Join us for an afternoon of heartfelt music at The Gatehouse, featuring two talented local singer-songwriters: Andrew Carrington and Lily Soleil.

A local favorite, Andrew has been immersed in music since the age of four. Proficient in multiple instruments—including guitar, trumpet, piano, violin, and bass—he crafts original songs influenced by artists like Jeff Tweedy, Ryan Adams, and Mark Kozelek. Currently studying Music Industry at SUNY Oneonta, Andrew brings a blend of indie-folk and introspective storytelling to his performances.

Hailing from northern New England, Lily is known for her emotive performances that blend pop, R&B, folk, and rock influences. She began her musical journey at 12, writing her first song, "Complicated Person." Her 2020 EP Gemini featured the standout track "Energy," which earned a spot on a Spotify editorial playlist in 2021 after its remix with Nida Beans was released. In May 2024, Lily released her first true collaboration, "I Said I Love You in the Morning," with indie-pop artist Luke Mock.

Enjoy this unique pairing of local talent in the cozy atmosphere of The Gatehouse. Sip on your favorite coffee or tea, relax, and let the music transport you

All are welcome to this fiber enthusiast, knitting and crocheting group, new knitters included! Bring your fiber projects and get some inspiration from you fellow creatives!

Start your Sunday with intention and balance! Join us for a Hatha Yoga class with Mira. Perfect for all levels, Mira will guide you through gentle poses, deep stretches, and mindful breathing to help you find balance and relaxation. Let’s embrace the peaceful energy of Sunday mornings! Suggested donation $15

Join us for a cozy evening of live music, poetry, comedy, and more, hosted by the one and only Khalil Jade! Performers can sign up when they arrive (first-come, first-served).

Grab a coffee, enjoy the show, or take the stage yourself—see you there!

Experience a transformative moving-meditation with Alyx Braunius. Beginning with meditation and mindful breathing; transitioning into a vinyasa-style practice, which emphasizes a seamless breath-to-movement flow, and concluding with intentional, deeper asanas (postures). Join us to alleviate stress, fostering balance and restoration for the body, mind, and soul through these rejuvenating relaxation practices. Suitable for beginners.

Bring your own mat

$15 suggested donation

Alyx is native of Otsego County, driven by a love for wellness and travel. She spent 5 weeks on a spiritual journey with her husband and immersed herself in the age-old traditions and rituals of yoga on Koh Phangan island in the Gulf of Thailand. Focusing on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga.

Yoga inspires her to live mindfully, fostering strength, flexibility, fearlessness, and openness on and off the mat. Her classes offer a non-judgmental space for collective growth with love and compassion.

Trainings and Certifications:
Yoga Teacher, One Yoga, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2020
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York 2022

Dust off that ukulele you never really learned to play. Want to learn a new instrument, advance your technique, or simply come and experience the joy that is felt when folks get together to make ukulele music? Join Syracuse Music Improv Director, Jimbo Talbot, www.drumquest.com for enjoyable Summer afternoons of music making w/ukuleles. No prior skills necessary, extra ukuleles available. Instruction, handouts provided.

Experience a transformative moving-meditation with Alyx Braunius. Beginning with meditation and mindful breathing; transitioning into a vinyasa-style practice, which emphasizes a seamless breath-to-movement flow, and concluding with intentional, deeper asanas (postures). Join us to alleviate stress, fostering balance and restoration for the body, mind, and soul through these rejuvenating relaxation practices. Suitable for beginners.

Bring your own mat

$15 suggested donation

Alyx is native of Otsego County, driven by a love for wellness and travel. She spent 5 weeks on a spiritual journey with her husband and immersed herself in the age-old traditions and rituals of yoga on Koh Phangan island in the Gulf of Thailand. Focusing on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga.

Yoga inspires her to live mindfully, fostering strength, flexibility, fearlessness, and openness on and off the mat. Her classes offer a non-judgmental space for collective growth with love and compassion.

Trainings and Certifications:
Yoga Teacher, One Yoga, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2020
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York 2022

Join us for an unforgettable afternoon with Average Joey, a traveling songwriter and spoken word artist from Pennsylvania whose performances are anything but average.

With powerful lyricism and sharp political insight, Joey blends music, poetry, and storytelling into a live experience that’s honest, humorous, and deeply human. His songs explore personal reflection, social struggle, and collective vision—delivered with emotional depth and a dose of dark humor.

