CAPITAL CAMPAIGN 2017

Capital Campaign Goal: facility's renovation

Our successful Capital Campaign 2016 enabled our center to acquire a former Methodist church in Rensselaer NY in January 2017.  The facility includes a concert/theater hall, exhibition hall/ballroom/banquet hall, meeting room, kitchen, and three classrooms.  We were very excited about it, and now are facing a new chapter in our Capital Campaign to renovate the building to accommodate the needs of the cultural center.  We need to build a stage in the concert hall, remove old carpet and place the hardwood floor in the entrance hall, repair the leaking roof, renovate the kitchen and bathroom, install air conditioning system and repaint the walls throughout the building.  The total estimated cost of the renovations is $35,000.

New Challenge: A Grand Piano

In April 2017 pianist Anna Keiserman gave a great concert playing Russian classical music in our concert hall.  It's only thing that was not great at the concert - she was playing our old piano.  Anna told us that if the center could could be able to get a grand piano it would be a fabulous investment and foundation for possible future concert series.  She said: "The space is wonderful and needs to be filled with music." She reffered Peter Tcherepnine, the member of the Russian Nobility Association in America.