Birthday wishes to Bill Pammer, Kay Bogdan, Liv Altman, Jared Hart, Bev Catalano, Julian Garchik, Charlie Murdock, Austin Lapidus, and Carole Foster.

Anniversary wishes to Colleen and Ed Cooke, Monica and Ben Morganstein.

Bethel Departments, meeting links, minutes, newsletter: townofbethelny.us (845-583-4350). Parks & Rec (845-583-5360). Be informed. Issues: Comprehensive Plan, zoning regulations, and the moratorium law proposal.

Follow Bethelroundtable.com, Lake Association of White Lake, NY (Fb) and learn about our local candidates.

Visit Lake Superior State Park, open daily until Labor Day (342 Dr Duggan Road, Bethel. Info: 845-583-7908).

Boating Regulations/ Safe Boating Certificate requirement: Parks.ny.gov/boating/education.aspx. Wear a life vest!

Keep fit outdoors: Visit the Town Pool, playgrounds and Smallwood Forest Reserve. Use www.trailkeeper.org.

Use caution on area roads, especially 17B! Use MoveSullivan.com bus service.

Please support Shepherd’s Pantry (845-583-5885 or 791-0460). Donate to their matching grant fund by the 25th.

Notice the ‘Little Free Food Pantry’ on Town Hall property, too.

Business Watch: Support our local businesses. Use the Bethel Business Association Member resource list: www.bethelnybba.com and the ’25 BBA Bethel GUIDE!

Join the BBA Member Mixer ‘Meet & Greet’ at Big Kev’s BBQ on the 24th at 5:30pm.

Hector’s Inn hosts the 11th Annual Car show on Saturday, the 26th, at 12pm. No judging/no fee. Enjoy food, vendors, and music: Keith Newman plays from 1-5pm. Stop by the Callicoon Country Fair on the 26th from 10-5pm with all day music, entertainment, games, artisans, vendors, and food.

Arts & Culture:

Bethel Council of the Arts at Kauneonga Lake ARTSPACE! Photography exhibit: “Scenes from Sullivan”.

Bethel Woods (bethelwoodscenter.org): Museum visits, programs, and concerts. 25th: “Hello Inclusion/ Festival”, Horizon Stage, 1-5pm. Pavilion: Cyndi Lauper, 7:30pm. 27th: Barenaked Ladies, Sugar Ray & Fastball, 7pm.

Borscht Belt Historical Markers Trail. FMI/presentations: (borschtbelthistoricalmarkerproject.org). Next: 8/23.

Callicoon Movie Theater (thecallicoontheater.com): Screens “Fantastic Four” on the 25- 28th (all 7:30pm, Sat + Sun 2pm).

Crawford Library (ebcpl.org): 24th: Felting w/ Christine Adams, 5:30pm. Aaron Smith’s ‘Astrophotography’ exhibit until 8/30.

CAS (catskillartspace.org): Arlene Shechet’s sculpture exhibit closes 8/23.

DH Conservancy (delawarehighlands.org) Van Scott Nature Reserve events: 25th at 3pm: ‘Biology of the Bald Eagle’ and 26th at 10am: ‘Tree Walk’. Also, ‘Cocktails & Conservation’ at Runaway Train, Honesdale, 24th at 5pm.

DVAA (delawarevalleyartalliance.org): 27th: Celebrate the Eddy, ecology and the arts at Riverfest in Narrowsburgfrom 10a-4pm! River Dog Parade at 10am, crafts, Live Music, YAslingers River Stories, an Avian Amble, the incredible Poster Auction at 1pm, more music, and vendors, food and drink all day. Doors are open at Main Street businesses, too! View the DVAA Alliance and Loft Gallery exhibits through 8/3.

DVO Arts Nest hosts Open Mic on the 22nd at 6pm. AN Gallery- Marie Rauso exhibit until 9/28.

