NEWSLETTERAug 17, 2026
Corning, NY (August 17, 2026) — This week at CMoG we are continuing the summer fun with our Summer of Wonder programming! Watch exciting live glassmaking shows and demonstrations, enjoy our family-friendly Wonder Tours, and learn fun facts at our interactive Wonder Stations. All performances are free with Museum admission, and kids and teens are always free.
Aug 14, 2026
Wine Enthusiast, Wine Enthusiast (@wineenthusiast) • Instagram reel, August 7, 2026
Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, Discover the Hidden Secrets of New York’s Wineries, August 10, 2026
New York Post, I went to the National Comedy Center’s Lucille Ball Comedy Festival—Get tickets to see the best performers, August 11, 2026…
Aug 14, 2026
Norwich, N.Y. – The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) will host the museum’s annual “Women’s Equality Day” program on Aug. 26. The evening celebrates Haudenosaunee culture and its impact on American women securing the right to vote 106 years ago. From 6:30–8 p.m., experience local Haudenosaunee heritage and learn how early suffragettes were inspired by the matriarchal leadership within these indigenous communities. Gain a deeper understanding of how this relationship directly influenced the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Aug 14, 2026
NYC-based drag artists Xena Fauxbia and Soda Pressed tackle “the greatest night in show business history” alongside cultural criticism of societal fatphobia
Rochester, NY (August 14, 2026) — Organizers of the ESL Rochester Fringe Festival announced that Judy Garland is Fat at Carnegie Hall will play for one night only on Monday, September 21 in the festival’s Spiegeltent located in One Fringe Place, at the corner of Main and Gibbs Streets, in downtown Rochester. Coming to Rochester directly from the Edinburgh Fringe, Judy Garland is Fat is at Carnegie Hall stars New York City drag artists Xena Fauxbia (Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin) and Soda Pressed (Adin Lenahan) and centers around Judy Garland’s legendary 1961 performance at Carnegie Hall, known as “the greatest night in show business history.” Tickets will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. today at rochesterfringe.com, via phone at (585) 957-9837 or through the Rochester Fringe Festival App.
Paintings, monumental banners, and daily Town Crier performances connect American history to the news of today
August 22, 2026—January 3, 2027
Saratoga Springs, NY (August 13, 2026) — The Tang Museum at Skidmore College presents Mark Thomas Gibson: We Are A Constellation, a solo exhibition in which the Philadelphia-based American history painter connects recent American history with the responsibilities of citizenship today. It will be on view from August 22 through January 3, 2027.
Written by Canadian playwright Stephen Sheffer, and directed by Jesse Jou, at 59E59 Theaters September 10 - October 10; Off-Broadway run opens September 13
New York, NY – New Light Theater Project and Pendragon Theatre present the world premiere of Lean-To, written by Canadian playwright Stephen Sheffer, and directed by Jesse Jou, running Off-Broadway September 10 - October 10, 2026 for 32 performances in a limited 5-week engagement at 59E59 Theaters, Theater B, located at 59 East 59th Street in New York City. Previews begin September 10 for a September 13 opening.
Over 200 Works by Frederic Church Digitized in Celebration of Frederic Church 200
Hudson, NY – The Olana Partnership and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) announce the largest launch to date of public online collections for Olana State Historic Site on August 17, 2026. Upon its launch, this resource will feature over 200 records of artwork by the artist Frederic Church, Olana’s creator, and is an important part of the year-long Frederic Church 200 initiative led by The Olana Partnership to mark the 200th anniversary of Church’s birth.
New Paltz, NY (August 13, 2026) – Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) will offer free admission for their guided historic house tour to New Paltz residents during the last week in August. From Wednesday, August 26 through Sunday, August 30, local residents and neighbors are encouraged to sign up for free guided tours, engage with hands-on exhibits, and hear tales of local history.
Aug 13, 2026
Discounted early bird passes on sale now for second year of award-winning first and largest music documentary film festival
STONY BROOK, NY — The world premiere of the new documentary film, “1971: Billy Joel's Lost Interview,” will take place at the second annual LIMEHOF Music Documentary Film Festival on September 25th at the Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame (LIMEHOF) in Stony Brook Village (at 97 Main Street). The film is based on a long-lost 55-year-old authentic radio interview which has been updated to feature an AI visual recreation of two-time LIMEHOF inductee Billy Joel (2006 and 2025 w/The Hassles) as he appeared at age 22, right before his rise to fame.
Aug 13, 2026
Hudson, NY — This August and September, one of the most unusual concert halls in America opens its doors again. At Churchtown Dairy, the farm and award-winning creamery founded by Abby Rockefeller in New York's Hudson Valley, a round barn built for cows becomes a home for chamber music. Chamber Music Churchtown returns for its second season, and this time it's not just back: it's bigger, expanding from its two-night debut into a five-performance festival, running from August 29th through September 6th, 2026.
