Event Type : Education

Repair Café Tusten is hosting their next Repair Café Tusten  on Sat., July 27 from 10am to 1pm at the Tusten Town
Hall, Narrowsburg, NY. Repair Cafes are there to help get your favorite items repaired while bringing our community together. And it’s
FREE!

(The team of coaches for July 27 can work on
 Knife & Ax Sharpening – please reserve 9our time slot!
 Things Wooden
 Mechanical Items – Can’t get CD player to play?
 Screens
 Lamps / Electrical & Small Appliances
 Jewelry
 Sewing – hand or machine
 Knitting and Crocheting – your favorite blanket have a hole? Get it ready for winter!)

For more information, check out Facebook page – Repair Café Tusten or email repaircafetusten@gmail.com

Saturday & Sunday July 27th & 28th, 12pm-4pm….. FREE TO ALL
Visit museums and historical societies throughout Sullivan County, NY for special events, give aways and free admission.

For more information contact the specific museum directly.

PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS (* free admission):

*Catskill Art Space: Explores contemporary art practices and fosters creative community. 48 Main St, Livingston Manor, NY 12758

*Catskill Fly Fishing Museum: A nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to: preserving America’s fly fishing heritage; teaching its future generations of fly fishers; and protecting its fly fishing environment. 1031 Old Rte 17, Livingston Manor, NY 12758

D&H Canal Interpretive Center: displays historic remains of the former Delaware & Hudson (D&H) Canal and sits within the D&H Canal Linear Park, adjacent to the nearly 200-year-old ruins of a lock and waste weir. The Center takes visitors on a journey to explore life on the canal, through each phase of the canal’s construction and its 70 years of operation. 16 Bova Road, Summitville, NY 12781

Fort Delaware Museum: Active re-creation of a colonial fort along the Upper Delaware River, featuring authentic displays of life within and outside the fort’s walls. 6615 NY-97, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

*Frederick Cook Society: Extensive Cook Collection, artifacts from Civil War displays, Inuit artifacts, and more. Inside the Sullivan County Museum. 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747

*Liberty Museum & Art Center: Exhibiting items of historical interest, as well as promoting educational activities such as art classes, lectures, cultural programs, and programs designed for children. 46 S Main St, Liberty, NY 12754

*Sullivan County Historical Society: A three-story former school building featuring exhibits that explore the history of Sullivan County for future generations. 265 Main Street Hurleyville, NY 12747

*Ten Mile River Scout Museum: An extensive collection of TMR memorabilia, including banners, literature, maps, neckerchiefs, patches, photographs, physical artifacts and signs and more. 5 Robert M Buonvino Pl, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

*Time and the Valleys Museum: Explore 3 levels of interactive exhibits, featuring virtual reality and 1930’s Lost Catskill Farm that explores NYC’s Water Systems and the sacrifices made by local residents to provide New York City with clean water. 332 Main Street, Grahamsville, NY 12740

The Farm Arts Collective in Damascus, PA is presenting the children’s show  ALICE IN SCIENCELAND on Saturday July 27th at 2 PM.

The STEAM (science technology engineering arts math)performance features a host of the Farm Arts Collective company members and the performance is followed by a Q and A with a NASA climate scientist. AND CARROTS!

For information go to  https://www.farmartscollective.org/

Saturday & Sunday July 27th & 28th, 12pm-4pm….. FREE TO ALL
Visit museums and historical societies throughout Sullivan County, NY for special events, give aways and free admission.

For more information contact the specific museum directly.

PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS (* free admission):

*Catskill Art Space: Explores contemporary art practices and fosters creative community. 48 Main St, Livingston Manor, NY 12758

*Catskill Fly Fishing Museum: A nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to: preserving America’s fly fishing heritage; teaching its future generations of fly fishers; and protecting its fly fishing environment. 1031 Old Rte 17, Livingston Manor, NY 12758

D&H Canal Interpretive Center: displays historic remains of the former Delaware & Hudson (D&H) Canal and sits within the D&H Canal Linear Park, adjacent to the nearly 200-year-old ruins of a lock and waste weir. The Center takes visitors on a journey to explore life on the canal, through each phase of the canal’s construction and its 70 years of operation. 16 Bova Road, Summitville, NY 12781

Fort Delaware Museum: Active re-creation of a colonial fort along the Upper Delaware River, featuring authentic displays of life within and outside the fort’s walls. 6615 NY-97, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

*Frederick Cook Society: Extensive Cook Collection, artifacts from Civil War displays, Inuit artifacts, and more. Inside the Sullivan County Museum. 265 Main Street, Hurleyville, NY 12747

*Liberty Museum & Art Center: Exhibiting items of historical interest, as well as promoting educational activities such as art classes, lectures, cultural programs, and programs designed for children. 46 S Main St, Liberty, NY 12754

*Sullivan County Historical Society: A three-story former school building featuring exhibits that explore the history of Sullivan County for future generations. 265 Main Street Hurleyville, NY 12747

*Ten Mile River Scout Museum: An extensive collection of TMR memorabilia, including banners, literature, maps, neckerchiefs, patches, photographs, physical artifacts and signs and more. 5 Robert M Buonvino Pl, Narrowsburg, NY 12764

*Time and the Valleys Museum: Explore 3 levels of interactive exhibits, featuring virtual reality and 1930’s Lost Catskill Farm that explores NYC’s Water Systems and the sacrifices made by local residents to provide New York City with clean water. 332 Main Street, Grahamsville, NY 12740

Delaware Highlands Conservancy announces a program at the Van Scott Nature Reserve, Beach Lake, PA on Monday, July 29 from 2-4 pm.

Michelle Proscia, Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan Agriculture Program Manager, discusses Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations of on-farm composting and soil health. The workshop will include aerobic and anaerobic composting, small scale vs. large scale composting, and the basics of vermiculture (composting using worms). Soil testing bags will be available to identify pH and nutrients in the soil and how to improve them.

For program details and to register, www.DelawareHighlands.org/events   Space is limited.

Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster and their 4-H program will be serving up fun youth educational activities, a cost-efficient menu with healthier choices and  4-H Milkshakes at the Ulster County Fair Tuesday July 30th to Sunday, August 4th at the Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz, NY. For more information go to https://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/

Cornell Cooperative Extension Ulster and their 4-H program will be serving up fun youth educational activities, a cost-efficient menu with healthier choices and  4-H Milkshakes at the Ulster County Fair Tuesday July 30th to Sunday, August 4th at the Ulster County Fairgrounds in New Paltz, NY. For more information go to https://ulster.cce.cornell.edu/

On Thursday August 1 at 2pm, the National Park Service visits the Jeffersonville Public Library for a presentation on snakes, with hands-on activities for children ages 6-11.

For registration and more information, visit wsplonline.org.

Writers in the Mountains (WIM) is presenting Poetry Forms: Why and How Workshop with William Duke, a two-day intensive class held online Tuesday and Thursday, August 20 and 22, 2024 from 7 to 9 p.m.

To learn more and to register online, visit writersinthemountains.org.