Jazz musician Ronny Whyte returns to the Columns Museum

MILFORD, PA — The Ronny Whyte Quartet will perform in the Foundation Room of the Columns Museum on Saturday, February 25 at 4 p.m.

Whyte is considered by critics to be a premier interpreter of classic American popular songs, an outstanding jazz pianist, and a successful songwriter, a museum spokesperson said.

He will be accompanied by Boots Maleson on bass, Sean Harkness on guitar and Richard Cantor on drums.

Tickets cost $40 per person, and include the show, wine and appetizers.

To reserve tickets or for more information, call 570/296-8126, email pikemuse@ptd.net, or purchase tickets online at www.pikehistorical.org/events/the-ronny-whyte-quartet.

Sadeqa Johnson to speak at EBCPL

ONLINE — The Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library (EBCPL) presents author Sadeqa Johnson, who will talk about her new novel, “The House of Eve.”

In the book, 15-year-old Ruby Pearsall is on track to becoming the first in her family to attend college, despite having a mother more interested in keeping a man than raising her daughter. But a taboo love affair threatens to pull her back down into the poverty and desperation that has been passed onto her like a birthright.

The talk takes place online from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., and registration is required at ebcpl.libcal.com/calendar.

More information is available at the link above, or by calling 845/794-4660.

The 2023 Salon Series from the DVAA will begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 25 with sound artist Terry Dame (pictured). Robyn Almquist's exhibit, …

Terry Dame to perform at DVAA

NARROWSBURG, NY — This February, the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) will again hold its Salon Series, a six-part series that will take place on select weekends from February through April. For the first session, held on Saturday, February 25 at 2 p.m., musician, composer and builder of instruments Terry Dame will perform.

There is no charge to attend, and all performances will be held at the Krause Recital Hall.

Dame will perform a set of improvised soundscapes on artist-made instruments fabricated from discarded objects. She “transforms the sounds of her honeybees, native birds, water, and the inescapable human with state-of-the-art technology,” a DVAA spokesperson said.

“In the grand tradition of the salon,” the spokesperson continued, the DVAA “invites the community to experience, learn, participate and exchange ideas with artists, musicians, and storytellers.”

The Krause Recital Hall is located on the second floor of the DVAA at 37 Main Street.

The event is presented in conjunction with Robyn Almquist’s gallery exhibition, “The Space Between You and Me”; see page XX.

For more information, call 845/252-7576 or visit delawarevalleyartsalliance.org.

Students at the Benjamin Cosor Elementary School in Fallsburg are learning about theater arts as they work on a performance, which will be held in …

Creative dramatics at Benjamin Cosor School

FALLSBURG, NY — The Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop is teaching a workshop on creative dramatics at the Benjamin Cosor Elementary School.

The program is an introduction for fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade students at the school. Kids can act, learn lines, do backstage work, handle lights and sound, build sets and props, do costuming and much more.

At the end, the children will perform a selected play: two performances will be for their fellow students at Benjamin Cosor, and six performances will be onstage in May at the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop’s Rivoli Theatre in South Fallsburg.

Lessons on clowning, improv, set design, technical direction and costuming are planned—with more to come, an SCDW spokesperson said. “We are thrilled to be able to share our skills with our elementary school population.”

To learn more about the SCDW, visit scdw.net.

Registration open for the Conservation Leadership Academy

LAKE ARIEL, PA — Kids aged 13 to 17 are invited to register for the Conservation Leadership Academy (CLA), a week-long residential camp that takes place from June 18-23.

The camp focuses on science and the environment, and is held at the Lacawac Sanctuary and Field Station.

Hands-on science programs are offered, and students will work alongside local conservation professionals and resident university researchers. Kayaking is offered, and students will visit a fish hatchery, assist with bird banding, collect water samples from Lake Wallenpaupack, and more.

The cost of the camp ranges from a subsidized $200 to a true cost of $800. Scholarships are available.

For more information, email Jamie Reeger, Lacawac’s director of environmental education, at jamie.reeger@lacawac.org, or call 570/689-9494.

