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Sunday September 05, 2010

Published: 2:00 AM - 08/13/10 Last updated: 9:40 AM - 08/13/10

Beacon Sloop Club Corn Festival — Fresh local corn for just a "Buck-an-Ear," free admission, music, craft and food vendors, river life exhibit, environmental displays, Beacon waterfront, noon-5 p.m. Aug. 15.

Farmstock 2010 — Milking demonstration, cheese-making, and hayrides at Dirie Dairy Farm, 1345 Shandelee Road, Livingston Manor, noon-3 p.m. Aug. 14. Admission $6, $4 ages 5-12. call 482-4301.

The Gathering — Historic Huguenot Street in new Paltz will host a "family reunion" for descendants and those interested in the special early history of the site from Aug. 13-15. Lectures, workshops, tours, art exhibit, meals. Cost $50, $90 per couple. Special activities for children. Saturday meals included in the cost of registration. Visit huguenotstreet.org, or call 255-1660.

Grahamsville little World's Fair — Attractions: amusement rides and games of skill, 4-H exhibits, draft horse pulls, martial arts and lumberjack demonstrations, tractor parade, arts, crafts, horticultural and culinary exhibits, classic car show, concerts. 7701 Route 55, Grahamsville, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Aug. 13-14, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 15. Tickets: $6, $2 ages 5-11, free age 4 and younger and 75 and older. Bracelets for unlimited rides $13. Music is free with paid admission. Contact: 985-2500.

N.J. State Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show — Amusement rides and games of skill, 4-H building, lawn mower racing, chili cook-off, horse show, home and hobby exhibits, concerts, battle of the bands, oxen and truck pulls. 37 Plains Road, Augusta, N.J., 10 a.m.-10 p.m. through Aug. 14, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 15. Tickets: $11, $9 age 60 and older, $5 ages 6-12, $9 after 8:30 p.m. call 948-5500 or visit newjerseystatefair.org.

New York Renaissance Faire — 16th-century England brought to life by 300 costumed characters, dancers, strolling minstrels and storytellers in a Tudor-style marketplace of period crafts and games. Food, drink, horseback joust, living chessboard, mud show, and more. Route 17A, Sterling Forest, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat.-Sun., through Sept. 26, plus Labor Day Mon., Sept. 6. Admission $20, $10 ages 5-12, free age 4 and younger. call 351-5174 or visit renfaire.com/ny.

Otisville Country Fair — Fairgrounds on Finchville Turnpike, Otisville, 4-10 p.m. Aug. 26-27, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 28-29. Rides, live bands, free hayrides, daily events, craft and vendors market place, antique machinery display, Mix 97.7 on Aug. 28, tractor pull, 4-H animal display, food, seventh annual car show. Fireworks display 9 p.m. Aug. 28-29. call 386-5282 or 386-3509, or go to otisvillecountryfair.org.

Pine Island Summer Fest — Kicks off 6 p.m. Aug. 13, with vendors, food, games and '50s music by DJ Joe Urbanski. Continues from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 14, featuring a classic car show, entertainment by DJ Joe Urbanski, country music by Rivers Edge Band, and fireworks at 10:15 p.m. Last day of the carninval is noon-6 p.m. Aug. 15, with the Sheahan-Gormley School of Irish Dance, a pierogie-eating contest and music by the Polka Family Band. at the Polish Legion of American Veterans, Legion Road, off Pulaski Highway, Pine Island. call 258-1410.

Senior Day — Senior prom, oldies concert, "Montgomery Memories" slide show. Senior Center, 36 Bridge St., Montgomery, 6-10 p.m. Aug. 14. call 457-9661 or visit montgomerybicentennial.com.

Walden's Summer Fest — James Olley Community Park, Aug. 14. Free charity event with all raffle proceeds to benefit local charities. Activities include 25 bands on two stages, craft vendors, fine artists, food vendors, rock climbing wall, WRRV and more. E-mail chrisolsen@dyingdecade.com.

Woodstock World Peace Project — Aug. 13-15: Art and music celebration in Woodstock to acknowledge and commemorate its artists and the role of Woodstock as a pioneer in the peace movement. Musicians, poets, bards, speakers, activists and the like will be on stage all day and into the night Saturday and Sunday. VARGA Gallery, 130 Tinker St., Woodstock. call 679-4005 or visit vargagallery.com.