There is Still Time to "Join In"...

Dear Friends, We send you warm winter wishes for an inspiring New Year. This last minute appeal is to remind folks that there is still time to Join In and make a contribution to Pompanuck Farm's Programs. 2010 was a year of learning at Pompanuck, from Enrichment Programs, Living Skills Workshops for Alternative Sentencing, Camping Journeys with St. John's Home for Boys, Our work with Mt. Anthony High School students and the mentoring of young adults and teens in working with younger children.

Our gardens produced most of the healthy ingredients for the meals we offered our retreatants. We welcomed a number of schools and colleges to tour and talk about our programs and environmentally sound buildings and grounds.

2010 was hard on our budget as we were under-enrolled in our children's programs due to the wiltering economy that we have all been affected by. We ran these programs while underenrolled because of our commitments to our young staff and to the children we serve. As a result, 2011 will be a year of discovery at Pompanuck when we will be reassessing all of our activities and programs, in an effort to ensure that Pompanuck evolves into a more effective, efficient and vital organization. Please consider donating to Pompanuck to support us in our work. You can click on the link below or to the right to donate on line or send your donation to the address below. Thanks for your generosity and thoughtfulness...

http://www.nycharities.org/donate/c_donate.asp?CharityCode=2951

The Mission of Pompanuck Farm Institute is to foster individual growth by cultivating community and sustainable living though education in the creative, environmental and healing arts.

Pompanuck Farm is a 501c3 non-profit located at 494 Chestnut Hill Road in Cambridge NY. All donations are tax-deductable to the full extent of the law. Call 518-677-5552 or email: info@pompanuck.org for reservations, directions and/or information. Please visit www.pompanuck.org

Special Pizza Jazz Big Night! Benefit for Bobby and Stella Bowen

Please join us for this special evening. The proceeds of this concert will benefit a special fund set up for Bobby and Stella Bowen, children of Bob Bowen, our long time Pizza/Jazz House Bassist and our dear friend, who passed away on August 30, 2010 after a hit and run accident while riding his bicycle in Manhattan.

This one is for you Bob!

Musicians for PizzaJazz:

Evita Cobo, Vocalist

Bruce Williamson (saxes, woodwinds, piano)

Johannes Weidenmuller (bass):

Ron Vincent (drums)

Khabu Doug Young (guitar)

Barry Sanders (saxophone)

and many other special invited guests ...

ADDIE & OLIN UNLEASHED !

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2ND

7:30 pm

Advance Tickets: $12
Door Purchase: $15


Get ready for somewhoopee jazz, funky folk, soulful klezmer, hot Irish instrumentals and hipster originals with a stage presence that is unleashed, unbridled, uncut and unglued!

Addie and Olin’s wild warbling is accompanied by Olin’s intricate fingerpicking jazz guitar, sonorous 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars and mandolin; and Addie’s cotton pickin’ piccolo, “cool school” sax, ethereal flute, crazy concertina and, the instrument of love, the button accordion, with her hipper than thou shades to the squarest of saddle shoes, all highlighted by madcap visual performances and vaudevillian humor. And they are snappy dressers too!

Fine desserts, including gourmet chocolate desserts, will be available for purchase.


This program is sponsored by Pompanuck Farm Institute, a not‑for‑profit eco-educational center dedicated to sustainable community and individual potential through the visual, musical, movement, environmental, and healing arts.

The Lottery

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th

4 pm

Suggested Donation: $10



The Lottery is a live performance piece, based on the short story by Shirley Jackson. Working with local actors and performers, Producer/Director Wendy Bordwell is bringing this production to Hubbard Hall as well as to the Georgi Museum, SalemArtWorks, Bennington College, Pompanuck Farm and other stops in our area.

Join in while the townsfolk gather, as they have for years, to attend the traditional lottery. A bake sale, live music, and classic fair games are all part of the experience. Inevitably, things take a dark turn...

