Community Calendar

Michael Feinstein brings to life Big Band Celebrations and the Tony Bennett legacy. Supported by the Carnegie Hall Ensemble, Feinstein pays a heartfelt tribute to the legendary Tony Bennett, bringing his iconic songs to life in a symphony of sound.

Formed in the open plains of their home state of Oklahoma, The Imaginaries is composed of husband-and-wife duo Maggie McClure and Shane Henry. The Imaginaries blend Shane’s guitar-slinging blues-rock roots with Maggie’s boldly vulnerable singer-songwriter sensibility. The results are a pop-Americana aesthetic that evokes Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, The Civil Wars, and Bonnie Raitt. To date, The Imaginaries have released a Christmas collection, Hometown Christmas, a self-titled debut, and numerous singles. Their sophomore album, Fever, (will be/was) released in August 2025. The duo has shared the stage with Judy Collins, John Waite, The Gatlin Brothers, and Sixpence None the Richer, to name just a few. Don’t miss an evening filled with mesmerizing vocal harmonies, driving pop-rock tunes, heartfelt singer-songwriter ballads, delicious guitar tones, and dazzling solos.

On Saturday, October 18, we welcome Mezzo Soprano, Joelle Lachance and accompanist, to captivate the audience with her original performance: Guys or Dolls, in our Original (Night Watch) Gallery. This is a ticketed event with limited seating.

Enjoy the Museum galleries and some Prosecco before the concert! Then join us in the Night Watch gallery for a solo performance of Guys or Dolls with Lachance performing both male and female rolls.

Doors open at 6:00 pm
Concert begins at 7:00 pm

For more information or to purchase tickets: https://www.arkellmuseum.org/content/joelle-lachance-guys-or-dolls

For questions, please call 518-673-2314 ext. 113 or email malexander@arkellmuseum.org

Joelle Lachance – Guys or Dolls is made possible by & in memory of Christine McNaughton and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

What’s worse: forgetting who you are, or remembering every mistake? Before I Forget is the ferociously funny true tale of the impossibility of getting life right, told by a man racing against his genes, his past, and his search history. Ancient Greece, artificial intelligence, Alzheimer’s, and open relationships collide in a wildly inventive odyssey through memory, mortality, and meaning.

Warning: May contain mushrooms, existential dread, and trace amounts of hope.

About Adam Strauss:
Adam Strauss’s work has been called many things—mostly adjectives. He won the New York Fringe Festival’s Overall Excellence Award for Solo Performance, the Eddy Award for Best Solo Show in San Francisco, and the Leffe Beer Craft Your Character Storytelling Competition. He’s lost too many things to list here. Strauss performs nightly at many of New York City’s best comedy clubs—and most of its worst ones.

Mark St. Germain’s play is filled with the humor, honesty, and life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who became “Dr. Ruth,” America’s most famous sex therapist.
Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, know the incredible journey that preceded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a sniper, to her struggle to succeed as a single mother newly-arrived in America, her’s is a stunning tale of becoming Dr. Ruth.

“An illuminating portrait…her story is certainly a stirring one.” - NY Times

90 min | Written by Mark St. Germain | Directed by Stephen Nachamie

"Hackard Law is excited to support the KCRA 3 Kids Can! Food Drive, which has been assisting our local families since 1987. Running from October 4th to November 7th, this event will provide food aid across Northern California. We are proud to be involved and encourage others in the community to join us! Schools can participate by signing up as donation locations, and we welcome individuals to join our effort by contributing non-perishable food items. Together, we can make a difference!

Visit our event page for more details!
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Skidmore Encore announces registration for its Fall 2025 lecture series delivered by the remarkable Skidmore College faculty for adult learners age 55+ from around the local region. Encore attracts intellectually curious people who are eager to learn. Join us! The 2025 program runs for seven weeks on Tuesdays from September 30 through November 11 in the gorgeous Arthur Zankel Music Center Skidmore College campus. Online registration opens Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM.

For more information: www.skidmore.edu/encore

Our traditional Holiday Fair promotes the holiday spirit with regional artisans featuring handmade pottery, jewelry, fiber, artisan foods and much more!

All inside our historic 1848 Meeting House.

Choose unique gifts for your loved ones while helping support local businesses this holiday season.

October 8th through December 14th

Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm
Closed Mondays

Admission is free, donations welcome!

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.