are four restored ecosystems: wetlands, waterfall, domestic area of native grasses, and woodland. The last section of restoration was started last fall with eliminating dead trees and then new seeding. This year goldenrod was weed-wacked and new trees planted. The landscape was featured in a five-page article in the September 2017 issue of New York Cottages & Gardens. Native restoration workshops have also been held here through the Columbia Land Conservancy, Spencertown Academy, and Berkshire Botanical Garden.

DATE/TIME: Sunday, August 1, 2021 / 10am – 4pm

LOCATION: Rockland Farm – Canaan NY
Landscape of Linda B. Horn – Spencertown NY

ADMISSION: $10 per person
Children 12 and under are free

  • Pre-registration is REQUIRED for each garden. Pre-register for each on this website, except where specifically indicated otherwise. Children under 12 are free and do not need to be pre-registered if accompanied by pre-registered adult.
  • Capacity is limited. Sorry, no walk-ins allowed; no paper tickets or cash payments will be accepted on-site.

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Hawthorne Valley Open Hours for Butterfly House, Native Plant Garden and Trail

The Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program is welcoming visitors to its seasonal butterfly house, native plant garden, and short nature trail this Friday and Saturday.

The Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program is welcoming visitors to its seasonal butterfly house, native plant garden, and short nature trail this Friday and Saturday.

Guided tours of the butterfly house will be offered on the hour, while guided tours of the native plant garden will be offered on the ½ hour. Visitors are also invited for self-guided exploration during opening hours; a kiosk and new signage on pollinators and plants provides information to enrich such exploration.

The butterfly house is stocked before with butterfly guests from the surrounding farm which are then released again back into the wild. Come view the “catch of the week” (weather dependent), search for the flowers in bloom, and enjoy a small, stream-side “phenology trail” where certain plants are monitored.

DATE/TIME: Friday, July 30, 2021 / 1 – 4pm
Saturday, July 31 / 10am – 1pm

ADMISSION: FREE
No registration required

LOCATION: Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program Creekhouse
1075 Harlemville Road 
Ghent, 12075

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Clay Pot Paint & Sip Fundraiser to Benefit the New Lebanon Library, Jul 30

Join the New Lebanon Library for their first outdoor Paint & Sip on Friday, July 30th

Join the New Lebanon Library for their first outdoor Paint & Sip on Friday, July 30th. This event requires pre-registration, and tickets are $26 each. The cost includes refreshments and all materials. Participants will get to take home their creation on 6 inch clay pot, along with seeds for planting. All proceeds are to benefit the New Lebanon Library.  

DATE/TIME: Friday, July 30, 2021 / 6pm
Rain date: August 6, 2021

COST: $26

REGISTRATION: Required at newlebanonlibrary.org

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

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

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Art Omi, Oh My! A Picnic Party in the Park, Jul 24

Art Omi is hosting an Evening of Celebration, Community, Creativity and all things Art at the Sculpture and Architecture Park on July 24th.

Art Omi is hosting an Evening of Celebration, Community, Creativity and all things Art at the Sculpture and Architecture Park on July 24th.

Bring your own Fabulous Fantasy Picnic blanket (or let Bartlett House provide), basket and elegant dinner to celebrate your creative flair.

Support Art Omi by buying tickets for only $100 per person! You’ll receive:

– Specialty Cocktail 

– Entry in the Creative Hat Contest and a chance to be featured on Art Omi’s Instagram

– Entry in a raffle for a $100 gift card from the Punctilious Mr. P’s Placecard Company

– Your song added to our Spotify Picnic Playlist, specially curated by Jeffrey Lependorf, Director of Art Omi: Music 

– World Premier of a Sunset Performance by Renowned Sound Artist, Phil Kline 

– A fabulous time!!!

Unable to join in person? Support Omi from the comfort of your own home, by being a community sponsor and providing free tickets to members of our community! You can still participate by sending in a photo or video of your extravegant picnic hat before the event to enter the hat contest. You’ll be entered into the raffle, and you can add music to the Picnic Playlist! 

DATE/TIME: Saturday, July 24, 2021 / 5pm – 8:30pm

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

COST: $100 per person
Available online here

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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Special Guests Caleb Teicher & Company at PS21, Jul 24

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, presents Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Special Guests Caleb Teicher & Company, on July 24th.

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, presents Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Special Guests Caleb Teicher & Company, on July 24th.

Orpheus’ 34 member musicians work together as a collective and rotate leadership roles for all works performed, giving flight to unconventional interpretations. This democratic structure also extends to organizational functions including programming and governance: the orchestra elects three members to Artistic Director positions and three to the Board of Trustees.

Caleb Teicher is a NYC-based dancer and choreographer specializing in musically-driven dance traditions and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Teicher began their career as a founding member of Michelle Dorrance’s critically acclaimed tap dance company, Dorrance Dance, while also freelancing in contemporary dance (The Chase Brock Experience, The Bang Group), Lindy Hop (Syncopated City Dance Company), and musical theater (West Side Story International Tour and London).

As a solo performer and collaborator, Teicher is known for choreographic collaborations with diverse musical talents: world-champion beatboxer Chris Celiz, composer/pianist Conrad Tao; the National Symphony Orchestra, and indie rock legends Ben Folds and Regina Spektor.

In 2015, Caleb shifted their creative focus towards Caleb Teicher & Company, a creative home for incubating new concert dance works from Teicher’s unique perspective.

Toronto-based percussionist Britton-René Collins finds passion in the art of contemporary percussion performance. A winner of the 2020 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, Britton-René has dedicated her artistry to shaping a more inclusive community for all musicians to thrive in equally. She was awarded the Ambassador Prize for exceptional musicianship and demonstrating an active commitment to creating social change through her music. She recently launched a blog where she discusses her experiences in facing various challenges as a minority musician.

Britton-René actively expands her knowledge and skills in a vast pool of contrasting genres, which she believes enhances her musicianship and performance techniques. Her experience includes studies of classical, contemporary, global, and new music.

DATE/TIME: Saturday, July 24, 2021 / 8:30pm

TICKETS: $100 – $200
Available Online

LOCATION: PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
2980 Route 66
Chatham, NY 12037

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