You’ve finally unpacked all of the boxes, and now it’s time to explore all of the wonderful activities your new community has to offer. Depending on your likes and mood, you could enjoy a new activity virtually every weekend for the next year and not exhaust the possibilities. Whether it’s an annual festival, a lively arts event or outdoor recreational activity, you need not search any further than your own backyard.

Tourism is the number one industry in Sullivan County. Sullivan County is recognized by outdoor enthusiasts– residents and visitors alike–as a sprawling playground with something for everyone.

Tens of thousands of acres of publicly-owned, accessible park land is available to hikers, bikers, horseback riders, and campers. Seventy-three lakes, rivers and streams allow most every freshwater sport imaginable. Of course, the best of what made the Catskills an old favorite remains in Sullivan County, with resort hotels offering all-inclusive packages and theme weekends at affordable rates. You will find top-notch trout fishing in the famous Beaverkill and Willowemoc rivers that meet at Junction Pool in Roscoe, 19 PGA-caliber golf courses with no waiting to tee off, outlet and antique shopping, kayaking, canoeing and rafting on the Delaware River, and a festival-packed summer.

For those who want to just watch the action, Monticello Raceway offers year-round harness horse racing. The more active can take flying lessons at one of our three airports: Wurtsboro, Monticello or Sullivan County International in Bethel. Wurtsboro also offers lessons in soaring. History buffs can also find plenty to excite them in Sullivan County. Mid-May marks the opening of Fort Delaware in Narrowsburg. Fort Delaware is an authentic Colonial-era settlement, complete with entertainers in period costume. In Livingston Manor, the Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum offers a retrospective on the dry fly fishing heritage of the Catskills.

Five covered bridges, three stone-arch bridges, and the oldest standing example of a John Roebling bridge, the famed architect of the Brooklyn Bridge, make traveling around Sullivan County half the fun.

For a full listing of monthly events or to receive the official Sullivan County Travel Guide, contact the Sullivan County Visitors Association at 794-3000 ext. 5010. Each of the following organizations would also be happy to hear from you.

MUSEUMS

Basket Historical Society of the Upper Delaware River Long Eddy, NY 12760, 845-887-5417 Promoting original historic research and encouraging a greater knowledge of and interest in history, folklore and folkways, particularly in the region of the Town of Fremont, the Basket Historical Society collects and preserves artifacts, maintains a collection, which is open to the public, and preserves and maintains historical sites and structures.

Bethel Woodstock Museum
Route 55, P.O. Box 377, Kauneonga Lake, NY
Open Mon-Sat 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

This is the first museum of its kind in Bethel, which was the home of the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. Three miles from the actual site, the museum contains pictures from all over the world, and articles on events over the last 32 years. The museum is dedicated to Art Vassmer, known as "Mr. Woodstock."

Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum
5447 Old Route 17, P.O. Box 1295 Livingston Manor, NY 12758
845-439-4810, Fax: 845-439-3387 flyfish@catskill.net
April through October: Daily 10-4, November through March: Tues. - Fri. 10-1, Sat. 10-4

The Center’s award-winning museum features exhibits relevant to the exciting sport of fly fishing, library and video room, gift shop and visitors center. The fifty-acre site bordering Willowemoc Creek is a great place for walks and picnics. Activities include educational programs, workshops and special events. Tours available.

Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History
Route 97, Narrowsburg, NY, P.O. Box 5012, Monticello, NY 12701
845-252-6660 / 794-3000, ext. 5002, Fax: 845-791-8462
Hours: 10-5:30. Daily from the last Wednesday in June through Labor Day. Weekends and holidays from Memorial Day weekend to the weekend prior to the last Wednesday in June.

A reconstruction of the original stockade of 1755-1785, the Fort contains three log dwellings, an armory, a gun platform, a meeting house, a blacksmith shop and animal pens. Daily demonstrations of fort activities and special weekend activities.

Frederick A. Cook Society
265 Main Street, P.O. Box 247, Hurleyville, NY 12747
845-434-8044,
Year round: Wed. - Sat. 10-4:30, Sun. 1-4:30

Housed in the Sullivan County Museum, the Society exhibits artifacts, maps and globes, and shows a video detailing the daring and boundary-breaking polar explorations of Frederick A. Cook.

Liberty Museum & Arts Center
46 South Main Street, Liberty, NY 12754, 845-292-2394.
Year round: Fri., Sat. & Sun. 12-4.
Call for extended hours, group or school appointment.

Dedicated to bringing the artists of Sullivan County together, the Museum and Arts Center features exhibits of area artists and local history, presents a variety of quality cultural events, and hosts workshops.

