Brasskill at OlanaHudson, NY - The Olana Partnership will hold its monthly FREE Third Thursdays on October 16 from 12:00 to 6:00 PM at Olana State Historic Site. The Hudson Sloop Club will host fall fishing at Olana’s lake, followed by a musical performance by Brasskill.

Olana Third Thursdays are free monthly community days. Celebrate summer with free tours, nature, art, music, and history while participating in engaging experiences for the whole family!

Join The Olana Partnership and Hudson Sloop Club from 3:00 to 6:00 PM to learn more about fishing, water ecology, and the plants and animals that live in Olana’s lake! There will be drop-in hands-on activities including fishing from shore, wading in the lake, netting, and digging. All the while, attendees will learn about river ecosystems at the mobile Everett Nack Estuary Education Center.

During this month’s “Tunes with a View” program enjoy the lively music of Brasskill, the Hudson Valley’s favorite party jazz band, against the backdrop of Olana’s breathtaking views from 5:00 to 6:00 PM. This performance takes place outside the Historic House.

A free shuttle will be available to all interested attendees and will pick up guests at the Hudson Area Library to bring them to Olana and return to the library every hour on the hour between 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM.

All Third Thursday offerings are free and open to the public; check in at the Visitor Center the day of the event for details. Additionally, visitors are invited to enjoy guided landscape tours and self-guided historic house access from 12:00 - 5:30 PM. No tickets required! For further information and inquiries, please call ticketing at (518) 751-0344, email tickets@olana.org, or visit OLANA.org/ThirdThursdays.

Generous support for Olana Third Thursdays is provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.           

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About Olana and The Olana Partnership: Olana is the greatest masterwork of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the most famous American landscape artist of the mid-19th century and the most important artist’s home, studio, and designed landscape in the United States. Church designed Olana as a holistic environment integrating his advanced ideas about art, architecture, landscape design, and environmental conservation. Olana’s 250-acre artist-designed landscape with five miles of carriage roads and a Persian-inspired house at its summit embraces unrivaled panoramic views of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains and welcomes more than 170,000 visitors annually. The landscape and house are open for guided touring, and reservations are highly recommended. The park is open daily 8:00 A.M. - sunset.   

Olana State Historic Site, administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, is a designated National Historic Landmark and one of the most visited sites in the state. The Olana Partnership is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit cooperative partner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at Olana State Historic Site.    

About Art Bridges Foundation

Art Bridges Foundation is the vision of philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton. The mission of Art Bridges is to expand access to American art in all regions across the United States. Since 2017, Art Bridges has been creating and supporting programs that bring outstanding works of American art out of storage and into communities. Art Bridges partners with a growing network of over 220 museums of all sizes and locations on nearly 700 projects across the nation, impacting over 4.1 million people, to provide financial and strategic support for exhibition development, loans from the Art Bridges Collection, and programs designed to educate, inspire, and deepen engagement with local audiences. The Art Bridges Collection represents an expanding vision of American art from the 19th century to present day and encompasses multiple media and voices. For more information, visit artbridgesfoundation.org.

Photo: Brasskill at Olana