Community Calendar

Québécois trad trio É.T.É—violinist Élisabeth Moquin, bouzouki player Thierry Clouette, and cellist Élisabeth Giroux—bring a bold, contemporary twist to traditional music, blending jazz, progressive rock, and classical influences with rich vocal harmonies and irresistible groove. Joining them are celebrated guitarists and singers Keith Murphy and Yann Falquet, masters of contemporary Celtic guitar whose repertoire bridges Franco and Anglo song traditions—from French-Canadian classics to ballads from Newfoundland and Vermont. Together, these acclaimed musicians offer an evening of virtuosic playing, powerful singing, and vibrant traditional music reimagined for today.

1 Weekend
April 11th & 12th (Make up Day: April 18th)
11 - 1:30 pm

Ages 16+

Are you curious to take your screen printing designs to the next level? Would you like to design more elaborate illustrations that fully utilise the potential of screen print? In this two day workshop, Rakel Stammer shares her process of designing a two color screen print, exploring overlapping color and negative space. This class will be taking place in the form of a live demonstration on a projector.

This is a class for those who already know how to print and would like to go more in depth. Basic knowledge of photoshop is recommended.

Parking: Please park on either Iwo Jima Lane or Cedar Street. Parking that is located in front of the Neighborhood Print Studio are for residents living in the Pajama Factory.

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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

The Autism Expo & Resource Fair is a free, family-friendly event for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities or autism spectrum disorder and their families. There will be over 40 exhibitors who will be sharing information, answering questions, and providing resources for attendees, with several free learning sessions with local experts. A sensory space and a quiet lounge will be available throughout the event for attendees, and various children's activities will also be available for families.

Hosted by Saratoga Bridges, A Chapter of the Arc, New York, and AIM Services, this event brings trusted resources, services, and community connections to people and families, who will leave feeling informed, supported, and empowered.

March 17 - April 18 Plastique
An exhibition of artists from Project Vortex, an international collective of artists, designers, and architects actively focusing on the global problem of plastic pollution, curated by Aurora Robson. Free and open to the public.

Trash Chic!, at The Sketchbook Gallery, is a celebration of creativity that transforms the often discarded, overlooked, and thrown away. This diverse group of artists challenge the ideas of value, beauty, and permanence while highlighting the potential within what we throw away. We invite viewers to reconsider what “trash”is and discover how imagination can turn trash into something striking, meaningful, and new.

This exhibition is in conjunction with Matter Out of Place at Jane St. Art.

This exhibition brings together six invited artists who work with found objects, transforming overlooked materials into works of new meaning and possibility. Through the process of reimagining, these artists advocate for environmental concerns, drawing attention to using discarded materials while approaching their own creative practices with intentionality and care.

The exhibition is presented in conjunction with Trash Chic! at The Sketchbook Gallery.

This Parisian quartet is among one of the best in the world and is always a “circle-the-date” concert on the series. The Ébène shows off its scintillating technique, lush sound, and awe-inspiring togetherness in masterworks of the literature.

Mozart: D-minor Quartet, K. 421
Debussy: Quartet, Op. 10
Brahms: A-minor Quartet, Op. 51, No. 2

Hill and Hollow Music is proud to present Kiran Ahluwalia and her six piece band led by guitar virtuoso Rez Abbasi, live on April 12th at 3pm at the Historic Strand Theatre in downtown Plattsburgh. KIRAN AHLUWALIA is a modern exponent of the great vocal styles of India and Pakistan, which she honors intensely yet departs from in masterful, personal ways. With roots in Sufi, Qawalli, Ghazal, and Punjabi folk, she crafts her own contemporary songs that are equal parts reflective and groovy. The 2-time Juno Award Winner embodies the essence of Indian music while embracing influences from Mali and western blues, rock, R&B and jazz. With her 6-piece group of electric guitar, accordion, organ, tabla, bass and drum kit, Ahluwalia creates boundary-breaking songs that invite us to explore the human condition, creating a “transnational sound as fresh as tomorrow”. (Seattle Times)

Improvising Quartet with Keith Pray-Saxophones/John Esposito-piano/Otto Gardner-bass/Bobby Previte-drums

Upstairs at Avalon.

Pay what you wish

March 17 - April 18 Plastique
An exhibition of artists from Project Vortex, an international collective of artists, designers, and architects actively focusing on the global problem of plastic pollution, curated by Aurora Robson. Free and open to the public.