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A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, adventure and ideas | Calendar Ca l e n da r & C Classifieds lassifieds | Issue 5 | Feb. 2 – 9

Did you know there are more than 400 species of bee in NY state?

Rhinecliff estate that inspired Edith Wharton faces uncertain future

A chat with international cheese expert Kate Arding of Hudson

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Lost in the crowd How a 65-year-old work of political theory can help explain our times “In an ever-changing, incomprehensible world the masses had reached the point where they would, at the same time, believe everything and nothing, think that everything was possible and that nothing was true.” —Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

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annah Arendt’s words jump off the page. Passages that 10-20 years ago might have been read as insights into an increasingly distant and historic mass psychosis that gripped Central Europe for a few decades in the first half of the last century now seem perfectly apt

to describe our present time of alternative facts and information overload. The Origins of Totalitarianism joins 1984 and It Can’t Happen Here on the list of books readers are turning to for insights into what’s happening in America, and whether the new president is a brash populist who can “get things done” within the general framework of American democratic institutions or if he represents a genuine threat to them. All three are currently sold out on Amazon. com. Interest in Arendt’s work is evident in the Hudson Valley as well. The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College is currently

hosting a 12-week virtual reading group on Origins. While previous groups have averaged around 25-35 participants per session, double that amount joined the first session on January 20, according to Roger Berkowitz, founder and academic director of the center. More than 100 had signed up as of January 26, and the group was nearing the capacity of its videoconferencing software. Written in 1951, the book traces the roots of totalitarianism in Europe, particularly in Germany and Russia, to the decay of the nation-state brought on by imperialism and the attendant rise of racism that allowed civilized Europeans to rationalize treating colonial peoples

Shelf-Awareness A series looking at books that shed light on the present moment. Part I: The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt

unjustly. Imperialism abroad and pan movements across continental Europe pitted the interests of investors and business, who needed to keep expanding to be viable, against the nationalists, who believed in the nation-state as a self-contained political unit based on a common culture and language. As the (Continued on page 10)

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NATURE PHOTOS COURTESY OF TIM STANLEY | NATIVE BEEOLOGY

Female longhorn bee (Melissodes spp.) pollinating a sunower. Only males have long antennae; hence the common name.

Dark sweat bee (Halictus spp.) on balloon ower.

Green sweat bee (Agapotemon spp.)

Digger bee (Anthophora spp.) hovering in front of a foxglove beardtongue. Digger bees have very long tongues, making them well-suited to pollinate owers with deep tubes.

A bee primer There are more than 400 species of bee in New York State, and naturalist Tim Stanley wants you to know more about them

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he plight of the vanishing honey bee has received a lot of attention in recent years, and with good reason. The pollination that bees provide to crops is essential to our agricultural systems. But as important as the honey bees are, that species is not the only bee out there threatened by climate change and the use of pesticides. There are native bees in our region (the honey bee is a transplant from Europe) that are actually more effective pollinators of our native plants, simply because they evolved at the same time, says naturalist Tim Stanley. And since native bees don’t have the capacity to travel much farther than our own backyards, creating the right habitat for them close to home will ensure that they’ll thrive here, and in the process,

help create that sustainable future that we all want. Stanley is a former forest ranger who became a backyard honey bee-keeper at one point. Currently a director at the Fresh Air Fund’s Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill, he helps manage the property and runs the school programs year-round, along with the farm for the youth groups who come up from the City each summer to learn about agriculture and healthy eating practices. His fascination with bees and his focus on outdoor education led Stanley to create Native Beeology in 2014: a website intended to foster an understanding and appreciation of our native bee pollinators and to inspire people to take action on their behalf. He frequently gives talks to groups on the topic.

There are more than 400 species of bee in New York State, and close to 4,000 species in North America. Farmers will often transport hives of honey bees to their farms to act as pollinators for the crops, but Stanley points out that creating the right conditions for native bees to flourish will ensure that they’ll be around when we need them. Encouraging farmers to develop diversity in their plantings is part of the strategy, since year-round food for the bees is crucial. “Apples bloom for just a few weeks, so bees can’t survive on large monoculture farms. Creating buffer strips [that retain soil and reduce erosion] is important, along with planting wildflowers that bloom to feed the bees. And in planting flowers for bees, we’re also planting for other pollinators, creating

biodiversity that has a ripple effect to the environment.� Bees in general are better pollinators than butterflies, which don’t have the unique body characteristics that bees have, or their particular need for the pollen. “Beetles are pollinators, too, but they’re eating the pollen,� says Stanley. “And butterflies and flies are going for the nectar. But bees, while they evolved from wasps – which are carnivores, eating other insects and things – are vegetarian. They eat the pollen for protein and nectar for carbohydrates.� The bees collect pollen in “baskets� on their legs or abdomens, depending on the species, to bring back to the nest. After the bee visits a flower, she grooms herself and brushes the pollen gathered on her body down toward her hind legs, where,

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Squash bee (Peponapis pruinosa), a floral specialist, on a squash flower. The only squash bee native to New York.

Bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) on approach to jewelweed plant with tongue extended.

Small carpenter bee (Ceratina spp.) on tansy. These small bees are common and lack the fuzzy bodies that are characteristic of most bee species. Blue orchard bee (Osmia spp.) packing mud in nesting chamber. This variety of mason bee is an important pollinator of apple trees and active in the spring.

Leaf cutter bee (Megachile spp.) on butterflyweed, a type of milkweed. Leaf cutter bees cut leaves to use in their nesting chambers.

Mining bee (Andrena spp.) nesting. The male bee circling the female emerging from the nesting chamber. These are one of the most diverse group of bees.

(named for the particularly long antennae on the males) that favors the sunflower. Several native bees are named in reference to their lifestyle. Cellophane or polyester bees nest in the ground, the female bees making shallow brood cells only four to six inches deep, which they line with a waterproof, cellophanelike substance, allowing them to nest in very wet areas. This material has been studied as a substitute for plastic, says Stanley, that can decompose in as little as five years. And mason bees are named for the mud walls that they make to partition off their brood cells in naturally occurring gaps, such as between cracks in stones or other cavities. Some prefer to live in hollow stems or holes in trees made by wood-boring insects. “When most people think of bees, they think of honey bees, living in perennial hives,” says Stanley, “but that’s really atypical of how the majority of bees live their lives. With the exception of bumble bees, which live in hives, most of the native

bees live a solitary lifestyle. Thirty percent of them live in a hole inside of a tree or a hollow stem, and 70 percent of them live underground.” Native bees also provide the ver y effec tive “buzz pollination” that cannot be per formed by honey bees. “Look at the tomato flower in your garden on a summer day,” s a y s S t a n l e y. “The bumble bee will be hanging upside down on it, vibrating its wing muscles so rapidly, it literally shakes the pollen out of the tomato plant, like shaking a pepper shaker.” For every tomato you’ve ever eaten, he adds, “thank a bumble bee.” Buzz pollination is also important for

“Most of the native bees live a solitary lifestyle. Thirty percent of them live in a hole inside of a tree or a hollow stem, and 70 percent of them live underground.”

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa spp.) on highbush blueberry. Sometimes use their strong mandible to rob nectar.

mixed with a little nectar, it will be held in place by hairs in the pollen basket. And in the act of collecting pollen to give to their larva, it gets stuck on their fuzzy bodies and transferred to plants as they go from flower to flower. “When you think of cross-pollination, bees are the most

effective,” says Stanley. “Butterflies have long tongues, so they may not come into as direct contact with pollen as the bees do.” Some native bees are specialists, like the squash bee, which only pollinates flowers in the squash family, or the longhorn bee

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A bee primer Continued from page 3 blueberries and cranberries, as well as azaleas and eggplant. Unlike the honey bees, with a single egglaying queen, every female is an egg-layer in the solitary bee population. Hundreds of them each lay between six and 12 eggs, and they’re only active for a short period of time. Not having a queen and an egg supply to defend is also the reason that you won’t get stung by native bees, Stanley says, unless you happen to step on one or pick it up and squeeze it. “The only native bees to sting when disturbed are yellowjackets or hornets, which, like honey bees, live in large social hives. Stinging evolved to protect the hive, and since native bees have nothing to protect, they’re not aggressive. And even though the females have stingers, their stingers can’t penetrate human skin.” When early European colonists brought over honey bees, he says, the Native Americans called them “the white man’s stinging insect.” Many times we don’t even notice the native bees around us, because they’re solitary and some are very small. While larger bees can fly a mile or more, these small bees have flight ranges of 200 yards to about a half-mile. “Even a small backyard can be the whole world to a tiny little bee,” says Stanley. “They’re going to stay in one little area, so what you do in your yard can have a big impact.” The Native Beeology site lists a number of ways in which, “one backyard at a time,” we can all boost the native bee population. Those ways include things that take a little effort, like putting up nesting boxes for the 30 percent of native bees that will find such housing a good substitute for the hollow spaces in which they usually nest, or providing exposed, undisturbed soil and a source of water for the 70 percent of bees that nest underground. But the most important action that people can take, says Stanley, is to talk to our nurseries and demand plants grown without neonicotinoids. As the name suggests, the substance is related to nicotine, and often used in pesticides on plants found in big-box stores. “Plants absorb it through the roots, the seed, the leaves, the stem, the flower…ultimately in the pollen. A large dose of it is fatal to bees, and in smaller doses it causes neurological disorders; it disorients them.” Some cities and towns nationwide and places in Canada and Europe have banned the use of neonicotinoids, says Stanley, with Maryland the first state that will be neonicotinoid-free by 2018. Native Beeology contains a list of local growers who have committed to selling plants grown without neonicotinoids, including Adams Fairacre Farms, the Catskill Native Nursery, American Beauty Native Plants sold at Blue Seal in Fishkill, the Hudson Valley Seed Company and the Rainbow’s End Butterfly Farm and Nursery in Pawling. “The list is by no means complete,” says Stanley, “but until laws are created that ban neonicotinoids, we need to know our nurseries, and ask. People have a lot of power when it comes to how they spend their money. Adams

Fairacre Farms said they decided to do it after customer demand.” – Sharyn Flanagan For more information on native pollinators, visit https://nativebeeology.com or contact Tim Stanley at nativebeeology@ gmail.com. Other sources are the Xerces Society and www.bumblebeewatch.org, a citizen-science site that can also help with identification.

