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Live Music Every Saturday with Creekside BBQ 2–6
ARTirondacks Gallery Shop & Studio
New endeavor in Stony Creek!
Open Daily at 12 Noon Year Round
$5 Small Plates • Daily Lunch & Dinner & Drink Specials
Full Menu on Weekends • Black & Tan Room
Private Creekside Dining Open Fri., Sat. & Sun. @ 5pm
(518) 696-5949
Reservations Greatly Appreciated
16 Warrensburg Rd.
Stony Creek, NY
Town of Stony Creek
Music in the Park 2019
FREE Concerts at the Stony Creek Town Park
every Tuesday night at 7:00pm
July 3rd – August 28th, 2019
Rain or Shine • Bring a Lawn Chair
For more information, please contact Hank Soto at 518-696-3379
7/2 Randy Rollman
7/9 The Stony Creek Band
7/16 Professor Louis & the Crowmatix
7/23 Bluebillies
7/30 Mulebone
8/6 Capt. Squeeze &
The Zydeco Moshers
8/13 Circle of Willis
8/20 Lustre Kings
8/27 Smokey Greene & The
Greene Brothers
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A few years ago the Stony Creek Free Library (SCFL) acquired
the neighboring historic Methodist Episcopal Church located
at 33 Harrisburg Road in Stony Creek, New York. Although
original plans to relocate the library fell through, a great new venture
is underway. Building on the passion for a strong community
and love of the arts that previous members worked hard to create
and grow, the Library is taking steps to transform the “Church”
space into an artist hub for locals and visitors alike as the new
Stony Creek Free Library’s ARTirondacks Gallery/Shop/Studio!
In February of 2018 the
SCFL approved an Art Director
position to initiate the transformation
of the building and
manage the future scheduling of
artists and events at this new location.
The immediate plan is to
get the Main Floor of the building
ready to open to the public
as a seasonal Gallery/Shop/Studio,
extending to encompass the
entire building yearlong as time moves forward to have a space
for all in support of practicing, viewing, and purchasing art, both
from local and visiting artists.
This summer the SCFL will focus on opening its doors for
Open Studio hours and volunteer efforts. As time moves forward,
and support and funding grows the Library plans to move the Studio
space downstairs and to expand the Shop and Gallery to fill
all of the Main Floor. A positive meeting with the Building and
Electrical Inspectors has pushed this project forward at a faster
pace than originally anticipated, and the Library is entertaining a
light Summer Opening. Serving as storage for the Library’s annual
Book Sale for the last few years, a plethora of literature is
ironically the greatest obstacle at the moment. Until the books and
pews can be purchased/
rehoused setting up the
Shop space will most
likely have to wait until
next Spring.
To ensure the project
is moving forward work
will begin soon on rewiring
to accommodate
future electrical needs
and applying a fresh coat of paint to the walls. A careful effort
is being made to maintaining the original beauty of the building
and scaling back alterations to focus on just the necessities at this
time. The historical status of this building allowed the plan to be
streamlined as some projects did not need to be immediately addressed
for the building to be open to the public.
Like and Follow “Stony Creek Free Library’s ARTirondacks”
on Facebook. Local artists and those interested in volunteering are
also asked to contact Casey Beal- SCFL Art Director at artdirector.scfl@mail.com
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