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SUMMARY:2026 Shaker Holiday Market
DESCRIPTION:Our traditional Holiday Fair promotes the holiday spirit with regional artisans featuring handmade pottery\, jewelry\, fiber\, artisan foods and much more! \nAll inside our historic 1848 Meeting House.  \nChoose unique gifts for your loved ones while helping support local businesses this holiday season. \nOctober 13th through December 18th \nTuesdays through Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm\nClosed Mondays \nAdmission is free\, donations welcome! \nTake a look at our incredible vendors here. \n 
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SUMMARY:Holiday Market Preview
DESCRIPTION:Shaker Heritage Society is inviting the public to their Grand Opening of their annual Holiday Market! Help kick off the season with us! We have curated a wonderful collection of unique artisans and vendors to stock our shelves! Enjoy the vibes with live music and our offering of seasonal wine and ciders\, as well as other little snacks and treats. You’ll also have the chance to speak with a number of our artisans and vendors who will be in attendance. \nAdmission is donation based! \nTake a look at our incredible vendors here.
URL:https://home.shakerheritage.org/event/holiday-market-preview/
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SUMMARY:Manifestations: A Shaker Ghost Tour
DESCRIPTION:250 years ago\, eight Shakers fled England\, bound for New York in hopes of finding religious freedom. Named for their trembling “religious ecstasies\,” the Shakers received gifts of revelation; communications from the spirit world. Led by a woman whom they called\, “Mother Ann”\, they were subject to bloody persecution. Shakers were beaten\, imprisoned\, abducted\, and chased out of town on both sides of the Atlantic. Undeterred\, they persevered to build their vision of Heaven-on-Earth right here\, in Albany. We invite you to join us as we pull back the veil separating this world from the next at America’s First Shaker Settlement. \nTours are on Oct. 16\,17\,18 and 23\,24\,25 at 5:30pm. \n*This ghost tour touches on sensitive topics including sickness\, mental illness\, suicide\, physical abuse\, religious persecution\, and death\, both of children and of adults. If these topics hit too close to home\, we hope that you will take good care and join us for a regular tour another time \nTickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite!
URL:https://home.shakerheritage.org/event/manifestations-a-shaker-ghost-tour-5/
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SUMMARY:Needle Felted Pumpkin Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Perfect for the season! Make a pumpkin friend in this needle felting workshop! \n\n\n\n\nLearn how to paint and sculpt with wool during this three-hour needle felting workshop. You will learn how to work with wool felt to create the shape of your pumpkin\, how to sculpt wool three dimensionally to form the stem\, leaves and other fun details and finally how to blend colors and create a painted effect using wool roving and felting needle to bring your pumpkin to life. \nPlease register online at Eventbrite.com! \nPlease note: This workshop will be in the Resource Library on the 2nd floor of the Meeting House.
URL:https://home.shakerheritage.org/event/needle-felted-pumpkin-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Tour of the Shakers Spiritual Landscape
DESCRIPTION:A surprising tour of local sites considered sacred by the Shakers. Driving tour led by Prof. Doug Winiarski of Univ. of Richmond. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Doug Winiarski\, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Richmond\, and Theresa Frey-Alexander\, Curator of Education and Interpretation at Shaker Heritage Society on a mind-bending driving tour of the “Spiritual City of Wisdom’s Valley\,” an ancient spirit metropolis located on the Watervliet Shaker Village. In 1842 Shaker instruments saw Wisdom’s Valley as an invisible walled city enclosing mammoth spirit trees\, glistening spiritual fountains\, soaring apartment buildings\, and luxuriant gardens and vineyards. Full of surprising revelations of Shaker beliefs and theology\, the tour will traverse a long-forgotten spiritual landscape that now sprawls across familiar locations\, including Albany International Airport\, Memory Gardens Cemetery\, and Shaker Ridge Country Club. The tour will begin at Shaker Heritage Society and proceed to caravan to various sites where we’ll congregate to listen to stories of Shaker spiritual life during the famed Era of Manifestations (1837–1850s). Carpooling encouraged! \nWiniarski is the editor of Shakers at the Center: Manifesting Spirits & Spectacles in Nineteenth-Century America (University of Massachusetts Press\, 2026). \nTickets available on Eventbrite.com!
URL:https://home.shakerheritage.org/event/tour-of-the-shakers-spiritual-landscape/
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SUMMARY:Felted Seascapes: Paint with Wool
DESCRIPTION:Escape the cold with this seascape wool painting! \n\n\n\n\nYes\, you can make a landscape with wool. And yes\, it’s ridiculously satisfying. In this beginner-friendly workshop\, you’ll learn how to layer\, blend\, shape\, and needle-felt wool fibers to create a 5″ x 7″ unframed seascape with sky\, water\, shoreline\, and plenty of gorgeous texture. We’ll work from a simple guided design so you can focus on learning the technique\, playing with color\, and ending up with something you’ll actually want to take home. No drawing skills. No painting skills. No prior needle-felting experience required. You’ll leave with your own finished seascape and the basic skills to keep creating with wool at home. All tools and materials are included. \nRegister online at Eventbrite.com!
URL:https://home.shakerheritage.org/event/felted-seascapes-paint-with-wool/
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SUMMARY:Woven Ornament Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Make three woven ornaments\, perfect for the holiday season! \n\n\n\n\nParticipants will make three festive woven ornaments. Guided by local basket weaver\, Sandy Salada\, you will create an eight pointed snowflake and a puffy heart\, and a reindeer woven in dyed reed. Spice up your Christmas decor with these handmade crafts! No prior experience is needed. \nMaterial Fee required. \nSuitable for ages 14 and up. \nRegister online at Eventbrite.com!
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SUMMARY:Needle Felted Spherical Ornament Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Get crafty and learn how to make cute wool ornaments perfect for the holidays. \n\n\n\n\nLearn how to paint and sculpt with wool during this three-hour needle felted ornament workshop with local artist Mallory Zondag. You will learn how to cover a foam form with wool roving\, how to sculpt wool three dimensionally to form pieces that can be attached for the spherical ornament\, and finally how to blend colors and create a painted effect using wool roving and felting needle to create a unique and beautiful piece of wool decor for your home or tree this holiday season. \nTickets available on Eventbrite! \nMore about the artist: \nMallory Zondag is an award-winning artist and artist educator living in New York. Exhibited internationally in solo and group shows\, her work focuses on the natural world and how it relates to the physical body and the human experience. She explores deeply personal and connective universal stories through the meditative and hands-on practices of wet felting\, weaving\, sculpting\, and stitching\, seeking to bring the ephemeral into physical being.  The growth and decay of the natural world\, the duality of discomfort and attraction we feel towards it\, and humanity’s place within this dichotomy informs her dimensional textures and sculptural pieces.
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