New haven Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge launched with Nellie Hill Preserve in Dover

NATURE We hear a lot about “charismatic megafauna” like elephants, rhinos and big cats being driven to the brink of extinction by hunting; but far more often, the agent of doom for endangered species is habitat loss. As with the use of urban planning to keep cities habitable for humans, ecosystem protection for animals and plants is a long game. The 850-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge system administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is a patchwork of protected lands, some huge, some tiny. As any environmental educator will tell you, most animals can’t be confined to an isolated patch of habitat; many are required to migrate during a cycle of seasons or a lifespan in order to survive, grow and reproduce. And they show little interest in human-prescribed political boundaries. Thus it becomes crucial not only to set blocks of land aside for them to live in, but also to establish corridors that they can use to move safely from water to land or field to forest. So creating a fully functional National Wildlife Refuge is a process that can take decades, but the first step can be a small one. The nation’s 566th and newest, the Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge, has been on FWS’s drawing board for a long time. It is envisioned as eventually spanning six states (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Rhode Island) and comprising 15,000 non-contiguous acres of protected land, all to be set aside via conservation easements, voluntary donations or feetitle acquisition. The seed has now been planted for the restoration of degraded shrubland and young forest habitat across a broad swath of the Northeast, beginning with FWS’s acquisition in December 2016 of the 144-acre Nellie Hill Preserve in the Dutchess County Town of Dover, donated by the Nature Conservancy. Critical habitat for threatened species, including the New England cottontail and monarch butterfly, shrubland and young forest have been disappearing in the Northeast because of human development or the eventual transition into mature forest. The Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge’s landscape will be managed to ensure that this rare habitat is maintained, with the New York State Department of Environmental

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ebruary is the month when the Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership (SRBP) hosts “Secrets of the Shawangunks,” an annual series of public lectures on conservation topics and biodiversity in our region. It runs on Thursday evenings from 7 to 9:30 p.m., with the first three lectures being hosted by SUNY-New Paltz and the final one by SUNY-Ulster. Admission is free and open to all. If you’ve ever enjoyed discovering evidence of the last Ice Age’s visit to our neck of the woods, in the form of rock outcrops sporting glossy glacial polishing or parallel striations, you’ll get a kick out of the lecture scheduled for February 2 in Room 102 of the Lecture Center. Dr. John A. Rayburn, associate professor of Environmental Geology and Geomorphology at SUNY-New Paltz, will discuss “Glacial History of the Catskills and Mid-Hudson Valley: Setting the Table for Our Region’s Ecology.” And if you’re a Gardiner gardener who struggles with the sticky, impermeable, fine-grained grey clay soil found hereabouts, at least you’ll know what geological processes to blame for your vegetable beds’ crappy drainage. Also at the Lecture Center, the aptly named Dr. Allison Oakes, post-doctoral research associate in Plant Science and Biotechnology at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, will bring some upbeat ecological news in her February 9 lecture, “Reviving the American Chestnut.” And admirers of those weird spiny creatures so common in some of the Hudson Valley’s parks will want to hear Melissa Gillmer, head zookeeper at the Trailside Museum and Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park, talk about “Porcupines in Our Presence” on February 16. “Secrets of the Shawangunks” wraps up for 2017 at the College Lounge, Room 203, in Vanderlyn Hall on SUNY-Ulster’s Stone Ridge Campus with “Fire on the Ridge” on February 23. This discussion of wildfires in the Gunks and the Biodiversity Partnership’s ongoing campaign to prevent them via managed burns will be led by Gabe Chapin, forest ecologist with the Nature Conservancy, and Hank Alicandri, director of the Sam’s Point Area of Minnewaska State Park Preserve. For more information on the SRBP lecture series, visit www.mohonkpreserve. org/events, or call the Mohonk Preserve (845) 255- 0919.

Conservation taking on the responsibility for shrubland habitat management at Nellie Hill. Managed by the Nature Conservancy for 25 years, Nellie Hill is a unique property with varying habitats and rare plants. Formerly grazing land for cows, the preserve has since become a hotspot for migrating birds and other wildlife. From the rocky summit of a 120-foot cliff, visitors can view grasslands, sloping meadows, oakwood forests and limestone woodlands. Five springs and two ponds provide a constant water source for wildlife throughout the year. Now that the Refuge is formally established through the first land acquisition, the agency will continue coordinating with government and private, non-profit partners to engage willing and interested landowners in ten target areas of the six states. Lands within an acquisition boundary would not become part of the Refuge unless their owners sell or donate them to FWS; the boundary has no impact on how landowners can use their land or to whom they can sell. So don’t panic if you’re a property-owner within the targeted area; no feds will be coming around to exercise eminent domain. You might have to put up with more monarch butterfly sightings, however. To find out more about the Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge, visit www.fws. gov/northeast/refuges/planning/lpp/

greatthicketLPP.html. – Frances Marion Platt

Bird walk at Thorn Preserve in Woodstock on Saturday The Woodstock Land Conservancy’s First Saturdays on the Trail series of outings doesn’t slack just because the cold weather has come. In fact, winter’s fallen foliage makes it easier to spot wildlife, and snow-covered or mucky ground yields a bounty of evidence for trackers. When it comes to avian life-forms, our region has plenty of interesting species that winter over. You’re practically guaranteed to observe some of them next Saturday morning if you join veteran birder Mark DeDea, president of the John Burroughs Natural History Society, at Woodstock’s Thorn Preserve. This parcel allows for easy inspection with level walking. The open meadow may attract wintering raptors; a wooded swamp affords plenty of winterberry for the hermit thrushes; and the nearby Sawkill Creek often holds waterfowl late into the winter. During last year’s January walk, participants witnessed a thrilling flyover of snow geese migrating southward. The bird walk begins at 8 a.m. on February 4. The Thorn Preserve is accessed at 55 John Joy Road in Woodstock. Dress

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NIGHT SKY

Intelligent life Was abiogenesis on Earth random or purposeful?

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ashions have changed. Sixty years ago, the consensus among astronomers was that life on Earth was such an extremely unlikely occurrence that we may be alone in the universe. These days, very few astronomers believe that. The current groupthink is that the universe teems with life. That’s why so many research organizations search for exo-planets, especially those with an Earthlike temperature that could allow liquid water. Others focus on exoplanets’ atmospheres. The free oxygen in our own air is only present because of plants. If we therefore detect free oxygen in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet, we know that life is likely. Nonetheless, the basic question remains: What is life? Perhaps surprisingly, scientists don’t agree on a definition. Are viruses alive? They have no metabolism; they don’t feed themselves; and many biologists regard them as inanimate. Yet they contain RNA coding that forces cells to make lots of viral copies. And how did life begin? Through chemistry? If certain events cause life to arise from non-living components, it’s still mysterious. But whatever the process, we want to know if it happens readily. In other words, is life easy? Or does it require extremely unlikely events to unfold? The main argument for “easy� is that earthly life began almost as soon as it was possible. After the molten early Earth sufficiently cooled, there came a long period of intense bombardment. Asteroids and comets kept pummeling our surface. This violence stopped about four billion years ago. And bingo, our earliest fossils date from 3.8 billion years ago. So life began within 200 million years of when it was first possible. That’s awfully quick. A good counter-argument, for life being “hard,� is that life-creation or abiogenesis only happened once. All earthly life-forms are descendants of that first ancestral organism. We know this because all life, from elephants to bacteria, shares remarkable genetic similarities. They’re all made of the same kinds of amino acids and sugars. For example, many molecules have twists or spirals or asymmetries. Amino acids can be created with a left-handed or right-handed twist. But on Earth, all life only contains amino molecules with left-handed twists, and a right direction in all its sugars – and a right twist to its DNA, which is the same as a corkscrew. Life didn’t have to be this way. And if life started a second time from scratch, it likely would show differences in such chirality. And maybe it wouldn’t solely store information in genetic material, as all earthly life does. Now, there are at least six million species of bacteria (even if only 100,000 of them have had their genomes sequenced). But every single microbe, plant and animal we have examined shows that it’s a descendant of the

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Photo of Gray Fox y by Mark Loete

The Erpf Gallery at the Catskill Center in Arkville is currently hosting “Catskill Fly Tying: The Art of Artifice,� an exhibition of macro photographs by Mark Loete. An artist’s reception and fly-tying demonstration

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will be held in the gallery on Saturday, February 11 from 2-4 p.m. Photographer Mark Loete will visit the gallery again on Saturday, March 4 at 1 p.m. to give a talk about the creation of the exhibit. The fishing fly is an artifice; a clever deception. Fur, feather, and sometimes man-made materials are lashed to steel with thread in such a fashion as to mimic the size, shape, color, and natural behavior of the aquatic insects that trout depend on for their main food source. The selection, manner and method in which these materials are deployed on the hook – the fly “pattern� – draws upon a deep body of generational wisdom, regional diversity and folk art. Some patterns are deceptively simple to tie while others are complex architectural constructs built to exacting specifications. When these beautiful miniature sculptures are photographed at high resolution and enlarged, the art behind the artifice is revealed.