Roscoe O & W Railway Museum
Railroad Avenue, Roscoe, NY 12776, 607-498-5500 / 607-498-4346
www.nyow.org/museum.html

Memorial Day through Columbus Day Sat. - Sun. l l-3. The Museum features a refurbished caboose, trout weather vane and order signal, and a motif building housing historical displays about the impact of the railroad on life in the area.

Sullivan County Museum, Art & Cultural Center
265 Main Street, P.O. Box 247, Hurleyville, NY 12747, 845-434-8044
Year round: Wed. - Sat. 10-4:30 Sun. 1-4:30.

A three-story 1912 school building that was renovated in the early seventies, the Museum is located on a small rise in the lovely hamlet of Hurleyville. The Center features permanent and changing historical and contemporary displays and exhibits, including the Chief Judge Lawrence H. Cooke Gallery, houses studios, an auditorium, and archival and genealogical records.

Town of Lumberland Museum Room
Lumberland Town Hall, 1054 Proctor Rd., Glen Spey, NY 12737
845-856-6372, Year round: Wed. 9-11 or by appointment.

The Museum Room displays memorabilia, photographs and artifacts representing every hamlet in the Town of Lumberland, and which details the history of the D&H Canal in Pond Eddy.

THEATER COMPANIES & GROUPS

Big Sky Productions

80 M. Gilles Road, Grahamsville, NY 12740, 845-985-7783 BigSky1952@aol.com. Three shows a year. Call for schedule.

Big Sky Productions, founded in 1996, is a community-based theatrical production company. Their members, who have a wide range and many years of experience in theater arts, provide quality theater and strive to instill in themselves and their audience a love for the performing arts.

Forestburgh Playhouse
55 Forestburgh Rd., Forestburgh, NY 12777 Phone & Fax: 845-794-2005 Box Office: 845-794-1194 www.fbplayhouse.com E-mail: info@fbplayhouse.com
Office open year round: Mon. - Sat. 10-5. From late June through Labor Day: Mainstage performances Mon. - Sat. 8 p.m.; Wed. matinee at 2 p.m.; Cabaret performance Mon. - Sat. at approximately 10:15 p.m.; YAFF performances Thurs. at 11 a.m. and Sat. at 1 p.m.

The Playhouse presents five musicals and comedies on the main stage and the Young Audience Festival at Forestburgh (YAFF) presents five children’s musicals. The Tavern at the Forestburgh Playhouse presents five cabaret shows each summer. Each production runs two weeks.

Periwinkle National Theatre

19 Clinton Avenue, Monticello, NY 12701, 845-794-1666 Fax: 845-794-0304
www.TE2000.com/Periwinkle E-mail: periwinkle@fcc.net
Office open year round, by appointment only. Acting company tours nationwide Oct. - May.

Periwinkle National Theatre is a nonprofit professional touring company bringing plays with social themes, relevant to the lives of children and youth, to student audiences in schools, civic centers and theaters.

Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop
P.O. Box 353, Monticello, NY 12701, 845-794-5034

Call for schedule of events. The SCDW puts on three major productions a year at the Rivoli Theatre, Main Street, South Fallsburg. Open to all interested in acting or backstage work.

SEPIA Theatrix
P.O. Box 897, Kauneonga Lake, NY 12749, 845-583-5706

SEPIA 7 Theatrix, a group involved in choreography, acting and directing; promotes artistic works from the intercultural community.

MUSIC FESTIVALS

Mid-Summer Chamber Music Festival
P.O. Box 739, Jeffersonville, NY 12748, 845-482-3669.

The Festival provides the highest quality of music, presented in intimate venues.

Shandelee Music Festival, Inc.
J. Young Road, P.O. Box 1264 Livingston Manor, NY 12758
Sept.-July: NYC location, 212-288-4152 Mon. - Fri. 10-4 August: Shandelee location, 845-439-3277 Mon. - Fri. 10-4

During the month of August the Shandelee Music Festival presents an intensive music curriculum for young pianists, including special programs and piano master classes, plus a classical Sunset Concert Series. All Festival events are open for the public to observe and enjoy. The Shandelee Music Festival grounds are nestled on seventy-five acres of tranquil natural beauty, with Sunset Concerts taking place in their outdoor music pavilion.

The Weekend of Chamber Music
P.O. Box 304, Lake Huntington, NY 12752, 845-932-8527
Fax: 718-638-8962 March through April and July through August.

