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Contra Dance
Coco Contra's 1st Saturday of the Month Dance
w/ the Russet Trio
7:00pm
All Dances are Taught!
Easier Dances in the beginning of the night.
All Welcome!
For More Info Contact
Aldo Lavaggi
lavaggi.aldo@gmail.com
Come Uni-Cycling!
Monthly Drop-in Uni-cycling Club
First Saturday of the Month
NEW TIME:
3:30-5:30
Ages 9 and up
Suggested Donation $10-20
Have you always wanted to learn to ride a unicycle? Are you already a rider but wish to take your skills to a new level? Are you an advanced rider and want to play some action games on your unicycle with other riders? Come join us!
3:30 - 4:00 Basic instruction and practice for absolute beginners learning to sit, pedal and ride supported.
4:00-4:45 Skills practice for those who can ride unsupported but want to learn to turn, free mount, idle, ride backwards or do tricks.
4:45-5:30 The floor will be cleared for high action and challenge games for those who can confidently ride fast, free mount, and idle in place.
Times above are approximate.
Beginners are invited to watch the advanced riders but for safety sake they must stay off the floor and out of the way. Helmets are recommended for high action games. Children under 12 must have an adult on the premises. Limited unicycles will be available and must be shared.
Questions? Please Call
Laura Geilen 518-929-5392
Monday, August 19, 7:30pm
These two musical collaborators of 20+ years reunite for one very special duo concert, in one of Tristan’s all time favorite acoustic rooms, following a rare Crooked Still appearance…
With more than half their lives in bands together and playing tunes all day and night at music camps, these two have developed uncanny musical mind-reading skills and a shared musical vocabulary; an alchemic improvisational interplay that’s conversational through the years.
Brittany Haas and Tristan Clarridge were born in the same year in the same state--California. They grew up in parallel, with their string-playing older sisters, inspired by many of the same musical mentors, immersed in old-time, bluegrass, Celtic and new-acoustic music.
They were both touring members of Darol Anger's seminal group The Republic of Strings. In 2007, they joined folk-pop sensation Crooked Still, with whom they toured the world and released four critically acclaimed records. Tristan grew up in a tipi, practicing Bach and Texas old-time fiddling since the age of 2. A 5-time Grand National Fiddle Championship and cellist with chambergrass trio The Bee Eaters, he has also toured and recorded with Jeremy Kittel, Hanneke Cassel, Laurie Lewis, Bruce Molsky, Natalie MacMaster, Abigail Washburn, and Sean Watkins (of Nickel Creek), and is co-founder of the Shasta Music Summit. Brittany began touring and recording with her mentors Darol Anger and Bruce Molsky at age 13, releasing her debut album at 17. She has formed many acoustic collaborations such as her trio Hawktail as well as working as a "side man" in such prestigious groups as the Dave Rawlings Machine featuring Gilliian Welch and A Prairie Home Companion house band hosted by Chris Thile. Brittany is currently involved in many exciting bands and collaborations including Hawktail, Punch Brothers, Aoife O’Donovan, Väsen, a duo with her cellist sister Natalie Haas and a duo with Swedish fiddler Lena Jonsson.
Swing Dance Lessons Series
This series will run 3 weeks
Fridays August 2,9, and 16: at 7pm.
Alex will be teaching us (mainly Swing and Waltz) over the course of 3 evening classes. They will be geared towards less experienced dancers, young and old. No partner required. This will be the last time we will do a ‘beginner class’. In the fall we would then do an ‘intermediate’ dance class series.
Dates: First three Fridays in August. 2, 9, 16 (7p start)
Donations towards Alex’s time and Mettabee are appreciated.
