The St. Francis-St. Stephen's Home School Association will be hosting its 3rd Annual Holiday Shopping Extravaganza at the Our Lady of Peace Parish Center (corner of of Toledo and Center Streets in Geneva)on Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 9:00AM-3:00PM. Come and do your holiday shopping with some of your favorite local crafters and home party consultants! There will also be raffles and a bake sale. For more information, contact Amy Quigley 789-0995. We hope to see you there!

Located at t621 Whiskey Hill Rd, Junius. Time: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Menu includes chicken and biscuits, mashed potatoes, vegetable, cabbage salad, desserts, and beverage. Cost: adults $8, children $4. Take outs available. For more information, contact Rev. Ellen Carroll at (315) 789-5429.

Seneca Falls United Methodist Church will be holding its Holiday Bazaar 11/7 from 9-2. Lunch will be served starting at 11:00. Featured items; Hand crafted quilts, Hand made bears, doll clothing, hand knitted & crocheted items, floral arrangements, books, baked goods.

Trinity Episcopal Church, 27 Fall St., Seneca Falls,will be holding a bazaar on Saturday, November 7,2009 from 9 AM to 3 PM. Handmade Crafts, Christmas Creations, small & large quilst, bakery, plants. Choices of Turkey Chowder or Chicken Vegetable Soup, Chicken Salad or Ham Salad Sanwhiche's, Homemade Cheesecake, all served from 11 Am to 1 PM. Linger with complimentary coffee, browse, and find a gift for a special person, or something for yourself.

Join us Saturday Nov. 7th from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. for the 6th Annual Great Bowls of Fire Chili Cookoff. It is both a tasting and a contest. Local restaurants provide the tasty chili and everybody gets to vote for their favorites. Your ticket gets you into the event, all the chili you can eat, and you take home a beautiful hand-made pottery chili bowl! Beverages will also be available, including a beer tasting. Get your taste buds fired up for a good cause --- your ticket price goes to support all the valuable services the Genesee Center for the Arts and Education provides the community. Location: 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, 14607 Cost: $20 per person or $60 for a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 kids under age 12) Buy your tickets online at www.geneseearts.org/events-calendar.php or call the Genesee Center office (244-1730). Tickets will also be available at all Rochester area Wegman’s “That’s The Ticket” locations and at the door the day of the event.

ITT / Goulds Pumps Annual Craft & Hobby show will be held on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10:00 - 3:00 PM at the Seneca Falls Community Center on Water St. in Seneca Falls. Start your Christmas shopping early from 30+ vendors You will find a wide variety of items, something for everyone on your shopping list. If you are interested in participating as a vendor, contact Sherry at 315-568-2546.

Interested in sending your child to Christian Brothers Academy? Incoming 7th and 9th graders for fall 2010 are required to take the entrance exam to qualify for admission. You have two opportunities to take the exam: Saturday November 7th OR Saturday November 21st at 8:00 am. For more information or to register for the exam, call 315-446-5960 X1231 or visit www.cbasyracuse.org.

Is it Cher? Liza? Dolly? Barbra? Patsy? No, it's "Public Energy Number One," Laura Roth, a world-class singer, comedienne and actress headlining Seneca Community Players' new cabaret fundraiser, "One Night Stand: An Evening with Laura Roth," Saturday, November 7 in the Delavan Theatre at the New York Chiropractic College, 2360 Rte. 89, Seneca Falls. Doors open at 7:00 with a silent auction, raffles and wine bar with complimentary refreshments; the concert starts at 8. Roth, "The Voice of Hollywood," performs characterizations of the greatest stars of stage and screen in head-to-toe costuming, using her amazing voice, award-winning acting skills, and extraordinary comic timing. A one woman variety show, Roth has appeared on television, radio and the stage in a variety of singing and acting roles. Amazingly versatile, she has been called a "show stopper" by the New York Post and, "one of the world's leading cabaret singers" by Show Business newspaper. Audiences have enjoyed her four-octave range in London, Paris and Manhattan, her Public Radio show was broadcast live to seven states, and her holiday shows were performed before thousands at the Hilton Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. She has studied the work, mannerisms and clothing styles of the greatest female entertainers of the 20th century, including Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Patsy Cline, and dozens more. She performs year-round throughout North America in shows featuring unique blends of music and comedy appealing to all ages. In addition to the show-stopping performance, event patrons can participate in the exciting silent auctions and raffles featuring contributed items from local businesses and organizations. Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and a cash wine bar help make the bidding more festive. Silent auction contributors include: A. P. Sinicropi, OD, Barrister's Bed & Breakfast, Blossoms By Cosentino, Ciccino's Pizzerina & Restaurant, DiVINE Kitchen & Bar at Hotel Clarence, Downtown Deli, Eleven Lakes Winery, Ferrara Lumber, Flying Whale Studios, Geneva High School Drama Club, The Gridley Inn, Holiday Inn, Kinney Drugs, Linda Solan Photography, Magee Country Diner, Microtel Inn, Montezuma Winery, NanJohn Fine Arts, Nugent Hardware, Patchen Rea Estate, Robinette Jewelers, Seneca Community Players, Seneca Office Supply, Sherry's Bear & Frame Shop, Sinicropi Florist and Gift Shop, Smith Opera House, Swedish Hill Vineyard & Winery, Thirsty Owl Wine Co., VanCleef Homestead Bed & Breakfast, Wegmans, WomanMade Products, ZuZu Cafe, and artists from the Seneca County Arts Council Gallery. Tickets to "One Night Stand: An Evening with Laura Roth" are $20 in advance; $25 at the door. They may be purchased at WomanMade Products in Seneca Falls, Area Records and Music in Geneva, by calling 315-568-9364, and online at www.SenecaCommunityPlayers.org. All proceeds from this fundraising gala event go toward SCP's 2010 community theatre performance season which will be announced in December. This is the final event in SCP's 2009 season, generously sponsored by Seneca Meadows Landfill. Seneca Community Players’ mission is to foster, arouse and help broaden the interest, availability and appreciation of the Theatre Arts in Seneca and the surrounding counties. Formed in 1972, SCP provides area residents with opportunities to experience theatre as cast, production staff and audience member. Over its 37-year history, SCP has established itself as the only Seneca County group that continually offers and produces quality, year-round theatrical productions. These productions provide the opportunity for community members to engage in the creative process on-stage and behind the scenes.

