PBS | October 14, 2020
Annie Brody is the Executive Director of the Crandell Theatre in Chatham, NY. With theaters still closed, how is the Crandell managing to stay connected to the community? Lara Ayad speaks with Annie to find out more.
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Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s 15th Annual Festival Of Books Goes Virtual
WAMC | August 26, 2020
The Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s 15th annual Festival of Books turns Virtual this year. Labor Day weekend and beyond, there will be online conversations with distinguished authors, special book sales, children’s drawing workshops, and even familiar flavors from the Cookbook Café. Get ready to settle into a comfortable chair with your laptop or tablet, and enjoy this beloved cultural event of all things literary, 2020 style. All programs will be on Zoom. Registration is required and free, but limited.
FilmCoumbia Named One of Movie Maker’s 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World
Moviemaker.com | August 10, 2020
What makes something or someone cool is nearly impossible to articulate. It’s like what Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said about obscenity: “I know it when I see it.”
Shaker Museum Taps Selldorf Architects for New $15 Million Facility
ARTFIXDaily | August 5, 2020
Shaker Museum has selected Selldorf Architects to create its new permanent facility in downtown Chatham, New York, to exhibit its comprehensive collection of more than 18,000 pieces of Shaker material culture and accompanying archives. Like the objects themselves, the physical building will embody Shaker values of inclusion, innovation, and equality to create a museum that both tells the Shaker story and is responsive to the needs of the community in Chatham, Columbia County, and the surrounding Hudson Valley. It was also announced that Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects will collaborate on the project. The museum will retain and maintain the historic Shaker site in Mount Lebanon, New York.
Shaker Museum To Expand To New Building In Downtown Chatham
WAMC | August 4, 2020
The Shaker Museum announced Monday that it has acquired a four-floor, 30,000-square foot building in downtown Chatham, New York. The museum owns and manages the Shaker Village at Mount Lebanon. Now, it will have its first space to display 18,000 archival pieces that explore life inside the utopian Protestant community that existed at the village from 1787 to 1947. WAMC spoke to Museum Director Lacy Schultz about the $15 million project at 5 Austerlitz Street, which is expected to break ground in 2021.
aMuse Gallery is open!
TimesUnion.com | July 19, 2020
aMuse Gallery in Chatham, NY has reopened so, if you’ve been longing for a little “creative time out”, now is your chance! Masks and social distancing will be required and CDC and Columbia Comeback guidelines will be strictly followed.
CABA Awards Two Scholarships to Chatham High School Seniors
Congratulations to Tessa Fisher and Morgan Simmons. CABA awarded two scholarships to Chatham High School students.
The Chatham Area Business and Arts Community Service Award, which recognizes a student who has shown a strong sense of community service, was awarded to Morgan Simmons.
The Chatham Area Business and Arts Personal Achievement Award, recognizing a student whose personal achievement has been exemplary, was awarded to Tessa Fisher.
We wish them both the best!
Columbia County Fair canceled due to COVID pandemic
Daily Freeman | June 30, 2020
The Columbia County Fair, scheduled for Sept. 3-7 at the county fairgrounds in Chatham, has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to organizers.
Crowell Now Leads CABA Board
The board of CABA (Chatham Area Business and Arts) has accepted the resignations of both the group’s president, Debbye Byrum, and longtime Secretary Steve Campbell. A release from the board expressed regret at their departure.
Former board Vice President Tom Crowell, co-owner of Chatham Brewing, has stepped up to the position of president. Melony Spock has taken on the role of vice president and Cathi Bruneau, who recently became a CABA Board member, will take over as secretary.
Ms. Byrum cited a family health situation as her reason for leaving the board; Mr. Campbell noted both business and personal responsibilities.
Ms. Byrum, who joined CABA in 2016 under the name of her Main Street store, Willow & Oak, became President the following fall. In her resignation letter she noted that she had initiated the monthly CABA breakfasts, as well as serving as liaison to the Village of Chatham Board of Trustees.
“As we slowly emerge from the pandemic crisis, CABA will be needed more than ever to rally our community together. I am sad that I will not be able to be a part of that effort, but I am confident that the current board will provide the leadership needed to help shape the future of our community,” she wrote, adding, “I am proud that we were able to provide opportunities for us all to celebrate our community and support each other.”
Mr. Campbell, owner of Video Visions on Hudson Avenue, said he cannot remember how long he served as secretary to both the original Chatham Business Alliance (CBA) and its later renaming as CABA. “Everyone on this board is putting in an enormous amount of time to improve the organization and the community,” he said. “The board is a group of doers and should be proud of what they are accomplishing.”
There are now two vacancies on the CABA Board. Interested applicants can download the application form. The Board meets monthly at the Community Bank. For more information on CABA and CABA membership, visit the About CABA page.
March programs at the Chatham Public Library
HudsonValley360 | March 4, 2020
CHATHAM — Chatham Public Library, 11 Woodbridge Ave., Chatham, offers the following programs in March. For information, call 518-392-3666 or visit http://chatham.lib.ny.us.