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The idea for a gallery exhibit of troutfly photographs was born of a project completed for the Jerry Bartlett Memorial Angling Collection housed at the Phoenicia Library. Stephanie Blackman Design was commissioned to create a web-based digital “hatch chart� for the collection, an informational matrix that shows which insect species an angler might encounter on the Esopus Creek at a given time of year and what artificial fly best imitates that insect. Some of the patterns are specific to the Esopus Creek and little known beyond the Catskills, while others are fished worldwide. A native of Illinois, Loete moved to the Catskill Mountain hamlet of Chichester in 2002 and in 2014 founded Catskill Mountain Angler, a fly fishing guide and instruction service. The Catskill Center takes an active role in protecting regional ecosystems and advancing local economic development initiatives while protecting the Catskill

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The wynds of change

Rhinecliff estate that inspired Edith Wharton faces uncertain future “This is the Past,” Vance Weston, musing in the library at The Willows, decides. “If only I could get back into it.” – Edith Wharton Hudson River Bracketed, 1929

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n her 1933 autobiography, A Backward Glance, Edith Wharton recounts her youthful impressions of Wyndclyffe, the Rhinecliff home of her father’s sister, Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones: “The effect of terror produced by the house at Rhinecliff was no doubt due to what seemed to me its intolerable ugliness…for I was always vaguely frightened by ugliness. I can still remember hating everything at Rhinecliff, which, as I saw, on rediscovering it some years later, was an expensive but dour specimen of Hudson River Gothic; and from the first I was obscurely conscious of a queer resemblance between the granite exterior of Aunt Elizabeth and her grimly comfortable home, between her battlemented caps and the turrets of Rhinecliff.” Wharton’s recollections are at odds with the frequently repeated belief that the expression “keeping up with the Joneses” is derived from the lifestyle maintained at Wyndclyffe. But Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones’ primary residence was in New York City, with the Hudson Valley estate a weekend and summer home, and that phrase may have been coined about the life that she lived in Manhattan. (As for “the Joneses,” plural, Wharton’s aunt was an unmarried woman – although one would suppose that other members of the Jones family could have been in residence part of the time. Perhaps the family, as a whole, lived a life so large that it inspired

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Wyndcliffe in Rhinecliff. Edith Wharton used the house – “a vivid picture in the gallery of my little girlhood,” as she wrote in her autobiography – as inspiration for a home called “The Willows” in two of her novels.

the neighbors.) Wyndclyffe still stands in Rhinecliff today, but only barely. Abandoned in the 1950s and neglected since, the three-story, 24-room mansion of nearly 8,000 square feet is a ruin, its terra-cotta chimneys rubble and Tiffany skylight gone, the whole place forlorn and forgotten by all except those who seek out such curiosities. Entire portions of the house have fallen in, leaving a gaping hole on one side. Once a nine-bedroom home with five bathrooms and four fireplaces on 80 acres, the ruin now sits on a 2.5-acre parcel of land. Wyndclyffe Castle, as it is sometimes known, was commissioned by Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones in 1853. The architect was George Veitch. The house was originally called “Rhinecliff,” its name possibly changed at some point to avoid confusion when the nearby hamlet to the estate’s north changed its name from Kipsbergen to Rhinecliff. Writer Henry Winthrop Sargent praised Wyndclyffe in 1859 as “a very successful and distinctive house, with much the appearance of some of the smaller Scotch castles.” Wharton used the house – “a vivid

picture in the gallery of my little girlhood,” as she wrote in her autobiography – as inspiration for a home called “The Willows” in her 1929 novel, Hudson River Bracketed, and its 1932 sequel, The Gods Arrive. (The two books, i n c i d e n t a l l y, though lesserknown in her pantheon, are among the five novels that she herself named as the best work of her lifetime.) Ser ving as a metaphor for the characters’ quintessential Americanness, The Willows – built in the Hudson River Bracketed architectural style made popular by influential architect A. J. Downing – becomes almost a character in the books, as well as providing the setting

Wharton’s recollections are at odds with the frequently repeated belief that the expression “keeping up with the Joneses” is derived from the lifestyle maintained at Wyndclyffe.

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for the action, such as in this excerpt from Hudson River Bracketed: “The three walked up the drive, their steps muffled by the long grass and clover which had pushed up through the gravel. When the front of the house was before them, disengaged from the fluctuating veil of willows, Vance saw that it was smaller than he had expected; but the air of fantasy and mystery remained. Everything about the front was irregular, but with an irregularity unfamiliar to him. The shuttered windows were very tall and narrow, and narrow too the balconies, which projected at odd angles, supported by ornate wooden brackets. One corner of the house rose into a tower with a high shingled roof, and arched windows which seemed to simulate the openings in a belfry. A sort of sloping roof over the front door also rested on elaborately ornamented brackets, and on each side of the steps was a large urn of fluted iron painted to imitate stone, in which some half-dead geraniums languished.” Wharton’s protagonist, Vance Weston, is introduced to the house based on Wyndclyffe in the fictional Hudson Valley town of Paul’s Landing, where he goes to stay with distant cousins after leaving his home in the Midwest to become a writer: “Upton stopped before a padlocked gate overhung with trees. A deep green lane led up to it, so rutty and grass-grown that the cousins, jumping from their bicycles, climbed it on foot. Upton pulled out a key, unlocked the padlock of the gate, and led the way in, followed by Vance and Laura Lou. The house, which was painted a dark brown, stood at the end of a short grass-grown drive, its front so veiled in the showering gold-green foliage of two ancient weeping willows that Vance

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their reoccurrence was a major goal of the New Deal. Maher examines the history of one of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s boldest and most successful experiments, describing it as a turning point in national politics and in the emergence of modern environmentalism. Roosevelt addressed both the economic and environmental crises by putting Americans to work at conserving natural resources through the Soil Conservation Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Civilian Conservation Corps (or CCC). Admission is free, made possible through the NYS Public Scholars program with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For information, visit beaconsloopclub.org or call (845) 463-4660 or (914) 879-1082.

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Wyndclyffe was sold at auction for $120,000 as part of a bankruptcy proceeding on September 21, 2016. As of January 3, 2017, the buyer has put the house and land at number 25 Wyndclyffe Court back up for sale at $289,000.

could only catch, here and there, a hint of a steep roof, a jutting balcony, an aspiring turret. The façade, thus seen in trembling glimpses, as if it were as fluid as the trees, suggested vastness, fantasy, and secrecy. Green slopes of unmown grass, and heavy shrubberies of unpruned syringa and lilac, surrounded it; and beyond the view was closed in on all sides by trees and more trees. ‘An old house – this is the way an old house looks!’ Vance thought.” After Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones’ death in 1876, when Wharton (née Edith Newbold Jones) was age 14, a family member who inherited Wyndclyffe sold it to New York City beer baron Andrew Finck, who renamed it Linden Grove and installed an elaborate underground pipe system that allowed cold beer to run from the mansion to the tennis courts. The property was sold again in 1927, remaining a private residence through 1936, when it became known as Linden Hall for a time, used as a high-class summer hotel renting rooms for $4 a night when $2 was the norm, according to Rhinebeck town historian Nancy Kelly. The hotel even used the landing strip nearby to fly guests to and from the City. By the 1950s, the costs of maintaining such a large property were too much for any owner to bear, and the house and land were abandoned for the better part of a half-century. Photographer Robert Yasinsac, coauthor along with Thomas Rinaldi of Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape, has photographed the Wyndclyffe site a number of times over the years. He wrote about Wyndclyffe in 1999 that, considering that the building had been exposed to the elements for more than 50 years, it remained “remarkably intact,” although the decay was worsening. “The eastern turret collapsed in 1998, and other sections have fallen since. Yet Wyndclyffe is still an imposing sight. It’s amazing that such a fascinating building has been left to ruin.” Yasinsac’s description of Wyndclyffe in 1999 paints a vivid picture of both what it was then and what it once must have been: “Only the exterior walls still stand,

allowing a glimpse of the interior. Several interior support columns stand amidst the debris. Fine wood panels still line the walls, and great sliding doors open to what was once the library. Stairways end in midair and continue somewhere else. There was an opening in the staircase above the first floor, which once allowed light in from a skylight, [but] its sideboards hang suspended in the air today. The skylight is still in place, but its windows have long been destroyed by vandals, or time.” In 2001, a section of the northwest corner of the mansion’s first floor collapsed into the basement. Wyndclyffe was purchased in 2003. The new owner boarded up the windows and fenced off the property, announcing plans for restoration. But when Yasinsac wrote an update for the Hudson Valley Ruins website in 2007, nothing had yet been done to the house, although there were signs of movement outside. “Numerous trees surrounding the house have been cut down. The ground behind the house has been dug up with large earth-moving equipment. I can only speculate at the purpose of such work.” Yasinsac paid another visit to Wyndclyffe in the summer of 2016, noting that not only had there been no further developments, but also that “a small forest” had grown back where the trees had been cut down less than a decade earlier. He learned shortly afterward that the house and property were going up for sale again. Wyndclyffe was sold at auction for $120,000 as part of a bankruptcy proceeding on September 21, 2016. As of January 3, 2017, the buyer has put the house and land at number 25 Wyndclyffe Court back up for sale at $289,000: more than was paid for it several months ago, but still less than its most recent assessed value of $312,900. The listing agent is Northern Dutchess Realty. The cost of restoring Wyndclyffe Castle would be an enormous sum; it’s hard to imagine that its next owner will undertake such a venture. More likely is the prospect of demolition and the loss of this piece of Hudson Valley history. But it’s tempting

The Hudson River Maritime Museum (HRMM) will celebrate Black History Month with a special lecture, “Black Maritime Workers in Early America,” on Saturday, February 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the museum’s Riverport Wooden Boat School classroom. Cost is a suggested donation of $5 for the general public, free to HRMM members. Dr. Craig Marin, assistant professor of maritime studies at Sea Education Association (SEA) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, will connect the early American experiences of black maritime workers to modern accomplishments and continued challenges for African Americans. The Hudson River Maritime Museum is located at 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston. For more information, email Lana Chassman at lchassman@hrmm. org, call (845) 338-0071, ext. 15, or visit www.hrmm.org.

