The Actors’ Ensemble
was founded in 1985 by a group of professional actors inspired by the acting
techniques taught by the late actor Michael Chekhov. The technique emphasizes
developing the art of the actor, researching the theater event, and creating
theater ensemble. Now resident at the Spencertown Academy, the ensemble produces
plays and offers acting workshops.
Months of operation: Year round
Address: 1548 Harlemville Road, Chatham, NY 12037
Phone: 518/392-5743
E-mail: actorsensemble@hotmail.com
Amble Dance Movement
Art Center is home to the Amble Dance Company and offers community classes,
workshops, special events, theater and dance performances; it is also available
for private functions.
Months of operation: Year round
Address: 710 Route 217, Mellenville, NY 12544
Phone: 518/672-0034
E-mail: Amble12544@aol.com
The Fields Sculpture
Park at the Art Omi International Arts Center is set on nearly 100 acres
of land dedicated to the display of contemporary outdoor artwork. Art is installed
in open fields, wooded paths and around a lovely pond. There is a rotating
collection of large scale and intimate works as well as specially curated
shows. In the summer months there is an extensive education program with regular
tours and workshops.
Months of operation: Year round.
Hours: Daylight hours
Address: 59 Letter S Road, Ghent, NY 12075
Phone: 518/392-7656
Website: www.artomi.org
E-mail: architecture@taconic.net
The Chatham Film Club
(a.k.a. TCFC) creates an art-foreign-indie film presence in Columbia County
through monthly film showings and an annual film festival, Film Columbia,
held each October.
Months of operation: Year round
Address: Box 181, East Chatham, NY 12060
Phone: 518/794-7646
Website: www.thechathamfilmclub.com
E-Mail: knax3@aol.com (Please include “TCFC” in subject)
The Chisti Chamber
Players present unique, innovative and eclectic programming at moderate
prices in an historic, intimate venue surrounded by natural beauty.
Months of operation: July-August
Address: 5 Abode Road, New Lebanon, NY 12125
Phone: 518/794-0375 (July-August); 828/264-1384
Clarion Concerts in Columbia County, Inc. produces annual series of “Leaf
Peeper Concerts”, chamber music programs ranging in style from Baroque
and Romantic to contemporary.
Months of operation: September through early November
Address: Box 43, Copake, NY 12516
Phone: 518/325-3805
The Columbia Civic
Players present musicals, drama, and comedy. Winners of numerous awards,
the Players are considered one of the outstanding community theaters in eastern
New York.
Months of operation: September through May
Street Address: Route 66, Ghent, NY
Mailing Address: Box 64, Ghent, NY 12075
Phone: 518/392-6264
The Columbia Festival
Orchestra is a professional orchestra of the highest caliber. Through
its dynamic and varied programming it seeks to foster a love and knowledge
of classical music throughout the Columbia County region.
Months of operation: April-December
Address: Box 416, Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518/392-7198
Website: www.columbiafestivalorchestra.org
E-mail: info@columbiafestivalorchestra.org
The Four Nations Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Andrew Appel,
brings together soloists who are leading exponents of period instrument and
vocal performance to offer concerts, educational programs, and recordings
that are rich voyages through the Renaissance, Baroque and Viennese Classical
worlds.
Months of operation: Year round
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 10-5
Address: 603 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518/828-6164
Website: www.fournations.org
E-mail: fournation@aol.com
The Hudson Opera House
is a multi-arts center in downtown Hudson in the old 1855 city hall (currently
being restored) offering ongoing exhibitions, concerts, readings, workshops,
lectures and performances.
Months of operation: Year round
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 12-4:30
Address: 327 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518/822-1438
Website: www.hudsonoperahouse.org
E-mail: hohmail@mhcable.com
Hudson River Classics
is a not-for-profit professional Equity theatre organization dedicated solely
to script-in-hand readings. Hudson River Classics also sponsors an annual
play writing contest.
Months of operation: September - May
Address: Box 940, Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518/851-7244
Hudson River Theater
brings puppetry, cabaret, comedy, and musicals to Hudson. Turn off that TV
and enjoy some real live entertainment!
Months of operation: Year round
Address: 521 Warren Street (2nd floor), Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518/822-8189
Website: www.hudsonrivertheater.com
E-mail: mustychiffon@aol.com
The Hudson Valley Choral
Society performs music for mixed voices from the classical and contemporary
choral traditions, frequently collaborating with soloists and instrumentalists,
in Columbia and Greene counties.
