Neosho and Rune have been musical friends for over forty years, combining, rock, jazz, rockabilly, road songs, traditional, and original music. An acoustic guitar experience with percussion, coronet, flute and percussion.

We met on the green in Woodstock NY in the eighties and reunited on the Esopus creek in 2021.

Storyteller Jill Olesker will explore and share stories of many kinds-folktales, Nature experiences and Water memories that we can offer each other. There will be music offered by Dancing Leaf and other possible guests.

Stories offer a way to be in community, to share truths and to connect to nature . 

Jill has been telling stories in Hudson Valley for many years now. She is currently co-creating a project she started called the Water Stories Project. It is exploring our relationship to Waters, letting the Waters speak and nurturing our reciprocity with Water.

Can’t wait! Nick Collins is a local accordionist who has been delighting audiences in and around the Hudson Valley for over 10 years.   Playing a wide variety of traditional and popular music in many styles, Nick is thrilled to return to the Rail Trail Café!

With intricate arrangements that move from rousing and joyful to thoughtful and dreamy, Spellbinder Orchestra aims to enchant in an age of disenchantment. Born in the bay area, California, the group blends original folk music with elements of classical, cabaret, eastern European and rock. The group features a variety of instruments such as ukulele, fiddle, cello, percussion, accordion, and harmonica. Their performances are described as lively with a touch of the theatrical. 

Now a bicoastal collective, the band, aka Brother Spellbinder, has appeared in both parts of the world including Woodstock's Bearsville, Pearl Moon and Colony, Beattie-Powers House, The Great Halloween Festival, Burning Man's Decompression, San Francisco's Edwardian Ball, WDST Radio Woodstock, The SF Free Folk Festival and SXSW unofficial showcases. With a background in social work and therapy, bandleader Alzara Getz finds inspiration in how people heal. Lyrics often flow from the uncensored mythical realm of the human psyche, or languish in the modern wasteland with a brush of poetry and whimsy, but a sprinkling of high octane vintage covers may make you reach for fire water and dancing shoes. With room for improvisation, the rotating cast of spellbinders bring spontaneity and surprise making each show a unique experience. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CrTyea-tDFv (on Radio Woodstock)

https://youtu.be/dpigwGgutsU?feature=shared (sample of the full band sound from the other coast)

Press: 

"Spellbinder issue a record as aesthetically menacing as it is melodically captivating, and that’s something most any modern listener can get excited about."

Hollywood Digest

“Spellbinder has released their latest EP, When The Earth Was Still Flat, a 7-song indie folk meets acoustic pop fountain that spouts poetic grace in the middle of today’s non-poetic music jungle." The Miews

Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIwfbysOwcm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 

This is the 35th annual Beltane Festival on Stone Mountain Farm! More info on the way…

They’re going to be specializing Celtic and Gaelic tunes for Beltane.

Neosho and Rune have been musical friends for over forty years, combining, rock, jazz, rockabilly, road songs, traditional, and original music. An acoustic guitar experience with percussion, coronet, flute and percussion.

We met on the green in Woodstock NY in the eighties and reunited on the Esopus creek in 2021.

Brazilian and American jazz with guitar, vocals, saxophone, flute, and percussion. Ann Belmont, Todd Anderson, Fre Atlast, and special guest Sarah Urech

annbelmont@verizon.net
Guitar/vocals/composer/arrang

‘Perennial is a new voice ensemble with songs arranged and directed by Debbie Lan.

Perennial enjoys singing original arrangements of an eclectic mix of songs by The Staves, The Magnetic Fields and Tom Petty, amongst others.

With Deb Murphy, Robyn Gullickson, Lorrie Coffey, Mary Beth Collier, Nine Aledort, MicheleZipp, Neva Cockrell and Jude LaFollette.

Directed and arranged by Debbie Lan.

Much fun to be had!

the green eye is the out-loud part of environmental artist and storyteller james dean conklin’s work. every day, more energy hits the earth, from the sun, than all humans use in a year. that’s really musical and wonderful and we want to sing about it. 

home site = www.greenhead.media

bandcamp = https://thegreeneye.bandcamp.com/

The Moon Turtle Medicine Wheel Project is an outdoor interactive sculpture commemorating the wisdom and beauty of Native American culture. The 70 by 90 foot monument will be open to the general public for study and located at Seed Song Farm in Kingston, NY. It’s use will be educational and ceremonial providing a platform for Native and Non-Native teachers.

