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  • Tuesday, October 6, 5:00 pm Eastern – Olana: Frederic Church’s Vision of Art & Landscape, Online

    2026 is the bicentennial of Frederic Church (1826-1900), America’s foremost landscape artist. In The Olmsted Network’s next free webinar on October 6, Sean Sawyer, President of The Olana Partnership, will examine Church’s 40 year-long project of creating Olana—his 250-acre masterwork of American landscape design overlooking the Hudson River in Hudson, New York.

    Sawyer will detail how Church acted as his own architect, landscape architect, and interior designer, while collaborating with Calvert Vaux and drawing upon the most advanced thinking in design and environmental conservation. Free. Register at https://olmsted.org/events/olana-frederic-churchs-vision-of-art-and-landscape/

  • Thursday, July 29, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Ingredients

    INGREDIENTS is a feature-length documentary illustrating how passionate individuals around the country are working to revitalize the local food movement. Narrated by Bebe Neuwirth, the film takes us across the U.S. from the diversified farms of the Hudson River and Willamette Valleys to the urban food deserts of Harlem and to the kitchens of celebrated chefs Alice Waters, Peter Hoffman and Greg Higgins. INGREDIENTS is a journey that reveals the people behind the movement to bring good food back to the table and health back to our communities. The film will be shown on Thursday, July 29, at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street in Brookline.For more information, please visit: http://coolidge.org/greenscreens .  The ticket price is $9.75.