Community Calendar

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Victoria Johnson shares the dramatic and consequential life of the artist Frederic Church, whose footsteps she followed around the globe for her “absorbing” (Ron Chernow) and “thrilling” (Andrea Wulf) new biography of Church, Glorious Country. Church’s curiosity, bravery, and passion for nature drove him to explore the world, but it was his astonishing talent that allowed him to bring the world to America at a time when landscape photography was in its infancy and most of his countrymen and countrywomen would never see a different country or continent. Exhibited to acclaim abroad, Church’s blockbuster paintings persuaded skeptical critics that the so-called “New World” could, in fact, give birth to towering artists and furnish the subject matter for great art. At Olana, his estate on the Hudson, he forged an enduring masterpiece of architectural, interior, and landscape design. A master artist and citizen, Church brought the world to America, and America to the world.

Presented in Frederic Church’s bicentennial year.

Victoria Johnson is the author of three books, including the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic. She holds a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Yale. She is Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College of the City University of New York.

LongHouse Reserve’s Larsen Salon Series honors Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020) and facilitates thought-provoking conversations with designers, architects, and artists working at the intersection of art, architecture, design, and craft.

Celebrate Halloween and the fall season in the Ten Broeck Mansion gardens. Join us for a scavenger hunt and learn more about the trees on the Ten Broeck Mansion grounds. Free school supply giveaway plus story time with CapREP presenters. For extra festive fun, come decked out in your Halloween costume - beautiful photo ops available!

2 levels of activities: for ages 3-7 and ages 8-14. Prizes include free art and school supplies, candy, snacks, and free take-home art discovery kits.Take festive fall photos in the Ten Broeck Mansion gardens
Plus, can you ace our leaf identification game?

We will also be treated to story time by Barbara N. Howard and Hayes Fields. This special story telling program is in partnership with the Capital Repertory Theater and the Albany District (NY) Chapter of The Links.

The Friends of the West Stockbridge Library invite you to join celebrated local author Heather A.Campbell for an entertaining and heartfelt conversation inspired by her book, "Good Is Amazing: Stop Overstriving and Celebrate Being Enough!" In a world that constantly tells us it’s all about more, better, best, Heather asks: What if a life that is healthy, connected, purposeful, and joyful is already an amazing accomplishment? Through funny and relatable stories, Heather invites us to rethink success, quiet the inner critic, recognize the good we are already creating, and make more room for what matters.

Come for the stories, laughter, and conversation. Leave with permission to give yourself and those you love, credit and perhaps a better idea of how to celebrate being good enough.

Free and open to all.

The Red Dragon Reading Series at SUNY Oneonta will present poet Heather Bartlett, who will read from her current work. She is the author of the poetry collection, Another Word for Hunger (Sundress Publications). Her poetry and prose have appeared in such journals as the Los Angeles Review, Ninth Letter, RHINO Poetry, and others. She is a professor of English and Creative Writing at SUNY Cortland.

Meet historians Dr. Elana Krischer Schimmel and Dr. Thomas Wermuth, featured in the new edited volume Fire and Freedom: The American Revolution in New York. Dr. Krischer Schimmel and Dr. Wermuth will discuss their contributions to this important new work on New York State's Revolutionary history, followed by a Q&A from the audience and reception. The Q&A will also include discussion from the ACHA on public history, community response, and approaches for inclusive history during the on-going commemoration of our nation's 250th.