Come to join us for the annual Hamlet Holiday Concert featuring Village Voices and Friends. Enjoy a variety of musical performances. The concert is sponsored by Conkling Hall.

Doors open at 6:00, concert starts at 6:30.

Refreshments and drinks will be available.

Free admission. Donations will be very much appreciated.

Come to enjoy the annual Village Voices concert.

Door opens at 6:30 PM, concert starts at 7 PM.

Beverages available at the bar, open reception to follow after the concert.

No admission. Free will donation will be appreciated.

All musical genres, spoken word, and performance art are welcome. We'll begin and/or end the night with a jam.

If you're not a performer, we're sure you would make a great audience!

Sign-Up: 6:30 pm

Performances: 7:00

Amy & Joe will be hosting. Admission is free. Equipment is provided.

Donations to the Conkling Café Open Mic fund are always welcome.

Join us as we wrap up #ConklingHallWeek — our celebration of Conkling Hall and its community — with the perfect Autumn Sunday enjoying chili, pies, music, friends!

Try different homemade chilis, followed up with a slice (or more) of pie, and enjoy the music of local bluegrass band Moonshine Mule, all while making your last-minute bids on our Silent Auction!

Our auction will go live online Oct 7th, so bid early and bid often!

If you like Alanis Morissette, Brandi Carlisle, and crying in public, you’re going to love Girl Blue. Writing deeply emotional songs with strong singable hooks, singer-songwriter Arielle O’Keefe is absolutely one to watch.

She’s been featured on top Spotify playlists (New Music Friday) and charts (#2 on US Viral Charts), in national commercials, and on top blogs like the Huffington Post. She has received 7 Thomas Edison Music Awards, twice receiving Songwriter of the Year and Solo Act of the Year. It’s been said “she…has the kind of spark that makes stars” and, most especially as a live performer, she has an authenticity that regularly moves audience members to tears.

She is based outside of Saratoga Springs, NY. She records all her own music at home with her partner/producer Jimi W. and is funded entirely by her community of fans on Patreon and across social media.

Conkling Hall kicks off its annual Conkling Hall Weekend with a live performance by Girl Blue.

Doors open at 6:45, and the show starts at 7:30. Come early to have drinks and snacks and check out our silent auction items!

General Admission: $20, available online and at the door.

In this workshop we will explore storytelling through various improvisation games and drama activities. Learning about strong and purposeful movement for storytelling, and honing our improvisation skills, students will gain confidence and understanding of the stage and theatre space.  We will also play with exercises for vocal production, character development and story building. 

A native daughter of Rensselaerville, New York, Tara McCormick-Hostash is the founder and Contract Artistic Director of R'ville Stage Creations. A proud storyteller and bard, Tara has been a natural performer since she began whistling at the tender age of two. After studying vocal performance at Schenectady County Community College and musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy's conservatory program in New York City, she returned to her hometown to build a family and help grow the local theatre community.

Find more information about Tara at https://www.hilltownbard.com/

Please complete the two-step registration process:

1.Use the form below to sign up for the workshop: Sign up Form

2.Admission: online

$25.00 per Individual Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Bring-A-Friend

In this workshop we will explore storytelling through various improvisation games and drama activities. Learning about strong and purposeful movement for storytelling, and honing our improvisation skills, students will gain confidence and understanding of the stage and theatre space.  We will also play with exercises for vocal production, character development and story building. 

A native daughter of Rensselaerville, New York, Tara McCormick-Hostash is the founder and Contract Artistic Director of R'ville Stage Creations. A proud storyteller and bard, Tara has been a natural performer since she began whistling at the tender age of two. After studying vocal performance at Schenectady County Community College and musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy's conservatory program in New York City, she returned to her hometown to build a family and help grow the local theatre community.

Find more information about Tara at https://www.hilltownbard.com/

Please complete the two-step registration process:

1.Use the form below to sign up for the workshop: Sign up Form

2.Admission: online

$25.00 per Individual Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Bring-A-Friend

An original and very participating historic musical storytelling for all ages.

A participatory Folk Operetta of New York's Grand Erie Canal featuring authentic historic instruments, music, costumes, tall tales, sing-alongs, and characters for an unforgettable experience in New York State's History. Heritage instruments include squeezeboxes, fiddle, banjo, and hurdy gurdy.

To enrich the children’s understanding and appreciation of the craft behind a staged opera performance, the artists enjoy presenting a show-and-tell as they are setting up for their show.

