The new season of Old Songs “Barn” Community Dances, starting Saturday evening, Nov. 4, 7 p.m. Admission is $8 per person; children age 12 and under get in for free. A yummy dessert and snack potluck during intermission will return by popular demand. The first dance will feature caller Paul Rosenberg and music by Fennig's All Stars at the Old Songs Community Arts Center, 37 S. Main Ave., Voorheesville, NY 12186. The season continues monthly on first Saturdays every month through May.

Full Moon Hike at Thacher Park on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 6:00 p.m. Join us for a 2.5-mile hike to the escarpment at dusk. We’ll watch the full moon rise over the Hudson Valley from Hang Glider Cliff. We may need flashlights for the hike out, but if the sky is clear we can hike back by moonlight. Meet at the Carrick Road trailhead at 6pm. Note, there are no restroom facilities at the north end of Thacher Park. Please call
518-872-0800 to register.

Lasagna Dinner and Cakewalk on Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Berne Community and Senior Center (1360 Helderberg Trail) at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the dinner are $10 if pre-purchased at the Berne Library. Tickets at the door are $12, $5 for children 12 and under, with a family maximum of $50. A fun feature of the dinner is the cakewalk.

The Helderview Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 6:45 p.m. at the Albany County Cooperative Extension offices on Martin Rd Voorheesville, NY.  Dave Jennings will present a talk on hostas. The public is welcome to attend.

Vanessa Northington Gamble, 2017 Vickery Speaker in Ethics and Leadership discusses Social Injustice, Health Inequities, and African-Americans – the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee at 7 p.m.in the Carl E. Touhey Forum, Thelma P. Lally School of Education, The College of Saint Rose, 1009 Madison Ave., Albany. Free and open to the public.

Clarksville Historical Society Program presents Songs of the Down – Rent Wars on Wednesday, Nov. 1.  Please come and join us for an evening of music and history presented by George Ward at the Clarksville Community Church beginning at 7:00. This is open to the public with refreshments following the program.

Doug Wright, playwright of Quills, War Paint, and the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning one-person play, I Am My Own Wife, will hold a seminar at 4:15 p.m. Monday, October 30. Later the same day, Wright will read from his work at 8 p.m. Both events, free and open to the public, will be held at the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center, on the UAlbany Uptown Campus.

Kiwanis Halloween Party on Sunday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m.at the Voorheesville Elementary School featuring a costume parade at 1:30 p.m. with prizes. There will be fun games and activities for kids ages preschool through 5th grade. Cider and donuts will be served. Free event!

Please join us on Oct. 28, at 11 a.m..for the unveiling of a new sign dedicating and renaming the Feura Bush Town Park. 63 Mathias Place, Feura Bush NY. Hereafter named: Charley Houghtaling Park.

On Oct. 28, millions around the world will commemorate OXI (pronounced ō-hē) Day, a day honoring Greece’s courageous resistance during World War II. The day will be remembered at USS SLATER with a brief program beginning at 9:00 a.m. Fr. Dennis Nagi of St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church will provide a historical account of Oxi Day. USS SLATER volunteers and friends will be joined by special guest Dr. Nicholas Athanassiou. USS SLATER is located on the Hudson River in Downtown Albany. Public hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through November 26.