The production features musicians Barry Hyman and Nathan Knowles, providing live music that accompanies The Lottery. Bluegrass style music is timeless, and is present in our history, yet still present in our present. It also gives a festive, organic sound to our production. Musician Barry Hyman is also the son of Shirley Jackson and Laurence Hyman.

Pompanuck Farm is located at 494 Chestnut Hill Road Cambridge, NY.

Visit www.pompanuck.org for directions.

To purchase tickets online click here.

Please call 518.677.5552 to confirm that we are not rained out.

Material may not be suitable for children under 11.

More information: The Lottery on Facebook


About the production, Wendy writes:

"I was in the ninth grade when “The Lottery“, by Shirley Jackson, struck me like lightening . I had just moved from a busy suburban area of Connecticut, to a more rural farm town near the shoreline. Adjusting wasn’t easy, and the short story spoke volumes to me.

This outdoor production is touring the region during the Fall of 2010. The set is the town itself, with the feel of a County Fair: festive, light, and busy. Amidst the commotion of the crowd (our audience) is talk of the pending Lottery, a longstanding tradition in town. Some folks hustle to finish projects, submit a pie in the bake-off, or gather the children for a picnic dinner. Bluegrass music is accompanying the commotion. A strong sense of community and energy radiates as the townsfolk gather for the climactic lottery."

Khann in Concert!

Special ONE NIGHT Only Performance

KHANN

SUNDAY, AUGUST 29TH

7 pm

Suggested Donation: $5


Hello folks! Pompanuck Farm is excited to be hosting a special event next weekend! On Sunday, August 29, national touring band and recording artists, Khann will be doing a special one night only performance here in Cambridge.

Khann is of the Metal/Hardcore/Screamo/Southern genre and you can check out their music here http://www.myspace.com/khannn . If you are a fan of this genre, or have ever been curious about it, this will be a great opportunity to experience this band in the beautiful setting that Pompanuck has to offer. Lead guitarist, Jake Smith is the son of local musician, Deena Chappell. This night promises to fun and exciting!

Khann’s show will last about 45 minutes and we are hoping to have a small acoustic music jam afterward so bring your instruments and hang out with the band.

Pompanuck is asking a $5 donation. The proceeds will be divided between Pompanuck Educational programs and Khann’s travel fund.

Because we are encouraging music lovers of all ages to come and enjoy this unique show, this will be an alcohol free event. The show starts at 7pm! See you there!

For directions to Pompanuck Farm, you can visit the website at www.pompanuck.org or call 518 677-5552

TWO WILD MUSHROOM WALKS with SUE VAN HOOK

SUNDAY August 1st and August 22nd
9 am - 12 noon

Please join mycologist, Sue Van Hook, for a hands-on day in the field collecting fungi, making spore prints, and learning stature types for easy identification of the common edible and medicinal fungi. In the morning we will be introduced to how to collect mushrooms while we foray at Pompanuck Farm and the surrounding State Forest. Over lunch Sue will teach the major groups of fungi and we'll spend the afternoon practicing identification on our collections. Please bring any mushrooms or fungi from home, a collecting basket, a dull knife or garden trowel, waxed paper, a bag lunch, water and any sunscreen or repellents you desire. Please wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts for tick protection. Cost is $10 for each walk.

Sue Van Hook can most often be found on hands and knees in search of fungi in Skidmore's North Woods. She engages students in various mycoremediation projects as part of the first year biology majors course. Using fungal mycelium she and students have worked to restore segments of trail and degrade stable waste. She collaborates with researchers at RPI in Troy, NY growing fungi for "green" products. In 2007, Sue produced Treasures in the North Woods: a guide to the natural campus at Skidmore College in collaboration with students, staff and faculty spouses. As a Senior Teaching Associate, she currently teaches laboratories for Unity of Life (BI 105) and Diversity of Life (BI 106). She chairs the Campus Environment Committee, working on campus sustainability and stewardship of the North Woods.
Sue earned her M.A. in Biology and B.A. in Botany and French from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. She worked as a naturalist and preserve manager for the Nature Conservancy in northern California and as Stewardship Director for the Maine Coast Heritage Trust before coming to Skidmore in 1992.

