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ALMANAC WEEKLY

A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, entertainment and adventure | Calendar Ca l e n da r & Classifieds | Issue 5 | Feb. 4 – 11 Art

Music

Theater

Nature

Holograms by Rudie Berkhout at the Dorsky in New Paltz

Manhattan String Quartet in Kingston; British invade CIA

August: Osage County and Heathers: The Musical

Sure sightings at Hudson River EagleFest

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Learn more about the Hudson Valley's illustrious history of iceboating (p. 13)

"I enclose two copies of prints enlarged from a Kodak, showing me at the helm of the ice yacht Hawk," FDR wrote. "I suggest that you have this framed and hung on the wall over the spars. It can be labeled 'FDR at helm of ice yacht Hawk off Roosevelt Point, 1905'." Photo courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park.

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ART Let there be light Holograms, Howard Greenberg collection & contemporary craft on view at the Dorsky Museum in New Paltz

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UNY-New Paltz’s Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art has a lovely habit of opening three or four shows at once each February, making it a most rewarding cabinfever-relief outing. Two of the shows spotlight the works of individual artists; the other two are themed collections. And the four are about as different as they could be, so you’re bound to enjoy some if not all of what’s on view. “The Floating World: Holograms by Rudie Berkhout,” curated by Daniel Belasco and opening on Saturday, February 6 from 5 to 7 p.m., brings the seeming magic of holography, as manipulated by one of its early innovators, to the Sara Bedrick Gallery. The exhibition features interactive projected works from the 1970s/‘80s “Transmission” series by the Dutch-born, New York-based Berkhout, who died in 2008. Earlier manifestations of the ever-

Rudie Berkhout's Future Memories, 1979, transmission hologram, silver-halide glass plate, 8 x 10 in.; 12 x 16 in. overall; Estate of Rudie Berkhout

fluxing photographic medium – some as rare and precious as 19th-century prints by Eugène Atget and Julia Margaret Cameron – can be found in the voluminous collections of Howard Greenberg, co-

founder of the Center for Photography at Woodstock. Greenberg has donated 1,140 photographs by 101 artists to the Dorsky, shown on a rotating basis in the Museum’s Howard Greenberg Family Gallery. This new selection, curated by Belasco and titled “On the Street and in the Studio,” is divided into two sections: one of spontaneously shot urban streetscapes and the other of photographic

portraiture. The Morgan Anderson and Corridor Galleries will house “Made for You: New Directions in Contemporary Design,” in which design curator Jennifer Scanlan surveys the contemporary activities of regional designers and craftspeople. “Made for You” includes customized furniture, textiles, jewelry, installations, videos and tableware by 20 Hudson Valley-

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“Director’s Choice� exhibition opens this Saturday at WAAM

Eugène Atget (b. France, 1857-1927), "Prison (Demoli)," c. 1900; albumen print on paper, 7 x 8 5/8 in., gift of Howard Greenberg

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Janice La Motta (photo by Dion Ogust)

The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM) has a new executive director, Janice La Motta, who came aboard last October. Trained at the Hartford Art School, La Motta was a curator at the New Britain Museum of American Art for more than five years, then spent 18 years on the entrepreneurial end of the visual arts by running her own contemporary fine art gallery, Paesaggio. “I hit the ground running and have yet to find a ‘typical’ week,� she recently told Debra

Recent Work by WAAM Member Artists

Director’s Choice: The Responsive Eye

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Museum of Art on Saturday, February 6. All exhibitions can be viewed from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays whenever the college is in session. For more info, call (845) 257-3844 or visit www.newpaltz.edu/museum. Getting into the Dorsky is absolutely free, if the “suggested donation� of $5 presents a financial hardship. – Frances Marion Platt

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based designers/makers. A MakerBot 3D printer will be demonstrated during the exhibition, courtesy of the SUNYNew Paltz’s Hudson Valley Advanced Manufacturing Center. Once someone closes the circle by making great art after being outfitted with one of the prosthetic hands that recently got the HVAMC into headlines around the world, the Dorsky’s going to have to build itself a whole new wing. Already open to the public and running through April 10, “Andrew Light: Full Circle� is the Guyana-born artist’s first museum exhibition since he moved to Kingston in 2006. Best-known for his flexible and volumetric forms, vibrant paintings and abstract drawings that sometimes evoke the mysterious Nazca Lines of the Peruvian desert, Lyght creates a wide range of works that analyze the structural properties of painting and reanimate pictorial space as an open system. Often it focuses on the tools and media of construction, with mundane, heavy objects like oil drums seeming to escape the bonds of gravity. Curated by Tumelo Mosaka, the exhibit is mounted in the Alice and Horace Chandler and North Galleries. A series events associated with these four exhibitions will be hosted by the Dorsky and other sites on-campus during their runs, beginning with a gallery talk with Howard Greenberg on Sunday, February 28 at 2 p.m. Andrew Lyght will give a gallery talk on Saturday, April 2 at 2 p.m. Jennifer Scanlan will moderate a panel discussion with artists participating in the “Made for You� show on Saturday, April 9 at 2 p.m. in the Student Union Building, Room 62/63. Some of the artists who knew Rudie Berkhout best, including Hudson Talbott, Hart Perry and Sam Moree, will share personal stories and provide insights into his creative process in a panel titled “Remembering Rudie� on Saturday, April 30 at 2 p.m. And on Saturday, June 4 at 2 p.m., Martina Mongrovius will present a hologrammaking workshop and demonstration. The opening reception for “Andrew Light: Full Circle,� “The Floating World: Holograms by Rudie Berkhout,� “On the Street and in the Studio: Photographs Donated by Howard Greenberg� and “Made for You: New Directions in Contemporary Design� takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Samuel Dorsky

Bresnan for the Woodstock Times. Along with pursuing her new mandates for “resetting and redefining� the organization in preparation for WAAM’s centennial in 2019, La Motta has been acquainting herself with the museum’s extensive collection. The longtime Connecticut resident presents a fresh outsider’s view of these cherished local artworks with her first curated Woodstock exhibition, “Director’s Choice: The Responsive Eye,� which opens in the Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing this Saturday. More than 30 pieces drawn from the museum’s collection of over 2,000 objects will be on view, including paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and crafts. The show is in part a sketch of the new director’s personal aesthetic and in part a survey course in the history of Woodstock-made art, ranging from the association’s founding years through the Maverick Festival era and its mid- and late-20th-century heyday. Among the artists represented are Cecil Chichester, Louis Bouche, John F. Carlsen, Andrew Dasburg, Carl Eric Lindin, Frank Swift Chase, Henry Lee McFee, Eugenie Gershoy, Eugene Ludins, Eistein Olaf Drogseth, Austin Mecklem, Philip Guston, Ernest Frazier, Mary Frank and Reginald Wilson. “Director’s Choice: The Responsive Eye� opens with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 6 and will be on view through April 30. Regular gallery hours are from 12 noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Monday and Thursday and from12 noon to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. WAAM is located at 28 Tinker Street in Woodstock. For more information, call (845) 6792940 or visit www.woodstockart.org. – Frances Marion Platt

Gregory Slick Solo Show James Martin Active Member Wall Small Works Show Saugerties High School Student Art Show

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CHARLES IVES WAS MORE FAMOUS as a forward-thinking insurance executive (arguably the father of estate planning) than as a composer in his own lifetime.

Ives live Manhattan String Quartet performs in Kingston on Sunday in Ulster Chamber Music Series' 48th season launch

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he Ulster Chamber Music Series (UCMS) has been bringing top-tier performers and programming to the region for 47 years and counting. Proximity to a major international music center has no doubt been an advantage, and that will certainly be the case on Sunday, February 7, when UCMS launches its 48th season with a performance by the lauded Manhattan String Quartet. The Quartet’s program covers Classical, Romantic and Modernist touchstones with quartets by Mozart, Brahms and the great American eccentric and regional notable, Charles Ives. Like the great Modernist poet Wallace Stevens, with whom he would lunch at the Hartford Canoe Club, Ives was more famous as a forward-thinking insurance executive (arguably the father of estate planning) than as a composer in his own lifetime. While he stopped composing decades before his death and was relatively obscure in his own lifetime, Ives did live to hear Bernstein conduct several of his symphonies, and their warm reception might have given him a passing glimpse of the prestige that his work would gain after his death the 1950s. The Manhattan String Quartet – itself an institution well into its fifth decade – will be tackling Ives’s well-known String Quartet No. 1, in which Ives’s background as a student and composer of hymns is in full effect. Given Ives’s reputation as a master of polytonality and the other forms of harmonic ambiguity responsible for the new ears of the 20th century, this quartet

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UCMS launches its 48th season with a performance by the lauded Manhattan String Quartet. The Quartet’s program covers Classical, Romantic and Modernist touchstones with quartets by Mozart, Brahms and the great American eccentric and regional notable, Charles Ives (photo by Christian Steiner).

is surprisingly accessible and comfortably folksy even as – especially in its final two movements – it goes to densely colored Modernist places that were quite revolutionary in their own time. Mozart’s Quartet in B flat Major (also known as “The Hunt”) and the String Quartet No. 3 by Brahms round out the program. Like all UCMS programs, this concert will be held at 3 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Cross at 30 Pine Grove

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MUSIC SCHEDULE Saturday, February 6 from 11 am - 1 pm Olin Building, third floor Moon Room (305) Come experience the enchanting sounds of an authentic Balinese Gamelan Orchestra with Ibu Tzu. This hands-on workshop features our collection of instruments including gongs, metallophones, gongchimes, cymbals, sulings (Balinese bamboo flutes) and drums. Workshops will accomodate both novices and experienced musicians alike. A musical background is helpful but not necessary. If you can clap in rhythm to a song and carry a tune you can learn to play! We will cover basic beginning techniques, learn some melodies and provide some background on the cultural context of the music. Plan to attend one or more sessions! Refreshments provided. Suggested donation $20+/- per session. Cash preferred. All contributions are tax deductible. Follow us on Facebook at Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana at Bard College. To register for one or more of the workshops call or email: Sue Pilla at 845 688-7090 or pillasdp@gmail.com Bard staff, students and faculty members free of charge

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Avenue in Kingston. Tickets cost $25 general admission and $20 for seniors. People aged 18 and under are admitted free. For more information, visit www. ulsterchambermusicseries.org. – John Burdick

Darlene Love in Sugar Loaf this Saturday Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Phil Spector’s voice of choice Darlene Love comes to the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center on Saturday, February 6 at 8 p.m. Best known for the early ‘60s hit “He’s a Rebel,” Love is a highly decorated session vocalist and a prolific solo artist as well. She has been successful as a film actress, and her latest record, Introducing Darlene Love, features contributions from such fans as Steven Van Zandt, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Jimmy Webb. Reserved-seating tickets cost $68, $58 and $48. They are available at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at (800) 745-3000 or at www.ticketmaster.com. The Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center is located at 1351 Kings Highway in Sugar Loaf. For more information, visit www. sugarloafpac.org.

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Mary Fahl and Leon Russell coming to Beacon’s Towne Crier February brings a bevy of historic talent to the Towne Crier in Beacon, including singer/songwriter and October Project founder Mary Fahl on Saturday, February 13. Fahl’s recent solo work shares much of her former band’s moody gravitas and dramatic, ambient production. Tickets cost $25 and the show begins at 8:30 p.m. Less than a week later, on Friday, February 19 at 8:30 p.m., industry

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Ultraam

MUSIC

KINGSTON’S ANCHOR HOSTS ULTRAAM & FRIENDS EVERY FRIDAY IN FEBRUARY

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hen Kingston’s all-star exploratory space rock band Ultraam undertakes its monthlong residency at the Anchor in Kingston (every Friday in February), this collective of well-connected players and producers (including members of Mercury Rev and the Duke McVinnie Band) will exploit those connections to fill out the bills with a stunning variety of notable performers and bands, most but not all from the more experimental fringes of sound art, noise, art song and electronica. But opening for Ultraam comes with a catch. Many of the acts hired on to play sets will additionally be invited (required?) to join Ultraam in doing “that Ultraam thing,” which I wrote about at length here: http://bit.ly/1QaJwfo. In short, that Ultraam thing is a completely improvised but solo-free and groove-heavy approach to ensemble excursion. Part rock in its toolset, part electro, the band is steadfast (and consistently successful) in its commitment to its democratic (anarchistic?) exploratory concept. To a player with her own set of moves, orthodoxies and stylistic coordinates, the Ultraam thing can be an unnerving challenge: one that invites you to be musically useful but not necessarily to “be yourself.” Many of the acts lined up for the residency are kindred spirits with related methodologies – for example, the Aaron/Chase guitar in Week 3 (February 19) or Patrick Higgins of the avant-classical group Zs in Week 2 (February 12). Others, like the super-smart, velvety pop trio Invisible Familiars in Week 2 (February 12?) will be fascinating to watch swinging around in Ultraam’s jungle. The series begins on Friday, February 5 at 9:30 p.m. with performances by Ultraam, plus the duo of Kid Millions and Jim Sauter and other guests. The Anchor is located at 744/746 Broadway in Kingston. For more information on Ultraam, visit www.pasturesofultraam.com. – John Burdick Ultraam residency, every Friday in February, the Anchor, 744/746 Broadway, Kingston; www.pasturesofultraam.com.

history in his 50+-year career. Admission costs $65. For tickets and more information, visit www.townecrier.com. The Towne Crier is located at 379 Main Street in Beacon.

CIA hosts Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra’s G & S/ Lloyd Webber program

It must have been quite a stroke of inspiration when the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra (NDSO) thought to bring together the music of the comic opera partnership Gilbert and Sullivan and the father of

the modern rock opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber. The program will feature performances of favorite songs from Phantom of the Opera, The Mikado, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Pirates of Penzance and more. Says NDSO’s artistic director Kathleen Beckmann, “While the tunes of Gilbert and Sullivan are always prim, proper and restrained, [Lloyd] Webber’s pieces can be irreverent and outrageous, with pounding rhythms, unusual meters and harmonies that clash at times: The Victorian Era meets rock ‘n’ roll.” The Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra will be joined by 50 singers from the select choruses of John Jay and Roy C. Ketcham High Schools. The choruses are under the direction of Candice Ruffalo and Matthew King, respectively. The “Brits on Broadway” concert will take place this Saturday, February 6 at 8 p.m. in the 800-seat Marriott Pavilion auditorium at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park. To complement this enchanting evening of music, the CIA will open the Ristorante Caterina de’ Medici for a special $39 pre-performance dining experience. The menu will include family-style Caesar salad and antipasti, a selection of five pastas served tableside and a set dessert. Reservations for this pre-performance dinner are available from 5 to 6:15 p.m. Tickets for the concert cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $5 for students. For tickets and more information, visit www.ndsorchestra.org or call (845) 635-

0877. The CIA is located at 1946 Campus Drive, off Route 9 in Hyde Park.

Get out plays Quinn’s in Beacon, the Anchor in Kingston this month To attain the distinctive, punctual, sternum-punishing precision that is the hallmark of the style, many bands on the metal and hard-rock spectrum avail themselves not only of Satan and of dystopian rage, but also of quantization and extreme gating techniques, or at least the eyeballed alignment of bass and bass drum in their audio editors of choice. The intolerance of imperfection and that chopped-and-

formed feel are explicit and unapologetic in the poppier glitch-metal of Korn or Breaking Benjamin, but the practice is industrywide. This is not to say that most good hard-rock/metal cats can’t simulate the lockstep live; they can. Well, Mastodon can, at least. Coming out of Kingston, the polyglot hard-genre band Get Out embraces a very different aesthetic on their full length debut Let Me In – one that revels in real-world temporal negotiations of real bands in real bars. The band proudly practices various metal and thrash modes of rocking, alongside some distinctive grungecraft (more Alice in Chains than Soundgarden) and the droning riff meditations of the popular underground phenomenon known as stoner metal (reference the legendary band Sleep for a very pure specimen thereof ). But in all of it, there is an appealing, unvarnished, play-it-as-it-lays naturalism to Let Me In that almost has more to do with the Stones, or maybe Guns n’ Roses before Matt Sorum tidied everything up. The riffs chunk with authority; the leads squeal with dexterity; Greg Allen’s drums are mad, flexible and driving. Atop the various idiomatic grooves, singer/lyricist Morgan Evans is all about the melodic hard-rock mode. His lyrics, delivered in a borderline operatic style, are fascinating fragmentations, combining a dark mythos (quite historically informed; no unintended Spinal Tap comedy here), a thinly-veinly [?] political topicality, some personal journal processing and – get this in – a recurrent and genuine thematic thread of hope, gratitude and optimism, sometimes balanced artfully with the genre’s more conventional obsession with death and bad societies, as in the song “Moon Harvest”: They talk about my stage presence. They talk about anti-depressants. But I always remember to count my blessings. But it’s Russian roulette. Count to five, up next is...death. Get Out is getting back to doing just that. After a personnel shakeup, the band is ready to hit it live again and celebrate this vibrant and smart work of indie hard rock. Next up are shows at Quinn’s in Beacon (Thursday, February 25) and the Anchor in Kingston (Saturday, February 27 at 9:30 p.m.) with Vajra and Surmiser. Quinn’s is located at 330 Main Street in Beacon. The Anchor is located at 744/746 Broadway in Kingston. For more information on Get Out, visit www.getoutband.com. To hear Let Me In, visit https://getoutrocks.bandcamp.com. – John Burdick

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Spot bald eagles, geek out on science, see a one-woman circus or harvest ice like the old -timers

Superbowl for soup kitchens Inviting anyone over for the Big Game this Sunday? While you’re munching snacks and cheering for the cats or horses to score big with the pigskin, why not help a local food bank or soup kitchen at the same time? This weekend, ask football guests to bring nonperishable food items or toiletries to donate to the Caring Hands food pantry at 122 Clinton Avenue in Kingston; People’s Place food pantry at 17 St. James Street in Kingston; or food, metal forks or coffee mugs to give to Dutchess Outreach at 29 North Hamilton Street in Poughkeepsie for its food pantry or soup kitchen. Your donations are essential, especially this time of year after the holidays, and every bit helps. Visit www.facebook.com/caringhands. soupkitchen.3, www.peoplesplacekingston. org or www.dutchessoutreach.org to learn more about these organizations.

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TAKE YOUR CHILD TO THE LIBRARY DAY ACTIVITIES AROUND THE REGION

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id you know that there’s a special term for “free or cheap and fun and engaging for kids right here in the community”? It’s called “Take Your Child to the Library.” And while it’s available to us year-round, this Saturday, February 6 is officially the fifth annual Take Your Child to the Library Day, and so many libraries in the US, Canada and beyond are celebrating with special activities and events for kids and families. Here are just a few around here:

The NorthEast-Millerton Library at 75 Main Street in Millerton invites you to come in your pajamas and enjoy some cocoa while watching a 2 p.m. screening of Pixar shorts. The Marlboro Library at 1251 Route 9W in Marlboro will be showing a “popular icy-cold winter film,” and children are encouraged to come in costume. The Plattekill Public Library at 2047 State Route 32 in Modena plans special storytimes with crafts, a reading therapy dog, activities, snacks and more, all between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Grinnell Public Library at 2642 East Main Street in Wappingers Falls will give each child a bookmark, pencil and coloring sheet between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., and a library cardholder for children ages 7 and up who register for a library card or bring theirs with them. To learn more, visit www.takeyourchildtothelibrary.org, or simply head over to your local library. – Erica Chase-Salerno

you have a budding thespian in the family, you will want to check out the Voice Theatre Summer Youth Workshop at the Byrdcliffe Theater. Youth spend the day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. playing theater games, practicing the speaking voice, exploring movement, doing improv and more, concluding with an open presentation at the end of the week. The camps run in an air-conditioned space from Monday to Friday, July 11 to 15, with a rehearsal on Saturday, July

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Tax-deductible donations for the boys’ travel are welcomed, and may be sent to the Ebenezer Baptist Church at 80 First Street in Newburgh or by calling (845) 857-0162. And congratulations to Lee Reh, age 15, and Rah-mene McDuffie, age 13, a/k/a the Young Noble Gentlemen, for winning first place in Above the Influence’s Teens Make Music songwriting competition with their song, “Fight,” about resisting substance abuse. You can see the duo this Wednesday, February 3 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the John A. Howe Library, located at 105 Schuyler Street in Albany. To check out their great song, or to donate toward their travel expenses to attend this year’s Grammy Awards, which was part of their winning prize package, visit www. facebook.com/youngnoblegentlemen.

Local youths make good! You cheered on Chad from Poughkeepsie on MasterChef Junior this fall, and now I have two more opportunities for you to root for area youth in the spotlight! Good luck to Tyrell Simon, age 8, and Eric Reyes, age 11, from the Hook Elite Boxing Club in Newburgh, as they head to the Silver Glove Nationals in Missouri this week. This afterschool boxing program is just one example of the amazing opportunities happening for kids in Newburgh.

Make glassware or paintings together for Valentine’s Day at Tuthilltown Spirits Looking for a fun and romantic outing for Valentine’s Day? How about making art together? You could join Be Studios for a Creative Couples session on Saturday, February 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. creating his-and-hers glassware, along with enjoying a glass of beer or wine and touring Tuthilltown’s distillery. The cost is $50 per couple.

Tuthilltown Spirits is located at 14 Gristmill Lane in Gardiner. For reservations, more information or additional events such as Creative Family, call (845) 218-0014 or visit www. bestudios.community. Or you could attend Vine Van Gogh’s GOGH Together Sip and Paint at Novella’s on Sunday, February 14 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., including a buffet dinner, supplies for painting two canvases, a rose and chocolates. The cost is $175 per couple. Novella’s is located at 2 Terwilliger Lane in New Paltz. For reservations, more information or additional events, call (845) 675-1217 or visit http:// vinevangogh.com. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Science Olympiad regional competition at SUNY-Ulster Wonder where our future Shirley Ann Jacksons, Bill Nyes and Neil deGrasse Tysons will come from? Science Olympiads! On Saturday, February 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at SUNYUlster, 28 teams of students from 21 schools will compete in 25 events in the New York Mid-Hudson Regional Division C Competition, with the top four teams moving up to the state Science Olympiad. The hands-on, interactive competitions include Air Trajectory, Disease Detectives, Protein Modeling, my favorite: Game-On Computer Science and more, including a return of the Robot Arm and Optics categories! Most of the events take place in the Senate Gymnasium, and all are open to the public, including the awards ceremony at 4:30 p.m. in the Quimby Theater. SUNY-Ulster is located at 491 Cottekill Road in Stone Ridge. For more information, call (845) 687-5181 or e-mail goodellk@sunyulster.edu.

