Contributed photo Jessica Newhall as “Katharina”, the “shrew” of this year’s Shakespeare in the Park production in Liberty, “The Taming of the Shrew,” debuting on Friday, August 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Kate gets kissed in Liberty

Local teens bring Shakespeare to life in the great outdoors

WHERE: North Main Street Summer Stage, Liberty, NY.

WHEN: Friday, August 24, Saturday, August 25; Friday, August 31 and Sunday, September 2 at 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, August 26, Sunday, September 2 and Monday, September 3 (Labor Day) at 2:00 p.m.

COST: Free; free-will donations accepted.

CONTACT: 845/292-8202.

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Bringing in the sheaves

It’s harvest festival season at Bethel Woods

WHERE: Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY.

WHEN: Sunday, August 26 and following Sundays through October 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

CONTACT: BethelWoodsLive.org

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One artist, many expressions

NARROWSBURG, NY—The drawing at left, by Liza Phillips, is part of the new show opening on Saturday, August 25 at The River Gallery. Phillips boasts an unusual breadth of artistic talent, and the exhibit, “Open Field,” will feature not only drawings and oil paintings, but rugs, such as the runner shown at right, designed by Phillips and hand-made for her in Nepal. Each rug comes with a Rugmark Foundation certificate with a unique ID number, and guarantees that the carpets are child-labor free.

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Other stories in this issue:

• ‘A singer of incandescent ebullience’
• Baubles, bangles and beads
• Family day to be celebrated at Dorflinger
• Coffee, tea and farming history
• 128th Little World’s Fair is one big deal
• Jeff-Fest set for September
• Lynyrd Skynyrd to perform at Bethel Woods
• Broadway melodies at Mountain Laurel
• Nicolina’s in Narrowsburg
• Julie London tribute comes to Jeffersonville
• Stay a spell at a one-room schoolhouse
• Quartet of local artists to be featured at Old Stone House
• Thunder 102 presents country at Bethel Woods
• Out and about
• Al fresco wine tasting says farewell to summer