Montour Falls Moose Lodge is hosting an All You Can Eat Benefit Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 2096 State Route 14, Montour Falls. From 8:00AM until 11:00AM adults can children can enjoy a fresh, home cooked meal for $6.00 and $4.00. The menu includes pancakes, of course, eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, milk, juice and coffee. Everybody Rides Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program is the beneficiary. Our motto is: "Freedom begins on the back of a horse". Can you imagine the thrill of getting out of your wheelchair and on to the back of a 1000 pound animal? That's what happens for children and adults at this magical facility. Because of State budget cuts this program is in jeopardy. Please come and meet some of our volunteers and support our program. You will have a great meal and support a great cause. For more information check out the web site: everybody-rides.org, watch a video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfR3fDckIuM or contact sepstein2442@gmail.com. THANKS!!!

First United Methodist Church, Corner State & Chapel Streets, Seneca Falls. Quilted items, Lunch, Crafts, Baked goods, Gift Baskets, Christmas Decorations and More! Saturday, November 8 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.

The Red Jacket Fire Department will be hosting an All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast on Sunday November 8th 2009 from 8am to 12pm. Adults pay $7.00. Seniors and Students pay $6.00. And children 5 and under eat free. The Red Jacket Fire Dept is located at 2528 Lower Lake Road in Seneca Falls. (North of the Cayuga Lake State Park and the Deerhead Inn. Any questions or comments please contact Yogi at mbborys@yahoo.com. Please check out of web site at www.redjacketfire.org. Thank you and hope to see you there!!

Benifit Dinner For Wendy Margeson Lafler who suffered a Stroke. November 8, 1-4 American Leigon Penn Yan N.Y. Tickets now on sale 6.50 per ticket. Contact Dora 315-719-3276....or dorachaffee@ymail.com

Demos and talks, 1-3 pm @ Holiday Inn, Waterloo Everyone in the Finger Lakes is invited to learn more about using FREE Ubuntu for their computer needs for FREE. More info: http://ny.ubuntu-us.org / http://www.ubuntu.com

Plan your wedding with more than 40 of the Finger Lakes premier wedding, party, hospitality and event businesses at the area’s largest party & bridal show, hosted by Special Event Network and the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center on Sunday, November 8. Throughout the day brides, grooms and their guests will enjoy delicious food tastings, bridal fashions, dance demonstrations, a special groom’s workshop, vintage photo booth photos, a tabletop design gallery with the latest in linens, chair covers and floral centerpieces, fabulous door prizes, other demos, activities, many show specials and much more. The first 150 brides will receive a free copy of the premier issue of Get Married magazine. FREE Admission. Location: Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, 17 Aviation Drive, Horseheads, 12:30pm-3:30pm. Contact – info@specialeventnetwork.net. A list of participating businesses and more information can be found on our bridal show website, www.FingerLakesBridalShows.com.

1-2:30 PM. Frre. Bring the kids and family to hear traditional Russian tales from Baba Yaga to Rusalka's. Cheer for the Hero's Quest and the Girl! Hiss at the Bad Guys and the laugh at the Animal characters! Step into another world and be surrounded by the colorful swirls and three-dimensional characters in the new exhibit at PCHS created by Rand Darrow. See the exhibit Witches, Wolves and Water Sprites! by Rand Darrow.

