Contributed photo The Percells are seen here as the group appeared in 1963. A presentation on the history of the group will be given at the Liberty Music & Arts Pavilion on Friday, September 4 as part of this weekend’s Liberty Jazz Festival in Liberty, NY. The current Percells, of which Gail Jones (seated second from right) is still a member, will also perform at the festival on Saturday, September 5.

Editor's pick: Liberty Jazz Festival hits a historic note

WHEN: Thursday, September 3 through Saturday, September 5

WHERE: Liberty Museum and Arts Center, 46 South Main Street, and Liberty Music & Arts Pavilion, North Main Street

COST: Free

CONTACT: info@liberty-cdc.org

LIBERTY, NY—Sullivan Performing Arts will present the fifth Liberty Jazz Festival this weekend, with the main performances taking place on Saturday, September 5 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Liberty Music & Arts Pavilion on North Main Street.

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Loretta Swit: actor, artist and activist

…and she’s coming to Forestburgh Playhouse

By Jonathan Fox

FORESTBURGH, NY—While visiting with Loretta Swit last week, I learned more about her than the average fan has time to absorb. Perhaps best known for her 11-year stint as TV’s Margaret “Hot Lips” Hoolihan on “M*A*S*H,” for which she won two Emmy awards (and six nominations) as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a comedy series, Swit was very busy long before she came to national attention on the multiple-award-winning series.

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Holy cow

NARROWSBURG, NY—“Vachement Vache,” an exhibition of paintings by E. Morisot, opens at the Alliance Gallery on Friday, September 4, with an artist’s reception from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The exhibit will be on view through September 26.

“I can see my models, the cows on the green in the fields below, every day from my studio,” says painter E. Morisot. Originally from Paris, France, she now calls the mountains outside North Branch home.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Entertainment briefs
• Exhibit celebrates plein air artists
• Hamish & Henry holds signing for Conway’s illustrated history
• First Fridays welcomes Derrick Brown and DJ Renegade
• Murray creates a dreamscape at The Loft
• Forum Friends exhibit honors Evelyn Porter