Harvest Festival

Berkshire Botanical Gardens 5 W Stockbridge Rd, Stockbridge, MA, United States

Gourmands will make a beeline for the “botanical bakery” offering bisque, chili and sweets, others the obstacle course, hayrides and scores of craft booths.

Legend Of Sleepy Hollow Family Storytelling Event

Hudson Valley Writers Center 300 Riverside Dr, Sleepy Hollow, NY, United States

Got up in period garb, professional storyteller David Neilsen provides chills and background deets in this family-friendly half-hour retelling, capped off by activities and treats.

Healing With Horses

Omega Institute 150 Lake Dr, Rhinebeck, NY, United States

Local equestrian/yogini Jennifer Cohen Harper joins the 13 Hands Equine Rescue team to introduce tyros to the joys of interacting with equines, not necessarily while astride them.

FilmColumbia 2024

Crandell Theatre 48 Main Street, Chatham, NY, United States

This year's festival, honoring Emmy-nominated actor and area resident Walton Goggins, will feature 47 exceptional new films and shorts you won't see in wide release until later this fall and

Film Columbia 2024 Schedule

Crandell Theatre 48 Main Street, Chatham, NY, United States

Click the link below to view the 2024 Film Columbia schedule! https://crandelltheatre.org/filmcolumbia/schedule/

Sheep And Wool Festival

Dutchess County Fairgrounds 6636 US-9, Rhinebeck, NY, United States

Cottagecore enthusiasts can sign up for workshops ranging from fiber crafts (felted pumpkins) to basket-weaving and spoon-carving. Unmissable: the livestock demos, including “leaping llamas.”

Transylvanian Dance: Lucian Ban And Mat Maneri

The Local 16 John Street, Saugerties, NY, United States

Kids are born fauvists, and Béla Bartók Bartok’s wild music can leave them classical- curious. At this family-friendly show, Romanian pianist Lucian Ban and US violist Mat Maneri promise to

Beacon Sloop Club Pumpkin Festival

Beacon Sloop Club 2 Red Flynn Dr, Beacon, NY, United States

Fresh from a bracing free sail aboard the Woody Guthrie, dive into hot pumpkin soup and fresh-baked pie while taking in live music emanating from two solar-powered stages.

The 27th Annual Rosendale International Pickle Festival

Rosedale Pickle Festival 249 Libertyville Rd, New Paltz, NY, United States

Test your pickle face with the Pickle Triathlon (eating, juice-drinking, tossing). Among the more esoteric offerings from 100-odd vendors: pickle empanadas, pasta, cupcakes and ice cream.

Halloween Haunts & Happenings

Mohonk Mountain House 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, NY, United States

The endless corridors of this sprawling 1869 resort can be Shining-scary in their own right. Throw in “ghostly games,” an escape room mystery, and a Monster Mash Party for kids,

Centuries

Ancram Center for the Arts 1330 County Route 7, Ancram, NY, United States

Conceived by playwright Kate Douglas, composer Matthew Dean Marsh, and singer Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez, this immersive folk/chamber/soul concert addresses the relational challenges of a changing world.

Haunted Mill

Maxon Mills 37 Furnace Bank Road, Wassaic, New York, United States

Every fall, the arts nonprofit, lodged in a towering grain elevator, invites creators to engage in a “terrible takeover” of its galleries. On Saturday night, the gathering segues into a