Eldred Preserve-Homestead Restaurant (theeldredpreserve.com). Attend the weekly Thursday ‘Smokehouse Supper & Song’ BBQ at 5:30-7:30pm. 8/3: Sunday Cabaret with ‘Donna McKechnie’, 7pm.

Farm Arts Collective (farmartscollective.org). 24-27 and 31-8/3: Attend ‘Paradise Lost: Scavenger Hunt’, 6:30pm.

Forestburgh Playhouse (FBplayhouse.org): 22-27th: “Young Frankenstein”. Tavern- 22-26th: ‘Hee-Haw Hootenanny’, 6pm.

Fort Delaware Museum (thedelawarecompany.org): Next event- 8/2.

HarmonyInTheWoods.org: 18th: ‘Laura Anglade and the Ben Rosenblum Quartet’.19th: ‘Pete Muller and the Kindred Souls’.

HPAC-Tango Café (hpacny.org): dance, film, classes. 22nd: ‘The Unbreakable Boy’ screening at 11am. 23rd: Kids Crafts-1pm. 26th: Movies on the Lawn- ‘Dirty Dancing’ at 9pm. Aly’s Mat Pilates- Friday, 9:30am. Tango-25th:

‘Kathy Geary’, 6pm.

JEMS at Backyard Park, Jeffersonville: 26th: Music- ‘BJ Hendrickson’ & ‘The BonesKrew’ at 7:30/DO at 6:30pm.

Liberty Museum & Arts Center (845-807-6055): 25-27th: ‘Photography Strolls’. 26th: ‘A Conversation with Marilyn Laufer: Nature Photographs’ at 1pm. The ‘Eye/I Witness’ exhibit closes 8/24.

Narrowsburg Union offers a weekend Café, a Saturday Farm Market and the ‘5 Gallery Exhibit’. Join Zane GreyGallery ‘Plein Air About Town’ on Thursdays, the 24 and 31st, at 5:30-7:30pm. Reg/FMI: Zanegreypleinair.com.

NACL (nacl.org): 26th: ‘Stacy & Diane’ perform from 2-5pm.

NCA (nesinculturalarts.org) / Sullivan County Chamber Orchestra (fb)- Reg: Aug ‘Mommy & Me’ classes (Nb-4yr).

Shadowland Stages (shadowlandstages.org): Attend “Waitress” performances from the 25th to Aug 24th.

SCDW (scdw.net) at Rivoli: Next, ‘Beetlejuice’ runs Aug 8-17.

VAPA (libertysoulstage.com): 22nd: ‘Jaketown Road’ performs, 6-8pm.

WCAA (waynecountyartsalliance.org): ‘The Chair’ Project is on display throughout Wayne Co until Labor Day (see map/ fall on-line auction).

FARM MARKETS: Kauneonga Lake Farmers & Makers Market (KLFMM)- Saturdays, 10-2pm (Ends 9/6).

Barryville Farmers’ Market- Saturdays, 10-1pm (E10/25). Callicoon Farm Market- Sundays, 11-2pm.

Monticello/CCExt- Thursdays, 10-1pm (E9/25). Narrowsburg Farmers’ Market- Saturdays, 10-1pm (E10/25). Rock

Hill Farmers Market- Saturdays, 10-1pm (E9/27). Wurtsboro Farmers Market- Thursdays, 5-7pm (E8/28).

MUSIC: Bethel Lakeside Music (KL Community Park, Ends 9/4)- Thursdays, 6-8pm. 24th: ‘Joanna Gass & Search & Rescue’. Rock Hill Concert Series (Lake Ida Park)- Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm. 23rd: ‘David Walton Band’. WCCAC

(Honesdale)- Mon and Thur, 7:30pm. Wurtsboro Music in the Park-Thursdays, 6:30pm. 24th: ‘Good for Mondays’.

Suz sez, “Only seventeen days until the Sullivan County Democrat Golf Tournament tees off!