This exhibit runs from Jan. 17th – Mar. 9th.

Opening Reception: Friday, Jan 17 5-7pm
Regular gallery hours: Fri 4-7pm, Sat & Sun 11am-6pm
398 Main St, Catskill, NY

In honor of Women’s History Month, CREATE Council On The Arts' annual showcase of women artists on two floors of gallery space. “What We Hold: Stories + Objects” reflects the diverse creativity and experience of over 70 regional women artists.

Susan Eley Fine Art presents "dismantle" at its Upstate location in Hudson, NY. Organized by Liz Lorenz, Assistant Director of SEFA—the exhibition includes four artists: Ana Maria Farina, Susan Lisbin, Maria Manhattan, and Marianne van Lent. Their works range from sculpture, to painting, to textile. The featured artists are currently living and working around the Upstate New York region.

"dismantle" is on view from March 6-April 27, 2025. Join us for the opening reception on Saturday, March 8th from 4-6PM. Many of the artists will be present with us to discuss their works at the event which coincides with International Women’s Day!

The exhibition was conceived by curator Liz Lorenz’s belief in the power of dismantling to rebuild. In the featured artworks, the techniques of dissecting, highlighting and redefining reveal the struggles, potentials and powers of the corporeal realm. This concept is especially pertinent in relation to the female body at this time. Thus, SEFA is honored to present the work of four artists who zoom in to and abstract our physical realities—cherishing their multifaceted natures while fostering aesthetic experiences.

Ana Maria Farina’s textile works from her “histérica” series attempt to uncover what lies beneath, using her medium to “paint with a gun” and redefine the term hysteria that has been weaponized against certain groups. Susan Lisbin’s ceramic “Lips” hang on the walls in dynamic conversations, simultaneously isolating a single body part and illustrating the energetic conversations we can have together. Maria Manhattan’s porcelain busts are adorned with crowns of China shards and others pierced with arrows, evoking both honor and suffering. Marianne van Lent’s mixed media paintings from her “Biological Anthropology” series meld cellular forms, organic shapes and ancient mythology to craft abstracted stories about complexities of our contemporary bodies.

Bridge Street Theatre’s SoloFest 2025 Show #1. One veteran’s gripping story of his journey from raw recruit to combat medic and back to civilian life, and how the experience of warfare forever altered the way he views the world. Written by Neil Brookshire and Colin Sesek, and performed by Neil Brookshire. Non-judgmental, reflective, humorous, raw, and candid, BENT COMPASS speaks eloquently to both veterans and non-combat civilians alike. March 7-9, Bridge Street Theatre, 44 West Bridge Street in Catskill. More details and ticketing information can be found at the following link:

This exhibit runs from Jan. 17th – Mar. 9th.

Opening Reception: Friday, Jan 17 5-7pm
Regular gallery hours: Fri 4-7pm, Sat & Sun 11am-6pm
398 Main St, Catskill, NY

In honor of Women’s History Month, CREATE Council On The Arts' annual showcase of women artists on two floors of gallery space. “What We Hold: Stories + Objects” reflects the diverse creativity and experience of over 70 regional women artists.

Bridge Street Theatre’s SoloFest 2025 Show #1. One veteran’s gripping story of his journey from raw recruit to combat medic and back to civilian life, and how the experience of warfare forever altered the way he views the world. Written by Neil Brookshire and Colin Sesek, and performed by Neil Brookshire. Non-judgmental, reflective, humorous, raw, and candid, BENT COMPASS speaks eloquently to both veterans and non-combat civilians alike. March 7-9, Bridge Street Theatre, 44 West Bridge Street in Catskill. More details and ticketing information can be found at the following link:

Bobby Previte leads a quartet exploring free improvisation.

Keith Pray - Saxophones
John Esposito - Piano
Otto Gardner - Acoustic Bass
Boby Previte - Drums

Every 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sunday at 6 p.m. upstair at the Avalon Lounge!

The Friends of the Hudson Area Library & Hudson Area Library bring you drop-in game nights!
You can join in on board games, cards, and more. Meet old friends and new for light refreshments, fun and games. All ages and skill levels welcome!

Dates/Times: Tuesdays, March 11 – 25, 4 – 6pm

Location: In person, Hudson Area Library Community Room

No registration required.

The Friends of the Hudson Area Library & Hudson Area Library bring you drop-in game nights!
You can join in on board games, cards, and more. Meet old friends and new for light refreshments, fun and games. All ages and skill levels welcome!

Dates/Times: Tuesdays, March 11 – 25, 4 – 6pm

Location: In person, Hudson Area Library Community Room

No registration required.

La Leche League is hosting meet-ups and support for nursing families at the Hudson Area Library. Whether you are pregnant, caring for a newborn, nursing, pumping, supplementing, weaning, or beyond – all are welcome!

Dates/Times: Wednesdays, February 12, March 12, and April 9, 4 – 5:30pm

Location: Upstairs from the library in the Senior Center, 2nd floor

Registration: Visit “La Leche League Columbia Greene NY” on Facebook or contact a leader to confirm meeting times.

A monthly open jazz jam hosted by local musician Luke Franco, featuring a house band with a trio or quartet. March's edition will highlight Wanda Houston. This event brings together jazz lovers, musicians, instrumentalists, and vocalists of all skill levels to foster new connections and creativity. Inspired by the historic jam sessions that fueled jazz innovations like Bebop, these jams offer a space for both seasoned professionals and budding talent to collaborate. Musicians can bring their instruments or voice to join the jam, while jazz lovers can enjoy an evening of live, improvisational performances.

Starting Thursday, February 13th, we will be holding our six-week Dragon's Way Qigong class for Spring in Chatham, NY.

