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Saratoga Springs, NY - On, Sunday, September 21 at 10:30AM, join Alexandra Morgan for the Autumn Stroll, “Down in the Valley: Exploring the Gut.” This tour will focus on Saratoga Spring’s historic “Gut” neighborhood- a culturally diverse region of the city whose success was due to the thriving Jewish community residing in the area and running businesses there.

New York, NY -- The Paul Taylor Dance Company, the only Company to bring modern dance to Lincoln Center each Season since 2012, will return to the David H. Koch Theater for three weeks, November 4-23, 2025. The repertoire features classics by Paul Taylor that display his extraordinary range, from romantic to humorous and from poignant to controversial. The repertoire also includes World Premieres by Resident Choreographers Lauren Lovette and Robert Battle that are the direct result of 2024’s Taylor Future Dance Initiative to develop outstanding dance makers. Hope Boykin’s How Love Sounds will have its New York Premiere, and Jody Sperling’s Vive La Loïe! will return for the second Season in a row.

September 25^th – 28^th, 2025

Advance Ticket Purchases Recommended

Narrowsburg, N.Y. – The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) is delighted to invite you to another weird and wonderful Big Eddy Film Festival! Now in its 14^th year, Big Eddy Film Festival is a celebration of film, art and the rural imagination. Taking place over four days, multiple locations and featuring everything from documentary to animation and everything in-between, BEFF is an Upstate cinephile’s dream.

The Comic Strip that Transcends Generations and Imaginations Comes to Cooperstown

Cooperstown, NY – Fenimore Art Museum is pleased to present Exploring Calvin & Hobbes, beginning Saturday, September 13, 2025 and on view through December 31, 2025. Exploring Calvin and Hobbes revisits the beloved comic strip created by Bill Watterson from 1985 to 1995 and explores his mastery of the comic strip art form through engaging characters, thoughtful writing and creative layouts.

Poughkeepsie, NY: The Hudson Valley Gospel Festival committee is pleased to announce the 6th Annual Hudson Valley Gospel Festival, set for Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at the Family Partnership Center, 29 North Hamilton Street, Poughkeepsie, NY. This free, family-friendly event brings together choirs, praise teams, and dancers from across the mid-Hudson region for an afternoon of uplifting music, worship, and community celebration.

The 2025 festival will feature the Hudson Valley Gospel Festival Choir, directed by Dinesa Hansen, the Ulster County Community Gospel Choir, led by Dennis Washington, the Baptist Temple Church Praise Team from Orange County, led by Pastor Dollyann Briggs, and the Hudson Lily of the Valley Praise Dance Team, led by Linda Molina. Pastor Evelyn Clarke will serve as emcee for the afternoon.

Celebrating 50 Years of Long Island’s Family Farm Heritage with Authentic North Fork Country Fair Fun!

Riverhead, NY (Sept. 12, 2025) — Hallockville Museum Farm, the 28-acre preserved farm homestead on Long Island’s North Fork, invites the community to join in a milestone celebration: the 44th Annual Hallockville Country Fair, happening Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Schenectady, N.Y. (Sept. 11) - Proctors will restore Goldie, the 1931 Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ, in a $400,000 project led by COSS Organs of Delmar, NY, with guidance from the Hudson-Mohawk Chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society. Work began Aug. 2025 and is scheduled for completion Sept. 2026, in time for the 100th anniversary season at Proctors.

Albany, N.Y. (Sept. 10) – “Becky Nurse of Salem,” a whip-smart dark comedy by Sarah Ruhl, opens the 2025-26 season on the MainStage at Capital Repertory Theatre from Sept. 26 through Oct. 19, directed by Margaret E. Hall.

Set in present-day Salem, Becky Nurse is a descendant of the infamous Rebecca Nurse. Recently fired from her job at the Salem Witch Museum for thievery and sass, Becky spirals into a surreal and hilarious blend of sorcery, pills, family, and her granddaughter’s high school production of “The Crucible.” As Becky navigates her own trials, she finds uncanny strength in her lineage. This scathing comedy shreds myths of villainy and victimhood to celebrate the defiant survivor in us all.

Lake Placid, NY (September 12, 2025) - The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) has received two awards from the New York State Tourism Industry Association (NYSTIA) at a ceremony that took place during the organization’s 2025 annual meeting in Lake George on September 11.

The awards recognize outstanding initiatives and achievements of New York state’s destination marketing organizations, attractions, and other tourism-related businesses. Categories included marketing campaigns, destination management initiatives, location stewardship, innovation and leadership.

With Dr. Mark P. Richard, Professor of History and Canadian Studies, SUNY Plattsburgh

6:30 pm, Thursday, September 25, 2025; Clinton County Historical Association, 98 Ohio Road, Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, N.Y. – Plattsburgh’s French-Canadian roots date back to the explorations of Samuel de Champlain in the early 1600s. But French speakers formed their own community in Plattsburgh largely in the mid-1800s. The existing scholarship on French-Canadian immigration in the United States has focused on industrial centers in New England, such as Manchester, New Hampshire, and Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Few studies have examined French-Canadian migration to New York State.