Live Music: Xondra & Amanda Jerry
Born and raised in New York, Xondra transforms her personal journey into emotive, genre-blending music. Her sound blends indie pop, folk, and rock elements, creating songs that are intimate yet universal, exploring longing, growth, and self-discovery.
Her upcoming album, Good Things Take Time, is a raw and introspective exploration of heartbreak, resilience, and personal evolution.
To celebrate its release Xondra will be playing acoustically across the Northeast, from New York City to Philadelphia and beyond, bringing her storytelling-driven performances to audiences near and far.
As a composer, Amanda Jerry has written scores and songs for short films, dance films, and theatrical productions. As a performer, she plays intimate singer/songwriter sets stacked with inventive covers and heartfelt originals.
Hudson Valley Documentary Club
Join us at DocuClub HV for a night of documentary screenings of works-in-progress (trailers, samples, and rough cuts) for feedback. Food and drink available for purchase.
Romance Book Club Meetup
A safe space to uncork the wine & discuss the literature we love.
🍷Whether you’re here for the tropes, the tension, or just a really good glass of red, you’ve found your circle.
The Perks of the Circle:
✨ 10% OFF all official book club reads at The Common Good.
✨ 10% OFF all books and bottles of wine the day of our meetup!
Good Work: A Series, with Nikki Volpicelli
Join writers in all genres as they read from works in progress. Signs up are first come first serve, with 7-10 minutes per reader. Guests and readers are encouraged to stick around after the event to shop, have a drink, and discuss work.
Sign up in person or online
*If signups fill up, we’ll add you to the top of the list next month
Live Music: Reese Fulmer & Route One
Reese Fulmer:
“Smart, emotionally tuned arrangements and a stage presence that balanced earnestness with unpredictability…Fulmer, equal parts folk craftsman and indie provocateur, seemed fully in sync with the band’s fluid musicianship. Their live performance thrives in the liminal space between genres folk, Americana, jazz and the result is a sound that’s complex without being convoluted.”
- NYS MUsic
Route One:
With scores of clever and catchy original music, along with handfuls of complementary covers, Route One touches on notes of folk, pop, rock and blues, combining the standard musical forms into a package that is all their own. Between sweet, mellifluous harmonies, shadowy minor-key pieces, or charging rock progressions, Route One explores the range of the American musical idiom, with lyrical content that does just the same. The clean, unburdened two-piece arrangement between Federici & Savchuk gives listeners a chance to connect with both the duo and the songs they deliver, making for intimate performances audiences are sure to remember.
Braids and Brews
Calling all girl dads!
Ever wanted to feel more confident doing your daughter’s hair but weren’t sure where to start? Braids & Brews is a fun, relaxed, and beginner-friendly class designed to teach dads the basics of hair care and styling while enjoying a brew and some good company.
In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn:
Proper nighttime hair care and maintenance
How to detangle hair safely and comfortably
Simple ponytails and everyday styles
Basic braiding techniques you can practice at home
Tips for keeping hair healthy, neat, and manageable between styles
Ticket includes one instructional session, one beer, and a take-home goody bag.
Spots are limited! Reserve yours HERE!
Poetry Reading: featuring Kat Anderson, Chiara Di Lello, Andy Izenson
Come celebrate the release of Kat Anderson’s new poetry book, Etymology of Break. Joining Kat will be Chiara Di Lello and Andy Izenson.
Kat Anderson (She/They) is a Panamanian poet born, raised, and living in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her first collection will be coming out with Game Over Books in 2026. Her previous work was most frequently shared within the privacy of Boston Poetry Slam’s weekly show, where she was a regular attendee, volunteer, and board member over the last 3 years. Info about their upcoming shows can be found on Kat-Anderson.com
Chiara Di Lello is a queer writer, artist, and educator who loves coffee and bees and unequivocally supports the movement for Palestinian liberation. Born and raised in New York City, she now resides in the Hudson Valley where she teaches students of many ages in creative and academic settings. Her poems and essays have appeared in Ninth Letter, Catapult, Okay Donkey, and Whale Road Review, and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Her spare time is spent trying to be a better gardener and spoiling her friends' kids.