Months of operation: Rehearsals in September - December for early December
concert, January - May for May concert
Rehearsals: Monday evenings 7:30-9:30
Address: Box 286, Claverack, NY 12513
Phone: 518/672-4475
The Mac-Haydn Theatre
Discover Broadway in the country at the area’s only professional musical
theatre-in-the-round. Every show is new when you’re so close to the action!
Months of operation: Late May - early September
Hours: Box Office open daily, 9am-8pm non-performance days, or after performances
Address: Box 204, Chatham NY 12037
Phone: 518/392-9292
The Ghent
Playhouse
One of the region’s
oldest and most popular community theaters!
Months of operation: October through June
Address: Route 66, PO Box 64, Ghent NY 12075
Box Office: 518/392-6264
Website: www.ghentplayhouse.org
E-mail: ghentplayhouse@taconic.net
Operation
Unite, New York offers a full range of arts and cultural activities
to area youth including art workshops, piano and guitar lessons,
videography for high school students, drum and drill corps, and
dance lessons of all kinds including African. Kuumba is our African
dance and drum troupe whose members come from the Greater Capital
Region as well as Columbia County.
Months of operation: Year round
Hours: 12-8
Address: 360 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518/828-3612
Website: www.operationuniteny.com
E-mail: opunite@francomm.com
Philmont Community Chorus
The 35 member mixed voice chorus holds Tuesday evening rehearsals to prepare
for two major programs - holiday music in December and a secular music concert
in late spring. Chorus also sings for many community activities such as Memorial
Day and Community Day and at area nursing homes. New members are warmly welcomed.
Months of operation: Year round
Rehearsals: Tuesday evenings
Address: Betty Calvin, Philmont Community Chorus, Box 51,
Philmont, NY 12565
Phone: 518/672-4430
E-mail: carl@mhonline.net
The Pleshakov Music
Center provides an intimate venue for classical music concerts (capacity
199) as well as a fully equipped recording studio. Acoustically excellent.
Two Steinway concert grands on premises. Located on Warren Street in the midst
of Hudson’s antiques and restaurant area. Air-conditioned.
Months of operation: Year round
Hours: Box office open Wednesday through Saturday, 11-5.
Address: 544 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518/671-7171
E-mail: pianos2@mhonline.com
Shaker Mountain Performing Arts Festival provides exciting, creative
and intimate performances of dance, music and theater set in a beautiful and
quaint Shaker village.
Months of operation: Summer
Address:Box 498, Canaan, NY 12029
Phone: 518/781-0196
Website: www.shakermountainopera.org
E-mail: Shakermtn@aol.com
The Spencertown Academy
is dedicated to preserving its historic (1847) former two-room schoolhouse,
providing a community space and presenting programs of excellence in all the
performing arts, visual arts and crafts, and classes for children and adults.
Months of operation: Year round except January
Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 1-5
Address: Box 80, 790 Route 203, Spencertown, NY 12165-0080
Phone: 518/392-3693
Website: www.spencertown.org
E-mail: spencertown@taconic.net
StageWorks is one of the Hudson Valley’s premiere professional
Equity companies, providing high quality main stage productions at North Pointe
Cultural Arts Center and year round programming for young people.
Months of operation: Year round
Hours: Administrative Office: 9-5
Box Office: 24 hours during the season.
Address: 133 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534-3118
Phone: Business Office 518/828-7843, Box Office: 518/822-9667
Website: www.stageworkstheater.org
E-mail: contact@stageworkstheater.org
Theater Barn
Summer Stock theater.
Months of operation: Mid-June to early October
Address: 654 Route 20, New Lebanon, NY 12125
Phone (for tickets and information): 518/794-8989
E-mail: info@theaterbarn.com (do
not use for placing reservations)
Time
and Space Limited is a community centered, interdisciplinary arts
organization that produces and performs original theater pieces
and hosts visiting artists, exhibits and films.
Months of operation: Year round
Street Address: 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY
Mailing Address: Box 343, Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518/822-8448
Website:www.timeandspace.org
E-mail: info@timeandspace.org
Walking the Dog Theater, Inc. is a not-for-profit company existing
to reach communities with crafted performances and workshops, and to stimulate
artistic life in young people.
Months of operation: Year round
Address: 20 Swiss Farms Road, Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 608/346-3364
Website:www.wtdtheater.org
E-mail: dogdavid@hotmail.com
CRAFTS
Hudson Valley Arts
Center
337 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534
518/828-2661
Website:www.fncraft.com
3-dimensional works by US artisans
Hands in Clay
25 Hudson Avenue, Chatham, NY 12037
518/392-4666
Hand printed clothing and international pottery
See also the Leader Building Gallery, Spencertown Academy and Tamohara Gallery, under “Art Galleries”
ART GALLERIES
Art Design Digression, Ltd.