Over our six classes, you will learn and practice 10 ancient movements with a certified instructor in the lineage of Grand Master Nan Lu. Qi is your life-force, your energy, and these 10 movements will help improve Qi flow, balance, flexibility, and overall wellness. What makes our classes different from most is that you also will learn about the Five Element Framework, how you can add to your Qi, and how you can stop draining your Qi on your journey to self-healing. This work can help address chronic pain and joint stiffness, poor digestion, weight loss, headaches, stress and anxiety, sleep disorders, arthritis, and overall fatigue.

This Spring, you can choose to attend the classes on Thursday mornings at The Morris Memorial @ 9:15 am to 10:30 am. or on Thursday evenings at St. James Church Hall @ 6:15 pm to 7: 30 pm, both in Chatham.

Dr. Tara Rodgers (Analog Tara) is a multi-instrumentalist composer, sound engineer, and historian of electronic music. She is the author of Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound (2010) and numerous essays on the history of sound and synthesizers.

Premiere performance of “life of the mother,” a new ambient electronic music album imagining the depth, expansiveness, complexity, and power that this phrase holds. From the sounds of a vintage ARP 2500 and modern noise synths run through a DJ mixer, to algorithmic percolations of analog synths, the music blends emergent systems, improvisation, and intention into a complex and dynamic whole. With discussion of studio techniques in making the album.

Sponsored by Experimental Humanities & the Electronic Music Program

Starting Thursday, February 13th, we will be holding our six-week Dragon's Way Qigong class for Spring in Chatham, NY.

Over our six classes, you will learn and practice 10 ancient movements with a certified instructor in the lineage of Grand Master Nan Lu. Qi is your life-force, your energy, and these 10 movements will help improve Qi flow, balance, flexibility, and overall wellness. What makes our classes different from most is that you also will learn about the Five Element Framework, how you can add to your Qi, and how you can stop draining your Qi on your journey to self-healing. This work can help address chronic pain and joint stiffness, poor digestion, weight loss, headaches, stress and anxiety, sleep disorders, arthritis, and overall fatigue.

This Spring, you can choose to attend the classes on Thursday mornings at The Morris Memorial @ 9:15 am to 10:30 am. or on Thursday evenings at St. James Church Hall @ 6:15 pm to 7: 30 pm, both in Chatham.

CREATE's 42nd annual "Outside The Lines" youth showcase is putting the spotlight on artwork by K-12th grade students & instructors from a dozen Greene, Columbia and Schoharie county schools.

Opening Reception Sat, Mar 15 2-5pm, Closing Reception Sun, Mar 30 11am-1pm
Gallery hours Fri 4-7pm. Sat & Sun 11am-6pm

The fourth annual sourdough bread-baking competition at Dewey Hall on Friday, March 14th! Local home bakers will showcase their skills, offering a fun culinary experience for all. Sourdough bread, dating back 14,000 years, is made with a traditional starter, making a comeback in home baking. Bakers will submit two full loaves: one for tasting and one for raffle. Attendees can sample the loaves and enjoy cheese boards, wine, beer, and non-alcoholic drinks. Raffle tickets (cash only) will offer chances to win loaves and other prizes. Judges include experts from Bizalion's Fine Foods, Berkshire Mountain Bakery, and Found Bread, while live music by the Michael Junkins Duo adds to the atmosphere. This event, supported by local businesses, is organized by Evelyn Battaglia and Sherri Gorelick. All proceeds benefit Dewey Hall, a historic venue founded in 1887 by The Sheffield Friendly Union.

Multi-instrumentalist composer and electronic music historian Tara Rodgers produces a retrospective concert of selected works from the past 20 years, diffused in an immersive 4.1 sound system.

This event requires everyone to wear a mask in the venue.⁣ Masks will be available on entry.⁣

Rodgers’s research and music explore electronic sound as material and metaphor, with studio practice as a hands-on parallel to study of the long history of electronic music and sound.

The concert juxtaposes her wide-ranging work across styles and methods, from generative computer music written in SuperCollider, to electroacoustic compositions featuring piano improvisation, to pulsing ambient and techno tracks.

As a historian and multidisciplinary scholar, Rodgers has also published essays in foundational volumes in contemporary studies of music, sound, technology, and culture. Her book Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound (Duke University Press, 2010) brings together twenty-four interviews with women in electronic music and sound cultures who expand notions of who and what counts in matters of invention, production, and noise-making.

After the concert, Rodgers is joined by Rensselaer Arts graduate student and renowned DJ Rekha Malhotra, along with Director of the Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Stephanie Loveless for an onstage conversation and Q&A.

A raucous, romantic treat! Kate is a magnificent, late-middle-aged Broadway actor, alone in the world after losing the husband who was her true soul mate. At age 70, she finds herself reluctantly dipping her toe into the murky waters of the online dating pool. At once wickedly funny and delightfully disturbing, her efforts to find life after love wind up being relatable, heroic, and uniquely touching. Show #2 in Bridge Street Theatre’s SoloFest 2025 is written by Mark Hampton, lived and performed by Kate Skinner, and directed by Michael Edwards. March 14-16 at 44 West Bridge Street in Catkill, NY. More details and ticketing information available at the link below.

In a Race Brook first, we are proud to announce a three concert residency featuring The Bobby Previte Pocket Orchestra’s re-alchemizing of Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew. In each of these nights of music, Mr. Previte and his ensemble will use Miles’ album as a jumping off place to explore a large-scale sonic conversation, equal parts arranged and improvised with the fattest funkiest freest rhythm pocket around - echoing Miles’ fusionary vision fifty-five years after it's industry-changing recording sessions.