Levanta brings together a quartet of extraordinary musicians and unique instrumentation, featuring original compositions and improvisations with influences from Brazil to the Silk Road to the Australian outback.

Thomas Workman, Ev Mann, Gabriel Dresdale and Timothy Hill.

Six HOURS OF CHANTING!!!

Rail Trail Cafe 

Rain Date Monday May 25th.

WEATHER WILL DECIDE THE DAY - Please check the Rail Trail Cafe Facebook page for cancellation.

CHECK RAIL TRAIL CAFE WEBSITE FOR MORE DETAILS.

Come to the Cathedral Under the Trees!

Come Chant, Dance, Pray!

Come celebrate the beginning of another magical summer of Chanting!

Join the Spirit Brothers, Ned & Lynn, Radharani and other Hudson Valley chant leaders!

Also Featuring Wonderful musicians:

Steve Gorn, Robert Bard, Avinash and many more!

WE CAN'T WAIT!

http://www.railtrailcaferosendale.org

Levanta brings together a quartet of extraordinary musicians and unique instrumentation, featuring original and classic tunes performed with ancient instruments… Ev Mann, Thomas Workman, Gabriel Dresdale, Timothy Hill

As a singer, songwriter, Steven Michael Pague has travelled the world bringing his uplifting, positive music and songs to venues both large and small. He creates an intimate atmosphere inspiring and inviting dancing, listening, participating in the song, sharing the vision, the dreams of longing, hope, love, light and joy. His style ranges from ballad to reggae, folk to rock and more…

Peter Einhorn and Peter Wetzler

"In their first public outing the duo Peter Peter will share their explorations in sound blending guitar and accordion with keyboards and breath controlled sampled and synthesized sounds journeying in and out of tonality.  While the ensemble merges jazz and classical and world music backgrounds their musical storytelling abilities from a life in scoring dance, theater, film and tv yields a unique experience reaching far beyond the boundaries of genre".

Improvising duo of Peter Einhorn and Peter Wetzler blending acoustic and electronic music seamlessly moving in and out of tonality and genre.

Visit our Duo's home at:  https://peter-peter.bandcamp.com

What you hear is totally improvised and 99% unretouched.

"musical conversation... between two masters."
"A beautiful array of textures and timbres "
-DooBeeDoo
BeeDoo NY Magazine

Chanting with Ned & Lynn is for everyone regardless of experience. Chanting brings you to "beginners mind," where everything is in the sacred now. Chants range from deeply meditative to highly ecstatic. Using simple ancient Sanskrit mantras, we share our deep love for the Divine and the sacred - we also have fun!!

Ned & Lynn offer Sacred Chanting from many languages and traditions - Sanskrit, Native American, Sufi, Hebrew and Contemporary.

They welcome the audience to join them in call and response community chanting with simple mantras and beautiful melodies.

They have toured with Wah, sung with Jai Uttal and offered chants at Omega Ecstatic Chant, Bhakti Fest, Kripalu, Integral Yoga, Maverick in Woodstock and in many beautiful home settings. They were honored to sing for Amma with Wah in Boston.

Look for their CD, Bhakti Treasure, on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby and on their website: BhaktiTreasure.com

"Beautiful CD - blessed drops of Bhakti Nectar" - Jai Uttal

"Ned & Lynn create heart-felt kirtan sangha wherever they sing " - Wah

Find Ned & Lynn on Facebook - for bookings: Nedleavitt@aol.com

The B2s are a 10 voice Women’s Voice Ensemble founded and directed by Musician, Songwriter, Arranger and Choral Director Debbie Lan.    With original arrangements by Debbie, The B2s eclectic and uplifting repertoire includes songs by Tom Waits, 4 Non Blondes, Agnes Obel, Ma Muse, Rising Appalachia and Ladysmith Black Mambazo amongst others. 

