Birthday wishes to Eileen Katz, John Cali, Ronan Hennessy, Amy Wohl, Melinda Meddaugh, Walter Garigliano, Colson Cunningham, Joe D’Abbraccio, Dan Briggs, Dali Vegliante, AJ Hindley, Lenny Zimmerman, Quinton Simkin, and Dorothy ‘Mary, Bernice, Freida’ Meddaugh.

Happy anniversary to Janice and Tommy Wasserman, Tonya and Noah Fox, Patrice and Jonathan Sunshine, Sara and Aaron Rovitz, Carol and Rich Klein, the Woods and the Frankels.

Bethel Departments, meeting links, minutes, newsletter, Parks & Rec: townofbethelny.us.

Follow Bethelroundtable.com and ‘Lake Association of White Lake, NY’ (Fb).

Bethel’s Parks & Rec (bethelparksandrec@gmail.com, 845-583-5360). Use the playgrounds and parks.

Keep fit outdoors: Smallwood Forest Reserve, www.trailkeeper.org, sullivanoandw.com, and alltrails.com. Walk, run, and hike. Play golf, pickleball or tennis. Swim, paddleboard, kayak and boat. Wear a life vest!

Be mindful of pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcycles and all vehicles on the road. Be especially cautious on 17B!

SC Dept of Public Health (Fb, sullivanny.gov). Sr Fitness class: Bethel-30th at 10:30am. Liberty-25th at 11:30am.

Jeffersonville-27th at 10:30 am.

Reminder: Use the Monday Bethel bus service (MoveSullivan.com).

Continue to support White Lake’s Shepherd’s Pantry (845-583-5885).

Business Watch: Please support our local businesses and the arts. Use the Bethel Business Association Member resource list: www.bethelnybba.com. The ’25 BBA Bethel GUIDE will be released soon.

Stop by and welcome new owners at Smallwood’s Grill & Chill (next to the PO). In2retro will open in July.

Woodstock Way Groovy Eatery, WWGE, offers midweek entertainment or live music on the weekends.

SC Board of Elections: Primary Election voting will be held at your polling place (Duggan Center for Bethel residents) on the 24th, 6am-9pm. Early voting is available at the Monticello Gov’t Center or Liberty’s SC Public Health until the 22nd (hours vary). FMI: 845-807-0400 or sullivanny.gov. Learning about local candidates matters!

MCSD Alert: The High School is giving Regents Testing on the 18th-26th. School’s out for summer next week!

Attend the Rotary Club BBQ at Monticello’s DeHoyas Park on Tuesday, the 17th from 4-7pm (or take out, $20).

Celebrate Juneteenth on Thursday, the 19th. Schools and some offices are closed.

The official First Day of Summer is the 20th! Attend the Dems Meet the Primary Candidate Night at Sorella’s on the 20th at 5:30pm. Friday is ‘Karaoke Night with Adam Owens’ at Hectors Inn at 7:30pm. The Jeffersonville Backyard Park JEMS Movie Night screens “Chicken Little” on the 20th at dusk. DO 6:30pm for fun activities.

Bethel and Jeff Bank’s resident ‘Community Shred Event’ will take place at Duggan on the 21st at 9-11am. Attend Catskill Pride Awards Night at Seminary Hill on Saturday at 5pm. FMI/Resv: catskillspride.com. Liberty Museum offers “The Pursuit of Happiness: An Oral History” on the 21st at 6-9pm.

Stop by Callicoon Market on Sundays, 11-2pm. The annual fun and fabulous ‘Alan Steingart Memorial Golf Outing’ takes place at Tarry Brae on the 22nd. 12n Reg, 1pm 18-hole Shotgun Start. $100M/120NM incl fees, lunch + dinner.

End the weekend at Hector’s ‘Open Mic Under the Pavilion’ on Sunday, the 22nd, from 3-7pm.

Arts & Culture:

Stop by Bethel Council of the Arts at Kauneonga Lake ARTSPACE! View and enjoy member artist’s work.

Bethel Woods (bethelwoodscenter.org): Plan Museum visits, programs, and concerts. Pavilion- 22nd: Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis.

Follow the Borscht Belt Historical Markers Trail. FMI/presentations: (borschtbelthistoricalmarkerproject.org).

Callicoon Movie Theater (thecallicoontheater.com): Screens “Elio” on the 20th - 23rd (all 7:30pm, Sat + Sun 2pm).

Crawford Library (ebcpl.org): 17th: Meditation 101 at 6:30pm. 23rd: Hybrid Book Discussion-1:30pm “The Measure” by Nikki Erlick.

CAS (catskillartspace.org) hosts ‘The Kramm, Schwartzberg, Silas Exhibit’ until the 21st.

DH Conservancy (delawarehighlands.org) Van Scott Nature Reserve: Register to attend summer events.

DVAA (delawarevalleyartalliance.org): Gallery: Abate and Rossini’s works are exhibited until the 22nd.

DVO Arts Nest hosts Open Mic on the 17th at 6pm.’ AN host the River Rep Theater’s ‘The Neverending Story’ on

the 21st at 7pm. AN Gallery: Marie Rauso’s exhibit runs until 9/28.

Farm Arts Collective (farmartscollective.org): Celebrate Juneteenth, featuring Oliver King and others, on the 19th.

Eldred Preserve-Homestead Restaurant (theeldredpreserve.com). Attend a Thursday ‘Smokehouse Supper & Song’ BBQ, weekly at 5:30-7:30pm. Cabaret Series tickets: 29th- Margo Seibert.

Forestburgh Playhouse (FBplayhouse.org): Get tickets for ‘Boeing BOEING’ on the 17th- 22nd (showtimes vary).

Tavern: ‘Mile High Club: Flying High w/Nicholas Rodriguez’ on the 17-21st at 6pm.

Fort Delaware Museum (thedelawarecompany.org): Don’t miss 7/4- Oliver King portrays Frederick Douglass.

HarmonyInTheWoods.org: FMI, tickets for July shows.

HPAC-Tango Café (hpacny.org): offer dance, film, classes. Aly’s Friday Mat Pilates- 9:30am. Attend Pride Festival on the 21st from 12-4pm with entertainment, vendors, food and fun. Tango: Live music, weekend nights, 6pm.

Narrowsburg Union offers the NU 5-Gallery Exhibit, a weekend Café and the Saturday Farmer’s Market, 10-1pm.

NACL (nacl.org).

NCA (nesinculturalarts.org) / SCCO (Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra-FB). Summer programs, classes.

Shadowland Stages (shadowlandstages.org): “I’m not Rappaport” runs through June 29.

SCDW (scdw.net): Attend Rivoli’s performances of ‘Sister Act’ on the 20th and 21st at 8pm and the 22nd at 2pm.

VAPA (libertysoulstage.com): Hosts ‘Art for All Ages’ on the 17th at 3-5pm with crafts and concessions.

WCAA Gallery (waynecountyartsalliance.org): 6/19-7/19- Artists’ Studio Tour Preview and ‘Transience: Just Passing Through’.

Suz sez, “What will be said about the summer of ’25?”