The Beacon Sloop Club’s 2017 winter lecture series continues on Thursday, February 9 at 7 p.m. with “Nature’s New Deal: The Great Depression and Franklin Roosevelt in New York’s Hudson Valley” with Neil Maher at the Beacon Sloop Clubhouse across from the train station at 2 Flynn Drive in Beacon. Maher’s presentation will cover how Roosevelt’s experiences in New York greatly influenced many of his later New Deal conservation programs. The multimedia talk will focus in particular on Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and its impact on both the natural environment and local communities of the Hudson Valley region. The Great Depression coincided with a wave of natural disasters, including the Dust Bowl and devastating floods of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Recovering from these calamities and preventing

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MUSIC Heavenly body of work Dean Jones and Rachel Loshak release The Moonlights in Kingston this Saturday

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aybe I’m hanging with the wrong crowd, but everyone I know needs more and better sleep. If we could only get the sleep thing right, everything else would just fall into place. We would realize potential because potential would realize us. We would not begin everything in debt and in deficit. We would carry our social lives and not be carried by them. The intricate, overstudied narratives of psychology would lose their obsessive interest and flake off from a self sort of almost reborn each day. All, at least, would be forgiven. The problem with sleep is that is requires more than just a surface calm. I can lie atop a calm surface all night just as I would upon the electric grids of anxiety, unperturbed, and never feel the briny tendrils and mesh of sleep twining with my digits and offering me down. Never even know the place was there. Sleep has not only depth but dimensional architecture, structural tolerances, signaling systems, forms and permissions, barely lit routes of access and egress, codes and currencies. Sleep is not still, not passive. It is engagement. It demands composure and energy. It has angles of entry, technics, a

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So why is the popular $20 adjective/noun soporific used almost exclusively in the pejorative? I intend to rehab this beautiful word by attaching it to The Moonlights, a lovely self-titled collaboration between Dean Jones (Dog on Fleas) and Rachel Loshak (solo artist and Gustafer Yellowgold, shown above).

cast of thousands. Sleep is a book. It favors the koans of misdirection. To find out who you really are, write about something else. To know sleep, forget its name. You must craft your own shaft for falling, and fall in a composed but egoless posture of surrender like you did when you were young, when your ego was still soft and experimental, never doubting or even calling into consciousness your one true superpower, which is the ability to breathe underwater. So why is the popular $20 adjective/ noun soporific used almost exclusively in the pejorative? I intend to rehab this beautiful word by attaching it to The Moonlights, a lovely self-titled collaboration between Dean Jones (Dog on Fleas) and Rachel Loshak (solo artist and Gustafer Yellowgold). This is one quiet record but that is not what lends it its legitimate soporific powers. Yes,

The Moonlights moves with pajama-footed innocence and slippery grace.

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the dynamic range here is narrow and utterly intolerant of anything you would call a spike, but within those boundaries and by those rules, there lies exceptional depth and dimensionality, motion, color and character in the hushed-but-eventful arrangements and in the large cast of instrumental voices. Like sleep, it is serene but necessarily complex in design. Most art that would be soporific only gets the serene part right. Jones’ No Parking studio in Rosendale is a Grammy-authenticated capital of kids music and more, and one of the main reasons why is the man’s vast talents as arranger and multi-instrumentalist, in brilliant display all across The Moonlights. From the delicate uke-led two-part canon of the Jones-penned “That Light” to such album-track gems as Loshak’s lush, brass-enriched beauty “Ah, the Moon,” and the muted candy pop of “Color of Leaves,” the arrangements are almost excruciatingly fine and precise, reveling, as Jones-directed music often does, in a sublimated sense of pre-rock wit and cool that owes something to Henry Mancini and Raymond Scott, something to Spike Jones, something to Pete Seeger, and yet something else to Steve Reich. Essentially drumless, The Moonlights does allow the occasional sandy shaker, a tongue drum (?), and some pawing, woody rhythm beds of kalimba and marimba. Even so, it is, quite often, a groove record: quirky rags (“Bake a Cake”), light swing (“Woodpecker,” “Symphony for Dogs”) Afro-Cuban and island insinuations (“City of Trees,” “Mother and Father”). The Moonlights moves with pajama-footed innocence and slippery grace. The voices are well paired: Jones as a character crooner, Loshak’s acrobatic control accounting for layers and layers of counterpoint. Lyrically, The Moonlights is a study in poetic minimalism and hypnosis – each song a well-worked, single syntactical premise. Only one, “Dream Chasers” deals explicitly with sleep (and sleep disorders, of a kind). The Moonlights is not an anthology of lullabies; sleep, and dream, is more of a lens than a subject. The Moonlights celebrate the release of The Moonlights with a performance at the Pivot Ground Café & Work Space on Saturday, February 4 at noon, at

63 Broadway in Kingston. Individual tickets are $10. Family pack and preorder discounts are available. For more information, visit www.pivotgroundcafe. com and www.themoonlightsmusic.com. – John Burdick The Moonlights record release celebration, Saturday, February 4, 12:00 PM,

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“Heroes, Monsters and Madmen” in Hyde Park on Saturday

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unch Brothers – that ridiculously challenging and virtuosic chamber art band that looks to the naked eye like a traditional bluegrass group – does every now and then play some bluegrass. And when they do, the group’s banjoist Noam Pikelny often steps to the fore. When he’s not playing with Chris Thile’s quintet of conservatory shredders, Pikelny seems to be the Bro with the strongest ties to the traditional bluegrass world. In fact, his oddly named record Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe was named “Album of the Year” at the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards. Pikelny brings his wit and his gargantuan chops to Club Heslinki in Hudson on Friday, February 10 at 9 p.m. Tickets are $20. For reservations and information, call (518) 828-4800 or visit www.helsinkihudson. com. Club Helsinki is located at 405 Columbia Street in Hudson. – John Burdick

$10, the Pivot Ground Café & Work Space, 63 Broadway, Kingston, www. themoonlightsmusic.com.

The Band Band at the Falcon on Saturday

The Band, THE Band, are a tough cover. Believe it. Underneath the swampy roots rock grooves and the oft-imitated baying and braying ensemble vocals, the flagship rockstars of the Catskills hid a healthy load of complexity and sophistication like landmines for the naïve imitator, an arty, baroque-roots counterpoint that is naked in their more adventurous songs (like the redneck Aaron Copland homage “Jawbone”) but prevalent throughout the canon. And the Mid-Hudson Valley makes an especially tough audience for a Band homage. Our standards here are likely a tick or two higher than Everywhere Else, USA. Just the fact that The Band Band is still booking at all locally suggests that they pass plenty of muster – they’ve been a fixture in our better venues for a number

of years. They’ve also got the provenance and the bona fides: several members played with Helm and Danko, as well as with a lot of other period luminaries. They’ve got the chops and they’ve got the love, both indispensable to a good tribute band experience. Drawing from the Band’s classic period (defined as the time from The Big Pink to The Last Waltz and including The Basement Tapes, a fruitful collaboration with Bob Dylan, The Band Band performs at the Falcon in Marlboro on Saturday, February 4 at 7 p.m. There is no cover but donation is encouraged. The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, visit www. liveatthefalcon.com. – John Burdick

Broadway star Craig Shulman is the only man to have played The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, and the title roles in Jekyll & Hyde, the trifecta of pre-Hamilton modern musical theater starring roles. This decorated veteran of the stage will perform with the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, February 4 at the Marriott Pavillion on the campus of the Culinary Institue of America in Hyde Park. In a program entitled “Heroes, Monsters and Madmen,” Shulman takes on a variety of musical theater’s most memorable male roles. The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets for the concert are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and $5 for students. For reservations and information, visit www. ndsorchestra.org. The Marriott Pavillion is located at 1946 Campus Drive in Hyde Park.

Natalie Merchant headlines Winter Hoot at Ashokan Center The Winter Hoot, a family-friendly weekend of folk-leaning music, film and all kind of activities, takes over the Ashokan Center from Friday, February 3 to Sunday, February 5. Musical performers this year include Natalie Merchant, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Elizabeth Mitchell and Hoot founders, The Mike + Ruthy Band. The weekend's events include a screening of Jon Bowermaster's documentary The Hudson: A River at Risk. Kids’ activities include sledding and blacksmithing. All festival proceeds benefit the Ashokan Center, the setting of the Hoots and a year-round environmental and arts

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Guest conductor Federico Cortese conducts Bard’s The Orchestra Now in three 19th and 20th century orchestral masterworks: Barber’s Adagio for Strings; Debussy’s La mer; and Franck’s, Symphony in D Minor. The performance takes place on Sunday, February 5 at 2 p.m. in the Fisher Center’s Sosnoff Theater in Annandale. Tickets are $25–35, free for Bard students. For reservations, call (845) 758-7900. For more information, visit https://fishercenter.bard.edu or www. theorchestranow.org.

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The Youtube sensation that is selfevidently a burning and multi-talented live band, Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox has racked up a ridiculous number of internet plays with their imaginative and flawlessly executed “this hit meets that style” musical gamesmanship. All periods and places are in play. From Bradlee’s living room where most of the famed videos were shot to boutique theaters venues on the order of the Bardavon, it has been quite a ride for Bradlee and friends. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox perfroms at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie on Tuesday, February 7 at 8 p.m. Tickets range in price from: $48 to $68. All seats reserved. Bardavon members get $5 off. Tickets are available at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072; the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 3396088; or through TicketMaster at (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster. com.

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Lost in the crowd Continued from page 1 imperialists triumphed and the nationstate was weakened, the class system also began to unravel, as well as the interestbased political parties that represented those classes. The result was the birth of the “masses”— a sea of individuals with no strong political associations whose sense of identity had been shaken. This is the group from which the early totalitarian leaders drew support. Berkowitz sees a parallel in the disruptive effects of imperialism then and globalization now. “To not take seriously the fact that the entire working-class structure of this country is being threatened not only in their economic livelihood but in their sense of purpose and meaning is to ignore what’s going on,” he says. During the fake news wave of 2016, topics the mainstream media didn’t cover were, for some readers deeply cynical about the objectivity or corruption of existing institutions, more likely to be believed. Arendt writes: “Like the earlier mob leaders, the spokesmen for totalitarian movements

possessed an unerring instinct for anything that ordinary party propaganda or public opinion did not care to touch. Everything hidden, everything passed over in silence, became of major significance, regardless of its own intrinsic importance. The mob really believed that truth was whatever respectable society had hypocritically passed over, or covered with corruption.” Trump’s constant campaign refrain was “our leaders are stupid.” Arendt writes that the failure of traditional political parties to solve their problems left the masses with the “vague apprehension that…the most respected, articulate and representative members of the community were fools and that all the powers that be were not so much evil as they were equally stupid and fraudulent.” Meanwhile, studies in recent years have found that despite (or possibly because) so much of our communication has moved online, where we are constantly connected but less often present, people report having fewer friends and greater feelings of isolation than in the past. Arendt again: “The chief characteristic of the mass man

