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Columbia Land Conservancy Author Event, ‘Visionary Women’ Book Signing, Mar 8

Join the Columbia Land Conservancy, in celebrating International Women’s Day with local Author Andrea Barnet, as she reads from her new book Visionary Women.

Join the Columbia Land Conservancy, in celebrating International Women’s Day with local Author Andrea Barnet, as she reads from her new book Visionary Women.

Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World (Ecco; On-sale March 13, 2018) is the story of four renegades who profoundly shaped the world we live in today. Together these women—linked not by friendship or field, but by their choice to break with convention—showed what one person speaking truth to power can do.

Rachel Carson warned us about poisoning the environment; Jane Jacobs fought for livable cities and strong communities; Jane Goodall demonstrated the indelible kinship between humans and animals; and Alice Waters urged us to reconsider what and how we eat.

With a keen eye for detail, Andrea Barnet traces the arc of each woman’s career and explores how the work of these visionaries collectively changed the course of history. While they came from different generations, Carson, Jacobs, Goodall and Waters found their voices in the early sixties. At a time of enormous societal upheaval, all four stood as bulwarks against 1950’s corporate culture and its war on nature. Consummate outsiders, they each prevailed against powerful and mostly male adversaries while also anticipating the disaffections of the emerging counterculture.

DATE/TIME:
Friday, March 8, 2019: 7pm – 9pm

LOCATION:
Spotty Dog Books and Ale
440 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534

COST:
This event is Free to attend, a portion of the proceeds of the sale of the book will go to the CLC.

MORE:
http://clctrust.org
facebook.com/ColumbiaLandConservancy

Columbia Land Conservancy Inc.
49 Main Street Chatham, NY
info@clctrust.org
518.392.5252

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The Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb 16

Join the Columbia Land Conservancy on Saturday February 16th at Ooms Conservation Area in Chatham, for a morning counting the birds with an expert birder.

Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time.

Now, more than 160,000 people of all ages and walks of life worldwide join the four-day count each February to create an annual snapshot of the distribution and abundance of birds.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, February 16th, 2019: 8am – 10am

LOCATION:
Ooms Conservation Area
480 Rock City Rd.
Chatham, NY 12037

COST/REGISTRATION:
Free
Registration is required so that the CLC can be in touch in the event of a cancellation. Visit clctrust.org to register.

MORE:
http://clctrust.org
facebook.com/ColumbiaLandConservancy

Columbia Land Conservancy Inc.
49 Main Street Chatham, NY
info@clctrust.org
518.392.5252

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ECLECTIMANIAC Events – The January 2019 Show

This is the place to get more info on the events we discussed on the ECLECTIMANIAC Radio Show for October 17, 2018.

This is the place to get more info on the events we discussed on the ECLECTIMANIAC Radio Show for January 16, 2019.

Guided Tour of Thomas Cole Historic Site

The Thomas Cole National Historic Site, located in Catskill, NY, marks the birthplace of American art, where the Hudson River School of landscape painting began.

Guided Tours Of The Main House and Old Studio are taking place from January through April (2019). Explore the historic Main House and 1839 Old Studio with a museum educator.

Visitors will join a guided tour with a Cole Site Educator to explore the 1815 Main House where Thomas Cole lived and worked. The experience features the multimedia installation The Parlors and the exhibition Thomas Cole’s Creative Process which includes original works by the artist.

DATE/TIME:
Sunday, January 20, 2019: 1pm & 3:30pm
Each tour lasts approximately 50 minutes

ADMISSION:
Guided tour tickets are $12 for general admission and free for members.
Each tour is limited to twelve people. Members and non-members must reserve tour tickets online in advance.

Visit www.eventbrite.com for tickets.

LOCATION:
218 Spring Street
Catskill, NY 12414
Tours begin on the front porch of the Main House

MORE:
thomascole.org
facebook.com/ThomasColeSite
info@thomascole.org
518.943.7465

Spencertown Academy Arts Center Presents Reinventing Rockwell: An Afternoon with Artist Pops Peterson

Spencertown Academy Arts Center and it’s ongoing series, ‘Conversations with Neighbors’, presents An Afternoon with Artist Pops Peterson.

Pops Peterson, boldly imagines Norman Rockwell Paintings through a modern-day lens, rethinking the iconic Four Freedoms.

Celebrating the diversity in today’s America, the series has won Pops a great deal of press coverage, as well as an award from the Northeast Regional Conference on Fair Housing and Civil Rights. He has also been named the first Artist in Residence of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. The Norman Rockwell Museum has embraced the project, presenting Pops’ work and lectures at standing room only events in their main gallery.

DATES/TIMES:
Sunday, February 3, 2019: 2pm

ADMISSION:
$20 adults, $10 students, $15 members
Tickets: https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=YaHzbX-

LOCATION:
790 NY-203
Spencertown, NY 12165

MORE:
facebook.com/SpencertownAcademy
info@spencertownacademy.org
518.392.3693

Friends of the Hudson Area Library Book & Bake Sale

The Friends of the Hudson Area Library will be hosting a Book and Bake Sale in the community room of the Library. This is a great opportunity to purchase new and gently used books on a variety of subjects, including art books as well as CDs and DVDs.

There will also be homemade baked desserts for sale during this event. So come out and support the library, get that unique book you’ve been looking for and didn’t know it, enjoy a baked good, and support the Hudson Area Library!

The Friends of the Hudson Area Library supports library collections and programming.
All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Friends, and enhance contributions to the Hudson Area Library.

DATES/TIMES:
Saturday, February 9, 2019: 10am – 2:30pm
Sunday, February 10, 2019: 1-3:30pm

LOCATION:
Hudson Area Library
51 N. 5th St. (at State St.)
Hudson, NY 12534

MORE:
HudsonAreaLibrary.org
For more information email programs@hudsonarealibrary.org, call 518.828.1792 x101, or visit the main desk in the library.

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Columbia Land Conservancy Discussion: Owning & Managing Forested Land, Jan 12

Join the Columbia Land Conservancy, professional foresters, fellow landowners, and other experts for a neighborly discussion about woodland management and conservation options.

Join the Columbia Land Conservancy, professional foresters, fellow landowners, and other experts for a neighborly discussion about woodland management and conservation options. Refreshments will be served.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, January 12, 2019: 10am – 12pm

LOCATION:
West Taghkanic Fire House
631 Old Route 82
Taghkanic, NY

COST/REGISTRATION:
Free
Registration is required so that the CLC can be in touch in the event of a cancellation. Visit clctrust.org to register.

MORE:
http://clctrust.org
facebook.com/ColumbiaLandConservancy

Columbia Land Conservancy Inc.
49 Main Street Chatham, NY
info@clctrust.org
518.392.5252

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