Andy Izneson is a transsexual wizard, anarchosurrealist ancestor worker and Jewish ritualist, and probably your lawyer, who lives on a trans commune on unceded Lenape land in the Hudson Valley. You can find Andy's other writing in the Advocate, Scarleteen, the Brill Journal of Religion and the Arts, the Journal of Critical Research on Religion, the Queer Magic Anthology, 24 Magazine, Sibling Rivalry Press, the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights, Nerve Endings: The New Trans Erotic Anthology, and the After Marriage Equality collection as well as the first Listen To Your Skin anthology.
Music for Humanity, Free Concert Series: Sharon Klein
Sharon Klein, a veteran of the Greenwich Village music scene of the 80s and 90s has had lush and varied musical life. She first picked up the guitar at age 8. Her first guitar teacher was the renowned jazz guitar player Joe Monk a NYC legend who recognized her talent for the guitar at that young age.
Klein moved to Greenwich Village and went on to front two bands featuring her music. She shared stages with Madonna, Richie Havens, Patti Smith, Mary Travers, Grace Jones, Dave Van Ronk, and may other luminaries of the time.
Klein has visited and toured in almost 40 countries, and now makes her home in the beautiful Hudson Valley. She is a regular, in-demand performer on the Hudson Valley Folk music circuit, having returned to her musical roots of deeply personal story songs, played masterfully on finger style guitar are reminiscent of such artists as John Prine, Mary Gautier, and Melissa Etheridge. Deeply personal, edgy and often funny, Klein’s songs and finely crafted guitar playing hits the right notes in many different musical genres.
This is a Free Event. Tips/donations are accepted.
Mend & Stitch Circle
Share and learn mending techniques, like patching and sewing, to give your clothes a longer life with simple, creative repairs.
Bring your craft projects—knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or anything else—and enjoy creating with others.
Open to everyone, no matter your experience or skill level.
Fantasy Bookclub Meetup
Come early, grab a drink, make friends, talk about great books!
First Fridays Happy Hour
Kick off the weekend with $1 off wines, NY Beers, and $3 off cocktails from 4-6pm
Kids Story Time w. Helen
Join us for story time with Helen Tennenbaum!
Ideal for bookworms between 3 and 7. Grown-ups monitoring of their little ones is highly encouraged :)
Good Work: A Series, with Nikki Volpicelli
Join writers in all genres as they read from works in progress. Signs up are first come first serve, with 7-10 minutes per reader. Guests and readers are encouraged to stick around after the event to shop, have a drink, and discuss work.
Sign up in person or online
*If signups fill up, we’ll add you to the top of the list next month
Hudson Valley Documentary Club (Copy)
Join us at DocuClub HV for a night of documentary screenings of works-in-progress (trailers, samples, and rough cuts) for feedback. Food and drink available for purchase.
Pints for Public Radio
Swing by TCG after Run Like the Wind to have a beer and support public radio!
TCG is excited to donate 15% of all beer sales to Radio Catskill, our beloved local public radio station. Come through!
Plant Swap
Bring a plant or two (or three!) and swap with friends! Come for the plants, stay for the community.
Music for Humanity, Free Concert Series: Featuring Don Lowe
On the second Friday of each month we invite you to join us for a free concert. Our featured artist for May is Don Lowe.
Don has been featured in venues of all types across the eastern corridor (NY/CT/NJ/Mass) and has opened for national acts such as Tom Rush, The Little River Band, Livingston Taylor, Steve Forbert, Kenny White, Toby Walker, Tim Grimm, Danielle Miraglia, David Jacobs-Strain, Johnny A, and the Dana Fuchs Band among many others. In 2023, Don was awarded second place by Litchfield Magazine in the “area’s most popular musician” category. Don is originally from McHenry, North Dakota and currently lives in Sherman, CT where he is the town’s First Selectman (Mayor).