Anna Dagmar and Bruce Williamson July 23, 7pm TO BE RESCHEDULED...

To be rescheduled!

July 23, 7pm
All roads will converge at Pompanuck Farm on July 23 as NYC-based folk/pop pianist and singer-songwriter collaborates with versatile woodwind artist and Bennington Faculty member Bruce Williamson in concert. The two became fast friends at the farm almost exactly one year ago following Dagmar's CD release concert, and within a few minutes, in one of those "small-world!" conversations, they began to scheme about a chance to share the stage. Dagmar is known for her lyrical depth, vividly intricate piano accompaniments, and honest vocal delivery. Her third full-length album, "Let the Waves Come in Threes," was produced by Bennington native, Ben Wittman. Ranging from an upbeat sea shanty to a hopeful soldier's lament, the album held Top 20 positions in the National Roots Music Report "Folk" Charts for 6 consecutive weeks, peaking at #6, and was selected for A-List Artist on High Plains Public Radio, and #1 Airplay on WVIA. Williamson has performed worldwide with artists as diverse as Art Lande, Fred Hersch, Gary Peacock, Bobby McFerron, American Ballet Theatre Orchestra, and NY City Opera Orchestra. Also a composer, he has been awarded two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Dagmar and Williamson's collaborative debut promises to be an evening of heartfelt creativity, beauty and imagination.

Marty Wendell on Saturday, July 31 at 7pm. TO BE RESCHEDULED...

Pompanuck Farm is presenting recording artist Marty Wendell on Saturday, July 31st at 7pm.
Wendell is a unique artist who has shared the stage with a long list of legendary artists including Arlo Guthrie, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash. He is one of a select group of artists to record in the famous Sun Studio in Memphis, TN where Elvis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash as well as Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and B.B. King recorded their first records. Many consider this the place where Rock and Roll was born. Having reconnected with his rockabilly roots at Sun Studio, Marty recorded the album “Rockabilly Heart” which met with much critical acclaim, including being featured in France’s leading Rockabilly magazine.
Wherever he and his band perform they remind their audience just how good genuine rockabilly music can be. His concerts include many classics as well as some of his original songs. In 2010 Simply 21 Records released a new album, “Marty Wendell – Live and Rockin’ “which was recorded when Marty appeared with recording giants “The Platters.” Marty’s live shows are always exciting and having something for everyone they are enjoyed by people of all ages. For more information about Marty Wendell visit www.martywendell.com
Tickets: $12 advance tickets, $15 at the door and $10 students, $12 at the door. Refreshments will be available.

ITALIAN SONGBOOK

FRIDAY, JUNE 25th
8 pm

Pompanuck Farm is presents “Italian Songbook” in concert with Khabu Doug Young and Bruce Williamson, featuring vocalist, Elena Camerin.

The evening will feature Italian songs primarily from the 50’s & 60’s, as interpreted by consummate jazz improvisers. Venetian vocalist, Elena Camerin (voice, electronics), chose and arranged popular music that is near and dear to her heart, including songs sung to her by her grandmother in the kitchen while also passing along traditional cuisine such as Gnocchi al Pomodoro. Audience members will delight and savour the distinctive sound flavours of Italy simultaneously transposed and reframed by the unabashedly American roots of long-time collaborators Bruce Williamson (woodwinds, piano, percussion) and Khabu Doug Young (guitars, ukulele, cavaquinho).

The “Italian Songbook” project was conceived after two musicians from two different continents met in 2009 and discovered that, even though they had very different backgrounds, both had a great love for approaching vocal repertoire and improvised music in new and exciting ways. Jazz meets Italian love songs … with a bit of electronica thrown in for fun.


ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Elena Camerin born in Venice, living in NYC since 2008, began her musical studies on piano and later began studying voice at the "Thelonious Monk" jazz school. Shortly thereafter, she began to study opera under soprano Francesca Scaini. In 1994, she joined the gospel choir "Venice Gospel Ensemble" as soloist; she often works in performances with Walter Sabato, actor and director in shows. She worked as "living installation" at the Biennale 2003, in Venice, for the artist Tino Sehgal. In July 2004, she won Best Student award at the Michele Hendricks' vocal workshop at Spoleto, with the Spoleto Arts Symposia. In 2005, she recorded under her name the CD "GRAZIE DEI FIORI?" under the label "Caligola Records", dedicated to the Italian song of the 50s.


Khabu Doug Young using ukuleles, guitars, cavaquinho, harmonica, and voice, Khabu creates music in a spirit of collaboration and interaction, exploring the continuum between improvisation and composition, sculpting sounds into musical journeys of the unknown. Born Doug Young in Lubbock, TX, he grew up in Houston. He moved to New York City to work with artists from all disciplines: theatre, dance, spoken word, film, as well as musicians of many styles (often with unique instrumentation).

Reed player & pianist Bruce Williamson was active in the San Francisco music scene until moving to NYC in the mid-80s, playing with jazz artists such as Art Lande, Mark Isham, Benny Green & Bobby McFerron. Over the years, Bruce has performed with artists such as Fred Hersch, Kurt Elling, Gary Peacock, Jack Mcduff, Dave Douglas, Paul McCandless and many others. He can be heard on over 50 recordings and has a new quartet CD (with Lande) called Standard Transmission coming out August 2010.

In the NYC theatre world, Bruce has worked with director Julie Taymor for the last 15 years (Juan Darien-1996, The Lion King-1998, The Green Bird-2000, Grendel-2006), and is currently rehearsing with Taymor and rock-star Bono on the new Broadway production of Spiderman, due to open in Fall 2010. Bruce can also be heard on many filmscores by Elliot Goldenthal, including Frida (Academy-award winning score, 2003), Across The Universe and most recently Public Enemies (accompanying singer Diana Krall on a ballad version of “Bye Bye Blackbird”).

Bruce has appeared in clubs and festivals worldwide (performing in Turkey for the first two weeks of June 2010), has received multiple grants for Jazz Composition and is currently on the music faculty at Bennington College, Vermont.

SUMMER ENRICHMENT !

Register Now by June 1st for discounted tuition!

Pompanuck Farm will host a week filled with art, music, nature studies, useful skills and play, lead by artists and educators, Lisa and Scott Carrino and the Pompanuck Staff. Kids will leave this program with beautiful art work and new and exciting physical and useful skills.

At Pompanuck, children learn through contact with nature with help from music, literature, and art. They have the freedom to play independently, in small groups or in large games and the opportunity to have many rewarding interpersonal experiences.

The goal of the Enrichment Staff is to enable children to maximize their talents, creativity, skills and character through plenty of individual attention. Children thrive on the personal support, the interaction between new friends and the community spirit that occurs.

This summer we will be joined by guest teachers who will share their expertise in a variety of art forms. Each week of Enrichment we will offer kids the opportunity to focus on a different theme, or, if your child isn’t interested in the focus activity being offered she/he can continue to participate in any of the ongoing activities.

Hours: 9am – 3pm

Participants: Children of Elementary and Middle School age

SUMMER SCHEDULE:

June 21–25: Circus Skills- Clowning, tumbling, stilt walking, balancing
June 28–July 2: Circus Skills- Clowning, tumbling, stilt walking, balancing

July 19–23: Dance, Drumming & Forming a Band
July 26–30: Nature- Building structures, identifying plants and creatures

August 23–27: Circus Performance- we’ll produce a show featuring our skills
August 30-Sept 3: Music, Writing, Storytelling- creative self expression from song lyrics to comedy routines

Group size is limited so please sign up early. Cost is $165 for registration by June 1st and $180 thereafter. Sign up for 5 weeks for $750 ($150/wk).

Please call Pompanuck at 518-677-5552 or email info@pompanuck.org to register and make 50% deposit to insure your child’s place. Also, we offer an Extended-Day Option: 3pm-4pm (1-hour)for $35/week or 3pm-5pm (2-hours) for $65/week.

