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Take
a Dance Class
Olana
will hold a landscape dance and movement class for children of all
ages at the Wagon House Education Center beginning Monday, April
13th through Friday, April 17th fom 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Children will explore dance improvisation with a new toolkit of
skills including space, time and flow. The class is led by
teaching artist and professional dancer, Jill Schwartz, M.A.L.S.
Dance and Movement Studios. You can attend one or all of the
classes. Classes are $3 per class and free to members of The
Olana Partnership. For more information about Olana call (518)
828-1872 or visit their website at www.olana.org.
Attend an Auction
On
April 17th at 6:00 pm at Stair Galleries in Hudson there will be
and Exposition Auction. The auction will feature English and
Continental furniture, decorative art and fine art, including silver,
silverplate and metalwork, pottery and porcelain, glass, clocks,
lighting fixtures, decorations, architectural elements, carpets
and textiles, paintings, prints and bronzes, as well as a large
selection of books. For more information about Stair Galleries
call (518) 751-1000 or visit their website at
www.stairgalleries.com.
Take
a Clown Workshop
Walking the Dog Theater is holding a spring clown workshop on Saturday,
April 18 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday, April 19 from 10:00
am to 1:00 pm. The workshop is not about clown routines, tricks
or gags. No acting or clowning experience needed. You
are invited on a safe personal journey that lets our challenges
become opportunities. In clowning we delight in life's paradoxes.
The cost is $115. For more information about the Walking
the Dog Theater call (518) 610-0909 or visit their website at www.wtdtheater.org.
Enjoy
an Art Exhibition
Spencertown Academy will have
an art exhibition of American Color by Richard Garrison that will
begin on Saturday, April 18th with an opening reception and gallery
talk by the artist from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Richard Garrison
involves collective, systematic processes that reflect personal
observations and interactions with elements of suburbia. The
exhibition will run until May 24th. For
more information about Spencertown Academy call (518) 392-3693 or
visit their website at www.spencertownacademy.org.
Enjoy
a Concert
The Valatie Community Theater will host it's season opener for the
2009 season on April 18th at 7:00 pm. The Reverberators Concert
will be a special evening of original music and classic favorites
plus some featured surprises. All proceeds of this event will
go towards the continuance of the rehabilitation of your community
theater. For more information about the Valatie Community
Theatre call (518) 758-2066 or visit their website at www.valatietheatre.com.
See
a Film
Time
and Space Limited will present This American Life on the
big screen in a live simulcast on Thursday, April 23rd at 7:30 pm
and an encore presentation on Saturday, April 25th at 2:00 pm. This
American Life presents humorous and profound essays, monologues
and audio documentaries, all centered on a theme. The cost
is $20. For more tickets or more information about Time and
Space Limited call (518) 822-8448 or visit their website at www.timeandspace.org.
Listen
to an Author on Slow Money, Slow Food
The
Columbia Land Conservancy, The Schumacher Society, Hawthorne Valley
Farm and Gianni Ortiz are honored to bring Woody Tasch, author of
Slow Money, Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered
and Paolo DiCroce, Executive Director of Slow Food International
together for the first time in the United States on Friday, April
24th at Time and Space Limited from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Slow Money brings a new way of seeing what is going on in the soil
of the economy and forging creative initiatives. For more
information about the Columbia Land Conservancy call (518) 392-5252
or visit their website at www.clctrust.org.
Take
Part in a Movable Feast
Join
the Hudson Opera House for the 15th Annual Movable Feast on Saturday,
April 25th. The Movable Feast is a fundraiser to benefit the
programs and restoration work at the Hudson Opera House. The
Movable Feast begins with cocktails at 6:30 pm at the Hudson Opera
House. Dinner tickts begin at $75 per person. To reserve
your tickets or for more information about the Hudson Opera House
call (518) 822-1438 or visit their website at www.hudsonoperahouse.org.
Enjoy
the Annual Sheep & Wool Showcase
Clermont
State Historic Site will host the annual Chancellor's Sheep &
Wool Showcase on Saturday, April 25 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The rain date is April 26. The Showcase is one of Clermon'ts
most popular events and draws about 2,000 visitors to see costumed
reenactors, live animals, spinning, herding and shearing demonstrations.
Enjoy great food and live music, shop at over 20 vendors
of fine fiber products and a silent auction. Bring the kids
for an afternoon of family entertainment. For more information
about Clermont State Historic Site call
(518) 537-4240 or visit their website at www.friendsofclermont.org.
See
a Cooking Demonstration
Columbia
County Bounty presents Chef Jeff Loshinsky a local chef and caterer.
On Tuesday, April 28th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Jeff will
prepare The Main Event at Vincent Mulford's located at
417-419 Warren Street in Hudson. Sample the food prepared
and enjoy a complimentary wine paring. Space is limited and
reservations must be made 72 hours prior to class. The cost
is $35. For more information about Columbia County Bounty
call (518) 392-9696 or visit their website at
www.columbiacountybounty.com.
Above are just some of the
great things to do in April in Columbia County. To add an event
or activity to our May list, please send an email to cmeenagh@columbiachamber-ny.com.
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