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Mahaiwe’s Annual Showing of The Wizard of Oz, Nov 26

Each year the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington celebrates Thanksgiving with an annual showing of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz.

Each year the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington celebrates Thanksgiving with an annual showing of 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. This one-time screening will be on Saturday, November 26th.

Join Dorothy as she follows the Yellow Brick Road of Oz to find her way home. Audiences enjoy this classic 1939 movie every Thanksgiving weekend at the Mahaiwe.

Rated: G
Runtime: 1h, 52min

DATE/TIME: Saturday, November 26, 2021 / 4pm

ADMISSION: $8 / $5 ages 12 and under
Tickets available at mahaiwe.org

LOCATION: The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
14 Castle Street
Great Barrington, MA 01230

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FASNY Super Saturday: Smokey Bear & His Forest Friends, Nov 19

Join FASNY Museum of Firefighting for a free in-person event on Saturday, November 19th, with Smokey Bear and his friends.

Join FASNY Museum of Firefighting for a free in-person event on Saturday, November 19th, with Smokey Bear and his friends.

First, meet live raptors and learn how we can all protect these regal birds by being fire-safe. Then the big man himself, Smokey Bear, will visit the Museum and pose for pictures with attendees. Kids will also meet a DEC Forest Ranger and learn about their job and their equipment. Finally, kids can complete a Smokey Bear craft project.

All activities are FREE and will be indoors. FREE admission to the Museum will also be offered to all who attend this special event.

DATE/TIME: Saturday, November 19, 2022 / 10:30am – 12pm

COST: Free

LOCATION: FASNY Museum of Firefighting
117 Harry Howard Avenue
Hudson, NY 12534

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PS21 Nature Walk, Workshop & Concert – Resonant Mechanisms: The Experimental Music Tradition in Upstate New York – [Switch~ Ensemble], Nov 18

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century is hosting a Nature Walk, Workshop, and a Concert on Friday, November 18th.

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century is hosting a Nature Walk, Workshop, and a Concert on Friday, November 18th.

Nature Walk
Explore hidden corners and unmarked trails of PS21’s 100 acres of meadows, woodlands, and rolling hills with artist Alison McNulty, including a visit to McNulty’s installation Hudson Valley Ghost Column 7, the first public art project commissioned by PS21. Ghost Column 7, a cylindrical tower of vintage bricks and unprocessed wool, engages imaginatively with PS21’s landscape as it weathers the changing seasons. McNulty writes that her work “emerges from an interdisciplinary perspective informed by natural sciences, archaeology, diverse writers and thinkers, and place-based research.” Participation is FREE and open to all ages. Wear hiking boots or sturdy shoes and dress with the weather in mind.

Participatory Music Workshop
[Switch~ Ensemble], Victoria Cheah, and Jen Kutler
In this participatory workshop the [Switch~ Ensemble] musicians and guest composers Victoria Cheah and Jen Kutler explore composition, experimental practices, and analog technology in their music, including Kutler’s musical sewing machines. Participation is FREE and open to all ages. Musicians are welcome to bring an instrument, though they are not necessary for participation. Anyone, with any level of musical experience, can participate or observe.

Concert
Resonant Mechanisms: The Experimental Music Tradition in Upstate New York – [Switch~ Ensemble]

Sarah Hennies, Everything Else (2016)
Victoria Cheah, Hard columns you within (2022) – world premiere
Julius Eastman, Buddha (1984)
Jen Kutler, Chatter Marks (2022) – world premiere

Duration: 1 hour with no intermission

Founded in 2012 at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester and now based in New York City, [Switch~ Ensemble] presents Resonant Mechanisms, a concert of significant works that engage with the rich tradition of experimental music in Upstate New York. Featuring two world premieres of newly commissioned works by composers Victoria Cheah and Jen Kutler, alongside works from Sarah Hennies and Julius Eastman, the program explores a range of modalities in music for quintet and electronics.

The concert will be followed by a conversation with the musicians, composers, and installation artist Alison McNulty.

DATE/TIME: Friday, November 18, 2022

3:30 – Nature Walk
4:30 – Workshop
7:00 – Concert

TICKETS/REGISTER: Free – $25

Nature Walk and Workshop – Free Registration Required
Concert – $25 General, $20 PS21 Members, FREE Students & Youth Tickets Available Online

LOCATION: PS21
2980 NY-66
Chatham, NY 12037

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ps21chatham.org
facebook.com/PS21Chatham
instagram.com/ps21chatham

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Somatic Embodiment and Yoga w/ Ashni & Sondra Loring at Sadhana, Nov 20

Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation, in Hudson, is hosting a workshop on Somatic Embodiment and Yoga with Ashni and Sondra Loring on November 20th.

Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation, in Hudson, is hosting a workshop on Somatic Embodiment and Yoga with Ashni and Sondra Loring on November 20th.

