Ribbon cutting at the Vintage House

JEFFERSONVILLE, NY — On August 14, a ribbon cutting took place at the Vintage House, an antique store located at 4910 Rte. 52.

Art on Main to feature local artists

NARROWSBURG, NY — On Friday, September 4, vendors, galleries and restaurants on Main Street will kick off Labor Day weekend with Art on Main. Traffic between Bridge Street and the post office from 5.30 p.m.onwards will be closed.

Main Street will be turned into an outdoor gallery for the evening, featuring local artists including David Barnett, Paul Plumadore, Meghan Udell, Hanna Marritz, J Morgan Puett, and others. The event is presented outdoors to support safe social distancing. WJFF host Jason Tougaw will spin music from the DVAA balcony.

Additionally, One Grand Books and B-Line Ice Cream will host Drag Queen Ice Cream, a story-telling hour in drag featuring ice cream sundaes, on the deck on Main Street at 6 p.m. The event will be ticketed to manage numbers, with ice cream included.

For the event, volunteers with “Keep Your Distance” t-shirts will remind visitors to maintain the recommended six-foot distance and to wear masks.

For more details, visit One Grand Books on Main Street, or check One Grand Book’s Facebook page.

‘Off the Wall’

HONESDALE, PA — The Wayne County Arts Alliance presents selected works by 2020 Great Wall of Honesdale artists in its second annual “Off the Wall” show displayed in the new WCAA gallery located at 959 Main St. Paintings, watercolors, mosaics, photography and collage, in a wide range of styles, will be represented. Participating artists include Jennifer Case, Eva Drizhal, Sue Stephan Foster, Jeff Hiller, Claudine Luchsinger, Patrick McLane, Trix Render, Mark Charles Rooney and Tanner Simon. The exhibit is curated by Paul Plumadore and Jim Tindell.

The show is open to the public from Thursdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Saturday, September 26. Masks and social distancing are required.

‘Mostly Beethoven’

MILFORD, PA — Northeast Pennsylvania’s fourth Classical Music Celebration, featuring an afternoon of free, daytime performances, will take place Saturday, September 5. This year, the theme of “Mostly Beethoven” honors the 250th birthday of the great composer. The event is designed to accommodate social distancing.

After a 1:30 p.m. opening ceremony on the steps of the antebellum Milford Community House, located at 201 Broad St., a line-up of artists will perform outdoor concerts. At 2 p.m. Jane MacAlla-Livingston will play the organ for listeners outside the cobblestone Good Shepherd Episcopal Church at 110 W. Catharine St., adjacent to Ann Street Park. Then the festival moves on to a series of drive-in concerts at the Milford Health System parking lot, 111 E. Catharine St.

Attendees must wear masks and practice social distancing. Admission to the drive-in performances will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The Milford Health System parking lot will be drive-in only, but pedestrians who stay behind the yellow line can also enjoy the concert, which will be amplified. People in cars are encouraged to bring chairs and umbrellas, and they are welcome to move their vehicles in and out between performances. Alcohol is not permitted, and concert-goers must take their trash with them.

For more information, visit www.kindredspiritsarts.org or email kindredspir@yahoo.com.

‘Area 590 – Aliens in the Park’

HAWLEY, PA — Growing Lackawaxen will hold its “AREA 590 - Aliens in the Park” spaceship auction and UFO party on September 5 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. There will be food, socially distant kid’s games, music, awards for best adult and child costume and the opportunity to bid for out-of-this-world Spaceship sculptures previously displayed around Lackawaxen Township. Nine incredible spaceships are available for the live auction.

Bidders will have the opportunity to view the extraordinary sculptures the week before the event.

Highlights of the day include a live auction, surprise special guest appearance for the kids, UFO cookie painting and music provided by DJ Spaide.

For more information, including sponsorship opportunities and placing a proxy bid, visit Growing Lackawaxen on Facebook.

Flower bulb sale

BETHANY, PA — The Bethany Public Library kicked off a month-long fall-planting flower bulb sale on September 1 to raise funds to support the library. Prices start at $10. The sale ends on Thursday, October 1.

The library is working with two different bulb companies, Dutch Mills Bulbs and Nature in Bloom, which will donate a share of their profits. The library will take orders by email (kbaxter@waynelibraries.org), by phone (570/253-4349 or 570/470-1562), by Facebook Messenger (www.bit.ly/bethanylibfb), or in person in the library (Wednesday through Saturday, 12 noon to 5 p.m.) with proper precautions to prevent the potential spread of the coronavirus.

Payments can be made via check, credit card via Square, Inc.’s payments processing options, or in cash. Contact Kate Baxter at the library or Janet Heinly at 570/470-1562 with preferred payment information.

When the bulbs arrive in early October, they can be picked up at the library in person or curbside by advance arrangement.

‘Rodmaker’s Gathering’

ONLINE — The Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum is hosting its 26th annual Catskill Rodmaker’s Gathering. Due to the pandemic, this year the event will be held virtually.

The cost is $75. All registrants will receive raffle entry for a chance to win a quadrate bamboo rod donated by Bellinger Award Winner Alan Kube, online video access, online auction access and a 2020 Catskill Rodmaker’s tee shirt.

Online content, and bidding for the auction, opens on Saturday, September 5. Registrants will receive an email with the link and password for video access on Friday, September 4.

Call for photography entries

NARROWSBURG, NY — The Narrowsburg Union seeks photographers to submit work to an upcoming show, “People and Places: Photography As Observation.” The curated exhibition will be centered around photographic representations of people and places at a time of immense change, disruption and uncertainty.

Applicants should consider the following: If photography is a way of seeing, and a way of being seen, how have our views changed in the wake of a global pandemic and an international reckoning on race, class, power, and oppression, and what can a photograph show us about our own lives, and teach us about the lives of others?

People and Places: Photography as Observation will feature genres spanning portraiture, documentary, photojournalism, still life, fashion, and landscape will all be considered, in both digital and analog formats.

Artists should submit up to eight photos (300 dpi images) of their work by email to curator@narrowsburgunion.com. Include the artist’s name, contact information (phone number, email and physical address) and the title of the work, medium, dimension and year created.

Artists can submit at any time through Tuesday, September 15.

For more information, email curator@narrowsburgunion.com or call 845/252-3100.