First Annual Downtown Upstate Festival Comes to Ancram and Pine Plains

[Aug. 2, 2024, Ancram & Pine Plains, NY] — The first annual Downtown Upstate Festival will bring the best of NYC downtown theater to the Hudson Valley from Sept. 7 – 22, 2024 and feature three different shows at two different venues over three consecutive weekends. The festival is presented…

Ancram Center for the Arts Announces 2024 Season

Ancram Center for the Arts today announced its 2024 season, an eclectic mix of productions and collaborations that will feature three new works developed during Ancram Center’s Summer Play Lab residencies; “Downtown Upstate,” a alternative performance festival bringing the best of NYC downtown theatre artists to the Hudson Valley; Nick…

Hubbard Hall Wins $279,000 Grant from NYSCA

We are thrilled to announce that Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education has won $279,000 in NY State Council on the Arts funding in support of artist housing and updated sound equipment. These funds come from NYSCA and Governor Hochul‘s extraordinary $42 Million investment in Small and Mid-Sized…

Ancram Opera House Seeks Administrative Coordinator

Ancram Opera House Theater, entering its eighth season, is a small, but vibrant performing arts organization that produces an annual season of theater, music, storytelling and community programs from April to November each year. For more information about our activities, go to ancramoperahouse.org. The position is being funded through a grant…

EMPAC and iEAR Presents Receive Largest NYSCA Grant in History of Rensselaer

$49,500 grant to be awarded for three years from 2022-24 TROY, NY–New York State Council for the Arts (NYSCA) has awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a three-year grant of $49,500 per year for iEAR Presents (Integrated Electronic Arts) and EMPAC (Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center) as part…