22 Park Place
518/822-9763
Contemporary fine art, design, industrial form
Deborah Davis Fine
Art
345 Warren Street
518/822-1890
Fine art
Davis & Hall Gallery
3621/2 Warren Street
518/822-8258
Contemporary sculpture, painting, installation and photography
Gallery 512
512 Warren Street
518/828-2019
Drawing, painting, sculpture
and photography
Carrie Haddad Gallery
622 Warren Street
518/828-1915
Web: www.carriehaddadgallery.com
Contemporary fine art
Hudson Opera House
327 Warren Street
518/822-1438
Website: www.hudsonoperahouse.org
Local and regional artists
The Leader Building
Gallery
339 Warren Street
518/828-6198
Eclectic fine arts and crafts in
an artist owned gallery
Tamohara Gallery
209 Warren Street
518/828-1136
Contemporary fine art, rugs, silver jewelry
Time & Space
Limited
434 Columbia Street
518/822-8448
Web: www.timeandspace.org
Exhibits of local and regional artists
American Pie
41 Main Street
Chatham, NY 12037
518/392-6632
Changing exhibitions of local artists
Knapp Hollow Gallery
119 Rodman Road
Hillsdale, NY 12529
518/325-5125
Changing exhibitions of paintings and photographs by Joan Damiani
Masterpiece Arts &
Framing
1 Chatham Street Kinderhook, NY 12106
518/758-6900
Showing local artists
Park Row Gallery
2 Park Row
Chatham, NY 12037
518/392-4800
Showing local artists
The Spencertown Academy
790 Route 203
Spencertown, NY 12165
518/392-3693
Web: www.spencertown.org
Changing exhibitions of local artists and crafts people
HISTORIC SITES
Clermont State Historic
Site
Clermont was the Hudson River seat of the politically and socially prominent
Livingston family of New York for more than 230 years. Seven successive generations
of the family have left their imprints on the architecture, room interiors,
and landscape.
House open: April 1 through October 31
Tuesday through Sunday, 11-5;
Monday Holidays, 11-5pm
November 1 through December 15
Saturdays and Sundays, 11-4
Grounds open: Year-round 8:30am to sunset
Address: One Clermont Avenue (just off State Route 9G),
Germantown, NY 12526
Phone: 518/537-4240
Website: www.friendsofclermont.org
E-mail: fofc@valstar.net
The Columbia County
Historical Society is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated
to the preservation and interpretation of the history and culture of Columbia
County.
Months of operation: Museum, year round:
May - November, 10-4, 1-4 Saturday
December - April, M/W/F, 10-4, Saturday, 1-4
James Vanderpoel and Luykas VanAlen Houses:
Memorial Day-Labor Day, Thursday-Saturday, 11-5, Sunday, 1-5
Street Address: 5 Albany Avenue, Kinderhook, NY
Mailing Address: Box 311, Kinderhook, NY 12106
Phone: 518/758-9265
Website: www.cchsny.org
E-mail: cchs@cchsny.org
Martin Van Buren
National Historic Site (Lindenwald) was the home
(1839-1862) of the eighth president of the United States and one of the principal
architects of the Democratic Party. The mansion has been restored to its appearance
during Van Buren’s time.
Months of operation:
>From Memorial Day weekend to the end of October, open Thursday through
Monday.
November through the first weekend in December, open Saturday and Sunday.
Street Address: State Route 9H, Kinderhook, NY
Mailing Address: Box 545, Kinderhook, NY 12106
Phone: 518/758-9689
Website: www.nps.gov/mava/home.htm
Olana State Historic
Site is the home of the premier Hudson River School painter, Frederic
Edwin Church. The Moorish style estate has panoramic views of the Hudson River
Valley and the Catskill Mountains.
Months of operation: April through November
Business hours: Wednesday - Sunday
April 1 to May 31, 10-4pm
June 1 to September 30, 10-5pm
October 1 to November 1, 10-4pm
Address: 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518/828-0135
Website: www.olana.org
The Shaker Museum and
Library houses one of the largest collections of Shaker artifacts in the
world. Features special events and exhibits and children’s activities.
Months of operation: Late May through late October
Hours: 10-5, closed Tuesdays
Address: 88 Shaker Museum Road, Old Chatham, NY 12136
Phone: 518/794-9100
Website: www.shakermuseumandlibrary.org
E-mail: contact@shakermuseumandlibrary.org
