Contributed photo Works by sculptor John Crawford, left, and Swan Lake artist Carol Smith.

Editor's pick: Art opening

Forged metal and the quest for reality at The Art Mill

Sat., Aug. 20 through Thu., Sep. 26, at the Art Mill, 26 Mill Street, Jeffersonville, NY. Reception Sat., Aug. 20, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. 845/482-3126.

One of the latest episodes in Jeffersonville’s ongoing cultural flowering has been the recent restoration of the old mill on Mill Street as an art gallery. Starting this Saturday it will be showing works by Brooklyn sculptor John Crawford and Swan Lake artist Carol Smith.

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‘The Skeleton Key’ an ignorant, scareless mess

Common sense is a tricky thing in the movies, particularly horror films. If it’s a good horror film, you’d be reasonably willing to ignore any lapses of logic, because if the victims just went straight to the police, there would be no movie, and nobody wants that.

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Editor's pick: Shakespeare in the park

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Fri., Aug. 19 and 26, 7:00 p.m. in LaPolt Park, Liberty, NY. Free.

“Joseph Papp up in the Catskills? Sure, I’d love to do it.” That was Oliver King’s response when Robert Dadras of Sullivan Performing Arts first approached him about developing Sullivan County’s very own Shakespeare in the Park.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Llamas and rabbits and pigs, oh my
• Reception to promote synagogue’s renaissance
• The bells are ringing
• Come to the cabaret
• Yoga, poetry and food
• Glassmakers’ cottages star in documentary
• Russian opera thrills audience at the Tusten Theatre
• ‘Grease’ oils wheels of playhouse machine
• Jessica Treat to appear in ‘First Hearings’
• Turkish café entertainment at NaCl
• Victorian splendor at Lacawac Sanctuary
• To Bethel I go
• Yoga center hosts concert to benefit homeless