Upstate Films Woodstock screens Jack of the Red Hearts Actor Will Smith says, “Diversity is the American superpower. That’s why we’re great.” But our movies can leave people feeling marginalized when they don’t feel represented or seen onscreen. So when I hear about a movie like Jack of the Red Hearts, which features a character with autism, I want to spread the word! Jack of the Red Hearts shows at Upstate Films Woodstock on Saturday, February 6 at 2 p.m., followed by a question-andanswer session with the director, Janet Grillo, who has a son with autism. Tickets cost $10. Upstate Films is located at 132 Tinker Street in Woodstock. For tickets or more information, visit www. woodstockfilmfestival.com/events/jack. php; to learn more about the film, visit www.jackoftheredhearts.com.

Ice Harvest Festival at Hanford Mills Museum The Hanford Mills Museum Ice Harvest Festival, happening this Saturday, February 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., is “a day of winter fun and hands-on history.” Whether your kids love ice man Kristoff and his reindeer Sven from the movie Frozen, or they want to try some hard physical labor, they’ll jump at the chance to participate in an actual ice harvest using historic tools. The Festival also includes ice-carving, ice fishing, horsedrawn sleighrides, blacksmithing, food and more. Admission costs $9 for adults and teens, $7 for seniors and is free for children aged 12 and under. Those living in zip codes 13757, 13739, 13786, 13750 and 13806 neighboring Hanford Mills also receive free admission. The Hanford Mills Museum is located at 51 County Highway 12 in East Meredith. For more information, call (607) 278-5744 or visit www.hanfordmills.org.

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Looking for something fun and engaging to do with the kids that you’ll get a kick out of, too? Come to Super Circus Stuff with Lisa Lou at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck this Saturday, February 6 at 11 a.m. Lisa’s one-person show includes juggling, balancing, plate-spinning, magic and more, along with lots of audience participation. Tickets cost $7 for children and $9 for adults and seniors. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck is located at 661 Route 308 in Rhinebeck. For tickets or more information, call (845) 876-3080 or visit http://centerforperformingarts.org. To learn more about the performer, visit www.lisalou.com.

Hudson River EagleFest at Croton Point Park When was the last time you had the privilege of gazing upon a bald eagle majestically soaring through the sky? How about your kids? Well, you can immerse yourselves in all things eagle at Teatown’s Hudson River EagleFest this Saturday, February 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Croton Point Park. Admission to the EagleFest includes all activities at the park, such as the animal shows, children’s tent, live music and more. For additional eagle enjoyment, join the three-lookout-stop bus tour for an extra $25 for ages 14 and up. Tickets to EagleFest cost $15 for adults 12 and over, $10 for children ages 6 to 11 and are free for kids age 5 and under. Croton Point Park is located at 1A Croton Point Avenue in Croton-on-Hudson. For tickets or more information, call (914) 762-2912, extension 110, or visit www. teatown.org/teatown-events/eaglefest. html.

Treat yourself to their “Mozart, Mendelssohn and More” concert this Sunday, February 7 at 7:15 p.m. at 71 Old Kings Highway in Lake Katrine. The concert is free and open to the public of all ages, but donations to support MUSET and use of the building are welcomed. Refreshments and mingling will follow the performance. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/events/1105272942836774. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11

Kim & Reggie Harris perform at Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz Clear your calendars and take your family out for “Songs of Joy, Hope and Freedom!” In honor of Black History Month, Historic Huguenot Street presents Kim & Reggie Harris for an evening of dynamic music and storytelling this Thursday, February 11

from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Crispell Memorial French Church. And get this: Buy your tickets in advance and you’ll be able to attend the free meet-and-greet at 6:15 p.m. with Kim and Reggie before the concert! Tickets cost $15 for general admission, $12 for seniors and military and $10 for Historic Huguenot Street members. The Crispell Memorial French Church is located at 60 Huguenot Street in New Paltz. For tickets or more information, call (845) 255-1660 or visit www. huguenotstreet.org. To learn more about the performers, visit www.kimandreggie. com. – Erica Chase-Salerno Erica Chase-Salerno can be reached at kidsalmanac@ulsterpublishing.com.

Winterfest in Wurtsboro Winterfest 2016 in Wurtsboro is a way to celebrate the season before the February doldrums creep in. The festivities take place on Saturday, February 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and include an ice-carving demonstration at Veterans’ Park; ice-carving displays along Sullivan Street; a live bird show by Ravensbeard at the Community Church’s Fellowship Hall at 1 p.m.; a chili contest at the Wurtsboro Firehouse from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; a treasure hunt at area businesses and more. For more information, visit www.wurtsboro.org.

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t its peaks, cinema can push artistic boundaries, grapple with profound philosophical questions, comment lucidly on politics and culture, shine new lights on history, question our assumptions, make us think, make us feel, make us argue. Unfortunately, not every week offers a new film that reaches such lofty targets, or even aspires to do so. But fortunately, there are times for most of us when we’re simply in the mood for an old-fashioned movie-movie, full of splash and derringdo and perhaps a bit of romance on the side. Craig Gillespie’s The Finest Hours

won’t take home any prizes for narrative innovation, but it’s a satisfying wallow in maritime adventure for audiences who just want a dose of big-screen thrills sans cerebral challenge. In fact, aside from having an assertive heroine, The Finest Hours revels in being retro. It’s the true-life tale of a foolhardy, improbably successful attempt to rescue several dozen men from the aft half of a tanker ship that has split in half during a colossal storm off Cape Cod in 1952 – using only a tiny Coast Guard boat, because all the other rescue boats are off responding to yet another tanker that has split in half. The movie, produced by Walt Disney Studios, has the feel of a 1950s Disney True-Life Adventure feature: full of stalwart all-American heroes and so squeaky-clean that you could take Granny and the preschoolers along (though the huge waves might scare them). It’s also rigorously designed to reflect the look, sound, feel and social mores of the early ’50s. This bogs things down a bit in the romantic framing device about the perky gal onshore (Holliday Grainger) who’s waiting for the square-jawed hero, bosun’s mate Bernie Webber (Chris Pine), to come back from his suicide mission. But

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if you’re a moviegoer who appreciates the meticulous craft of art direction, you’ll find lovingly replicated details to help you slog through even the less dramatically compelling onshore sequences. The costumes, the hairdos, the Big Band music in a dancehall scene, the cars and sets and furniture and low-tech props are all spoton historically authentic. The song with which the cook on the sinking ship likes to torment his crewmates, “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,� comes from Guys and Dolls, which had been a major Broadway hit in the years just prior to the movie’s setting. These guys did their research. The movie was shot mostly in and around Chatham, Massachusetts, where the actual shipwreck and rescue took place. And aside from the storm-tossed action, what works best about The Finest Hours is the way that it conveys the delicate social webs of a small community where nearly everyone’s livelihood is tied to the sea, where wintry weather is the most implacable of enemies and firsthand knowledge of the coastal waters the most essential of skillsets, where old grudges and debts are never forgotten. Webber accepts the seemingly impossible assignment from his clueless commanding officer (Eric Bana) partly because he once failed to complete a rescue mission, and the kin of the deceased keep reminding him that people are dead on his account. The sequences in which Webber and his small crew (Ben Foster, John Magaro and Kyle Gallner) smash their way across a treacherous sandbar to get into the open sea, surfing through huge pipeline waves in their absurdly small craft (and losing their compass in the process), offer riveting white-knuckle thrills, even though we know how this story ultimately turns out. Better yet are the scenes aboard the sinking SS Pendleton, where a surly, unsociable engineer named Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck) takes command by default

after the captain goes down with the forward half of the ship. Sybert’s a problem-solver by nature who doesn’t believe in luck or prayer, and his scheme to jury-rig a steering mechanism to strand the vessel on a shoal and stave off the flooding of its boilers long enough to buy time for rescuers to arrive provides even more exciting moments of cinema than those badass CGI waves. There are a couple of long tracking shots of teams of crewmembers shouting instructions back and forth between the stormy exterior of the ship and the slowly flooding engine room that are as pulse-poundingly terrific as the sequence of mountaintop war beacons being lit in The Return of the King. To make matters worse for the surviving crew of the Pendleton, there’s contention in the ranks, and a faction of sailors led by Able Seaman Brown (Michael Raymond-James) wants to commandeer the remaining lifeboats and skedaddle. But Sybert needs the efforts of all hands to make his plan work, so there’s ample dramatic tension in the group dynamics. “We all live, or we all die� is the movie’s tagline, and it applies equally to the shipwreck victims and to their would-be rescuers. Nice to have an action movie where the heroics involve selfless teamwork as much as rugged individualism and willingness to disobey orders when the one giving the orders is an idiot (though there’s a fair bit of that sort of conflict as well). In sum, The Finest Hours offers nothing particularly new, but it’s entertaining, decently acted by a solid ensemble cast (especially Affleck) and shows what can be done with state-of-the-art CGI techniques besides monsters and aliens smashing cities. The Atlantic in a nor’easter can be monstrous enough for anyone and then some. – Frances Marion Platt

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STAGE Roiling reunion August: Osage County opens this Friday at County Players Falls Theatre in Wappingers

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ysfunctional families are a bottomless well of inspiration for playwrights, and one of the most overthe-top dysfunctional in the modern dramatic canon is Tracy Letts’s August: Osage County. Originally developed as an ensemble piece for the Steppenwolf Theatre’s resident company, it opened in Chicago in 2007 and ran for two months before moving to Broadway for a very successful year-and-a-half stint. Called “the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years” by The New York Times, it garnered universal critical acclaim, along with the 2008 Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. With three full acts plus a prologue, August: Osage County is also quite a long play, and as such is rarely performed by small community theater companies. Christine Crawfis, who is directing the County Players production opening at the Falls Theatre in Wappingers Falls this Friday, calls the undertaking “very ambitious. It’s the first time a mid-Hudson Valley company has taken it on…. You’re not going to get too many opportunities to see it played live.” Across the river, the New Paltz-based Crawfis has long been known for her leadership of the Mohonk Mountain Stage Company and her recent stint as executive director of the Unison Arts & Learning Center. She has directed productions for the County Players since 2006 – August: Osage County will be her fifth –

Ann Citron (Violet Weston) in August: Osage County

and deepened her involvement with the 58-year-old company by joining its Board of Directors in 2014. Though a bit off the radar for many Ulster County theater fans, the County Players were “voted Best Community Theater in the Best of the Hudson Valley awards 11 times in the last 15 or 16 years, including last year,” Crawfis points out. “This is a play I’ve wanted to direct for a long time,” she says of August: Osage County, which she characterizes as a dark comedy. “It has big themes, huge sets… It’s tightly written and the relationships are really-well developed. We recognize ourselves in the characters. There’s this big family dinner that turns disastrous; we’ve all been at that dinner. The play allows us to laugh at that. It’s incredibly cathartic. It deals with taboo, difficult, challenging topics, but we find them amusing in their humanity. The

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play enables us to talk about them.” Crawfis speaks enthusiastically about the troupe of “wonderful actors and designers” who have come together for this production. “These are people who enjoy working together,” she says. “We’ve set the bar pretty high, so everybody else has to step up their game.” One of those highly professional participants is another institution of the Ulster County arts world: Ann Citron, executive director of the Rosendale Theatre Collective. “I’ve directed Ann in staged readings before, but never in a fully staged piece,” says Crawfis. “It’s really a treat.” Originally trained as an actor, Citron hasn’t had many chances to exercise those particular artistic muscles in recent years. “It was not hard getting back into the saddle,” she says. “I’ve mostly been directing and teaching, but all lessons apply. Now I’m living them in real time…. It’s so enlivening to immerse myself as an actor again.” The opportunity that enticed Citron back onstage to act was

what she calls “the role of a lifetime for me”: being cast as Violet, the drug-addled dying matriarch of the Weston clan (and the role played by Meryl Streep in the recent cinematic version of August: Osage County). Citron praises Crawfis’ thorough, diligent approach to the play, noting that the cast spend the first couple of weeks of rehearsals just doing table readings. “We went in depth with the characters, created a life for them and a history. I’m so grateful for that extra time that we spent. They’re complex people who need to have a life beyond the script.” As of presstime the cast had begun to coordinate their performances with the technical crew. “That’s when the true communal art starts to take place,” Citron says. “The timing starts to crackle.” The cast also includes Jeffery Battersby, Kristin Battersby, MaryBeth Boylan, Michael J. Frohnhoefer, Sarah Gabrielli, Jim Granger, Lissy Kilman, Janet E. Nurre, Anna Marie Paolercio, David J. Ringwood, Ben Seibert and Douglas Woolley. August: Osage County runs for three weekends at the County Players Falls Theatre, which is located at 2681 West Main Street in Wappingers Falls. Performances begin at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, February 5, 6, 12, 13, 19 and 20, with a single 2 p.m. Sunday matinée on February 14. Tickets cost $17 for adults and $14 for seniors and children under 12 (although parents are cautioned that the adult subject matter of the play is considered “not suitable for young audience members”). Also, audiences are advised that the Falls Theatre, with three flights of steps to enter, is currently not wheelchair-accessible. To order tickets, call the box office at (845) 298-1491 or visit www.countyplayers.org. – Frances Marion Platt

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Heathers: The Musical at Helsinki Hudson

Helsinki Hudson – a real jewel among the region’s several boutique, mid-sized music clubs – has recently begun crossing the line between cabaret (a music form that the club has long favored) and straight-up musical theater. The venue has all the production resources and infrastructure that small-scale theater production could desire, so it is a fitting and realistic development. Hudson’s own Upstage Productions, Inc. will stage Heathers: The Musical at Helsinki Hudson on Thursday, February 11 and Friday, February 12 at 7:30 p.m. This musical adaptation of the darkly comic 1988 cult film has been gaining in popularity and visibility since its 2010 premiere. A part of Upstage’s “After Dark” programming (Upstage began originally as a merger between a teachers’ association and a theater group), the Helsinki production of Heathers: The Musical is directed by Alyssa O’Keefe and Ashley France. Tickets cost $20 and are available at www.helsinkihudson.com. Helsinki Hudson is located at 405 Columbia Street in Hudson. For more information on Upstage Productions, visit http:// upstageproductionsinc.org. – John Burdick

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hile the debates among the GOP contenders in the current presidential race might lead one to believe that extreme rhetoric on the subject of immigration is some sort of highly infectious modern malady, the truth is that blaming a land’s most recent crop of migrants – from within or without – for all its socioeconomic woes is a sport nearly as old as humankind. Still, it’s a subject generating plenty of heat and little light these days, and so a fitting focus for the Winter 2016 Documentary Film Series at the Henry A. Wallace Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Home in Hyde Park. “Immigration, Migration and the American Dream” unspools this Saturday afternoon and evening. It’s also an inspired choice for a presentation by the department of the FDR Library known as the Pare Lorentz Center, named after the groundbreaking documentarian, social activist and critic of censorship who became known as “FDR’s filmmaker.” His first film funded by the New Deal’s Resettlement Administration is also one of his most famous: The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936). With a lush score by Virgil Thomson that has become a modern orchestral classic, it’s as essential a component of America’s collective memory of the Dust Bowl and subsequent mass migration of Oklahomans to California as Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath or the songs of Woody Guthrie. A 3 p.m. screening of The Plow that Broke the Plains, plus a new seven-minute biopic about Lorentz, kicks off the filmfest this Saturday, February 6. It will be followed at 4 p.m. by a more contemporary documentary in a similar vein: Farmingville, Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini’s 2004 account of the aftermath of a violent hate crime against two Mexican day laborers in a suburban Long Island community. There will be a dinner break from 6 to 7 p.m. Then the mood will lighten with a screening of Charlie Chaplin’s 1917 short silent romantic comedy The Immigrant, in which the Little Tramp, newly arrived in America, is unjustly accused of theft. It’s followed by Jesse Moss’s 2014 Sundance Special Jury Award-winning feature documentary The Overnighters (2014), which deals with the hostility that a pastor in the small boomtown of Williston, North Dakota encounters from his community when he houses itinerant oilfield workers in his church. Between films, CUNY professor and critic Seth Shire will offer commentary and engage the audience in brief discussion. This event is free and open to the public, and seating is first-come, first-served. The Wallace Center at the FDR Library and Museum is located at 4079 Albany Post Road (Route 9) in Hyde Park. For more info about the Winter 2016 Documentary Film Series and other programming at the FDR historic site, call (800) 337-8474 or visit www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu. – Frances Marion Platt

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performances that we would probably never get to see in person. The latest offering along these lines is the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live series, whose first season is now underway with a production of The Winter’s Tale that stars Branagh himself as the self-deluded Leontes and the great Judi Dench as the indomitable Paulina. Classified as one of Shakespeare’s “late romances,” The Winter’s Tale is an odd hybrid of dark and light, tragedy and comedy. Its first half, in which a king becomes irrationally jealous of his virtuous wife, setting off a string of disasters, could have been lifted from Othello; the second half is more suited to As You Like It, populated with clownish rustics, disguised young lovers and scurrilous tricksters, wrapping up with restoration, reconciliation and redemption rather than a bloodbath. Yet some of the darker notes continue to resonate until the very end, including the offstage death of a loyal servingman infamously compelled to “Exit, pursued by a bear.” Recorded in HD at London’s Garrick Theatre and co-directed by Branagh and Rob Ashford, the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company Live performance of The Winter’s Tale will screen on Saturday, February 6 at the Bardavon 1869 Opera

House, beginning at 1 p.m. All seats go for $20. Tickets can be purchased at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072; the Ulster Performing Arts Center box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 339-6088; or via Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. For more information about the Bardavon screening, visit www.bardavon. org. For more on the production itself, visit http://the-winters-tale. branaghtheatrelive.com.

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February 4, 2016 struggle of America’s 16th president to get the emancipation of slaves written into law in the 2012 Steven Spielberg movie Lincoln, based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals? Think again. Lincoln scholarship remains a wide-open field, with new research being done all the time, and new publications coming out that are hailed as definitive…until the next one comes along. Among the more recent additions to our knowledge base is Todd Brewster’s 2014 book Lincoln’s Gamble: The Tumultuous Six Months that Gave America the Emancipation Proclamation and Changed the Course of the Civil War, which Pulitzer Prizewinning historian Joseph J. Ellis pronounced “a major entry in the Lincoln sweepstakes.” Whereas Kearns Goodwin focused most intensely on Lincoln’s political machinations during the months leading up to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, Brewster shines his spotlight on the president’s internal processes during the six months preceding his Emancipation Proclamation, as well as his wrangling with his generals about how best to defeat the Confederacy. Brewster paints a flawed leader plagued by selfdoubt, indecision, clinical depression and frustration with the legal limitations of what a president could do. “A lifelong opponent of slavery, he was a pessimist about the ability for blacks and whites to live together in harmony in a post-slavery world,” he writes. A prolific journalist and longtime director of the oral history project at West Point, Brewster is probably best-known for his collaborations with the late Peter Jennings. Their volume The Century was the most successful companion book to a TV series ever, lingering near the top of The New York Times’ best-seller list for close to a year. He’ll be reading from and

discussing Lincoln’s Gamble this Saturday as the Hudson Opera House’s tribute to both Lincoln’s birthday and Black History Month. The event begins at 4 p.m. on February 6 and is free and open to the public. The Hudson Opera House is located at 327 Warren Street in Hudson. For more information, visit http:// hudsonoperahouse.org. – Frances Marion Platt

Readings from past lives Psychic Suzan Saxman, novelist Alexander Chee visit Golden Notebook in Woodstock

alarming the nuns in her convent school and terrifying her own mother. She says that she was always skeptical of her “gift,” and not eager to give psychic readings, moving from place to place to evade those who sought her advice and predictions until she finally settled in Woodstock. In her book, she tells the story of her journey and tries to make sense of her family’s buried secrets. Then, on Sunday, February 7 at 2 p.m., the Golden Notebook will receive a more corporeal visitation: Alexander Chee, author of the award-winning 2002 novel Edinburgh, which Junot Diaz praised as “unstoppable.” Chee has spent the intervening years laboring over an epic historical novel inspired by the life of American expat singer Jenny Lind, titled The Queen of the Night. Called “brilliantly extravagant” by Vogue, the new novel is set in the Paris of the Second French Empire. There, a famous American-born soprano called Lilliet Berne is offered an original role in a new opera that could only be based on a part of her life that she had hoped to keep secret. Only four people could be responsible, she thinks: Of them, one is dead, one loves her, one desires her and the last, she believes, never thinks of her

at all. In the process of searching for the source, she must face parts of her past that she had hoped to forget – a past that includes stints as a bareback performer in a circus, maid to the Empress Eugénie of France, German war hero and lover to a Prussian tenor. The novel is peppered with cameos of historical figures such as Verdi, Turgenev, George Sand, Napoleon III and the Countess di Castiglione. Both author appearances are free and open to the public. The Golden Notebook is located at 29 Tinker Street in Woodstock. For more info, call (845) 6798000 or visit www.goldennotebook.com. – Frances Marion Platt

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This is the best time of year to encounter them, with an estimated 150 bald eagles from further north overwintering in the lower Hudson Valley from December and March.