Mamakating Library’s tiny art show

WURTSBORO, NY — The Mamakating Library’s tiny art show comes to a close on Tuesday, February 28. It’s your last chance to come see the community’s talent, and view art made by people of all ages, with all mediums.

The Mamakating Library is located at 128 Sullivan Street.

For more information, call the library at 845/888-8004.

Virtual talk on the Catskill Park

ONLINE — Time and the Valleys Museum will host author Chris Olney for an illustrated talk on his book “The Catskill Park: Inside the Blue Line,” to be held online at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 26.

The park was established in 1904, and landscape diversity has always been the hallmark of the Catskill Park, said a museum spokesperson. It has changed in relative proportions over time, but the mix has always been more valuable than any one component.

“Public and private wilderness areas, intensive use areas, wildlife habitat, working lands, nature and people all point to the Catskill Park’s role as a living laboratory,” the spokesperson said. “The park is a grand experiment in how human communities can coexist with wilderness, geographically intermingled and historically entwined.”

The program costs $5 for non-members and is free for members.

Register at info@timeandthevalleysmuseum.org and put Catskill Park Talk Link in the subject line, or call 845/985-7700.

For more information, email info@timeandthevalleysmuseum.org.

Some think the tardigrade looks like a gummy microorganism. Public domain photo, CC by 2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0.

Adorable, right? You too can learn about and search for tardigrades at the Mamakating Environmental Education Center in an upcoming program. Public …

Search for water bears

WURTSBORO, NY — Calling all wanna-be field biologists: on Saturday, February 25 at 1 p.m., learn about and hunt for tardigrades, aka water bears, at the Mamakating Environmental Education Center (MEEC).

The event is open to adults, and kids aged five and up, as long as they’re accompanied by an adult.

Participants will learn about adorable tardigrades, collect moss in the woods at MEEC, and then search for the microscopic critters. They are tiny but tough, a spokesperson said, and live in moss.

The program is sponsored by the Bashakill Area Association. There is no charge to attend.

To register, call MEEC at 845/644-5014.

‘The Space Between You and Me’ at the DVAA

NARROWSBURG, NY — Catskill Mountainkeeper and the Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) will co-host an event marking artist Robyn Almquist’s exhibition, titled “The Space Between You and Me,” at 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 25 at the Alliance Gallery.

The gallery is located at 37 Main Street.

An earlier performance in the gallery by musician and builder of instruments Terry Dame starts at 2 p.m.

Almquist’s work includes themes relating to climate change and environmental destruction.

The event will include a conversation with the artist, Mountainkeeper staff, and Rebekah Creshkoff—a local environmentalist and member of Beyond Plastics, a grassroots organization dedicated to eliminating the use of single-use plastics.

There will be time to view the exhibit and socialize over refreshments.

Register at www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/events.

Trivia for a good cause

HURLEYVILLE, NY — On Saturday, March 4 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., all are invited to join the Kiwanis of Woodridge for a trivia contest, and raise money to help kids and families in the Fallsburg Central School District.

The event will be held at the Casa Mia Restaurant. Participants can partake of trivia, finger foods, desserts and beverages.

Tickets cost $25 per person. Checks must be received no later than Friday, February 24. Checks must be made payable to Kiwanis of Woodridge and mailed to PO Box 722, Woodridge NY 12789. Include your phone number and email address.

For more information contact Deb at 845/798-8795 or Diane at 845/866-3204.

Avoiding cliches and cringes: a talk on writing poetry

ONLINE — Sullivan County poet laureate Sharon Kennedy-Nolle will give a talk about sentiment in poetry at 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 26 on Zoom.

“What’s the difference between sentiment and sentimentality?” she will ask. Do either belong in your poems? And what about love, anyway—how can all feelings of affection, love, hope and goodwill be explored with freshness and emotional honesty in a poem?

Kennedy-Nolle’s poetry has appeared in many journals, and her book “Black Wick: Selected Elegies” was published in 2021.

There is no charge to attend.

For more information or to register, email sullivanpoetlaureate22.23@gmail.com.