This Saturday, July 11th, Waubeeka Family Campground in Copake, hosts their annual In With Old Car Show.
This Saturday, July 11th, Waubeeka Family Campground in Copake, hosts their annual In With Old Car Show.
Turn back time to your favorite decade and take a stroll to enjoy the views. This year, the organizers expect about 75 participants.
DATE/TIME: Saturday, July 11, 2020 / 10am – 2pm
LOCATION: Waubeeka Family Campground
133 Farm Road,
Copake NY 12516
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Aaron Rothko, will be performing a Black Lives Matter fundraiser concert outside of the People’s Pub in Chatham, on Saturday July 11th from 6 to 8pm.
Local musician, Aaron Rothko, will be performing a Black Lives Matter fundraiser concert outside of the People’s Pub in Chatham, on Saturday July 11th from 6 to 8pm.
Rothko will be performing predominantly singer/songwriter and folk songs and all proceeds will be going to Black Lives Matter. Rothko’s goal is to help raise interest and awareness for an important cause at a crucial moment in time, and the People’s Pub jumped at the chance to be part of it.
DATE/TIME: Saturday, July 11, 2020 / 6 – 8pm
LOCATION: The People’s Pub
36 Main St,
Chatham, NY 12037
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Spencertown Academy Arts Center announces the winners of its fifth annual Young Writers’ Contest.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center announces the winners of its fifth annual Young Writers’ Contest. Held in conjunction with the Academy’s Festival of Books (which will be virtual this year), the contest was open to writers in grades 9 through 12 attending school or homeschooled in Columbia County, NY and Berkshire County, MA.
“While this was a difficult year for students everywhere, we received 30 fiction and non-fiction entries from both public and private high schools. There was wonderful diversity among authors and subject matter. The Young Writers’ Contest has no required themes, which allows students room to explore what’s important to them,” says Kelly Kynion, coordinator of the contest. “There are many dedicated writing teachers and passionate young writers in our region, and we’re delighted to create an opportunity for them to receive recognition at the high school level. This year, two talented freshmen surprised us by taking the top honors!”
The contest was judged by accomplished authors and publishing professionals, including Jamie Cat Callan, Alan Gelb, David Highfill, Daphne Kalotay, and Wendy Schmalz.
The top three winners in each category received cash prizes ($250, $150, and $100 respectively) and the first-place winning story and essay are now published on the Academy’s site at spencertownacademy.org.
Nonfiction/Essay or Memoir
First Place: Alyssa Mowris,
Chatham High School freshman,
“If Walls Could Talk”
Second Place: Anthony Smith,
Germantown School senior,
“How to Properly Waste Your Summer”
Third Place: Rida Farsanza,
Hudson High School senior,
“Borsa”
Fiction/Short Story
First Place: Taibat Ahmed,
Taconic High School freshman,
“The Boy In The Clouds”
Second Place: Piper Nayowith,
Hudson High School senior,
“Malnoia”
Third Place: Malina Jackson,
Berkshire Waldorf High School senior,
“A Part of Something Bigger”
Founded in 1972, Spencertown Academy Arts Center is a cultural center and community resource serving Columbia County, the Berkshires, and the Capital region. Housed in a landmark 1847 Greek Revival schoolhouse, the Academy is located at 790 State Route 203 in Spencertown, New York. For more information, please contact info@spencertownacademy.org.
LOCATION: Spencertown Academy
790 NY-203
Spencertown, NY
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Phone: (518) 392-3693
Take a Virtual Tour of Historic Hudson, without leaving your home, this Thursday, July 2.
Take a Tour of Historic Hudson, without leaving your home, this Thursday, July 2.
The City of Hudson is much more than a quaint town in the Hudson River Valley. Founded by Quakers in 1785, Hudson quickly grew to a major commercial center and almost became the capital of New York State. Hudson offers the finest “Main Street” in New York and features examples of every architectural style since the late 18th century, including two of the rarest, Adam and Egyptian Revival.
Big Onion Walking Tours‘ virtual adventure will explore the diverse social history, architecture, and people of this Upstate urban center. Stops could include: Promenade Hill, Nantucket Houses, sites associated with the Underground Railroad, the most notorious Red Light district north of Times Square, and locations associated with The Jenkins Family, Ma Brown, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jack “Legs” Diamond, Ada Louise Huxtable, and Lieutenant William H. Allen, who was killed by pirates.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, July 2, 2020 / 6pm
COST/REGISTRATION: $15 adults / $10 students, seniors / $30 single-screen household.
Reserve a spot at bigonion.com/tour/virtual-historic-hudson
LOCATION: Your Own Home
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The New Lebanon Library is celebrating Valentines Day with a crafting class that will be making Valentine Rocks.
To kickoff this year’s Summer Reading Program, the New Lebanon Library wants to throw a parade and they need your help. the library will have some boxes with decorative items inside to help you design your own mini parade float. They will be outside the library so you can pick them up. Grab one and send the library a picture of the completed craft by June 30th!
Send images to: nlzineproject@gmail.com. The library will make a virtual parade in time for the 4th of July.
DATE/TIME: Deadline for submitting pictures is June 30, 2020.
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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