Category: Events

The Naples Open Studio Trail will host its 25th annual event Oct. 3-4 with a free, self-guided tour open to the public and featuring 19 artists at 12 locations around Canandaigua Lake. … more: Naples Open Studio Trail marks 25 years with free October tour

Dickens Christmas will return to Skaneateles for its 33rd season Nov. 27, opening with the World's Smallest Christmas Parade and beginning nearly a month of weekend performances and holiday activities in the … more: Skaneateles Dickens Christmas returns Nov. 27 with parade and weekend performances

Geneva’s 11th annual Walk Out of the Darkness will be held Sept. 20 to promote suicide prevention, awareness, healing and community support. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., with the walk … more: Geneva Out of the Darkness walk set for Sept. 20

The Cayuga County Sheriff's Office will hold a free road patrol open house September 16, giving residents a chance to meet deputies and see the equipment used by several specialized units. The … more: Cayuga County sheriff to host road patrol open house September 16

Child & Family Resources will mark its 50th anniversary with an October 1 open house at its new Geneva hub, returning to a permanent location in the city after previously operating on … more: Child & Family Resources marks 50 years at new Geneva hub

The schooner True Love's 100th anniversary will bring two days of free waterfront activities to Watkins Glen on Sept. 25 and 26, including public boat tours, maritime demonstrations and a classic sailboat … more: True Love centennial festival planned for Watkins Glen waterfront Sept. 25-26

Residents affected by the confirmed tornado in Waterloo will have access to a free meal and groceries Saturday as community recovery efforts continue following the severe weather outbreak. Geneva Christian Fellowship … more: Waterloo storm recovery effort adds free meal, grocery distribution Saturday

Springport Free Library has opened a free school supplies corner to provide students and families with access to basic classroom materials at no cost. The new supply area is located in the … more: Springport Free Library opens free school supplies corner

Livingston County will host a seven-part homeowner workshop series this fall, with Tuesday evening classes in Mount Morris covering basic repairs, safety, insurance and household systems. Registration is open for individual … more: Livingston County homeowner workshops begin Sept. 15 in Mount Morris

Cornell University will hold its first Life Science Core Day on Sept. 22, bringing representatives from specialized research facilities together with faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students seeking technical support for current or … more: Cornell event will connect life-science researchers with campus facilities

State Senator Jeremy Cooney will host his fifth annual free summer community barbecue Saturday in Rochester. The event will feature free food, entertainment, children's activities and more than 40 … more: Senator Jeremy Cooney plans free Rochester community barbecue Saturday

Midlakes High School art students from the Phelps-Clifton Springs Central School District will take their work outdoors Saturday as part of a community painting event that will bring more than 40 artists to … more: Midlakes students from Phelps-Clifton Springs district join outdoor painting event Saturday

Animal-welfare advocates plan to begin a roughly 200-mile march Saturday from Albany to North Rose in Wayne County, where participants will call attention to the use and treatment of dogs bred for … more: Animal-testing protest march from Albany to North Rose starts Saturday

Auburn residents will have two opportunities this fall to dispose of household garbage, furniture, electronics, yard waste and other materials during the city’s 2026 Fall … more: Auburn sets two fall cleanup days at city transfer station

Ithaca College will open its 2026-27 performance season Sunday, Sept. 13, with a free Founder's Day Concert at DeWitt Park. The 2 p.m. program will feature the college's Wind Ensemble and Concert … more: Ithaca College opens 2026-27 performance season with free Founder’s Day concert

Tap Root Fields will hold its eighth annual Harvest Party on Sept. 19, with proceeds benefiting a Skaneateles nonprofit that provides transportation to seniors and adults with physical challenges. The rain-or-shine event … more: Tap Root Fields harvest party to benefit Skaneateles senior transportation service

Registration is open for the annual Greater Cayuga Nonprofit Summit, a daylong event for nonprofit leaders and staff scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8, in Skaneateles Falls. The summit will run from … more: Greater Cayuga Nonprofit Summit set for Oct. 8

A Canandaigua senior living community will host a public viewing later this month of a short documentary exploring the history and legacy of Roseland, the amusement park that operated on Canandaigua Lake … more: Ferris Hills to host screening of documentary on Roseland amusement park

Economist Kerwin Charles will return to Cornell University on Sept. 22 to deliver the 2026 Staller Lecture on racial inequality in the labor market. The public lecture, "The Persistence of Racial Labor Market … more: Cornell alumnus to discuss racial labor market inequality