New Lebanon Newcomers Meet & Greet, Oct 21

The New Lebanon Recreation Commission and The New Lebanon Library are hosting a Meet & Greet for newcomers on Friday, October 21st.

The New Lebanon Recreation Commission and The New Lebanon Library are hosting a Meet & Greet for newcomers on Friday, October 21st.

If you’re new to town, or have a new home, come meet some other newcomers and your neighbors who’ve been here a while or a lifetime. We can all share what we love about our town, including our fantastic library!

DATE/TIME: Friday, October 21, 2022 / 5 – 7pm

LOCATION: The New Lebanon Library
550 US-20

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FilmColumbia 2022, Oct 21 – 30

The Crandell Theatre presents The 23rd Annual FILMCOLUMBIA, film festival, from Friday, October 21 to Sunday, October 30.  

The Crandell Theatre presents the Annual FilmColumbia film festival, from Friday, October 21 to Sunday, October 30. 

FilmColumbia, Columbia County’s premier annual cultural event, will screen the very best–and the latest–national and international films from October 21 – 30, 2022. Once the Crandell Theatre’s “little local festival that could,” FilmColumbia is now an acclaimed, nationally recognized film event.

In addition to screening festival favorites from acclaimed directors, this year FilmColumbia will once again feature special panels and events with filmmakers, a popular screenwriting workshop, and a children’s international film festival of shorts that is free to the community.

“There are so many marvelous aspects to this year’s festival,” says Laurence Kardish, the festival’s co-artistic and co-executive director with Peter Biskind. “The number of extraordinary films by women, the number of award winners, and the broad range of programs from the most intimate of dramas to the most spectacular of blockbusters make this a festival of festivals.”

DATES/TIMES: Friday, October 21 – Sunday, October 30, 2022
Visit crandelltheatre.org/filmcolumbia for the full 2022 schedule.
Movies are screened throughout the days and evenings

LOCATIONS: Crandell Theater
48 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037

TICKETS:
Individual 
Day: Crandell Members $11 and General Public $13
Evening (5pm on): Crandell Members $14 and General Public $17
Tickets can be purchased for individual movies via the FilmColumbia Schedule page

All-Film Pass
Crandell Members $225 and General Public $275
Crandell Theatre Members: Tickets available online starting 10/8, 9am through 10/15, 9am
General Public:  Tickets available online starting 10/15, 9am

Events 
Saturday Night Pub Party @ People’s Pub: Cash bar
Screenwriting Panel: $20
Post Sneak Party @ Blue Plate: $20 (Cash bar)
Children’s International Shorts Program:  Free

 All-Film passes and tickets to FilmColumbia 2022 are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are no refunds.

MORE:
CrandellTheatre.org
FaceBook.com/CrandellTheatre

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The Rooted Voyageurs Present The Witching Hour, Oct 15 & 16

The Rooted Voyageurs are doing three performances of their production, The Witching Hour, on October 15 and 16.

The Rooted Voyageurs are doing three performances of their production, The Witching Hour, on October 15 and 16.

The veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thinning, when a witch comes to communicate with the dead about a local tragedy, more is revealed than meets the eye. Join The Rooted Voyageurs for their production of The Witching Hour. The Witch (Devante Owens) will tell a chilling story inspired by local lore about the Hoosac Tunnel, written by Luke Haskell. Following the performance, there will be a spooky open mic! Put your name in a hat and be chosen to tell a story of your own.

The performance will run 45 minutes (followed by the open mic) and is free to the public. Seating is limited and on a first come first serve basis.

The Rooted Voyageurs is a theater company, founded by Devante Owens (Artistic Director) and Zoe Wohlfeld (Managing Producer), whose mission is art without admission. They believe everyone should have access to empathic, joyful and entertaining stories, and that live theater is more captivating when people from all walks of life are on stage and in the audience. Their performances are free to the public.

DATES/TIMES/LOCATIONS: Saturday, October 15 & Sunday October 16, 2022

Saturday, October 15th / 4pm Hudson Youth Center

Saturday, October 15th / 7:30pm Spencertown Academy

Sunday, October 16th / 6pm The People’s Pub

MORE:
https://therootedvoyageurs.com
facebook.com/Therootedvoyageurs
instagram.com/therootedvoyageurs

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Spencertown Fire Company Chili Cook-Off, Oct 15

Spencertown fire company auxiliary members are hosting a chili cook off

Spencertown fire company auxiliary members are hosting a chili cook off. The event will be held at the fire house this coming Saturday October 15th. Tickets for entry are $5.00 and include drinks and you can vote for your favorite chili.

There will be winners announced at the end and awarded prizes.

This is a community/family friendly event for all ages, it’s a great way to get involved in our community and support the Spencertown fire company Auxiliary

DATE/TIME: Saturday October 15, 2022 / 2 – 5pm

LOCATION: Spencertown Fire House
1 Memorial Dr.,
Spencertown, NY 12165

TICKETS: $5

MORE:
https://spencefire.wordpress.com
facebook.com/SFC12165/

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Hudson Area Library Presents Tales from Hudson’s Crypts: Tour w/ Kelley Drahushuk, Oct 23

The Hudson Area Library presents the fifth anniversary tour of Cedar Park Cemetery, Tales from
Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour on Sunday, October 23.

The Hudson Area Library presents the fifth anniversary tour of Cedar Park Cemetery, Tales from
Hudson’s Crypts: The Tour on Sunday, October 23.

Kelley Drahushuk’s talk at the library, Raising the Dead: Tales from Hudson’s Crypts, was so
popular that this tour was created and it has become an annual event. Kelley once again acts as tour
guide.

Long-touted as “a virtual treasure trove for historians and enthusiasts of American funerary art”,
the Hudson Cemetery includes over 10,000 grave sites for a wide range of interesting and
notable individuals, including the Proprietors and their ancestors, war heroes, famous artists,
paragons of industry, disaster survivors and much more. Learn about the history of the original
cemetery, more recent history and discoveries as well as its current layout.

Kelley Drahushuk is a long-time resident of Hudson, NY with family history in the city dating
back to the 1800s. She, along with her husband Alan, own The Spotty Dog Books and Ale, now
in its 17 th year of operation on Hudson’s Warren Street in the former CH Evans Hook & Ladder
building. She has served on the board of the Hudson Area Library and continues as a member of
the History Room Committee. She earned a BS from Rochester Institute of Technology in
Industrial Engineering. Two adorable children, a very chill cat, and two bossy guinea pigs keep
her quite busy.

Donations are appreciated but not required and they will support the archiving of the library’s
History Room collection based on the history of Hudson, Greenport and Stockport.

As this is a walking tour, wear appropriate footwear & dress for the weather & conditions. We may encounter uneven ground, semi-steep hills, and mud and will not always be sticking to the paved pathways. Attendees will meet in the cemetery office parking lot promptly at 12pm.

DATE/TIME: Sunday, October 23, 2022 / 12 – 1:30pm
Rain Date: Sunday, October 30 / 12pm

LOCATION: Cedar Park Cemetery
Cemetery Office Parking Lot
20 Columbia Turnpike
Hudson, NY 12534

REGISTRATION: Required and limited to 45 participants
Register by emailing brenda.shufelt@hudsonarealibrary.org

LOCATION: The Greenport Conservation Area
319 Joslen Blvd,
Hudson, NY 12534

MORE:
HudsonAreaLibrary.org
facebook.com/HudsonAreaLibraryNY
instagram.com/hudsonarealibraryny

 

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