Expect a mix of acoustic performance, group singing, and spoken word that invites you to laugh, reflect, and imagine a better world—together.

All are welcome to this fiber enthusiast, knitting and crocheting group, new knitters included! Bring your fiber projects and get some inspiration from you fellow creatives!

Start your Sunday with intention and balance! Join us for a Hatha Yoga class with Mira. Perfect for all levels, Mira will guide you through gentle poses, deep stretches, and mindful breathing to help you find balance and relaxation. Let’s embrace the peaceful energy of Sunday mornings! Suggested donation $15

Curious about herbalism and ready to start crafting your own home apothecary? Join us for a hands-on introduction to the world of medicinal herbs with herbalist, farmer, and educator AC Stauble-Hill of Traveling Herb Farmer.

In this workshop, AC will guide participants through the basics of home herbalism, including how to work with herbs to make supportive and nourishing remedies. This is a beginner-friendly, interactive class designed to empower you to start working with herbs right away, especially the abundant wild medicinal plants that we can find in our community or accessible plants we can purchase from most grocery stores. Together, we'll make a simple tea, a nourishing infusion, and a decoction of roots, medicinal mushrooms and herbs. You'll leave with some recipes of some of AC's favorite tea blends for mood uplifting, sleep, the lungs and more.

In addition to teas we'll cover a few different herbal extraction methods including tinctures, glycerites, oxymels and herbal syrup. We'll be concocting a syrup in class which you'll take home a bottle of, along with the confidence to keep experimenting on your own. 

AC has been growing and working with herbs for over a decade, while farming, traveling and building a homestead and herb farm in West Edmeston, NY. She shares her knowledge through her herbal business, her podcast Plant Cunning, and her new herbal school, Actaea Academy. You can learn more about her work at TravelingHerbFarmer.com.

$45 per person (includes take-home syrup)

End your week on a gentle note with a calming 90-minute meditation gathering at The Gatehouse. Whether you’re arriving frazzled, tired, or simply in need of a reset, this session is designed to help you unwind, reconnect with yourself and others, and step into the weekend feeling centered and refreshed.

No prior experience is necessary—each meditative and grounding practice will be simple, accessible, and fully guided.

Chairs will be provided, but feel free to bring your own meditation cushion or any items that help you feel comfortable.

Come as you are—all are welcome.

If you have any questions ahead of time, feel free to reach out to Mary at Marycordelia@gmail.com

Experience a transformative moving-meditation with Alyx Braunius. Beginning with meditation and mindful breathing; transitioning into a vinyasa-style practice, which emphasizes a seamless breath-to-movement flow, and concluding with intentional, deeper asanas (postures). Join us to alleviate stress, fostering balance and restoration for the body, mind, and soul through these rejuvenating relaxation practices. Suitable for beginners.

Bring your own mat

$15 suggested donation

Alyx is native of Otsego County, driven by a love for wellness and travel. She spent 5 weeks on a spiritual journey with her husband and immersed herself in the age-old traditions and rituals of yoga on Koh Phangan island in the Gulf of Thailand. Focusing on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga.

Yoga inspires her to live mindfully, fostering strength, flexibility, fearlessness, and openness on and off the mat. Her classes offer a non-judgmental space for collective growth with love and compassion.

Trainings and Certifications:
Yoga Teacher, One Yoga, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2020
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York 2022

Experience a transformative moving-meditation with Alyx Braunius. Beginning with meditation and mindful breathing; transitioning into a vinyasa-style practice, which emphasizes a seamless breath-to-movement flow, and concluding with intentional, deeper asanas (postures). Join us to alleviate stress, fostering balance and restoration for the body, mind, and soul through these rejuvenating relaxation practices. Suitable for beginners.

Bring your own mat

$15 suggested donation

Alyx is native of Otsego County, driven by a love for wellness and travel. She spent 5 weeks on a spiritual journey with her husband and immersed herself in the age-old traditions and rituals of yoga on Koh Phangan island in the Gulf of Thailand. Focusing on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga.

Yoga inspires her to live mindfully, fostering strength, flexibility, fearlessness, and openness on and off the mat. Her classes offer a non-judgmental space for collective growth with love and compassion.

Trainings and Certifications:
Yoga Teacher, One Yoga, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2020
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York 2022

Join us for a solo performance by John Houshmand, an innovative guitarist and composer known for his deeply expressive playing and bold improvisational style. A co-founder of the pioneering ensemble Laurasia, John brings decades of musical exploration to the stage.
Expect both introspective passages and bursts of creativity that show his guitar mastery in full bloom.

