Community Calendar

2 WEEK SESSION
Monday - Friday, 9 am - 4 pm (aftercare available till 5)

Week 1: August 12, 13, 14,15, 16
Week 2: August 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

Grades 5-8

City Look Lab will offer students the experience of thinking through, making structures, and dreaming up ways to design comfortable and fun spaces. It’s a free space for learning the art of solving design problems.

The City Look Lab Workshop project will focus on developing fundamental art and architectural design skills and exploring various key architectural aspects of the City of Kingston. Each first-week workshop day will focus on a different core lesson to help the participating students choose and explore their interest in the intersection between art and architecture. The project is also designed to hone skills that will be helpful for the (art-inclined) student wanting to develop their portfolio (skills). The City Look Lab is open to all levels of students willing to experience collaborative art-making to understand its real-world applications. Students will take field trips and walking tours and ride the busses to explore our city’s cultural, environmental, and architectural wonders.

Our project brings proof that someone believes that a community such as Kingston deserves dignity and beauty and can be fortified by sprinkling tidbits of its community’s student creativity. This can be as simple as having creative students make colorful Public Projects such as signs, mini murals, benches, gates, bike racks, etc. City Look Lab is also designed as a great accentuation to help our place see itself as a great community by helping it fortify commuter access information to its transit options through creativity and more, giving dignity to those dependent on public spaces.

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Please register at least a week in advance to guarantee your spot.

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.

Calling nature enthusiasts of all ages for a Nature Quest!

Join CLC and the Roe Jan Library for a Nature Quest hike at Siegel-Kline Kill.

During this program, we will walk along the Nature Quest trail in search of six hidden animal stamps. We may even encounter Nature Quest mascot, Earl the Squirrel!

Join us August 20th at 2 pm in the Great Hall where we will build dino skeletons with giant foam bones, medium sized bones, and tiny bones!

This is a free program for kids. Registration is requested.

For questions call 518-673-2314 ext. 106 or email info@arkellmuseum.org

Woodstock's weekly farmer's market bursting at the seams with local produce, live music, artisan producers and events for all ages - don't forget to bring the kids!

Join us each Wednesday afternoon at High Rock Park from 3-6 PM for the Saratoga Farmers' Market!

Enjoy live music, restock your kitchen with fresh and local goods, or grab dinner from our ready-to-eat vendors!

Let's make Wednesdays local and lively - see you at the market!

It's Vacation Bible School time at Ridgecrest Baptist Church! Children ages three through fifteen are admitted free from August 18-22, 6:00-8:30pm. Magnified!(TM) VBS will encourage kids to look closely at the details of God's amazing world and magnify, or proclaim, the greatness of God. For more information about this week of fun, food, and exciting learning opportunities call (845) 565-2540 or visit our website https://www.ridgecrest.com/ministries/vbs.

⛳ Mini Golf with CRVN – Fun for the Whole Family!
Join us Wednesday, August 20th at 6:30 PM at All4Fun
📍 1050 Troy-Schenectady Rd, Latham, NY 12110
Stop by the CRVN tent from 6:30-7:30 for discounted entry – just $7 per game instead of $9!
Coming solo or as a pair? We’ll happily group you with other local families and friends!
🍦 Vegan ice cream options always available for purchase @ctall4fun
Bring the kids, bring your friends – everyone’s welcome for an evening of outdoor fun and connection!

With perhaps the four most famous notes in classical music, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony has captured the attention of concertgoers for more than 200 years. It is a wide-ranging work that journeys from wonderful intensity to euphoric triumph, showcasing the composer’s brilliance. One of classical music’s biggest rising stars, cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his SPAC debut performing Camille Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1. Kanneh-Mason was propelled into the spotlight after he performed at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle in 2018, an event watched by nearly two billion people worldwide. Since then, he has maintained an active performance calendar, appearing with many of the world’s leading orchestras including multiple engagements with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Most recently, he made his Carnegie Hall debut with his sister Isata, who made her SPAC and Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2023.
The program opens with SPAC premiere of English composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s beautiful and lyrical work Ballade in A minor.

Learn more and buy tickets now at spac.org