Community Calendar

The Lee Cultural Council will present Sundays in the Park July 6 - August 10 in the park in front of the First Congregational Church in downtown Lee. Each week, there will be one to two musical performances taking place from 12:30 to 2:30P and will be held sprinkle or shine. The audience is encouraged to bring their own chairs and to bring a picnic or order takeout from any of Lee’s fine restaurants. If final concert cancelled, rain date will be Sunday, August 17.

Celebrated for creating diverse, timely and relevant opera, White Snake Projects (WSP) returns to Boston’s Strand Theatre, September 26-28, 2025, for the world premiere of White Raven, Black Dove, in a season dedicated to addressing the climate crisis through art. Composed by Jacinth Greywoode and Andrew Lynch, and written by librettist Cerise Lim Jacob, White Raven, Blake Dove is an original work of science fiction fantasy exploring two issues consuming America today – race and climate change. An early adopter of innovative technology, WSP continues to lead the vanguard in shaping new operas with tech advancements. This groundbreaking production comprises a live performance by some of today’s leading opera singers, an orchestra with electronics and chorus, augmented by computer generated imagery and animation created in the video game platform, Unreal Engine.

1 Sunday
September 28
1 pm - 5 pm

Ages 16+

This workshop is for artists interested in print studio membership and is a way for you to gain certification to book open studio time for silkscreen process’. This introduction course will prepare students for safe use of our studio and become familiar with the silkscreen process through working on a two color layer print. Students will learn to coat their screens with photo emulsion, expose transparencies on our exposure unit, print, register their color layers, and clean their screens. Print studio manager Micah Fornari will guide students on how to create hand-drawn transparencies and explore how different materials can grant varying qualities. Students will have the alternate opportunity of printing one digital transparency for the class.

All materials provided.

For those who are hooked and onboard for our print studio membership, you can submit an inquiry form visiting this link to begin the membership process: https://www.drawkingston.org/nps-inquiry-form

Feel free to reach out about any questions you may have about our membership.

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Please register at least a week in advance to guarantee your spot. Scholarship availability closes 2 weeks prior to the start of class.

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We believe in access to art education for all. It takes the whole community to generate the equity our pay-what-you-can tuition generates. Behind the scenes, we work to bridge the financial gap between what our students can pay and what we need to sustain our programs. Please consider carefully before you use our discount codes.

Scholarship Codes:
For 25% discount use code "25OFF"
For 50% discount use code "50OFF"
For 75% discount use code "75OFF"

This economic justice map from The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice by Alexis J. Cunningfolk is useful to assess where you may fall on the financial spectrum of pay what you can.

To request 100% off tuition, please contact chris@mkad.art

1 Sunday
August 31
1 pm - 5 pm

Ages 16+

This workshop is for artists interested in print studio membership and is a way for you to gain certification to book open studio time for silkscreen process’. This introduction course will prepare students for safe use of our studio and become familiar with the silkscreen process through working on a two color layer print. Students will learn to coat their screens with photo emulsion, expose transparencies on our exposure unit, print, register their color layers, and clean their screens. Print studio manager Micah Fornari will guide students on how to create hand-drawn transparencies and explore how different materials can grant varying qualities. Students will have the alternate opportunity of printing one digital transparency for the class.

All materials provided.

For those who are hooked and onboard for our print studio membership, you can submit an inquiry form visiting this link to begin the membership process: https://www.drawkingston.org/nps-inquiry-form

Feel free to reach out about any questions you may have about our membership.

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Please register at least a week in advance to guarantee your spot. Scholarship availability closes 2 weeks prior to the start of class.

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We believe in access to art education for all. It takes the whole community to generate the equity our pay-what-you-can tuition generates. Behind the scenes, we work to bridge the financial gap between what our students can pay and what we need to sustain our programs. Please consider carefully before you use our discount codes.

Scholarship Codes:
For 25% discount use code "25OFF"
For 50% discount use code "50OFF"
For 75% discount use code "75OFF"

This economic justice map from The Sliding Scale: A Tool of Economic Justice by Alexis J. Cunningfolk is useful to assess where you may fall on the financial spectrum of pay what you can.

To request 100% off tuition, please contact chris@mkad.art

Join us at Jane St. Art Center for Burlesque Drawing Café with Tryst La Noir; an exciting way to combine art and performance. Tryst is creating a fully immersive experience with costumes and music with different themes each month. Sign up for this class on our website. For a single class it’s $40 if you buy all three it’s $100, limited seats available so get them while you can! No instructor. Bring your own art making materials.

About Tryst La Noir
Tryst aka Tryst La Noir is a Singer/Songwriter, Burlesque Artist and DJ in the Hudson Valley! She is the creator of Strangehouse Events and produces a bi-monthly Burlesque and Cabaret night at The Colony in Woodstock that features performers from all creative walks of life including Burlesque, Sideshow Performances, Pole and Aerial Arts, and more! She is a musician and singer/songwriter at heart and loves to express herself through visual arts and dance, combining burlesque elements to her music and videos. She takes inspiration from old 40s Noir films, David Lynch, and embraces the beauty of darkness. When she performs and DJs she loves to create an immersive atmosphere that pulls you in and takes over your mind, body and soul! She is getting ready to release her third album this year!

This will be a talk with Jen Hicks discussing her artistic practice regarding the works in her exhibition ‘Marking Time’ at Jane St. Art Center and its annex, The Sketchbook Gallery.. The talk will provide insights into her work and offer a chance for questions and engagement with the artist. It will take place on Sunday, Sept 28, at 1pm in Jane St. Art Center alongside her works.

Exhibition Dates: Sept 20 - Oct 25, 2025
Gallery Hours: Thurs/Sun - 12-5pm, Fri/Sat - 12-6pm
No On-Site Parking

Monthly meeting DAV Smart-Ricker Chap.10.. Social hour at 1PM Meeting at 2PM...For More Info Contact Jasper Lee @207-217-0133

We are focusing on masterworks from Europe, including the beloved Trout Quintet by Franz Schubert. Featured musicians include Rose Chancler, Patricia McCarty, Amy Nelson, Marilyn Reynolds, and others.

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.

“Once a Tree: Continuity, Creativity, and Connection” explores the deep-rooted significance of trees in Haudenosaunee culture, tradition, and creative expression. Featuring the work of 42 artists and more than 100 objects—including decorative and utilitarian baskets, cradleboards, snowshoes, ladles, lacrosse sticks, toys, instruments, carvings, and sleds—this exhibition highlights the important relationship between nature and artistry. Selected from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition was created with guidance from curatorial consultants Terry Chrisjohn III (Oneida), Preston Jacobs (Mohawk), and Sheila Ransom (Mohawk).

"Separated but Unbroken: The Haudenosaunee Boarding School Experience" explores the lasting impact of the Thomas Indian School, once located on the Cattaraugus Reservation south of Buffalo, NY, and The Mohawk Institute near Branford, Ontario. These institutions, which enrolled a significant number of Haudenosaunee students, were part of a larger system that sought to erase Indigenous identities while deeply shaping the lives of those who endured them. Co-curated by Erin Keaton (Mohawk), the exhibition sheds light on Haudenosaunee resilience.