FarmOn! presents a Winter Wonderland Walk with a Holiday Market & Light Spectacular at Empire Farm.
FarmOn! presents a Winter Wonderland Walk with a Holiday Market & Light Spectacular at Empire Farm.
Walk through beautiful, socially distanced light displays, shop local vendors, Eat local pizza, garlic knots, mug of Mac & Cheese, kids activites and give back!
DATES/TIMES: Fridays – Sundays, December 10 – 12 & December 17 – 19, 2021 / 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Come celebrate the changing of the seasons during this special community solstice celebration on December 18th.
Celebrate the changing of the seasons during this special community solstice celebration on December 18th. Join Olana to usher in the new season with a series of free opportunities to experience Olana’s beautiful winter landscape.
*Enjoy free partial access to the first floor of Olana’s historic interiors.
*Take in Olana’s famous views in a new way during a special audio performance by the artist collaborative, b e i n g-s o u n d (free, advanced registration required here).
*Watch the sunset and enjoy hot apple cider from Samascott Orchards and gingerbread donuts from Stewart’s Shops.
*Outdoor art-making activities will be available for kids and families.
*A Solstice Mix by Basilica Hudson will be available for seasonal listening.
*Warm-up by a sunset bonfire.
In addition to welcoming a new season, we’ll be saying goodbye to Jean Shin’s art installation, FALLEN during this event. At dusk, parts of the hemlock will be cremated into ash and charcoal and the rest will be returned to the landscape to nourish the living hemlocks at Olana. Email education@olana.org for more information.
DATE/TIME: Saturday, December 18, 2021 / 1pm – 5pm
Who cares about Pigeons? Maybe you hate them, maybe you adore them, or you may just be apathic toward pigeons. However you feel about these misunderstood birds, they have played an important role in history, and can be found on every continent but Antarctica. Join CLC and author and cartoonist Rosemary Mosco to learn why pigeon-watching is easy, fun, and fascinating! See how the secret history of the pigeon can open the door to all sorts of fascinating history.
Rosemary Mosco is a science communicator, acclaimed cartoonist, and speaker on all things bird. She’s the creator of the webcomic Bird and Moon, and has authored many science books for young people, including co-authoring the bestselling Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center will celebrate the publication of a biographical-memoir by its former executive director, Judy White Staber, on Saturday, January 8 at 1:00pm.
Spencertown Academy Arts Center will celebrate the publication of a biographical-memoir by its former executive director, Judy White Staber, on Saturday, January 8 at 1:00pm. RISE ABOVE IT, DARLING: THE STORY OF JOAN WHITE Actor, Director, Teacher, Producer and (Sometimes) Mother (The Troy Book Makers, January 2022), is about Staber’s mother, who was a well-known actress and teacher in the 20th century theatre world. The event will feature a reading and Q&A, followed by a reception where copies of the book will be available for purchase.
“I’m delighted to launch my new book at the Academy,” says Staber. “I served as the organization’s executive director, along with Susan Davies, from 1996 to 2004. This event feels like a homecoming and I look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones there.”
An alum of the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts and discovered early on by George Bernard Shaw, Joan White was a fixture of the English-speaking theatre for over six decades. In RISE ABOVE IT, DARLING, her youngest daughter, candidly reveals that, though she was an international success, White was also a single mother who set aside her own two children for her career. Staber examines her mother’s fascinating life on stage and off, three decades of which were spent in the United States and Canada, while also interweaving her own story.
Judy White Staber was born in England to a theatrical family and moved to New York City in 1959. After a short career in the theatre as an actor and stage manager, she married and became a mother. While raising her children in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts, she worked promoting the performing and visual arts. She has written, acted and produced fifteen original Pantomimes in the U.S. and also scripted and co-produced two children’s TV shows for Public Television winning several Awards. In 2010, she published her memoir, SILVERLANDS: Growing Up at the Actors Orphanage.
For Covid safety, proof of vaccination will be required for attendance, seating will be distanced and limited, and masks will be required for audience members while in the building. The Academy has installed Blueair HealthProtect 7470 air purifiers in the auditorium.
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.
The New Lebanon Library invites kids to a Wizard-Inspired, Holiday Sweater Cookie Decorating get-together on Saturday, December 11th.
The New Lebanon Library invites kids to a Wizard-Inspired, Holiday Sweater Cookie Decorating get-together on Saturday, December 11th.
Kids (elementary aged and up) can decorate two holiday sweater cookies, inspired by Harry Potter! There will be two sessions (10:30 and 11:30 AM). Space is limited so register soon.
DATE/TIME: Saturday, December 11, 2021 / 10:30am and 11:30am
REGISTRATION: Free Call 518-794-8844 or email leb@taconic.net to reserve a spot
LOCATION: New Lebanon Library 550 State Route 20 New Lebanon, NY 12125
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