To register you must complete the following forms. Click on each one to complete for each child:

2010 Registration Form

2010 Assumption of Risk

Health Form

All completed forms can be sent tomailto:info@pompanuck.org or mail : Pompanuck Farm Institute, 494 Chestnut Hill Road, Cambridge, NY 12816.

If you have any questions, feel free to call 518-677-5552.

Pompanuck is a 501c3 educational not-for-profit. We accept credit cards, personal checks, or cash as methods of payment. You are welcome to inquire about availability of scholarships.

Athena Burke in Concert !

Saturday, June 12^th, 7pm

Pompanuck Farm is presenting singer/songwriter, Athena Burke in concert with Three Drummers! Burke’s powerful bluesy vocals mixed with world-influenced jazzy compositions draw you in and lead you on a spiritual journey that will get you on your feet to dance or on the floor to dream. Burke has been performing since childhood and creates original shows filled with dancers, percussion, singing and world-class musicians. To listen to a sample of her songs go to http://www.myspace.com/athenaburke

The concert will feature Athena Burke on vocals and keyboards, Jimmy C, Peter Maine and Scott Carrino on drums and percussion, plus special guest vocalists, including the SoulSingers Choir. Come dance, sing, laugh and have a great time!

Tickets: $12 advance tickets, $15 at the door and $10 students, $12 at the door. Refreshments will be available.

Music From Salem Cello Seminar Concert !

Cello Seminar Concert

Friday, June 4th
3pm
FREE event

Ten gifted young professional cellists from across the globe join Rhonda Rider, David Russell and Judith Gordon for a week long residence at the Brown Farm in Salem. This concert presents their exploration of cutting edge contemporary music and well loved traditional pieces.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND !

Memorial Day Potluck Picnic & Arts Celebration
Sunday, May 30th
2pm~dark

We are looking forward to our 18th annual Memorial Day Celebration and Festival of the Arts. We have many musical acts and some exciting surprises to share with you on May 30 from 2:00 until dusk. This year we will feature performances by Dirty Old Strings, All That's Fallen, Ferrilyn Sourdiffe, Adam McHeffey, Barry Hyman and Lucas Sconzo and the Jam Band, Bernice Lewis and Scott Carrino.

This year, we will again offer our homegrown and homemade products including a plant and tag sale. All proceeds will fund Pompanuck programs for children and families throughout the year.

If you have any items you would like to donate to the tag sale, please call 518-677-5552.

There will be plenty of activity and entertainment geared for children. Including performances by High Peaks Juggling and Pompanuck's Stilting Chickens!

We will have community tables set up to provide information from local organizations and individuals working in the fields of education, the environment & sustainability & health. We will also be displaying work from local artists.

If you would you or know of an organization that would like to submit material for our table, please contact us at info@pompanuck.org

Please join us and bring a potluck dish to share, hope to see you there!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

We are in need of a few volunteers to help out with set up and during the Memorial Day event. If you are interested in becoming part of our staff for the day please call 518-677-5552 or email info@pompanuck.org

Addie & Olin UNLEASHED !

RESCHEDULED

to announce new date soon!

Get ready for some whoopee jazz, funky folk, soulful klezmer, hot Irish instrumentals and hipster originals with a stage presence that is unleashed, unbridled, uncut and unglued!

Addie and Olin’s wild warbling is accompanied by Olin’s intricate fingerpicking jazz guitar, sonorous 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars and mandolin; and Addie’s cotton pickin’ piccolo, “cool school” sax, ethereal flute, crazy concertina and, the instrument of love, the button accordion, with her hipper than thou shades to the squarest of saddle shoes, all highlighted by madcap visual performances and vaudevillian humor. And they are snappy dressers too!

Fine desserts, including gourmet chocolate desserts, will be available for purchase.

SPRING VACATION WEEKS

Enrichment for your kids!

