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In brief Mabee Farm opens for the season
The Mabee Farm Historic Site is now open for the season, with a new exhibit: "Stoneware: Crocks, Jugs and Pots."
Salt-glazed stoneware has long been sought after by collectors. A number of these beautiful crocks, jugs and pots were left on the property when George E. Franchere donated the Mabee Farm to the Schenectady County Historical Society. This exhibit is about this stoneware, much of which was made locally, how it was made and the artisans who produced it.
The exhibit and the Colonial-era farm are open Tuesdays to Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by appointment until Sept. 27.
Film series begins
The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie announces the beginning of its newest film series "Famous & Fabulous Film Biographies" tonight at 7:30 p.m., with the 1949 version of "All The King's Men." The film will be introduced and discussed by the Schenectady Gazette's and CBS 6's film critic, Dan DiNicola.
* Friday, May 23, "La Vie En Rose," 2007 will be introduced and discussed by Jason Radalin, a theater arts professor at the State University of New York at Fulton-Montgomery Community College.
* Friday, June 13,"A Mighty Heart," 2007, will be introduced and discussed by Audrey Kupferberg, a WAMC film commentator and State University of New York at Albany film lecturer.
* Friday, June 27, "In the Name of the Father," 1993, will be introduced and discussed by John McKeating, the chairman of the Schenectady Chapter of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians Freedom for All Ireland Committee.
* Friday, July 11, "Pollack," 2000, will be introduced by Richard Pugliese, a New York City artist and professor of art who summers locally in Fort Plain.
A $4 donation includes movie theater popcorn and refreshments.
A committee chose the series' films based on their unique representations of people; the series is a complement to the Arkell Museum's current exhibition, "Famous & Fabulous Portraits: from George Washington to the Golden Girl," which is on exhibit through July 20. For more information about programs at the Arkell Museum call 673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org.
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