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Columbia County Historical Society Lecture: ’19th Century Photography in Columbia County’

This Saturday, the Columbia County Historical Society presents their third lecture of the 2022 Winter-Spring Lecture Series – 19th Century Photography in Columbia County, a zoom discussion by David Sokosh & Lisa Weilbacker.

This Saturday, the Columbia County Historical Society presents their third lecture of the 2022 Winter-Spring Lecture Series – 19th Century Photography in Columbia County, a zoom discussion by David Sokosh & Lisa Weilbacker.

Join Lisa Weilbacker and David Sokosh as they examine early photographs from the CCHS collection, discuss their place in the history of photography and share information about the County residents shown in the pictures. Sokosh will also show examples of his newly-made images, created using 19th Century photo processes

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

David Sokosh

Artist David Sokosh is a photographer living and working in Claverack, NY. He creates photographs using the 19th Century processes of Cyanotype and Wet-Plate Collodion (tintype) and makes artist’s books using letterpress printing and Cyanotype. His current project: “Things That Look Like the MOON (but are not the moon), consists of portfolio prints and a hand-made, limited edition, artist book printed entirely with cyanotype. Other projects include: “Objectified in the Time of Covid” and “John Rogers in the 21st Century, Contemporary Issues Seen Through a 19th Century Lens”. In Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Sokosh was formerly director of the gallery, Underbridge Pictures, which specialized in painted and photographed images of architecture. While in Brooklyn Sokosh worked with a number of nonprofits including the Fort Greene Park Conservancy and Clinton Hill Society, and served on the boards of both groups.

Sokosh’s artistic work is included in the permanent collections of Polaroid Corporation; the Kinsey Institute; Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, FL; Shelburne Museum, VT; Pfizer; and others; his work is represented in Hudson by Carrie Haddad Gallery.

Lisa Weilbacker

Lisa Weilbacker is Curator of Collections and Historic Properties and Executive Director at Columbia County Historical Society.

The lecture will be followed by a question-and-answer conversation.

DATE/TIME: Saturday, March 19, 2022 / 4:30pm

ADMISSION: $10/$15
$10 for CCHS members
$15 for non-members

NOTE: TICKETS ARE STRICTLY LIMITED

Tickets: cchsny.org/winter-lectures-2022.html

LOCATION: Online via Zoom
ZOOM LINK will be emailed after Payment, on DAY of Lecture

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www.cchsny.org
facebook.com/cchsny
twitter.com/cchs_ny

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‘Belfast’ at the Crandell Theatre, Mar 11 & 13

Opening today at the Crandell Theatre Belfast.

Opening today at the Crandell Theatre Belfast.

BELFAST is a movie straight from Branagh’s own experience. A nine-year-old boy must chart a path towards adulthood through a world that has suddenly turned upside down. His stable and loving community and everything he thought he understood about life is changed forever but joy, laughter, music and the formative magic of the movies remain.

View the trailer at CrandellTheatre.org

Rating:PG-13 (Strong Language|Some Violence)
Genre:Drama
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writer: Kenneth Branagh
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.7M
Runtime: 1h 37m

DATES/TIMES:
Friday, March 11, 2022 / 4pm
Sunday, March 13, 2022 / 4pm

TICKET PRICES: $7 – $9
Chatham Film Club Members: $8
Non Members $11
Children (12 and under) $7

LOCATION: The Crandell Theatre
48 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037

MORE:
CrandellTheatre.org
FaceBook.com/CrandellTheatre

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Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association Star Party, Mar 12

The Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association is throwing a star-gazing party at Lake Taghkanic State Park, on Friday, March 12th.

The Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association is throwing a star-gazing party at Lake Taghkanic State Park, on Friday, March 12th.

Enjoy the night sky away from the bright lights of the towns and cities in our area! The night will be dark – perfect for star gazing. Bring your own telescopes and binoculars or use those provided by our members. A telescope is not required.

Telescope operators arrive about 30 minutes early to set up. Observing begins about an hour after sunset and will probably end around 11, or whenever club members decide. All will take place at the park’s West Beach parking lot.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST WEAR MASKS AND MAINTAIN 6 FEET OF DISTANCE FROM OTHERS. The number of people will be limited to 50 in one group. The lot where we meet is large enough for two groups if needed.

You must RSVP with your car’s make, model, and license plate number at least one day beforehand. This info is required by and sent to Park management, the State Police, and the State Park Police because we are there after park hours. If you attend without being on the list and the police show up, the consequences can include revocation of our permit for after hours use.

Please review our guide to star party etiquette if you have not been to one of our star parties before: https://files.meetup.com/2674222/MHAA%20Star%20Party%20Etiquette%20Guide.pdf

You can see the Clear Sky Chart for Lake Taghkanic State Park at the address below. It will show various viewing conditions (cloud cover, transparency, darkness) as well as temperature, wind, etc.
http://www.cleardarksky.com/c/LkTagNYkey.html

Note: Winter and late Fall viewing conditions can be very clear – but also very cold. As you’ll be standing around looking at the stars for a while you may feel even colder than otherwise when outdoors. Dress warmly and consider bringing extra layers in case you get colder as the night goes on.

DATE/TIME: Friday, March 12, 2022 / 6:30pm

ADMISSION: Free
RSVP is required at least one day beforehand. You will be asked to provide your license plate number and make/model car, so Park Management and Police have a record of who will be in park after hours.
Visit https://www.meetup.com/mhastro/events/275468188/ to register

LOCATION: Lake Taghkanic State Park
1528 Route 82
Ancram, 12502

MORE:
www.meetup.com/mhastro/
parks.ny.gov/parks

Call or text Tim Denman at 845-245-5483, for more information.

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‘The Fifth Revolution’, Exhibition by Dan Devine at Thompson Giroux Gallery

The Thompson Giroux Gallery presents The Fifth Revolution by Dan Devine.

The Thompson Giroux Gallery presents The Fifth Revolution by Dan Devine.

The Fifth Revolution presents a series of new works by contemporary artist Dan Devine. These sculptures made of molded and stitched leather with motorcycle parts present a confluence of Devine’s personal history and artistic practice. Devine’s new work encourages an urgent rumination on the implications of the emerging fifth industrial revolution and its living machines.

The choice of leather and motorcycle parts derives from two periods of Devine’s pre-artistic career: first as a competitive motocross racer in both America and Europe and later as a leather artisan at Jamie Jacob’s leather shop on Haight Street in San Francisco during the height of the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Devine employs these personally-significant materials to explore his career-long interest in recording objects and reversing conceptual boundaries. In earlier bodies of work, Devine had applied such tactics to blur the division of internal/external with his Inside-Out series (including his well-known Inside Out Cars) and of watching/watched with his Surveillance Sculptures series. In The Fifth Revolution, Devine turns his attention to the eroding boundary of biological/technological.

DATES/TIMES: March 5 – April 3, 2022
Thursdays – Mondays / 11am – 5pm

LOCATION: Thompson Giroux Gallery
57 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037

MORE:
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facebook.com/Thompson-Giroux-Gallery-160317483997278/
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