See/hear Don here
This is a Free Event. Tips/donations are accepted. If you can’t afford anything please come and enjoy the music… you will.
Mend & Stitch Circle
Share and learn mending techniques, like patching and sewing, to give your clothes a longer life with simple, creative repairs.
Bring your craft projects—knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or anything else—and enjoy creating with others.
Open to everyone, no matter your experience or skill level.
Good Work: A Series, with Nikki Volpicelli
Join writers in all genres as they read from works in progress. Signs up are first come first serve, with 7-10 minutes per reader. Guests and readers are encouraged to stick around after the event to shop, have a drink, and discuss work.
Sign up in person or online
*If signups fill up, we’ll add you to the top of the list next month
Fantasy Book Club Meetup
Come hang, meet friends, talk great books, drink great drinks!
Documentary Screening & Discussion: The Story of Fascism in Europe
Join us for a screening of Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe, followed by a community discussion. The conversation will be led by Jeff Rubin.
Author Event: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, "Parks and Rec"
We’re excited to team up with The Starlite Motel to host a special literary event as part of a new “Star-LIT” series celebrating books, conversation, and community.
On Saturday, April 25, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., the Starlite Motel will host a fireside chat featuring New York Times bestselling author and cultural historian Jennifer Keishin Armstrong in conversation with Kingston Mayor Steve Noble to celebrate the release of her new book, Parks and Rec: The Underdog TV Show That Lit'rally Inspired a Vision for a Better America.
Parks and Rec tells the creation story behind the beloved hit show, steeped in the Obama-era aura of optimism, hope and belief in civic service, lovingly told by Armstrong, and chock full of insight and humor.
The conversation will be followed by a book signing, cocktail hour from Catskills Cocktail Club, with themed food inspired by Parks and Recreation. The ticket price includes food and one cocktail.
Hosted on the grounds of the Starlite Motel in Kerhonkson, the event will be an intimate gathering for guests, providing an opportunity to mingle and delight in the show’s behind-the-scenes stories and enduring appeal. Books may be pre-ordered here, and will also be available for purchase on site, the day-of the event.
The event will serve as The Common Good’s headlining event for this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, a nationwide celebration of independent bookstores and the communities that support them.
Tickets and reservations can be made HERE
Independent Bookstore Day Party
🎈Come celebrate Independent Bookstore Day at The Common Good, Saturday, April 25th! We’re going all out (again) and want to party with all our favorite people. We built this space, but YOU have helped shape the culture of community, camaraderie, and reading that makes it what it is. 🤝💛
We’ve got a full day of events lined up, so come early or pick your spots, but whatever you do, don’t miss the fun, exclusive merch, free giveaways, and of course, great vibes 📚✨
Here’s what’s happening:
🦊 10:45–11:30 — Bring the kiddos for a reading & signing w. Nancy Furstinger, featuring her beloved “Catskill Creatures”—a delightful intro to the many critters of our region.
🎈12:00–4:00 — Swing by for some truly magical balloon art from @madhattersllc
🍽️ 12:00–4:00 — Enjoy Cajun bites from Poorboys
📗 4:30–6:30 — Grab a ticket & head over to The Starlite Motel to celebrate the release of Jennifer K. Armstrong’s new book “Parks and Rec: The Underdog TV Show That Lit’rally Inspired a Vision for a Better America.“
🎤 7:30–9:30 — Stick around and take the mic at our open mic night (sign up on site, in advance by emailing matthew@thecommongoodny.com)
ALL DAY LONG:
📚 Buy a new book, get a used or ARC book FREE (while supplies last)
🎟️ Search for the Golden Ticket, courtesy of @librofm—win audiobooks for a YEAR
🛍️ Browse exclusive Independent Bookstore Day merch, including signed editions and limited releases + grab free giveaways (while they last)
🗺️ Grab the all-new 2026 Hudson Valley Bookstores map and tote!