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is not brutality and backwardness, but his isolation and lack of normal relationships.” We could go on. And yet, Arendt said totalitarianism as it existed in the 1920s and 1930s was unlikely to recur in the same form again. She praised America in particular for its constitutional rather than ethnic foundations and decentralization of p o w e r. Berkowitz, for his part, says Trump and his rightwing populist ilk are “clearly not totalitarian.” A c t u a l l y, he says, in a way they represent the inverse of the dynamic Arendt described, because while the totalitarians had to vanquish a nationalist opposition before commencing with their expansionist plans, today ’s populists are “nationalist demagogues rebelling against an internationalist system that made the claim of national identity suspect and considered to be xenophobic or racist… I don’t see this as a racist movement, I think that’s one of the major things that has been misunderstood about people like Trump and others; it’s nationalist, it’s about speaking to a sense of identity at a time when people feel like they have no identity left.” If that’s the case, what insights can Origins offer for the present moment? A clue can be found in the book’s original title, The Burden of Our Time. The titular burden was to understand how the horrors of totalitarianism were possible. Part of this involves the particular conditions and circumstances in the countries the book examines, another part, the condition of modern man (without God, adrift in an indifferent cosmos). Every chapter contains a concrete argument using history and events, and an argument drawing on the history of ideas. “There’s really no

other philosopher who writes like this,” says Berkowitz. The result, he says, strikes many readers as “seductive,” a compelling association of metaphysical and concrete trends, “which strikes so many of us as real and meaningful and right, and yet, in the end are unproven and unprovable.” S o m e of Arendt's conclusions are surprising. For instance, she argues that for all the horrors that resulted from totalitarianism, things may have ac tually been worse if it had never existed. If these regimes hadn’t been so brutal, humanity might have gone down a less immediately cruel but ultimately more destructive road. “In a certain w a y, totalitarianism allowed us to be aware of this deeply horrific strain of modern human development in a way that we could at least resist it, whereas without totalitarianism we may never have faced it,” says Berkowitz. The lesson was to be wary of leaders offering ideologies that claim to provide an all-encompassing answer to the predicaments of our time. Without the negative example of Germany and Russia, “we could have all become ideologues and in a sense lost our humanity and our dignity without seeing it if it had never become so cruel,” says Berkowitz. The opposite of an ideologue, then, is a free-thinker, skeptical of all-encompassing simple solutions offered for complex problems (as most any problem involving human beings is sure to be), particularly those that scapegoat a particular group and promise a meaning and identity to adherents (rather than mere political representation). Arendt’s work won’t tell us what form the dark and intoxicating elements that comprised totalitarianism the first time around will take in their next incarnation, but it has much to offer to those seeking insights into that question. -Will Dendis

“I don’t see this as a racist movement, I think that’s one of the major things that has been misunderstood about people like Trump and others; it’s nationalist, it’s about speaking to a sense of identity at a time when people feel like they have no identity left.”

Reading Series

“RHINOCEROS” by Eugene Ionesco

Directed by Lora Lee Ecobelli Opens with Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine

Sun. Feb. 5th at 2pm Woodstock Town Hall 76 Tinker Street, Woodstock

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The Origins of Totalitarianism virtual reading group runs from now until April 14. Participants download an approximately 30-minute lecture by Professor Berkowitz and meet virtually on Friday afternoons for discussion, with an additional chatroom-style session on Tuesdays. To participate, you must be a member of the Arendt Center. More info at hac.bard.edu.

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TASTE Say cheese Talbott & Arding Cheese & Provisions in Hudson

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ate Arding is a cheesemonger, which is a British term indicating “a person who sells cheese, butter and other dairy products,” but this definition barely describes the level of expertise that this immigrant from the UK carries. With more than 20 years of experience in the cheese industry, she has become an internationally recognized authority on sales and marketing, infrastructure management for small-scale cheese businesses and the art of affinage (cheese maturation). She has taught, spoken at national conferences and co-founded the

(Above) Mona Talbott, Kate Arding and the staff of Talbott & Arding Cheese & Provisions at 323 Warren Street in Hudson in a photo by Akemi Hiatt; (below) international cheese expert Kate Arding in a portrait by Annie Schlecter.

consumer print and online cheese magazine Culture: The Word on Cheese. Serving on the Board of Directors for the American Cheese Society (ACS), and as co-chair of the ACS’s Regulatory and Academic Committee, she regularly judges at US and international competitions. And since December of 2014, when Talbott & Arding Cheese & Provisions opened its shop doors in Hudson, her official title has been operations manager, which means doing a ny t h i n g a n d everything that needs to be done in a retail establishment. Arding comes from a family food business called Tracklements: “Proud Pioneers of Perfect Preserves” and “Curious Curators of Culinary Condiments.” Her uncle was the first person in the UK to make whole-grain mustards and sauces. “I was working in the family business, which is what led me into cheese, because one of the places I delivered to was Neal’s Yard Dairy,” she explains. “It was very much at the beginning of the British foods revolution. I was lucky enough to be in on the ground floor with that.” Learning the ropes at Neal’s Yard Dairy

in London, Arding developed a thorough understanding of what it takes to create and sustain a profitable retail business. From there she made the huge leap to the Cowgirl Creamery & Tomales Bay Foods in Marin County, California, where she was head cheesemonger and buyer. Other than this intense and dedicated on-the-job training, Arding admits that her educational background had nothing to do with food. “I guess you could study dairy science, but that wasn’t my background at all. It was the art world, historic preservation; it was completely different.” Meanwhile, Mona Talbott, a graduate of the Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon, was intensely busy cooking at the Chez Panisse Café and Restaurant in Berkeley, California, then launching Mona Talbott Catering and collaborating on special culinary projects with Alice Waters – such as the Rome Sustainable Food Project at the American Academy in Rome, where she was executive chef for five years. All told, Talbott’s extensive experience runs for decades, and she has written widely for such publications as The New York Times, Saveur, Bon Appetit and Organic Cooking. In her role as executive chef, Talbott is the entrepreneurial driving force behind Talbott & Arding. Arding says that she relocated to the East Coast in 2009 because of her involvement with Culture magazine. “And also, it was closer to the UK. But when Mona and I got together, we both realized that the Hudson Valley is becoming this hub of agricultural small farms and remarkable produce and so on. It’s a wellspring of really interesting people who are developing deep roots. “The Hudson Valley has historically been the breadbasket for New York City. There’s a context here, and more people

“The Hudson Valley has historically been the breadbasket for New York City... For us, whether it’s cheese or cooking, it’s about the producers. We wanted to be close to the producers. ”

are discovering it. Neither of us wanted to be in the city. For us, whether it’s cheese or cooking, it’s about the producers. We wanted to be close to the producers. Hudson felt right to us. We found the premises, and it all started coming together. It’s about the people we work with. That’s the motivating force for everything we do.” To create and sustain a profitable business with a perishable high-end food line presents multiple challenges. Arding says, “The fact is that we’ve both been involved in the food business for a very long time. None of the retail or kitchen side was new to us. We know what we’re doing in that sense. The new thing for us was owning a business together. We have sort of sympathetic and complementary skill sets and approaches. And the learning curve has been there, and will always (hopefully) continue to be there. But one of the greatest pleasures in all this has been to gather a great team of people, to see them grow and develop and take on more and more challenges and responsibility. It’s rewarding. Yes, it’s a tremendous amount of hard work, but you don’t go into the food business unless you’re prepared to work.”

She explains the differences between “farmhouse” and industrial cheesemaking. “There are three categories in the industry. The top end is commodity or industrial cheesemaking. It’s highly mechanized, so there’s very little human interaction. Basically, it’s made by machine and is highly automated. The goal is to deliver a consistent product with no seasonal variation. The economic basis is entirely centered around volume, and it takes very little human input either in production or post-production. That’s at one end. “At mid-level is what’s acknowledged as artisanal production, which covers a fairly broad band. It means cheesemakers who are producing on a smaller scale, generally, and have a lot more human hands on during the process. For example, it can be a natural-rinded cheese, as opposed to industrially wrapped in plastic. “In producing artisanal cheeses, the cheesemaker might be drawing milk from a number of different sources, like industrial producers do. But with artisanal cheesemaking, the producers are carefully sourced. There’s lots of communication between the dairies and cheesemakers. Farmstead level takes it one step further: drawing milk from a single milk source

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Dr. Lindsey Rustad, a scientist with the U.S. Forest Service, will discuss her research on deadly winter storms. Ice storms are destructive, unpredictable, and likely on the rise due to climate change. Rustad simulated experimental ice storms in New Hampshire. The hauntingly beautiful and ecologically important study was profiled in National Geographic. Free and open to the public, the event will be held in the Cary Institute auditorium, located at 2801 Sharon Tpk. (Rte. 44) in Millbrook, NY. Seating is first come first served.

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on the farm. The distinction is not about quality; it’s about the way production is structured.” I asked Arding if she still experiments in the process of cheesemaking at all. My guess was that running a retail business consumes her time and energy, which she confirmed. “I used to do a lot of consulting work, and I do have a couple of small projects I’m involved with, but really, my focus is here.” That is a good thing for anyone who wanders into the shop on Warren Street in Hudson. It’s clean and pristine and chock-full of some of the best delectables that the region has to offer. Prepared foods, made from locally sourced, seasonal ingredients, include pastries, frittatas, soups and sandwiches, salads by the pound and large and small meat entrées. Farmstead and artisanal

cheeses are brought in from domestic and international cheesemakers and sold cutto-order. A catering menu includes a full array of heat-and-serve options, cocktail platters, cheese plates, savory pastries and soups and to-die-for desserts. They’ll wrap and bag individual breakfasts and lunches to go. And check the website for wholesale and online options. On Saturday, February 4, Talbott & Arding will host a talk at 2:30 p.m. with author Elaine Khosrova, who will sign her new book Butter: A Rich History. When asked about any other plans to expand the operation, Arding says, “We have booksignings here as often as it makes sense. I wouldn’t say that’s an expansion plan. Mona has two cookbooks out: Biscotti and Zuppe: Recipes from the Kitchen of the American Academy in Rome; and I

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was one of the editors of the new book that came out in November, The Oxford Companion to Cheese. We sell these, but apart from that, we’re not a bookshop. Our primary focus is food. We’re doing this book-signing because Elaine and I worked together in Culture magazine, so we want to support her in the same way we support other local authors whose books dovetail with what we’re doing.” Talbot & Arding Cheese and Provisions is open Tuesday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday until 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed Monday. – Ann Hutton Butter: A Rich History with Elaine Khosrova, Saturday, February 4, 2-3:30 p.m., Talbott & Arding Cheese & Provisions, 323 Warren Street, Hudson; (518) 8283558, www.talbottandarding.com.