Past performances include Kingston Earth Fair, Olive Free Library Fundraiser, The Rosendale Street Festival, Unison, New Paltz Earth Day and The Widow Jane Mine, amongst other venues.

With Betty Boomer, Ruth Molloy, Suzanne Stokes, Carol Bialy, Noelle Damon, Kathy Flannery, Rita Prusinski, Vicki Koenig, Donna Greenfield Cullen and Debbie Lan.

Music and poetry inspire us to embrace this precious world, and 

connect us to our true nature.  Seekers and lifelong artists, 

Evan Pritchard (poet, musician, and Algonquin elder)  joins 

world musician Steve Gorn to weave a magical evening of 

music, poetry and more. 

Hudson River Playback Theatre!

Please join us under the tall trees for a community conversation through theatre! This outdoor show is part of Climate Change Theatre Action 2025, a worldwide project held in conjunction with the biennial UN climate conferences. Our performance includes the short CCTA-commissioned play “Brackendale” by Elaine Ávila (two bald eagles reflecting on climate change) – plus YOUR stories about living in this rapidly changing world. Our performing team of facilitator, actors, and musician will listen, then create theatre on the spot, complete with music.  

Hudson River Playback Theatre is a New Paltz, NY-based nonprofit ensemble founded in 1990 by Playback pioneer Jo Salas. HRPT has performed by invitation in New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Montreal, London, Frankfurt, and South Africa. Locally, we have performed in theatres, conferences, migrant labor camps, and much more.  Our longterm projects have included school performances addressing bullying, and “Immigrant Stories,” a series of over 100 performances for the Mid Hudson Valley’s immigrant community, funded by the Dyson Foundation. We have been presenting climate-themed interactive shows since 2009 and have participated in Climate Change Theatre Action since its inception. 

 The Rail Trail Cafe, right beside the parking lot on Stone Mountain Farm off Springtown Road, serves delicious food and drinks. Come early or stay later to eat and relax!

 All are welcome. Limited outdoor seating — feel free to bring your own folding chair! No reservations or tickets required. Donations gratefully accepted to support the performers.

 This outdoor show will be postponed in case of rain! If in doubt please check on Facebook (Hudson River Playback Theatre or Rail Trail Café.)

The Wild Swan Band performs a graceful mix of Celtic songs, jigs, reels, and waltzes along with original songs and covers in the Celtic/Folk rock tradition.
:) Jon Garelick- mandolin and bazouki, vocals

Sarah Underhill-vocals

TG Vanini- fiddle, vocals

Ian Worpole- guitar, vocals

Bill Ylitalo leads this homemade Gamelan with Mark Bernard, Brian Farmer and more!

The Folk Rock, Americana music of Heartbreak Waites will touch your soul with original songs that are riveting, sometimes amusing but always filled with harmony and healing. Respected actor, writer, and director Thomas G. Waites brings his songwriting, singing and guitar playing talents to the music stage along with the powerhouse performers Tony Daniels.

thomasgwaites.com

Improvisations and compositions inspired by the unity of life energy, honoring the spectacular diversity in Nature, and dedicated to the wisdom of Marija Gimbutas.

Named a “harper among harpists” by the Irish press, Haines has developed a unique approach to the lever harp, weaving together traditional, classical, improvisational, experimental and contemporary influences to create a radiant music for the harp. She has recorded with Pauline Oliveros, Tommy Hayes, The Roots, Sue Pilla, Susan Werner, Laura Simms, Alix Dobkin, Kay Gardner and Ubaka Hill.

Devotional Music from around the world with Ned Leavitt, Joseph Jastrab, Steve Gorn, Avinash and surprises.

As a singer, songwriter, Steven Michael Pague has travelled the world bringing his uplifting, positive music and songs to venues both large and small. He creates an intimate atmosphere inspiring and inviting dancing, listening, participating in the song, sharing the vision, the dreams of longing, hope, love, light and joy. His style ranges from ballad to reggae, folk to rock and more…

With intricate arrangements that move from rousing and joyful to thoughtful and dreamy, Spellbinder Orchestra aims to enchant in an age of disenchantment. Born in the bay area, California, the group blends original folk music with elements of classical, cabaret, eastern European and rock. The group features a variety of instruments such as ukulele, fiddle, cello, percussion, accordion, and harmonica. Their performances are described as lively with a touch of the theatrical. 

