On Saturday, June 13, join us at Wave Farm for Teresa Time, a performance and Art Park activation by artist-in-residence Camille Wong. At 12 p.m., Wong will present a lecture-performance at the Wave Farm Study Center. At 1 p.m., audience members will grab radio receivers and explore the Wave Farm grounds to experience a multi-frequency micro-broadcast installation.

Please RSVP here!

Teresa Time explores pirate radio as a method of resistance, focusing on the unlicensed shortwave broadcasts transmitted from Taiwan into mainland China during the 80s. At the center of this conflict was the beloved Taiwanese pop singer, Teresa Teng, whose voice became the symbol of the Broadcast Wars, enticing Chinese listeners to defect to Taiwan. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attempted to maintain strict control of the incoming media by banning, jamming, and disrupting the radio stations. Listeners in China resisted by adjusting the frequencies and recording live broadcasts onto cassette tapes.

Using micro FM-transmitters embedded throughout Wave Farm's grounds, Wong simulates the broadcasts of the Voice of Free China by transmitting “yellow” music at Wave Farm. Evoking James C. Scott’s concept of “peasant resistance,” listeners follow a set of instructions to hack and locate the frequencies of the broadcast.

Can't make it in person? We will be broadcasting live from the event on Wave Farm Radio: WGXC 90.7-FM in New York's Upper Hudson Valley and streaming on wavefarm.org/listen.

Camille Wong (they/she) is an artist and filmmaker living in Los Angeles, CA. Their practice examines power, geopolitics, and historiography through the lens of media and spectacle. Often performing in their films as both the filmmaker and subject, they challenge ideas of authorship, subjectivity, and the politicized body. Their recent work studies media, technologies, and rhetoric during the Cold War to understand its role in shaping cultural identities, global ideologies, and mass migration. They received their MFA in Media Art at UCLA and dual BAs in Art and Environmental Studies from UCSB.

Turn out on Thursday, June 25 at 7pm Upstairs at the Avalon Lounge for the next edition of “Breaking the Algorithm IRL"! This month’s event features a discussion with musician Mikaela Davis. And, a DJ set by Andy French of "Crawl Out from the Fallout with Raven Sings the Blues." Entry by donation. See you there!

"Breaking the Algorithm IRL" is a monthly series presented by Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM as part of our Local Waves initiative and the show "Local Waves in Conversation." Part conversation led by Mike Amari of Chosen Family and part DJ set by a WGXC volunteer, the series highlights local artists, musicians, venue owners and bookers, and record label owners.

Wave Farm and CREATE IN PROCESS present Soundshare, a space for audio/sound artists to gather, share, and collaborate. Participants are invited to the WGXC Catskill Studio to share pre-recorded or live works in a welcoming and communal space. All are welcome to come listen and discuss, though sharing is limited to four participants. Come meet fellow creatives, musicians, and performers!

These gatherings are free, but RSVP is required, whether sharing work or attending as a listener. Please submit requests to present work through the RSVP form. Participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Each participant will have up to five minutes to share, and fifteen minutes of questions and offerings from the group.

Please bring a prepared dish and join us for a potluck following the sharing + feedback!

If sharing prerecorded work, participants should bring audio files on a thumb drive, laptop, or phone with adapters to ⅛” cable. If sharing work live, please email meredith@wavefarm.org to discuss technical needs. Please note that whether live or prerecorded, the work needs to be 5 minutes or less.

Launched in 1947 by the Colombian government, Radio Sutatenza was a publicly broadcast radio school that educated farmers and peasants living in the outer, undriveable mountainous regions of the capital city, Bogota. (Perhaps fearing a political peasant rebellion), the cultural arm of the Colombian government hoped Radio Sutatenza (la “escuela radiophonica”) could teach peasants how to read and write Spanish by organizing literary listening groups and informal schools. Radio Sutatenza taught peasants how to “vivir mejor”-- or, have a better life -- and, over the next 40 years, Radio Sutatenza broadcast hundreds of shows on literacy, hygiene, western medicine, gender roles, family planning and others to the masses at the edges of “civilization.” Used as a tool for nation building, Radio Sutatenza was considered a great success for transitioning Colombia and its people into the modern era.

Jenni(f)fer Tamayo's work VIVIR MEJOR- a brief, poetic history of Radio Sutatenza is a lyric radio poem that satires and critiques the colonial project that undergirds the central mission of Radio Sutatenza. Interspersed throughout the broadcast are lyric reflections that depict Tamayo's family’s personal connections to the radio show. How might have Radio Sutatenza and its mission to “vivir mejor” influenced their family’s choice to emigrate from Colombia in the early 1980s? What does it really mean to “have a better life” under settler colonialism and capitalism? And, how has the broadcast and its aim to “civilize” continued to haunt the artist and other Colombian migrants?