Circus, Art & Nature Program

April 5th ~ April 9th (NY Spring Recess)

April 12th ~ April 16th (VT Spring Recess)

9am ~ 3pm daily

Elementary & Middle School age children

Discover the many signs of Spring . . .

Hike and explore the woods, the meadow, the gardens and the ponds and begin our 2010 bird inventory to add a chapter in our nature journals.

For our culinary curriculum, we'll try some serious confectionery art using our favorite sculpture medium, modeling fondant. Each child will bake and decorate a Spring-themed cake to bring home.

In the Big Yurt/Mini Top, learn bird inspired flying partner acrobatics and practice basic circus skills.

End each day with storytelling or song

We look forward to celebrating Spring at Pompanuck with the children!

Group size is limited so please sign up early!

Cost is $165 for registration by March 27th and $180, thereafter

Optional Extended Hours:

3pm ~4pm (1hr): $35/week or 3pm~5pm (2hrs): $65/week

To register, please complete the following forms, and send to info@pompanuck.org or mail:

Pompanuck Farm Institute

494 Chestnut Hill Road

Cambridge NY 12816

2010 Registration Form

2010 Assumption of Risk

Health Form

If you have any questions, feel free to call 518-677-5552

Pompanuck is a 501c3 eco-educational not-for-profit.

We accept credit cards, personal checks or cash for payment.

You are welcome to inquire about availability of scholarships.

Embracing Your Saturn

Lessons on Dissolving Personal Barriers

with Lisa Verschoor Smith

RESCHEDULED!

Thursday, April 1, 2010
4:00p - 7:00p
Workshop Fee: $40

This interactive workshop will tap into your creativity while introducing you to the twelve faces of Saturn. You will learn where Saturn is located on your natal chart, how it influences you personally, and what it means throughout your life.

A Saturn transit can bring hard work, responsibilites and, occassionally, loss. However, with the knowledge you will be given, you will step out of fear and embrace these intermittent changes with excitement and the necessary tools to handle them.

You will be creating a beautiful collage as a representation of your own personal Saturn blueprint. Bring a notebook and the desire to let loose and have some fun!

Egg & Treasure Hunt in Pompanuck Woods!

APRIL 3RD

NOON

RAIN OR SHINE! Dress appropriately for the weather and bring a collecting basket.

Come and explore Pompanuck's meadows and wooded trails while searching for eggs and natural treasures, then return to the Round House for refreshments and a puppet show presented by the Hubbard Hall Puppet Club.

This event is FREE and open to the public, but please call to register. 518.677.5552 or email info@pompanuck.org

Moving Through The Chakras with Alice McGovern

Sunday, April 11th

9:30 am ~ 4:30 am


workshop fee: $60
lunch included

Welcome spring and bring some balance into your life. This workshop will be taught and facilitated by Alice McGovern R.N. Using yoga, chanting, meditation, and journaling, we will focus on stimulating and balancing each of the seven chakras or energy centers of the body. By aligning and balancing the chakras we can profoundly effect our health and well being. Plan to stretch, strengthen, balance, nourish, revitalize, and relax.

Alice is a Kripalu and Bikram certified yoga instructor, and brings her expertise in yoga and energy work to this class.

Chinese Calligraphy with Scott Carrino

Sunday, April 25th 10am-3pm
Cost:$60
Lunch is Included

Pompanuck Farm will offer An Introduction to Large Brush Chinese Calligraphy. Calligraphy is considered one of the highest forms of fine arts of China and Japan. The characters are symbolic of the human experience as it relates to our environment, spirituality and every day living.

Scott Carrino has been studying Chinese calligraphy for the past 17 years and offers this workshop for participants to learn the techniques of large brush painting of characters and the meaning behind each brush stroke.

Participants will learn proper brush and ink technique and leave with an understanding of at numerous meaningful characters. No experience is necessary, as we learn to play as children with energy and joyful fun. Please wear dark clothing.

