Community Calendar

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.

Visit the classroom of the Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library between August 5th - 10th for an all day, drop-in, LEGO Building contest.
All entries will be displayed in the adult fiction section of the Library from August 12th - 17th for voting in person and on Facebook.
The winner will receive a prize!

This is a FREE program. All ages are welcome to participate.
For questions, please call 518-673-2314 ext. 106 or email info@arkellmuseum.org

Bring the youngest children in your life and enjoy a walk in the woods with Membership and Outreach Coordinator Kate Martin. Children, up to age 3, and caretakers will enjoy a relaxing walk while learning about nature and the Preserve. Meet other caregivers and children while seeing the beauty of the woods as the seasons change. Infants are welcome, but please note that our trails are not suitable for strollers.

​This event may be canceled due to weather; please dress appropriately for outdoor walking.

The festival is comprised of six plays performed in two programs. Program A includes: Customs by Erin Moughon, directed by Melody Brooks; A Laugh Too Far by Yekta Khaghani, directed by Kristen Kelso; and The Future is Female by Melissa Maney, directed by Jennie Reich Litzky. Program B includes: Bargaining CHIP by Teresa Mella Fogel, directed by Catalina Beltrán; The Manifestation of Sunny Black by Seshat Yon'Shea Walker, directed by Dani Ortiz, and Daisy Knows Best by Patricia Lynn, directed by Kristen Kelso. Rychard Curtiss is Production Designer and Ximena Morellón is Production Stage Manager.

Program A begins with Customs, which asks, "who controls the truth, and who's allowed to know it?" In the not too distant future, three sisters find themselves at odds over the answer to that question and to perhaps a more important one—who did Mom like best? In A Laugh Too Far, a powerful talk show personality suddenly loses her voice. Who will speak for her now, and what does she really want to say? In The Future is Female, three husbands plot to use their dabbling in pseudo-science to turn their wives into creatures of complete submission in a Frankensteinian satire.

Program B opens with Bargaining CHIP, in which a newly widowed Elena tries to manage her troubled teenaged son. After his brush with the law, a new tech company offers a helping hand. It's a blue moon night in The Manifestation of Sunny Black. Sunny is not herself since Auntie disappeared. Will a SIS program simulating Auntie's thoughts and feelings help discover her whereabouts or will their reconnection be lost in the stars? And it's a dark and stormy night in Daisy Knows Best. Two estranged friends are in a remote cabin in the woods. With a doll named Daisy. Will Annie and Isabel succeed at reconnecting, or does Daisy have other plans?

Named after Meganne George, who served as Resident Production Designer at NPTC for 19 years and was instrumental in creating its structure and design elements, the festival presents original short plays developed in NPTC's Women's Work LAB which takes writers from the first impulse for their play to a rehearsed and staged performance for live audiences, all within six months. There is no other program of its kind in New York City. All themes stem from the social and political discourse percolating in the U.S. at the start of a new LAB. Artificial Intelligence was inspired by the proliferation of new technology that promises to solve any problems, as well as the increasing assault on scientific inquiry and a growing trend to disregard expertise. As always, each writer found her own take on this theme, enabling the creation of plays that are as unique and diverse as the talented writers themselves.

Presented under the Berkshires’ summer skies, Romeo and Juliet proves that even the ultimate case of love at first sight can lead to… well, chaos.

Meddling families and murderous duels meld to offer an evening of sword fights, swinging soirees, and secret weddings — but the play is also full of exuberant vulgarity, harsh brutality and above all, the tingling, unbearable delight of young love.

Wildlife Ecology Research is an intensive two-week day program where high school students learn basic ecological principles through hands-on research experience. Ecologists from colleges and universities around the region will instruct students on broad topics in ecology. Wildlife Ecology Research culminates in small group research projects that are mentored by program staff as well as by undergraduate Odum Interns. This program aims to provide a significant academic experience that will help students prepare for courses and research experiences at the college level while letting them explore career options in the natural sciences.
This is a two-week program (M-F)

This 148-year family-fun tradition features exciting midway rides for all ages, concerts, Guinness World Record-holding unicyclist Wesley Williams - The One Wheel Wonder, Puppy Pals Live stunt show, Big Top Super Circus, Dock Dogs, demo derbies, truck & tractor pulls, livestock events, Clydesdales, Heritage Village, chainsaw sculpting & auction, harness racing, Taste of New York, 4-H & community exhibits, contests and favorite fair food.

Daily highlights:
• Immortal Wrestling (8 pm Tuesday)
• The Marshall Tucker Band (8:30 pm Wednesday)
• Parmalee (8:30 pm Thursday)
• Skeeter Creek (8 pm Friday)
• Chubby Checker & The Wildcats (8 pm Saturday)
• Demolition Derby Championship (5:30 pm Sunday)

Pay-one-price admission: $17 Tuesday, $20 Wednesday - Thursday, $22 Friday - Sunday (unlimited midway rides, shows & parking). Free admission for kids 2 & younger and $5 rides for those 36" or taller. See the website for senior and military appreciation days.

Fair hours: 9 am - midnight. Midway hours: 4-11 pm Tuesday and noon-11 pm Wednesday - Sunday

More information: 518-234-2123 or SunshineFair.org

The Schoharie County Sunshine Fair is presented by the nonprofit Cobleskill Agricultural Society.

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.