Hurleyville's Arts Centre Closes October 31. Main Street Still Has Its Evenings.

The Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre's operations conclude effective October 31, 2026. A joint statement in July from HPAC and The Center for Discovery said the decision followed "thoughtful discussion and careful consideration," and that TCFD would support the transition. Once that date passes, the hamlet will have no cinema, festival stage or class space of its own on Main Street for the first time in about ten years.

The building opened in 2016 and was meant to anchor the street's revival. Since then, though, a different set of anchors has grown up between 205 and 265 Main Street, almost all of it independent of HPAC. There are three kitchens, a free county museum and a paved rail-trail trailhead that sits in the middle of the dining block. Hurleyville planned its comeback around one institution, and now the street depends on a loose, unplanned network instead.

The Building the Street Was Organized Around

The Sullivan County Democrat reported that the multi-arts center opened in 2016 and was intended to serve as the cultural anchor of Hurleyville's redevelopment, working with The Center for Discovery. It began under TCFD's umbrella and became an independent nonprofit in 2020, with philanthropist Janet Carrus as founding board president. Over the years its programs included cinema, festivals, youth and family events, senior programming, classes and community gatherings.

The local paper's history runs alongside the building's. The Hurleyville Sentinel restarted publication in 2016, and the nearly finished arts center made the front page of its first issue as one of the linchpins of a Main Street revitalization that was just getting underway. The Sentinel's August 2026 issue described a street in transition. The thrift shop All That Glitters had moved out of its Main Street Mews storefront the month before. Then the Tango Café, HPAC's on-site restaurant, closed immediately, a few weeks after it had hired a new chef. According to the Democrat, the café closing came a week before the larger announcement.

Carrus gave the reason in a comment on HPAC's Facebook page, which the Sullivan County Democrat quoted:

"The funding needed to keep our doors open did not come from the State, County or community businesses, although we applied for grants, and knocked on corporate doors, and not having a steady clientele made it impossible. I'm sorry I could not do more, but at peace knowing I/we have tried."

A cinema and performance hall needs a full room on particular nights. The places staying open on Main Street need people coming in all day, and they've been set up for that. HPAC's last month showed the difference. Its October calendar featured the film Forgotten Island from October 2 to 4 and the Catskill International Film Festival from October 9 to 11, which Hudson Valley Post described as more than 45 films, filmmaker Q&As, live music, comedy and a world premiere. Those are big weekends, and HPAC's model depended on them.

What The Center for Discovery Says It Will Carry On

The joint statement says TCFD will "carry on this work to sustain and expand HPAC's legacy" in Hurleyville. It names these programs:

• Sensory-friendly movies
• Activities for seniors
• Activities for children
• Holiday in Hurleyville
• Other community events that bring people together

The list leaves out first-run movies and touring live performances, which were the nightly draws of a public cinema and stage. The River Reporter described the building as staying in place with TCFD at the helm. As of late October, the next event on TCFD's public events page is its gala in May 2027. Holiday in Hurleyville has been one of the hamlet's fixed points of the year, so its date is the announcement to watch from TCFD this season.

Until then, TCFD's commitment covers community programming rather than a regular schedule of shows. That leaves Main Street's everyday traffic to the businesses and public spaces described below.

The Street Now Runs on a 4 p.m. Handoff

Look at Hurleyville's posted hours side by side and the street's day falls into a clear pattern. The free Sullivan County Museum is open into the afternoon. Casa Mia covers lunch and dinner. Taverna opens for the evening right around the time the museum closes. On Tuesday through Thursday, the museum closes at 4 p.m. and Taverna opens at 4 p.m.

Taverna is the newest name on the block. Sullivan Catskills announced its opening in January 2026, with a menu that ranges from salmon with couscous and a fresh seafood salad to burgers, house-made cheese curds and quesadillas. Those hours were posted at opening, and restaurants often change their schedules once winter starts, so check before a weeknight visit. Forage & Gather's hours come from its own site, which doesn't show when they were last updated.

Casa Mia's story shows how this street usually changes. Its site describes it as operating at 205 Main Street in the space Frankie & Johnnie's used to occupy. The room stayed a restaurant under new operators. Taverna is new, and Forage & Gather is open every day. None of the three needed a sold-out show across the street to fill its tables.

The museum is the street's free daytime destination. Its exhibits include a recreated General Store, the Sullivan County Timeline Room and a Military Room. It's open six days a week and charges nothing. For a family that used to fill a rainy Saturday afternoon with a matinee at HPAC, the museum at 265 Main Street is now the closest indoor option.

The Trailhead at 214 Main

The street's most dependable draw is a trail. The Sullivan O&W Rail Trail runs 6.4 miles through Hurleyville on mixed surfaces, and 3.5 of those miles are paved and ADA compliant. Its trailheads are at 16 Mongaup Road and 214 Main Street, and it's open in daylight only. The 214 Main Street trailhead sits between Casa Mia at 205 and Taverna at 218. A walk or ride on the trail starts and ends a short stroll from two of the three kitchens in the table above, and the museum is a few doors farther up the street.

The trail is also where the next real change to Hurleyville's day is taking shape. On May 27, crews set the prefabricated Neversink Crossing bridge over the Neversink River, on the old stone abutments that once carried the New York, Ontario & Western Railway between Woodridge and South Fallsburg. The Sullivan County Democrat reported that once finished, the bridge will connect the Fallsburg and Woodridge sections of the trail.

In that June 5 report, Helen Budrock, chair of the O&W Rail Trail Alliance and the Town of Fallsburg's grant consultant, said the bridge wasn't open to the public yet. The concrete deck still had to be poured. Sidewalks and crosswalks were still needed on the Woodridge side. Earthwork on the Fallsburg side had to make up an estimated 30-foot difference in height between the rail bed and the bridge. Town Supervisor Nathan Steingart called it an important project for the town. The Alliance's own site is the place to check for an opening date. Once the crossing opens, the paved path through Hurleyville becomes part of a longer route that continues on to Woodridge.

This is the pattern the whole street now follows. HPAC was a single building with a single operator and a schedule of big nights. What's left on Main Street belongs to separate owners and keeps separate hours, and the trail is free and open whenever there's daylight. The street's daily traffic now comes from the trail, the museum and the kitchens rather than from one stage.

Main Street spaces in Hurleyville have been changing hands all year, from the old Frankie & Johnnie's room to the empty Mews storefront and the former Tango Café. If you own property on the street, run a business here or are thinking about opening one, Berardi Realty works on street-level retail and restaurant spaces across Sullivan County and can walk you through what these changes mean for your building. Request a Consultation & Free Property Valuation, and we'll begin with a close look at your block.