For information and to register, contact Pompanuck Farm at 518.677.5552 or info@pompanuck.org

VOSCA Benefit

Friday, MARCH 26th, 2010
7-10 PM
Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students


Pompanuck Farm will host a dance benefit for VOSCA. Music and dancing will begin at 7pm, and a short intermission when VOSCA members will talk a bit about their efforts.

Dirty Ol' Strings is an acoustic trio from Cambridge, including Deena Chappell (mandolin, vocals) Dave Cuite (stand-up bass, vocals) and David Lawlor (guitar, vocals). The group formed in the late fll of '08 and has been steadily gaining recognition in the area for their strong vocals and instrumental prowess. They perform an energetic mix of contemporary and traditional bluegrass, swing, and folk with a playful air and occassional sardonic humor: a fun band to experience live.

This year, VOSCA with 20 CCS students (mostly seniors) and six chaperones will be headed back to an area near Loris, SC where they will again be rebuilding homes of the very impoverished, and hopefully have some quality time with children.

VOSCA has three other fundraisers underway: a "Many Prizes" Raffle, a car wash at Stewart's on March 27th, and a Chicken BBQ on March 28th at the Legion (4-6pm). All funds raised will help pay for travel, room, and board, and building materials. For more information, call Bob Cheney at 518-677-2766.

Introduction to Wild Mushrooms

Winter Study for Summer Forays

with Sue Van Hook

March 27th

3pm ~ 5pm

Lecture fee: $10

Mycologist, Sue Van Hook, will lead two hour mushroom forays throughout the spring and summer. You are invited to attend as many as you'd like, but first you need to learn the basics identifying the groups of fungi. If you attend the winter lecture, then you have access to the summer collecting forays. This is to avoid reteaching the basics each weekend, so you can really advance your identification skills and enjoy more species.

Be sure to bring a notebook and pen. Sue will have copies of "How to Identify Mushrooms to Genus I: Macroscopic Features" by David L. Largent for sale ($20).

This introductory lecture will be offered again in March and April at different locations.

MAPLE SUGAR WEEKEND !

Pancake Breakfast !

Sunday, MARCH 28th

9am ~ 11am

Children (2-11) $5

Adults (12 and over) $10

includes:

Tour of Maple Sugar Operation

Hands-on Activities

PizZaJazZ

MARCH 20th
6:30pm ~ 11pm

Reservations a must !

by March 18th

Tickets

$25 adult, $28 at the door

$15 students, $18 at the door

Pompanuck Farm will hold its Spring Pizza/Jazz Big Night! This is the first of Pompanuck's music and meal nights of 2010 will happen with enough great music and pizza to take us through the Spring! Come hear fine Jazz and enjoy wood-fired pizza in the Roundhouse at Pompanuck in a benefit night for Pompanuck's programs.

Headlining this evening's jazz will be vocalist, Leah Carroll (Greenwich, NY) and Bruce Williamson with local Bennington College and New York City musicians.

Leah Carroll started training classically at fourteen, but loves jazz because it's limitless and liberating - no boundaries. She has been performing at various venues in the capital region for the last five years, exploring many styles of music such as folk, jazz, soul, funk, blues and latin jazz.

Multi-instumentalist, Bruce Williamson, co-founder at Pompanuck. Bruce was active
in the San Francisco jazz scene until moving to New York City in the mid-1980s. Bruce has performed with Mark Levine, Pete & Sheila Escovedo, Bobby McFerrin, Benny Green and was a member of the experimental jazz group in various New York City clubs and has been a featured soloist in Japan and Europe. His most recent CD "Big City Magic" on Timeless Records features well-known trumpeter Randy Brecker and Bruce's compositions for jazz septet. Bruce is presently on the music faculty at Bennington College, VT and has been a jazz clinician throughout the U.S. and Europe. He divides his time between NYC and Cambridge,NY, where he is founding member of Pompanuck Farm Institute. Bruce an his friends can be heard locally at our Pizza Jazz benefit nights.

Proceeds from this event fund our children's programs that we host thoughout the year.

