Indigenous Peoples Day celebration closes the season at the Rail Trail Café

There is a natural backdrop and canopy of trees, a small sound system, a few lights, and open ears and hearts at the Rail Trail Café, 310 River Road Extension, Rosendale. Upcoming performances and events include Poems journeys with Gisela Stromeyer, at 1 p.m. and Julia Haines, Llanera (lever) harp, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5; Kirtan devotional songs with Ned and Lynn, at noon, Gah-be, artist/musician Gabriel Vanaver, at 2 p.m., and Levanta with Ev Mann, Thomas Workman, Gabriel Dresdale, and Timothy Hill, at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6; Improvisational vocalist Madeleine Grace, 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11; Composer, musician, and music director Peter Wetzler on accordion, at 3 p.m. and Electro-acoustic trio Shokoloko with Joakim Lartey, Chris Lane and Richard Carr, at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12; Community roundtable climate discussion, at 11 a.m. and Musician Bella Kosmacher, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13; and closing up the season at the Café, Indigenous Peoples Day, Honor the Earth with Neetoppk Keetopk, a grass roots collective and the Rondout Valley Human Rights Club led by Diana Zuckerman, (amnestyusa.org), 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14.

A basket is passed, $10 or pay-what-you-can is suggested. Visit railtrailcaferosendale.com or call 845-389-7714.