Spencertown Academy Presents Amber Chand’s “Tales of the Boatwoman”

Spencertown, New York–Spencertown Academy presents “Tales of the Boatwoman: A Storytelling Performance” by Amber Chand on Sunday, March 8 at 2:00pm. The performance offers an evocative journey into the world of Chand’s ancestors in India and Africa. She will read excerpts from her forthcoming book, “Tales of the Boatwoman,” which…

PS21 Announces Complete Program for The Dark Festival in February

PS21 : Center for Contemporary Performance is excited to present the complete program for The Dark, a new annual festival that celebrates the depths of winter. Taking place from February 16–22, 2026, the festival will unfold at PS21 and across Columbia County—in theatres, restaurants, libraries, saunas and outdoor public spaces. Featuring more than 60…

PS21’s Winter Festival “The Dark” of Radiating Across Columbia County

The Dark: PS21’s fearless winter festival of live performance radiating across Columbia County The Dark is a new annual festival from PS21: Center for Contemporary Performance that celebrates and elevates the depths of winter. Taking place February 16–22, 2026, the festival will unfold at PS21 and across Columbia County—in theatres, restaurants,…

Spencertown Academy Arts Center Presents “The Willows”

Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “The Willows,” a theatrical conjuring of Algernon Blackwood’s 1909 supernatural psychedelic horror story, on Saturday, November 23, 7:30pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. Performed by celebrated British actress and voiceover artist Victoria Finney and adapted and directed by Alex Harvey, this storytelling performance saturates audience…

“The Village Cidiot” Comes to Spencertown Academy

March 14, 2024 – “The Village Cidiot,” a one-woman show written and performed by Hillsdale Town Historian Lauren Letellier, will be at Spencertown Academy Arts Center Saturday March 23 at 7:30pm and Sunday March 24 at 2:00pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at spencertownacademy.org. “Cidiot” is a mildly derisive term…

“The Village Cidiot” Comes to the Spencertown Academy

“The Village Cidiot” Written and performed by Lauren Letellier Directed by Martha Wollner Saturday, March 23 at 7:30pm and Sunday, March 24 at 2:00pm at the Spencertown Academy, 790 NY-203, Spencertown, NY In this fish-out-of-water story, a NYC woman loses her big corporate job and moves, reluctantly, to a tiny upstate…

Spend an Afternoon with the Writers of “The Ninth Hour” at the Spencertown Academy

In collaboration with Millay Arts, the Spencertown Academy is excited to present The Ninth Hour on Saturday, March 9 at 2 pm at the Spencertown Academy, 790 Route 203 in Spencertown NY. A rock-noir reimagining of the epic poem Beowulf that explores the intricacies of humankind’s relationship with power and…

The Rooted Voyageurs Present Shakespeare’s ROMEO & JULIET at Parks, Farmers Markets and Wineries This Summer – FREE!

Spencertown, NY, May 22, 2023…The Rooted Voyageurs will kick off their second season of presenting free live theater at beautiful outdoor spaces this summer at venues throughout Columbia County and now one in Dutchess County too. This season’s performance will be Romeo & Juliet directed by The Rooted Voyageurs Artistic…