Contact Monika Van Dussen with any questions (monika@customersfirst.com)
Children’s Flower Arts Camp August 12th-16th
Garden play, arrangements, tatkizome, natural dying. Special guest children’s musician. All ages welcome, 3 and under with a guardian. 9:30-1pm. $330/ week including all materials. Email to register: Jessica@peaceofwild.com
Jessica was a floral designer and small scale flower grower for weddings and market and she presently homeschools her two children. She loves working with children and adults in the garden and integrating ecological healing and harmony in all we do. More info here: peaceofwild.com
Cantrip in Concert
The name Cantrip is an Old Scots word meaning a charm, magic spell or piece of mischief and it aptly describes the unexpected twists and turns in their musical arrangements, likewise the compelling potency of their musicianship. Swirling border pipes, raging fiddle, thunderous guitar and three rich voices blend to create a sound energetic enough to tear the roof off. After 24 years of touring, Cantrip has found a character like no other. Echoes can be heard of trad music from the 1960s and 70s, but the years have slowly infested their music with the sounds of funk, metal, bluegrass, swing, and even klezmer. Dan Houghton, Jon Bews, Alasdair White, and Eric McDonald stir the elements in a witches’ cauldron, slowly coalescing into chaotic order.
"Their music comes from wild landscapes and wild places of the spirit." -- The Orcadian
photo credit: Louise Bichan
Swing Dance Lessons Series
This series will run 3 weeks
Fridays August 2,9, and 16: at 7pm.
Alex will be teaching us (mainly Swing and Waltz) over the course of 3 evening classes. They will be geared towards less experienced dancers, young and old. No partner required. This will be the last time we will do a ‘beginner class’. In the fall we would then do an ‘intermediate’ dance class series.
Dates: First three Fridays in August. 2, 9, 16 (7p start)
Donations towards Alex’s time and Mettabee are appreciated.
Contact Monika Van Dussen with any questions (monika@customersfirst.com)
Contra Dance
Coco Contra's 1st Saturday of the Month Dance
w/ the Russet Trio
7:00pm
All Dances are Taught!
Easier Dances in the beginning of the night.
All Welcome!
For More Info Contact
Aldo Lavaggi
lavaggi.aldo@gmail.com
Come Uni-Cycling!
Monthly Drop-in Uni-cycling Club
First Saturday of the Month
NEW TIME:
3:30-5:30
Ages 9 and up
Suggested Donation $10-20
Have you always wanted to learn to ride a unicycle? Are you already a rider but wish to take your skills to a new level? Are you an advanced rider and want to play some action games on your unicycle with other riders? Come join us!
3:30 - 4:00 Basic instruction and practice for absolute beginners learning to sit, pedal and ride supported.
4:00-4:45 Skills practice for those who can ride unsupported but want to learn to turn, free mount, idle, ride backwards or do tricks.
4:45-5:30 The floor will be cleared for high action and challenge games for those who can confidently ride fast, free mount, and idle in place.
Times above are approximate.
Beginners are invited to watch the advanced riders but for safety sake they must stay off the floor and out of the way. Helmets are recommended for high action games. Children under 12 must have an adult on the premises. Limited unicycles will be available and must be shared.
Questions? Please Call
Laura Geilen 518-929-5392
Swing Dance Lessons Series
This series will run 3 weeks
Fridays August 2,9, and 16: at 7pm.
Alex will be teaching us (mainly Swing and Waltz) over the course of 3 evening classes. They will be geared towards less experienced dancers, young and old. No partner required. This will be the last time we will do a ‘beginner class’. In the fall we would then do an ‘intermediate’ dance class series.
Dates: First three Fridays in August. 2, 9, 16 (7p start)
Donations towards Alex’s time and Mettabee are appreciated.
Contact Monika Van Dussen with any questions (monika@customersfirst.com)
Family Constellations
Sunday July 28th
10:00am - 5:00pm
For Information Please Contact
Lucian Schloss
lucianschloss@gmail.com
July 26 6:30 pm
On the past, the present and the future of money in relation to human consciousness development in five images
Our current money system is somehow wrong, but what is wrong? And what is the next consciousness step in the further development of money? This evening, Jac Hielema (NL), Economy Transformers, outlines the history of money in relation to human consciousness development in five images. In this way, he creates clarity regarding the current money system and offers a perspective on a future one.
Friday July 26 6.30 pm-9.30 pm
$ 15,—
For more info email: drjoseph.olejak@gmail.com
Jac Hielema (1964) graduated as an irrigation engineer and social philosopher, gives seminars and workshops at home and abroad, and is initiator of the Economy Transformers School for the Art of Living Together. He wrote a book Het Vierde Scenario (The Fourth Scenario) which is Economy Transformers’ second publication after Free, Equal & Living Together by Damaris Matthijsen. Damaris and Jac provide various training and education courses and also produce the podcast De Broedplaats.