A Summer Festival held in the Nutshell Arts Center, The Weekend of Chamber Music features some of America’s best chamber musicians performing much-loved classics along with newer, vibrant works in imaginative programming. The group also gives children’s concerts and workshops, and holds open rehearsals.

VISUAL ARTS

Calico Geese of Sullivan County
69 Ferndale-Loomis Road, Liberty, NY 12754, 845-292-5250
Meets the second Mon. of each month.

The group fosters, preserves, teaches and promotes the art of quiltmaking.

Catskill Art Society
265 Main Street, P.O. Box 319 Hurleyville, NY 12747, 845-436-4227 Fax: 845-434-8056
casarts@catskill.net. Wed. - Sat.
10-4:30, Sun. 1-4:30, Tues. by appointment.

A nonprofit organization located in the Sullivan County Museum in Hurleyville, the Society features monthly exhibitions in the Beck Gallery, bus trips to other museums, special exhibits and cultural performances, as well as art classes for all ages.

Cobalt Studios
Royce Road, P.O. Box 79, White Lake, NY 12786, Phone & Fax: 845-583-7025
www.fcc.net/cobaltstudios E-mail: cobaltstudios@fcc.net Call to visit.

Both a school for training professional scenic artists and a fully operational scenic painting shop. Cobalt Studios specializes in painting backdrops for the theater.

Delaware-Hudson Photographers Society
P.O. Box 125, Woodbourne, NY 12788, 845-932-7831 / 887-5148 Meets the second Tues. of each month at 7:00 p.m., November through April, at the Liberty Library, Liberty, NY and March through October, at the Sullivan County Cultural Center, Hurleyville, NY.

Formed in 1997 to develop and promote serious photographers (both amateur and emerging professionals), the Society presents monthly workshops, seminars and networking opportunities. Membership is $25 per year.

Senior Citizens Art Program International
Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Monticello, NY 12701,
845-794-3000 Ext. 5000.
Call for class schedule.

SCAPI sponsors exhibits at the Robert E. Pointer Art Gallery and holds art classes.

Delaware Valley Opera
P.O. Box 188, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, 845-252-3136
Fax: 845-252-3136. Office open year round: Mon. - Fri. 10-4.

The Delaware Valley Opera presents two major opera productions during the summer season, workshops in spring and fall and outreach programs during the school year. The performances are in the Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, NY.

GALLERIES

Beck Gallery

Sullivan County Museum, 265 Main Street, P.O. Box 319 Hurleyville, NY 12747,
845-436-4227 Fax: 845-434-8056 casarts@catskill.net. Year round: Wed. - Sat. 10-4:30, Sun. 1-4:30

Delaware Arts Center Gallery
41 Main Street, P.O. Box 170, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
845-252-7576 Fax: 845-252-6515, dvaa@ezaccess.net
Year round: Mon. - Fri. 10-4, Sat. 11-2

DeHoyos Gallery
Sullivan County Community College, 1000 Leroy Road
Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759, 845-434-5750, Ext. 4255.
During school sessions: Mon. - Fri. 8-10, Sat. - Sun. 12-4

Liberty Museum & Arts Center
46 South Main Street, Liberty, NY 12754,
Weekends: 845-292-2394, Year round: Fri., Sat. & Sun. 12-4

Nutshell Arts Center
Rte. 52, P.O. Box 86, Lake Huntington, NY 12752, 845-932-8708
www.juanrigal@erols.com, June through August: Fri. - Sun. 2-6

Robert E. Pointer Art Gallery & Senior Citizens
Art Program International

Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Monticello, NY 12701, 845-887-4781.
Year round: Mon. - Fri. 9-5. Closed holidays.

PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTERS

Catskills’ IDEA
P.O. Box 189, 5 Bank Street, Monticello, NY 12701, 845-796-4332
Fax: 845-796-4360 www.catskillsidea.com
E-mail: catskill@magiccarpet.com Office open year round:
Mon. - Fri. 9-5. Call for schedule of events.

Catskills’ IDEA, a nonprofit organization, presents arts and entertainment programs including Create-A-Tour, Kidskills Theatre, Kidskills Cirque, Broadway DECO, The Harvest Moon Ball, and family festivals, dance weekends and rodeos.

Nancy LaMott Room
Bradstan Country Hotel, Route 17B, White Lake, NY 12786
845-583-4114.
Open weekends year round. Cabaret venue, featuring nationally known and area artists.

Roscoe Arts Festival
Tennanah Lake Golf & Tennis Resort, Tennanah Lake, NY 12776 Summer: 607-498-5617, Winter: 201-844-8222

Free afternoon concerts, held outdoors on Tennanah Lake, feature music from pop to opera, and art exhibits of works by area artists. Bring a blanket and picnic. Food is available.

