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Arts + Wellness

Creative and calm thrive here. Columbia County’s galleries, studios, performance spaces, and wellness retreats offer space to be inspired and restored. Experience vibrant local art, healing practices, and mindful escapes that nurture both imagination and well-being.

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Arts + Wellness places

Columbia County Youth Theatre

Columbia County Youth Theatre

CCYT began as a simple musical theatre workshop held during the summer months on the scenic and lovely Chatham Fairgrounds, and has

Chatham

Concerts in the Village

Concerts in the Village

Exceptional Classical Music Series performed in Kinderhook, New York. Choral and Orchestra directed by David Smith.

Kinderhook

Crandell Theatre

Crandell Theatre

A community cinema dedicated to enriching the cultural vitality of the region through film programming that challenges, inspires, educates, and entertains. In

48 Main Street, Chatham

Front Room Gallery

Front Room Gallery

Front Room Gallery specializes in contemporary photography, painting, sculpture, installation and limited edition prints. The gallery offers expert art advisory, design, and

727 Warren Street, Hudson

The Ghent Band

The Ghent Band

Since 1899 The Ghent Band has performed a classic town band repertoire of marches, overtures, show tunes and more.

Ghent

The Ghent Playhouse

Voted the Best Community Theater in Eastern NY -NY Theater Guide, “the Ghent” presents five diverse productions each season from October-June with

6 Town Hall Place, Ghent

Handloom Batik

Beautiful and exotic fabric, beginning with Indian block prints, that delights quilters and makers of clothing and home furnishings alike.

532 Warren St, Hudson

Hoogs and Crawford Glass

Hoogs and Crawford Glass

Glassblowing studio and gallery featuring the collaborative artwork of Elizabeth Crawford and Nathan Hoogs. Classes are by appointment.

2439 Route 295, Canaan

Hudson Hall

Hudson Hall

Hudson Hall is a cultural beacon in the Hudson Valley, offering a dynamic year-round schedule of music, theater, dance, literature, workshops for

327 Warren Street, Hudson

Hudson House

Hudson House

Hudson House offers a space for public art exhibitions, a location for public arts programming and a visiting artist/curator residency program.

824 Warren Street, Hudson