Community Calendar

Skidmore Encore announces registration for its Fall 2025 lecture series delivered by the remarkable Skidmore College faculty for adult learners age 55+ from around the local region. Encore attracts intellectually curious people who are eager to learn. Join us! The 2025 program runs for seven weeks on Tuesdays from September 30 through November 11 in the gorgeous Arthur Zankel Music Center Skidmore College campus. Online registration opens Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM.

For more information: www.skidmore.edu/encore

Come one, come all and climb aboard the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s solar powered boat Solaris for a ride of historical scares, appropriate for all ages. Settle in and prepare to be spooked as our storytellers captivate you with specially selected tales for the Halloween season. You’ll hear about a headless horseman, ghosts stalking the river, and other local lores. These stories have floated along the Hudson River and beyond for generations, and they’re sure to delight. Cozy up with some hot cider and treats and enjoy the smooth, quiet ride only Solaris can offer as you learn the haunted tales of the mighty Hudson.

Skidmore Encore announces registration for its Fall 2025 lecture series delivered by the remarkable Skidmore College faculty for adult learners age 55+ from around the local region. Encore attracts intellectually curious people who are eager to learn. Join us! The 2025 program runs for seven weeks on Tuesdays from September 30 through November 11 in the gorgeous Arthur Zankel Music Center Skidmore College campus. Online registration opens Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM.

For more information: www.skidmore.edu/encore

Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monso

Come and discuss themes of ecology and humanity’s relationship with nature with other book and nature lovers in our reading and hiking club! Each month we will go on a leisurely hike with stopping points for book discussion. Some months will have guest lecturers.

Registration is encouraged.

Local historian and guest speaker, Ron Gabriele will present a talk on classic radio shows from the 1930s through the 1950s and 60s.
Waxing nostalgia from a bygone era, we will hear of Jack Benny, The Shadow, Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, as well as other radio shows and the founding of the first four networks and how they came to be.

Humanist A.W. Bartczak will compare and contrast the actions of President Donald Trump, General Secretary Xi Jinping of China, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un of North Korea, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary and President Vladimir Putin of Russia. The hybrid meeting will take place on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 6pm in the New Paltz Community Center on 3 Veterans Way in New Paltz. This meeting is free and open to the public. All are welcome. Any changes in date (weather problem) or time will be on MeetUp. For more information, email auer1@att.net .

Skidmore Encore announces registration for its Fall 2025 lecture series delivered by the remarkable Skidmore College faculty for adult learners age 55+ from around the local region. Encore attracts intellectually curious people who are eager to learn. Join us! The 2025 program runs for seven weeks on Tuesdays from September 30 through November 11 in the gorgeous Arthur Zankel Music Center Skidmore College campus. Online registration opens Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM.

For more information: www.skidmore.edu/encore

Scott Turow is one of America’s preeminent authors of legal and crime fiction. In 1990, he appeared on the cover of TIME magazine, which proclaimed him “The Bard of Our Litigious Age.”

A former practicing attorney, Turow is the author of fourteen bestselling works of fiction, beginning with Presumed Innocent (1987), which became the basis of Apple TV’s most-watched drama series in 2024, as well as an acclaimed 1990 film starring Harrison Ford.

Turow’s books have been translated into more than 40 languages, and have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. His newest book is Presumed Guilty (2025), the long-anticipated third installment in the “Rusty” Sabich trilogy. Novelist Kristin Hannah called it, “A compelling, unputdownable legal thriller that explores the dark side of justice in a small town and on a fractured family.”

Scott Turow
7:30 p.m. Monday, October 20, 2025
Conversation with WAMC’s Joe Donahue
Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203

Books will be sold.
A signing will follow the conversation.
The event is free and open to the public.

Cosponsored by Albany Law School, the New York State Bar Association, and the Historical Society of the New York Courts.

Skidmore Encore announces registration for its Fall 2025 lecture series delivered by the remarkable Skidmore College faculty for adult learners age 55+ from around the local region. Encore attracts intellectually curious people who are eager to learn. Join us! The 2025 program runs for seven weeks on Tuesdays from September 30 through November 11 in the gorgeous Arthur Zankel Music Center Skidmore College campus. Online registration opens Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM.

For more information: www.skidmore.edu/encore

The Peoples’ Classroom at The Other Side
Tuesday, October 21, 6-7:30-p.m., 2011 Genesee St., Utica.
If you have ever asked yourself the question, “Why is all this happening in the United States today?” This is not supposed to be who we are.”, then you will not want to miss this month’s presentation of The Peoples’ Classroom. We will tackle the forgotten history and the root causes of the decisions made by the Founding Fathers in crafting the US Constitution. This presentation will challenge your preconceived notions of the birth of our nation and lead you to a better understanding as to why our country operates the way it does in today’s world. The talk is open and free to the public. Donations are greatly appreciated. For information on this and other events at The Other Side see your website, theothersideutica.org.