Beacon, NY. – Open to the Sky: The Beacon Sukkah Project is a communal celebration of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which will take place over an eight-day period, from Sunday, September 27th through Monday, October 5th, 2015, in Beacon, New York.
Now in its second year, Open to the Sky: The Beacon Sukkah Project celebrates and explores the themes of Harvest and Impermanence. Project partners include Beacon Arts, the Laba House of Study at the 14th Street Y and the Hudson Valley Center for Arts.
“Everything has its moment and then it passes,” says Rabbi Brent Spodek of Beacon Hebrew Alliance. “The question is ‘What can any of us harvest in the time we have?’ This is a holiday about celebrating those possibilities.”
Symbolizing the idea of impermanence, Open to the Sky is a temporary structure across from City Hall in Polhill Park, next to the Beacon Visitors Center, where all are welcome.
For eight days, this roofless structure will be home to discussions, learning, workshops, stories, and singing, offered by members of the Beacon community and beyond. Highlights include Kathleen Frith, the President of Glynwood Farms speaking about the Regional Food Movement in the Hudson Valley and the Women who are Making it Happen; Beacon Mayor Randy Casale, holding open office hours; Andrew Rivkin of the New York Times speaking about the papal encyclical on Climate Change and David Ross, formerly of the Whitney Museum in dialogue with Kazumi Tanaka about art after Hiroshima. A complete schedule of events and programs, including topic, day, and time can be found at http://bit.ly/OttsCalendar.
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