Now a bicoastal collective, the band, aka Brother Spellbinder, has appeared in both parts of the world including Woodstock's Bearsville, Pearl Moon and Colony, Beattie-Powers House, The Great Halloween Festival, Burning Man's Decompression, San Francisco's Edwardian Ball, WDST Radio Woodstock, The SF Free Folk Festival and SXSW unofficial showcases. With a background in social work and therapy, bandleader Alzara Getz finds inspiration in how people heal. Lyrics often flow from the uncensored mythical realm of the human psyche, or languish in the modern wasteland with a brush of poetry and whimsy, but a sprinkling of high octane vintage covers may make you reach for fire water and dancing shoes. With room for improvisation, the rotating cast of spellbinders bring spontaneity and surprise making each show a unique experience. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CrTyea-tDFv (on Radio Woodstock)

https://youtu.be/dpigwGgutsU?feature=shared (sample of the full band sound from the other coast)

Press: 

"Spellbinder issue a record as aesthetically menacing as it is melodically captivating, and that’s something most any modern listener can get excited about."

Hollywood Digest

“Spellbinder has released their latest EP, When The Earth Was Still Flat, a 7-song indie folk meets acoustic pop fountain that spouts poetic grace in the middle of today’s non-poetic music jungle." The Miews

Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIwfbysOwcm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 

We celebrate Celtic music this Memorial Day with Julia and Ira Levin, Barely Lace, Al Havrilla, Sean Crimmins, Jeanne Nametz: Ceol na H’aite David Budd with Andrew Forbes on Bagpipes. Stephen Larsen reading and reciting poetry.Plus stories of Celtic Lands told by Jill Olesker.Bring a poem or song to share and be in a Bardic Circle.

Sound from the ground. Celebrate springing into Spring with the first iteration of SMSC. Improvised and composed music arising from the ground of stone mountain farm. Deep geologic time sounding and echoing to tomorrow. Join Brian Farmer and guests for an evening of  musical exploration and solace as we move from Spring to Summer. Be prepared to venture into never before heard sonic landscapes. Only once, here, together!.,

The Wild Arts Collective is presenting Jam Jam. wearewildarts.org

A smorgasbord of events! Hope you can come!

The Clear Light Ensemble is an improvisational musical collaboration divinely inspired by Classical Indian Ragas. It's a cosmic tapestry of diverse musical forms including world jazz, rock, classical, folk and avant guard

Organized by Max Fass of course!

The 2025 edition of Balkan Music Afternoon at the Rail Trail Cafe will feature bands from around the Hudson Valley that play Eastern European dance and listening music.

We will celebrate the changing of the seasons as some villagers might in the Balkans. 4 pm til dusk.

Schedule to be announced in early September. Balkan dances will be taught throughout the afternoon.

Balkan Festival at the Rail Trail Cafe
Sunday, September 28, 2025

The Hogfiddle Consort is an octet of mountain dulcimers (the fretted zither string instrument traditionally from Appalachia) that is an offshoot from the New York Dulcimer Orchestra and is committed to bringing this humble American string instrument into greater visibility through an ensemble context and by exploring a variety of different repertoire from genres like folk, classical, early music to material from the American songbook and originals. Members are from the New York Hudson valley & Capitol regions, Connecticut and New Jersey and consist of: Carol Walker (founder and director), Sasha Bogdanowitsch, Mary Evans, Lisa Jensen , Flo Jerdan, Kathie McGill, Joe Rosolen and Blake Tutterow.

http://www.musicladycarol.com/nydo.html

In this multi-faceted event native author/musician Evan Pritchard will

sing traditional and original songs, read poetry, tell stories, and talk about

our relationship with each other and the earth. He will also sign books and CDs

between sets.

Levanta brings together a quartet of extraordinary musicians and unique instrumentation, featuring original and classic tunes performed with ancient instruments… Ev Mann, Thomas Workman, Gabriel Dresdale, Timothy Hill

More info on the way…

There is a language beyond words—spoken in symbols, shadows, and the silent presence of what came before us. In this immersive workshop, we enter that liminal space through the art of object altars and the healing field of Kaleidoscopic Constellations.