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The Albany Institute of History & Art celebrated 225 years of exhibition this year. That makes it not only New York’s oldest museum, but also one of the longest-operating museums in the country. With three floors of exhibition space, classrooms, a children’s gallery, a world-class archival library, a museum shop and the Crisan Café, the Albany Institute is an appealing destination for tourists and locals alike. “The Albany Institute is a little unusual in that it’s a museum of both art and history,” says Museum director Tammis Groft. “You usually have one or the other focus. We’ve always collected the art – decorative arts and material cultural/historical artifacts – along with the supporting documentation, such as letters, business records, photographs, manuscript collections and all of that. What we do with an art collection is tell stories about the objects and the people who lived in the upper Hudson Valley. “The library holds about a million documents. I describe the library collection as being one of our best-kept secrets. If you’re a researcher or scholar or an individual looking for things related to your family, we have great materials, much of which has been catalogued and can be accessed online. But there are still wonderful things to be discovered. The library is open to the public on Thursday afternoons; however, anybody doing research can contact the Albany Institute to get access to the library and the collections at other times. We make it available to the public on special request.” Combining art with history puts everything into context, she maintains.

February 4 - May 28, 2017

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 4, 4 - 6pm

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The current show “Rock & Roll Icons” is a collection of photographs taken by Patrick Harbron. On display until February 12, it features images of artists such as Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Police, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Elvis Costello and numerous others: more than 70 photographs taken between 1975 and 2000. The exhibit documents the range of influential musicians and bands of the 20th century and includes anecdotes and memories from the photographer. “Patrick wrote all the labels, so the commentary relates to his personal experiences with the singers, musicians and bands,” Groft says. “Over the years, the Institute has done a number of ‘popular culture’ exhibitions based on musical icons: the Beatles, captured by Harry Benson, for example, and we once borrowed dresses related to the Supremes from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. That was a lot of fun. The Patrick Harbron exhibition fits into that trend. But also, a priority of the Institute is to present one-person exhibits of artists who live and work in the Hudson Valley. Harbron lives in Columbia County.” The new show, which opened on January 28 and occupies 5,000 square feet of space on the second floor, is a photography exhibit pulled from the museum’s permanent collection. “Capturing Moments” includes a broad range of images representing 170 years of photography, from early daguerreotypes taken in the 1840s to the works of contemporary artists living in the Hudson Valley. “It’s one of our most popular collections, with large panoramic views, historic photos, turn-of-the-century Albany Camera Club works of the city and the suburbs, and the events in people’s lives in our region.”

Ongoing exhibits at the Institute include “Spotlight: Alexander Hamilton,” the Ancient Egypt Galleries with real mummies, “Traders and Culture” featuring Colonial Albany, “19 th-Century American Sculpture” and select groupings of Hudson River School paintings. As organizations dedicated to archiving human culture and creative endeavors, museums educate and entertain while advancing the sciences and arts in many ways. NPR’s Bob Mondello of All Things Considered fame compared the combined annual attendance for every major-league baseball, basketball, football and hockey game to the number of people visiting a museum in a year: It was about 140 million sports fans against 850 million people spending their tourist dollars (billions) at museums across the country. He quoted Ford Bell, head of the American Association of Museums, as saying “A museum is the memory of mankind.” The Albany Institute is a veritable treasure trove. Check it out. – Ann Hutton The Albany Institute of History & Art is located at 125 Washington Avenue in Albany. Hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday until 8 p.m. and Sunday from 12 noon to 5 p.m. The price of admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, $6 for children aged 6 to 12; kids under age 6 and members get in free. For more information, call (518) 463-4478 or visit www.albanyinstitute.org.

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ART installation of the upcoming Parlors Project, a meticulous effort concerning the only known interiors designed by Cole. Tours will be held in the main house at 1 and 3:30 p.m. on the same days as the Sunday Salons. Tickets for the salons cost $12 for the general public and $10 for members. For more information on “The Influence of the Dutch Golden Age on the Hudson River School” lecture at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, located at 218 Spring Street, Catskill, call (518) 943-7465 or visit thomascole.org.

Willie Cole to curate “Off the Wall: From Junk to Art” in Catskill

(Left to right): Carl Walters, Whale, 1927, glazed ceramic, private collection, courtesy of Conner-Rosenkranz, NY (photo Mark Ostrander); Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Jokes on You (detail), 2016, acrylic polymer and inkjet prints on acetate on plexiglas, and hardware; courtesy of the artist and Rachel Uffner Gallery (photo by JSP Photography).

EXHIBITIONS

Modern trends, historical undercurrents Dorsky Museum at SUNY-New Paltz launches four spring exhibitions on Saturday

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he Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY-New Paltz will host a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 4 to unveil four intriguing new shows. The Morgan Anderson Gallery will house “Carl Walters and Woodstock Ceramic Arts,” curated by Tom Wolf. This retrospective exhibition surveys the 40-plus-year career of Carl Walters (1883-1955), a pioneer of modern ceramic art in America, presenting prime examples of his witty and original three-dimensional figures as well as his elegant plates and bowls. The first major exhibition of Walters’ work since the 1950s, this show situates him in the historical context of Woodstock ceramic arts, spanning the Byrdcliffe colony in the early 20th century and the work of Woodstock modernist artists in the 1920s and ’30s. The Sara Bedrick Gallery will showcase the recent output of an emerging contemporary artist, Brooklyn-based Sara Greenberger Rafferty. “Gloves Off,” curated by Andrew Ingall. Over the past decade, Greenberger Rafferty has become increasingly well-known for unsettling mixed-media works that contend with topics like domesticity, the body, consumer culture, fashion and violence. The boxing term “gloves off ” here describes the many subtle aggressions, all-too-common in contemporary American culture, which Rafferty’s work lays bare. On Saturday, April 1 at 2 p.m., Greenberger Rafferty and Ingall will lead a gallery talk at the Dorsky. Another exhibition, set up in the Howard Greenberg Family Gallery, is titled “Text/ures of Iraq: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Oded Halahmy.” Curated by Murtaza Vali, it’s a group exhibition featuring nine contemporary Iraqi artists, including Halahmy himself, a Jewish sculptor born in Baghdad and now based in New York. Organized around the notions of text and texture, the varied works reference modern Arabic and Hebrew calligraphy; some evoke the art of hurufiyah, using the swoops and curves of the Arabic alphabet as painterly gestures. These works demonstrate the importance of the literary – of letters, words, books and language – in Iraqi society, culture and visual arts of the past and the present day. In the Alice and Horace Chandler and North Galleries is a group show, “Intimately Unfamiliar: New Work by SUNY-New Paltz Art Faculty.” This exhibition of new work by more than 20 full-time art faculty presents a rare confluence of diverse artistic media, technologies and subject matters. United by their expression of a deep and abiding tension among recognizable objects, situations, places and spaces of everyday life, these works gesture toward the uncanny moments when we comprehend how seemingly ordinary aspects of modern being are endlessly complicated, often deceptive and ultimately unknowable. Participating artists include Thomas Albrecht, Robin Arnold, Lynn Batchelder, Rimer Cardillo, Amy Cheng, Bryan Czibesz, Francois Deschamps, James Fossett, Andrea Frank, Matthew Friday, Michael Gayk, Kathy Goodell, Joshua Korenblat, Rena Leinberger, Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Itty Neuhaus, Jill Parisi, Emily Puthoff, Nadia Sablin, Thomas Sarrantonio, Anat Shiftan, Suzanne Stokes and Dimitry Tetin. Curated by Michael Asbill, it will run until April 9. Thomas Albrecht, associate professor and assistant dean of Fine & Performing Arts, will present performance art in the gallery from 12 noon to 2 p.m. on February 11, 18 and 25, March 4, 11, 18 and 25 and April 1. Guest curator Michael Asbill will give a Gallery Talk on Saturday, February 18 at 2 p.m. The Dorsky Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, excepting holidays and college intersessions. Admission is by a suggested donation of $5. For more information about the spring exhibitions, visit www.newpaltz.edu/ museum/programs/public_programs.html. – Frances Marion Platt

“Influence of the Dutch Golden Age on the Hudson River School” The Thomas Cole National Historic Site preserves and interprets the home and studios of Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of painting. Every winter, the site offers a Sunday Salon once a month at Cedar Grove, January through April,

featuring speakers who shed light on the Hudson River School. The next salon will be Sunday, February 12 with European art historian Lloyd DeWitt discussing “The Influence of the Dutch Golden Age on the Hudson River School” at 2 p.m. DeWitt is chief curator and Irene Leache Curator of European Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Virginia. During his first trip back to England after becoming a well-known American artist, Thomas Cole spent two years in

London studying the old master paintings at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, the National Gallery of Art and the British Museum. He wrote to his parents, “I think I shall improve very fast here, having the advantage of seeing so many fine pictures.” In particular he was mesmerized by the works of Claude, Cuyp, Poussin, Rosa and Ruisdael. This year, the Cole site in Catskill will offer tours on the same day as the Salon, affording visitors a sneak preview of the

Greene County Council on the Arts (GCCA) has enlisted sculptor Willie Cole to curate “Off the Wall: From Junk to Art,” its upcoming exhibit of works made from recycled materials. Artists who wish to be considered for the show have until February 18 to submit their application. “Off the Wall” will be on view April 22 through May 27, dedicated to two- and three-dimensional artwork made of recycled or re-purposed materials. Threedimensional works will be presented inside the GCCA gallery and outside in nearby parks and public spaces around Catskill. Willie Cole describes himself as a “perceptual engineer,” taking everyday objects like a hair dryer or women’s’ shoes and through repetition creating three-dimensional works that become a vehicle for commenting on serious issues like consumerism and race, often in a playful way. Three years ago, Cole began