Jenni(f)fer Tamayo is a poet, performer and visual artist whose works reimagine the narratives about and politics of undocumented figures in the contemporary U.S. In their books, performances, and digital media, the “illegal” immigrant is recast as a punk figure that queers the norms of personhood and citizenship. They are the author of the hybrid poetry collections [Red Missed Aches, Read Mistakes] (Switchback Books), YOU DA ONE (Noemi Books), to kill the future in the present (Green Lantern Press) and their most recent collection, bruise/bruise/break, explores the enduring colonial legacies of American poetics, migrant futurity, the power of creative kinship. Their writing is widely published and has been anthologized in Best American Experimental Poetry, New Latin@ Writing, and HarperCollins. They were born on Muisca territory (Bogota, Colombia) and are currently building a home/skool on the unceded lands of the Yesah Confederacy (Piedmont region of North Carolina).

From Wednesday, July 15 to Friday, July 31, the theme of our summer pledge drive will be "Slow Down, Tune In." Join us during those two weeks for special broadcasts and programming, events in Catskill and Acra, and an opportunity to slow down and take stock of what keeps our community connected and our ears open. Your support makes this possible!

Schedule of Events: 

Meadow Walks, Hive Flights: an afternoon in support of community radio

July 19, 2026: 12pm - 2pm 

Wave Farm + WGXC Acra Studio, Acra, NY

Live Sounds, Slow Music: an evening in support of community radio

July 24, 2026: 8pm - 11pm

27 Cafe, Catskill, NY

Breaking the Algorithm IRL: Craig Chin

July 30, 2026: 7pm - 9pm

Avalon Lounge, Catskill, NY

Join Citiot for its monthly salon on Friday, July 17 at Beattie-Powers Place, with proceeds benefitting Wave Farm! (In case of rain, the event will take place at Citiot: 404 Main Street, Catskill).

This month's theme is "Indelible Ink: Stories, Poems, and Songs about Lasting Impressions," and features Adam Minegar, Deb Parker, Dennis Gordon, Gert Meijer, Gillian Cummings, Wave Farm Artist-in-Residence Jenni(f)fer Tamayo, Jen Noble, Kirsten Bates, and Ross Lekites.

Doors at 6pm. Show at 7pm.

Join the Catskill Writing Group for the 2nd in a 3-part series of reading and performance events for Summer 2026.

This one takes place at the Wave Farm Radio: WGXC Catskill Studio, and features Andrea Kleine, Lex Bhagat, Miles Strucker, and Meredith Kooi.

7pm.

Wave Farm with HOSE x Deadass Beekeeping host an afternoon of beehive tours and close listening, special tours of Wave Farm’s Art Park, live slow radio performances, and refreshments. The Listening Apiary is a living ecological installation. Guided by Anthony and Gecile of Deadass Beekeeping, guests will be introduced to the colonies, observe the inner workings of a hive, and learn how honey bees move through and respond to the surrounding landscape. Beverages, snacks, and a honey tasting will be offered in honor of the seasons, the bees, and the ecosystem that sustains us. This event, as part of our summer drive, is a fundraiser for the WGXC, with ticket sales directly benefiting the station.

Radio performance by M(K)G and a reading by artist-in-residency Jenni(f)fer Tamayo.

Tickets available here.

Join us on July 24th at 27 Cafe in Catskill for a gathering of live sounds, slow music, and great community. Performances from Grayson in the mirror, Dani Derks, and Kenji Garland & Jimmy Garver will carry us through an evening focused on listening, in support of WGXC 90.7-FM. Ticket sales will directly benefit the station.

Tickets available here.

Turn out on Thursday, July 30 at 7pm Upstairs at the Avalon Lounge for the next edition of “Breaking the Algorithm IRL"! This month’s event features a discussion with Craig Chin of Errant Space and Drone Day, and a DJ set by Marcos Cabral of "AIRPORT KEYS." Entry by donation. See you there!

"Breaking the Algorithm IRL" is a monthly series presented by Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM as part of our Local Waves initiative and the show "Local Waves in Conversation." Part conversation led by Mike Amari of Chosen Family and part DJ set by a WGXC volunteer, the series highlights local artists, musicians, venue owners and bookers, and record label owners.

SOLD OUT

HOSE, Deadass Beekeeping, and Wave Farm present an evening with Laraaji performing live from the Listening Apiary at Wave Farm's Art Park.

Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of ambient music, Laraaji has spent decades exploring the relationship between sound, improvisation, and deep listening. For one evening, Laraaji will perform overlooking the beehives, with honey bees and the sounds of the surrounding landscape becoming part of the listening.

This is an intentionally small gathering. Capacity is limited to preserve the experience.

Doors open 5PM | Show starts 7PM.

Suggested $10 donation. Advance reservation required. If the event is sold out, a waitlist is available here.