Not Donuts is a record shop and project space located in Stanfordville, NY. The store sells used and new records, vintage stereo equipment and other objects-- art, ceramics, furniture, etc. The project space will present a series of changing exhibitions and events by local/regional participants.


Nov. 18, 2023 7pm
Rage Peace Mixtape Party #3
Finally getting the band back together! Bring a record (or select one from the shop), hang out and help create a communal mixtape. The theme of the night will be "HEALING."  As always, hosted by Taraka. In a time of so much uncertainty and chaos, how can we bring MORE light?  MORE healing? Even on a level as small as a mixtape? For this mixtape party, I invite you to take the plunge and find a song that has been a  personal "medicine song" for you in some way.  Don't overthink it. Healing can take many different shapes and forms. Any piece of music that has helped you during a dark time is worthy of sharing.  

Rage Peace Live Communal Mixtape #3: HEALING
(Recorded live at Not Donuts 11-18-23)
Side A: Listen Here
Keinsein- Teeth Mountain
Healing Pt. 1 - Todd Rundgren
Hello In There - John Prine
Flying - Bud Shank
Eternal Life - Shira Small
Ponta de Areia - Wayne Shorter
Agua Viva - Pedro Santes
I Woke Up In A Dream - Les Big Bird
Bola -  Forcasa 3
Traumaaaa - Joachim Witt

Side B
Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts - Wolf Parade
I'll Keep On Holding On - Detroit Cobras
Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman
The Belldog - Cluster + Eno
Arundel - Papa M
That Is The Way That The World Goes Round - John Prine
Sea of Love - Phil Philips (45rpm single played at 33)
Peace Piece - Bill Evans
Alright, Okay - Deantoni Parks
Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
Rag Yaman - Ashish Khan


Sept. 9, 2023 6:30pm
P.G. Six - Murmurs & Whispers
Record Release Party/In-Store Performance
Not Donuts is excited to host a release party for Murmurs & Whispers, the new album by P.G. Six, out 9/1 on Drag City. Copake resident Pat Gubler (aka P.G. Six) will be perfoming live in the shop and then will stick around to play his new album, share a drink and chat. Festivities will begin at 6:30p, and given the shop's size, space will be limited so come early!

"The return of P.G. Six’s deep acoustic focus, a devotional style honed from childhood ongoing. Pat Gubler’s salad years of playing the harp pay off after a one a few decades — here, he plays his Triplett Celtic model with pristine fingerwork and heavy soul. Evoking worlds, generations and future waves radiated from the folk tradition, Murmurs & Whispers finds P.G. at an apex of his special talent for earthly sounds with transcendent aspirations."


June 24, 2023 7pm
Audrey Golden - I Thought I Heard You Speak 
Author Reading/Book Signing
​Not Donuts will host Audrey Golden for a reading/signing of her new book, I Thought I Heard You Speak. Come pick up a copy, meet the author and then stick around for a listening party of Audrey's collection of rare Factory records.

​"Factory Records has become the stuff of legend. The histories of the label have been told from many perspectives, from visual catalogues and memoirs to exhibitions. Yet no in-depth history has ever been told from the perspectives of the women who were integral to Factory’s cultural significance.  The untold history of Factory Records is one of women’s work at nearly every turn: recording music, playing live gigs, running the label behind the scenes, managing and promoting bands, designing record sleeves, making films and music videos, pioneering sound technology, DJing, and running one of the most chaotic clubs on the planet, The Haçienda.  Told entirely in their voices and featuring contributions from Gillian Gilbert, Gina Birch, Cath Carroll, Penny Henry and over fifty more interviewees, I Thought I Heard You Speak is an oral history that reveals the true cultural reach of the label and its staying power in the twenty-first century."


May 27, 2023 7pm
Rage Peace Mixtape Party #2
We were so blown away by the magic of the first mixtape party, we decided to make this a more regular happening. Since it is Memorial Day weekend, the theme for this next mixtape will be "REMEMBER". Bring a song that helps you remember... remember... remember what you may ask? There is no right or wrong answer. Perhaps it helps you remember a lost moment in your life. Or a fleeting feeling. Or a specific person. Or God. Or Satan. Or the way a tulip smells in snow. Or a philosophical credo to live by.  The interpretation is up to you. I look forward to hearing the magic we create. 
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Rage Peace Live Communal Mixtape #2: REMEMBER
(Recorded live at Not Donuts 5-27-23)
Side A: Listen Here
The Mountain's High - Dick & Dee Dee
The Panther (Boogaloo) - Mulatu Astatke
Young Icarus - Bill Callahan
Various Times - The Fall
Coca Cola and Licorice - The Death of Samantha
Words - Ernest Gusella
Dreaming - Poly Styrene
Leathery Whip - Aldous Harding
Once In Awhile - Marguerite Piazza
Ballad of Dorothy Parker - Prince
Ya Estoy De Vuelta - Savath Y Savalas
A Pillow of Winds - Pink Floyd

