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APRIL 2007
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Continuing through May 6
CONSIDERING MATERIALS: SIX SCULPTORS
Thursday-Sunday 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Gallery exhibition featuring the work of six contemporary sculptors working in a variety of unusual materials. Work by Anthony Garner, Roland Ginzel, Terrence Lavin, Roger Phillips, Victoria Palermo, and Joy Taylor. Curated by Gwenn Mayers and Nancy VanDeren. Exhibition continues through May 6, 2007. Gallery talk on April 29th 2:00PM.

 Read more about Anthony Garner    Read more about Terrence Lavin      Read more about Roger Phillips     Read more about Victoria Palermo   

 Read more about Joy Taylor

(Above: Terrence Lavin, Vector Tranquility, 14 X 9 X 7 inches, brass, bronze, orange calcite, vitreous enamel)

Sunday, April 1
THE NEW YORKER DISCUSSION GROUP
3:00PM – Free to members
Drop-in discussion group will explore the “Talk of the Town” and other articles of interest from the March 22, 2007 issue. Participants are asked to bring a copy of the magazine with them to the discussion.
 

Sunday, April 8
EASTER SUNDAY
Academy closed.

Wednesday, April 11
BLUES JAM
8:00PM – Free
Monthly drop-in blues jam for professional and amateur musicians. Second Wednesday each month.
Listeners welcome.  
 

Friday, April 13
FOLK JAM
7:30PM – Free
Monthly drop-in folk jam for professional and amateur musicians. Second Friday each month. Listeners welcome.  

Saturday, April 14
COMMUNITY EVENT: CHATHAM READS
2:00pm – Free
Community members read selections from “Northern Borders,” a nostalgic, coming-of-age novel by Howard Frank Mosher as part of the second annual Chatham Public Library community-reading project.
Read more about the Chatham Public Library.

Saturday, April 14
SPOKEN WORD: "ARCHY AND MEHITABEL"
7:30PM - $15/$12 members
Actor Steven Gilborn brings this wonderful and funny piece based on the work of Don Marquis, a columnist for the New York Sun in the 1920's and 30's. Archy is a cockroach and vers libre poet who details his adventures, opinions and philosophy and his ongoing ambivalent relationship to Mehitabel, an alley cat with a celebrated past. Read more about Archy and Mehitabel  
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Sunday, April 15
SUNDAY SALON: ARTISTS FROM MILLAY
4:00pm – Free
Artists in residence at the Millay Colony for the Arts share their work with members of the community in a relaxed and informal setting. The Colony hosts visual artists, writers, poets, and composers at Steepletop, the historic home of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. April artists include Samuel Adams, Laura Catherine Brown, Nayef Homsi, Marci MacGuffie, Jessie Marshall, and Rod Val Moore. Read more about the Millay Colony

Sunday, April 21
CLASSICAL MUSIC: PETER ORTH, SOLO PIANO
7:30PM - $20/$15 members
Two masterpieces of the piano literature, Beethoven's transcendent, late sonata opus 109 and the Liszt B minor sonata, performed by acclaimed soloist, Peter Orth.  
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Sunday, April 22
WORLD MUSIC: SIMON SHAHEEN AND NEAR EASTERN MUSIC ENSEMBLE
2:00PM - $20/$15
Seven extraordinary musicians have gathered from around the Arab World to preserve and perform a rich and elaborate music repertoire and to increase the awareness and appreciation of Near Eastern music. They perform the full repertoire of Near Eastern music—from traditional classical and folkloric music to new works by living composers of contemporary and innovative Near Eastern music. This concert is supported by The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.  Read more about Simon Shaheen and NEME     BUY TICKETS NOW

Saturday, April 28
CABARET: GEORGA OSBORNE "NOT AVAILABLE IN STORES"
6:00PM – Doors open 5:30PM - $35/$25 members
Bistro and MAC Award winning Broadway singer Georga Osborne was named one of the “Funniest People in Cabaret” by In Theater Magazine. She is a classically trained performer who has taken her career into a mélange of entertainment genres including Broadway and cabaret stages. "Osborne delights in entertaining, and her wonderful combination of
comedy and thoughtful singing is a breath of fresh air. If you haven't seen her, treat yourself."
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Sunday, April 29
CONSIDERING MATERIALS: SIX SCULPTORS
Gallery Talk 2:00pm – free
Gallery talk by artist Victoria Palermo whose work is currently on view in the gallery. Palermo creates abstract sculptures in grass, moss, and natural rubber. Her work has been exhibited at Art Omi, Mass MOCA, and John Davis Gallery in Hudson.

Click here to visit Victoria Palermo's website and see more examples of her work.
 

(Left: Victoria Palermo, Sentimental Tourists (Still Life), 2006)

 

 

Monthly

JAZZ JAM

Monthly jazz jam for professional and amateur musicians. Click here to contact coordinator for details or call the Academy at

392-3693. Listeners welcome.

 

 

 

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All performances at Spencertown Academy Arts Center are supported, in part, with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Cabaret in the Country is produced with support from Donald Smith and the Mabel Mercer Foundation.

Classical music programming is supported by a generous grant from the David G. Whitcomb Foundation.

The appearance of Simon Shaheen and the Near East Music Ensemble is supported by The New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

       
 

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