Community Calendar

“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.

FRI Nov. 7, FIRST FRIDAY, 5:30-7:30pm, Reception for 46th PhotoRegional Exhibition. Music from The Alan Thomson Jazz Trio.

The Vermont Circus Festival brings people together to celebrate the joy of circus through workshops, performances, and community events. Highlights include guest company Parallel Exit's new show from New York City, Alumni Cabaret and Beta Night open stage, 60+ workshops for recreational through advanced students of circus, seminars on circus in art, literature and politics, and lots of clowning around town! Produced by the New England Center for Circus Arts - by sharing the magic of this art form, we strengthen community connections, inspire creativity, and bring cultural and economic vibrancy to the region. www.circusschool.org

CoveCare Center invites you to join us and all those who through their hope and hard work are empowered to change and find the quality of life that they deserve!

The 2025 Imagine Gala – our biggest fundraising event of the year – is being held on Friday, November 7th at Hollow Brook Golf Club in Cortlandt Manor, NY. This year we will be honoring two Putnam County business with a spirit of community and a tradition of giving – Byron’s Patterson Auto Body and South Putnam Animal Hospital – for their commitment to positively impacting the lives of our neighbors facing mental health and substance use issues.

The evening will feature a cocktail hour perfect for networking, a seated dinner, dancing, and our popular silent auction. Our Community Giving Tree will also be on display, featuring the many programs and services your donation could impact. All proceeds directly support CoveCare Center’s mental health, substance use, community-based and support services, and our ability to remain an accessible and affordable resource for the community.

To attend, become a sponsor, place an ad in our printed and digital event journal, or donate to our silent auction, please visit covecarecenter.org/2025-imagine-gala/ or email development@covecarecenter.org

The Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to the David H. Koch Theater November 4–23, 2025, with World Premieres by Resident Choreographers Lauren Lovette and Robert Battle, and the New York Premiere of Hope Boykin’s How Love Sounds. The soundscape is as bold as the dancing — from jazz icons Ella Fitzgerald, Wycliffe Gordon, and Mahalia Jackson, to the orchestral sweep of Antonín Dvořák and John Adams, to pop classics by Patsy Cline, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, and Donna Summer. Alongside Taylor favorites Esplanade and Company B, the repertory features treasures including Speaking in Tongues, the Whitman-inspired Beloved Renegade, Offenbach Overtures, Scudorama, Troilus and Cressida (reduced), and Concertiana, Taylor’s final dance. Select performances feature live music performed by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Tickets start at $10 at boxoffice.dance.

Jay Craven's "Lost Nation" is a Revolutionary War era action drama set in the early upstart Republic of Vermont. The film stars Irish actor Kevin Ryan (“Copper,” "Harry Wild”) as Vermont founding father and rebel schemer, Ethan Allen, and Kenyan actress Eva Ndachi (“Beautifully Broken”) as Lucy Terry Prince, whose poem, “Bars Fight,” about the 1746 Deerfield Massacre, is the first known work of African American literature. The film was shot on more than 3 dozen Western Massachusetts and Vermont locations – and includes battle scenes, dozens of locations and 43 speaking parts – on an indie film budget.

"Lost Nation" has played over 80 sold out dates across New England since its tour began last summer. It was produced through Semester Cinema, an educational film intensive where 30 film professionals mentor and collaborate with 45 college students to produce an ambitious feature film for national release. The program has announced its move to Lenox, MA for the upcoming 2026 Spring semester.

$15 admission. Advance tickets available at kcppresents.org. A Q&A with Jay Craven will follow the screening.

The Joni Project - Celebrating the Music of Joni Mitchell
featuring Katie Pearlman and her band.
Happy Birthday Joni!

The Joni Project formed as a tribute in sound and spirit to Joni Mitchell, one of music’s greatest and most innovative artists. The band is fronted by Long Island's remarkable multi-instrumentalist and singer Katie Pearlman, who impressively plays Joni's songs in their original open guitar tunings; and includes jazz and jam band mainstays Dave Berg (guitar), Dan Ehrlich (bass), Alan Lerner (drums), Mark Mancini (keyboards), Steve Finkelstein (percussion), Premik Russell Tubbs (saxophone and flute), and Victoria Faiella (backing vocals).

Collectively, they've performed with members of the Grateful Dead, The Band, The Doors, the Neville Brothers, and so many others. Together, they bring fresh interpretation to Joni's legendary tunes from their many eras and genres - particularly from the time of her stunning and dynamic collaboration with Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny and Michael Brecker. But The Joni Project celebrates it all - from Both Sides Now, Big Yellow Taxi, Chelsea Morning and Help Me, to Raised on Robbery and Free Man in Paris!

"The Joni Project is quite simply the finest and most musically sophisticated tribute to Joni on the scene today!" - Jim Faith, concert promoter and producer of The Great South Bay Music Festival

The Hotchkiss Dramatic Association launches its 2025–26 season with PIPPIN, Stephen Schwartz’s Tony Award–winning musical, November 7–9 in Walker Auditorium. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

Told through a troupe of medieval street performers, PIPPIN follows the son of Charlemagne as he searches for fulfillment and meaning in life. With its dazzling score and unforgettable finale, the show continues to inspire audiences to question what truly gives life purpose.

Directed by MK Lawson, Head of Musical Theatre at Hotchkiss, PIPPIN promises a magical start to the season. Admission is free and open to the public.

Mark St. Germain’s play is filled with the humor, honesty, and life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who became “Dr. Ruth,” America’s most famous sex therapist.
Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, know the incredible journey that preceded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a sniper, to her struggle to succeed as a single mother newly-arrived in America, her’s is a stunning tale of becoming Dr. Ruth.

“An illuminating portrait…her story is certainly a stirring one.” - NY Times

90 min | Written by Mark St. Germain | Directed by Stephen Nachamie

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.