Get ready to move, groove, and make some noise! In this action-packed music adventure led by Miss Julia from the Berkshire Music School, kids get to sing, dance, and play their way through an amazing world of sounds. For ages 2-4 accompanied by a grown-up. FREE: registration required
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents Vicki Kristina Barcelona Band playing the songs of Tom Waits. VKB Band is a New York City-based trio comprised of Rachelle Garniez, Amanda Homi, and Kirsten Thien—three deeply distinctive musicians, all acclaimed performing singer-songwriters with a wealth of collective experience. Together, their voices blend of soaring three-part harmony and ... Read more
Giant Book Sale – Free Admission Saturday, September 5, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday, September 6, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Monday, September 7, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Browse affordable, gently used books, vinyl LPs, CDs, DVDs and audio books. Young readers find books, puzzles and games in the Kids Corner. The Special ... Read more
Hidden Gardens Tour: Ticketed Event Saturday, July 18: 10:00am-4:00pm This very popular annual Academy fundraising event celebrates its 21st year bringing an opportunity for the community to visit five artful private landscapes in Columbia County villages: Spencertown, Chatham and East Chatham. Hidden Gardens ticket holders will have access to the restored grounds and gardens at ... Read more
Cellist Francisco Vila is known for his fervor, vitality, sensitivity, phrasing elegance, and technical mastery. Through his expansive career and commitment to musical excellence, Vila has solidified his position as one of the preeminent performers of his generation, captivating audiences across the world’s most illustrious stages.The program will include “Suite for Solo Cello” by Cassadó, ... Read more
Good friends Spottiswoode and Kenny White share the stage and trade songs for two sets. A virtuoso pianist, Kenny draws from a deep lyrical well—tender, hilarious, explosive. Award-winning bandleader, singer-songwriter, and scriptwriter, Spottiswoode will play tunes from his brand new album, “It Wasn’t In The Script,” which is a meditation on the joys and humiliations ... Read more
Spencertown Academy will host an array of FREE creative environmental activities for children. An instructor from Roz's Dance Works will get kids moving and grooving to eco-focussed music and there will be a continuous screening of “The Extraordinary Caterpillar” film. Children will also make their own bird feeders using recycled materials, craft caterpillars, Earth Day ... Read more
World premiere Theatre Across his genre-defying work, Julian Brave NoiseCat often turns to the narrative arts of his people who tell stories about mythic ancestors like the trickster Coyote to make sense of the world and themselves, cutting through colonial fictions while pushing the boundaries of nonfiction to illuminate vital truths. The “Coyote Story,” an ... Read more
DATES: Saturday, February 21, 2026 7:00 pm Sunday, February 22, 2026 4:00 pm _____________________________ World premiere Theatre Across his genre-defying work, Julian Brave NoiseCat often turns to the narrative arts of his people who tell stories about mythic ancestors like the trickster Coyote to make sense of the world and themselves, cutting through colonial fictions ... Read more
DATES: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 6:30 pm Thursday, February 19, 2026 6:30 pm Friday, February 20, 2026 6:30 pm _______________________________ Theatre / Film / Performance Performance artist and filmmaker (and occasional amateur microbiologist) Sister Sylvester works with new technologies to make cross-species collaborations, essay films, and lecture performances. Using DNA extracted from a hat worn ... Read more
DATES: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 6:30 pm Thursday, February 19, 2026 6:30 pm Friday, February 20, 2026 6:30 pm _______________________________ Theatre / Film / Performance Performance artist and filmmaker (and occasional amateur microbiologist) Sister Sylvester works with new technologies to make cross-species collaborations, essay films, and lecture performances. Using DNA extracted from a hat worn ... Read more
DATES: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 6:30 pm Thursday, February 19, 2026 6:30 pm Friday, February 20, 2026 6:30 pm _______________________________ Theatre / Film / Performance Performance artist and filmmaker (and occasional amateur microbiologist) Sister Sylvester works with new technologies to make cross-species collaborations, essay films, and lecture performances. Using DNA extracted from a hat worn ... Read more
CCYT Talent Showcase - A fundraiser for Our Community Cares, presented by The Spencertown Academy & Columbia County Youth Theatre. Featuring CCYT students, staff & friends. Sunday, January 25th @2pm - Spencertown Academy (Parking: Spencertown Town Park, park by the tennis courts or along the Village Green) Tickets: ccyt.org/events - suggested donations: $5, $10, $25
Join other literary lovers on Labor Day Weekend at the Spencertown Academy’s 20th Festival of Books. That’s two decades’ worth of books beyond measure, countless authors across genres and styles, and a legion of appreciative readers. We are proud and thankful! Again this year you’ll find thousands of affordably priced books, music and media, a ... Read more
SPOTTISWOODE is an award-winning bandleader, singer-songwriter, scriptwriter and filmmaker, and the frontman for Spottiswoode & His Enemies. They will be playing a broad selection of tunes - catchy, hilarious, joyful, sometimes tear-jerking stories of love, family, the weather and everything in between.
This acclaimed quartet features vibraphonist Benedict with Joe Finn on guitar, Pete Toigo on bass, and Pete Sweeney on drums. Their repertoire includes straight ahead jazz, standards, Latin jazz and original material.
Everyone is unique, and everyone is uniquely funny. In this workshop, you will explore the art of performance, not as a character in a play, but as yourself! You will learn how to make an audience laugh like literally no one else can, and turn mistakes and failure into a celebration of joy. Through games ... Read more
Derin Oge, pianist, and Anneke Schaul-Yoder, cellist, will present an unusual and virtuosic program that includes the spiritual and intricate music of JS Bach’s D Major Gamba Sonata, Lena Auerbach’s charming and surprising Preludes, and the heroic yet contemplative A Major Sonata of Beethoven.
Spencertown Academy Roots & Shoots Concerts Series, in association with the Capital Region Blues Network (CRBN), is pleased to present Misty Blues. Gina Coleman is the leader, singer, and founder of Misty Blues—a Berkshire County, Massachusetts-based band that plays original and traditional blues with hints of jazz, soul, funk, and tent revival gospel. In addition ... Read more
Roots & Shoots Concerts Series presents Grammy-nominated folk singer-songwriter and author Mary Gauthier (with special guest Jaimee Harris). Gauthier’s discography includes a dozen studio albums and her songs have been covered by artists ranging from Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, and Kathy Mattea to Boy George, Jimmy Buffett, and Bettye Lavette. Her songs often deal with ... Read more