Captain Simon Slick and Irish cook Sallie Waters meet up with Sal, a truly amazing Mule, to set off on a rollicking journey down The Grand Erie Canal, 8th Wonder of the World! But oh me, oh my…where did the water go? Tall Tales and Riddles come to the Rescue! Great characters, great stories, and everyone sings in this unforgettable historic enrichment experience.

Sponsored by the Rensselaerville Library and Conkling Hall.

More information here.

Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Admission Free / Donations Welcome.

Show your support and love for Scott Green and Tim Lippert! Join us for a fundraiser on Sunday September 22, 12pm-4pm.

The fundraiser includes a luncheon featuring Crosby Farm pig roast and sides, cash bar, Sweet Desserts Chance Auction, 50/50 raffle, and live music.

Free will donation at the door or through Gofundme, by using the link below:

https://gofund.me/4eb94037   
Donations are most gratefully accepted but are not tax-deductible.

To volunteer, please email friendsofscott922@gmail.com.

In this collaborative, two-hour printmaking workshop, students will create a collection of textured printing blocks (collagraphs) using paper and cardboard. These blocks can be printed independently or layered with their classmates’ blocks resulting in colorful, nuanced relief prints. Concepts of pattern and symmetry will inform their compositions as they explore possibilities! All students will leave the workshop with a set of crayon rubbings and completed prints of their printing blocks.

Rachael Sophrin Lorimer is a multi-disciplinary printmaker, painter, and educator. Her abstract artwork and creative process are born from the immersive botanical and geological settings she explored as a child in rural Vermont. As an artist-educator, Rachael guides students of all ages through a tactile experience of printmaking, making room for sensory and movement-based learning that has evaporated from contemporary, digital-centric education. She intends to one day design a playground where her artwork and passion for plants, color and shapes can come together in play. Rachael holds a BFA from The Cooper Union. Her studio is based in Troy, NY, where she lives with her partner, son, two cats and garden.

Find more information about Rachael here.

Please complete the two-step registration process:

1. Use the form below to sign up for the workshop: Sign up Form

2. Admission: online

$25.00 per Individual Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Bring-A-Friend

In this collaborative, two-hour printmaking workshop, students will create a collection of textured printing blocks (collagraphs) using paper and cardboard. These blocks can be printed independently or layered with their classmates’ blocks resulting in colorful, nuanced relief prints. Concepts of pattern and symmetry will inform their compositions as they explore possibilities! All students will leave the workshop with a set of crayon rubbings and completed prints of their printing blocks.

Rachael Sophrin Lorimer is a multi-disciplinary printmaker, painter, and educator. Her abstract artwork and creative process are born from the immersive botanical and geological settings she explored as a child in rural Vermont. As an artist-educator, Rachael guides students of all ages through a tactile experience of printmaking, making room for sensory and movement-based learning that has evaporated from contemporary, digital-centric education. She intends to one day design a playground where her artwork and passion for plants, color and shapes can come together in play. Rachael holds a BFA from The Cooper Union. Her studio is based in Troy, NY, where she lives with her partner, son, two cats and garden.

Find more information about Rachael here.

Please complete the two-step registration process:

1.Use the form below to sign up for the workshop: Sign up Form

2.Admission: online

$25.00 per Individual Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Bring-A-Friend

All musical genres, spoken word, and performance art are welcome. We'll begin and/or end the night with a jam.

If you're not a performer, we're sure you would make a great audience!

Sign-Up: 6:30 pm

Performances: 7:00

Amy & Joe will be hosting. Admission is free. Equipment is provided.

Donations to the Conkling Café Open Mic fund are always welcome.

Rensselaerville Historic Society Fundraiser

$10 admission fee (includes one appraisal; $5 each additional appraisal)

More information here.

Students will be introduced to ballet, jazz and modern dance vocabulary and a traditional structure of class with warm-up, progression of exercises in the center, and jumping. Dancing to a phrase of music is developed while building the groundwork of dancing in defined shapes and spaces in the studio with focus on alignment and placement.  Balance and strength are incorporated with use of imagery and improvisation to enhance learning, musicality and artistry.  

Robin has devoted her life to the art of movement. She began Ballet lessons at age four with former Rockette Agnes Reeves. Robin continued her studies, adding Jazz, Tap and Modern. During High School, she spent a summer at the legendary Jacob’s Pillow, studying with Lila York, Susan McGuire and Alvin McDuffie, and a semester as an intern for the New York State Theatre Institute. She was also a teaching assistant of dance at State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York of Albany, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts. She then discovered the many health benefits and the beautiful art of Tai Chi and became a certified instructor. Her love of movement has been passed on to many students during years of teaching for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dance Club, College of Saint Rose, EBA, Albany Dance and Fitness, Robin’s Academy of Dance, The National Museum of Dance, and the Dance Experience and has recently taught a class for The Northeast Ballet Company. She also teaches Adaptive Dance and Theater for Schenectady ARC and is a competition coach at The Dance Experience. She teaches Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Modern and Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention.