Information regarding various adoptions available. Meeting is held from 6pm-8pm. Please call Cecelia at 585-350-2501 for registration.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County announces Making Ends Meet, a two-hour money management workshop. Designed to help people of all ages set financial goals; develop a spending plan and get the most for their money, Making Ends Meet will be held at the Cooperative Extension Center, 480 North Main Street, Canandaigua from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9. The workshop is free but class size is limited and pre-registration is required by calling 585-394-3977 Ext. 409 or 425. This workshop is conducted by Cornell Cooperative Extension as part of the Empower New York Program, as a component of the HeatSmart NY Initiative. HeatSmart NY workshops are sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Second Annual Veteran's Day Celebration: South Seneca Elementary Would Like to Honor You! All U. S. Veterans and their families are invited to a Veteran’s Day celebration, in their honor, on Tuesday, November 10, at 9:00am in the South Seneca Elementary School Large Gym, 8326 Main Street, Interlaken. This special assembly will feature speaker Eugene Carroll, who served as Gunner’s Mate in the U.S. Navy on the aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain. He also served on Task Force 77 off the coast of Korea from 1953 until the ceasefire was signed. Also featured will be the VFW Color Guard and patriotic music performed by the South Seneca Fifth Grade Band. A reception will follow in honor of our veterans. Veterans are requested to wear their service uniforms or their service hats to this event. Please join us for this celebration. For more information, please call Becky Davis, South Seneca Elementary Band Director, (607) 869-9636.

Nov. 10, 2-4pm, 601 S. Main St., Geneva Learn more at http://fli.hws.edu/workshops.asp Finger Lakes region community members are invited to celebrate the Finger Lakes Institute’s 5th Anniversary by attending a reception highlighting some of the Institute’s accomplishments since 2004, such as ENERGY STAR 2009 Small Business Award, EPA Environmental Education Award, and collaborations with a number of organizations throughout New York state. Guests will have a chance to win door prizes and tour our green facility, Seneca Room, and rain garden. The current educational exhibit, titled Collection Fever and Scientific Adventurers: Historical record of Finger Lakes Research, will be open for viewing. Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public.

Learn How to Clean you Home without Toxic Chemicals. LEARN: * the ingredients in popular household chemicals * how chemicals are affecting your health & ability to lose weight * easy ways to clean with items from your kitchen cupboard * which essential oils have powerful disinfecting properties PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED 585-261-2648 $10 per person www.organicajane.com

4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, Tompkins County Public Library, BorgWarner Board Room (West) 101 E. Green St., Ithaca Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit (TCAT) has contracted with VPSI Inc. to provide vans and administrative support for community vanpool. Learn how get your own vanpool together. For more information, pp1@tcatmail.com.

Corning Community College will host its annual Make Your Day Off Pay Off event on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, in Spencer Pub, Commons Building on the Spencer Hill campus, Corning. Information sessions will be held at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. with campus tours at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, and 2 p.m. Participants will attend a general information session, complete a student-led campus tour, enjoy refreshments, and apply for admission to CCC for free. The entire process will take approximately two hours to complete. Space is limited with advance registration required. This event is free and open to the public. For more information or to register, please contact (607) 962-9151 or (800) 358-7171 x 9151.

Why don’t Americans drive around in cars emblazoned with battle streamers from the War of 1812? Or dress up as soldiers to re-enact battles from the Spanish-American war? What is it about the Civil War that is still so compelling to Americans that it prompts many of us to care passionately about its symbols, its moments, and its legacies? Presenter Dr. Laura Free will discuss these questions and others in the final lecture of the Geneva Historical Society fall series. “Bullets, Belles, and Bloated Bodies: The Civil War in American Popular Culture and Memory” will run on Veterans’ Day, November 11, at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Free will discuss the role of returning Civil War soldiers and others in creating the popular memory of that conflict. She will address some of the many ways that Americans have grappled with the memory of the Civil War, in particular, how Americans use the Civil War as fertile terrain for cultural exploration. From the veterans’ parades and public statute dedications of the late 1800s, to the impassioned debates about the Confederate flag in the late 1900s, to the increasingly popular battle reenactments of today, Americans have remembered the Civil War in varied ways and assigned varied meanings to the conflict, which have profoundly changed over time. Dr. Free will explore these diverse meanings, question why this particular moment in American history continues to fascinate and enrage Americans, and examine the complicated relationship between American history, memory, and culture. Laura Free is an assistant professor of history at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where she teaches courses in American history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and women’s history. She has received her Ph.D. from Cornell University and is currently working on a book on gender, race, and changing suffrage rights in the immediate post-Civil War years. This program is sponsored by the Samuel B. Williams Fund for Programs in the Humanities. For more information about the program, call the Geneva Historical Society at 315-789-5151. The Geneva Historical Society is located at 543 South Main Street, Geneva. Parking is on the street or in the Trinity Episcopal Church lot across the street.

