Autumn 2025 End-of-Term Festival
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesWe invite you to join us in celebrating our students’ work at two festive evenings this December!
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Events
Community Speech Chorus
Red Barn Painting Studio 185A Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesBeginning in October: 15 Speech Chorus sessions preparing contributions for the All Souls and Christmas Festivals, freeing the breath and bringing speech to life in community.
The Shepherds’ Play
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesThe Shepherds’ Play is the second of three Christmas Medieval Mystery plays that Rudolf Steiner recovered from obscurity. It is the Nativity from the Luke Gospel with the Annunciation, Joseph and Mary’s journey to Bethlehem, their dealings with the Innkeepers, the Angels’ proclamation to the Shepherds and their consequent visit to the stable.
The Shepherds’ Play
Goethe Room - Hilltop House 241 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesThe Shepherds’ Play is the second of three Christmas Medieval Mystery plays that Rudolf Steiner recovered from obscurity. It is the Nativity from the Luke Gospel with the Annunciation, Joseph and Mary’s journey to Bethlehem, their dealings with the Innkeepers, the Angels’ proclamation to the Shepherds and their consequent visit to the stable.
Threefold Family Christmas Festival
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesAll are welcome to a celebration of the season with music, choral singing, eurythmy, and featuring a children's Christmas story, The First Gift, told by Joen Dealande , with a tree lighting and caroling to end.
The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity in Light of Life After Death
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesRudolf Steiner called The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity the “surest path to the spiritual.” This Advent Monday, we explore the soul qualities cultivated through this work and their relationship to the stages of life after death, with Andreas Schmitt.
Singing to the Cows
Duryea Farm 101 Ackertown Road, Monsey, NY, United StatesIt is said that on Christmas Eve, the veil between the human and animal world is thin and the language barrier between species fades away. Join us for a magical time of caroling to the cows by candle light! All ages welcome!
The Dream Song of Olaf Asteson
Christian Community Church 15 Margetts Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesA musical performance by Bonnie Manaças and friends Sunday January 4, 2026 At the Chapel of the Christian Community 15 Margetts Road Monsey NY The Dream Song is an ancient tale of initiation uncovered in a remote region of Norway by a clergyman named Landstad in 1850. Olaf Asteson falls into a kind of sleep for the 13 nights of Christmas and awakes to tell of his experiences. Rudolf Steiner validated the Dream Song as an authentic rendering of spiritual experiences. The version Bonnie Manaças will perform is an original translation from Norwegian done by Bonnie with Bente Katya Bø.
Open House for the Applied Arts Program
VirtualPlease join an online Open House on Zoom for the 14th cycle of the Applied Arts Program, a 4-year, part-time program for Waldorf handwork teachers and all interested in the teaching of handwork, presented by the Fiber Craft Studio.
Winter Piano Concert ~ Grigory Smirnov
Christian Community Church 15 Margetts Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesGrigory Smirnov, composer and pianist, performs worldwide and regularly accompanies the Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble, composing for tours and concerts across the U.S.
Intermediate Winter 2026 Public Eurythmy Course with Sea-Anna Vasilas
School of Eurythmy 289 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesJoin a group of community members interested in working with seasonal music and poetry through speech and tone eurythmy around the themes of winter. Course led by Sea-Anna Vasilas, faculty and ensemble member of Eurythmy Spring Valley.
An Introduction to the Art of Eurythmy Continues Public Eurythmy Course with Sea-Anna Vasilas
School of Eurythmy 289 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesWould you like to learn more about eurythmy? You are warmly invited to join us and explore "What is eurythmy?" through movement in space, guided by Sea-Anna Vasilas, faculty and ensemble member of Eurythmy Spring Valley.
Building Reciprocal Relationships With Our Indigenous Communities
VirtualA series of three stand-alone weekend workshops for teachers and administrators to gain new perspectives, strategies, and frameworks for creating reciprocal classroom and school relationships with their indigenous communities.
Approaching the Planets through the Seven Woods
The Fellowship Community 241 Hungry Hollow Rd, Chestnut Ridge, United StatesThe opening lecture of this year’s Midwinter Agriculture Intensive will explore the seven types of wood used in the seven pairs of columns of the first Goetheanum, their relationship to the seven planets, and their influences on the kingdoms of nature.
Midwinter Agriculture Intensive
Threefold Auditorium 260 Hungry Hollow Road, Chestnut Ridge, NY, United StatesIn the heart of the winter each year we pick a poignant theme from Rudolf Steiner’s lectures on agriculture and celebrate it with artistic activities, presentations, small and large group discussions, and festive meals! More details about this year’s event are forthcoming.