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emember when spotting a bald eagle in the wild, if you didn’t live someplace like Alaska, seemed nearly as unlikely as meeting a unicorn? It wasn’t so very long ago. I made my first sighting – a pair, soaring so high that I could barely make out their characteristic whitefeathered heads – at Tilghman Island in the Chesapeake Bay in 1993. They were still on the federal Endangered Species List back then, and nobody expected to see one in the Hudson Valley. My, how times have changed. Nowadays I can reliably visit a resident bald eagle perched in a huge sycamore beside the Plattekill Creek in the middle of New Paltz’s most celebrated view of the Gunks from the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, just south of downtown. They nest in the woods alongside the Ashokan Reservoir perimeter trail and can be seen diving for fish in the Hudson by kayakers in the bay behind the Rondout Lighthouse at Kingston Point. The eagles’ return to our valley is one of the most heartening environmental success stories around. But that doesn’t mean that seeing wild eagles is any less thrilling than it was before. This is the best time of year to encounter them, with an estimated 150 bald eagles from fur ther nor th overwintering in the lower Hudson Valley from December and March. And each year, the Ossining-based environmental education center called the Teatown Lake Reservation organizes the perfect opportunity for eagle-watching at one of the most reliable vantagepoints from which to see them: Croton Point Park. It’s called the Hudson River EagleFest, and it’s coming up for its 12th annual visitation on Saturday, February 6. The centerpiece of the event is a string of riverfront viewing areas, staffed by eagle experts with spotting scopes. Sightings are virtually guaranteed: In 2015 more than 36 eagles were seen at one viewing location. Those are way better odds than, say, a whale-watch boat tour. There are also guided bird walks, a bus tour (for an extra fee) with a Teatown naturalist that makes the rounds of other prime viewing sites in the lower Hudson Valley, live raptor shows, children’s activities, environmental displays and live music in heated tents. Food and beverage vendors on-site include Tarrytown’s RiverMarket Bar and Kitchen and Ossining’s Wobble Café. Triple Grammy-winning singer/ songwriter/guitarist/actor Tom Chapin headlines the concert roster, appearing on the Eaglet Stage from 11:15 a.m. to 12 noon. Also slated to perform are Annie DiRusso, Daisy Jopling and Joe Duraes. EagleFest 2016 goes on from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the two-hour bus tours heading out at 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, February 7 is the alternate date in the event of severe weather. If you’re planning to head down via Metro-North, you might want to catch the special Eagle Train Car that departs from Poughkeepsie at 10 a.m., staffed by guest naturalists from Wave Hill who know where to look for eagles from the train.

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Free shuttle buses between the CrotonHarmon Train Station and Croton Point Park will be available throughout the day. Tickets to the Hudson River EagleFest will be sold at the venue on the day of the event for $15 general admission, $10 for children aged 6 to 11; children aged 5 and under get in free. Advance tickets costing $13 for adults, $8 for kids 6 to 11 can be purchased online at www.teatown.org. You can also find out more about the event there, along with information about the Teatown Lake Reservation, whose lovely nature preserve is worth a visit in itself. – Frances Marion Platt

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country and had a profound impact on the emerging conservation movement. Each year since 1993, the John Burroughs Association has honored the great naturalist’s legacy and carried out its mission to encourage nature writing by conferring the John Burroughs Nature Essay Award for outstanding natural history writing in a published essay. Entries must be scientifically accurate, stylistically vivid and written from a firstperson point of view. The winning essay will be announced in early March 2016. Both the author and publisher will be awarded certificates at the Association’s annual Awards Luncheon on Monday, April 4, to be held at the Yale Club of New York City. To enter the competition, use the submission form downloadable at http://johnburroughsassociation. org/literary-awards/john-burroughsnature-essay-award-submission-process. Digital files of the essays are preferred, but hard copies will be accepted. Direct any questions via e-mail to joan@ johnburroughsassociation.org. – Frances Marion Platt

WinterFest returns to Hudson Valley Rail Trail this Saturday

Are you an author, professional or amateur, who likes to write about your personal observations of nature, and had a piece published in a periodical or an anthology, in print or online, during 2015? If so, you’re eligible to enter the John Burroughs Association’s 23 rd annual Nature Essay Award competition. The deadline for submission is coming up fast: Entries must arrive by Friday, February 12. As one of the most popular and influential authors of his day, literary naturalist John Burroughs is credited with creating the modern nature essay, having published more than 300 essays in prestigious journals and 27 books. His writing built sympathy with nature throughout the

The Hudson Valley Rail Trail depot at 101 New Paltz Road in Highland will be the scene for the 19th annual WinterFest on Saturday, February 6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission costs $2, with kids under age six admitted free. The “Best of Fest Chili Cook-Off ” is a big part of the outdoor event every year, with more than 20 local eateries donating a minimum of three gallons of chili each to vie for the People’s Choice award. The tasting is done “blind,” with even those dishing out the samples unaware of whose chili they’re serving. The volunteers are mainly Highland Rotary Club members who, no matter what the weather, bundle up and take charge of a slow cooker under the pavilion, offering samples at 50 cents a cup ($8 buys a “try-them-all” ticket). Tasters are invited to vote for their favorite out of the many varieties available, which include mild, spicy and vegetarian options.

All proceeds benefit the Hudson Valley Rail Trail Association, which manages and maintains the Rail Trail. Board members Lillian Mertes and Marie Sidgwick are in charge of enlisting local restaurateurs to donate chili for the event and bringing slow cookers to them. The eateries fill the slow cooker with the savory stew on the morning of the event and deliver it to the Rail Trail site of WinterFest, where hungry chili fans await. WinterFest also offers scenic tractorpulled haywagon rides up and down the Rail Trail – courtesy of Dave DuBois of DuBois Farms – roasted chestnuts and a firepit to roast marshmallows over. Another big attraction for families is the heated kids’ activity tent sponsored by Lowe’s of Highland, which supplies the materials and its employees to supervise little ones in making some do-it-yourself projects. In addition, there are a number of games designed for the kids inside the tent, helped along by the Highland High School’s Interact Club and Boy Scout Troop 70 of Highland, and hungry visitors will find hot dogs and beverages available for purchase. (And with all that chili on hand, one can easily make one’s own chili dog.) As many as 1,000 people are expected to come to the event, although that number will likely be weather-dependent, says Eric Norberg, vice president of the Hudson Valley Rail Trail Association and chair for this event. But rain, snow or nosnow, “We’ve had all ranges of weather at WinterFest over the years,” he says, “from subzero to really beautiful days.” For more information, visit www. hudsonvalleyrailtrail.net or its Facebook page. – Sharyn Flanagan

Gardiner Library hosts Fabric, Yarns & Craft Supplies Sale The Gardiner Library will host its annual Fabric, Yarns and Craft Supplies Sale on Saturday, February 6 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the library community room. Items for sale include fabric at $1 and $2 per yard, deeply discounted yarn, craft supplies, handicraft kits and sewing, knitting and crochet notions. There are also a

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large quantity of basketmaking supplies, a kit to make a 50-state quilt, brand-new white tee-shirts for crafting, a plush hand-hooked rug and several working sewing machines. Free patterns and information on websites with ideas for crafters will be available at the sale. The library is located at 133 Farmers’ Turnpike in Gardiner. For directions or further information, call the library at (845) 255-1255 or visit www. gardinerlibrary.org.

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Rite of winter Olana hosts iceboating presentation & screening on Saturday

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or some iceboating enthusiasts, it’s about the adrenaline rush: the exhilaration of being propelled across a sheet of ice at up to five times the speed of the wind, cold air whipping at your face, the boat’s runners chattering on the ice. Speeds of 50 miles per hour are not unusual, and iceboats have been clocked at more than 100 miles per hour. “The boats can go quite fast, and there’s not a lot of resistance,” says Hudson River Ice Yacht Club member Brian Reid. “The wind picks up and fills the sails, and those things can accelerate.” But it’s not speed that compels Reid. “It’s the historical aspects of iceboating that I find fascinating,” he says. “In our club, the members primarily maintain and sail the historic wooden ice yachts that are more than 100 years old. A lot of our passion lies with the beauty of the craftsmanship of the old boats.” And sometimes when they’re out on the ice, it feels as if it could be a scene from a century earlier, he adds. “I guess there’s just something kind of magical about it; it hearkens back to a simpler time. It’s so simple: wind and sail and canvas and wood, and you’re being carried along... someone has a little potbellied stove fire going and there are all these people bundled up and you’re just enjoying the beautiful winter scenery together.” That camaraderie with fellow sailors is something that all iceboaters share. “It’s really a fraternity of folks that share this passion,” Reid says. “And you can’t do it by yourself; you need a small community of people to help each other out, to bring boats onto the ice, to set up boats. And

there’s also a safety aspect to that. You don’t want to be out there sailing on the ice by yourself.” Reid maintains a blog about iceboating called “White Wings and Black Ice” at www.hudsonrivericeyachting.blogspot. com, where he posts historical photos and writes about every aspect of the centuriesold sport, including its origins in the Hudson Valley. He’ll bring that wealth of knowledge to the Olana State Historic Site in Hudson on Saturday, February 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. for a presentation, “Iceboating on the Hudson River: Then and Now.” The event is part of Olana’s winter Armchair Travel Series held in the Wagon House Education Center there. “Iceboating on the Hudson River: Then and Now” will be a program satisfying on a number of levels, offering a taste of local iceboating history from Reid along with a screening of the documentary Against the Wind, a short film that follows the adventures of a handful of hardy ice yachters. Afterwards, filmmakers Tomasz Gubernat and Christopher Nostrand and producer Rahul Chadha will host a roundtable discussion. A question-andanswer session will close out the event, and tea and cake will be served.

get this broken-up, choppy ice, you’re not going to get a nice smooth surface. You need enough nights of cold, but you don’t want a real windy night when it’s cold, because that’ll blow the ice around and make it harder for it to lock into place. The conditions have to be just right. It can be really tricky.” And it can go away overnight. The unpredictability of weather conditions makes it hard to plan outings in advance, and iceboaters might have just a few days out on the ice in any given season. You pretty much have to be prepared and ready to drop everything when conditions line up. And just because we’ve had a mild winter in our region so far doesn’t mean that it’s not going to happen this year, Reid says. “I was able to go out on the ice one year on the first day of spring. You just never know from year to year.” Being from Red Hook, Reid tends to stay north when conditions allow, sailing on the Hudson River on a stretch that runs from Rhinecliff up to Germantown. Barrytown is another area for sailing; it all has to do with the lay of the river where it might “lock in and freeze up in a larger sheet of ice,” Reid explains. Tivoli Bay, off the river and north of Barrytown, is

Iceboats originated in Europe, where the Dutch used them for transportation of goods; but it wasn’t until 1790 when a Poughkeepsie man, Oliver Booth, built the first crude recreational iceboat outfitted with a sail and runners. Tickets cost $10 general admission or $5 for members of Olana. The program is suitable for all ages. Preregister by visiting www.olana.org/education or calling (518) 828-1872, extension 105. Walkins are welcome. The snow date for the program is Sunday, February 7. The event is sponsored by the Olana Partnership with the Friends of Clermont. The iceboaters in the documentary Against the Wind were filmed during the cold winter of 2014 as they took advantage of one of the deepest, longest ice sheets on the Hudson River in recent years. The filmmakers address the role that global warming and changing environmental conditions play in the future of iceboating. Perfect ice-sailing conditions call for frigid temperatures, a strong wind and a thick sheet of ice – six to 12 inches deep – but without recent snowfall. “You can get plenty of cold and get the ice, but then if you get a dumping of snow – even three, four inches – that’ll put you out of commission,” Reid says. “It’s just too much to push through with the boats. It also depends on how it freezes and what the tide’s doing: If it stays in place or you

another place where sailing conditions can be ideal, the bay freezing before the river does. Their “southern ice” is at Orange Lake in Newburgh, a historic spot for iceboating since the late 19th century. “They’ve been sailing the big old boats there and racing since the 1880s,” Reid says. Like Tivoli Bay, Orange Lake often freezes before the river, being shallower and at a slightly higher elevation. “Sometimes Orange Lake is the only place where there’s ice. We’re fortunate that one of our club members, the Lawrence family, has been iceboating for three, four generations and they have a house at the lake, so we can get access.” Earlier iceboaters used to put in at O’Malley’s Restaurant and Hotel on Lakeside Road (today’s Lakeview House restaurant), because it offered easy and direct access to the lake. Iceboats originated in Europe, where the Dutch used them for transportation of goods; but it wasn’t until 1790 when a Poughkeepsie man, Oliver Booth, built the first crude recreational iceboat outfitted with a sail and runners. By the 1860s, ice yachting clubs had formed in Newburgh,

New Hamburg, Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park, their members competing against each other on the ice. Racing has always been an integral part of ice yachting, Reid says, and iceboats even raced against trains along the Hudson: The Icicle, built for Franklin D. Roosevelt’s uncle, John A. Roosevelt, beat the Chicago Express traveling from Poughkeepsie to Ossining. The term “ice yachting,” used interchangeably with “iceboating,” has a privileged connotation to it, and to some extent that was true of the sport in its early days. According to Reid, Irving Grinnell, grandnephew of Washington Irving, was a wealthy “country gentleman” who settled in Wappingers Falls on a large estate. Grinnell’s passion for racing led to his creating the Ice Yacht Challenge Pennant of America, the winter equivalent of the Americas Cup. Wealthy families of the mid-19th century, including the Roosevelts, had staff and railroad cars to move the big boats to and from the ice. (One reason why many iceboaters today sail smaller, lighter boats is because they can be transported more easily by car.) The affluent also had the luxury of testing their boats’ limits. “Back in the day, when the winds got high, they’d say, ‘Let’s go race,’” says Reid. “They were competitive, and if they crashed and wrecked the boat, they just called the builder and built a new one.” But today, he and fellow members of the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club who maintain the historic old boats treat them more cautiously, conscious of their historic value. As he notes, “If something breaks, you can’t go out and just buy another part. You have to make it.” Reid owns two stern-steering historic iceboats. One is called the Wizzard made sometime in the early 20th century in Newburgh. His primary vessel is the Cyclone, built in 1901 in Hyde Park for Herman Livingston Rogers, son of avid iceboater Archie Rogers, who sailed the Jack Frost. One of the largest and fastest boats of its day, the 1892 Jack Frost is still on the ice today. It was restored in the ‘70s in the Orange Lake basement of the late Bob Lawrence, one of the founding members of the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club. There are more than 50 old sternsteerers tucked away in barns, garages and basements around the mid-Hudson Valley, Reid says. Some have been in the same family for more than a century, while others have been recently rediscovered. Weather permitting, Reid will bring one of his iceboats to Olana on Saturday and set it up in the parking lot for closer inspection. – Sharyn Flanagan “Iceboating on the Hudson River: Then & Now,” Saturday, February 6 (snow date Sunday, February 7), 3-5 p.m., $10/$5, Olana State Historic Site, 5720 Route 9G, Hudson; (518) 828-1872, extension 105, www.olana.org/education, www. hudsonrivericeyachting.blogspot.com.

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8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-6795906, x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz. 9:30AM-10:30AM Stretch and Flex with Diane Collelo, open to all Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Road, Woodstock. 10AM-4PM Manuscript Exhibition: The Atom Bomb. Exhibits through 4/31. Info: www. Karpeles.com or 845-569-4997. Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 94 Broadway, Newburgh, free. 10:30 AM-2 PM Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads - Informal weekly social gathering for rug hookers, knitters, crocheters, and all other yarn crafters. Info: 845-757-3771 or www.tivolilibrary.org. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. 11AM-12PM Feldenkrais Ongoing Community Class. Meets on Thursdays, 11am - 12pm. Method of international reputation helping Healing, Longevity and Improved Balance and Movement Coordination.Call to register and for short telephone interview. 845-679-6299. Leave message when to return your call and your telephone number. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. 11AM-12:30PM Homeschool Group Program for homeschooled kids, ages 5 and up. Various topics in history will be covered. All are welcome! Meets on the 3rd floor. Info: 845-757-3771 or www.tivolilibrary.org. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. 1PM-4PM Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Most players are elementary and intermediate players. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Rescue Squad Bldg, Rt 212, Woodstock. 4:30PM-5:30PM Meditation Support Group meets every Thurs. Walk-ins welcome. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free. 4:30PM Teen Night. 1st & 3rd Fri of each month. Young Adult Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 5PM-9PM Modfest Late Night at the Lehman Loeb, with Gallery Conversation & Late Night

Anniversary Celebration. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 5PM-8PM Sketch Class. A traditional sketch class (drawing the figure) format of numerous poses which will lengthen in duration as determined by the monitor. $50/4 consecutive classes. January 21-December 15, Thursdays. Info: www.woodstockshcoolofart.org. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, $20 /session, $50 /4 classes.

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Health Community in cooperation with Marbletown Community Center. Info: www.rvhhc.org. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St, Stone Ridge. 7PM First Thursday Singer Songwriter Series hosted by Maureen and Don Black. This month they welcome Kimberly and Bruce Hillenbrand, Steve and Terry Massardo, and Terry Seely to the Cafe stage. Info: 845-687-2699 or emailing highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls CafĂŠ, $12. 7PM-9PM Thursday Japanese Free Movie Night. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles. com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz. 7PM Fireside “Chatâ€? at St. James’ Chapel . “Remembering Hyde Park, “ lecture presented by the John W. Golden, Jr, lifelong Hyde Park resident. Reception will follow. Info: 845-229-2820. St. James’ Chapel, 10 East Market St, Hyde Park. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Sultans of String (Folk Jazz). Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM Reader’s Choice Book Club. 1st Thurs only. Adult Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 7PM Book Reading: “Abstract Expressionism For Beginnersâ€? Richard Klin will explore his book on abstract expressionism. Info: www. jewishcongregationofnewpaltz.org Jewish Congregation of New Paltz, Community Center, 32 N. Chestnut St, New Paltz. 7:15PM-8PM Silent Spiritual Practice. For people who would like to do spiritual practice together to increase the potency of the practice. For those who would like to learn Remembrance, please come to a teaching at 6:30 (see separate listing); there will be no teaching during the practice. All are welcome to either/both but RSVP please, www.Meetup.flowingspirit.com or 845-679.--8989. Flowing Spirit Healing, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free/donations welcome. 8PM Cricket Tell the Weather in Concert.

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Monica Rizzio opens. Info: www.darylshouseclub. com. Daryl’s House Club, 130 NY-22, Pawling, $10, $15 /reserved. 8PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch, & Eric Weissberg. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony CafĂŠ @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 9PM Sunburst Brothers & Their Catskill Cousins. Playing Hillbilly Soul, Rhythm & Western, Country Pop and Traditional British Invasion Folk Music. No cover. Catskill Mountain Pizza, 51 Mill Hill Rd,Woodstock, 845-679-7969 or www.catskillmountainpizza.com.

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2nd Annual Hudson Valley Value-Added Grain School and Trade Show. This year’s theme is “Making Grains Work on Modest Acreagesâ€? featuring expert talks on grain production, smallscale grain storage. Registration deadline is 2/ 1. Info: visithttp://tinyurl.com/2016-Grain-School Anthony’s Banquet Hal, 746 Route 23B, Leeds. 8AM-9AM  Medical Qi Gong Class. Offered on Fridays at 8-9am. One Epic Center 122 Main St., New Paltz $10 - preregistered, $15 - at the door www.bluelotusqigong.com, 914-850-1202. 9:45AM-10:45AM Senior Chi Kung with Corinne Mol. Meditative, healing exercise consisting of 13 movements. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10AM-11:30AM Minnewaska Preserve: Fun Fridays. Hikes may be up to a mile and a half of long and will take place with or without snow. Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Peter’s Kill Area, Gardiner. 10:30AM Little Brainstormers. Children’s Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 11:30AM-4:30PM Private Angelic Channeling and Past Life Regression with therapist and angelic medium Margaret Doner. First Fri of every month. Receive in-depth information on our unique soul’s purpose, karmic history and assistance in accessing your higher self.Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill

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Rd, Woodstock, $125 /90 minutes. 12:05PM-1:15PM Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. A floor work course promoting improvement of balance, coordination, focus, awareness breathing, strength and flexibility. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 12:30PM-6PM Tarot Readings with Psychic Medium Lynn Walcutt. $30 for 25 minute reading; $40 for 45 minute session. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 4PM-5:30PM Math Circle - Families with children of all ages are invited to join us one Friday a month for fun math games, math-related crafts. Children under 9 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Info: 845-757-3771 or www.tivolilibrary.org. Tivoli Free Library, 86 4PM Modfest: Nathan Schram: Music in the Prisons. A presentation by violist Nathan Schram about MUSICAMBIA, a New York-based initiative working toward establishing a network of music programs within prisons. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Sanders Classroom Building, Spitzer Auditorium (room 212), Poughkeepsie.

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Kings County Band (Roots Rock & Jazz) Opener: Silver City Bound. Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM-10PM Blues Happy Hour - Dylan Doyle Band. Dylan Doyle on guitar/vocals, Chuck Torres on bass, “Papa” John Mole on drums. No cover, 21+. Info: 845-853-8049. Uncle Willy’s, 31 North Front St, Kingston. 7PM Book Reading: Jason Elias, author of Kissing Joy As It Flies: A Journey in Search of Healing & Wholeness. Info: 845-246-5775 . Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, free. 7PM Benefit Concert for the Dooley Family. Local Band “Paynes Grey Sky” joined by Christ’s Lutheran Church artist-in residence, cellist Gabriel Dresdale. Benefits the Dooley family to help them pay for medical and travel expenses for their 14-year old daughterAna, who is battling a rare cancer. Info: 845-679-2336. Christ’s Lutheran Church, 26 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 7PM-9PM 1st Fridays: Star Nation Sacred Circle. Meets every 1st Friday, 7-9pm.Info: www. SymbolicStudies.org. A positive, not for skeptics, discussion group for experiencers of the paranor-

mal. Open to all dreamers, contactees, abductees, ET Ambassadors. Bring adrink, snack to share & lawn chair to sit under the stars afterwards for a UFO watch. Center for Symbolic Studies, 475 River Rd. Ext, Tillson.

countyplayers.org or 845-298-1491. County Players Falls Theatre, 2681 W. Main St, Wappingers Falls, $17, $14 /senior/under 12. 9PM-11PM Soul Brass Band. Info: 845-679-4406. Bearsville Theater, Tinker St, Woodstock.

7PM Friday Night Jazz! New York City saxophonist Al Guart leads ensembles comprised of the best Hudson Valley Jazz musicians. A rotating roster of performers includes pianists John Esposito & Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh & Peter Einhorn, bassists LewScott & Rich Syracuse. Other musicians regularly sit in with the band. Info: 518- 678-3101. Kindred Spirits, 334 Rt 32A, Palenville.

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John Burroughs Natural History Society Field Trip: Golden Eagle Survey, Delaware County. Contact Tom Salo (salothomas@gmail.com) if you are interested in this important citizen science project. Info: www.jbnhs.org Delaware County.

7PM Relay for Life Benefit Dinner for The American Cancer Society Info: 845-687-2699 or highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

2016 Winter Folk Weekend. 2/5, 2/6, 2/7. A weekend filled with informal music. Info and reservations: twww.folkmusicny.org/weekends. html or 718-672-6399. Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, 400 Granite Rd, Kerhonkson.