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County announces Credit/Debt Management, a two-hour workshop that explores credit and debt management issues. The program is designed to help participants develop an understanding of the world of credit and debt and how it impacts their lives and how they can manage it successfully. The workshop will cover: 1) the various types of credit available to consumers; 2) the cost of various credit options; 3) debt management strategies; 4) credit reports and how to improve personal credit; and 5) strategies to establish or rebuild credit. Credit/Debt Management workshop will be held at the Cooperative Extension Center, 480 North Main Street, Canandaigua on Wednesday, November 11 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.. Please call 585-394-3977 Ext. 409 or 425 to register. This workshop is conducted by Cornell Cooperative Extension as part of the Empower New York Program, as a component of the HeatSmart NY Initiative. HeatSmart NY workshops are sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

at West Fayette Presbyterian Church. (located between Rt. 96 and Rt. 96A South) serving 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. included mashed potatoes, vegetable, dessert and beverage and family served sides of cole slaw & relishs. take outs available. vetern's eat free with id. adults $8.00, children 5-12 $4.00 under 5 free.

Upstate Citizens for Equality meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Canoga Fire House in Canoga,N.Y. Open to the public.

Location: 601 S. Main St, Geneva Sponsored by the Finger Lakes Institute Speaker: GIS Specialist Nathan Burtch Nov. 12 at 7:00pm While maps have always been an important method of communication within a society, in recent times they are even more of an everyday sight. Whether it is the dashboard mounted GPS navigation unit in a car, or the various maps highlighting events the world over on the evening news broadcast, we use maps to understand spatial concepts on a daily basis. But how far can we trust these maps? In this presentation, Nathan Burtch will explain some processes in which maps are created, and how errors can be propagated and manipulated in published maps. While a wide variety of map subjects will be viewed, we will also look at maps showing issues of local importance, such as Marcellus shale and land use. This event is free and open to the public.

Enjoy food, fun, and friends at the annual Pampered Chef fundraiser to support American Red Cross in the Finger Lakes! Pampered Chef will donate the host proceeds to the Red Cross for local programs. Shop for yourself and for gifts at the party 6:00pm-8:00pm or online at http://www.redcrossfingerlakes.org.

FREE Harvest Dinner at Ovid Federated Church on Thursday, November 12, 2009, serving 4:30pm-7:00pm. This event is free to the community, bring a friend! The church is located at 7147 S. Main Street, Ovid, NY 14521

Casa Larga will be featured at Horizon’s, Lodge at Woodcliff. Enjoy the view, indulge in some culinary treats and learn from Wine Sommelier, Hollly Howell. 6-8pm For more information call (585) 223-4210 or visit casalarga.com/calendar.

Fioravanti Florist, A Day of Wine and Roses Jill Northrup, designer at Fioravanti Florist, with will be in the wine shop offering new ideas on how to spruce up your Holiday table. Jill has exciting new wine wreaths ideas, joyful tablescapes and preservation techniques for holiday flowers. Classes begin each hour and there is room for 20 people per class. Fioravanti’s will be offering attendees incentives for upcoming Holiday gifting. Call the wine shop to reserve your spot today, $5.00 per person. 223-4210 x2 1-4 pm

