Community Calendar

Bridge Street Theatre closes its bold 2025 Mainstage Season with one of the most beloved plays in modern American theatre: Ernest Thompson’s On Golden Pond, running November 13–23 on BST’s intimate “Priscilla” Mainstage at 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill. Directed by BST Co-Founder John Sowle, this production brings warmth, humor, and quiet reflection to Thompson’s contemporary classic about aging, memory, and forgiveness.

For decades, Norman and Ethel Thayer have spent their summers at a rustic lakeside cabin in Maine. But as Norman’s memory falters and their estranged daughter arrives with her fiancé and his teenage son, long-buried tensions resurface. What follows is a funny, tender, and deeply human story about love withheld, love rediscovered, and the courage it takes to forgive.

Suffused with humor and deep emotional resonance, On Golden Pond closes BST’s 2025 season on a note of grace. Performances run Thurs–Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2:00 pm, with an additional 2:00 pm matinee on Saturday, Nov 22. Tickets are $30, $16 for students. Visit bridgest.org/on-golden-pond for details.

Jazz at The Other Side presents Ron Wilkins
Saturday, November 15, 7:30 p.m. at The Other Side, 2011 Genesee St., Utica, NY
NYC based trombonist and vocalist Ron Wilkins returns to The Other Side bringing with him more than 40 years of experience, having performed with such music legends as Dizzie Gillespie, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Rosemary Clooney, Lena Horne, Johnny Mathis, and numerous others, as well as his own groups. He is joined by Bill Dobbins on piano, Peter Chwazyk on bass, Mike Melito on drums, and TOS Music Director Mike Dubaniewicz on sax. Tickets for his performance are $20 adults and $10 students. Seats are limited, so reserve early at 315 735-4825 or kodomenico@ Verizon.net.

This project is made possible with funds from FlavorLayers, Bank of Utica, Green Onion Pub and anonymous donors.

GivingTuesday was created as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. It is an opportunity for people around the world to come together to thank, help, give, show kindness, and share what they have with those in need.
In that spirit of generosity, Lenox Library will collect donations of non-perishable food items, paper products, and personal health care items between November 1 and December 2. All donations will benefit the Lenox Food Pantry.
Plus, your donation will go even further! For every item donated, our friends at BIRCH Properties will contribute $1 to the Lenox Library Association, supporting library programs and collections.
That’s right — your donation can do double the good this GivingTuesday, December 2!
We hope you’ll join us in nourishing our community’s bellies and brains. Every act of generosity, no matter how small, makes a difference.

Our traditional Holiday Fair promotes the holiday spirit with regional artisans featuring handmade pottery, jewelry, fiber, artisan foods and much more!

All inside our historic 1848 Meeting House.

Choose unique gifts for your loved ones while helping support local businesses this holiday season.

October 8th through December 14th

Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm
Closed Mondays

Admission is free, donations welcome!

The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.

“Once a Tree: Continuity, Creativity, and Connection” explores the deep-rooted significance of trees in Haudenosaunee culture, tradition, and creative expression. Featuring the work of 42 artists and more than 100 objects—including decorative and utilitarian baskets, cradleboards, snowshoes, ladles, lacrosse sticks, toys, instruments, carvings, and sleds—this exhibition highlights the important relationship between nature and artistry. Selected from the Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition was created with guidance from curatorial consultants Terry Chrisjohn III (Oneida), Preston Jacobs (Mohawk), and Sheila Ransom (Mohawk).

"Separated but Unbroken: The Haudenosaunee Boarding School Experience" explores the lasting impact of the Thomas Indian School, once located on the Cattaraugus Reservation south of Buffalo, NY, and The Mohawk Institute near Branford, Ontario. These institutions, which enrolled a significant number of Haudenosaunee students, were part of a larger system that sought to erase Indigenous identities while deeply shaping the lives of those who endured them. Co-curated by Erin Keaton (Mohawk), the exhibition sheds light on Haudenosaunee resilience.

Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.

Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.

Abstract Art w/ Drawing Oils
Sat, Nov 16, 11:30-2:30pm

Join painter Melanie Delgado for a 3 hour workshop at the Jane St Art Center in Saugerties, NY.

This workshop will introduce participants to the brand new R&F Drawing Oils. We will start with a variety of mark making exercises to get comfortable creating abstract marks. Delgado will share her experience as an abstract painter and demonstrate her techniques for getting started and possibilities for a resolved work of art.

Melanie Delgado (b.1977) was born and raised in New Jersey. She has lived in many places, most notably Philadelphia, Maryland and California. In 2014 she moved from San Diego, California to Upstate New York where she has found a home and a sense of place, with deep ties to her community. Delgado has been a painting instructor at the Woodstock School of Art since 2015 and has most recently been the exhibition curator for Maiden Lane Gallery in Kingston, New York. Carving out time in her studio between teaching at the Woodstock School of Art and raising a daughter, she continues to piece together works taking on Motherhood, Fear and Doubt. Her collection is imbued with Determination, Confidence and Love.

“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.” - Kahlil Gibran

Through this series of monotypes, I explore water as a substance, its metaphoric allusion, and the collective narrative that addresses mankind's complicated relationship to this essential natural resource.

Opening Reception: Sat, Nov 8, 3-6pm
Gallery Hours: Thurs/Sun - 12-5pm, Fri/Sat - 12-6pm
No On-Site Parking

“What is your Abstract? It can be colorful or neutral tones, complicated or simple lines, bold or subdued and everything in between. What does Abstract Art mean to you? Can something that is abstract reference anything at all (landscape, human etc.) or does it need to be completely unrecognizable, referencing nothing but itself?”

Through this open call, we sought work that challenges, redefines, or reaffirms the boundaries of abstraction. Each piece on display reflects an individual response to this question, offering a personal interpretation of what it means to make abstract art today.

Abstract Back at Ya is a juried abstract group exhibition at The Sketchbook Gallery on view from Nov 8 - Dec 13, 2025. Gallery Hours are 12-5pm on Thursdays/Sundays and 12-6pm on Fridays/Saturdays. The Opening Reception will take place on Sat, Nov 8 from 3-6pm and it is part of the Saugerties Art Walk.