Oct 17 Saturday
Friends of the Library Book Sale at 509 Esty St, Ithaca. 2 more long weekends: Sat-Mon, Oct 17-19 & Sat-Tues, Oct 24-27, hours: 10am-8pm. 150,000 gently used books, DVDs, CDs, puzzles, games & more, sorted into 70+ subjects for easy shopping. Prices drop each day. For more information, visit www.booksale.org
Go on a wonderful fall adventure through peak fall foliage with artist studios as your destinations!* On October 10-11 and 17-18, from 11:00am to 5:00pm each day, over 35 fine & functional artists on the 28th annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail open their studios to visitors.* Visit ArtTrail.com to get the October Open Studio List/Map to see who is open AND check out the artists' bios, images and location accessibility.* Register your name and email for a great raffle with over 25 chances to win artists’ work or discounts.* There's no fee. Just gather your friends and family and set forth!* You’ll meet great people and see amazing art for sale.* The Art Trail is a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.
Join us for the 2nd Annual Fall Fun Fest on Saturday, October 17th from 12:00–4:00pm at Recreation Park in Binghamton!
This free, family-friendly community event will bring together local organizations, vendors and families for an afternoon of fall fun, food, entertainment and connection.
The event will feature free hot dog meals with chips and a drink for the first 250 people, free popcorn, cotton candy and snow cones, free haircuts, CHOW bag giveaways, community resource organizations, games, activities, giveaways and more.
Special presentations and entertainment will include NYS Troopers Touch-a-Truck and rollover demonstrations, K-9 presentations from the Johnson City and Binghamton Police Departments, a performance by Purpose Company Dance, live entertainment and more.
Admission and activities are free, and everyone is welcome!
Hosted by I am She Ministries, Inc.
Interested in volunteering? We would love to have you join us! Volunteers are still needed for the 2nd Annual Fall Fun Fest.
Volunteer sign-up: https://forms.gle/9cqghrzNu6uui27K6
This is the monthly membership meeting of the Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society. It is free and open to the public. The February meeting will be where members of the group present their own gardening experiences. Later in the year there will be presentations by experts from all over the world.
As dusk settles over the Catskill hills, The Party Theater invites you back into the woods for our 5th annual Microcosm: LORE—one night only. A lantern-lit trail leads you through pasture, barn, and pond’s edge, where twelve local artists have hidden new works across dance, theater, music, puppetry, film and more. Step into a landscape transformed by folk-rock ghost stories from the legend of Rip Van Winkle, field recordings of frogs gathered from Brazil to Vancouver, rising into a choral soundscape, watch dancers and live musicians spin the myth of Arachne into a web that never stops weaving. Along the way: Czech folklore rendered in projection and shadow, a dance duet staged in goldenrod, Victorian poetry reborn as movement, and more. Each piece is glimpsed once, then gone, but together they build a microcosm.
2026 Microcosm artists are:
Clare BiermanDjahari ClarkSarah FranceDavid KammIlona KohlovaJoanna Mendl-ShawRhea NowakJami ReimerShane PerryMikey RosenbaumRod SauquilloGlenna Yu.Program director is Adrian Shirk, with producers Kristin “Kiki” McCalley and Marisa Caruso. Lighting design by Moonstar Lighting. Audio environments by E.C. Hooper.
Bonfire, food and festivities follow until 9:00pm.
**Please note that a fair amount of walking on occasionally uneven ground is necessary to view most of the performances.**
FREE ESL (ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE) CLASSES AT HVRHS:Come improve your English! All community members are invited to register for FREE ESL Classes for the EdAdvance adult education program Monday and Wednesday evenings at 6:00 p.m. at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Room 136 at 246 Warren Turnpike Road in Falls Village, CT. Return students welcome. All classes are FREE and ALL levels are WELCOME. We do NOT share our information with other agencies. Any questions, please email adulted@edadvance.org Program information is found at https://adulted.edadvance.org/
We are so excited to share that—just in time for Easter—we’ll be launching Saturday services! Twice a month, we’ll gather for worship with those whose work schedules make Sunday mornings difficult.
Our heart is to allow for everyone to worship, grow, and stay connected to the body of Christ—no matter their schedule. We can’t wait to gather together and see what God will do through this new opportunity!
Alex Radus is hailed as a “versatile crooner” (UMC Nashville) and “skillful fretman” (Morning Call), but his songwriting takes center stage. Known affectionately for his unique brand of “genre whiplash”, Alex pairs whimsical and poignant storytelling with an eclectic mix of Americana, swing, blues, folk and more. John Gorka calls Alex Radus a “remarkable artist…an excellent guitarist, songwriter and singer…worth going out of your way to hear.”
Alex was selected as a 2024 Falcon Ridge Folk Fest Emerging Artist and voted a “Most Wanted” artist to return to the Main Stage in 2025. Alex has performed with John Gorka as part of the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band reunion, and has provided direct support to national artists, including Gorka, Livingston Taylor, Jeffrey Gaines, Darrell Scott, Tim Reynolds, and the legendary Richie Havens.
Oct 18 Sunday
The Vestal Museum will be exhibiting NYS Governor's Election Buttons from 1898 until Today. This vast collection belongs to retired educator and local community leader/volunteer, Michon Stuart. The Vestal Museum will host an Opening Reception August 28th from 1-3pm and a brief lecture/tour of the collection on October 4th from 1- 2pm. Admission is always free. We are open year round Wednesdays from 9-1, Thursdays 5-9pm, Saturdays 9 - 3 and Sundays 12 - 4.