Corning Community College will recognize donors, friends, and community members that made the Academic and Workforce Development Center located at 318 Madison Avenue in Elmira, New York a reality on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 4-6 p.m. Witness history as the College dedicates the Cameron Manufacturing & Design, Inc. Academic Study Center. The property, formerly known as the Harry J. Lagonegro School, was fully renovated by the Krog Corporation, based in Orchard Park, NY. The Academic and Workforce Development Center opened on August 20, 2007 to provide centralized comprehensive workforce development services and education and training programs to assist in the development and growth of a skilled workforce in our service region. After several years of planning, two prominent community leaders, Dr. Floyd F. Amann, president of Corning Community College, and Tom Santulli, Chemung County Executive, integrated their visions resulting in a dynamic new facility to meet the education and workforce needs in our region. New York State and Chemung County officials secured over $5.5 million to cover building renovations that would ultimately house an array of local agencies and service providers to connect job seekers to education and employment opportunities. In addition to Corning Community College academic programs and services, several community agencies partnered to provide workforce development services to job seekers and incumbent workers. The Elmira CSS Workforce New York Career Center, NYS Labor Department, GST BOCES, and Chemung County Department of Social Services Employment Services are located in the Center. The Economic Opportunity Program operates a drop-in child care center for the convenience of parents using the Center. Efforts are underway to strengthen partnerships with the Elmira City School District and four-year institutions such as Elmira College. A Business Advisory Board comprised of regional manufacturers, Southern Tier Economic Growth (STEG), CSS Workforce New York partners, County government officials, and secondary school representatives meet regularly to discuss training needs and the coordination of regional workforce services. Recent accomplishments of this collaboration include the creation of new short-term career pathways in manufacturing, human services, and teaching assistant designed to assist individuals with obtaining essential skills for employment in less than six months. The Center has become a licensed WorkKeys® Test site to administer and score WorkKeys® assessments in response to business needs. WorkKeys® is a job skill assessment system that measure skills employers believe are critical to job success. A WorkKeys® pilot for manufacturing is fully implemented allowing job seekers to complete an assessment of existing skills and use available customized curriculum to improve their skills for employment openings with participating manufacturers. Brenda English, director of the Academic and Workforce Development Center, reports the Center offers an array of credit, non-credit training courses and services to assist residents in acquiring current skills for employment. New students can complete approximately 50 percent of their degree requirements in at least 13 degree programs by enrolling in courses offered at the Center. Six new More After 4:00 programs are designed to assist individuals to complete an associate in applied science degree in two to three years by attending classes two evenings per week and Saturday mornings. Most courses are offered at the Center. New programs include Business Administration, Business Administration/Banking, Chemical Dependency Counseling, Human Services, Manufacturing Leadership, and Manufacturing Technology. Three new career pathways in manufacturing, human services, and teaching assistant are available to assist individuals in obtaining essential skills for employment in six months or less. Short term non-credit training and professional certification courses are offered in Real Estate, Life Accident and Health, Child Abuse Recognition, Continuing Education for Insurance, Human Resource Boot Camp, and Leadership Development. Special highlights of the Center include on-site student services, wireless network, writing and math learning centers, computer labs, drop-in child care, and student lounges. Joan Ballinger, executive director of Workforce Development and Community Education, reports that utilization of the Center has dramatically increased, with enrollment doubling to over 1,000 students since fall 2007. Ballinger states, “This Center is about hope and opportunity, with the vision of strengthening partnerships to produce a highly trained and skilled workforce and vibrant community.” This event is free and open to the public. For more information or to contribute, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (607) 962-9458 ia@corning-cc.edu.

Craft Show - Sponsored by The Waterloo Class of 2012 Parent Boosters. 9:00am - 4:00pm Saturday, November 14th Waterloo Community Center 3 Oak Street, Waterloo

Canandaigua Botanical Society PLANTS WITH AN ATTITUDE Indoor meeting at Finger Lakes Community College - Canandaigua campus 10 am on Saturday, November 14, 2009 Room C220 at FLCC (facing the front of the college, C220 is to the far left of the campus, up a short drive). Join Dr. Bruce Gilman, Professor of Environmental Conservation & Horticulture and Director of Muller Field Station, for one of his ever entertaining and super-informative slide shows. Dr. Gilman will describe the intriguing adaptations of carnivorous plants in our region. Bring your sense of humor and be prepared for a lot of learning! FREE http://canandaiguabotanicalsociety.blogspot.com/ canandaiguabotanical@gmail.com

Stuffed Cabbage Rolls, Pierogi, roll and dessert $7/person; Noon til? Montour Falls Moose Lodge, 426 2096 State Route 14 Montour Falls NY 14865 Open to the Public All Proceeds benefit the December 2, 2009 Christmas Troop Gift Box Mailing

The conference will be held at Bay Trail Middle School in Penfield, NY. All day conference with national speakers regarding adoption. call Cecelia at 585-350-2501 for a registration brochure.

START whining... er... wining. That's right, it's time to get back to White Springs Winery. This time it is to help them celebrate their 3rd Anniversary. You know it is always a great time when we get together at WSW. Jan and her crew put out fabulous foods, and always never seem to run out of great wine. It's an early party (12-5) on Saturday November 14th so make sure to take time to stop and smell the roses,...er... grapes. See you there!

We are having our annual fall Harvest Sale-Bake Sale & Cafe on Friday Nov.6th and Saturday Nov. 7th. We have Holiday Home Store, The Nite Life Store, Jack & Jill Children;'s Shop, Bed & Bath Shop, Bake Shop, Jewelry & Accessories. Something or everyone. Many beautiful items.

WHO: Oswego High School Drama Club WHAT: The Phantom Tollbooth is about a boy named Milo who one day finds an enormous and mysterious package in his room. He comes to discover it contains a phantom tollbooth with a map to a strange and unusual world beyond. Milo sets off on his voyage to meet such fantastical characters as the not so wicked Witch, Faintly Macabre, Alec Bing who sees through things and the watchdog, Tock, who ticks! WHERE: The Ralph M. Faust Theatre of the Performing Arts at the Oswego High School WHEN: November 13 & 14 at 7:30pm, with a 2:00 pm matinee on the 14th COST: Adults $5, Kids under 7 are free For more information contact the OHS Drama Club for 341-2265 or by visiting their webpage at: www.oswego.org/webpages/sbraun/index.cfm

