HGS Home Chef
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Pasta is a Year-Round Sport with Dan Pelosi
Saturday, May 10
11am-1:30pmAfter a long, cold Fall and Winter of eating lots of meaty and cheesy pasta recipes, it’s time to, well, keep eating pasta! In this class, cookbook author Dan Pelosi will teach you to cook three different recipes that all embrace pasta’s lesser-known seasons: Spring and Summer.
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At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Book Event w/Amy Chaplin & Tamar Adler
Saturday, May 10
2:30-4pmAuthor chat and book signing with Amy Chaplin and Tamar Adler, followed by tea and treats. Celebrating the just-out, 10th Anniversary Edition of Amy Chaplin’s James Beard award-winning cookbook, "At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen.
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Mother's Day Sunday Brunch Workshop with David Wurth
Sunday, May 11,
10:30am-1pmAnnouncing the first in a quarterly series of seasonal workshops followed be a delicious Sunday brunch with the chef, these hands-on workshops will take place in our lovely upstairs kitchen and enjoyed together in the adjoining dining room.
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Pizza Fundamentals: Techniques & Tools for Home Pizzaiola with Rafi Bildner
Sunday, May 11
11am-1:30pmCan a household kitchen produce world-class pizza? Yes! Once you learn the basics. Join Pizzaiolo Rafi Bildner, the Hilltown Hot Pie chef, as he shares the fundamentals of perfect pizza making.
Taconic Ridge Farm
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The Art of Bonsai with Matt Puntigam
Saturday, May 10, 10am-12pm
Learn basic bonsai techniques to start transforming plants into bonsai. We cover the basics: when to repot, how to water, what makes a good soil mix, and how to prune. This is an appropriate class for total beginners wanting to learn more about this art form of caring for trees.
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Blacksmithing: Forging Hearts with Marsha Trattner
Saturday, May 10, 10am-1pm
Heart shapes are iconic forms in forged iron, from everything from early cookware to architectural forms. Participants will learn traditional blacksmithing techniques, and transform carbon steel rods into personalized forged hearts. No experience necessary! Make one for mom or bring mom along to make her own!!
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"What a Wonderful World" One Day Choir with Kenter Davies
Saturday, May 10, 1-3:30pm
Join friends and neighbors in this one-of-a-kind collective choral event! Led and arranged by beloved NYC music leader Kenter Davies, we’ll explore harmony, free our voices, and build community through the song “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong. There are no auditions, no experience necessary, and no seeking of perfection, We’ll just be making music for music-making’s sake!
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Mushroom Foraging with John Wheeler
Saturday, May 10, 10am-12pm
Join us for a guided mushroom “talk and walk” with local expert John Wheeler. In addition to discovering all things mushrooms in the Northeast, you will learn how to identify and forage mushrooms on your own. John will also display mushrooms he’s foraged. Feel free to bring a few mushrooms from your backyard or recent walk for ID.
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Botanical Bundle Dying with Hannah Ross
Sunday, May 11, 11-1pm
Learn how to create color alchemy on fabric using local spring plants grown + foraged in the Hudson Valley. Naturally dye a silk scarf using the eco print technique. A fun introduction to natural dyeing for all ages and skill levels. Leave with full confidence and detailed instructions to repeat the process at home.
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Paper Play with Jen Dieringer
Sunday, May 11, 11am-1pm
Create bespoke greeting cards, bookmarks and collage art using salvaged, vintage, and new materials, including 1950's gas station maps, vintage books and magazines, paint chips, decoupage and construction paper, quilting fabric, vintage wool blanket scraps, rubber stamps, washi tape, and colored pencils. Plenty of creative examples will be provided to get your creative juices flowing.
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Blacksmithing: Forging Roses with Marsha Trattner
Sunday, May 11, 11am-1pm
Forged iron roses are forever!! Participants will learn traditional blacksmithing techniques to transform carbon steel into realistic-looking forged roses. No experience necessary! Make one for mom or bring mom along to make her own!!