8PM Salted Bros. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 8PM Community Playback Theatre Improvisations of audience stories. Boughton Place, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland, $10 sugg. donation. For information: 845-883-0392.

New Paltz Challenge XC Ski Race 2016. A 10K and 5K XC Ski Race plus a special 2K for all ages. The race will have two divisions - a classic ski and a skate ski. Info: www.newpaltzchamber.org/events/New-Paltz-Challenge-XC-Ski-

8PM August: Osage County. Written by Tracy Letts. Directed by Christine Crawfis. Info: www.

4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 845-246-4317, x 3. 4PM Soul Brass Band is shooting a video. Get down to the sounds of Soul Brass Band, then you will all “Second Line” down to Catskill Mountain Pizza, and start Woodstock’s Mardi Gras Weekend off right!! Woodstock Village Green, Woodstock.

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4:30PM-5:30PM Lego Club . All ages, with parents. Meets every Friday, 4:30-5:30pm.. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811. Free. 5:30PM-6:30PM Board Games for Kids. For kids ages 8 and up. No registration required - Just show up & bring a friend! Info: 845-757-3771 or www.tivolilibrary.org. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. 5:30PM-7:30PM Magical Card Gaming NightOn the first Friday of every month, this is our most popular ongoing program (really!) Join us for Magic, Yugioh, and Pokemon card tournament. Ten and under must be accompanied by an adult. Contact Heather at hrobertspt@gmail.com for more information. Free. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, 845-688-7811. 6PM-9PM Modfest: Cabaret Night. Members of the Vassar College Choir, Women’s Chorus, and Madrigal Singers hold a Cabaret Fundraiser to benefit their upcoming March 2016 tour to Cuba. Silent auction, food, and musical theater, jazz, and piano music. Info:845-437-5370. Vassar College, Main Building, Rose Parlor and Villard Room, Poughkeepsie. 7PM-9PM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Owl Prowls! Learn about the species of owls that are native to our region and their incredible adaptations. Pre-paid registration required. No walk-ins will be admitted. Info:www.hhnm.org or call 845-534-5506, ext. 204. HudsonHighlands Nature Museum, Wildlife Education Center, 25 Boulevard, Cornwall, $10. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Jay Collins & The

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yarn, craft supplies, handicraft kits, and sewing, knitting, and crochet notions. There is also a large quantity of basket making supplies, a kit to make a fifty state quilt, brand new white tee shirts for crafting, a plush hand-hooked rug, and several working sewing machines. Free patterns and information on websites with ideas for crafters will be available at the sale.Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer's Tnpk, Gardiner. Info: 845- 255-1255 or www.gardinerlibrary.org.

Take Your Child to the Library Day @ Grinnell Library. All children will receive a bookmark, a pencil and a coloring sheet. Also, any child who is age 7 & up, that signs up for a library card or has their library card with them, will receive a neat holder for their card. Info:845-297-3428. Grinnell Library, 2642 East Main St, Wappingers Falls.

10AM-2PM Kingston Farmers’ Winter Market. Offering fruits and vegetables, organic and natural meats, a wide assortment of cheeses, wine, breads and other baked goods & honey. Info: www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org. Old Dutch Church, Kingston.

9AM Waterman Bird Club Field Trip: Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center. Manor House parking lot, 79 Farmstead Ln (off 9D), Wappingers Falls . Info: 845-297-6701 or www.watermanbirdclub.org. 9AM Saugerties’ Christian Meditation. Meets every Saturday, 9-10:30am. All welcome. No charge. 845-246-3285. Trinity Episcopal Church, Rte 9W, Saugerties.

10 AM QSY Society Amateur Radio Club’s Meeting. This month’s topic: video presentation of the K1N Navassa Island DXpedition 2015. Info: 914-582-3744 or www.qsysociety.org. East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction.

9AM-4PM Viewing Station for Eaglefest at Boscebel. There will be eagle spotters from Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary with scopes to assist you, and a small fire for hand-warming. Info: www.Boscobel.org. Boscebel, Route 9D, Garrison, free.

10AM-9PM Candlewax Recycling Drop-off. Open every Saturday, 10am-9pm. Candlewax in any condition to be recycled. Pachamama Store (near food court), Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston.

9AM-11AM Northern Dutchess Hospital’s pavilion grand opening. Teddy Bear Clinic from 9 to 11 a.m. Have fun while you learn about what procedures you may encounter at a hospital. Space is limited to 50 children ages 3 to 8. Registration is required by Jan. 29. Info:www.healthquest.org/ teddy. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Martin and Toni Sosnoff Pavilion, Rhinebeck.

10AM-12PM Knitting Group. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 845-687-7023. 10 AM-4 PM Art Exhibit: Wind and Water Watercolor. Works by Claudia Engel. Exhibitd through 2/27. Info: 845-338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, Duck Pond Gallery, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

9:30AM-11AM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Saturday, 9-10:30am. Everyone welcome. Info: 845-679-8800. St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (the A-Frame), 2578 Rte 212, Woodstock.

10AM Eagle Fest & Eagle Train. Join the MH Sierra Club and come aboard the “Eagle Train� from Poughkeepsie to Teatown’s Hudson River “Eaglefest.� Richard Guthrie, long time birder and Eagle expert will give a talk about “Eagles on the Hudson.� This year’s Eaglefest will be a day of viewing Bald Eagles in their natural habitat as well as up close and personal in heated tents for viewing.There will be a free shuttle to and from

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11AM-12:30PM LEGO Club. Ages 4-14. Children are challenged to create LEGO crafts. Registration Required. Info: 845-679-6405 or www. whplib.org. West Hurley Library, 42 Clover St, West Hurley. 11 AM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Drop-In Snowshoe Lessons at Sam’s Point Area, designed for people who are beginners, interested in trying snowshoeing. No Reservations Required. Snowshoes are available for this program at a discounted rate of $5 per person. Info: at at845-647-7989. Sam’s Point Area, Visitor Center, Cragsmoor, $10 /car. 11AM Take Your Child To The Library Day. A special story time, craft, and scavenger hunt at 11am. Registration is appreciated, and can be done by calling the library or emailing Charlotte at clinton.programming@gmail.com. Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Rd, Rhinebeck.

12PM-3PM Northern Dutchess Hospital’s pavilion grand opening. Healthy You Expo. Fill the afternoon with art, mediation, exercise, music and healthy food . Info: www.healthquest.org/ healthexpo. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Martin and Toni Sosnoff Pavilion, Rhinebeck. 12:30PM-6PM Tarot Readings with Stephanie. Every Sat. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30 /25 minutes, $40 /45 minutes. 1PM Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company in HD:The Winter’s Tale. Play by William Shakespeare. (An encore broadcast from the Garrick Theatre in London in HD). Info: 8/45-473-2072. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, $20. 1PM-2PM Intro to eMagazines. Learn how to

11AM Super Circus Stuff with Lisa Lou. A one-person show includes juggling, balancing, plate-spinning, magic and more, along with lots of audience participation.$7/children, $9 / adults and seniors.Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck,661 Rt 308, Rhinebeck. 845-876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts.org.

read magazines on your tablet or device. Registration Required. . Info: 845-679-6405 or www. whplib.org. West Hurley Library, 42 Clover St, West Hurley. 1PM-3PM An Afternoon of Stories & Songs Come In From The Cold. Featuring The Ivy Vine Players, Betty Boomer, Jill Olesker & Bindlestick Bill. Poughkeepsie Day School, James Earl Jones Theater, Poughkeepsie. $12/adults, free/children. Tickets: poughkeepsieday.org. 1PM-3PM Take Your Child to the Library Day. Recommended for children 3-7 years old. Kids are welcome to come in costume. The Library will be showing a popular ICY cold winter film to celebrate Info: 845-236-7272. Marlboro Library, Marlboro.

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2PM Free Meditation Instruction. On-going every Saturday, 2pm in the Amitabha Shrine Room. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-679-5906, 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 2PM Four Chaplains Day Observance Program. Presentation & Film will commemorate the sacrifice of the Four Chaplains who gave their lives on 2/3/1945. Each chaplain gave his life vest to another that he might have a chance to live. Res reqr’d. Info:www.thepurpleheart.com. The Hall of Honor, 374 Temple Hill Rd, New Windsor, free. 2PM Modfest Concert: ChoralFest. Cappella Festiva Treble Choir performs in a joint concert with the Vassar College Women’s Chorus in a celebration of music for treble voices. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie. 2PM Woodstock Film Festival presents Jack of the Red Hearts. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Janet Grillo. Info: www. woodstockfilmfestival.com/events/jack.php. Upstate Films, Tinnker St, Woodstock. 2PM Local History Lecture: Historic Architecture of Olive & Vicinity with Bill Rhoads. Info: 845-657-2482 or www.olivefreelibrary. org. The Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan, free. 2PM Friends of Historic Saugerties: Informal Talk: “Becoming History: Saugerties as a Casebook Example in Hudson Valley History” By Vernon Benjamin. Info: www.saugertiespubliclibrary.org or 845-246-4317. Saugerties Public Library, Community Room, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 3 PM-6 PM Opening Reception: : A Way of Seeing.Works by Hannah Mandel. Exhibits through 2/28. Info: 518-822-0510. 510 Warren Street Gallery, 510 Warren St, Hudson. 3PM Hudson Valley Psychic Saturday Meetup. Info: 845-246-5775. Inquiring Mind Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties. 3PM-5PM Armchair Travel Series: Iceboating on the Hudson River Then and Now. Brian Reid from Hudson River Ice Yacht Club will present historical photos of ice boats, and set up his ice boat for viewing in the parking lot. Info: www. olana.org or 518-828-1872 ext. 105 Olana, Wagon House Education Center, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, $10. 3PM Winter 2016 Documentary Film Series: Immigration, Migration and the American Dream. Free screenings of the Pare Lorentz’s “The Plow That Broke The Plains” (1936), “Farmingville” (2004), “The Immigrant” (1917), and “The Overnighters” (2014). Info:845-486-7745.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Henry A. Wallace Center, 4079 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park. 3:30PM John Burroughs Natural History Society Field Trip: Owl Prowl at Galesville. Walk or snowshoe (depending on snow depth). Trip leader Mark DeDea (forsythnature@aol.com or 845-339-1277). Info: www.jbnhs.org Shawangunk Grassland NWR, parking lot east of the main entrance, 4PM Book Reading: Suzan Saxman, author of "The Reluctant Psychic." The Golden Notebook 29 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-6798000www.goldennotebook.com. 4PM Book Reading& Discussion: Todd Brewster, author of Lincoln’s Gamble. Info: www. hudsonoperahouse.org. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St, Hudson, free. 4PM-5PM Truffle Making 101. Hands-On. Learn to make chocolate truffles. Registration Required. Info: 845-679-6405 or www.whplib.org. West Hurley Library, 42 Clover St, West Hurley. 4PM-6PM Opening Reception for Directors Choice: The Responsive Eye. Also on view: Recent Work by WAAM Artists, Gregory Slick Solo Show, James Martin Active Member Wall, Small Works Show, and in the Youth Exhibition Space: Saugerties High School Student Art. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St, Woodstock. Free.845- 679-2940. 5PM-7PM Public Art Reception. The opening of its four spring exhibitions: Andrew Lyght: Full Circle; The Floating World: Holograms by Rudie Berkhout; Made for You: New Directions in Contemporary Design and On the Street and in the Studio: Photographs Donatedby Howard Greenberg. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/museum SUNY New Paltz, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz. 5PM-7PM Oriole9 Restaurant presents its 97th Monthly Art Show Opening Reception. On view will be the fantasy paintings of Hatti Iles (back for a second consecutive show by popular demand) and the true-to-life house exteriors by Chuck Howland. The restaurant is located at 17 Tinker St, Woodstock. All shows are curated by Lenny Kislin. Info: 845-679-8117. 6PM Opening Reception: “Trialogue I: Jackson Dembar, Ruth Edwy & Suzanne Rees.” Show will exhibit thru 2/28.Cross Contemporary Art, 81 Partition St, Saugerties. 6PM-8PM Opening Reception: Guest Artist Bruce Murphy. Live music. Exhibits thru3/31. Info: 845-516-4435 Betsy Jacaruso Studio, Rhinebeck Courtyard, 43 East Market, Suite 2, Rhinebeck. 6PM-8PM Opening Reception featuring a solo

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exhibition of paintings by Joel Longenecker. The work will be on display thry 2/ 28. Gallery hours are Thursday through Monday, 11:00 till 5:00 p.m. For further information about the gallery, the artists and upcoming exhibition.Info: www. johndavisgallery.com or 518-828-5907. John Davis Gallery, 362½ Warren St,Hudson. 6PM Beefsteak @ The CIA Beefsteak welcomes food lovers to celebrate the pleasure and camaraderie of the communal table with a hearty meal, beers from the CIA’s own campus brewery, and musical entertainment. Prepaid, all-inclusive. Info: 646-454-9711. Culinary Institute ofAmerica, Farquharson Hall, Hyde Park, $150. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Professor Louie & The Crowmatix (Roots Rock). Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM David Temple. Music of the Americas. The concert will focus on classical guitar music from South, Central and North America. Includes light refreshments. Info: 845-594-4428. Cornell St Studios, 168 Cornell St, 2nd fl, Kingston, $25. 7PM Mardi Gras Celebration Dance Party. Doors at 7pm. Jambalaya and Gumbo Served From 7pm-9pm. Info: 845-679-4406. Bearsville Theater, Tinker St, Woodstock, $15. 7PM Saturday Night Jazz! New York City saxophonist Al Guart leads ensembles comprised of the best Hudson Valley Jazz musicians. A rotating roster of performers includes pianists John Esposito & Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh & Peter Einhorn, bassists Lew Scott & Rich Syracuse. Other musicians regularly sit in with the band. Info: 518- 678-3101. Kindred Spirits, 334 Rt 32A, Palenville. 7PM Saturday Night Live Music & Noodles. 2nd set at 8:30pm.No cover, $5 donations to musicians recommended. Info: 845-255-8811 or www. GKnoodles.com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz. 7:30PM-10:30PM Kingston: Swing Dance . $10 admission includes basic lesson at 7:30 with instructors Linda and Chester Freeman, Kingston. No partner or dance experience necessary to attend. For more information and to register visit www.got2lindy.com or 845-236-3939. MACFitness, 743 East Chester (route 9W), Kingston. 7:30 PM -10:30 PM Hudson Valley English Country Dance. Workshop at 7pm. Caller: Dorothy Cummings. Band: Tiddely Pom: Sue Polansky, clarinet, Katie Jeannotte, piano, Stewart Dean, concertina. Potluck refreshments will be served at the break. Info: www.hudsonvalleydance.org or845-679-8587. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Salem Rd, Port Ewen, $10, $5 / full time student. 7:30PM-10:30PM Swing Dance. Admission includes basic lesson at 7:30pm with instructors Linda and Chester Freeman. No partner or dance experience necessary to attend. For more info visit www.got2lindy.com or call 845-236-3939. MAC Fitness, 743 East Chester, Kingston, $10. 7:30PM Kingston Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild 2015-2016 coffeehouse series. Featured performers, Mamalama Band. Anopen mic format (sign-up 7pm) starts the coffeehouse. Info: 845-229-0170 or hvfolks@aol.com. Unitarian Fellowship, 320 Sawkill Ave, Kingston.

8PM August: Osage County. Written by Tracy Letts. Directed by Christine Crawfis. Info: www. countyplayers.org or 845-298-1491. County Players Falls Theatre, 2681 W. Main St, Wappingers Falls, $17, $14 /senior/under 12. 8PM Darlene Love. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer sings up a storm. Info: 845-610-5900, or www. sugarloafpac.org/events/darlene-love Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf. 8PM Modfest Concert by the Vassar Ensembles. The Vassar College Orchestra performs music by Norman Dello Joio, Charles Ives, and Prokofiev. The Mahagonny Ensembles perform a premiŠre by alumnus. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie. 8PM Black Mountain Symphony. Info: 845-6793484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 9PM The Trapps for The American Cancer Society. Info: 845-687-2699 or emailing highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Café, High Falls.

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New Paltz Historical Society Announces Change of Date for February Meeting. Important Announcement: There has been a change in the day for the February meeting. Next meeting will be held on 2/3, 7 pm. Future meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of each month. New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veterans Dr, New Paltz.

Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Talk About Dying: Who Will Speak for Me and What Should They Say? Free workshop takes place February 13,,2-5pm. Beyond Healthcare Proxies. Talk About Dying is a series of free community workshops that create a supported forum for discussion of issues related to living and dying in a meaningful context, with an emphasis on the practical, emotional and spiritualimplications. On February 13, the discussion will focuson how tochoose the right person — someone who both understands your wishes and is willing and able to speak for you in challenging situations. Talk About Dying was created by Dr. Carol Robin and Jill Dorsi. Dr. Robin is a holistic Chiropractor, Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Energy Healing and Guided Imagery practitioner who has over 30 years experience in holistic health and teaching guided imagery and consciousness work. Jill Dorsi is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years experience as a practitioner and teacher in recovery, rehabilitation, andself-determination in health decisions, employment, and other adult life roles. Pre-registration requested at talkaboutdying.com. Info: www.talkaboutdying.com/.The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills,320 Sawkill Road, Kingston. Register Now! Classic Blues Workshops, Swing Dance Lessons & Dances sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances. This is an allvolunteer not-for-profit organization committed to sharing the joy of dancing, preserving traditional music and dance and building community through dance. Dance workshops take place in Dutchess and Ulster counties. These events are open to the public, an admission fee that is large enough to cover costs. We run about 70 dances a year.Dances are open and friendly, especially to new dancers. Info: www.hudsonvalleydance.org or 845454-2571. Twilight Yoga: A Sanctuary for Yin & Restorative with Lynda Elaine Carré, E-RYT IAYT. Every Friday at Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountainview Avenue, Woodstock. Donation $10. Your weekly Rx to Relax Deeply, Recharge, and Revitalize. twilightyogawoodstock@gmail.com or 845- 684

-5941. Starts 2/13 Jurying Begins for The WoodstockNew Paltz 35th Art & Crafts Fairs. Scheduled for Memorial (5/28-5/30) & Labor Day (9/3-9/5)Weekends. Jurying begins 1/28.Details at www. quailhollow.com or contact Scott Rubinstein at 845 -246 -3414. The Chamber Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Ten Local Scholarships for 2016. All applications must be submitted online via the scholarship portal hosted by The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley. Applicants should create a login ID and password and will then be able to access his or her application at any time. Applications will be accepted through 4/1. Coach House Players Audition Notice for Neil Simon’s comedy, “California Suite.” Needed for the roles are 5 men and 5 women; age range 40’s to 50’s. There is also a non-speaking role for a woman in her 20’s. Performance dates are April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 & 17 at the Coach House Players Theater, 12 Augusta St., Kingston. Auditions will be held on 1/ 28 ,7 -10pm; 1/ 30, 1-4pm; & 1/31,7 -10pm, held at Hudson Valley Sr. Residence, 80 Washington Ave., Kingston. Info: 845-331-7242 or jtdwyer@earthlink. net. Performing Arts of Woodstock Audition Notice(1/30,1pm)! Seeking one vigorous, athletic, experienced male actor for June-July production of Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson, directed by Sande Shurin, well-known director and acting coach with studios in NYC and Woodstock . Performing Arts of Woodstock 129 Tinker St, Woodstock. 845- 679-7900 for appointment. Notice: Co-ed Pickup-Futbol ! If there's no snow on the ground in town, every Sunday at noon. Soccer Fields at he Comeau Town Park, 98 ComeauDrive, Woodstock. Info: studiomyea@ gmail.com. Sign-up Now! February Swing Dance Classes, Workshops and Dances with Got2Lindy Dance Studios. For more info and to register visit www.got2lindy.com or call 845-236-3939.

family, friends and pets and add positive energy to the universe. The certification you receive is well respectedamong the Reiki community. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $70. 12PM Co-ed Pickup-Futbol ! If there’s no snow on the ground in town, every Sunday at noon. Info: studiomyea@gmail.com. Athletic Fields at Comeau Town Park, 98 Comeau Dr, Woodstock. 12:30PM Thomas Cole National Historic Site Open House. Participants in the Open House will receive refreshments and complimentary admission to the 2pm Sunday Salon event on the same day. Res reqr’d. Info: 518-943-7465 ext. 5, or mgavilanes@thomascole.org. Thomas Cole NationalHistoric Site, 218 Spring St, Catskill, free. 12:30PM-6PM Tarot Readings with Sarvananda. Every Sunday. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /30 minute session. 1PM-2PM Silent Peace Vigil by Woodstock Women in Black. Info: 845-679-7148 or rizka@ hvc.rr.com. Village Green, Tinker St, Woodstock. 1PM-4PM Sketch Class. A traditional sketch class (drawing the figure) format of numerous poses which will lengthen in duration as determined by the monitor. $50/4 consecutive classes. Sundays, January 17 - December 4. Info: www.woodstockshcoolofart.org. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, $20 /session, $50 /4 classes. 1PM Esopus Stitchers. Adult Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 1PM-3PM Pallet Puppet Theatre offers Spanish Puppet Lesson. Ongoing on Sundays, 1-3pm. Materials for kids provided. The Green Palette, 215 Main Street inside of the Medusa Antique Center Building, New Paltz. 2PM 2016 Sunday Salon: Robert D. Loversidge, Jr, FAIA. Is the Ohio Statehouse Thomas Cole’s largest artwork? Info: 518-943-7465 ext. 5, or mgavilanes@thomascole.org. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring St, Catskill, $9. 2PM Annual DCIC Interfaith Peace Concert: An Afternoon of Stories. Featuring Storytellers: Kusum Gupta, Lorraine Hartin-Gelardi, Adah

Register Now: 2nd Annual Walkway Marathon Race. Scheduled for 6/ 11 & 6/12, Races Feature Dutchess, Hudson Valley Rail Trails. Runners registering for any of the Walkway Marathon races can do so at WalkwayMarathon.org. Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie.

