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OLANA Winter Solstice Celebration
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OLANA Winter Solstice Celebration

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OLANA Winter Solstice Celebration

Celebrate the changing of the seasons during this special community day! Join a series of free opportunities and experience Olana’s beautiful winter landscape! Did you know Frederic Church was a star gazer, often including cosmic elements in his landscape paintings? Welcome the winter season by learning more about the way celestial bodies influenced Church. Join sun-gazing with Mid Hudson Astronomical Association, get a personal astrology reading with Constellation Catskill, and participate in fun sky-centric activities and games.

Free access to Olana’s historic interiors.
Refreshments for purchase.
Free activities and games led by Olana educators and partners.
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By Olana Web|2024-11-18T13:34:35-05:00March 15, 2024|Programs + Events|Comments Off

Artmaking in the Afternoon
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Artmaking in the Afternoon

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Artmaking in the Afternoon

Join The Olana Partnership educators for hands-on artmaking using professional materials and a series of prompts to get your creativity flowing.

Drop in program; FREE. All materials provided. All ages welcome. Located in the Wagon House Education Center.

By Olana Web|2024-11-15T15:11:34-05:00March 14, 2024|Programs + Events|Comments Off

OLANA Star Party
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OLANA Star Party

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OLANA Star Party

Spend your evening looking up at the cosmos in the spirit of Frederic Church’s celestial-inspired paintings! During this free, drop-in program, learn more about the night sky and when viewable planets and deep-sky objects are visible from Olana State Historic Site. Members of the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association will project real-time astro-images of galaxies and nebulae inside while Saturn, Jupiter, and other objects will be visible with the aid of additional powerful telescopes outdoors. Special star-tours will be held at 7 PM and 9 PM, where an expert guide will point out the evening’s visible constellations.

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By Olana Web|2024-11-18T13:37:10-05:00March 13, 2024|Programs + Events|Comments Off

Third Thursday: Make Your Own Medicine Workshop
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Third Thursday: Make Your Own Medicine Workshop

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Third Thursday: Make Your Own Medicine Workshop

Learn more about plants and their power to heal during this FREE workshop with Community Organizer and Medicine Guide, Suanny Ugegui. Create your own piece of herbal medicine to take home and practice slowing down and reconnecting with the natural world. Program will end with an invitation to watch the sunset, weather permitting. Open to all ages; offered in English and Spanish.

FREE; meet at the Wagon House Education Center.

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By Olana Web|2024-11-18T13:37:34-05:00March 12, 2024|Programs + Events|Comments Off