Entertainment briefs

Music from all eras featured at scholarship recital

MONTICELLO, NY — The Eugene D. Nesin Memorial Scholarship Committee will host a special fundraising recital in the Arnold Packer Hughs Auditorium at Monticello High School at 7:30 p.m. on October 30. This recital will feature current and past faculty members, Monticello High School Alumni performers and this year’s scholarship recipients.

Nesin was a strong community advocate, and served for more than 33 years as a member of the Monticello Central School District Board of Education until his untimely death last February. The music selections highlighted in this recital display the diverse representation of the styles of music he loved: jazz, classical, contemporary and Broadway show tunes.

Proceeds from the recital will help provide funds for students pursuing continuing arts studies. The suggested ticket donation is $15. Tickets are also available at the door, or can be reserved at 845/794-6013.

Dugan and McLeod featured at First Fridays

NARROWSBURG, NY — Local poet Shelia Dugan and writer Brendan McLeod from Vancouver, BC, will read selections from their own work at the Western Sullivan Public Library’s Tusten-Cochecton Branch (198 Bridge Street) during First Fridays Contemporary Writers Series on November 6. Sign up for the open mic session starting at 7:00 p.m., with the open mic itself at 7:30. Visiting authors’ performances start at 8:00 p.m.

Dugan is a mother of five, grandmother of five and defense attorney who lives with her cats and books in a big yellow house on the Delaware. McLeod is a high-energy storyteller equally at home with social and political commentary, family histrionics, surreal love poems, obscure adventure stories and powerful personal stories.

Antique art craft workshop

HURLEYVILLE, NY — The Sullivan County Historical Society will hold an antique art craft workshop on November 8 at 2:00 p.m. Antique boards and antique items that were salvaged from a blacksmith shop will be used to create wall plaques. Feel free to bring your own mounting items.

Registration is a must, as items are limited. The proceeds will go to benefit the historical society.

For more information call 845/434-8044 or 439-4367.

Fall film series at The Museum

BETHEL, NY — The Museum at Bethel Woods will be hosting a film series this autumn. The first film, “Almost Famous,” by Cameron Crowe, will be shown on Thursday, October 29 at 7:00 p.m.

William Miller (Patrick Fugit), an aspiring 15-year-old journalist, hits the road with the Stillwater band to document the band’s rise in popularity in an article for Rolling Stone magazine.

Audience members are invited to come at 5:00 p.m. dressed as their favorite rock star for a costume and karaoke competition. Prizes will be awarded for best performance and best costume.

The cost of admission is $8. For more information bethelwoodscenter.org/museum.aspx,

Craft fair

HAWLEY, PA — There will be a craft fair to benefit the Wallenpaupack Area High School (WAHS) band on Saturday and Sunday, November 14 and 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the WAHS gym.

Vendors will be present with handcrafted items including jewelry, art, woodworking, stained glass and more.

Admission costs $2; children under 12 are admitted free.