Village Harmony
Teen World Music Ensemble led by Lysander Jaffe, Liam Kantor, and Lexi Ugelow
Sixteen brilliant singers present music from Caucasus Georgia, the Balkans, and Corsica, American shape-note songs, and traditional Yiddish songs
Tuesday, July 23, 7:00pm
Sliding scale donation at the door
Information: villageharmony@gmail.com
There will be a potluck at 5pm before the show
Please RSVP for the Potluck: events@mettabeefarm.com
Coco Contra's 1st Saturday of the Month Dance
July 6th, 2024
(Peter's Birthday Dance)
Joan Savitt - Calling
and
The Russet Trio-
With the Special Guest:
Taylor Bergren Crisman on Bass.
The Timeline:
Waltzing 7:00- 7:30 PM,
Contradance. 7:30 - 10:30
Dance Admission:
Adults: $15- 20
Students: $10
Family $ 35
Children Age 7-14: $7
Children under 7: Free
All Welcome!
For More Info Contact
Aldo Lavaggi
lavaggi.aldo@gmail.com
Come Uni-Cycling!
Monthly Drop-in Uni-cycling Club
First Saturday of the Month
NEW TIME:
3:30-5:30
Ages 9 and up
Suggested Donation $10-20
Have you always wanted to learn to ride a unicycle? Are you already a rider but wish to take your skills to a new level? Are you an advanced rider and want to play some action games on your unicycle with other riders? Come join us!
3:30 - 4:00 Basic instruction and practice for absolute beginners learning to sit, pedal and ride supported.
4:00-4:45 Skills practice for those who can ride unsupported but want to learn to turn, free mount, idle, ride backwards or do tricks.
4:45-5:30 The floor will be cleared for high action and challenge games for those who can confidently ride fast, free mount, and idle in place.
Times above are approximate.
Beginners are invited to watch the advanced riders but for safety sake they must stay off the floor and out of the way. Helmets are recommended for high action games. Children under 12 must have an adult on the premises. Limited unicycles will be available and must be shared.
Questions? Please Call
Laura Geilen 518-929-5392
The Actors' Ensemble Presents
A midsummer romp!
"The knightly code is all"
an original play from the Gawain Legend
written by Séamus Maynard
directed by Meaghan Witri
June 28th at 7pm
June 29th at 7pm
June 30th at 2pm
suggested donation $20 at the door seating is first come first served
For mature audiences due to strong language
at Mettabee Farm and Arts 551Harlemville Rd Hillsdale NY
Featuring: Dasana Smyth, Travis Clark Morris, Valorie Kissel, Elsa Gomez, Fern Sloan, Séamus Maynard
The Actors' Ensemble Presents
A midsummer romp!
"The knightly code is all"
an original play from the Gawain Legend
written by Séamus Maynard
directed by Meaghan Witri
June 28th at 7pm
June 29th at 7pm
June 30th at 2pm
suggested donation $20 at the door seating is first come first served
For mature audiences due to strong language
at Mettabee Farm and Arts 551Harlemville Rd Hillsdale NY
Featuring: Dasana Smyth, Travis Clark Morris, Valorie Kissel, Elsa Gomez, Fern Sloan, Séamus Maynard
The Actors' Ensemble Presents
A midsummer romp!
"The knightly code is all"
an original play from the Gawain Legend
written by Séamus Maynard
directed by Meaghan Witri
June 28th at 7pm
June 29th at 7pm
June 30th at 2pm
suggested donation $20 at the door seating is first come first served
For mature audiences due to strong language
at Mettabee Farm and Arts 551Harlemville Rd Hillsdale NY
Featuring: Dasana Smyth, Travis Clark Morris, Valorie Kissel, Elsa Gomez, Fern Sloan, Séamus Maynard
Concert: Keith Murphy and Anand Nayak
Tuesday, June 18, 7:30 PM
For many years, Keith Murphy has been forging a distinctive sound in the world of traditional song. He grew up surrounded by the rich tradition of his native Newfoundland and over the course of his later travels has incorporated elements of many other traditions including the repertoire of his adopted home in Vermont. He is a noted instrumentalist and well known for his playing with Nightingale, Childsplay, Boston Revels, Tony Barrand, Hanneke Cassel, Yann Falquet and his most enduring collaborator, his wife and fiddler, Becky Tracy. He is also the founder and artistic director of the Brattleboro Music Center’s Northern Roots Festival.