Please complete the two-step registration process:

1.Use the form below to sign up for the workshop: Sign up Form

2.Admission: online

$25.00 per Individual Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Bring-A-Friend

Students will be introduced to ballet, jazz and modern dance vocabulary and a traditional structure of class with warm-up, progression of exercises in the center, and jumping. Dancing to a phrase of music is developed while building the groundwork of dancing in defined shapes and spaces in the studio with focus on alignment and placement.  Balance and strength are incorporated with use of imagery and improvisation to enhance learning, musicality and artistry.  

Robin has devoted her life to the art of movement. She began Ballet lessons at age four with former Rockette Agnes Reeves. Robin continued her studies, adding Jazz, Tap and Modern. During High School, she spent a summer at the legendary Jacob’s Pillow, studying with Lila York, Susan McGuire and Alvin McDuffie, and a semester as an intern for the New York State Theatre Institute. She was also a teaching assistant of dance at State University of New York at Buffalo and the State University of New York of Albany, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts. She then discovered the many health benefits and the beautiful art of Tai Chi and became a certified instructor. Her love of movement has been passed on to many students during years of teaching for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dance Club, College of Saint Rose, EBA, Albany Dance and Fitness, Robin’s Academy of Dance, The National Museum of Dance, and the Dance Experience and has recently taught a class for The Northeast Ballet Company. She also teaches Adaptive Dance and Theater for Schenectady ARC and is a competition coach at The Dance Experience. She teaches Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Lyrical, Hip Hop, Modern and Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention.

Please complete the two-step registration process:

1.Use the form below to sign up for the workshop: Sign up Form

2. Admission: online

$25.00 per Individual Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Child

$20.00 Family Discount per Bring-A-Friend

The Rensselaerville Historical Society is having a benefit Community Dance to benefit the RHS in memory of Janet Haseley.

Doors open at 5:00 pm, food provided by High on The Hog & Scarpas Catering Food Truck. Dancing starts at 7:00 pm. Paul Rosenberg calling to live music by Tamarack. No experience needed. Families welcome.

Suggested Donation: $10

Four choreographers, Tina Fretto, Corrina Brown, Robin Gifford, and Vanessa Paige, Principal Dancer Alexandra Lindsey, and two percussionists, Brian Melick and Steve Gifford, come together for an evening of improvisation, dance and entertainment.

With guest vocalists Emileigh Tanner and Sarah Trimmings, and pre-performance prelude by guitarist Paul Kogut.

Admission $25.00 online and at the door.

Children 12 and under are free.

Door open at 7 PM, the show starts at 8 PM.

Refreshments will be available.

Join us for the second annual Biking, Burgers and Beverages at the Albany County Helderberg-Hudson Rail Trail between The Real McCoy and Blanchard-Currey American Legion Post 1040, businesses along the way, in Delmar, and in the Voorheesville Park.

Conkling Hall will be promoting not just its history, past and future events, but also other Rensselaerville organizations and businesses, to attract more visitors to our beautiful hamlet.

Check https://business.bethlehemchamber.com/events/details/biking-burgers-and-beverages-8760 for more information. Our tent location is at the Voorheesville trail head off of Grove Street in Voorheesville.

This will be Conkling Hall's Fourth Annual Summer Social! What started as a way to reconnect with friends and also meet new neighbors after the pandemic has become an annual celebration of our community.

Join the party as we celebrate the beginning of summer on the lawn with some of our favorite musical performers. If it turns out to be a rainy day, we’ll move into the Hall to have a great time!

This year’s line up:

Cantinero

Cantinero is the stage name of British born ex-pat Chris Hicken a Singer/Songwriter, Multi Instrumentalist and Producer. His album "Better for the Metaphor" made the list of NPRs Best CDs of 2008.  A resident of Preston Hollow, Hicken writes keenly observed, carefully crafted pop that blends acoustic and Spanish guitars, piano, and strings, with subtle electronic textures.

Listen on Spotify

Mike Herman

North Country finger-picking blues master Mike Herman's music reflects his deep Piedmont Blues influences and his love for Country Blues.

The Helderdogs

The Helderdogs are Dan Yolen (guitar & vocals), Joe Frisino (guitar and mandolin), Bruce Barker (guitar), Steve Gifford (drums), Christine Burrill (bass) and Amy Goodrich (percussion and vocals). They play classic rock covers with a healthy dose of funky, jazzy blues.