The Lake Country Players presents "Babes in Toyland" Orphans Alan and Jane are the wards of their wicked Uncle Barnaby, who wants to steal their fortune. He arranges for them to be shipwrecked and lost at sea, but somehow they are rescued by gypsies and returned to Contrary Mary's garden. Contrary Mary, believing her beloved Alan is dead, has run away with her brother, Tom-Tom the Piper's son, rather than agree to marry Barnaby. Join them all in Toyland for the adventure!" MOst know songs "March of the Wooden Soldiers" and "Toyland". Directed by Tracy Gavich PERFORMANCE DATES: November 13th & 14th, 7:30pm November 15th, 2:30pm Adults: $10, Seniors: $8, Students: $6, Children under 4 are free Watkins Glen High School Auditorium More information - lakecountryplayers@gmail.com or call 607-594-2074. Order tickets online at thelakecountryplayers.org

Geneva High School Drama Club presents "The Miracle Worker," a three-act play based on Annie Sullivan's heroic efforts in the 1880s to teach her new pupil, Helen Keller. Written by William Gibson, it will be performed Nov. 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m at Geneva High School, 101 Carter Rd. Doors open one half hour before the scheduled start time. Performed in the round with the audience on stage, seating is extremely limited. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door. They may be purchased in Geneva at Area Records & Music, the Smith Opera House, and the high school office during school hours. The final dress rehearsal at 7:30 on Nov. 12 will be open to the public. In lieu of tickets, the cast and crew request that patrons bring canned or bagged pet food or litter to be donated to the Beverly Animal Shelter. Locked in a frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness since infancy, 7-year-old Helen Keller (Moriah Murphy) has never seen the sky, heard her mother’s voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan (Allison Chapin), a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch -- the only tool they have in common -- and leads her pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light. Also featured in the cast are Michael Rosa as Captain Arthur Keller, Helen's gruff yet loving father, and Alex Dowd as Kate Keller, her concerned and frustrated mother. Noah Pitifer plays her smarmy half-brother James and Elizabeth Barner is her prim and proper Aunt Ev. The cast is rounded out by Joey Davis, Abby Lindberg, Zach Maher, Kat McCorkle, Claire Noonen, Sierra Olschewske, and Annie Wilsey. The production is directed by Kevin Schoonover. Mary Schoonover is the stage manager and Bruce Purdy is the technical director/lighting designer.

Corning Community College’s Muse of Fire Theatre is proud to present, Is He Dead?, a new play by Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives, and directed by Mary Guzzy, on November 5, 6, and 7, 2009 at 8 p.m. in the Science Amphitheatre on the Spencer Hill campus in Corning, NY. An additional performance will be held on Sunday, November 8 at 2 p.m. Performances on Thursday, Friday, and Sunday are $10 for general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens 65 and older. A special benefit for CCC Campus Ministry will include a Dessert Theatre on Saturday. Coffee and dessert will be served at 6 p.m. in the Triangle Lounge, Commons Building. Barbara Snedecor, director of the Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College, will speak and take questions on Twain’s life and times until roughly 7:30 p.m. in time for the 8 p.m. performance. All tickets for this very special event are $15. Is He Dead? was obscure until just a few years ago when Shelly Fishkin, a Twain scholar in California, found it among Twain’s papers. With the brilliantly comic playwright David Ives, Fishkin had the play adapted for the modern stage and brought it to Broadway. Now Corning Community College and Muse of Fire director, Mary Guzzy, will bring Is He Dead? to Twain’s adopted home of Upstate New York. Is He Dead? farcically explores the idea that a dead artist’s work is worth more than that of a living one. The students of masterful but debt-ridden French painter Jean-François Millet devise a scheme to solve their teacher’s financial woes by faking his death and passing him off as his own “widowed sister.” Immediately the prices of his art soar, and solvency seems within reach, but – is he dead? And if he is, how will he escape the romantic clutches of both a villainous moneylender and the father of his fiancée? How will he manage to live happily ever after with his true love, Marie? Through madcap escapades and clever twists Twain delivers the answers with his matchless sardonic wit and style. Professor Mary Guzzy directs a cast of actors from Corning Community College and the surrounding community. Is He Dead? Features Trinidad Archuleta, Ashley Dominikoski, Eric Friedman, Mallery Gurnsey, James Mitchell, Alexandra Ober, Katie Owens, Isaac Quattlebaum, Samuel Rosenzweig, Anna Wheaton, and Gary Yoggy. Technical director is Ryan Spruck, set design by Tim Borden, and lighting design by Ellen Blagg. For additional information and tickets, please call (607) 962-9448.