After three acoustic based solo recordings, Keith turned to a new instrumental line up for his most recent solo project, Bright As Amber which delicately incorporates bass, drums and electric guitar over his finger style acoustic guitar and singing of old songs. Much of this sound was developed with his core collaborator, Anand Nayak who is well known for his work with Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem and Lui Collins among many others. Anand is a Grammy nominated producer and multi-instrumentalist whose sensitive and atmospheric textures on electric guitar bring a fresh energy to Keith’s traditional songs. They are excited that their performance at Mettabee Farm will be their very first live show together in a series of album release concerts.
Come Uni-Cycling!
Monthly Drop-in Uni-cycling Club
First Saturday of the Month
NEW TIME:
3:30-5:30
Ages 9 and up
Suggested Donation $10-20
Have you always wanted to learn to ride a unicycle? Are you already a rider but wish to take your skills to a new level? Are you an advanced rider and want to play some action games on your unicycle with other riders? Come join us!
3:30 - 4:00 Basic instruction and practice for absolute beginners learning to sit, pedal and ride supported.
4:00-4:45 Skills practice for those who can ride unsupported but want to learn to turn, free mount, idle, ride backwards or do tricks.
4:45-5:30 The floor will be cleared for high action and challenge games for those who can confidently ride fast, free mount, and idle in place.
Times above are approximate.
Beginners are invited to watch the advanced riders but for safety sake they must stay off the floor and out of the way. Helmets are recommended for high action games. Children under 12 must have an adult on the premises. Limited unicycles will be available and must be shared.
Questions? Please Call
Laura Geilen 518-929-5392
May 25, 2024 11 AM - 10 PM
KIDS ACTIVITIES
Petting Zoo
Painting Flower Pots
Seeding and Transplanting
Vegetables in the Garden
Planting Flower Pots
Clay Modeling
Seed Bombs for pollinators
20 MINUTE TALKS IN “THE NEST”:
12PM: History of Biodynamics With Gunther Hauk
1 PM: Individualized Nutrition: Why Do We Eat? with Anthony Mecca
2 PM: Biodynamic Preparations with Malcolm Gardner
3 PM: Fertility in a closed farm system with Steffen Schneider
4 pm: Individualizing a Farm with Hugh Williams
5 PM: Medicine and Farming With Dr. Branko Furst
BIODYNAMIC TECHNIQUES:
11:30 AM: Barrel Compost Making with Ben Davis
2:30 PM: Prepping A compost Pile with Daniel Collett (Rain Date Sunday, May 26th)
4:30 PM: Stirring Preparation 500 with Katy Lince (Rain Date Sunday, May 26th)
5:30 PM: Spraying Preparation 500 with Katy Lince (Rain Date Sunday, May 26th)
OUTDOORS:
Exhibits, demonstrations of biodynamic farming techniques, gardening, forestry
INDOORS:
Biodynamic farm Exhibits and related organizations, Short talks on Biodynamic Topics, Sekem Film, chat with Biodynamic Farmers!
FOOD:
Food Is Available For Purchase at affordable Prices
Lunch 12-3 PM: Burgers, sausages, and vegetarian option, salads and more!
Supper 5:30-7 PM: Chili and vegetarian Chili...
EVENING: 7:30 PM
Music, Farm Stories, ending with A Country Romp
Original Music, Traditional Irish Tunes, Old Time Fiddle, Scandinavian Tunes & Beautiful Harmonies!
Saturday May 18th
Two opportunities to join:
Harmony Singing Workshop 3:00 - 4:30pm
Concert 7:30pm
Workshop $20 - $40 Suggested
Concert $20 - $40 Suggested
Workshop & Concert - $35 - $75 Suggested
Kids - $15 - $25 Suggested for Each Event
No one is turned away!