They all live in the Helderberg Hilltowns. They ain’t no flatlanders.

Food and Drinks will be available.  Admission is free (donations gladly accepted). 

There’s music in the air this early summer as our favorite community choir presents their first concert of 2024. Donations will be highly appreciated. The money raised is needed for purchasing of the music sheets, paying the accompanist, etc. Thank you!

As a concert organist, Brian Hoffman has performed hundreds of concerts in the United States, including solo performances at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC and on “the world’s largest organ in a sacred space” the 380 rank organ at West Point Cadet Chapel. As a composer, he has written numerous works for choir, organ, and various ensembles. As a recording artist, he has recorded his original compositions, as well as organ works of J.S. Bach and Cesar Franck. His most recent project, begun during the pandemic of 2020, is the recordings of the complete organ works of J.S. Bach on organs from around the world via the Hauptwerk program.

The concert will consist of two multimedia performances:

1. “Bach And the Majestic Organ”

- organ performances of Bach’s most famous works

- a virtual video tour through the inside chambers of pipe organs on a large 5K screen

- imagery of incredible pipe organ facades from around the world

2. “Bach in Space”

- a virtual flight to the International Space Station on a large 5K screen

- stunning fly-over videos of Earth, set to the music of Bach, accompanied live by Brian Hoffman.

- created by NASA Education Manager Dan Barstow and first premiered by Dan Barstow and Brian Hoffman in 2023. Photography of Earth taken by astronauts aboard the ISS.

Doors open at 7:00, show starts at 7:30.

General Admission at $20, available online and at the door.

Please join your friends, neighbors, and members of the CH Board and help with gardening and other light maintenance tasks. Help us to spruce up our beloved community building. We are looking forward to seeing you on June 1st! It will be fun!

Guitarist/composer, Maria Zemantauski, guitarist/mandolinist,

Sten Isachsen, and percussionist, Brian Melick, have delighted

audiences around the globe as soloists and in various

ensembles for decades. Together, this dynamic trio celebrates

their eclectic musical tastes — flamenco, classical, world

rhythms, roots and bluegrass — to create a vibrant, rich and

refreshing sound. Their rhythmically driven repertoire takes the

listener on a journey of traditional classics, innovative

arrangements and stunning original compositions. Described by

one reviewer as ‘an elegantly understated global music

ensemble.’ Expect an unforgettable evening of passion, grace

and fire!

Doors open at 6:00, show starts at 6:30.

General Admission at $20, available online and at the door.

The Rensselaerville Library and Conkling Hall invite you to a celebration of poetry and community at our 19th annual Favorite Poem Project – led by our friend Rev. Claire North and featuring local poets, musicians, and YOU (our friends and neighbors).

Share your favorite poem or song. Listen to your friends and neighbors as they share theirs!

Sign up now or at the event.

The Favorite Poem Project in Rensselaerville has often drawn more than 50 readers (including adults and children of all ages), and poems have ranged from the hilarious to the somber; from poems by children’s poet Shel Silverstein to selections from Tennyson and Keats; to poems by 20th & 21st century poets Billy Collins, Lucille Clifton, Tracy K Smith, Mary Oliver, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Claudia Rankine among many, many others; to song lyrics (often performed); as well as original poems written and performed by local poets.

Read more about National Poetry Month and the Rensselearville Library’s “Poem a Day Project.”

All musical genres, spoken word, and performance art are welcome. We'll begin and/or end the night with a jam.

If you're not a performer, we're sure you would make a great audience!

Sign-Up: 6:30 pm

Performances: 7:00

Amy & Joe will be hosting. Admission is free. Equipment is provided.

Donations to the Conkling Café Open Mic fund are always welcome.

Come celebrate the Vernal Equinox with Sarah and Emileigh. Join us for a donation-based sound bath to usher in the season of rebirth and potentiality. Bowls, chimes, voice in offering of relaxation and rejuvenation.

Message on Facebook or email foothills.yogayurveda@gmail.com for more information

The Rensselaerville Historic District Association (RHDA) and Conkling Hall join together again this year for the the annual celebration of Irish arts. Claire North will lead us though the afternoon of performances by our fellow friends and neighbors.

Sign up to share a favorite work of Irish literature or song, or your own Irish-inspired works. (or email us to get on the list)

Afraid of the spotlight? Come by to enjoy everyone else's choices, and to enjoy the celebratory vibe!

We ask that you keep your presentation under eight minutes, thank you.

Potluck - bring an Irish snack!