This workshop will delve into the study and practice of embodiment, defined as a felt sense of self. It will touch upon the wealth of information from different sources, including Somatic Experiencing, Body-Mind-Centering, and breathing techniques, to validate and clarify your personal potential and strengths. Identifying boundaries, working with the nervous system, and finding more ease and efficiency within the muscles and joints can bring consciousness into our experience of our body. This leads to being comfortable in our own skin and a willingness to engage with life more fully.

About Ashni

Ashni, daughter of Cynthia and Allan, is a farmer, at Mumbet’s Freedom Farm, facilitator, educator and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY with rich roots in the island of St. Vincent & The Grenadines.

Movement, music, healing and their expansion through meditation and love are essential keys to Ashni’s being. From early experiences with death, escapades in library stacks to discovering yoga and teachings with Buddhist monks in High School, Spirit has always piqued her curiosity and tickled her heart.

Working on and at the intersections of Earth based teaching and practices, wellness and environmental and social justice, Ashni facilitates 1-on-1 and group sessions, ceremonies, meditations and experiences permeated with love that cultivate radical awareness, appreciation of self and overall ecstatic wellness within participants and their community with the intention of re-cultivating a deep connection with our Earth mother.

About Sondra

i am a movement artist, educator and steward of a small botanical, bird, and fox sanctuary near Hudson, NY. i am drawn to the mystical, the poetic, to dirt, to rewilding, and to the daily rigorous investigation of somatic embodiment. i make dances and performances, am a yoga and somatic educator, share stories and overturn stones to see what’s underneath. i’m queering my community, teaching as a living, and radiant with the hope of meeting you all.

DATE/TIME: Sunday, November 20, 2022 / 1pm – 3pm

LOCATION: Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation
403 Warren St,
Hudson, NY 12534

COST/REGISTER: Sliding scale $20, $25, $30
Register here

MORE:
sadhanayogahudson.com
instagram.com/sadhanacenter
facebook.com/SadhanaCenterForYogaAndMeditation

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Unofficial Election Results from November 8

The Columbia County Board of Elections site shared unofficial election results.

The Columbia County Board of Elections site shared unofficial election results for the General Election at 11:16 pm on November 8th. At that time, several hundred absentee and affidavit ballots remained to be counted. Here are those results:

General Election, November 8, 2022

Governor & Lieutenant Governor
	Kathy Hochul & Antonio Delgado	15,613
	Lee Zeldin & Alison Esposito	13,438

NYS Comptroller
	Thomas DiNapoli (DEM, WOR)	17,056
	Paul Rodriguez (REP, CON)	11,668

NYS Attorney General
	Letitia James (DEM, WOR)	15,948
	Michael Henry (REP, CON)	12,850

U.S. Senator
	Charles Schumer (DEM, WOR)	16,287
	Joe Pinion (REP, CON)	12,472
	Diane Sare (LAR)	77

Representative in U.S. Congress (19th C.D.)
	Josh Riley (DEM, WOR)	15,598
	Marcus Molinaro (REP, CON)	13,263

NY Supreme Court Justice, 3rd Jud. District (3 elected)
	Heidi Thais Cochrane (DEM, WOR)	14,892
	Sharon Graff (DEM, WOR)	14,678
	Meaghan Galligan (DEM, WOR)	14,589
	Thomas Marcelle (REP, CON)	13,491

NY State Senator (41st S.D.)
	Michelle Hinchey (DEM, WOR)	15,438
	Susan Serino (REP, CON, IND)	13,285

Member of Assembly (106th A.D.)
	Didi Barrett (DEM)	11,228
	Brandon Craig Gaylord (REP, CON)	8,132

Member of Assembly (107th A.D.)
	Scott Bendett (REP, CON)	5,752

County Clerk
	Holly Tanner (REP, CON)	17,939

County Coroner (2 elected)
	Michael Blasl (REP, CON)	17,308
	Write-in	1,436

Hudson – Member of Common Council (3rd Ward)
	Amber Harris (DEM)	341

Ancram – Town Justice (2 elected)
	Catherine Redlich (DEM, REP)	631
	Suzan Flamm (DEM)	380
	Richard Novik (REP)	371

Austerlitz – Town Council
	Christopher Schober (DEM)	703

Claverack – Town Justice
	Michael H. Brandon (REP)	1,660

Kinderhook – Town Council
	George J. Graham (REP, CON)	2,788

Livingston – Town Council
	Fred Conte (Write-in)	257
	James Kelly (Write-in)	152


Stockport – Town Justice
	Malcolm G. Smalley (REP, CON)	746

Taghkanic – Town Justice
	Robert Prochera (REP, CON)	327

New York State Prop 1 (Environmental Bond Act)
	Yes	17,551
	No	10,194

New Lebanon – Prop 1 (Highway Superintendent)
	Yes	449
	No	595

Hudson – Prop 1 (Ward Boundaries)
	Yes	1,328
	No	383

Hudson – Prop 2 (Library Funding)
	Yes	1,442
	No	387

Claverack – Prop 1 (Library Funding)
	Yes	1,656
	No	907

Kinderhook – Prop 1 (Library Funding)
	Yes	2,546
	No	1,621