SAVE THE DATE: Girls and Women are invited to the ONYA Voices of Experience event on Wednesday, November 18, 2009 @ 7 PM - 9 PM Doors open at 6:30 PM at the Belhurst Castle, Geneva, NY The Voices of Experience program is an annual event that focuses on "life education" for area teen girls. Women and girls from Ontario, Yates, and Wayne counties are invited to attend the two-hour program featuring a panel discussion followed by an "open mike" session when the girls ask many, many questions of the panelists Last year, each woman stressed the importance of recovering from mistakes, making healthy decisions, having a life plan, and the importance of finding a mentor. The girls also had time to meet individually with the panelists. The program challenges young women to pursue their dreams. The girls also are offered some pampering: dessert, goodie bags, and an elegant Belhurst atmosphere. If interesed Contact: Lucile Mallard, Event Chair, Ontario/Yates Fund for Women (ONYA) P.O. Box 31, Canandaigua, NY 14424, 315-789-1806 ; Email: lmallard@courts.state.ny.us Tickets are $5 for one adult and one student; $15 for a group of five or more (a female adult must accompany every 5 girls). Scholarships are available.

Create beautiful watercolor landscapes, seascapes and animals at the Seneca Meadows Environmental Education Center with New York State certified art teacher, Nan Fourgeot. No experience is necessary for this two-part, beginners’ class. All materials will be provided. Adults Only.
Nov. 11th, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, $7 per person
Nov. 18th, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, $7 per person

The Ontario County Arts Council at All Things Art, located at 65 South Main St, Canandaigua, is now accepting entries for a holiday gingerbread creation contest to be held in conjunction with Christkindl market. All entries, silent auction bids and ballots for a people's choice selection will be displayed in the gallery at All Things Art. Entry forms, rules and regulations may be procured at All Things Art or online. Entry forms due November 3, 2009. 585-396-0087 or ocac-admin@ocarts.org

See the two and three dimensional works created by artist Rand Darrow. Inspired by the flowing style of painter Marc Chagall, and combined with the traditional Russian and Ukranian folk stories of Rusalkas and Baba Yaga, this exhibit also blends original music and lyrics into a creative experience. Step into another world at the Howe House, 66 Main Street Phelps NY, Wed-Fri 10 AM-4 Pm. 315.548.4940.

BECOME A LITERACY TUTOR! CANANDAIGUA, NY – Literacy Volunteers of Ontario-Yates (LVOY) wants you to become a literacy volunteer. LVOY announces its next Tutor Training Workshop, a program that offers volunteers the opportunity to help adults learn to read and write or learn how to speak English. The workshop will be held on Monday and Thursday afternoons, 12:30 – 3:30pm., October 15 – November 9 at the LVOY office located at 208 S. Main St., Canandaigua. In order to become a tutor, you must attend a 1 hour orientation session, be at least 18 years of age, have an interest in helping adult students to learn, be a high school graduate (or GED), be able to attend the entire training program, complete homework assignments and be willing to devote at least 2 hours per week to working with an adult student. Tutors need not have a teaching background or have knowledge of a foreign language. For more information or to register for the training contact LVOY at 585-396-1686 or toll free at 1-888-546-5862. You can also register by logging on to www.literacyvoc.org.

Corning Community College will host several Midday Concerts during the fall 2009 semester. Join us for an hour of beautiful music with Nolan DeSanto and friends on Thursday, November 5 at 12:30 p.m. in R004, Learning Center, Spencer Hill campus, Corning. DeSanto is a pianist and graduate student in Mansfield University’s new Collaborative Piano degree. He will perform musical selections with other musicians as duets or small ensembles. Additional performances will be held on: Thursday, November 19, 12:30 p.m., R004 Marimba Recital featuring Ithaca College graduate students Anthony DiBartolo and Elayne Harris as they perform pieces by Sammitt, Stout, Burritt, and Reich. Thursday, December 3, 12:30 p.m., R004 Suites, Sonatas and Standards by Peter Bloom and Mark Leighton includes the dazzling Grand Duo for Flute and Guitar by Mauro Giuliani, a colleague of Beethoven and Rossini in Vienna's golden age and a leading guitar virtuoso in 19th Century Europe. Other selections include music of Francis Poulenc, Jacques Ibert, and Heitor Villa-Lobos, along with treasures from the Great American Songbook by George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, and George Shearing. Peter H. Bloom is a soloist and ensemble flutist who tours internationally with classical and jazz ensembles and appears on 30 recordings from labels including Sony Classical, Newport Classic, Dorian, Leo Records and 9Winds. He has given recitals from Boston to Bangkok and performs with leading ensembles including Ensemble Chaconne, Olmsted Ensemble, and the New Mendelssohn Quintet Club. Winner of the American Musicological Society’s coveted Noah Greenberg Award; he is an acclaimed classical artist and a noted jazz player, now celebrating his 32nd season with the internationally renowned Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. The Boston Globe called his playing “a revelation for unforced sweetness and strength,” while Jazz Improv praised his “exquisite melody.” Bloom serves as historical performance consultant for The American Museum in Britain, The New-York Historical Society, and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where he has given numerous lecture-demonstrations and has recorded for the Museum’s audio tour of musical instruments. He is a board member of The James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition. Mark Leighton is a classical and jazz guitarist known for his wide-ranging repertoire. He has performed as a solo recitalist and ensemble player across New England, appearing at venues such as Colby College, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum, and Boston’s historic King’s Chapel, the Post Office Square concert series in Boston, the Thomas Crane Library in Quincy, and many others. Leighton is a regular member of Copley Chamber Players. He serves on the Applied Music Faculty at Colby College, teaches at Eastern Nazarene College, and served previously as Artistic Director of First Night Quincy. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, Leighton studied with noted guitarists Robert Sullivan, David Leisner and Sharon Isbin, among others. Thursday, December 10, 12:30 p.m., R004 “Celebrating 200 Years of Franz Joseph Haydn” - The performing ensembles of Corning Community College, under the direction of Loueda Bleiler and Melvin Williams, will present a concert of works featuring the music of Haydn. This performance will include excerpts from one of his choral masterworks, “The Creation”. Events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact Loueda Bleiler at (607) 962-9298.