Dutchess County “Senior Citizens of the Year” search has officially begun. Categories of Senior Male, Senior Female or the Senior Citizen Couple of the Year. Info and application: 845-486-2555. An Introduction to Microsoft Word. On three Saturdays: February 6, 13 and 20 from 9:30 to 11AM in the main library. Class size is limited to 10 students. Pre-registration is required by February 1st. Info: 845-255-1255. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Stationary Clinic for Dogs. Every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Males, $120 and up; females, $150 and up; includes spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, and cone collar. All surgeries performed by appointment only; Also, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Stationary Clinic for Cats. $70 per cat includes spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, ear cleaning, nail trim. All surgeries performed by appointment only. Info: 845-343-1000. taraspayneuter.org. The Animal Rights Alliance (T.A.R.A.), 60 Enterprise Place, Middletown.

2PM 2016 Sunday Salon: Robert D. Loversidge, Jr, FAIA presents Thomas Cole and the Ohio Statehouse. Is the Ohio Statehouse Thomas Cole’s largest artwork? Info: 518-943-7465 ext. 5, or mgavilanes@thomascole.org. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring St, Catskill, $9. 2PM-4PM Opening Reception: Edward Bear Miller. Info: 845-658-8108. Rosendale Café, Main St, Rosendale. 3PM Modfest. Concert: Attacca Quartet. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie. 3PM-7PM Woodstock Live Afternoon Blues & Folk Rock & Funk Show! Featuring Billy Mitchel, George Henry, Ray Pollard, Journey Blue Heaven & friends. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 3PM The General. One of Buster Keaton’s most beloved silent films. The General will be accompanied by the piano virtuosity of Marta Waterman. Info: www.rosendaletheatre.org or 845-6588989. Rosendale Theatre, Main St, Rosendale. 3:30PM Special Screenings - Jack Nicholson Month: Five Easy Pieces. Free admission. Starr Library, Rhinebeck. 4PM-6PM Woodstock Community Drum Circle. Hosted by Birds of a Feather and Timekeeper Drums invite all to drum and dance. Free, donations appreciated. On-going on Sundays, 4-6pm. Meets in the end room in the back of the building. Village Green, Woodstock. 7PM Super Bowl Buffet. Info: 845-687-2699 or

February Swing Dance Classes, Workshops and Dances with Got2Lindy Dance Studios. See individual listings. For more info and to register visit www.got2lindy.com or call 845-236-3939. Free AARP Tax Prep at Libraries Begins in February. The Library District partners with AARP to provide free Tax Preparation assistance at two locations in Poughkeepsie. The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program provides free, reliable tax preparation service for low to middle income families, individuals and seniors. There is no age limit and you do not have to be a member of AARP. Tax Preparation assistance is available by appointment only. Call 211 or 800- 899-1479 to schedule an appointment .At Boardman: Tuesdays, 9 am-4:30 pm, February 2-April 12, except March 22, 9 am – 4:30 pmAt Adriance: Fridays, 9 am-4:30 pm, February 5-April 15, except March 4, 9 am – 4:30 pmThe Boardman Road Branch Library is located at 141 Boardman Road in Poughkeepsie.

Catskill Park Funding Meeting in Albany (2/9). Join the delegation from Catskill Mountainkeeper to help make the case to the Governor, legislators and the Department of Environmental Conservation to win urgently needed funding for the Catskill Park. For details & Info: www.catskillmountainkeeper.org. Submit Now! Greene County Council on the Arts Exhibitions for 2016! Eligibility: Open to all artists 18 years and older. Submission Guidelines: all entries should be emailed to the new Visual Arts Director, Niva Dorell, at niva.gcca@gmail.com with the show that you are submitting for in the subject line, or sent via snail mail to Greene County Council on

Apply Now ! 2016 Catskill Center’s Senior Scholarship Program. Applications are due by 3/11. Award recipients will be announced the beginning

2PM Book Signing: Alexander Chee, author of “The Queen of the Night.” Info: 845-679-8000. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock.

Audition Notice: Skirt Job. A new one-act play to be directed by Trish Hawkins and performed at Rhinebeck Theater Center. Casting in Kingston on 2/7, 2-5pm and 2/8, 5-8pm for male and female roles, ages 30 to 60. No pay. Info: 845-532-0011 or trishhawk3@ gmail.com Kingston.

Greene County Council on the Arts announces their Exhibitions for 2016 - Words & Images. This show is an exploration of the integration of words and images to tell stories, including graphic novels, illustrations, comic books, and animation. Open to all mediums, including video.Submission deadline: 2/27;Show dates: 4/23 - 6/4; & Reception - 4/23. Info: www. greenearts.org/.

Platte Clove Artist in Residence Program Accepting Applications. A retreat for artists, working in a variety of disciplines, located in the living landscape where American art began. The residency is open to visual artists and performing artists who have an affinityfor the natural world. The residencies run from July through September. Applications are due by 4/8. Contact: Katie Palm: 845-5862611or kpalm@catskillcenter.org. The Catskill Center, Rt 28, www.catskillcenter.org, Arkville.

2PM-5PM Audition: “Skirt Job. “ A new one-act play to be directed by Trish Hawkins and performed at Rhinebeck Theater Center. Casting in Kingston on 2/7, 2-5pm and 2/8, 5-8pm for male and female roles, ages 30 to 60. No pay. Info: 845-532-0011 or trishhawk3@gmail.com .

Let’s Build a Modern Park - Catskill Park Awareness Day (2/9).The Catskill region deserves a modern park. Recently the Catskill Park Coalition, made up of dozens of organizations representing the Catskill region, has met with our state’s legislators to request equitable support for the Catskill Park and Forest preserve, as well as the larger Catskill region. Providing a vastly improved recreational experience for residents and visitors alike will improve the health of our public lands, our people and our economy. Join in Albany for Catskill Park Awareness Day as we ask for continued support for our beloved Catskill region! For detailed information and to RSVP please visit catskillcenter.org/awareness-day. Info: 845-586-2611.

Heroes Wanted! Alzheimer’s Association Subzero Heroes. Join over 100 Heroes throughout the Hudson Valley in the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Subzero Heroes Ice Jump.2/13. Info: 845-695-2247. Berean Lake, Highland.

Notice: The Office for the Aging is pleased to announce the Rhinebeck Senior Friendship Center has moved to a new location at the Memorial Lutheran Church located at 1232 Route 308, Rhinebeck. The Friendship Center is open every Monday – Thursday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Transportation to the center and weekly grocery shopping may be available for those without a car. All of our eight Senior Friendship Centers serve a nutritious midday meal and offer plenty of opportunities for socialization and events. For more information about the Rhinebeck Friendship Center, call (845) 758-0571 or -845-486-2555.

Hetko, Muriel Horowitz, Jonathan Heiles, Rabbi Paul Golomb & Karen Pillsworth. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 67 South Randolph Ave, Poughkeepsie.

the Arts, P.O. Box 463, Catskill, NY 12414, Attention: Visual Arts Director. Submission Deadlines: Words & Images 2/27; Faces 4/16;Wearable Arts 6/4; It's All Political 7/16. Info & Questions: 518-943-3400 or www. greenearts.org/ or email Niva Dorell at niva.gcca@gmail.com.

emailing highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Sari Schorr Featuring Chris Bergson (Blues Rock). Info: 845-2367970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 8PM Marji Zintz. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-6795906, x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 9AM-9:50AM Senior Fit Dance for Seniors with Adah Frank. Dance and movement for strength and flexibility. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Bring a mat. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 9:30AM Settled and Serving in Place (Kingston Chapter). A social self-help group for seniors who want to remain in their homes and community. Info: ssipkingston.org or 845-399-2805. Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston. 10AM-2PM Quickbooks Course for Farmers. Capturing Money Using Quickbooks: a Basic

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The greatest easy spectacles …like this weekend’s unique triangle

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hen you go online, you probably first get to a welcome screen. It delivers the day’s news and sometimes includes a high-profile upcoming astronomy event. Since 2010, such sky headlines have revolved around specific celestial events that have recently caught the mass media’s fancy. Trouble is, they’re often trivial or even unobservable. They create disappointment. For example, every year brings eight minor meteor showers, and half unfold during bright Moon conditions. No observer will see much, if anything. Yet the Web often says, “Don’t miss the Lyrid meteors tonight!” Anyone acting on that might see two shooting stars in an hour – except very few would keep watching that long. Result: a zero. So I always ask myself whether ordinary people will be wowed by a particular celestial occurrence. Can they find it if they don’t know the constellations? Does it have a high potential to be disappointing? Take the planet lineup, which made the front page of The New York Times a few weeks ago. As I mentioned in the previous column, the leftmost planet, Mercury, was impossible to see until just this past week. It was far too dim and low in brightening twilight; anyone who tried would have been disappointed. But everything’s different this coming Saturday morning, February 6. If you have an unobstructed eastern horizon – and I mean flat all the way down – you’ll be very happy if you look there at 6:30 a.m. You’ll see a tight, dramatic triangle consisting of the thin crescent Moon, the brilliant planet Venus and the much-dimmer orange planet Mercury: really worthwhile, and easy to find if it’s clear and if your eastern view is not blocked. The last three years have brought a media obsession with a “supermoon” –a label that didn’t even exist until recently. It’s a Moon that is closer to Earth than normal, especially the night when the Moon is nearest of the year. The one coming up in the middle of November will be the closest Moon since the 1970s. I’ll be excited about it too. But if you want the truth, there’s barely any visual difference between one Moon compared to another. The deviation from the average is only around seven percent. When the Moon is low and near the horizon, it always looks enormous thanks to the Moon Illusion; but all high-up Moons pretty much look the same. So people go out to see the “supermoon,” observe no real difference and get turned off to astronomy. What are the truly dramatic celestial sights? The ones that are easy to see and do not

What are the truly dramatic celestial sights?

Course on Financial Recordkeeping and Quickbooks for Farmers. February 8 and 11. Space is limited to 20 people per session so register soon! Info: 845-340-3990 x311 or emailcad266@ cornell.edu. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston. 10AM-12PM Senior Drama with Edith LeFever. Comets of Woodstock focuses on improvisation, acting exercises, monologues & scenes. Interested seniors are welcome to sit in. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10:30AM-12PM Preschoolers in the Park at Sam’s Point: Winter Wonderland. A fun filled morning exploring the wonderful world of winter! You will read a story, do a craft or two, and play a game. You will be inside for most of the time. Preregistration isrequired by calling Sam’s Point at 845-647-7989. Sam’s Point Area, Nature Center, Cragsmoor. 12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting. Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333. 12:30PM-6PM Crystal Energy Readings, Tarot Card Readings nd Chakra Clearing Sessions with medicine woman Mary Vukovic. Every Fri and Mon. Walk-ins always welcome or call for appointment. Crystal Mentorships and Astrology Reading also available. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30 /25 minute, $50 /50 minute. 1 PM Needlework Group. On-going every Monday, 1pm. Info:845-338-5580, x1005. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 2PM-4PM Senior Art with Judith Boggess. In addition to instruction, art supplies and periodic group exhibitions, the class offers friendship and camaraderie. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for minimum contribution of $2. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 3PM-5PM Math Help with Phyllis Rosato. From kindergarten to calculus. Meets every Monday 3-5pm. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811. Free. 3:30 PM-5:30PM Tail Waggin Tutors Reading Help comes to the library. Read to trained TDI dogs to build confidence and have fun. Recommended for early readers, reluctant readers, anyone ! Free, Drop-In. Handlers are trained, one a retired school professional. Meets every Monday, 3:30-5:30pm. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811. 4PM Backgammon Club. Learn the game, pick

up fancy moves, meet new people. Free, open to the public. Meets every Monday at 4pm. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811.

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disappoint? To the naked eye, without any equipment or knowledge of the sky, they are: A rich meteor shower. Those are the August Perseids and the December Geminids, and once a century, the November Leonids. Even then, the Moon must not be bright. A lunar eclipse. The summer Milky Way on a moonless night, away from artificial lights. The aurora borealis. A striking conjunction, like the one this weekend. An array of bright planets in a line. Best of all, a total solar eclipse. Through a modest backyard telescope, the most impressive objects are the Moon at any phase except Full; the planet Saturn; possibly Jupiter; and, a double star, if each of the components has a different color. For us who live away from the lights of any big city, the stars and constellations remain special most of the time – especially on moonless nights like this entire coming week. – Bob Berman Want to know more? To read Bob’s previous “Night Sky” columns, visit our Almanac Weekly website at HudsonValleyAlmanacWeekly.com.

Tuesday

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4:15PM-5:30PM Healthy Back Class w/ Anne Olin. Build strength and increase flexibility and range of motion with attention to your special needs. Class is on-going and meets on Mondays, 4:15-5:30pm. $12/class. 28 West Gym, Maverick Rd & Rt 28, Glenford.

9AM-10AM Senior Dance Exercise with Inyo Charbonneau. The emphasis is on fun while benefiting from strengthening and aerobic exercise. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

5PM-8PM Audition Notice : Skirt Job. A new one-act play to be directed by Trish Hawkins and performed at Rhinebeck Theater Center. Casting in Kingston on 2/7, 2-5pm and 2/8, 5-8pm for male and female roles, ages 30 to 60. No pay. Info: 845-532-0011 or trishhawk3@gmail.com.

9:30AM Serving and Staying in Place. SSIP/ New Paltz. Regular Tuesday social breakfast meeting for seniors who want to remain in their own home and community. Info: 845-255-0609. Plaza Diner, New Paltz.

6PM-6:30PM Free Open Meditation. Meets Mon-Fri, 6-6:30pm. No particular tradition or practice. Not a ‘class’. All are welcome. Just a time to join with others to meditate together. Interfaith Awakening (the little yellow house), 9 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 6PM-8PM Meeting of ENJAN (End The New Jim Crow Action Network) dedicated to fighting racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “New Jim Crow”). Info: 845-4758781 or www.enjan.org. New Progressive Baptist Church, 8 Hone St, Kingston. 6PM Kingston Planning Board Meeting. Info: 845-334-3955 or planning@kingston-ny. Gov. Kingston City Hall, Common Council Chambers, 420 Broadway, Kingston. 6:30PM Qi Qong Series for Women’s Health. 6-week series offered on Mondays,6:30pm. This qi gong is perfect to prevent health issues as well as to aid in healing already existing ones. Register at www.bluelotusqigong.com or 914-850-1202. Stone Ridge Community Arts 3457 Main St, Stone Ridge. 6:30PM Bermuda Travelogue. An informative lecture and slideshow from LaGrange residents Ed and Kara McKenna on their recent trip to Bermuda on Celebrity Cruises. Hear about the main tourist attractions and get planning information that will help you make the best use of your time if you’re planning a week long cruise. Register at www.laglib.org or call 845-452-3141. LaGrange Library, LaGrange. 6PM Reading by Acclaimed writer, art historian and photographer Teju Cole. Free and open to the public. Sanders Classroom Building, Spitzer Auditorium (room 212) at Vassar College, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie. Info: www. vassar.edu/directions or 845-437-5370.

10AM The Country Scrappers & Stampers Meeting. Meets every Tuesday. Come for the whole day or drop by for an hour or two. New members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Call 845-744-3055 for more information. Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1 Marl Rd, Walker Valley. 10AM-1PM Minnewaska Preserve: Tuesday Trek- Cross-Country Ski to Echo Rock. A four mile round trip, cross-country ski outing. Participants must provide their own ski equipment and must have previous cross-country skiing experience. Pre-registration is required.Info: 845-2550752. Minnewaska Preserve, Park Preserve Office, Gardiner. 10AM Community Quilting. Info: 845-6572482 or www.olivefreelibrary.org. The Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan, free. 10:30 AM Cuddletime. 0-2 yrs. Children’s Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 1PM Esopus Artist Group. [Adult Program]. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 1:30PM-3PM Israeli Folk Dancing.1:30PM-3PM Meets every Tuesday Beginner material offered. Each class is geared towards the experience of the participants. No partner necessary. Donation suggested. Come share in the enthusiasm and great exercise. 845-255-9627. Unison, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. 2PM Calling Folks Who Love to Sing! If you admit to being over 55 and can carry a tune – even if you drop it from time to time. Bring a list of your favorite songs from the ‘20s on up, or just yourself and your fond memories, and we’ll sing up a storm. And a dollar for the Senior Committee. I know lots of tunes! This ought to be fun. Woodstock Community Center on Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

4PM Story Hour. 5-8 yrs. [Children’s Program]. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 5PM-7PM The Clinton Community Library Book Fair. 25% of proceeds earned between these hours will be donated to the library. Light refreshments will be served. Info: 845-266-5530. Oblong Books & Music, Rhinebeck. 5PM-7PM Annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.. A traditional “Fat Tuesday” start to the Lenten Season and includes sausageand applesauce as well as pancakes. Supper is free, donations appreciated.Proceeds after expenses will benefit Family of New Paltz. Services led by The Reverend Robin L. James. St. Andrew,163 MainSt, corner of North Oakwood Terrace, New Paltz. Info: 845- 255-5098. 5:30PM-7:30PM The Youth Group of Saugerties United Methodist Church: Pancake Supper Fundraiser. Buttermilk, chocolate chip and blueberry pancakes will be served, along with breakfast sausage and fruit salad. Free will donations will be accepted. Benefits the Youth SummerMission Trip to Lynchburg, VA. Info: 845-246-7802. Saugerties United Methodist Church, 67 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 6 PM-8 PM Phoenicia Community Chorus. On-going every Tuesday, 6-8pm. An opportunity to join with friends and sing. No need to read music! Info: 845-688-2169. Phoenicia Festival Office, 90 Main at Bridge, Phoenicia. 6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 6:30PM Rt 212 Coalition Action Oriented Meeting . The purpose of this meeting will be to discuss specific task forces and delegate responsibilities to volunteers. We urge anyone who can volunteer their time, ideas, and knowledge to attend this meeting. These committees will include education, promotion, events, resource manual, and care packages.We will be holding a larger education oriented meeting at the end of the month for the community to attend, as this one is, volunteer specific. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or ideas at rt212coalition@gmail.com. The Bread Alone,22 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 6:30PM-7:30PM Highland: Intermediate Swing Dance Series ( four-week series: Tuesdays, 2/9, 2/916, 2/23 & 3/1, 6:30-7:30pm). No partner or experience necessary. $85 per person per series.

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GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Mitey defense Spraying may be called for, if squishing doesn’t suffice

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ites! Eek! A new pest in town (for me). Actually, the mites – which showed up on some newly rooted Meyer lemon cuttings – don’t really scare me; nothing like the scale insects that regularly turn up on some of my citrus. Chigger mites, scabies mites, dust mites, itch mites: They’re not pests of plants, and they would scare me. The cuttings were well-rooted and just sitting still, basking in a south-facing window, waiting for longer days and warmer temperatures before they can come alive. (They pick up an attenuated version of seasonal temperature changes at that window.) A few weeks ago I noticed a yellow stippling developing on the green leaves. No panic; the plan was to wait a few weeks and see if the stippling disappears or if new growth, unstippled, develops. Citrus sometimes develop iron deficiency, which also yellows leaves, in cold soils – not because the soil lacks sufficient iron, but because the roots aren’t at the top of their game in cold soil. A closer look a few days ago revealed, to the naked eye, very small black specks on the leaves. An even-closer look, with a handheld lens, revealed tiny mites crawling around on the leaves. Mites are mostly problems in dry, dusty conditions – not atypical for a house heated in winter, and the usual for summer in Mediterranean climates such as California. One simple cure is to make conditions less dry and dusty. Climate change within the whole house would be impractical. Instead, I started giving the plants a daily spritzing with water. More potent sprays may be needed; fortunately they need not be toxic to humans. “Horticultural oil” sprays are effective, as are sprays of insecticidal soap. Problem is that these sprays are inconvenient to use indoors, where excess spray would end up on windows, furniture and floors. Sprays need to be repeated weekly to kill mites that hatched from eggs (which are spray-resistant) since the last spray. Because the Meyer lemon cuttings are still small, with very few leaves, I chose to go at them mano-á-mano, merely rubbing my fingers across each leaf to crush the buggers (technically arachnoids, like spiders, not bugs). As with the oil or soap sprays, manoá-mano combat must be repeated to crush newly hatched mites. But it’s quick and satisfying. Mites do have many natural predators, among them other kinds of mites – just like

Mites are mostly problems in dry, dusty conditions

For more information and to register visit www. got2lindy.com or 845-236-3939.Boughton Place, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland. 6:30PM Qi Gong Series. Held each Monday6:30pm thru 3/1. 6-week qi gong series for women's health.Help prevent health issues as well as to aid in healing already existing ones. Register at www.bluelotusqigong.com or 914-8501202. Stone Ridge Community Arts, 3457 Main St, Stone Ridge. 6:30PM The Ulster County Animal Response Team (UCART) Meeting. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St/Rt 209, Stone Ridge. The meeting will start at 6:30 and will run until 8 or 8:30 p.m. Info: ucart@ulstercorps.org. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Jesse Lege & Bayou Brew (Zydeco). Info: 845-236-7970 or www. liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM-9PM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Owl Prowls! Learn about the species of owls that are native to our region and their incredible adaptations. Pre-paid registration required. No walk-ins will be admitted. Info:www.hhnm.org or call 845-534-5506, ext. 204. HudsonHighlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $10. 7PM-10PM Jazz Jam. Every Tuesday, 7-10pm. 452-3232. The Derby, 96 Main St, Poughkeepsie. 7PM-8:30PM Weekly Opportunity Workshop . Meets every Tuesday night, 7pm-8:30pm.Free to attend: learn how to help the environment, raise funds for non-profit organizations, and save money over time! Novella’s, 2 Terwilliger Ln (across from Super 8), New Paltz. 7PM-8:30PM Singing Just for Fun! New Paltz Community Singers. Everyone welcome, everyone gets to choose songs. Going 20+ years. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm. Info: genecotton@gmail.com. Quaker Meeting House, 8 N. Manheim Blvd, New Paltz. 7 PM-9 PM Open Mic. On-going, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 200 Main St, Saugerties, 845-246-5775. 7:30PM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Evening Speaker Series: Gomez Mill House and its Contributions to the History of the Hudson Valley and America. Info:www.hhnm. org or call 845-534-5506, ext. 204. Cornwall Presbyterian Fellowship Hall, 222 Hudson St, Cornwall-on-Hudson, $7. 7:30PM Life Drawing at Unison. On-going. Offering professional artists and students an opportunity to work with experienced models under controlled lighting. $15.Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68

Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. 8PM Blair McMillen, pianist. The evening’s program will include works by Alexander Scriabin, Joan Tower and Department of Music faculty member Nkeiru Okoye. McKenna Theatre on the New Paltz campus. $10/ general admission, $6/ seniors& New Paltz faculty/staff, $3 / students. Tickets are available at the door one hour prior to the concert. Info: www.newpaltz. edu/music or call 845-257-2700. SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. 8 PM Annual Alex Krieger ’95 Memorial Lecture: “Orange is the New Black: An Evening with Piper Kerman” will include a question and answer session and a book signing following the talk. Info: 845-437-5370 or www. vassar.edu Vassar College, Students’ Building, 2nd floor, Poughkeepsie. 8PM Songwriter Tuesday! Hosted by John P. Hughes . Featuring Kevin O'Connell, Anthony Rispo, Peter Galperin, Wayne Montecalvo, Neighbor, and Jan Ross. Performers will play 15 minute sets from 8-10pm. The Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St,Rosendale, 845-658-9048. 8PM-11PM Woodstock Contradance. George Wilson & Toby Stover, caller Sarah Van Norstrand. Info: 845-246- 2121 or www.ashokan.org. Woodstock Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock, $10. 8PM Open Mic Nite. Join host Ben Rounds and take your shot at becoming the next Catskills Singing Sensation! No cover. Tuesday is also Burger Night at the Cat - only $8. Info: 688-2444 or www.emersonresort.com. Woodnotes Restaurant, Mt. Pleasant. 8PM Open Mic Music. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

Wednesday

2/10

9AM-10AM Senior Kripalu Yoga with Susan Blacker. Gentle yoga class with each student encouraged to move and stretch at his or her own pace. Includes warmups, poses for strength and balance and breath work for relaxation. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 9AM Waterman Bird Club Field Trip: Thompson’s Pond Preserve. Thompson’s Pond Preserve, Lake Road off Rt. 82, Pine Plains. Info: Adrienne @ 845-264-2015 or www.watermanbirdclub.org.

