Contributed photo Shown is a photograph from “Good Food,” a film about a comeback of family farms in the Pacific Northwest, shown as part of ENVIROFEST at the Black Bear Film Festival this weekend. The festival takes place from Friday, October 17 to Sunday, October 19. ENVIROFEST will feature clips from local filmmaker Josh Fox’s gas drilling documentary-in-progress, “Rage of Nature,” on October 19 at 2:45 p.m. at Grey Towers Historical Site. All ENVIROFEST films are free.

Black Bear is back

Sunday’s ENVIROFEST is all environment, all the time

MILFORD, PA—The 2008 Black Bear Film Festival will take place from Friday, October 17 through Sunday, October 19. Films will shown at the Milford Theatre on Ann Street and at Grey Towers National Historic Site.

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They’re having a party

Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River celebrates its 30th at Damascus Elementary School

DAMASCUS, PA—This year, the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River turns 30. The anniversary will be celebrated at Damascus Elementary School with the Upper Delaware EXPO on Saturday, October 25. There will be an opening ceremony at 10:30 a.m. that spotlights the history of the organization, and winners of a ninth- through 12-grade art contest will be announced and awarded their prizes.

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Prodigy from the Ukraine featured at Shandelee family concert

MONTICELLO, NY—The Shandelee Music Festival will hold its inaugural Fall Family Concert in the Arnold Hughs Auditorium of Monticello High School on Saturday, October 18 at 2:00 p.m. The special concert will feature pianist Inna Faliks, who will perform works by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Ravel and Brahms and will have open discussions with the audience regarding the pieces performed.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Harmony in Honesdale
• Find your voice at Beaverbrook Cottage
• An evening with a Celtic beat
• Extension holds Harvest Dinner Dance
• Frost Valley YMCA plans Halloween weekends
• A chilly harvest
• Pictures worth 1,000 words
• Learning Lenape culture
• SCDW ends season with a shivery Halloween treat
• Haunted Rail Trail provides spooky fun
• Vendors sought for art and craft show
• YMCA hosts free Fall Farm Day