Many of us know the Rail Trail Cafe as a beloved site that welcomes all, providing a meaningful context as we gather community in its landscape. Together in this space we will call in the wisdom of our lineages,  illuminating inherited stories and soul entanglements. Through intentional placement of meaningful objects we create altars that speak the unspeakable, and honor what longs to be seen, released, or embraced.

In this sacred circle, we will:

• Experience the subtle field of Family Constellations in an intimate, symbolic way
  
  

• Learn to create personal object altars as portals of remembrance and resonance
  
  

• Participate in ritual, guided constellations, and deep intuitive listening
  
  

• Reconnect with ancestral gifts, patterns, and inner alignments ready to unfold
  
  

***Bring with you: a personal object (small item of meaning), an open heart, and a willingness to listen to the unseen.

Step into the Field. The ancestors are waiting.

About the presenter:

Kathleen Mandeville is an Episcopal Priest, arts producer, Constellations facilitator, founder of The Outer Edge Coaching and spiritual leader of Gateway House, a multi-faith sacred arts community in Rosendale, NY, where she currently facilitates sacred ceremonies, individual and group counseling.

In her in-person monthly Kaleidoscopic Constellations group, members integrate and cross-pollinate a variety of healing and creative modalities, informed by the practices of the group's participants. Thus we may weave storytelling, writing, somatic experiencing, music and other disciplines together.

Kathleen Mandeville, M.Div
845.417.5430
kathleenmandeville@gmail.com
www.theouteredge.net

In her in-person monthly Kaleidoscopic Constellations group, members integrate and cross-pollinate a variety of healing and creative modalities, informed by the practices of the group's participants. Thus we may weave storytelling, writing, somatic experiencing, music and other disciplines together.

______________________________

ART CREDIT for ALTAR Painting:

Ania Aldrich

With intricate arrangements that move from rousing and joyful to thoughtful and dreamy, Spellbinder Orchestra aims to enchant in an age of disenchantment. Born in the bay area, California, the group blends original folk music with elements of classical, cabaret, eastern European and rock. The group features a variety of instruments such as ukulele, fiddle, cello, percussion, accordion, and harmonica. Their performances are described as lively with a touch of the theatrical. 

Now a bicoastal collective, the band, aka Brother Spellbinder, has appeared in both parts of the world including Woodstock's Bearsville, Pearl Moon and Colony, Beattie-Powers House, The Great Halloween Festival, Burning Man's Decompression, San Francisco's Edwardian Ball, WDST Radio Woodstock, The SF Free Folk Festival and SXSW unofficial showcases. With a background in social work and therapy, bandleader Alzara Getz finds inspiration in how people heal. Lyrics often flow from the uncensored mythical realm of the human psyche, or languish in the modern wasteland with a brush of poetry and whimsy, but a sprinkling of high octane vintage covers may make you reach for fire water and dancing shoes. With room for improvisation, the rotating cast of spellbinders bring spontaneity and surprise making each show a unique experience. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CrTyea-tDFv (on Radio Woodstock)

https://youtu.be/dpigwGgutsU?feature=shared (sample of the full band sound from the other coast)

Press: 

"Spellbinder issue a record as aesthetically menacing as it is melodically captivating, and that’s something most any modern listener can get excited about."

Hollywood Digest

“Spellbinder has released their latest EP, When The Earth Was Still Flat, a 7-song indie folk meets acoustic pop fountain that spouts poetic grace in the middle of today’s non-poetic music jungle." The Miews

Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIwfbysOwcm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 

BIO:

“One road is ending, another road begins, come on let’s do it over again” - A Different Thread

Some things are just meant to be. Alicia Best (US) and Robert Jackson (UK) met while busking on the cobbled streets of Ireland and discovered both a musical and personal harmony that was serendipitous. In the decade since forming A Different Thread, Best and Jackson have taken their act on the road, touring over a dozen countries, supporting artists such as Milk Carton Kids and Jody Stephens (Big Star), and garnering critical praise from the likes of Folk Radio UK, which hailed the duo as “warm, deep songwriters that have drank from the well of 20th century tradition.”

