Opus 40 in Saugerties will hold its rescheduled Community Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 13.

“Community Day: Celebrating 50 Years of Opus 40” will include sculpture tours, live music, oral histories, and other activities. The free event was originally scheduled for May 9, but was postponed because of inclement weather.

The original date marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Harvey Fite, who created the 6.5-acre Opus 40 sculpture. Fite, a Bard College professor born in 1903, died after falling into the quarry from which Opus 40 emerged while riding a power lawnmower.

The sculpture rises from an abandoned quarry through terraces, ramps, staircases, pools, and fitted bluestone walls, with Overlook Mountain in the distance.

A central part of Saturday’s event will be the recording of oral histories. Opus 40, a nonprofit organization, is also asking the public to share stories and photographs by emailing oralhistory@opus40.org or mailing them to the site.

Fite named the project Opus 40 because he believed it would take 40 years to complete. He began the work in 1939, and the project stopped with his death 37 years later.

A 2006 New York Times article cited Architectural Digest’s 1989 description of Opus 40 as one of “the most beguiling works of art on the entire continent.”

Reservations are available at opus40.org. The site is at 356 George Sickle Road, Saugerties.

John W. Barry is a reporter for The Overlook. Reach him at john@theoverlooknews.com.