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May 2019
Exhibition Opening – While Mighty Thunders Roll: Popular Artists Sing the Shakers
The Shakers estimated twenty-five thousand songs received to date and approximately ten thousand survive – more than all ballads and spirituals combined. From American anthems like Simple Gifts to lesser-known hymns, ballads, and laboring songs, music continues to occupy a central role in Shaker life and worship. While Mighty Thunders Roll explores and expands this musical legacy through a display of historic objects and ephemera shown alongside newly commissioned a capella renditions of Shaker songs performed by a selection of…
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Exhibition Opening – Borrowed Light: Barbara Ernst Prey
Painter Barbara Ernst Prey has an affinity for light; specifically, capturing the fleeting luminosity within built and natural environments. Borrowed Light presents a new body of watercolors depicting scenes from the village. Taking its title from the Shaker principle of “borrowed light,” or the incorporation of windows and skylights into interior walls as a way to refract light from the outside in, Prey’s exhibition is inspired by visits across three seasons where she immersed herself in the buildings, historic artifacts,…
Find out more »Farm Friends
Get to know the farmyard. Each week, young children ages 2-5 and their caregivers meet one of our farm animals, enjoy a special story, and do a simple craft in the Discovery Barn.
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Container Gardening
Use containers in the landscape to enhance and extend seasonal beauty, produce food and create an authentic sense of place. Learn container designs from functional and conceptual design to pot, plant and soil selection while viewing a slideshow of her latest designs followed by a hands-on demonstration. Students will then create their own pots to bring home.
Find out more »Birding at The Mount
Explore Edith Wharton's original estate, including its woods, wetlands, and meadows. Learn skills to bird by sight and sound as we look for numerous bird species, including bobolinks, woodpeckers, vireos, and warblers. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Walks depart from the main parking lot at 8 am. Click here to register.
Find out more »Farm Friends
Get to know the farmyard. Each week, young children ages 2-5 and their caregivers meet one of our farm animals, enjoy a special story, and do a simple craft in the Discovery Barn.
Find out more »Battery Park City Walking Field Study: Garden Designers Showcase
Join our staff for a visit to Battery Park City, located at the tip of Manhattan. We will tour this extensive landscape, perhaps one of the most concentrated parkland in America with our engaging instructor David Dew Bruner, who will focus on design. In addition to amazing gardens, there is abundant public art to view, including the Irish Hunger Memorial. Enjoy this stimulating day in the city with some gardening friends. A snack and refreshments will be provided.
Find out more »Birding the Berks Series: Wrens, Rails, & Other Marsh Birds
Post Farm Marsh in Lenox is a perfect place to look and listen for marsh birds such as the American bittern, Virginia rail, sora, common gallinule, and marsh wren. This trip involves easy walking on relatively level trails, and an interior view of an expansive and beautiful marshland.
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