Omi International Arts Center – Fields Opening Day 2018

Art Omi invites visitors to welcome new exhibitions on view for the summer season.

Art Omi invites visitors to welcome new exhibitions on view for the summer season. In The Fields Sculpture Park, will inaugurate Scapegoat by Nari Ward, Tamar Ettun’s interactive work Blue inflatable, figurative steel sculptures by Lonnie Holley, and work by Sara Greenberger Rafferty. In the Newmark Gallery will be an exhibition of twenty paintings by Thomas Nozkowski, and in the Benenson Center café, a new site-specific installation by textile artist Rachel Hayes. The opening day festivities will also include hayrides, food, and more.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, June 16, 2018: 1pm – 4:30pm

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

COST:
Free

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

 

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New To Market: A Hill-Top Home with Stunning, Panoramic Views in Spencertown NY

Stunning, panoramic views await you at The Ledges. This 2-story Spencertown NY home is located on the highest point of 8.83 acres of peaceful, secluded land.


AUSTERLITZ, NY
Beds: 3
Baths: 4
Sq. Ft.: 3800
Lot Sz: 8.83 acres
$699,000

Stunning, panoramic views await you at The Ledges. This 2-story Spencertown NY home is located on the highest point of 8.83 acres of peaceful, secluded land.


The living area great room features soaring cathedral ceilings and a spacious open-floor plan that provides additional enjoyment of the views outside. There’s also year round sunroom off of the great room, with a door to the large deck, that wraps around the rear of the home.

 

 

Imagine waking up to a gorgeous, far-reaching vista that you can enjoy from bed. This 3 bedroom, 3.5 bathroom, 3,800 square foot house is situated to take in the views from multiple rooms, including the large master bedroom, which has an updated private bath, is large enough for a king-sized bed and seating area, and has a door leading to the large deck.




 

Guests will be just as comfortable in the home’s second en-suite bedroom, which like the master bedroom, is located on the main floor, and has a private bathroom.There is a third bedroom located on the lower level, with another full bathroom next to it.



 

The lower level also includes a family room with a wood-burning fireplace, and access to an additional deck that has a tree-house like feeling, thanks to the surrounding trees. There is a large bonus room that can be used as an office, workout room, studio, or additional bedroom. And finally, the bonus room has workshop porch off it that connects to a side entrance.


A recent addition to the property is the two-story barn, with room for two cars, and plenty of storage on the first and second floors.

This peaceful property is located in Spencertown, a few miles from Hawthorne Valley School, about a 10 minute drive away from the shops and restaurants of Chatham Village. Hudson, and The Berkshires, are both under 25 minutes away.




For more information, additional photographs, or to schedule a showing, visit the Beach & Bartolo listing page by Clicking Here.

 

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At The Crandell: ‘Deadpool 2’ & ‘The Rider’

This weekend at the Crandell Theatre in Chatham, Deadpool 2 is the main feature, and the Sunday matinee is The Rider.

This weekend at the Crandell Theatre in Chatham, Deadpool 2 is the main feature, and the Sunday matinee is The Rider.

Deadpool 2

After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor – finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover.

INFO:
Rating: R (for strong violence and language throughout, sexual references and brief drug material)
Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy
Directed By: David Leitch
Written By: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Ryan Reynolds
Runtime: 119 minutes
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox

SHOW TIMES:
Fri 6/8 & Sat 6/9, 7:00pm & 9:15pm
Sun 6/10, 2:30pm & 7:00pm
Mon 6/11 thru Thu 6/14, 7:00pm

The Rider

Based on his a true story, THE RIDER stars breakout Brady Jandreau as a once rising star of the rodeo circuit warned that his competition days are over after a tragic riding accident. Back home, Brady finds himself wondering what he has to live for when he can no longer do what gives him a sense of purpose: to ride and compete. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and tries to redefine his idea of what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

INFO:
Rated: R (for language and drug use)
Genre: Drama
Directed By: Chloé Zhao
Written By: Chloé Zhao
Runtime: 104 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

SHOW TIMES:
Sunday 6/10 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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Spencertown Academy – Hidden Gardens Tour & Garden Market, Jun 16

Spencertown Academy’s annual celebration of the art of the garden is Saturday, June 16th.

Spencertown Academy’s annual celebration of the art of the garden is Saturday, June 16th. This year the self-guided garden tour will feature a collection of six private gardens located in Red Rock, New Concord, and Spencertown. Back on the tour this year by popular demand, is the garden at Steepletop, the home of 20th century American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Also happening on Saturday is the Garden Market on The Green at the Spencertown Village Green. This year’s market will showcase more than 20 vendors offering plants, home and garden furnishings, birdhouses, antiques, garden books, and expert garden advice, plus shoppers will find bargains on choice garden items and accessories at the Academy’s White Elephant Booth. Food options will include egg sandwiches for breakfast and grilled burgers and hot dogs for lunch prepared by the Spencertown Volunteer Fire Company, Arturo’s at Micosta food truck with crepes, coffee, fruit salad, organic juices, and vegetarian quesadillas, as well as an ice cream sundae booth staffed by Academy members.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, June 16 2018,
Tour: 10am – 4pm. Maps available from 9am to 2pm.
Market: 9am – 3pm
The tour will take place rain or shine

LOCATION:
Day-of garden tickets and garden maps will be available at the Academy.
The Garden Market will take place at the Spencertown Village Green across the street from the Academy.
Spencertown Academy
790 NY-203
Spencertown, NY

ADMISSION:
Tour: $35 in advance, $40 day of.
Market: Free
Visit https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=2a0e7f to purchase tickets.
Various package rates involving multiple events are also available.

MORE:
SpencertownAcademy.org
facebook.com/SpencertownAcademy
Phone: (518) 392-3693

 

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‘Barns of the Hudson Valley’, a Slideshow Presentation at Riders Mills Schoolhouse

Ted Hilscher, Claverack native; New Baltimore Town Historian; and U.S. History Teacher at Columbia-Greene Community College, will present a slide show titled Barns of the Hudson Valley.

Ted Hilscher, Claverack native; New Baltimore Town Historian; and U.S. History Teacher at Columbia-Greene Community College, will present a slide show titled Barns of the Hudson Valley. He will discuss the Dutch and English traditions, the differences between Dutch and English barns, the other kinds of outbuildings found on a typical small family farm, and the tasks performed by the farmers in their barns and outbuildings.

​The Riders Mills Schoolhouse was built in the late 1790s, and it is one of our nation’s oldest public school buildings still in existence. It was also one of America’s last single-room schoolhouses in operation; classes were held every school year until its closing in 1953. It was acquired by the Riders Mills Historical Association in 1966 and is listed on both the State and National Registry of Historic Sites.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, June 9 2018, at 1pm

LOCATION:
Riders Mills Schoolhouse
90 Riders Mills Road
Old Chatham, NY

ADMISSION:
Free

MORE:
RidersMillsSchoolhouse.org
Phone: 518.794.5654

 

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