Their new album, Over Again (out May 1st 2026), was written during a period of transition, marked by their arrival stateside and a solar eclipse. Recording began in their tiny home studio, continued in Sylvan Esso's Betty's (The Mountain Goats, Watchhouse), and finished at Alma Vale Studio (Phantom Limb/Yola, Elles Bailey) in the UK. 

Their sound is transcontinental, blending Jackson's British folk rock background with Best's North Carolina-bred alt-country melodies. Informed by their life experiences (navigating visas, vanlife, love across oceans) and liberal commentary on both environmental and social justice topics, the album mixes electric guitars with Appalachian dulcimer, gospel-tinged vocals with honky-tonk fiddle. While inspired by artists like Gillian Welch, The Avett Brothers, and John Prine, A Different Thread maintain a distinct sound that is all their own. 

Alicia and Robert see the creation of Over Again as a testament to the power that music has to heal and transform: “For us, this album marks a new beginning—like a rebirth—as we shed negative cycles to work towards a brighter future.”

Listen to A Different Thread’s records:Bandcamp // Spotify // Apple // Amazon // Soundcloud

Social links:

Website // Instagram // Facebook // Youtube // TikTok // Patreon

"The couple really know how to throw down an amazing musical tapestry, one which beckons like a siren song. They perform with pure sincerity and joy but also an originality that is exciting and inspiring to experience. Their rich, human vocals have an amazingly full and deep sound sure to turn any unfamiliar listener into a head-shaking enthusiast." 

 - Americana UK

A Different Thread

Website // Spotify // Instagram // Tiktok // Facebook // Youtube

 Julia Howl Haines, Lever Harp and Maotoaka Little Eagle, Native vocals and percussion will bring delight and beauty to you with their musical adventures in the beautiful clearing of the Rail Trail Cafe.

 Julia Haines has a unique approach to the lever harp. Called a “harper among harpists” and a ‘hip harper” by the Irish press, she won First Prize for harp and voice at the O’Carolan Festival, Keadue, Ireland. Her radiant music fuses world, folk, rock, classical & improvisational influences.

Matoaka Little Eagle (Tewa, Apache, Chickahominy) is a culture bearer and educator. She celebrates diverse Native American cultures through song, dance, and story, promoting respect and tolerance. She has collaborated with David Amram, Pete Seeger, John Sebastian, John Cage, The Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, The Vanaver Caravan and many others, bringing great joy and inspiration to her audiences, here and abroad. Matoaka is proud to play Grandma Jingle Dress in the award winning contemporary Native pop musical, "Distant Thunder"

Levanta brings together a quartet of extraordinary musicians and unique instrumentation, featuring original and classic tunes performed with ancient instruments… Ev Mann, Thomas Workman, Gabriel Dresdale, Timothy Hill

Devotional Music from around the world with Ned Leavitt, Joseph Jastrab, Steve Gorn, Avinash and surprises.

The avant folk solo project of Sasha Bogdanowitsch, blending world music, folk, ambient and electronica. A selection of works featuring voice, lyre, kamelengoni harp, handpan, mountain dulcimer, fuyara and ney flutes, banjo, electronics and more.

“…winning authenticity …” New York Times

www.timbretree.com

Spend and afternoon with Matoaka Little Eagle, who has spent her life sharing indigenous culture through story, dance, and song.

Matoaka Little Eagle is Native singer, dancer, storyteller, and educator who has introduced Native American culture to thousands of students, teachers, event goers, and professionals in a wide array of venues from schools, colleges, and museums, to prestigious cultural institutions like Symphony Space and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. She is a lifetime member of the acclaimed Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, based in NYC and has collaborated with numerous arts and educational organizations. Her many collaborations with fellow performers and musicians include Pete Seeger, David Amram, and Ulali. Matoaka plays the role of Grandma Jingle Dress in the contemporary Native musical, Distant Thunder, through the Lyric Theater of Oklahoma City, which premiered in March, 2022 at the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City. She currently resides in New Paltz, NY. matoaka.e@gmail.com. (845) 977-6146.