Sullivan Performing Arts, Inc.
Sullivan County Community College Seelig Theatre,
1000 Leroy Road, Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759, 845-436-9916 Fax: 845- 434-4806.
Year long programming, extensive summer festival.

Sullivan Performing Arts (SPA) presents a wide variety of performances including drama, music and dance, as well as entertainment for children and families. SPA will also present events in the Palace Theatre, Woodbourne, NY.

Town of Lumberland Cultural Series
Town Hall, 1054 Proctor Rd., Glen Spey, NY 12737, 845-856-6372 Year round.

The series presents regional and local artists in a variety of fine cultural programs including concerts, exhibitions and arts-related workshops.

Public Radio
WJFF-Radio Catskill, Route 52, P.O. Box 797, Jeffersonville, NY 12748, 845-482-4141, Fax: 845-482-9533.
WJFF (90.5FM in Jeffersonville, 94.5FM in Monticello).
Presents news, music, public affairs and educational radio programming.

THEATERS

Callicoon Theater CineArt Film Festival
Academy Street, Callicoon, NY 12723, 845-887-4460

Forestburgh Playhouse
Route 55, Forestburgh, NY 12777, Phone & Fax: 845-794-2005 E-mail: info@fbplayhouse.com

North American Cultural Laboratory
110 Highland Lake Road, Highland Lake, NY 12743, 212-946-5734, Fax: 201-863-8995 www.nact.org E-mail: nacl@nacl.org

Seelig Theatre
Sullivan County Community College, 1000 Leroy Road
Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759, 845-434-5750

Palace Theatre
Sullivan Performing Arts, Woodbourne, NY 12788, 845-436-9916

Tusten Theatre
208 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, 845-252-7576

LITERARY GROUPS

The Alchemy Club
c/o Kaye Cloonan, 130 Rennison Road, Grahamsville, NY 12740 845-985-7348. Monthly Meetings.

The Alchemy Club carries on a tradition of writing and reading poetry that began in Grahamsville more than sixty years ago and periodically publishes an anthology. The organization meets at the Daniel Pierce Library, State Road, Grahamsville.

Catskill Reading Society
P.O. Box 86, Claryville, NY 12725,
Phone & Fax: 845-985-2998 E-mail: tchewiwi@catskill.net.
READALOUDS: First Sat. of each month, 2 p.m., at The Studio, Grahamsville, NY.
OUTLOUD FESTIVAL: In July in Grahamsville, NY.

The Reading Society is dedicated to bringing writers and readers together through an annual OUTLOUD FESTIVAL and monthly READALOUDS; operates a small press, OUTLOUDBOOKS, which publishes local and regional poets and writers; and sponsors workshops and guest readings.

Creative Writing Group
Liberty Museum & Arts Center, Attn: Walter Keller, 46 South Main Street, Liberty, NY 12754, 845-292-3460/292-5572
Spring through Fall: Mondays 7-9

Upper Delaware Writer’s Collective
1258 County Road 26, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, 845-252-7506
Year round: Call for meeting times. The group holds meetings and workshops in poetry and short fiction.

ARTS COUNCIL

Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
41 Main Street, P.O. Box 170, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
845-252-7576 Fax: 845-252-6515, E-mail: dvaa@ezaccess.net

Year round: Mon. - Fri. 9-4.

As the arts council for Sullivan County, DVAA provides facilities, small grants and technical assistance to artists and arts groups in the Sullivan County area. They also initiate and sustain cultural programs for the public, such as JazzFest, RiverFest, year round gallery exhibitions, a film program, and a literary series. DVAA is the local funding agent for the New York State Council on the Arts.

DANCE GROUPS

Kountry Kickers

296 Reynolds Road, Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759, 845-292-2250

Call for schedule. Dedicated to promoting the art of country line dancing, The Kountry Kickers perform at various functions, give lessons and hold two performances a year.

Triad Dance Ensemble
Highland Studio, 111 Highland Lake Road, P.O. Box 136
Yulan, NY 12792, 845-557-6340. Classes: Monday through Saturday during school year, varied hours in summer. Call for upcoming events.

Triad Dance Ensemble, a modern dance company founded in 1990, holds classes year round, presents dance workshops and gives performances of original work in a wide variety of styles, showcasing resident choreographers and guest artists.

Dancing Elephant Theater
310 S. Main Street, Liberty, NY 12754, 845-292-5242

Dancing Elephant Theater, a repertory company, creates and presents innovative works in dance and theater arts through performances, workshops and classes.