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Living in limbo Refugee resettlement in Hudson Valley uncertain following Trump executive order

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resident Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees will affect resettlement in the Mid-Hudson Valley slated to begin in January. The order prevents citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen – from entering the U.S. for at least 90 days and those from a seventh, Syria, from entering indefinitely, and suspends all refugee resettlement for 120 days. Locally, a refugee resettlement plan was announced last fall. Coordinated by Church World Service (CWS) in partnership with numerous local churches, faith-based organizations and colleges, it was scheduled to begin resettling 80 individuals in a 50-mile radius of its newly opened Poughkeepsie office this month. Most refugees were to come from the Congo and Syria, as well as Special Immigrant Visa holders from Iraq. Other cases included resettlement of family members of refugees from other parts of the world, like Latin America. According to Sarah Krause, senior director of CWS’s Immigration and Refugee Program, one refugee family from the Congo will arrive in the next few days. That family got in just under the wire – any travel plans for refugees after this coming Thursday were canceled by the order, including a girl from Latin America who was to join her mother here. Krause said the order will have “a tremendous impact on individuals who are already in process.” The 120-day suspension could delay resettlement of refugees by many months or even

A Somali school in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya

years, said Krause, because the various security and health clearances that must be completed before traveling are only valid for a limited period. For a family, the window of time when all can travel can be short because it generally takes longer for men to get security clearances than women, which means a wife’s clearance would lapse before her husband’s. Nationwide, there are more than 6,000 individuals that have been booked for travel, “meaning that they have already completed the extremely rigorous vetting process and have been told the locations to which they will resettle to the United States, and are now being told they can’t come,” said Krause. The effect will vary. Refugees, by definition, are petitioning the U.S. from an asylum nation, having already fled their homes. They may be living in a city or a camp. Resettlement candidates have completed a vetting process that takes up

to two years, though they may have been refugees for far longer— since the early 1990s for some Somalis, even longer for others. Those living in cities may have begun selling items to build up their savings. For those in resettlement camps, the consequences could be worse. “When they are being sent to the camps, they are being sent back to nothing,” said Krause. “They would have already given up their shelters that many of them have had for more than 15 years because that’s how long they’ve been living in exile. And they’re going back to uncertainty.” Because some may be returning to a dangerous situation, “this is a life-saving program,” said Krause. Trump’s Executive Order also caps the number of refugees the U.S. will accept at 50,000 for the 2017 fiscal year (ending Sept. 30), less than half the previous year’s limit of 110,000. Nearly 30,000 have already been admitted. It’s unclear how the new cap will affect the number of refugees that will be resettled locally.

Resettlement candidates have completed a vetting process that takes up to two years, though they may have been refugees for far longer.

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MUSIC www.newpaltz.edu/music (845) 257-2700 Tickets $8, $6, $3 at the door Julien J. Studley Theatre

UNEXPECTED DUO February 7 at 8:00 p.m. Lois Hicks-Wozniak, Matthew Wozniak JAZZ FACULTY CONCERT February 21 at 8:00 p.m.

The process Refugee resettlement in the United States involves the UN, the federal government, nine non-governmental organizations and scores of local volunteer groups. The process is spelled out in an infographic on WhiteHouse. gov (or it was— since the transition the page has been moved to the archive of the Obama White House). Refugees must first appeal to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, where they are screened with identifying documents and interviews, and (for Syrians and other Middle Eastern candidates) receive an iris scan. Less than 1 percent of the

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global refugee population is considered a “strong candidates for refugee resettlement” and moves beyond this step. For those seeking resettlement in the U.S., the next step is a federally funded resettlement support center, where they’re subject to security checks from the National Counterterrorism Center/Intelligence Community, FBI, Department of Homeland Security and the State Department. The screening looks for indicators like: • Information that the individual is a security risk • Connections to known bad actors • Outstanding warrants/immigration or criminal violations Next comes in-person interviews with Homeland Security and fingerprint collection, with the results crossreferenced with databases in the DHS and Defense Department. If they make it through this and a final medical check, candidates attend cultural orientation classes and are assigned a destination. At this step, the non-governmental organizations become involved. They meet on a regular basis and review the information on refugees cleared by the federal government for resettlement and determine on a case-by-case basis which organization will handle each. “Refugees are the most thoroughly vetted of any individual entering the United States,” said Krause. She hopes the Trump Administration comes to the conclusion that the current review process is sufficient and the program will resume much as before, though it’s unlikely that Syrian refugees – among the most desperate – will be accepted any time soon. In addition to security concerns, another objection to refugee resettlement is financial: that the U.S. should help its own citizens first before those from other countries. Refugee resettlement is funded in part through federal taxpayer dollars. In addition to the salaries of the federal employees of the agencies that vet and process applicants, the organizations assisting in resettlement received approximately $2,000 per refugee last year, according to Krause. A portion of this helps fund the operations of those organizations, and another portion goes directly to the material needs of refugees, such as housing. (Plane fare is covered in a loan which refugees must repay.) $2,000 doesn’t go very far, so organizations need to fundraise privately, and volunteers, usually from local faith-based organizations, pitch in with donations and in-person assistance. Like any resident, refugees are eligible for social services if they need them. According to Krause, the vast majority are self-sufficient within 180 days, paying into the system, not taking from it. Polarized reaction At this point, the old WhiteHouse. gov infographic, in white letters on a forest-green background, cheerfully concludes: “Refugees are woven into the rich fabric of American society!” That’s on hold for the moment. Following Trump’s order, protests raged at airports where travelers were detained and Democrats, including New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, condemned the action as contrary to the nation’s values, while supporters defended it as a sensible temporary measure to ensure national security which was being blown out of proportion and falsely linked to religion. (Members of the former group use the hashtag “#muslimban” and the latter use “#terroristban.”) CWS and its fellow organizations have added their voices to the protest. Jen Smyers, CWS director of policy and advocacy for the immigration and refugee program, said the order was “akin to President Trump taking a wrecking ball to the Statue of Liberty.” “Lives are at stake and history will judge us based on what we do in this moment to save innocent refugees who are depending on our decisive action,”

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GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Vole heaven Lee does some pre-season weeding and discovers chaos in the endive patch

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armer weather, even if it’s not all that warm, makes me feel like spring is just around the corner. The ground – in my vegetable beds, at least – isn’t even frozen, no doubt because water doesn’t linger long in the well-drained soil and because the dark-colored compost blanket I laid down in autumn sucks up the sun’s warmth. So yesterday seemed like a perfect time to continue the garden cleanup that screeched to a halt when frigid weather struck, and some snow fell, a couple of months ago. Old cabbage heads that never quite ripened were laying on the ground like ratty, pale green tennis balls (with stalks attached). The four-foot-high stalk of one Brussels sprouts plant, stripped in autumn of its sprouts, stood sentry like a decrepit soldier in the same bed. Of course, kale also still stood, except for those that flopped to the ground under their own weight. The latter were mostly the variety Tuscan (Lanciata). The Dwarf Blue Scotch plants, which I think taste better, stood more upright and compact, helped along, I’ll admit, with some bamboo stakes pushed into the ground next to them back in summer. I dug up the Tuscan kale plants and stripped yellowed and flaccid leaves from the Dwarf Blue Scotch plants. My guess is that by April they’ll be unfolding new, tasty leaves. Stepping over to another bed, I twisted or coaxed out, with the help of my Hori-Hori knife, stumps from harvested lettuce and Chinese cabbage. A row of arugula in that bed showed enough life to awaken in spring with fresh, new leaves. I left it. All this cleanup gets a jump on spring and removes debris that might harbor insect or disease pests that could infest or infect this season’s plants. The debris went into my garden cart and thence to the compost pile. The winter pile doesn’t heat up, so I’ll give the bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, and earthworms two years to get their jobs done, killing off any “bad guys.”

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of last summer and began harvesting in October – what havoc has been wreaked! The bed had been covered with a tunnel of clear plastic and row cover to provide extra warmth to the plants in cold weather. Extra warmth also to some furry creatures, it seems. Taking off the cover, I saw a bed riddled with tunnels along with the scattered remains of unharvested endive plants. This has happened in the past; something about endive seems particularly attractive to the furry creatures (and to me), which I assume are voles, which are mouse-like creatures. My garden must be vole heaven. The cat rarely hops the garden fence to hunt because she has to cross the DMZ zone to get to the garden, and she’s scared of our dog, Sammy. The compost-enriched soil has plenty of earthworms for good eating, as well as all the tasty, organic produce. So far, though, the voles have been satisfied with just the endive. Short of planting the cat in the garden, which Sammy can’t enter, my plan is to do extensive trapping. One website recommendation for a small garden is for twelve traps baited with oatmeal and peanut butter, or with apple. As consolation, vole populations are said to decline after three to five years. It’s almost time, although the declined population might still be too many for me. And all is not bad with voles; they help stir the soil to distribute nutrients. While in the garden, I also did some pre-season weeding. Creeping Charlie, which enjoys cool weather, is always sneaking in here and there once I turn my attention away from the garden. All this garden cleaning and straightening up isn’t all for practicality. It makes the view of the garden each morning from the window of my second-floor bedroom prettier. – Lee Reich

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collecting discarded plastic water bottles, melding them into fanciful sculptures. In taking discarded objects and turning them into something beautiful, the artist is asking us to think before we throw something away, to reconsider how we use and dispose of items. Cole’s sculptures can be found in the permanent collections of New York City’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and many other institutions across the globe. His numerous honors over a nearly four-decade career include the David C. Driskell Prize, the first national award to honor contributions in African American art. Artists are encouraged to submit work for the exhibit that shows ingenuity and creativity in how artists use what most people would deem useless junk or trash to create meaningful, thought-provoking art. Visit greenearts.org for submission details. More information is available by calling (518) 943-3400 or email GCCA’s visual arts director Niva Dorell at niva@ greenearts.org.

