Join filmmaker Ron Littke and make a movie in a one-week workshop.  Learn script writing, directing, camera, and acting. Classes are held in Eldred, Narrowsburg, and Glen Spey on different weeks throughout the summer. For more information and registration go to www.icehousearts.ny.org

Shadowland Stages in Ellenville, New York presents “Almost Heaven” from August 12 to Sept 11 on the Main Stage.  “Almost Heaven” is a musical tribute and intimate celebration of John Denver’s life and career, told through his numerous hit songs.  Performances are at 8pm Thursdays to Saturdays and 2pm Sundays.

For more information and tickets, go to ShadowlandStages.org

Ten Mile River Scout Museum’s Tuesday History Talk features Tales of the Raftsmen – Stories the lumbermen and rafters told including “How the Ten Mile River Got Its Name at 7pm on August 16.  The Museum is open to visitors prior to the talk.  The museum is located at 1481 Crystal Lake Road (County Road 26) in Narrowsburg.

For information, tmrmuseum.org

Aug 16 – “Tales of the Raftsmen”  Stories the lumbermen and rafters told themselves, including “How the Ten Mile River Got Its Name.”

Cornell Cooperative Extension is facilitating a series of family caregiver support groups Wednesday from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm beginning January 5, 2022.

These support groups are designed to provide a forum, for anyone caring for a dependent adult, to meet others in similar situations and receive information, education, and support to assist them in their caregiving role.

For information full range of programs and registration, go to sullivancce.org.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster final talk on Emu takes place on zoom on August 18 at noon.  Maria Minnaar, author of the Emu Farmer’s Handbook shares her experiences with emu and information from her handbook.

For more information and registration, ulster.cce.cornell.edu

On Thursday, August 18, at 6 p.m., author Darrell Hartman will talk about his forthcoming book, “Battle of Ink and Ice,”.  The talk takes place at the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville and is being sponsored by the Frederick Cook Society.  Hartman recounts the story of the 1909 North Pole Controversy, with a focus on the New York City newspapers that turned the polar dispute between Sullivan County native Frederick Cook and Robert Peary into one of the century’s greatest news stories.

The talk is part of the Hurleyville Summer Festival begins at 5 p.m. and goes until 8:30 p.m, and will feature family-friendly activities throughout the hamlet.  During Festival hours, the Frederick Cook photography exhibition will be open for tours. The exhibit features over 50 photographs by Cook, taken between 1898 and 1909 on his Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. There will also be live music and refreshments.

For more information, visit frederickcookpolar.org.

The Wayne Conservation District and the Northeast Pennsylvania Audubon Society presents an open house for the Habitat Mural in the Conservation District office in Honesdale. At the open house, attendees will have the opportunity to meet the artist and participate in a range of activities. The open house takes place on August 19 from 10am to 2pm. The Habitat Mural can also be viewed online.

For more information – WayneConservation.com

Zane Grey Plein Air offers participants a day of plein air painting and demos at At The Cutting Garden 4055 NY-52, Youngsville, NY from on Friday August 19, 2022 from 10 AM – 12:30 PM.

Enjoy the rewards of a few quiet hours (save for the buzzing of bees) spent in a cultivated flower garden at the height of summer. And before heading home, you’ll have the option to pick a “Bouquet-to-Go” with our host Anne, proprietor of Domesticities and The Cutting Garden.

For more information and registration ZANEGREYPLEINAIR.COM