Sunday, February 14
Double Dutch Divas
2 - 3 pm
The Double Dutch Divas are an artistic group of women in their 40's and 50's who defy the demons of time by jumping—or rather, dancing—Double Dutch. Rhythmically speaking, they dance within the ropes, twirling, turning, twisting, and doing fancy footwork to a variety of music as well as original songs.
The Double Dutch Divas have performed in Italy, Canada and across the United States in children's, folk, college, heritage, and arts festivals, street fairs, parades, marathons, museum functions, public and private schools, public and private functions, and fund raising events. The Double Dutch Divas have been on television nationally and internationally.

Sunday, March 14
Sean Smith Trio
2 - 3:45 pm
Enjoy the sounds of America’s music—jazz. The Sean Smith Trio features Sean Smith on bass, John Hart on guitar, and Russell Meissner on drums. The members of the trio have played together for many years sharing a similar passion and vision for music. This kinship helps to define a very distinctive group sound noted for its rare lyrical quality. With Sean’s songful and melodic compositions underscoring the group, their uniquely warm acoustic sound reveals a mutual respect and love for the jazz tradition.

Sunday, April 11
Fish Tales, performed by the Deborah Weiss Dance Company
2 - 3 pm
Explore the culture of the Hudson River Valley and New York Harbor through dance, narration, colorful costumes and music. Enter a magical underwater world! Watch the Discontented Fish dive into the ocean, where she is chased by a hungry Shark! Find out how Fly saved the river from Moose, and Turtle tricked Beaver in a race. Appropriate for grades k – 5.
The Debra Weiss Dance Company is known for its vibrant, joyful and entertaining programs that have delighted audiences since the 1980s. Its repertoire uses dance as a medium for storytelling, drawing on literary sources such as world folktales, immigrant diaries, and the writings of Antoine de St. Exupery, author of The Little Prince. The company is also known for living history programs that take audiences back in time to the Victorian Era, colonial times, and the Jazz Age. The Debra Weiss Dance Company has performed at Lincoln Center, National Park Service sites such as the Statue of Liberty and Theodore Roosevelt’s Birthplace, museums, festivals, schools, and theaters throughout the greater metro area, in upstate New York and in the Midwest.

Sunday, May 9
Garden Bouquets & Beyond
2 - 3 pm
Celebrate Mother’s Day with award-winning author and gardener Suzy Bales. Bales will speak about her new book, Garden Bouquets & Beyond and demonstrate how to create wreaths and garlands year round using garden-grown cuttings. Audience members will learn how to utilize all of the plants available in their garden just in time for Mother’s Day. Treat mom to an autographed book. Participants will be entered into a free drawing to take home one of the three arrangements to be made during the program.

Sunday, June 13
New-Trad Quartet
2 - 3 pm
Jeff Newell’s New-Trad projects are modern musical vehicles for the roots of American music. Combining instruments and elements of a traditional New Orleans brass band with those of a modern jazz group, this ensemble explores the early sources of our nation’s musical heritage—including church music, band music, jazz, and blues—and combines these influences in ways that speak to and excite modern audiences.
Formed in 1994, the New-Trad sound has been brought to clubs, theaters, schools, festivals, and churches, thrilling audiences from the Atlantic to the Rockies. “Brownstone,” the New-Trad Octet CD released in April of 2007, and was met with an overwhelming response from the press and jazz radio community, starting as #1 and staying on the charts for over six weeks.

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