Jonathon Swift’s flea that “Hath smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller still to bite ‘em; And so proceed ad infinitum.” Every couple of days I have to think of all the plants in the house (they’re not all “houseplants”) that need water, including the mite-infested Meyer lemon cuttings. Two devices or setups keep me sane and my plants healthy in the face of all this watering. Larger potted plants – those in pots over about four inches in diameter – are serviced by “water siphons” (a/k/a “hydrospikes,” “self-watering probes”). A porous ceramic probe, previously soaked in water, filled with water then capped, is pushed into the potting soil. The far end of the long, thin, flexible tube that comes out of the cap is plunked into a reservoir of water. I use Mason jars as reservoirs and prefill the tube with water, so that the water column is continuous from the ceramic probe to the reservoir. Voilà! As the potting soil dries out, it sucks water from the ceramic probe, which sucks water along the tube from the reservoir. Larger pots need more than one ceramic probe. For smaller pots, I use capillary mats, which are nothing more than water-absorbing mats (available from www.gardeners.com) on which sit the pots. The mat is laid on a stand that sits above a similarly shaped one-inch-deep tray, with one end of the mat dipping down into the tray. The mat absorbs water from the reservoir, and the potting soil in the pots, as they dry, absorb water from the mat. It’s important to maintain good capillary contact between the potting soil and the mat. This means no coarse drainage material in the bottom of the pots (a silly, counterproductive idea anyway), and no “feet” elevating the bottom of the pot. Not having to water frequently makes it all too easy to forget about watering. I already lost one old rosemary plant this winter. Hydrospikes and capillary mats don’t work (duh!) unless their reservoirs have water in them. – Lee Reich Any gardening questions? E-mail Lee at garden@leereich.com and he’ll try answering them directly or in his Almanac Weekly column. To read Lee’s previous “Gardener’s Notebook” columns, visit our website at HudsonValleyAlmanacWeekly.com.

9:30AM-10:30AM The Color of Calm. Experience the latest national craze - adult coloring, meeting the second Wednesday of the month February 10, and March 9. Info: www.poklib.org or call 845-485-3445 x 3702. Boardman Road Branch Library, 141 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie. 10:30AM-11:30 AM Senior Strength Class with Linda Sirkin. Learn to use hand weights and stretch bands to improve muscle tone and protect bones. open to all Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10:30AM-12:30PM Senior Writing Workshop Welcomes new members. Writers at all levels of experience, beginner to expert, are invited to join. Writers age 55 and above. Meets the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of each month. Info: . 845- 679-2880. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 12PM Rotary Club of Kingston Meeting. Fellowship, lunch, and an informative and interesting presentation from a guest speaker. Meets every Wed at 12noon. Web: www.kingstonnyrotary.org. Christina’s Restaurant, 812 Ulster Ave, Kingston. 1PM Esopus Stitchers. Adult Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 1 PM Kingston Community Singers Open Rehearsals. Old Dutch Church, Wall St, Kingston, 845-339-0637. 1:30PM-2:30PM Singing Circle Wednesday. Info:845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan. 1PM The Sawkill Seniors Meeting.Talk by Pat Johnson, Recreation Leader at the Kingston Rec Center. Card game, socializing, raffles and refreshments will follow the talk. Town hall, 906 Sawkill Rd, Sawkill. 2PM-6PM Free Computer Help. Every Wed. Bring your laptop, personal device, or just use one of our 5 patron computers, to seek the help you need and get the questions answered that you just can’t quite figure out! Info: www.mountaintoplibrary.org. Mountain Top Library, Tannersville. 2PM- 3PM Senior Sing-Along with Nina Sheldon. Gather around the keyboard and belt out your favorites from the 1920s , '30s, '40s and beyond, or just listen, or maybe dance. open to all Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 3PM-4:30PM Chess Club for Experienced Adult Players. This club is geared for those who already know how to play so they can meet new people and improve their chess skills. Info: 845- 255-1255. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s

Turnpike, Gardiner. 3:30PM Modfest. Presentation: Music, Words, Dance and Images. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Main Building, Villard Room, Poughkeepsie. 3:30PM Math Regents Prep. Every Wed. @ 3:30pm Certified Math Teacher - Don’t fail Algebra, Geometry, and Trig. Empowering Ellenville, 159 Canal St, Ellenville, 877-576-9931. 3:30 PM After School Tweens. Children’s Program. Note Time Change: was 4pm now is 3:30pm. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 4PM-7PM Individual Oneness Blessings with Kathy Saulino. The Oneness Blessing, also known as “Deeksha” is a direct transfer of divine intelligent energy. It works by creating a neurobiological shift in the brain and opening the body’s energy centers(chakras). Each session lasts 15 minutes.RSVP. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 4 PM-6 PM Homework Club at Woodstock Library. For 1st-6th graders. The Children’s Room becomes a study hall with snacks and homework help. This is a drop-off program. On Wednesdays. Info: 845-679-2213. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock. 4PM-5:30PM Woodstock’s Golden Notebook hosts Improv Classes. Kids aged 7 years & up can participate in drop-in improv classes with the Ovenbird Theatre Company. Info: ovenbirdtheatre@gmail.com or visit www.ovenbirdproductions.com The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock, $15 /per class, $12 /each for 3 classes. 4:30PM- 5:30PM Art Hour with Francesca: ages 3 to 103! Frannie will cook up something creative to do each week. She is known for her work with natural, found objects as well as jewelry. Meets every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-6887811. Free. 4:30PM-5:30PM Chess Club for Beginners. Open to all ages, the goal is to teach participants to play chess in a relaxed, fun, supportive environment. Info: 845- 255-1255. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. 5:30 PM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm Everyone welcome. 845-679-9534. First Churchof Christ, Scientist, 89 Tinker St, Woodstock. 5:45PM-7PM Zen Meditation. Meets every Wednesday in February at 5:45 - 7pm. Meditation in the Rinzai Zen tradition.There will be a short talk before the sitting with an interval of walking meditation. Beginners welcome. Free.

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RUGE’S CHRYSLER R DODGE JEEP Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. Info: 845- 757-3771 or www.tivolilibrary.org. 6PM-7:30PM Creative Seed Support Group. For artists to voice their works inprogress in a supportive environment. For Songwriters, Playwrights & Actors.Held by Patrice Blue Maltas, Actress, Playwright, Musician and founder of Blue Healing Arts Center. MeetsWednesday nights, 6-7:30pm. Info: Patricebluemaltas@gmail.com or www.bluehealing.co. Blue Healing Art Center, 107 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 6PM-8PM Catskill Ukulele Group. If you do not have a ukulele but would like to participate, you can check one out from the library. This group stays connected to other players through Meetup. com under the name Catskill Ukulele Group. Info:845-657-2482. Olive Free 6PM Teen Night. Young Adult Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 6PM-8PM Woodstock Community Chorale. An opportunity to join with friends to sing both great works and songs for fun. No need to read music! Info: 845-688-2169. Kleinert/James Gallery, Tinker St, Woodstock. 6PM-8PM Meeting of ENJAN (End The New Jim Crow Action Network) dedicated to fighting racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “New Jim Crow”). Info: 845-4758781 or www.enjan.org. African Roots Library, Family Partnership Center, 29 N Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie. 6:30PM Ulster County Photo Club. 2nd Wed only. Adult Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

Joe 7:30PM-9:15PM Science in Your Life 2016. (Doors open at 7 p.m.) Programs whose purpose is to bring together scientists and the lay public in the exploration of topics of general interest and concern. Info: Our Lady of Lourdes High School, 131 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie. 7:30 PM The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus. Meets every Wednesday night, 7:30pm. An evening of singing, fun & fellowship.A male a cappella group that sings in the American “Barbershop Style”of close fourpart harmony. Guests are always welcome. Sight reading not required. Info: wwwnewyorkerschorus.org. St. Andrews Church, 110 Overlook St, Poughkeepsie. 8:30PM-11PM Live at Catskill Mountain Pizza Company: Acoustic Jazz Trio with Syracuse/ Siegel Duo + Special Featured Guest. Featuring Bassist Rich Syracuse and drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel. No cover or minimum! Info: 679-7969. Catskill Mountain Pizza Company, 51 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

Thursday

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8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-6795906, x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz.

7PM-11PM Rosendale Chess Club. Free admission-no dues. On-going every Wed, 7-11pm. Rosendale Café, Rosendale.

9:30AM-10:30AM Stretch and Flex with Diane Collelo. Open to all Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Road, Woodstock.

7PM Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent. The sanctuary will be open for personal reflection and meditation from 7-7:45 pm. People will be invited to come forward to receive the imposition of ashes if they so wish. Everyone is welcome. Reformed Church of Saugerties, 173 Main St, Saugerties.

10AM-11:30AM Parkinson’s Dance & Exercise Class. Led by Anne Olin. For people with PD & other neurological disorders. Groups are challenging, creative and fun! Info: 845-679-6250. $12 for one or $22 for two. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave, Kingston.

7PM “Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism” Class. Info: 845-679-5906, x 1012 or jan@ kagyu.org. On-going every Wed, 7pm. This free 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices andprinciples of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. 8 wk curriculum. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock, free.

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12PM-1:30PM New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce February Business Luncheon. Featuring Key Note Speaker Interim President & C.E.O. of St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital, Joan Cusack-McGuirk. Online prepaid registration is required. Info: www.newpaltzchamber.org orcall 845-255-0243. Novella’s, 2 Terwilliger Ln, New Paltz, $35. 1PM-3PM Minnewaska Preserve: Homeschoolers Winter Wildlife Exploration. Take a snowshoe walk on the trails in the Peter’s Kill Area looking for signs of wildlife, including tracks, browse and scat. For children aged seven to ten years old, Pre-registrationis required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Park Preserve Office, Gardiner. 1PM-4PM Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Most players are elementary and intermediate players. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Rescue Squad Bldg, Rt 212, Woodstock. 4:30PM-5:30PM Meditation Support Group. meets every Thursday at Mirabai. 30 minutes seated meditation followed by 15 minutes walking meditation and discussion. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $5. 5PM-9PM Modfest Late Night at the Lehman Loeb with Gallery Conversation. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Main Building, Villard Room, Poughkeepsie. 5PM-8PM Sketch Class. A traditional sketch class (drawing the figure) format of numerous poses which will lengthen in duration as determined by the monitor. $50/4 consecutive classes. January 21-December 15, Thursdays. Info: www.woodstockshcoolofart.org. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, $20 /session, $50 /4 classes. 6PM Adult Coloring Club. Preregistration required. Info: 845-657-2482 or www.olivefreelibrary.org. The Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan, free. 6PM Movie: All Things Must Pass (PG-13). Info: 845-657-2482 or www.olivefreelibrary.org. The Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan, free.

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brating Black History Month. Hosted by the Historic Huguenot. $15/gen adm, $12/srs & military.Crispell Memorial French Church, 60 Huguenot St, New Paltz. 7PM-9PM Modfest. Modfest Presentation at Late Night at the Lehman Loeb. Chamber music and readings of original prose and poetry by Vassar students. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 7PM Screening: Welcome to Kutsher’s. A Film from “a galaxy long ago and far, far away introduced by Meri Lederer. This award-winning documentary captures a last glimpse of a lost world as it disappears before our eyes. Info: www.jewishcongregationofnewpaltz.org. Jewish Congregation of New Paltz, Community Center, 32 N. Chestnut St, New Paltz. 7PM-8:30PM Shawangunk Ridge Free Public Lecture Series: Wild Turkeys in New York Past, Present & Future. With Mike Schiavone, NYSDEC Biologist. Wild turkeys were once extirpated from NY, but were restored to the landscape.. Info: www.mohonkpreserve.org/events. SUNY NewPaltz, Lecture Center, Room 102, Stone Ridge. 7PM-9PM Thursday Japanese Free Movie Night. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles. com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Preston Frank & Big Daddy Zydeco - Opener: Red Dog Run (Zydeco). Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM-8:30PM Meeting of MECR (Middle East Crisis Response) a group of Hudson Valley residents joined together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. Info: 845-876-7906 or www.mideastcrisis.org. Woodstock Public Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock. 8PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch, & Eric Weissberg. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Center. Meets every Thursday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala. org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

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Mol. Meditative, healing exercise consisting of 13 movements. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10AM-11:30AM Minnewaska Preserve: Fun Fridays. Hikes may be up to a mile and a half of long and will take place with or without snow. Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Peter’s Kill Area, Gardiner. 10:30AM Little Brainstormers. Children’s Program. Info: 845-338-5580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 12:05PM-1:15PM Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. A floor work course promoting improvement of balance, coordination, focus, awareness breathing, strength and flexibility. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Cener, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 12:30PM-6PM Tarot Readings with psychic medium Lynn Walcutt. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30 /25 minutes, $40 /45 minutes. 12:30PM-2PM Friends of the Catskill Mountain Rail Trail Meeting. Info and updates regarding the Catskill Mountain Rail Trail, the rail trail planned for portions of the former Ulster & Delaware corridor from Kingston to the Ashokan Reservoir and the Catskill Mountains.Hickory Smokehouse, 743 New York 28, Kingston. 4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 845-246-4317, x 3. 4PM-5:15PM Twilight Yoga: A Sanctuary for Yin & Restorative with Lynda Elaine Carré, E-RYT IAYT. Every Friday at Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountainview Avenue, Woodstock. Donation $10. Your weekly Rx to Relax Deeply, Recharge, and Revitalize. twilightyogawoodstock@gmail. com or 845- 684 5941 Starts Feb 12th. 4PM Modfest Presentation: A Screening of Original Short Films. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film, Rosenwald Theatre, Poughkeepsie. 4:30PM Anime Club. 2nd & 4th Fri of each month. Tween/Teen Program. Info: 845-3385580 Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 5PM New Paltz Elks Lenten Fish Fry. Your choice of Fried Fish or Shrimp, French Fries or Baked Potato. Adults $12,Seniors and Children under 12 $11. Take out available 845-255-1633. New Paltz

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Elks Lodge #2568,290 Rt 32 South, New Paltz. 5:30PM Modfest Exhibition Special Event: Lecture & Reception. Exhibiting America: Art Institutions and National Identity 1805-1913. Reception: The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Atrium. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Taylor Hall, Room 203, Poughkeepsie. 6:15PM Kabbalat Shabbat Pot Luck Dinner. Kosher dairy or parve please. Followed by services at 7:30p.m. The Kerhonkson Synagogue, 26 Minnewaska Trail, Ellenville, 845-626-2010. 7PM Book Reading: Jason Elias author of Kissing Joy As It Flies: A Journey in Search of Healing & Wholeness. Info: 845-246-5775 . Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz, free. 7PM-10PM Blues Happy Hour - Top Cat. No cover, 21+. Info: 845-853-8049. Uncle Willy’s, 31 North Front St, Kingston. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: The THE BAND Band - a Tribute to The Band! (Roots Rock). Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

include the three course meal and show. Dinner at 7:30, show at 9pm. Res suggested. Info: www. halfmoontheatre.org or call 1-800-838-3006. CulinaryInstitute of America, Downstairs at The Marriott Pavilion Theatre, 1946 Campus Dr, Hyde Park.

10AM-2PM Kingston Farmers’ Winter Market. Offering fruits and vegetables, organic and natural meats, a wide assortment of cheeses, wine, breads and other baked goods & honey. Info: www.kingstonfarmersmarket.org. Old Dutch Church, Kingston.

8PM Royal Dumonts. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

10AM-2PM Annual Fly Tying Workshop. Open to all aged 14 or above. Participants must provide their own equipment. Feathers and hooks will be supplied. Registration is required. Call Hank Rope at 845-254 5904 to register. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free,

8 PM The Ellington Effect: A Centennial Tribute to Billy Strayhorn. Five remarkable emerging jazz artists honor Billy Strayhorn. Caleb Curtis on saxophone: Alphonso Horne, trumpet ; Mike Fahie, trombone; Adam Cot‚, bass; and Jeremy Siskind, piano. Info: www.atfishercenter. bard.edu or 845-758-7900. Bard College, Fisher Center, LUMA Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, $40. 8PM August: Osage County. Written by Tracy Letts. Directed by Christine Crawfis. Info: www. countyplayers.org or 845-298-1491. County Players Falls Theatre, 2681 W. Main St, Wappingers Falls, $17, $14 /senior/under 12.

7PM Friday Night Jazz! New York City saxophonist Al Guart leads ensembles comprised of the best Hudson Valley Jazz musicians. A rotating roster of performers includes pianists John Esposito & Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh & Peter Einhorn, bassists LewScott & Rich Syracuse. Other musicians regularly sit in with the band. Info: 518- 678-3101. Kindred Spirits, 334 Rt 32A, Palenville.

8PM You Can’t Take it With You. A comedy by George S.Kaufman and Moss Hart. Info: 845-876-3080. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, , 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, $24, $22.

7PM Modfest Performance: Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre. With Steve Rooks as acting director. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Kenyon HallKenyon Hall, Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, Poughkeepsie.

9AM-10:30AM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Saturday, 9-10:30am. Everyone welcome. Info: 845-679-8800. St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (the A-Frame), 2578 Rte 212, Woodstock.

7:30PM Abbott & Costello go to Mars. $6/ general admission.Tkts & info: 845-473-2072, 800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com. Bardavon, 35 Market St,Poughkeepsie.

9AM Saugerties’ Christian Meditation. Meets every Saturday, 9-10:30am. All welcome. No charge. 246-3285. Trinity Episcopal Church, Rte 9W, Saugerties.

7:30PM Dutchess County Singles Dance. Free Dance Lesson; Dance: 8 pm to 11:30 pm, The Southern Dutchess Country Club, 1209 North Avenue, Beacon. Fabulous music by Bronx Express also a light dinner buffet with desert and coffee. Admission is $22. Door prizes and 50/50 raffle. Couples are welcome. Info: 845-4644675 or e-mail: dcsingles30@yahoo.com or www.meetup.com/Dutchess-County-Singles ; or http://www.dutchesscountysingles.org. 7:30PM Half Moon Theatre presents A Valentine’s Cabaret Act. Starring Jenifer Kruskamp. Directed by Michael Schiralli. Tickets are $90 and

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9AM-4PM Christie Scheele: ColorColorClor Workshop. February 13-15, 2016. SaturdayMonday. Info: www.woodstockshcoolofart.org. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, $318. 10AM-12PM Knitting Group. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 845-687-7023. 10AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Naturalist Walk and Talk. Topics will focus on “what are we seeing now”. Info:www.hhnm.org or call 845-534-5506, ext. 204. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $7, $5 /child.

