The Common Good

10/20/2026

📻 PARTY FOR PUBLIC RADIO! 🎶🍸

This Friday, we’re putting the FUN in fundraiser with an evening celebrating Radio Catskill the independent, listener-supported public radio station bringing incredible music, local news, and community voices to our area.

And we’ve dreamed up a few fun ways to show our support!

🍸 DRINK FOR A CAUSE! We’re donating $1 from every drink sold to Radio Catskill.
🎶 BE THE DJ! Got a song you love? For just $2, we’ll put it on the speakers!
🎟️ RAFFLES & PRIZES! We’ve got some fantastic prizes up for grabs thanks to the generosity of our wonderful Ellenville neighbors at Everything Nice , Top Shelf Jewelry, Aroma Thyme Bistro , and Ja-mar Liquors! Tickets are $4 each or 3 for $10, with every dollar going directly to WJFF!
📻 RADIO CATSKILL TRIVIA! Test your knowledge, have some laughs, and maybe walk away with a prize!

Independent public radio depends on the generosity of listeners and community members to keep bringing us all the programming we love. We’re really proud to support a station that does so much to inform, entertain, and connect our region.

Come have a drink, request a song, try your luck, and help us keep Radio Catskill thriving. ❤️

Friday, October 23
5:30–10 PM
The Common Good, Ellenville

Free entry. Everyone welcome!

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10/16/2026

I’ve ALWAYS wanted a punk rock band to play the bookstore. Turns out dreams really do come true. 🖤💀

This Halloween, join us for a night of ghoulish hits from the Ramones, Misfits, and Cramps. Bookshelves beware😂🎸

10/15/2026

Halloween Cookie Decorating with Cake Club NY!! 👻🎃

This is the best deal for parents, because it gives you a very good excuse to go to a bookstore. It’s pretty fun for the kids too, and also, have you seen their kids section? It’s a whole room! Amazing.

10/14/2026

🫶If you caught this week’s newsletter, you know we’ve been feeling a little sentimental about turning two. Two years ago, we had a big, somewhat fuzzy idea of what it meant to create community. Since then, The Common Good has become far more than we could have imagined: a place of unexpected friendships, extraordinary creative collaborations, and most importantly, a place where our shared passion for great stories continues to bring us together. We’re so grateful to everyone who’s helped make it what it is. ❤️

Let’s celebrate! 🥂 Join us all day Saturday, October 17 for our second anniversary party, featuring complimentary sparkling w**e, gift card raffle, our Buy a New Book, Get a Publisher’s Copy or Used Book Free deal, free audiobook credits hidden around the store, and a fire sale on TCG merch.🥳🎈

Come raise a glass (and a stack of books) with us!🍻📚

10/10/2026

Today from 4pm-5pm, come hungry!!

The Common Good is hosting longtime chef Wynnie Stein from 4 – 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, for

10/09/2026

Can’t decide what to read next? Leave it to fate. 🔮📚

Classics, hard-hitting nonfiction, prize contenders, twisty thrillers, captivating memoirs, spooky ones, fun ones, total page-turners, and your kid’s next favorite bedtime read, we’ve got ‘em!

Your next book is waiting. 👀

10/09/2026

We’re REAL excited to welcome Elly Wininger Music to The Common Good for a night of acoustic blues, fingerpicking and slide guitar. Inducted into the New York Blues Hall of Fame and a 2023 International Blues Challenge semifinalist, Elly brings decades of folk and blues experience to the stage. See you there!!

10/08/2026

No one needs extra reasons to attend a show at the “magic-making,” “cultural jewel of Southern Ulster County.”🎭👏💐

But we’ll give you one anyway… we’re hosting an afterparty on opening weekend, this Saturday night the 10th. See the show. Then come celebrate with the cast, crew, and us!🎈🥳

10/06/2026

It’s cozy bookstore season!🍂📚 We’ve got plans…

We’ve got a very special cookbook event w. free food, our second anniversary party(🥳), growing book clubs, live music, kids’ cookie decorating, a fundraiser for public radio, a night of Halloween punk rock covers……because🤘And MORE!

Plus: cozy fall drinks are back. 🍎🍂 Think warm, spiced, and boozy (and not boozy👍)

Save this post, send it to your fall people, and start making some plans.

What are you putting on your October calendar?