The Olana Partnership’s FREE August Third Thursday / Tercer Jueves at Olana State Historic Site
Photo credit: Beth Schneck Photography
The Olana Partnership will hold its monthly FREE Third Thursdays on August 21 from 1:00 – 7:00 P.M. at Olana State Historic Site. The day will conclude with a special outdoor concert and Hudson Valley views. Olana Third Thursdays are free monthly community days. Celebrate summer with free tours, nature, art, music and history while participating in engaging experiences for the whole family!
This month’s “Tunes with a View” showcases Heard World from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, bringing the vibrant sounds of West Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, and beyond to Olana. This collective of world music and jazz musicians will perform on the East Lawn with Olana’s breathtaking views as their backdrop. Feel the rhythm, bring a blanket or a picnic, and enjoy the sunset to an unforgettable global soundtrack.
Join Bollywood dancer and instructor Arobi Hanif for a Bollywood Dancing Workshop and Performance, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM at the Farm Complex. This beginner-friendly class invites participants ages 12 and up to learn iconic moves from Bollywood’s most popular songs. The workshop ends with a special live performance. Space is limited for the workshop; email education@olana.org to learn more.
All Third Thursday offerings are free and open to the public; check in at the Visitor Center the day of the event for details. Additionally, visitors are invited to enjoy guided landscape tours and self-guided historic house access from 1:00 – 6:30 P.M. No tickets required! For further information and inquiries, please call ticketing at (518) 751-0344, email tickets@olana.org, or visit OLANA.org/ThirdThursdays
Generous support for Olana Third Thursdays is provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.
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About Olana and The Olana Partnership: Olana is the greatest masterwork of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the most famous American landscape artist of the mid-19th century and the most important artist’s home, studio, and designed landscape in the United States. Church designed Olana as a holistic environment integrating his advanced ideas about art, architecture, landscape design, and environmental conservation. Olana’s 250-acre artist-designed landscape with five miles of carriage roads and a Persian-inspired house at its summit embraces unrivaled panoramic views of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains and welcomes more than 170,000 visitors annually. The landscape and house are open for guided touring, and reservations are highly recommended. The park is open daily 8:00 A.M. – sunset.
Olana State Historic Site, administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, is a designated National Historic Landmark and one of the most visited sites in the state. The Olana Partnership is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit cooperative partner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation at Olana State Historic Site.
About Art Bridges Foundation
Art Bridges Foundation is the vision of philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton. The mission of Art Bridges is to expand access to American art in all regions across the United States. Since 2017, Art Bridges has been creating and supporting programs that bring outstanding works of American art out of storage and into communities. Art Bridges partners with a growing network of over 220 museums of all sizes and locations on nearly 700 projects across the nation, impacting over 4.1 million people, to provide financial and strategic support for exhibition development, loans from the Art Bridges Collection, and programs designed to educate, inspire, and deepen engagement with local audiences. The Art Bridges Collection represents an expanding vision of American art from the 19th century to present day and encompasses multiple media and voices. For more information, visit artbridgesfoundation.org.
