Contributed photo Bassoonist Leonard Hindell of the New York Philharmonic will be a guest performer at this year’s Weekend of Chamber Music benefit.

Editor's picK: Chamber music

A feast for all the senses

Saturday, June 17, 6:00 p.m. Private country home in Bethel, NY; directions available upon registration. $60 per person; $15 for students under 18. 845/932-8527.

BETHEL, NY—Every year for the past 10 years, a private country home in Bethel has provided the backdrop for a highly select event: “Music in the Barn,” the Weekend of Chamber Music’s (WCM) annual June benefit. Billed as a chamber music concert, the evening in fact combines pleasures for a variety of senses: not only the audio delights of classical music played by world-class professionals, but the bucolic visual beauty of the rural setting and the sumptuous tastes of an al fresco banquet.

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Editor's pick: Cabaret

Cabaret goes country

Sunday, June 18, 7:00 and 9:30 p.m. Bradstan Country Hotel, 1561 Route 17B, White Lake, NY. $35 includes first beverage. 845/583-4114.

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Historical Society plans auto show

The Equinunk Historical Society will hold its 7th annual car show on Saturday, June 24 from 10:00 am. to 3:00 p.m. at the show grounds on Pine Mill Road, off Route 191. Above, the planning committee poses with a 1950 Plymouth sedan, one of the vehicles that will be on display at the show. They are Chuck Trummer, left, Carol Ann MacMaster, Richard Gill, Nick Vanderweide, Floyd Schnakenberg, Bob Kramer, Dan Crosby, kneeling, and Charlie Bennett, owner. Not present are Barbara Teeple (bake sale chair), Robert Wood, Frank and Sally Heath and Don and Pat Kaszner.

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• Softball tournament returns to Heinle’s field
• Local artists’ talents on view