John is also a sculptor and designer who lives in the Catskills, where he leads a studio crafting large-scale, sculptural furniture from reclaimed American hardwoods.

All are welcome to this fiber enthusiast, knitting and crocheting group, new knitters included! Bring your fiber projects and get some inspiration from you fellow creatives!

Start your Sunday with intention and balance! Join us for a Hatha Yoga class with Mira. Perfect for all levels, Mira will guide you through gentle poses, deep stretches, and mindful breathing to help you find balance and relaxation. Let’s embrace the peaceful energy of Sunday mornings! Suggested donation $15

Discover the quiet magic of one of photography’s oldest techniques in this one-day, hands-on workshop with artist Jenny Riffle. You’ll learn about the rich history of pinhole photography and explore Jenny’s own creative approach to making long exposure images.

During the workshop, you'll build your own pinhole camera using simple materials.. Jenny will also guide you through the process of scanning and processing the paper negative at home—no darkroom required. With this method, anyone can continue creating pinhole images using everyday items.

All materials are provided, and no experience is needed. Just bring your curiosity and a sense of wonder. $35 per person.

Experience a transformative moving-meditation with Alyx Braunius. Beginning with meditation and mindful breathing; transitioning into a vinyasa-style practice, which emphasizes a seamless breath-to-movement flow, and concluding with intentional, deeper asanas (postures). Join us to alleviate stress, fostering balance and restoration for the body, mind, and soul through these rejuvenating relaxation practices. Suitable for beginners.

Bring your own mat

$15 suggested donation

Alyx is native of Otsego County, driven by a love for wellness and travel. She spent 5 weeks on a spiritual journey with her husband and immersed herself in the age-old traditions and rituals of yoga on Koh Phangan island in the Gulf of Thailand. Focusing on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga.

Yoga inspires her to live mindfully, fostering strength, flexibility, fearlessness, and openness on and off the mat. Her classes offer a non-judgmental space for collective growth with love and compassion.

Trainings and Certifications:
Yoga Teacher, One Yoga, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2020
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York 2022

Curious about the edible and medicinal plants that are growing in your neighborhood, fields and forests? Come learn about the wild plants in the area with local community herbalist and farmer AC Hill on the evening of Tuesday, July 8th at 4:30pm - 6:00pm starting from the Gatehouse Coffee Shop.

We will take a walk around the block and AC will point out plants that are some of her favorites to incorporate into the kitchen or medicine cabinet, and some of the abundant wild plants and trees of our area to help you get to know them. We will explore the area behind the fire house in the shady park along the stream, so we can enjoy the cool shady evening among fellow plant lovers and plant curious people. Tell your friends and mark your calendars. Bring along a notebook, pen, and clear tape if you'd like to start your own botanical plant identification journal and collect some of the abundant plants along the way to include.

$20- NOTAFLOF (No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds)

AC Hill Bio:

AC has been growing and working with herbs for over a decade, while farming, traveling and building a homestead and herb farm in West Edmeston, NY. She shares her knowledge through her herbal business, her podcast Plant Cunning, and her new herbal school, Actaea Academy. You can learn more about her work at TravelingHerbFarmer.com.

Experience a transformative moving-meditation with Alyx Braunius. Beginning with meditation and mindful breathing; transitioning into a vinyasa-style practice, which emphasizes a seamless breath-to-movement flow, and concluding with intentional, deeper asanas (postures). Join us to alleviate stress, fostering balance and restoration for the body, mind, and soul through these rejuvenating relaxation practices. Suitable for beginners.

Bring your own mat

$15 suggested donation

Alyx is native of Otsego County, driven by a love for wellness and travel. She spent 5 weeks on a spiritual journey with her husband and immersed herself in the age-old traditions and rituals of yoga on Koh Phangan island in the Gulf of Thailand. Focusing on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga.

Yoga inspires her to live mindfully, fostering strength, flexibility, fearlessness, and openness on and off the mat. Her classes offer a non-judgmental space for collective growth with love and compassion.

Trainings and Certifications:
Yoga Teacher, One Yoga, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2020
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York 2022

Join us for an afternoon of atmospheric sound and quiet intensity with Gracie Gray, whose music feels like a dream you almost remember. The songs have a sense of distance in them—between people, between memory and the moment—but also a warm insistence on reaching for meaning through the static.