Lisa Davidson and Elizabeth Cornell are Odd Shaped Swimmers, an NYC-based singer-songwriter duo, with strong roots in the Poughkeepsie/New Paltz area, who play acoustic guitar, bass & ukulele, and sing about relationships, city living, and past lives. Our album, Bird Watcher, Popcorn Maker, features six original songs, and we've just finished recording a new single, "Bad Boyfriend." You can hear our alt-folk, indie-style music on most streaming services, and follow us on Instagram.

Sound from the ground. Celebrate springing into Spring with the first iteration of SMSC. Improvised and composed music arising from the ground of stone mountain farm. Deep geologic time sounding and echoing to tomorrow. Join Brian Farmer and guests for an evening of  musical exploration and solace as we move from Spring to Summer. Be prepared to venture into never before heard sonic landscapes. Only once, here, together!.,

Many of us know the Rail Trail Cafe as a beloved site that welcomes all, providing a meaningful context as we gather in community on its landscape. The Rail Trail itself is a beloved and well-travelled path from Gardiner to Kingston. It is truly a Way in this region. 

There is a language beyond words—spoken in symbols, shadows, and the silent presence of what came before us. In this immersive workshop, we enter that liminal space through the art of object placement and the healing field of Kaleidoscopic Constellations.

In this workshop, we will create a living, three-dimensional map on the Rail Trail, a timeline of signature events in our lives when our original essence felt most alive, guiding us to our purpose in life. We’ll source items from the local environment, as well as personal object/s (item/s of meaning) from home. 

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:

In preparation for this workshop, remember a time when you were young and your spirit felt alive, when your essence became activated. As you survey your memories, discern if there is an object or objects that want to come with you to be placed on your ‘map.’ 

________________________

About the presenter:

Many of us know the Rail Trail Cafe as a beloved site that welcomes all, providing a meaningful context as we gather in community on its landscape. The Rail Trail itself is a beloved and well-travelled path from Gardiner to Kingston. It is truly a Way in this region. 

There is a language beyond words—spoken in symbols, shadows, and the silent presence of what came before us. In this immersive workshop, we enter that liminal space through the art of object placement and the healing field of Kaleidoscopic Constellations.

In this workshop, we will create a living, three-dimensional map on the Rail Trail, a timeline of signature events in our lives when our original essence felt most alive, guiding us to our purpose in life. We’ll source items from the local environment, as well as personal object/s (item/s of meaning) from home. 

PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS:

In preparation for this workshop, remember a time when you were young and your spirit felt alive, when your essence became activated. As you survey your memories, discern if there is an object or objects that want to come with you to be placed on your ‘map.’ 

________________________

About the presenter:

Kathleen Mandeville is an Episcopal Priest, arts producer, Constellations facilitator, founder of The Outer Edge Coaching and spiritual leader of Gateway House, a multi-faith sacred arts community in Rosendale, NY, where she currently facilitates sacred ceremonies, individual and group counseling.

In her in-person monthly Kaleidoscopic Constellations group, members integrate and cross-pollinate a variety of healing and creative modalities, informed by the practices of the group's participants. Thus we may weave storytelling, writing, somatic experiencing, music and other disciplines together.

Kathleen Mandeville, M.Div

845.417.5430
kathleenmandeville@gmail.com
www.theouteredge.net

Catskill Mountain Gamelan has been performing since 2012 at locations

throughout the Hudson Valley, performing traditional Indonesian music,

original songs and arrangements.  We return this season with new

members featuring, Ashley Enright, Sue Kiel, Alex Letourneau, Amy

Recchia, Alvaro Romao, Annmarie Tedeschi, and Julien Valenstein, led

by Dorcinda Knauth.

At our Sept 20 show, expect to hear some beloved Sundanese classics, a

retelling of a trickster story: Kancil, and even see some

Turkish-gamelan fusion dance.

They’ll be playing on The Rose Blossom Gamelan, a red and gold West

Javanese gamelan built in 2012 by master builder Asep Ahum.  It is

tuned to the pentatonic (Five-tone) scale called degung.  Gamelan

would typically be used in Indonesia for playing ceremonial music,

accompanying elaborate all-night long puppet shows that double as

providing social or political commentary, or accompanying important

life cycle events like weddings. Hope you can come!