HISTORY & HERITAGE SOCIETIES

Bloomingburg Restoration Foundation
P.O. Box 325, High St., Bloomingburg, NY 12721, 845-733-1752

Catskill Entertainment Hall of Fame
P.O. Box 439, Rock Hill, NY 12775, 845-796-3181

Cochecton Preservation Society, Inc.
377 New Turnpike Road, Cochecton, NY 12726, 845-932-8487
Fax: 919-932-9844 E-mail: woodys@catskill.net.

Society for Folk Arts Preservation
P.O. Box 808, South Fallsburg, NY 12779, 514-436-7314
Fax: 845-436-7314 E-mail: folkarts@in4web.com

Sullivan County Heritage Alliance
606 Church Road, Mountaindale, NY 12763, 845-434-4747

Sullivan County Historical Society
265 Main Street, P.O. Box 247, Hurleyville, NY 12747
845-434-8044, Fax: 845-434-8056
E-mail: schs@pioneeris.net or jmasten@pioneeris.net

Sullivan County, NY Chapter Association for the Study of African American Life and History
c/o Dr. L. Howard, P.O. Box 1063, Fallsburg, NY 12733, 845-434-7322

PERFORMANCE GROUPS

Upper Delaware Heritage Alliance
c/o P.O. Box 74, Milanville, PA 18443, 717-729-7842

Callicoon Center Band
Main Street, Callicoon Center, NY, c/o Allan Sommer
P.O. Box 103, North Branch, NY 12766, 845-482-4245

Ten evening concerts, Weds. at 8 p.m., beginning with the Wed. before July 4th.
Outdoor summer concerts featuring marches, waltzes, polkas and music of the town band era are presented at the bandstand on Main Street, Callicoon Center, NY.

Delaware Valley Chamber Orchestra
Ill Winds Chamber Ensemble, P.O. Box 188
Narrowsburg, NY 12764, Phone & Fax: 845-252-3136
Year round: Mon. - Fri. 10-4.

The Delaware Valley Chamber Orchestra presents a "Music of Our Time" concert each year highlighting area composers, as well as performing as the orchestra for Delaware Valley Opera. Concerts are performed in the Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, NY. Ill Winds Chamber Ensemble performs concerts, and plays for art openings, receptions, weddings and dinners.

Sullivan County Community Chorus
Sullivan County Community College Seelig Theatre
1000 Leroy Road, Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759, 845-794-7869
September through May, Wed. evenings 7-9.

The Chorus presents two yearly concerts: early December and late May. All singers are welcome. Dues per semester are $20.

Valley Chorus
P.O. Box 188, Narrowsburg, NY 12764, Phone & Fax: 845-252-3136,
December through May, Tues. evenings 7:30-9:00.

Valley Chorus provides area singers an opportunity to sing with a group and presents a concert in December and in May. Meets at the Hortonville Presbyterian Church Hall.

LIBRARIES

Bloomingburg Free Library
Main Street, Bloomingburg, NY 12721, 845-733-4993

Daniel Pierce Library
328 Main Street, P.O. Box 268, Grahamsville, NY 12740
845-985-7233, Fax: 845-985-0135 E-mail: dpl@rcls.org

Delaware Free Library
Main Street, Callicoon, NY 12723, 845-887-4040

Ethelbert B. Crawford Public Library
187-189 Broadway, Monticello, NY 12701
845-794-4660, Fax: 845-794-4602 abarrish@rcls.org

Fallsburg Reading Center-Library
32 Railroad Plaza, P.O. Box 755, South Fallsburg, NY 12779
845-436-6067, Fax: 845-436-6067

Hermann Memorial Library
Sullivan County Community College, 1000 Leroy Road,
P.O. Box 497, Loch Sheldrake, NY 12759, 845-434-5750, ext. 4223

Jeffersonville Public Library
Center Street, P.O. Box 737, Jeffersonville, NY 12748
845-482-4350, Fax: 845-82-3092, ansernet.rcls.org/jeffpl

Liberty Public Library
North Main Street, Liberty, NY 12754, 845-292-6070
Livingston Manor Free Library
Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY 12758, 845-439-5440

Roscoe Free Library
Maple St. & Highland Ave., Roscoe, NY 12776
607-498-5574

Sunshine Hall Free Library
P.O. Box 157, Eldred, NY 12732, 845-557-6258

Tusten-Cochecton Library
200 Bridge Street, P.O. Box 129, Narrowsburg, NY 12764
845-252-3360, Fax: 845-252-3331 E-mail: tclib@ezaccess.net

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