An interesting and unusual exhibition from six local handwork guilds. Each Saturday in October through November 8th, guild members will hold stitch ins in the gallery. For Halloween, a "Stitch Witch" will be available to answer questions., identify needlework, tools and solve project problems.

Tuesdays, 10-6-09 to 11-17-09 Have a blast with New York State certified art teacher, Nan Fourgeot, at the Seneca Meadows Environmental Education Center, as you create sculptures, paintings and collages with nature! If you like art, this is the program for you! 4:00 - 5:00 pm, For children ages 9 - 12 years old, $5 per child per class

What: Student Art Exhibit When: Through Dec. 15, regular hours Mon-Thur: 8-5; Fri.: 8-4; Sat.: 9:30-4; Sun.: 11-4 Where: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca Description: Each painting in this exhibit features a bird associated with the Cornell Lab’s research programs and citizen-science projects. The textured gel and paint works were created by seventh-through-tenth graders More information about the exhibit can be found at: www.birdsleuth.net/texturedart. The works are also for sale. Proceeds benefit education at the Cornell Lab and the school whose students produced the paintings. Admission: Free Contact: (800) 843-BIRD (2473); www.birds.cornell.edu

Sunday Night Football at the Common Ground Coffee House. Waterloo Shoppe Center on Main St. in Waterloo. 8pm -? Every Sunday night ALL SEASON LONG! come and watch the big game in 32" HD. Food, fun, football and fellowhip. No preaching, just a fun time watching football in a family and faith oriented atmosphere.

Wednesday mornings Adult Art Class Saturday mornings Child/Parent Class Thursday afternoons Middle and High School Art Class and/or Tuesdays after school Kids' Art Class All happening at the St. Peter's Community Arts Academy, 149 Genesee Street, Geneva, New York, 315-789-4910 or check out the website: www.StPetersArts.org

Free, guided weekend bird walks are continuing through the end of the year at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca. You'll be walking the wooded trails of Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary. Just meet at the front door of the Lab. Some binoculars are available for loan. Sept/Oct walks: 8:00 am, Saturday and Sunday Nov/Dec walks: 9:00 am, Saturday and Sunday Contact: (800) 843-BIRD (2473)

Is your business growing? Are you looking for skilled workers? Need financial assistance to help train the right person? Interested in an On the Job Training? We may be able to help. For more information contact Seneca County Workforce Development located at the Seneca County Office Bldg, 1 DiPronio Drive, Waterloo, NY 13165 or Dawn at 315-539-1902 (dmulheron@co.seneca.ny.us) to learn more about the OJT program. There is no cost to find out about this great service. First come first served basis.

We are here to help!! *Access to New York State Job Bank *Job postings for the local labor market *Newspapers *Information on area businesses *Trained Professionals to Serve You *A Reference/Lending Library *Video and Audio Library *Computer Access *Internet Access for: Job Search, Career Exploration, & Business Research We work with unemployed and underemployed and people in search of a career change. Have questions call us at (315)539-1905 or stop in to see us. We are located at 1 DiPronio Drive, Waterloo on the 1st floor of the county office building. Office hours are 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday & after hour appointments by request only. Auxiliary aides and services to individuals with disabilities are available

Career Group At 1 DiPronio Drive Waterloo, NY (DHS training room) Last Thursday of Every Month 1-2 pm Networking Is The Time-Honored Process Of Using Cordial Alliances And Information Referrals To Further One's Professional Advancement And Success. Networking Is A Two-Way Street. Members Call On Friends And Colleagues For Problem Solving, Information Gathering, Job Leads, Gaining Access To Role Models, And For General Support. In Turn, They Provide These Services To Peers And People On The Way Up. Come network with peers! Please register for this workshop at the reception desk or call 315-539-1902.