Chinese Calligraphy with Scott Carrino

Sunday, February 7th 10am-3pm
Cost:$60
Lunch is Included


Pompanuck Farm will offer An Introduction to Large Brush Chinese Calligraphy. Calligraphy is considered one of the highest forms of fine arts of China and Japan. The characters are symbolic of the human experience as it relates to our environment, spirituality and every day living.

Scott Carrino has been studying Chinese calligraphy for the past 17 years and offers this workshop for participants to learn the techniques of large brush painting of characters and the meaning behind each brush stroke.

Participants will learn proper brush and ink technique and leave with an understanding of at numerous meaningful characters. No experience is necessary, as we learn to play as children with energy and joyful fun.

Please wear dark clothing. For information and to register, contact Pompanuck Farm at 518.677.5552 or info@pompanuck.org

Dance Party Benefit for Haiti featuring Roadside Blues Band

Sunday, March 7th
7pm ~ 10pm

Here at Pompanuck, we focus much of our efforts locally, but its times like the events that have taken place in Haiti, we consider a global outreach and support people in great need, particularly, its youngest victims, the children.

So, come dance and have a great time while supporting a great cause. Our dance party will featuring local band, the Roadside Blues Band who will donate their music for the evening. The Roadside Blues consists of Willie Eldorado Lanchantin (guitarist), Michael Kraus (vocals & harmonica), Peter Maine (drums & vocals) Mitch Throop (stand up bass).

The Roadside Blues Band captures the raw excitement of the early blues legends of the the 50's and 60's. The stand up bass and sealed back drum kit, the early Gibson, and the mouth harp blend to create a sound that is truly authentic.

Suggested minimum donation at the door $5/students, $10/adults.

In the past, we have held benefits before, such as a 2002 benefit for the Iraqi children, funds were donated to Doctors Without Borders and Teaching Tolerance. This time, we plan to again send financial support to Doctors Without Borders, as well as, UNICEF. All proceeds will go directly to support the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

Refreshments will be available.

February Vacation Enrichment!

Pompanuck Farm will host a week filled with art, music, nature studies, useful skills and play, lead by artists and educators Lisa and Scott Carrino and the Pompanuck staff. Kids will leave this program with beautiful art work and new and exciting physical and useful skills.

Dates: Monday February 15 – Friday February 19
Hours: 9am – 3pm
Participants: Children of Elementary and Middle School age

Group size is limited so please sign up early. Cost is $165 for registration by January 25 and $180 thereafter. Please call Pompanuck at 518-677-5552 or email info@pompanuck.org to register and make 50% deposit to insure your child’s place. If there is enough interest, we will offer optional Extended Hours 3pm-4pm (1hr) $35/wk or 3pm-5pm (2hr) $65/wk.

Pompanuck is a 501c3 educational not-for-profit. We accept credit cards, personal checks, or cash as methods of payment. You are welcome to inquire about availability of scholarships.

Upcoming Summer Vacation Week Programs:
June 21–25, June 28–July 2, July 19–23, July 26–30, August 23–27, August 30-Sept 3

2010 Workshops!

PLAN IT BY THE MOON
with Lisa Verschoor Smith

Sunday, January 17th
Cost: $50
Registration Deadline: Jan 15th

Did you ever wonder why there are days that some things just never work out? Have you made appointments only to find out that bad weather or other problems stand in the way of you being able to follow through with your plans? Do you consistently experience travel delays??

This workshop will enable you to better choose the right day for the right action whether it's elective surgery, travel, marriage or having your hair done!
The Moon changes astrological sign every few days. Come see how you also can learn to use a celestial calendar and help your life run more smoothly with less hassle and frustration.

Don't miss this opportunity to gain an invaluable tool for transforming your life. Please bring notebook and pen. Wall and pocket calendars available at workshop. No recording devices please.

For more information about Lisa Verschoor Smith you can visit www.avalonastrology.net Please bring your own lunch.



SOUPS & STEWS
TBD
Cost: $60
Registration Deadline: TBD

Make a week’s worth of menus based on two simple & very versatile broths.
Lunch is included.