Side B
Mountains of the Moon - The Grateful Dead
Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat
Mona - The Beach Boys
Boogie Woogie - Pinetop
Down to the Waterline - Dire Straits
Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? - Peter Starstedt
Smothered Soul - Hank Markett Feat. James Blood Ulmer
Bouganvillea's Shallow Lobe - Monopoly Star Searchers
Noonday Yellows - Ernest Hood


Apr. 22, 2023
Record Store Day / Rage Peace Mixtape Party #1
For Record Store Day, Not Donuts will be having a storewide sale, pulling rare/special records from the vault, and putting out snack & drinks. And in the evening, Rage Peace will be hosting a record-listening/mixtape-making party. Bring a record to play and hang out while we communally and spontaneously document the evening's musical wanderings on cassette.

Rage Peace Live Communal Mixtape #1
(Recorded live at Not Donuts 4-22-23)
Side A: Listen Here
Some Velvet Morning - Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
Cubanacan - Cuarteto Marcano
Tango - Akofa Akoussah
Exuma, The Obeah Man - Exuma
You're Gonna Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators
Love Beams - Lonnie Liston Smith
Tri Tra Trullala - Joachim Witt
Time Signals - Klaus Weiss
Editions of You - Roxy Music
I Wanna See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard and Linda Thompson
Bright Lit Blue Skies - The Rockin Ramrods
The American Metaphysical Circus - The United States of America

Side B: Listen Here
Smile - Saba
Pacific Ocean / Caribbean Lagoon - No Artist (Environments)
L.U.N.A. - Outer Limits Recordings
Stool Pigeon Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
Big Eyed Beans from Venus - Captain Beefheart
Breezin - George Benson
Of Dreams - Morgen
Space Truckin - Deep Purple
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Dead End Street - The Kinks
Desiderio Arias - Grupo De Bachata
Fancy That - Ed Askew


Oct. 16 — Nov. 6, 2021
Hat Balls & Sewing
Creative Director and Millbrook resident Lisa Naftolin will be doing a residency in the Not Donuts Records Project Space. She will be sewing on site, and offering free consultations on mending and altering clothing and textiles. She will also have hat balls and other items.


Jul. 17 — Aug. 22, 2021
Artist Album Covers
Not Donuts presents Artist Album Covers, an exhibition curated by Jared Rosenberg from his collection of record albums with cover art by well-known visual artists.
 
As a child, Jared Rosenberg always collected, first bottle caps and matchbooks found for free, and then more substantial objects, such as hats and Swatches. Records and then art ultimately became his twin collecting passions, so naturally the intersection of the two—artist album covers—holds a particular interest. 
 
The collection is not by any means complete and it is not meant to be. Records tend to be added on the basis of the cover artist more than musical artist. Thus, the process often results in exposure to previously unheard music and expansion of musical tastes.
 
Included visual artists (alphabetically from top left to lower right):
Josef Albers, Lisa Alvarado, Cory Archangel, Tauba Auerbach, John Baldessari, Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Larry Bell, Trudy Benson, Harry Bertoia, Matt Connors, Martin Creed, Jean Dubuffet, Natalie Du Pasquier, Sam Falls, Elise Ferguson, Kim Gordon, Michelle Grabner, Wade Guyton, Marcia Hafif, Keith Haring, Adam Henry, James Hoff, Simen Johan, Chris Johanson, Ray Johnson, Daniel Johnston, Mike Kelley, Josh Keyes, Margaret Kilgallen, Sol Lewitt, Micah Lexier, Robert Longo, Robert Mangold, Christian Marclay, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Barry McGee, Richard McGuire, Landon Metz, Julie Mehretu, Yoshitomo Nara, Kenneth Noland, Albert Oehlen, Raymond Pettibon, Jackson Pollock, Steve Powers, Gerhard Richter, Bridget Riley, Kent Rogowski, Ed Ruscha, David Shrigley, Frank Stella, Wolfgang Tillmans, Fred Tomaselli, Mimiyo Tomozawa, Victor Vasarely, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Christopher Wool, B. Wurtz.