Home → Events, Programs, Happenings, Seminars ( July 24, 2024 )
ROAST BEEF SUPPER: Take-out only Saturday, 4:30 to 6:00pm at the Thompson Christian Church, 586 Main Street. Adults, $13; Children 5 and Under – Free. Please call Marge at 570-442-1208 to reserve a dinner.
GRIEF WORKSHOP: Free six-week series offered by Wayne Memorial's Hospice Department, 4:30pm to 6:00pm in the hospital's Chatlos Conference Room. The workshop offers a safe place for those coping with loss. No formal registration is necessary. Attending all six is not mandatory. For more information, call 570-253-8383.
STEVENS FAMILY REUNION: Sunday, 12:30pm at the Jessup Township Park in Fairdale, PA (State Route 706). To get to the park take Creamery Drive, located next to the Fairdale Grange Hall. If inclement weather the reunion will be inside the Jessup Township Building, 10175 State Route 706, Fairdale. Look for the reunion signs. Please bring your own table service and a covered dish/dessert to share. Meat and beverages are provided. Descendants of Peter Stevens welcome. If you're not sure, come anyway, we'll help you figure it out. To RSVP or for more info, please call 215-692-3489.
COMMUNITY SCAVENGER HUNT: Benefits the Grand Evergreen Cemetery Association. Register by July 22. $10 per person, 21 years or older to enter. Text 570-396-1235 (no calls please). Starts at the Susquehanna American Legion.
USED BOOK SALE/HISTORICAL EXHIBITS: Saturday, 9:00am to 2:00pm at the Soldiers' Orphan School, 2238 Orphan School Road, Kingsley inside the Franklin Academy building (1836-1865). Exhibits will be on display and Civil War enactor Brian Schwartz is available to give more info on the war. All books are donated and include current novels, children's books, history books, and coffee table travel books. Hardcovers, 50¢; paperbacks, 25¢, cash only. Everyone is invited to bring a picnic lunch, to sit in the pavilion and enjoy the quiet, beautiful setting of the Soldiers' Orphan School grounds.
COMMUNITY LUNCHEON: Third Saturday of every month until winter at Christ Episcopal Church, Delaware and Dundaff Streets, Forest City. Serving 12:00pm - 1:00pm, Saturday. We look forward to seeing our many friends and making new ones. All are welcome to join in fellowship and share bread together. We welcome and serve all in Christ's name.
The Forest City Area Historical Society (FCAHS) is proud to announce an evening of Folk music by Russ Rentler at 7:00pm on Saturday, August 3rd, 2024 at the FCA Historical Society Museum, 629 Main Street, Forest City.
Russ Rentler
Russ Rentler, back by popular demand, started playing stringed instruments with his first ukelele in fifth grade purchased with S&H Green Stamps in Dover, NJ. He played music a Moravian College in a folk band with John Gorka, who later became a luminary in the New Folk Movement.
After college, Russ went to medical school in New Jersey and specialized in Internal Medicine. In his free time he continued to pursue his passion of performing acoustic music on hammered and mountain dulcimer, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, autoharp, bass cello and bouzouki without being able to read music.
He has won several awards for songwriting and his song "New Car Smell" was played on National Pubic Radio's "Car Talk". He recently won the Deep South Dulcimer Championship or hammered and mountain dulcimer.
In 2016, Russ Rentler left his practice of internal medicine and geriatrics, which has allowed him to pursue his life-long dream and passion of performing original and traditional music.
Sing Out Magazine has described him as "a gifted songwriter as well as a fine Musician."
His shows are fast-paced with multiple instrument changes interspersed with funny stories of his life as physician with the heart of a troubadour.
Come and enjoy this "first rate performer." Russ Rentler's performance is a concert you don't want to miss.
While at the concert, view the many historical items and history of the Forest City Regional Area. The Forest City Area Historical Museum is handicapped accessible and air conditioned.
There is no admission for the concert, donations will be welcomed. Come and enjoy!
August 3rd is also Forest City's "Trail Town Festival". There will be vendors on the street starting at 4:00pm and a Light Parade after dark.
We welcome and serve all in Christ's name at Christ Episcopal Church. Christ Episcopal Church, located at the corner of Delaware & Dundaff Streets in Forest City, is a Healing Church. It is a place where anyone of any age can step inside and find healing.
Christ Church is well known for its ongoing strong involvement with families, neighbors and friends in and around the local area. Fr. Bill McGinty is offering a once monthly healing service the first Sunday of every month. The next service is on Sunday, August 4, 2024, beginning at 9:00am.
There are no questions asked or requirements needed to step inside the church's big red doors, merely bring an open heart to receive the Lord's Healing Love. Light refreshments follow each service. To enjoy faith, food and fun, join us on Sundays at 9:00am.
You won't want to miss the Annual Corn Festival and Tractor Show at Klumpp Park, Windsor, NY on August 24th from 12:00pm til 5:00pm brought to you by Windsor Partners and Friends. Admission is free, but we would sure be appreciative if you would bring a canned or boxed item for Windsor's Human Development. Donation cans will be at the entrances.
Bring your tractor, old, new, restored or original and any old farm memorabilia you want to share. Your friends and neighbors would love to learn more about your treasures. There is no cost to display your pride and joy and we will even provide treats for tractor display owners. Enjoy a free tractor-driven hay ride with Bill Kappler and stay for the tractor parade at 4:30pm.
Don't festival foods make your mouth water? Variety, smells, things you can't eat every day. Prepare to eat corn - roasted corn, corn chowder, corn nibblets, walk away tacos, corndogs, nachos, freshly made kettle corn and so much more including hamburgers, hotdogs, salt potatoes, ice cream and snow cones.
We are proud this is a community, family event and we will have many children's games and crafts to entertain the youngsters. Sit and relax in our large tent while enjoying the live non-stop music from 12:30-4:30pm provided by local favorites, The Stoutmen. Or sit a while visiting the Miller Farms tent with a calf to pet and join them for the Corn Husking Contest that they sponsor. Shop local with our vendors who will be offering a variety of wares. Meet and talk to many non-profits and local businesses who are happy to provide information on their products and services.
For additional information on any of the events, activities, to sign up as a vendor, tractor exhibitor, or volunteer, call Elaine at 607-655-3399 or email: elainelcard@gmail.com. Special thanks to the Village of Windsor and the Windsor Youth Sports and Recreation Committee for their support and our event sponsors.
Hill Country Artists invite the public to their August meeting, which will include a fun craft for all to enjoy.
Carey Williams has offered to spend some of her precious time off from duties at Montrose Area High School to share her other expertise of crafting. She further explains: "I enjoy working with various natural items to create art. I love gourds, fibers, and things found in nature. For the class we will be using daffodils and dandelions that have been harvested and dried. We will weave them to create your very own miniature basket."
The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 1, in the downstairs meeting room at Susquehanna County Conservation District, 89 Industrial Drive, Montrose (about 1 mile south of Montrose on Route 29, on the left – last building down the drive – park in the back). For questions contact Alice Roche 570-663-2706; or Rita Eddy 570-553-2500.