10AM-4PM Presidents’ Weekend. Soldiers bring to life the Continental Army’s final winter encampment with musket and cannon firings. On Saturday & Monday 11am, 1:30pm & 3:30pm, see muskets and a cannon fired. Info: 845-561-1765,x 22. New Windsor Cantonment StateHistoric Site, 374 Temple Hill Rd, New Windsor. 10AM-9PM Candlewax Recycling Drop-off. Open every Saturday, 10am-9pm. Candlewax in any condition to be recycled. Pachamama Store (near food court), Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston. 10AM-3PM New Paltz Winter Farmers Market. Second Saturday thru April, 10am - 3pm. Offering local food items such as meat, eggs, root crops, greens, goat cheese, bakery items, maple syrup & heirloom seeds. Info: www.wintersunfarms.com or 845-214-6329. Community Center, 3 Veterans Dr, New Paltz, free. 10:30AM-11:30AM Silent Vigil for Global Peace & Non-Violence. Sponsored by The Kingston Women in Black. Info: 845-399-2805. Meet outside Cornell St PO, Kingston, 845-339-0637. 10:30 AM Etsy Workshop. Preregistration required. Info: 845-657-2482 or www.olivefreelibrary.org. The Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan, free. 10:30AM Lego Fun Projects. Info: 845-6572482 or www.olivefreelibrary.org. The Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan, free. 10:30AM-11:30AM “O is for Owls” Children’s Program at Ellenville Library. Bring your children and join the education staff from Minnewaska State Park Preserve and Susan Mangan, Children’s Librarian, to discover some of the mysteries of owls. For children between the ages offive and ten. Info: 845- 647-5530. Ellenville Library, Ellenville. 11 AM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Drop-In Snowshoe Lessons at Sam’s Point Area, designed for people who are beginners, interested in trying snowshoeing. No Reservations Required. Snowshoes are available for this

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program at a discounted rate of $5 per person. Info:845-647-7989. Sam’s Point Area, Visitor Center, Cragsmoor, $10 /car. 11AM-2PM Book Lover’s Party. Party to discuss your favorite books. Registration Required. Info: 845-679-6405 or www.whplib.org. West Hurley Library, 42 Clover St, West Hurley. 12PM Fundraiser for St. Judes - Penny Social. Kitchen Opens at 12pm. Calling at 2pm. Sponsored by: United Methodist Church of Shady. Info: 845-679-2982. Lake Hill Firehouse, Rte. 212, Woodstock. 12PM-1PM Free Yoga Pizza Party. Recurring event every Saturday. Join Women’s Power Space and My Place Pizza for a rejuvenating yoga class and pizza. Families, beginners, and children welcome (mats will be provided). Donations appreciated. Info:sarah@womenspowerspace. org My Place Pizza, 322 Main St, Poughkeepsie. 12:30PM-6PM Tarot Readings with Stephanie. Every Saturday. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30 /25 minutes, $50 /45 minutes. 1:30PM-3PM Minnewaska Preserve: Family Snowshoe Hike. A snowshoe hike, a winter scavenger hunt and play a camouflage game in the woods. For children aged seven to ten years old, Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Peter’s Kill Area, Gardiner. 2PM-5PM Talk About Dying: Who Will Speak for Me and What Should They Say? Beyond Healthcare Proxies.Talk About Dying is a series of free community workshops that create a supported forum for discussion of issues related to living and dying in a meaningful context, with an emphasis on the practical, emotional and spiritual implications. Talk About Dying was created by Dr. Carol Robin and Jill Dorsi. Dr. Robin is a holistic Chiropractor, Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Energy Healing and Guided Imagery practitioner who has over 30 years experience in holistic health and teaching guided imagery and consciousness work. Jill Dorsi is a Licensed

Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years experience as a practitioner and teacher in recovery, rehabilitation, and self-determination in health decisions, employment, and other adult life roles. Pre-registration requested at talkaboutdying.com. Info: www.talkaboutdying.com/. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills,320 Sawkill Road, Kingston. 2PM Free Meditation Instruction. On-going every Saturday, 2pm in the Amitabha Shrine Room. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-679-5906, 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 2 PM Woodstock Poetry Society: Annie Christain and Melody Davis. Info: 845-6798000. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock. 2PM Lecture on Weston Price with Dina Falconi. Info: 845-657-2482 or www.olivefreelibrary.org. The Olive Free Library, 4033 Rt 28A, West Shokan, free. 4PM Reading & Conversation with Sara Eckel and Lisa Phillips, authors of Love and Heartbreak: An Alt-Valentine. Info: 845-679-8000. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock. 5PM-8PM Opening Reception: Aqua Essence. Works by Betsy Jacaruso. The show runs through March 6th. Info: www.riverwindsgallery.com. RiverWInds Gallery, Beacon. 6 PM -9 PM Opening Reception: “Global Warning.” Works by Michael X. Rose in Gallery One. “The Akio Project” by Richard Deon in the Beacon Room. Info: 845-440-7584. The Beacon Artist Union, 506 Main St, Beacon. 7PM Classics on Hudson’s Annual Concert Series: Folktales and Myths -Travels through Hungary and Beyond. Iva Bittova | Violin and Vocals. Helena Baillie | Violin. Bard String Quartet. Champagne reception to follow. Info: 518-822-1438 or www.hudsonoperahouse.org. HudsonOpera House, West Room, Hudson, $35. 7PM Saturday Night Live Music & Noodles. 2nd

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set at 8:30pm.No cover, $5 donations to musicians recommended. Info: 845-255-8811 or www. GKnoodles.com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Ed Palermo Big Band’s Valentine Noise! (Orchestral Jazz Rock). Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM Saturday Night Jazz! New York City saxophonist Al Guart leads ensembles comprised of the best Hudson Valley Jazz musicians. A rotating roster of performers includes pianists John Esposito & Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh & Peter Einhorn, bassists Lew Scott & Rich Syracuse. Other musicians regularly sit in with the band. Info: 518- 678-3101. Kindred Spirits, 334 Rt 32A, Palenville. 7PM Classics on Hudson: Iva Bittov | Violin and Vocals. Helena Baillie | Violin. Bard String Quartet. Info: www.hudsonoperahouse.org. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St, Hudson, $35. 7PM-9PM Opening Reception: The Erotica Show. Group show featuring works by 30 artists. Performances begin at 8 pm. Expect partial nudity: Adults only. Ania Aldrich and Cait Johnson & Friends will perform. Belly-dancer, Donna Barrett. Caprice Rouge. Info: 518-5376214or mtcole@valstar.net. Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, $10. 7:30PM Half Moon Theatre presents A Valentine’s Cabaret Act. Starring Jenifer Kruskamp. Directed by Michael Schiralli. Tickets are $90 and include the three course meal and show. Dinner at 7:30, show at 9pm. Res suggested. Info: www. halfmoontheatre.org or call 1-800-838-3006. CulinaryInstitute of America, Downstairs at The Marriott Pavilion Theatre, 1946 Campus Dr, Hyde Park. 8PM-11PM New Music Night with the Beautiful Bastards alongside opening act El Yeah.. No cover, 21+. Info: 845-853-8049. Uncle Willy’s, 31 North Front St, Kingston. 8PM Live Music. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony

Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 8PM August: Osage County. Written by Tracy Letts. Directed by Christine Crawfis. Info: www. countyplayers.org or 845-298-1491. County Players Falls Theatre, 2681 W. Main St, Wappingers Falls, $17, $14 /senior/under 12. 8PM The Orchestra Now: Concert 3. Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director. Info: www.fishercenter.bard.edu or 845-758-7900. Bard College, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, $35, $25. 8PM You Can’t Take it With You. A comedy by George S.Kaufman and Moss Hart. Info: 845-876-3080. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, , 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, $24, $22.

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10AM-2PM Sun Brunch @ The Falcon: The Blues Farm (Blues Jazz). Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 10AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Lovey Dovey On Valentine’s Day. Two Sessions at 10 & 11:30 a.m.. Learn about Doves, a symbol of love for hundreds of years, and their wild cousin, the Mourning Dove. Info: www. hhnm.orgor call 845-534-5506, ext. 204. Hudson HighlandsNature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $8, $6 /child. 10:30AM-12:30PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Center. Meets every Sunday. Sitting and walking meditation with short teaching and discussion from Pema Chodron books or video. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 orwww. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 12PM Co-ed Pickup-Futbol! If there’s no snow on the ground in town, every Sunday at noon. Info: studiomyea@gmail.com. Athletic Fields at Comeau Town Park, 98 Comeau Dr, Woodstock. 12:30PM-6PM Tarot Readings and Couple’s Readings with Sarvananda. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30 /half an hour, $50 /45 minutes.

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7PM Live @ The Falcon: KJ Denhert & The New York Unit (Folk Jazz). Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7:30PM Monty Alexander & Frank Vignola. With special guest Caterina Zapponi. Info: 518-473-1845 or/www.theegg.org. The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany, $29.50. 8PM Tom Depetris Band. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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Interview Day — The Arc of Ulster-Greene New Year – New Possibilities Explore employment with The Arc of Ulster-Greene, where every day you have the opportunity to motivate and enrich the lives of others. We have full-time and part-time positions available in Kingston, Saugerties, Woodstock, New Paltz, Ellenville, Catskill, Stone Ridge, and surrounding areas. Previous experience in the Human Services field is not required; however, experience working with individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities is a definite plus. A HS diploma/GED is highly desired; an Associates or Bachelors degree in Human Services, Psychology or a related field is a plus. An acceptable NYS Driver’s license is required. We provide an extensive and informative paid new hire orientation in a comfortable learning environment.

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equipped. Nightclub/Restaurant 9 unit motel & 3-bedroom apartment open & operating. 631-901-8535. New Paltz Community-- this App’s for You! Hugies & Hipsters * Pub Owners & Pub Crawlers * Dentists & Patients * Shoppers & Shops * Chefs & Diners * Baristas & Coffee Lovers... Get Connected! Find us at: https://newpaltz.mycityapp.mobile Local businesses– contact us for our annual ad rates- 845-527-4100.

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Please look on-line and apply at MOHONKJOBS.com Zena Recreation Park- A pool and tennis club in Woodstock, NY SEEKING LIFEGUARDS for the 2016 season. (May-Labor Day). Must have current certifications. Go to: www.zenarec.com for application and info. Fine Gardener Wanted. We are a busy, well established, gardening company. We seek reliable, and experienced fine gardeners working as sub-contractors to add to our team. Good computer and phone skills are a plus. This is a seasonal position with part/full-time opportunities. The season is April 3rd-end of November, full season commitment is a must. Please email: nightshadefinegardening@ gmail.com with resume and letter of intent/ experience. Compensation will be discussed and dependent on level of experience.

CUSTOMER SERVICE Stone Ridge. Professional attitude. Previous customer service/sales exp. an advantage. FT/PT. $15/hr. 401K / Profit Sharing / Paid Health Plan / Paid Vacation. Computer proficient. QuickBooks a plus. MS Word required. No calls. Email resume to: CSR@pested.com DAILY YOGA. Seeking seasoned as well as recently certified yoga teachers to teach in Woodstock as a Daily Yoga practice and possible evening slots available. Contact mtviewstudio@gmail.com or call 845-679-0901. A.F. Mulligan, a Division of Birnie Bus Service, is NOW HIRING fully licensed CDL Drivers and Driver Trainees. Immediate openings at all A.F. Mulligan locations. Get A Job Skill for Life- Free training to obtain

CDL and get paid while you train. Sign-on bonuses up to $750 offered for a limited time for fully licensed CDL drivers, $125 for Driver Trainees. Benefits available include– 7 paid Snow Days, paid Holidays, Safety and Attendance bonuses. Apply online at www. birniebus.com or in person at 2 Tillson Road, Tillson, NY or call 845-658-8600 ext. 114 for more information. New Paltz;, PART-TIME OFFICE HELP. Must have flexible hours and able to work the summer months. Excellent people skills, computer knowledge, and more. Apply in person: Southside Terrace Apartments, 4 Southside Ave. Leasing Office. CASHIER, PART-TIME. Apply in person, H. Houst & Sons, 4 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock. DENTAL ASSISTANT. The Center for Advanced Dentistry in Highland, is seeking an experienced dental assisitant for 18 to 22 hours per week. Please call 845-691-5600.

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DIANA’S FANCY FLEA MARKET: Nice Items Needed For Next Sale! Call Diana 626-0221. To Benefit Diana’s CAT Shelter in Accord.

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TANNERSVILLE: RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL. Famous Nightclub/Restaurant for lease or sale. 4 miles from Hunter Mountain. Open house this Saturday, 7 p.m. Located on a stream in center of village. Fully

Custom Content • Promotions Customized Dog Training Programs Experienced Marketing Specialist & Pet Communicator P.O. Box 655 * Pine Bush, NY 12566 973-534-0936 * carydickey@gmail.com

DEAR BUSINESSMAN/WOMAN- We at Hardscrabble Flea Market & Swap Meet would like to congratulate you on being picked from over 100 businesses in your field. We believe we can help each otherWe have a swap meet every Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holy Cow Shopping Center, in addition to a flea market/garage sale. We find that when business people set up a table w/ business cards & flyers or “show how to do” projects it will definitely increase your business (and mine). It’s a great way to introduce your business to new/old customers. And, if you have leftover merchandise you’d like to sell- this would be a perfect way to unload it. Please give John a call for more details- (845)758-1170. Spots are $12-$35. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. Be your own boss. Chair rental available for hairstylist in New Paltz salon. 914-456-5035. Balinese Gamelan Workshops for Beginners continue this Saturday, February 6 at Bard College from 11 am - 1 pm in the Olin Building, 3rd floor Moon Room with Ibu Tzu. Please join us for an introduction to this fascinating music featuring our collection of authentic Balinese instruments. You don’t need any prior experience. If you can clap in rhythm to a song and carry a tune, you can learn the basics of gamelan. Bring a friend! By donation. For info: 845 688-7090, pillasdp@gmail.com. On Facebook: Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana at Bard College.

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Gentle Care, offering assistance with compassion in time of need, for those who would benefit from care at home. Brain Training to help improve cognitive function included if requested. Experienced. Please call for more information (845) 657-7010.

CERTIFIED AIDE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE CARE for elderly. 10 years experience. Live-in or hourly. References available. Ulster County area.

(845)706-5133 ELDERLY CARE. HHA. 25 years experience. Excellent references. Live in or out. Will run errands, doctors appointments, cook meals, etc. Call Dee @ 845-399-1816 or 845-399-7603.

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Russian-American classical pianist offers PIANO LESSONS ($45/45 min) for children and adults at One Epic Place 122 Main St., New Paltz, NY Call for appointment914-850-1202, Olga.

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STU’S CAR SERVICE. Whose car determines the pay. Always ready to get you there. Doesn’t matter when or where. I drive the miles your way with smiles. Airport transportation starting at $50. Cell- 845-6495350; stu@hvc.rr.com Look for me on Facebook.

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BEAUTIFUL LAKE GEORGE SUMMER HOME, located on the north end of the Lake, 66 plus feet of Lake Front comes with this home.

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Search all the MLS properties in our region at www.WinMorrisonRealty.com FDR’s Inauguration “The only thing we have to fearâ€?.. is not calling Heather Martin on this new listing! Meander up your way XS D SDYHG FLUFXODU GULYHZD\ WR ÂżQG this charming (cir. 1933) Dutch Colonial, on over 50+ fabulous acres of meadow, hardwoods, and rock outcroppings. This home has 4 bedrooms and 1½ baths. Inside there is; KDUGZRRG DQG FHUDPLF WLOHG Ă€RRUV FREEOHVWRQH ÂżUHSODFH YDXOWHG FHLOLQJV VN\OLJKWV SLFWXUH ZLQGRZV D IHQFHG SDVWXUH DQG D lily pond. From the rocking chair porch, there are lovely mountain and meadow views, and the man of the house will have his choice of a studio/man cave/hunting cabin. There are TWO, two car detached garages, a wood shed and an 18x36 inground saltwater pool! Too much to mention, so call Heather today! .............................................................$650,000! All This and a View!! ‌and what a view you will have! Located in the beautiful town of Lexington in Greene County, this beautiful logstyle home has 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. This gorgeous log home is set in a beautiful mountain area of the Catskills. With spectacular views, the home also offers an amazing 10 acres! It is just minutes to Hunter, Belleayre and Windham Mountains for skiing and all outdoor activities. The sizable living room has a wood burning stove, there DUH EHGURRPV GRZQVWDLUV DQG RQH ZLWK D -DFX]]L WXE 7KH IXOO ÂżQLVKHG EDVHPHQW KDV heat and a wine cellar. There is also a 12’ x 20’ storage building to store your country home recreational “toysâ€?. Call Norm Jette or Cindy VanSteenburg for more details! .....$425,500 TTA WHACTION! U RED

I am fond of saying that I never lost money by giving it away. That very philosophy is often found in the thoughts of great people. For instance, Zig Ziglar, the great sales guru, said, “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.� It seems to me that this process is at the root of what we should do in life. I once heard that we were born with two hands; one to help yourself, and the second to help others. Being in real estate is all about helping others, it is what I’ve devoted my life to doing. Call us and see what I’m talking about. Remember, all of us light up a room, some when they enter, others when they Wi leave. n

T Cottag-O-Rific! RED ERRIF Woodstock! In town location! UCE ICLY D TO Yes, this cottage is nothing short O! of terrific! It’s the cutest 2-bedroom Cottage in town! Tastefully renovated, with 2 bedrooms, gleaming floors, new windows, and a new kitchen and bath. It is everything one could want in a cottage right in town; it’s a short walk to virtually everything wonderful Woodstock has to offer. The 3 season enclosed porch, with its own entrance, could be an extra guest sleeping room spring, summer and fall, if heat is added it could make a year round office. The garage may be the extra structure to be used as a studio, gallery, or just storage. Call Mary Ellen Van Wagenen ................ $229,000

Oliveportunity Olive! Here’s your opportunity to own an affordable home on 1.5 acres, only minutes to the Ashokan Reservoir. This well cared for 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths (one includes a Jacuzzi tub) has generous sized rooms, eat in kitchen, dining room, living room ZLWK D ¿UHSODFH DQG D ERQXV IDPLO\ URRP RU RI¿FH PRVW ZLWK KDUGZRRG ÀRRUV $PHQLWLHV LQFOXGH D VZHHW VHDVRQ IURQW SRUFK D UDLOHG GHFN IRU %%4œ6 and a fenced area for pets. There is a garage, new roof and siding, one bedroom with an infrared sauna, double pane windows and combination storms, multi-fuel Yukon furnace with hot stick for domestic water, water softener and electric generator hook-up! Call Kenneth Volpe or Mary Ellen Van Wagenen .....................................................$275,000

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Absolutely adorable cape on Guyton St. In Kingston / town of Ulster. Home is clean as a whistle and ready for new owners. All replacement windows, new paint throughout, new ooring in kitchen, hardwood oors reďŹ nished, new carpet throughout upstairs, new bath, new ceiling fan, the list goes on. Full dry basement. 200 Amp service. Large eat-in kitchen. Location is excellent being only a few blocks to the elementary school and ballďŹ elds and only a short drive to mall, thruway. Municipal water / sewer........................... Asking - $135,000

www.lawrenceotoolerealty.com

BELOVED WOODSTOCK DINING VENUE For many decades New World Home Cooking has been a beloved dining venue in the Woodstock area and now the owners have decided it is time to move on with their lives. The restaurant has been consistently voted the best in the Hudson Valley and chef Ric Orlando has consistently won accolades and competitions on the nation’s TV chef shows. Strategically situated on the Woodstock-Saugerties corridor, the 7,353 sq ft building features ample space for catering and weddings; the lot has plenty of parking; and the sale includes all restaurant equipment and features – and of course the incredible good will built up over the years. ................................. $1.2 Million Watch the sun set from your expansive deck which encompasses 2/3 of this home. Three bedrooms, living room, dining area, kitchen and full bath. 3 sliding glass doors looking directly to the lake. Basement for storage, all on 6/10 of an acre. As a bonus there is a commercial dock for your boat and others. Please call for more information and price 845-691-2770.

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WOODSTOCK: Young couple, Senior Citizen, single professional or investment: QUIET GARDEN APARTMENT. 1-Bedroom. $321.45/month maintenance includes heat, hot water, heated pool, covered garage, gardens, storage space, washer/ dryer. Asking $85,000. (845)247-4041.

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TANNERSVILLE: RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL. Famous Nightclub/Restaurant for lease or sale. 4 miles from Hunter Moun-

tain. Open house this Saturday, 7 p.m. Located on a stream in center of village. Fully equipped. Nightclub/Restaurant 9 unit motel & 3-bedroom apartment open & operating. 631-901-8535. Apartments/Office Space, with vacant land. 21 North Chestnut St, New Paltz; $595,000 firm. Also, four 2-bedroom apartments, Cottekill near college, $295,000. Some financing available for qualified buyers. 845-229-0024

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STOREFRONT AVAILABLE w/parking lot. Located within the Village’s walkable core. Ideal location for retailer, clothing boutique, coffee shop, barber, cafe, legal firm, medical office, technology startup. Details- call Mary (845)417-7733.

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Gardiner/ Modena/ Plattekill Rentals

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT near Junction 32 & 44/55. Second floor of converted 19th Century barn. Parking. Snow-plowed. Trash, recycle weekly. 1-year lease, 1 month security. No smokers, no pets. References. $675/month excluding utilities. 845-8830857. MODENA: 1 PLUS BEDROOM. New floors, kitchen, fresh paint, bright. Convenient to SUNY, Gardiner, Bridge, Hannaford’s, 44/55 & 32. Month to month, no lease required. $1000/month includes heat & hot water. Sam Slotnick, Real Estate Sales Agent, Century 21 Alliance, 845-656-6088. e-mail: samsk100@aol. com

“GROUND FLOOR CONDOâ€? THE COMMONS/SAUGERTIES JUST LISTED! One oor living! Immaculate and updated 2 bath / 2 bed condo in the Commons. Better than new! Built in 2006 this one -owner condo has been updated extensively. New: stainless appliances, under cabinet lighting, kitchen & bath back splash, bathroom vanities, high end laminate ooring, lighting, farmhouse double sink. Large utility room with ample shelving installed. Master bedroom with master bath & large walk-in. Central air. Both bedrooms with ample closets plus hallway closets so storage is not an issue. Corian counters. Large kitchen for the home cook. HOA fees are $180.00 / Month and include snow removal, lawn maintenance, trash removal & access to the clubhouse with an exercise room, club room for parties & large playground. Located on the UCAT bus route and is convenient to everything the Saugerties / Kingston area offer. Lots of natural light. No maintenance!!..............ASKING - $155,000 R E A L T Y

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1-BEDROOM APARTMENT; $750/month plus utilities. Gardiner, No pets, 1 month rent & 1 month security. Call 845-255-8696.

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HIGHLAND: 1-BEDROOM. First floor; $875/month. Available 3/1. Second floor. $925/month. Available immediately. Both are Private, quiet neighborhood. On-site parking. Next to Lloyd Town Hall, near Rt. 9W. Minutes to Poughkeepsie Bridge, Metro North, Rt. 9 & hospitals. Heat & hot water included. 1 month security. 845-4530047.

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Marlboro; mountain views, COZY 1-BEDROOM Country cottage. No dogs. No Smokers. References. Trash pick-up. Individual or couple preferred. Heat included. $1015/ month. 845-795-5778, LM.

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1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in owner occupied Victorian house on Elting Ave. Includes heat, internet & cable. Deck overlooks private yard. No smoking, no pets. Available March 1. $950/month. Tel. 845255-2105. 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in private home. Includes utilities, cable and high speed internet. Walking distance to SUNY and town. No pets or smokers. $1000/ month, 1½ month security. Available now. Call (914)475-9834.

845-246-9555 www.helsmoortel.com

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SOUTHSIDE TERRACE APARTMENTS offers semester leases for Spring 2016 and short-term for the Summer! Furnished studios, one & two bedrooms, includes heat & hot water. Recreation facilities. Walking distance to campus and town. 845-2557205.