Mettabee Farm Harmony Singing Workshop May 18, 2024 3-4:30 pm
with Cindy Kallet, Grey Larsen, and Will Brown
Come join us for some harmony fun! We'll do some musical warm-ups and then work on getting comfortable and adventurous with harmonies to easy-to-learn songs. We may also teach you a song or two with harmony parts the three of us have previously invented. All voices and levels of experience welcome! No music-reading ability necessary.
Cindy is a superb singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Grey is one of America’s finest players of the Irish flute and tin whistle, as well as an accomplished singer and concertina, fiddle, piano and harmonium player. Will presents his stellar arrangements of songs and tunes from the Folk, Appalachian, Maritime, Celtic and Transatlantic traditions. The concert will feature solos, duos and the trio, as they join forces in dynamic harmony and instrumental delights.
Scott Alarik of The Boston Globe calls Cindy “…one of folk music’s most respected songwriters… provocative, heartwise, and original …a brilliant guitarist….” Mike Joyce of the Washington Post calls Grey “… a gifted multi-instrumentalist who consistently demonstrates his melodic finesse,” while The New Mexico Daily describes his playing as “positively spellbinding.” Cindy and Grey have also appeared with host Andrea Seabrook on National Public Radio’s “Weekend All Things Considered.”
CANCELED
May Day Celebration
Join us to celebrate spring!
Traditional Dancing & Singing Around the May Pole with live music
CANCELED Sunday May 5th
Dancing Followed by a Dessert Pot Luck!
Please come dressed in white!
Bring a blanket to sit on!
All Ages Welcome!
FREE!
No rain date scheduled (yet)
If you would like to be a part of a dance practice group, please reach out to
elizabeth@mettabeefarm.com
Appointment required.
Join us for a fun community night of dancing happening the first Saturday of every month!
No experience is necessary as all dances are taught
Easier Dances in the beginning of the night
ALL WELCOME!
For More Info Contact:
Aldo Lavaggi: lavaggi.aldo@gmail.com
Bio-Danz Workshop
Sunday April 28
10:00am - 5:00pm
Spend an entire day with fellow lovers of live dancing, laughing, playing and moving to music in powerful and engaging experiences of vivencia.
Come join us as we bring Biodanza dances to Mettabee Farm in Harlemville, NY.
In order to make the pricing affordable for this day-long workshop, we are suggesting a sliding scale range of between $40-$80. Please register ahead and be as generous as you are able.
In Biodanza, we use the simple and beautiful movements of everyday living, including circles, taking hands, encounters, hugs, touch, caress, witnessing, moving together in rhythm, and joy. Creating Vivencia, we’ll weave dances of simple and profound presence. We will open ourselves to passionate and blissful dialogues of sacredness, humility, and humanity; we will rediscover the joy and profound grace of being alive... together.
Note: Biodanza is not about any form of proficiency. It is a dance practice for everyone who yearns to really live - proficient dancers and people who still think they cannot dance.
For more information: Mary@diviningbeauty.com.
Ágról Ágra
Hungarian Folk Songs
Saturday April 20th
7:30pm
Adults $15 - $30 Suggested
Kids $8 - $30 Suggested
Ágról Ágra: from Branch to Branch is a unique and dynamic a cappella program of Hungarian folk songs presented in their traditional forms and as arrangements by contemporary composers Song Yi Jeon, Guillermo Klein, and Libero Canto’s own Marisa Michelson, and Sara Serpa, alongside original songs by Béla Bartók, one of Hungary’s most revered composers and folk song collectors.
Ágról Ágra is a project of the Libero Canto School of Singing. Libero Canto™ is a holistic, process-oriented approach to vocal pedagogy originally developed in Hungary in the 1930’s by Lajos Szamosi. It’s name comes from “la via al libero canto” (the path to free singing). The Libero Canto Approach helps people to release excess tension and effort, so that they can make music through singing with freedom, honesty, and joy. For more information, please visit liberocanto.org.
