Spookytown – Halloween on Chestnut Street
October 31
4:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: Putnam History Museum, 63 Chestnut Street
www.putnamhistorymuseum.org
845-265-4010

“God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal” lecture by Jack Kelly
November 5
2 pm
Butterfield Library & Putnam History Museum Lecture Series
Location: Putnam History Museum, 63 Chestnut Street
www.putnamhistorymuseum.org
845-265-4010

On Saturday November 9th, please join us as we commemorate the Putnam County Veterans’ Medal from 1919.

The courthouse will be adorned in flags and bunting to recreate the atmosphere of the first medal ceremony honoring WWI Veterans. The 2019 Row of Honor on the shores of Lake Gleneida provides a beautiful backdrop for this event bringing together the past and present of Putnam County’s strong tradition of honoring our Veterans.

Ceremony will begin at Noon on the steps of the Historic Putnam County Courthouse.

Lecture: “The Star Spangled Mystery” with author Marc Ferris
November 9
5 pm
Location: Putnam History Museum, 63 Chestnut Street
www.putnamhistorymuseum.org
845-265-4010

PHM’s 61st Annual Candlelight Thanksgiving Service & Dinner
November 24
5:00pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Episcopal Church of St.Mary-in-the-Highlands (Service, 5 pm)
The Garrison (Dinner, 6 pm)
www.putnamhistorymuseum.org
845-265-4010

Are you ready for some serious belly laughs? You’ve probably seen them on TV and but now you can see them in person. Don’t Miss the Loudmouths of Comedy with Carie Karavas, Kerri Louise and Regina DeCicco! LIVE at Putnam County Golf Course!

$39 includes buffet dinner/ cash bar available!

Doors open 6:30- showtime 8pm-10pm.

Don’t wait! Our indoor seating fills up quickly. Get Your Tickets Today!

This is a free event, and this year we are collecting canned or dry food donations to help those in need.  Suggested dontations of $10 towards the restoration of the Old Town Hall Theater will be cheerfully accepted.

The Cultural Arts Coalition presents: New Year’s Day Concert for Peace, Wednesday, January 1st, 2:00pm, Studio Around the Corner, Brewster NY. Reserve your tickets at http://bit.ly/2syyAZT

Start your new year at a peaceful gathering, with music, poetry readings and camaraderie at this popular event. As we celebrate all of our community this New Year, we are collecting canned or dry food items to assist those in need.

Three of our featured performers met and became fast friends in the pit – the Broadway orchestra for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, the winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Musical. Paul Staroba, piano and musical director; Robert Zubrycki, violin, and Shelagh Abate, french horn. They will be joined by the vocalist and violinist, Erica Spryes. The musical selections will include the Trio for Violin, French Horn and Piano by Johannes Brahms, Journey by L. Subramaniam, selections from J. S. Bach’s Goldberg variations will played in memory of Stefani Gosselink, works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, some Broadway favorites and a sing-a-long of Auld Lang Syne.

Works by the poet, Demetrios Trifiatis, Ph. D in Philosophy and retired professor from Duke University will be read by Judy Marano, Phyllis Polonkay and Alyson Denny.

Paul Staroba is currently the Associate Conductor of A Christmas Carol on Broadway. This dynamic performer has many Broadway credits, including: My Fair Lady, War Paint, A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, Next to Normal, A Little Night Music, and Grey Gardens. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones, Dear Evan Hansen, Far From Heaven, and Carrie. His next show will be Company starring Katrina Lenk and Patti Lupone on Broadway.

Erica Spyres is an actor, singer, and violinist who made her Broadway debut in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. For nearly two years, Erica toured the US, Canada, and Japan with the Once First National Tour. Then, she spent two months in Paris performing in Passion opposite Natalie Dessay at the Théâtre du Châtelet. She has been a soloist with The Boston Pops, Sondheim Unplugged at 54 Below and Springfield Regional Opera. For her work on stage, Erica has received an Elliot Norton Award for Tribes and IRNE Awards for Camelot, Avenue Q, and The Light in the Piazza.

Shelagh Abate is one of New York’s most sought-after musicians. Known for her simultaneously warm and assertive sound, her versatility and musical intuition has earned her a place in the lexicon of NYC’s busiest performers. Shelagh has opened more than one dozen Broadway productions. Among them are Mary Poppins, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, South Pacific, Honeymoon in Vegas, Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, Anastasia, and most currently Disney’s Frozen. Since arriving in New York in 2006, she has performed regularly with The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Mostly Mozart Festival, The American Ballet Theater, The American Symphony Orchestra, and has been principal horn of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra since 1999. She is a founding member of the award-winning Triton Brass, and on the faculty with the Atlantic Brass Quintet International Summer Seminar.

Violinist, Robert Zubrycki, is the director of the Concerts Around the Corner series. He is currently Concertmaster for the New York City Chamber Orchestra, a member of the American Symphony Orchestra, and the Stamford Symphony. He has recently performed as Concertmaster for the New York Choral Society at Carnegie Hall, Encores! at City Center, Opera Orchestra of New York and is the acting Concertmaster for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic. He also performs in the orchestra for American Ballet Theater at Lincoln Center, is Assistant Concertmaster for Orchestra Moderne and a regular performer at the 92nd St. Y’s Lyrics and Lyricists series. A veteran of dozens of Broadway shows, Robert was recently a member of the orchestras for Kiss Me, Kate, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel, She Loves Me and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder.

There is a suggested donation of $10 for this event, reservations are strongly encouraged as space is limited!

Join the Philipstown Garden Club and the Putnam Highlands Audubon Society as they present “Audubon Report – Survival by Degrees” from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9 at the Desmond Fish Public Library in Garrison. The interactive presentation will focus on how changes to the environment and climate are reflected in the current bird populations and will highlight the plight of birds affected by global climate change and how we can help.

Photo by Kyle Bardwell
Black and white warbler

Hannah Waters, senior associate editor for climate change at the Audubon, will share findings of the 2019 report, “Survival by Degrees: 389 Species on the Brink.” Kyle Bardwell will lead the second part of the interactive workshop using computers. There are a few laptops available at the library so participants may bring their own or just come and listen. Bardwell will help participants learn how to identify birds in their zip codes that are at risk, advocate for birds and design garden habitats for birds using native plants. Bardwell is a board member of the Putnam Highlands Audubon Society as well as a published author and recognized photographer.

The Southeast Museum and Brewster Public Library present a talk on the early history of the Women’s Rights Movement at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 at the Brewster Public Library. Join us as we explore the 1830s and the Grimke sisters’ role in the Women’s Rights Movement.

Register online at http://brewsterlibrary.org/ or call the library at 845.279.6421.  

Open House on the Farm

• Saturday, October 17, 2020, 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Please join us for an Open House on Tilly Foster Farm:

There will be Animals & Art, Antique Tractors, Apples, Cider & Donuts, Ask a Master Gardener, Clover Scavenger Hunt, Pollinator Pathway, Tilly’s Pumpkin Patch, Roasted Corn, Self Guided Art Tour & Hiking Trails

REGISTER HERE

MASKS REQUIRED

*Please leave your pets at home!

Fee

Free

Learn More

https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/Open_House_on_the_Farm_237

Location

Tilly Foster Farms
100 New York 312
Brewster, New York 10509