New Paltz: Southside Terrace Apartments Year round and other lease terms to suit your needs available!

We have, studios, one & two bedroom apartments, includes heat & hot water. (furniture packages available) Free use of the: Recreation Room, Pool, New Fitness Center & much more! “Now accepting credit cards! Move in & pay your security and deposit with your credit or debit card with no additional fees!�

Call 845-255-7205 for more information NICE UNFURNISHED ROOMS; $480/ month. Excellent location. Close to SUNY college. All utilities included. Call (914)4745176, between 8 a.m.-9 p.m. (845)2556029, between 12-9 p.m., leave message. 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in 1870s barn. First floor, separate entrance. Full bath, wood floors. $960/month includes heat, hot

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ATTENTION INVESTORS A variety of development opportunities are possible on this 1.6 acre level lot. Situated in the town sewer district and bordered by the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail. A short stroll to eateries, shops and all the amenities downtown Gardiner has to offer. Proudly offered at .................. $150,000.

# 1 IN ULSTER COUNTY REAL ESTATE !!! IN 2015, WESTWOOD SOLD MORE ULSTER COUNTY REAL ESTATE THAN ANY OF OUR COMPETITIORS*! WITH A 35 YEAR TRADITION AS AN INDUSTRY SALES LEADER, WE HAVE THE SELLING AND BUYING STRATEGIES THAT GET RESULTS. JOIN OUR SAVVY CLIENTS AND PUT A WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL ON YOUR TEAM TODAY. TRUST YOUR SUCCESS TO OURS! *UC-MLS STATS 2015

COLUCCI SHAND REALTY, INC 255-3455

Gardiner Gables 2356 Rte. 44-55 Gardiner, NY 12525

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** Become a Fan of Colucci Shand Realty on Facebook ** water, electric. Gas for cooking & fireplace extra. NO DOGS. 5 minutes by CAR outside village. Please call 845-255-5355. SPACIOUS 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT on quiet, private setting. Clean, quiet, professional type preferred. Newly renovated. Heat, hot water, cable included. No pets. No smoking. First, last, security. $850/month. (518)788-3785. STUDENTS/PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE: ROOMS AVAILABLE. Close to SUNY, New Paltz. Newly renovated, clean, large kitchen, appliances, WiFi/computer access/TV, plenty of parking. $550/month/ room, electric & heat included. $550 deposit. Available now. 845-705-2430. ROOM FOR RENT. Can be used as residential or an office. $550/month plus security. Utilities included. Walking distance to everything. (845)664-0493. NEW PALTZ: CHARMING 3-BEDROOM house with mountain views. Walking distance to town. Excellent neighborhood. $1500/month plus utilities. Deposit & 2 months rent. References & security required. Available now. Call (845)255-6732. STUDENT ROOMS for RENT: In the heart of downtown New Paltz. $595-$695/ month. Utilities included. 3 blocks from SUNY Campus. 1 block off Main Street. Call 845-399-9697. NEW PALTZ: Charming small farm house adjacent historic stone house. Shawangunk views, organic garden. Comfortable living area plus BEDROOM and office space, closets. Quiet. Pets negotiable. No smoking. 1-year lease; $1000/month includes oil heat & woodstove, plowing & trash. Quiet, responsible tenant. Available now. 845-2558447. COZY 2-BEDROOM; $1395/month. STUDIO; $895/month. Both include ALL utilities, parking, etc. Central location in village at 21 N. Chestnut Street. No pets please. Also, OFFICE SPACE at location. (845)229-0024.

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HIGH FALLS: 2-BEDROOM HOUSE on quiet street. Kitchen, dining room, living room, closed-in porch, 1-car garage & cellar space. Walk to restaurants. No smoking. No pets. $975/month plus utilities. 2 months security. References. Available soon. Call (845)705-2208. Stone Ridge; 3-BR TOWNHOUSE for rent in rural setting. 2 Bathrooms, W/D, DW, woodstove. No Pets, No Smoking. Very Quiet road. $1100/month plus utilities. (845)658-9706.

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THINK SUMMER! – The pool is just out the back door! Impressive 3400+ SF post & beam contemporary perfectly sited on 7+ acres just minutes to historic hamlet. Gracious open plan features LR w/ stone fireplace, vaulted ceilings, enormous gourmet kitchen w/ granite island & Viking range, family/media room, studio/ rec room, ensuite MBR + 3 add’l BRs, 2.5 baths, full finished basement, 2 car garage &patio. Refresh in the IG POOL! $595,000

PONDSIDE STONE – The charm of antiquity C. 1745 with the ease of modern convenience. Painstakingly rebuilt historic home on 4 park-like acres with a clear POND & breathtaking Mohonk views. Abundant original detail incl. 3 fireplaces, massive beams, WB floors, period hardware PLUS updated kitchen, baths & systems. Amenities incl. stone patio, screen porch & two 21st c. BARNS. Hamlet Commercial zoning expands usage opportunity...........................$755,000

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KINGSTON; SUNNY 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Walk to everything. $850/ month plus utilities. 1 month security plus references. No smokers, no pets. (845)338-0807 or (845)417-1325, leave message.

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Esopus/Ulster Park Rentals

BRIGHT, CUTE studio sized COTTAGE w/ deck. On 10 wooded acres. $775/month includes utilities. Security deposit required. Available to see immediately. Call 845-3312292.

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LOCATION, LOCATION! – Prime 12+ acre Stone Ridge location, with sweeping lawns & meadows, encloses this sunwashed 2400+ SF contemporary with an airy open plan. The 21’ LR w/ stone fireplace, dining room and fab kitchen all open to stone patio w/ hot tub via French doors. Ensuite MBR + 2 add’l BRs, 2.5 baths, family/media room, all hardwood floors, central AC, full basement, mud room PLUS 3 car garage. Perfect country ambiance...... $499,000

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Saugerties Rentals

NICE 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in great location. Rent is $825/month plus utilities. First, last, security required. Call Phil 646-644-3648.

HEART OF THE CATSKILLS – Singular c. 1886 “Arts & Crafts” style 23-acre estate. Immensely charming 6900+ SF with abundant original detail perfect for grand private residence or hospitality retreat. Amenities include 4 working fireplaces, 10 guest rooms, deluxe baths, 23’ formal DR, country kitchen, HW floors, pocket doors, gorgeous veranda o’looks POOL, gatehouse w/ add’l living space; PLUS sep. fitness studio w/ hot tub. ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES!.........................................$995,000

Kingston 340-1920

Woodstock 679-0006

Stone Ridge 687-0232

New Paltz 255-9400

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West Hurley 679-7321

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BARN STYLE CONTEMPO B So peaceful, find your Zen place here! Beautiful B Br Brazilian Tiger wood flooring, a chef’s kitchen co complete with granite dinner bar, recessed lighting, gas stove & double drawer dishwasher.. lig Open living room with brick wood burning Op fireplace & beamed ceilings. 1 BR downstairs, full updated bathroom with radiant floor heat ohm!!! Upstairs loft can be used as 3rd BR or gorgeous office space. MBR ensuite. This home is the perfect getaway or full timer with a vacation feel! Located between New Paltz, Poughkeepsie, NYS Thruway, Mohonk Mtn House, 3 colleges, Marist, Vassar & the CIA. $299,900

COZY KINGSTON CAPE JUST LISTED

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ATTENTION INVESTORS AAA WOODSTOCK LOCATION

WOODSTOCK FARMHOUSE, COTTAGE & STUDIO

MAJOR PRICE

REDUCTION

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BEAUTIFUL HOME FOR RENT in the woods. Quaint 1-bedroom home w/loft located on 4 acres of land overlooking babbling brook. Newly renovated. Must see. $1100/month. Contact Jane 845-5487355. 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT . In Saugerties- walking distance to swimming & shops. $875/month includes heat & electric. References & security required. For inquiries call or text (845)5949257 .

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Woodstock/Lake Hill. Comfortable furnished rooms in historic house near Cooper Lake and NYC bus. Available monthly. Private phone, internet. Piano, cats. $500-$625 includes all. Work exchange for very handyperson. Cat considered. homestayny@msn.com. 845-679-2564. WOODSTOCK: WELL-MAINTAINED , year-round, unfurnished rental. This HOME has 3-BEDROOMS , bathroom, large 3-season enclosed back porch w/ lots of new windows & attached garage. The owner is leaving washer/dryer & kitchen stove. Located close to Bearsville Post Office, restaurants, fruit stand, grocery market & bus stop to Woodstock & NYC. $1350/month plus security & references. Available now. No smokers please. Pets upon approval. Call 845-594-4935. CREEKSIDE STUDIO APARTMENT. $500/month plus utilities. Walking distance to center of Woodstock & bus route. No pets. Call or text (845)5949257, leave message w/phone number or e-mail: pyxe2000@yahoo.com Woodstock: Lovely 1-BR in quiet, small apartment complex, beautiful grounds. Immaculately maintained! Hardwood floors, newly painted. 16 min. walk to village of Woodstock. $885/month includes all utilities. NO smoking. NO pets. References. (845)679-9717.

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West of Woodstock Rentals

Newly Renovated Cottage for Rent. Woodland Valley, Phoenicia. 2-Bedroom. Country setting. Please, No smokers or pets. Utilities not included. 1-year lease, two months security. $750/ month. Call 845-688-7957 . Shokan: Large One Bedroom Apt., $750/month, 960 sq.ft.; Also, Large two bedroom Apt., $1200/month, 1200 sq.ft., 7 miles west of Woodstock, peaceful, calm, quiet, country setting. Please, No smokers or pets, utilities not included. Walk to Ashokan Reservoir, 1-year lease, two months security, pictures on craigslist.org search Shokan. Call 845-481-0521 .

Beautifully landscaped, with an oversized bilevel deck that looks out to gorgeous gardens & wooded area full of wildlife. The Main house features 3 BRs, wide planked hardwood floors & a beautiful sun room. Property includes a completely renovated cottage & a large studio. Plus there’s an oversized 2 car heated finished garage with 9 foot ceilings, radiant heat and multiple outlets. Ideal for many businesses. This property is well suited for musicians, artists, and air b&b! $634,000

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MYER SERVICES

TREE & PROPERTY

Rich Myer, Owner

Acra: Large, modern 1- or 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. 8’x8’ storage space, central air/heat, garbage/snow removal. Washer/ dryer on premises. No smokers/pets. $700 & $800/month. 518-622-8226, 518-9478050.

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Lodgings/Bed and Breakfast

Fully Insured • Free Estimates (518) 925-2751 • Myertreeservice@outlook.com • Pruning • Tree Removal • Stump Grinding • Power Washing • Site Clearance • Firewood For Sale • Shrubbery Trimming • Lawn Maintenance • Gutter Cleaning • Landscaping • Hauling • Emergency Storm Services

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COLDBROOK B&B. 2 rooms available ranging from $125-$175. 10 minute drive to the center of Woodstock. For reservations call Mark or Tonia at (845)679-2563, CMWcoldbrook@gmail.com www.ColdBrookBnB.com

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For Sale

For Sale: A pair of 1999 Ford Rangers for parts. 3 liter, 5-speeds both, 2 good motors and transmissions (one set 160,000 mi.) Plus countless good parts. $600. Also for Sale: Set of four new 31X10.5R 15 in. LT SNOW Tires. Currently mounted and balanced on 1999 Ford Ranger Aluminum Wheels. $450 for all four tires and wheels. Contact: Kevinvanhentenryck@gmail. com or 518-989-6356. Drum Set PLUS Tower System. Tama Swingstar 9 ply mahogany drum set (black). 8 drums, high hat, snare drum and stand, seat and some cymbals. Tower system has 4 cymbal holders and 4 tom tom holders. Everything for $1600. 845-339-4546.

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Snow Plowing

SNOW PLOWING starting at $40

(845) 331- 4844

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Tree Services

HAVE A DEAD TREE..... CALL ME! Dietz Tree Service Inc. Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding. Seasoned Firewood for Sale. (845)255-7259. Residential, Municipalities.

Take a look at this private yet oh so convenient cape looking for another family! Sweet lot tucked away in one of Kingston’s oldest neighborhoods! First level Boasts of hardwood flooring. Living room with electric fire place, eat in kitchen completed with French door to decking for outside fun! There are 2 bedrooms and 1 bath all on 1 level. Upstairs you will find a peaceful Master Bedroom and an adorable nursery! Bring your own colors and make this home your own! This is a must see, and a pleasure to show! $159,900

STUMP GRINDING

ALLEN LAWLESS • 845-247-2838 SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK CELL.: 845-399-9659

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Firewood for Sale

HAVE A DEAD TREE..... CALL ME! Dietz Tree Service Inc. Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding. Seasoned Firewood for Sale. (845)255-7259. Residential, Municipalities.

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Buy & Swap

OLD FURNITURE, CROCKS, JUGS, paintings, frames, postcards, glasswares, sporting items, urns, fountain pens, lamps, dolls, pocket knives, military items, bronzes, jewelry, sterling, old toys, old paper, old boxes, old advertisements, vintage clothing, anything old. Home contents purchased, (select items or entire estates purchased.) CASH PAID 657-6252 CASH PAID. Estate contents- attic, cellar, garage clean-outs. Used cars, junk cars, scrap metal. Anything of value. (845)246-0214. BOTTOM LINE... I pay the HIGHEST PRICES for old furniture, ANTIQUES of every description. Paintings, lamps, rugs, porcelain, bronzes, silver, etc. One item to entire contents. House calls & free appraisals. Richard Miller Antiques (Est. 1972). (845)389-7286.

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Musical Instruction & Instruments

Fingerstyle Guitar for solo performer. Taught at NYC’s Mannes College of Music & Guitar Study Center. Break out of “Pattern Playing”, create instrumental breaks, improvise accompaniments. Susan Hoover, 845-679-7887.

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Antiques & Collectibles

WANTED TOP DOLLARS PAID. We buy entire estates or single items. Actively seeking gold and silver of any kind, sterling, flatware and jewelry. Furniture, antiques through mid-century. We gladly do house

AAA Prime Property for sale just steps to the heart of Woodstock. Historical main building (was once a hotel) now has 8 residential rental units & 2 prime retail spaces on street level with long standing tenants. There’s also an 800 sq. ft. cottage currently used as retail shop downstairs and residential rental upstairs. Great rent roll here! Owned for 18 years by current owner who has maintained the building. No deferred maintenance to be addressed! Located across the street from large public parking lot & Woodstock information center. Property has private parking in place. Call for more details! $1,573,000

calls, free appraisals. We also do Estate/Tag Sales, 35 years experience. One call does it all. Call or text anytime 24/7- 617-981-1580.

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Vendors Needed

HARDSCRABBLE POP-UP

FLEA MARKET & GARAGE SALE 845-758-1170 • Call John

JANUARY – MARCH Call for openings and time

Handmade Wood Chip Roses, Whole Sale and Retail 10'x20' – $20 PER DAY All Vendors Wanted • Spots start at $12 to $35 Holy Cow Shopping Center • Red Hook, NY

HELP WANTED

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Yard & Garage Sales

WOODSTOCK ESTATE SALE. Household items from the old Downer farmhouse, including: brass and copper, wicker, lamps, artwork, tools, kitchenware, blanket chests, kitchen set, sofa, books, beds, bric-a-brac, mirrors, and more. Follow signs from Route 212 and Zena Road. Saturday and Sunday, February 6 and 7, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Rain, snow or shine. Early birds are welcome!

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Counseling Services

LAURIE OLIVER.... SPIRITUAL COUNSELING. Give the gift of wellness. Make positive changes in your life through hypnosis. Smoking cessation * pain management * stress relief * past life regressions. Certified Hypnotist by NGH. Intuitive, sensitive guidance. Spirit communicator. Specializing in dealing with grief, stress, relationship issues, questions about your life past & current life’s path. Call Laurie Oliver at (845)679-2243. Laur50@aol.com

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GBM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC. Professional Moving and Delivery. Residential/Commercial. Local and N.Y.C. Metro areas. N.Y.S. Dot T 12467, Shandaken, N.Y. Call 845-688-2253.

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CERTIFIED AIDE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE CARE for elderly. 10 years experience. Live-in or hourly. References available. Ulster County area. (845)706-5133. DETAIL-ORIENTED person seeking parttime or more. Flexible hours for home, office, elder care, light housekeeping. Background in the medical field. Weekends OK. Non-smoker. References available. If interested please call 845-679-6382. COMPANION/CAREGIVER. Compassionate, experienced care for elderly/disabled individuals. Light housekeeping & food prep. Ulster County & nearby. $16/ hour- nursing facility. $20/hr.- in-home situation. 8 hour minimum/flexible schedule. Please call 845-853-8048.

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OIL PAINTING RESTORATION. Cleaned, relined, retouched, refinished. Also frames & wood sculptures repaired. Call Carol (845)687-7813.

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HAPPY HOUSEKEEPERS caring and through cleaning service. We do it all from polishing furniture to disinfecting doorknobs! Weekly, biweekly and Vacation home service. References available. Call for free estimate 845-214-8780.

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• Sheetrock & Plaster Repair

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CLEAN UPS, CLEAN OUTS. Indoor/Outdoor. Junk & debris removal. Estates prepared for Moving and Sale. (845)688-2253.

Excellent references.

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MAN WITH A VAN MOVING & DELIVERY SERVICE. 16’ trucks, 10’ van. Reliable, insured, NYS DOT 32476. 8 Enterprise Road, New Paltz, NY. Please call Dave at 255-6347.

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“ABOVE AND BEYOND” HOUSEPAINTING by Quadrattura, since 1997. Interior/Exterior, Decorator Finishes, Restorations, Expert Color Consultation, Plastering, Wallpaper Removal, Light Carpentry. Add value to your home economically. Environmentally conscious work done w/old world craftsmanship and pride. (845)332-7577. Senior Discount. References. Free Estimates.

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EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN WITH A VAN. Carpentry, painting, flatscreen mounting, light hauling/delivery, clean-outs. Second home caretaking. All small/medium jobs considered. Versatile, trustworthy, creative, thrifty. References. Ken Fix It. 845-616-7999.

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Gardening/ Landscaping

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Want to help but can’t adopt a cat? Don’t forget about our Foster Program! Visit our website UCSPCA.org, for details & pictures of cats to foster. Come see us & all of our other friends at the Ulster County SPCA, 20 Wiedy Road, Kingston ( just off the traffic circle). Open 6 days a week, 11:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. (Closed on Mondays.) (845)3315377.

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Here at the Ulster County SPCA we’re hoping to get as many of our residents home for the New Year as we can! Our featured animal of the week: Sweet orange kitty named Peeps. She’s 1.5 years old, she came in w/4 other kitties & is the last remaining of that group. She’s a bit shy, please come in and meet her. Marvin & Galenos; handsome, all black w/greenish yellow eyed cat fellows, they’re beyond ready for their forever homes. Alberique; shy girl that came in as a feral tortie kitty. She loves to purr, head butt & is happiest remaining on the floor for now, but we’re sure she will open up to the right person. Our DOG residents are ready to meet you as well, Max & Vador are herethey’re bonded 10-year old Pekingese brothers. They’ll do best w/no kids, but other dogs & cats are okay. Dutchess; Queen of the UCSPCA, she’s a 4-year old Neopolitan Mastiff, she’ll thrive in a low traffic, no kid household. Puddy the Mastiff mix; 3-years old, best w/no cats or kids, other dogs are okay. There are also GUINEA PIGS, BUNNIES & a great HORSE named Scout here. Bran & Rickon are cute GUINEA PIG buddies that would love to join your family. Come meet them all today at the UCSPCA, 20 Wiedy Rd. in Kingston off of Sawkill Road. Www.UCSPCA.org. Happy New Year! MAINE COON CATS, GEORGIA & SILAS, (mom & kitten) NEED HOMES. Georgia is 2.5-years old and was found w/her kitten, Silas, now 8-months, in the Catskill Mountains. They can be adopted together or apart. Georgia’s been a great mom & Silas is adapting to indoor life, but Georgia has made it clear she would prefer a home where she has both indoor and safe outdoor access. Georgia is very stressed & cannot stay in her temporary NYC foster apartment (she’s from the mountains, after all). She needs to find her loving forever home or a foster situation that is indoor/outdoor. They are beautiful kitties, gentle and sweet and have been vetted and spayed. If you’re interested in adopting Georgia and/or Silas or have questions, please contact Amy at 917-902-2813 or atrakinski@gmail.com

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PROJECT CAT is a non-profit cat RESCUE & SHELTER. Please help get cat off the streets & into homes. Adopt a healthy & friendly cat or kitten companion for a lifetime. High Falls/ Accord area. (845)687-4983 or visit our cats at www.projectcat.org Want to help but can’t adopt a cat? Don’t forget about our Foster program! Visit our website, UCSPCA.org, for details and pictures of cats to foster. Come see us and all of our other friends at the ULSTER COUNTY SPCA, 20 Wiedy Road, Kingston ( just off the traffic circle). Open 6 days a week, 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (Closed on Mondays.) (845)331-5377. WOULD YOU LIKE AN OUTDOOR CAT? Do you have a barn, garage, shed or outbuilding? Would you like to consider having feral cats? You can help cats in need who will help keep your barn, etc. free of rodents. The cats will be neutered/spayed and up to date w/shots. Please call the Woodstock Feral Cat Project at (917)282-2018 or email: DRJLPK@aol.com

legal notices LEGAL NOTICE COUNTY OF ULSTER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ULSTER COUNTY SANITARY CODE (Adoption of the rules and regulations of the Ulster Health District) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Health of the Ulster Health District, in the Ulster County Office Building, Legislative Chambers, 6th Floor, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York, on March 14, 2016 at 6:30 PM, on the Ulster County Sanitary Code: Adoption of the rules and regulations of the Ulster Health District that comprise the Ulster

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County Sanitary Code effective May 1, 2016 and thereafter The proposed Sanitary Code is available for inspection by the public, during regular business hours, in the office of the Department of Health, 239 Golden Hill Lane, Kingston, New York, and can also be viewed on the county’s website at the following web address: http:// www.co.ulster.ny.us/ All interested parties shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposed Sanitary Code at the time and place aforesaid. Dated: January 25, 2016 Kingston, New York Carol M. Smith, MD, MPH Ulster County Department of Health By Order of Ulster County Board of Health

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