Library of Congress Coming to Pittsfield

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The Library of Congress’ mobile museum, “Gateway to Knowledge”, will be setting up in Pittsfield in time for the city’s Third Thursday celebration from 5 to 9pm tomorrow.

This mobile museum is housed in an 18-wheeler that expands to three times its width. Inside the truck, visitors will find museum-style exhibits and multimedia displays, including facsimiles of many of the Library’s most prized treasures. Those facsimiles include the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, the 1507 Waldseemüller Map (the first document to use the word “America”), the 1455 Gutenberg Bible, the 1962 drawings for the comic book that introduced Spider-Man to the world and  Walt Whitman’s poem “Leaves of Grass.”

You can find the “Gateway to Knowledge” truck  parked at Park Square in front of Bank Row. The exhibit will open tomorrow for Third Thursday at 5pm and close at 9pm. It will remain in town Friday and Saturday and will be open from 10am to 6pm on both days. The exhibit is free.

Brooklynites Blessing the Hudson Valley With Hipness

I missed this article on gawker.com earlier this month but wanted to pass it along to everyone else who may not have read it.

Here is an excerpt:

“”You can’t keep a good creative down,” as the old saying goes. When pushed out of their community by covert gentrification,overt invasion, and other insidiousnesses, good creatives will simply move elsewhere and establish new, even more authentic communities. This is how the Land of NoBro came to pass.

What and where is this magical place called NoBro? As the New York Times suggests, it is, in some ways, a state of mind—a mixture of 1980s SoHo, 1990s East Village, and 2000s Williamsburg, where one can find communion with the universe and like-minded spirits. In the tangible, physical world, however, NoBro is Beacon, N.Y., one of the many towns scattered about the Hudson Valley that has apparently witnessed an influx of migratory Brooklynites in recent years.”

You can read the entire article on Gawker by clicking here.

Opening At The Crandell: The Smurfs

Opening tonight at The Crandell in Chatham, family-friendly flick, The Smurfs!

Showtimes:
Saturday, August 13, 2:00 Matinee
Every Night at 7:00pm

From The Crandell’s website:

“This animated/live action adaptation of a 1980′s tv kids show featuring blue thingies has been a surprise hit. When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world and into ours—in fact, smack dab in the middle of Central Park. Just three apples high and stuck in the Big Apple, the Smurfs must find a way to get back to their village before Gargamel tracks them down. A semi-clever script supplies some adult appeal as well. Starring a very funny Hank Azaria, who steals the movie.”

Rated PG-13
102 minutes
Animation/Comedy/Family
Ticket prices at The Crandell are $5 for adults and $4 for children under 12.

The Crandell Theatre is located at 48 Main Street in the Village of Chatham, NY.

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Wow Wii! Gaming at New Lebanon Library

Today at New Lebanon Library: GAMING FOR TEENS & TWEENS!

Bring your games! We’ll provide the Nintendo Wii, Beatles Rock Band, Rock Band 2, DDR, Wii Sports, Wii Play, Bee Movie Game, Dirt-2, and Wii Resort!

WHEN: Thursday 8/11
TIME: 2:00 pm
FOR: Kids aged 9 and up

Information supplied by the New Lebanon Library. Visit NewLebanonLibrary.org for more.

Happenings: Hudson Music Fest

This weekend (Friday, August 12 to Sunday, August 14) Hudson, NY will be hosting it’s first (and hopefully annual) Hudson Music Festival.

“The City of Hudson will have music in every possible indoor venue and outdoor public space the organizers can conjure—jazz brunches, buskers on street corners, dueling DJs, dance parties, country bands, classical music concerts, singer/songwriter contests, new age music and old time Dixieland, salsa and soul.”

You can see the full and very extensive schedule plus a map of event locations at HudsonMusicFest.com by clicking here.

There is also a special Pre Festival Benefit Concert being held tonight (Thursday, August 11) at 6pm featuring The River Ensemble. Julie Berman, violin – Jim Paradies, trumpet – Jay Shulman, cello will be performing from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at 369 Warren Street right outside the Church  (weather permitting).