🚗 Pick up an 🌟official🌟 @catskillsbooktrail passport at TCG, visit bookshops across the region, getting your passport stamped at each stop to win prizes!!
Live Music: Bill Weronick
What happens when you take the lead guitar out of your favorite songs and put it center stage?
Join us for a unique listening experience where studio guitarist Bill Weronick performs the iconic lead guitar parts from chart-topping rock and roll songs from the 70's 80's & 90's live alongside the original recordings. Hear the songs you love—vocals, drums, bass and all—but with the guitar brought to life right in front of you.
National Poetry Month Celebration w. Poet Fay L. Loomis
Join us for a National Poetry Month celebration with poet Fay L. Loomis, marking the release of her new collection Fragments of Myself.
Fay L. Loomis is the author of prose and poetry pieces, including “Dad,” Blasphemous; “One Hundred Percent,” The Writers Club; “The Play Boy From Fowlerville,” Story Sanctum and the publication's anthology Tales from the Vault: Volume III; “The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth,” Spillwords. Her work can be found in six anthologies. Fay has written three chapbooks: Sunlit Wildness (Origami Poems Project, 2024), Living the Verb (Cyberwit.net, 2025) and forthcoming Fragments of Myself ( Porkbelly Press). She is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Anthology nominee
History On Tap: “british Prisoners of war in Ulster CO.” w. Cameron Green
TCG is honored to host Cameron Green, Director of Interpretation at The Fort Ticonderoga Association for a fascinating on-the-ground look at the American War for Independence right in our backyards!
Discover why British prisoners of war marched through Ulster County in the early years of the American Revolution. Learn about how these men and their families were treated and explore their fate as the United States declared its Independence from Great Britain.
Found Words & Images: Literary collage workshop
Hosted by Vibrant Roots Art Studio, join us for a creative experience transforming recycled books and magazines into unique works of art.
We will begin by scavenging for "sparks" in text and images, letting the found materials - rather than a rigid plan - drive the creative process. Through the relaxing process of cutting, tearing, and layering, a new visual narrative will unfold.
No artistic experience is required to enjoy this low-pressure creative activity of reimagining the printed word.
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live music: Mossy Undertones, One Wayness, Errant Space
Join us for a night of ambient music featuring live sets from Mossy Undertones, One Wayness, and Errant Space.
Author Event: Casey Scieszka
Author and Head Innkeeper of the Spruceton Inn Casey Scieszka joins us for a reading, Q&A, and booksigning!
“Casey Scieszka’s debut novel is absolutely delicious, like Tuck Everlasting for grown-ups. The premise is so good—an immortal woman’s search for the fountain of youth—that the writing, crisp and funny, feels like an extra treat. An excellent debut.”—Emma Straub, bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow
"A small-town mystery with a dash of historical fiction and romance, this book is perfect for readers of V. E. Schwab’s The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.” —Booklist
A propulsive and deeply moving novel about eternity and mortality that asks what it would mean to live forever.
Vera Van Valkenburgh hasn’t been home in one hundred and eighty-eight years. But now Vera, forever twenty-six and able to heal from any wound, has returned to the Catskills. Whatever made her family immortal happened here, and if she can uncover it, maybe she can reverse it. After nearly two centuries—an endless sequence of unnoticed, meaningless lives and a soul-shaking incident in the desert—she longs to be released.
Posing as a newly arrived forest ranger, she quickly blends into the upstate community and learns of something curious and disturbing. A mysterious, well-funded company is snapping up local property, no matter how high the asking price. But when her brother, a fellow immortal shows up, accompanied by a woman whose face is incredibly familiar to Vera, the purpose for her return gets clouded and Vera is in a race against time to find out what has caused her condition before someone else does.
Blending the spectacular with the everyday in a tale filled with humor and warmth, The Fountain explores what gives life meaning and how our understandings of our histories shape—and cage—us.