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Learn to Bird with Ben Nickley
Sunday, May 11, 1-3:30pm
Learn all about birds of the Northeast and how to identify many of the amazing birds that inhabit the forests, fields and ponds around us. Join Ben Nickley of Berkshire Bird Observatory for a short but lively presentation followed by a walk on the grounds to gain a deeper understanding, greater connection and appreciation for the natural world through the gateway of bird watching.
Nobletown Fiberworks
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Fleece to Yarn - Introduction to Fiber Milling & Drop Spinning with Margot Becker
Saturday, May 10, 10am-1pm
Experience the process of fiber milling and learn how to spin your own yarn in this hands-on workshop led by textile artist Margot Becker. We will start with a tour of Nobletown Fiber Works, a full-process, artisan fiber mill in Hillsdale NY, and introduce you to a variety of beautiful fibers grown and spun right here in the Hudson Valley. With the help of the carding machine, each student will create their own unique blend of roving, a fluffy bundle of wool, which they will learn how to spin into yarn on their new drop spindles.
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Learn to Knit with Lizz Hill Wiker
Saturday, May 10, 1:30-4pm
Description TBD
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Woven Woolen Coasters with Margot Becker
Sunday, May 11, 12-4pm
Learn to weave a set of coasters at Nobletown Fiber Works! In this class students will weave on a frame loom, a small simple loom with endless possibilities. Using wool spun on site at the mill, students will warp their looms and explore creating patterns and shapes using weft facing tapestry techniques. It's a great class for very beginner weavers and anyone who would like to spend the afternoon in the fiber mill crafting with local materials. All materials are provided, including locally spun fibers, and a small wooden loom to take home and continue your weaving journey.
Ancram Center for the Arts
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Storytelling: Exploring the Mother with Sarah Katan
Saturday, May 10, 11am-1pm
Stories are woven from the threads of our lived experience. When the word “Mother” is said, what type of stories pop into your head? The word Mother is used to express a myriad of subjects: Family relations, mentors, the earth we find ourselves living on, a community found or desired, the start of a curse word. In this engaging workshop, participants will learn about Ancram Center’s unique approach to storytelling using the word “Mother” as the starting point.
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Creative Writing with Ashley Mayne
Saturday, May 10, 2-4pm
Creativity runs deeper than the known. The most electrifying images swim up from the dark unconscious. They obey no logic, they keep their own light. When we let the unknown into our writing, we let the unconscious speak through us. We give it light. This session of readings, sharing and generative writing exercises is intended to invite the unconscious into our work.
Open Gardens
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Garden of Margaret Roach, Copake, NY + Plant Sale by Broken Arrow Nursery
Saturday, May 10, 10am-4pm
The garden, more than 30 years old, reflects my obsession with plants, particularly those with good foliage or of interest to wildlife, and also my belief that even in Zone 5B the view out the window can be compelling and satisfying all 365 days of the year. Nearly 70 kinds of birds are my familiar companions, along with every local frog and toad species, and we are all happy together. Informal mixed borders, shrubberies, frog-filled water gardens, and container groupings cover the steep 2.3-acre hillside. It's a former orchard with a simple Victorian-era farmhouse and little outbuildings in Copake Falls, NY, set in Taconic State Park lands on a rural farm road.
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Garden of Peter Bevacqua & Stephen King, Claverack, NY + "Ask the Arborist" booth by Green Cross Arborists
Saturday, May 10, 10am-4pm
This magical garden, hidden from street-view in the hamlet of Claverack, has been evolving with devotion and care for the last 30 years. This 2½-acre garden feels much larger because of its division into many garden spaces— spaces designed with a careful eye to structure, form, and texture. Among the features are the sunk garden (with topiary and surrounded by architectural yew hedges), a hydrangea walk, the greenhouse herbaceous borders, and most recently a 1/2 acre plot with a “Nearly-Native” Garden that has its own honey bee colony.