Libero Canto is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Agrol Agra Webpage: https://liberocanto.org/agrol-agra/
Libero Canto Webpage: https://liberocanto.org/
KINGA CSERJÉSI is the associate artistic director of the Libero Canto School of
Singing in New York City. She has a master’s degree from the Liszt Ferenc
Academy of Music in Budapest, and a postgraduate degree from the Brabants
Conservatory in the Netherlands. Kinga studied singing with Heent Prins and
Edvin Szamosi. She has sung internationally as a soloist and as a member of
various choruses and vocal ensembles, including Gächinger Kantorei, Ensemble
Organum, Ensemble Kantika, L.E.O., La Compagnia Amarilli, Constellation Chor
at Lincoln Center in 2018, The River Voices at Carnegie Hall in 2019. She is a
founding member of the Hungarian vocal ensemble Bartók’s Roses. From 2013 –
2015, she taught with Deborah Carmichael at the Il Cuore Canta workshops in
Upstate New York.
DEBORAH CARMICHAEL is the Artistic Director of the Libero Canto School
of Singing. She studied singing with her teacher and mentor, Edvin Szamosi, and
received a diploma in piano from the Mannes College of Music Extension
Division. Since 2007, she has sung with Kinga Cserjési in New York City and the
greater New York area, and in Europe, including concerts in Vienna, Budapest,
Pisa, and Florence. Deborah has been teaching singing since 1994, and in 2012
founded the Il Cuore Canta workshop series for young opera singers. Deborah is
the executive producer of the feature documentary film Libero Canto, Voice is
Breath by award-winning director Andrea Simon. Deborah holds a B.A. in
Comparative Religion from Princeton University.
MARISA MICHELSON is a singer, improviser, educator, and composer of Musicals, Choral Works, and Music-Theatre. With her ensemble, Constellation Chor || an immersion in voice, movement and spirit, which she founded and directed, she has collaborated with Lincoln Center, Spectrum, The Kitchen, National Sawdust, Pioneer Works, Claire Chase, the New York Philharmonic, Harvard Art Lab, Maria Popova, and Paola Prestini. Her off-Broadway musicals and oratorios include Tamar of the River (two Drama Desk Nominations), One Thousand Nights and One Day and Naamah’s Ark, an oratorio for five choirs. Awards, grants & residencies include: Jonathan Larson Award, National Endowment for the Arts, New Dramatists, Eric Salzman Award for Music-Theater, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, National Sawdust, MacDowell, Ucross, Modern Accord Depot, New Dramatists. Marisa is also an active somatic voice practitioner with many students on Broadway and pursuing other careers in the healing arts. www.marisamichelson.com
MARGOT BASSETT SILVER (she/her) is a vocalist, songwriter, and performance-maker based in Minneapolis. She has toured internationally with Emily Johnson/Catalyst in addition to performing Off-Broadway and in Meredith Monk’s Songs of Ascension at BAM. She holds an MFA in Contemporary Performance from Naropa University, a BA in Dance from Wesleyan University, and has studied at the Juilliard School and the European American Musical Alliance in Paris. Margot makes and records music as Silversmith; she released her first album, soft skills, in 2022. Her voice can be heard on the theme song of the new podcast, Feminist Files, which traces the origins of Title IX.
Spring Tide
Two opportunities to experience the beautiful and original duo, a singing workshop AND concert
Sunday April 7th
Singing Workshop 3:00 - 4:30pm
Concert 6:30pm
Stick around for a picnic dinner before the concert!
Music Workshop $15 - $25 Suggested
Concert $15 - $30 Suggested
Workshop & Concert $25 - $50 suggested
SpringTide is Elsie Gawler (cello), Ethan Tischler (guitar), and Willy Clemetson (fiddle) - musicians, songwriters, and emissaries of the Mid-Coast Maine fiddling scene. We combine a love of high energy traditional Celtic and Scandinavian fiddle music, heartfelt original tunes and songs, and spacious creative improvisation to produce our unique trio: SpringTide. We aim to lift audiences with the music of the landscapes we come from, drawing inspiration from the tidal rhythms and creative energies of the coastal land we’re grateful to call home.
elsiegawler.com
ethanstokestischler.com
elsieandethan.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv69ML5F0fc
Appointment required.
Join us for a fun community night of dancing happening the first Saturday of every month!
No experience is necessary as all dances are taught
Easier Dances in the beginning of the night
ALL WELCOME!
For More Info Contact:
Aldo Lavaggi: lavaggi.aldo@gmail.com