Across a collection of intimate, self-recorded tracks, Gray sings about burden, devotion, electricity, disconnect, and the unraveling of bonds. Her world is built from the inside out: bedrooms, mirrors, rooftops, a voice flickering through reverb like a match in a tunnel. There’s also a surreal clarity to it all, like hearing something real in the middle of a fight. Lyrics loop like mantras, remembering what’s been felt more than what’s been said. Even when the imagery is celestial, the feeling is clear, rooted in simple truth, like the passing of weather.

All are welcome to this fiber enthusiast, knitting and crocheting group, new knitters included! Bring your fiber projects and get some inspiration from you fellow creatives!

Start your Sunday with intention and balance! Join us for a Hatha Yoga class with Mira. Perfect for all levels, Mira will guide you through gentle poses, deep stretches, and mindful breathing to help you find balance and relaxation. Let’s embrace the peaceful energy of Sunday mornings! Suggested donation $15

Join us at The Gatehouse for an afternoon of spoken word, shared stories, and poetic connection. We’re having a Poetry Reading and Open Mic hosted by Julene Waffle and the Bright Hill poets. You’re invited to listen, share, or both.

The theme is open, so bring whatever moves you—new work, old favorites, or something in progress. That said, if you’re inspired by the spirit of the weekend and want to explore what this country means to you—your roots, your heritage, your hopes or heartbreak—we welcome that, too.

Come early to sign up for a reading slot, or just bring your ears and an open heart. We will start with readings by the Bright Hill poets then open the mic to whomever wants to share. Let’s gather and make space for words that heal, challenge, celebrate, and connect.

Experience a transformative moving-meditation with Alyx Braunius. Beginning with meditation and mindful breathing; transitioning into a vinyasa-style practice, which emphasizes a seamless breath-to-movement flow, and concluding with intentional, deeper asanas (postures). Join us to alleviate stress, fostering balance and restoration for the body, mind, and soul through these rejuvenating relaxation practices. Suitable for beginners.

Bring your own mat

$15 suggested donation

Alyx is native of Otsego County, driven by a love for wellness and travel. She spent 5 weeks on a spiritual journey with her husband and immersed herself in the age-old traditions and rituals of yoga on Koh Phangan island in the Gulf of Thailand. Focusing on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga.

Yoga inspires her to live mindfully, fostering strength, flexibility, fearlessness, and openness on and off the mat. Her classes offer a non-judgmental space for collective growth with love and compassion.

Trainings and Certifications:
Yoga Teacher, One Yoga, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2020
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York 2022

Experience a transformative moving-meditation with Alyx Braunius. Beginning with meditation and mindful breathing; transitioning into a vinyasa-style practice, which emphasizes a seamless breath-to-movement flow, and concluding with intentional, deeper asanas (postures). Join us to alleviate stress, fostering balance and restoration for the body, mind, and soul through these rejuvenating relaxation practices. Suitable for beginners.

Bring your own mat

$15 suggested donation

Alyx is native of Otsego County, driven by a love for wellness and travel. She spent 5 weeks on a spiritual journey with her husband and immersed herself in the age-old traditions and rituals of yoga on Koh Phangan island in the Gulf of Thailand. Focusing on Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga.

Yoga inspires her to live mindfully, fostering strength, flexibility, fearlessness, and openness on and off the mat. Her classes offer a non-judgmental space for collective growth with love and compassion.

Trainings and Certifications:
Yoga Teacher, One Yoga, Koh Phangan, Thailand 2020
Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York 2022

Join us at The Gatehouse Coffee Shop for Sunday Sessions with Blue Stone, a newly formed duo blending folk, blues, rock, and jazz into a captivating musical experience.

Michael McGuane – A singer-songwriter-guitarist whose passion for music began in the late ‘70s, drawing inspiration from legends like The Beatles, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, and Bob Dylan. His rich mix of original compositions and timeless covers offers a heartfelt journey through decades of music.

Steve Eisenberg – A multi-instrumentalist who brings melodies and textures to life with flute, harmonica, bodhrán, jaw harp, and more. Rooted in Traditional Irish Music, he has expanded into blues, folk, country, jazz, and beyond.

Together, Michael’s rhythmic guitar and soulful vocals blend seamlessly with Steve’s harmonies and diverse instrumentation, creating a unique and engaging performance.

All are welcome to this fiber enthusiast, knitting and crocheting group, new knitters included! Bring your fiber projects and get some inspiration from you fellow creatives!