Four openings at WAAM The Woodstock Artists Association & Museum (WAAM) at 28 Tinker Street in Woodstock was closed during the month of January for painting and maintenance. The space will re-open with a reception for four new shows at WAAM on Saturday, February 4 from 4-6 p.m. Exhibitions include “Recent Acquisitions 2009-2016,” on view in the Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing through May 28. The solo gallery is showing “Maria Kolodziej-Zincio: The Lost Holocaust-A Forgotten Odyssey.” The exhibit represents a year-long encaustic documentary of the artist’s vivid memories. Kolodziej-Zincio will give an artist talk at 2 p.m. prior to the reception. Admission to the talk is free. The “Active Members” show is in the Main Gallery, with “Small Works” in the Founders Gallery. The Youth Exhibition Space will feature “Cats in the Catskills: Woodstock Elementary Creates Milton Glaser-Inspired Cats.” Since its founding in 1919, WAAM has been committed to exhibiting and collecting work in all media by area artists and supporting the tradition of Woodstock as the “Colony of the Arts.” Located in the center of the village, WAAM functions as a cultural center as well as a repository for the work of American artists associated with Woodstock. For more information, call (845) 679-2940 or visit waam.org.

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he Gathering Goodness mosaic currently hangs in the HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston. It’s a “painted meditation of peace, love and joy” done by artist Susan J. York to celebrate being alive. “Four years ago, I was diagnosed with stage IIIC ovarian cancer. When people asked what they could do for me, the only thing I could think of was to ask them to imagine me whole and healthy, and if they pray, to pray. After I had surgery to remove the tumor, I physically felt all that energy come my way, as if I was being hugged and helped. It was a transformative experience.” Anyone who has endured a bout of cancer knows of the challenges to recovery. The disease and its treatments disrupt and can forever alter one’s life. A part of York’s healing process came as a suggestion from a friend, who challenged her to find a creative way to express what she’d been through. She decided to paint something. “I invited people to send me what inspired peace, love and joy in them. Those were the strongest feelings I’d felt. I received over 600 photographic submissions, over 450 pages of text and 80 songs; so then I sat with all of that and distilled it down. I decided to do 108 pieces in 108 days: the number of beads in a mala. I wanted to make this a meditation on peace, love and joy.” The first images that came to her were of hands: those of a brother with a sister in a hospital bed. “When I saw those clasped hands – just that simple touch, how important that is, how it symbolized love – I thought, ‘What would say joy? Perhaps hands uplifted. What would say peace? Hands in prayer.’ The mosaic itself weaves these themes together across 108 paintings. The paintings are not just representational of me and my life, but of Life: what brings us joy and peace, what shows we love one another.” York received a BFA honors degree from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut, and has exhibited in galleries throughout New England and Tennessee. Her works are also included in private collections in the US, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain. For more information, see www.browndogink.com/brown_dog_ink/home.html. The Gathering Goodness mosaic will be on exhibit through March 15 at HealthAlliance’s Mary’s Avenue Campus. An Open House will take place on Saturday, February 4 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. (enter under the blue awning next to the Thomas Dee Cancer Center). York will talk about the stories behind the paintings that are documented in a 78-page book detailing the random, instinctual way that she went about producing the work. Refreshments will be served, and part of the proceeds from book sales will go to HealthAlliance’s Oncology Support Program. – Ann Hutton

“I decided to do 108 pieces in 108 days: the number of beads in a mala. I wanted to make this a meditation on peace, love and joy.”

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Throw soybeans at the Oni ogre in New Paltz Quick, what’s the Japanese word for “seasonal division?” If you said, “Setsubun,” you are correct! Honor the tradition of Setsubun, the day before the beginning of spring in Japan, like a Japanese New Year’s Eve, by coming to Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop this Friday, February 3. At 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., kids will love throwing soybeans and shouting “Ogre get out! Fortune come in!” at Oni ogre, the personification of negative energy, evil spirits, and disasters of the past year. Afterwards, children can eat the number of soybeans to match their ages, plus one for health and good fortune in the new year. Gomen-Kudasai is located at 232 Main Street in New Paltz. For more information, call (845) 255-8811 or visit http://gknoodles.com.

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The Moonlights host release party in Kingston The Moonlights, a new band consisting of Grammy-award winning producer Dean Jones and singer/ songwriter/bassist Rachel Loshak,

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have a question for you: Would you like to make the whole world a better place for everyone? Hear this lyric in their song, "Bake A Cake," along with a host of other original music. This collaboration is a blend of well-paired voices, enchanting instrumentals, and terrific, often whimsical verses, and our whole family loves this album, The Moonlights! I encourage you to order a copy, or even better, catch this great musical duo live at their release celebration on Saturday, February 4 at The

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Mark DeDea leads bird walk in Woodstock Looking for an alternative to games like Angry Birds or Flappy Bird? How about real, live feathered friends? Set your alarm extra early this Saturday, February 4 for an 8 a.m. bird walk at Thorn Preserve with Mark DeDea! Mark can talk any level of birds, from expert all the way down to my level of “That’s a robin! ‌ That’s not a robin!â€? Watch out -- a nature walk with Mark could turn you into a passionate birder. Mark brings 30 years of birding, decades of managing the Forsyth Nature Center in Kingston, and heading up the John Burroughs Natural History Society, to make compelling, fascinating connections around birds, habitats, and environments, turning ordinary landscape into a backdrop of possibility. Bring your questions, warm clothing, waterproof boots, and binoculars if you’ve got them. This

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Snowman village and horse-drawn sleighs at Ice Harvest Festival Ice ice, baby‌. Understandable to have strains of this 1990 hit coursing through your brain during this frigid time of year, especially at an event like the Ice Harvest Festival at Hanford Hills Museum this Saturday, February 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Before refrigeration, ice was needed to keep food fresh during the warmer months. You and your family can try your hands at collecting these blocks using historical tools and techniques, just like Kristoff and Sven in the movie Frozen! Other activities include ice sculpting, ice fishing, horse-drawn sleigh rides,

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part of the action at Community Bowl Day at the Women’s Studio Workshop this Saturday, February 4 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.; 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.; and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Participants of all ages and levels of experience are invited to build and decorate bowls, which will then be sold at the Fiesta fundraiser. Women’s Studio Workshop is located at 722 Binnewater Lane in Rosendale. For more information, call (845) 6589133 or visit http://www.wsworkshop. org.

Birds of prey at Kingston library Animals in nature can be exciting to encounter and learn about, but it’s cold outside! Wish you could show your children some cool wild animals but in an indoor setting? Kingston Library has got you covered! This Saturday, February 4 at 10:30 a.m., join Wildlife World with educator Bill Robinson and his birds of prey and reptiles. Kids will learn about how these critters eat, survive, and contribute to the ecosystem, while getting an up close and personal look at live specimens. Wildlife World is free and open to the public and children of school age. Kingston Library is located at 55 Franklin Street in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 3310507 extension 7 or visit http://www. kingstonlibrary.org. To learn more about the presenter, visit http://www. robinsonswildlifelectures.com.

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Sustainable spring cleaning tips at the Barn at Vassar Why wait for spring cleaning? Got an urge to declutter, downsize and pass along items you don’t need to folks who could use them? Come to Bettering Our Community: Using Resources Wisely on Thursday, February 9 at 7 p.m. at the Barn at Vassar College and learn about sustainable solutions to promote growth and vitality, such as a smaller carbon foot-

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Got hope? Could you use some more? What symbol could represent your family’s commitment to hope and tolerance? Perhaps something homegrown? Time and Space Limited in Hudson introduces Keep Hope Alive, a three-by-five-foot white flag with a purple border, designed by Cheryl Roberts. Want to fly one at home? Just send an email to fyi@timeandspace.org to order. Each flag costs $45 including tax, plus $7 for shipping, or pick yours up at Time and Space Limited. TSL is located at 434 Columbia Street in Hudson. For more information, call (518) 822-8100, email fyi@

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Architectural color consultant teaches class The Germantown Library will offer a special interior design workshop hosted by architectural color consultant Amy Krane on Sunday, February 12 from 1-3 p.m. in the Hover Room of Germantown Library. Many property owners struggle with paint color decisions, finding it difficult to visualize color before it’s applied and to coordinate the flow of colors from room to room. Amy Krane of Amy Krane Color will help demystify the process of selecting paint colors for interiors and exteriors. Learn how to marry color to space, form and function and to create environments that are cohesive, beautiful, individual and inviting. Trained in the functional application of color by the International Association of Color Consultant/Designers (IACC), Krane has received national recognition in Elle Decor, Consumer Reports and Domino Magazine. She is a “Featured Pro” on the home décor website Houzz, which has more than 40 million monthly users and where portfolio photos of her work have been saved by more than 10,000 users. Amy Krane Color was named “Best of Houzz 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.” The Germantown Library is located at 31 Palatine Park Road in Germantown. Fore more information, call (518) 5375928 or email germantownlibrary@ valstar.net.

“Historic Landscapes on the Wilder Side of the Hudson” talk The Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society will present landscape architect Barbara Restaino discussing “Historic Landscapes on the Wilder Side of the Hudson” at its monthly meeting on Monday, February 6 at 7 p.m. The program will be held at Vineyard Commons in Highland. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be offered. There is a wealth of information and interest in the historic estates, grounds and beautifully designed gardens along the east side of the Hudson River at places such as Olana, Montgomery Place and the Vanderbilt estate. These have all benefitted from the dramatic views of the Hudson River against the Catskill Mountains. But what do historic landscapes on the western side of the Hudson and further west into the mountainous landscape have to offer? Restaino will trace the roots of some of the lesser known territory on the western banks of the Hudson. Vineyard Commons is at 300 Vineyard Avenue in Highland. For information, call (845) 255-7742 or visit TOLHPS.org.

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“An Evening with Zadie Smith” begins at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 9 on the second floor of the Students’ Building at the Vassar College campus in Poughkeepsie. The event will feature the author reading from her recent works. Smith will also be interviewed by Vassar professor Amitava Kumar. The author of six critically praised novels, Smith was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2002. In a 2004 BBC poll of cultural researchers, Smith was named among the top twenty most influential people in British culture. Smith has won the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Her novel White Teeth was included in Time magazine's list of “100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.” A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, she is also a creative writing professor at New York University. This event is free and open to the public, but it’s a good idea to arrive early if you want to find parking that’s not a long walk away from the lecture site. The Vassar campus is located at 124 Raymond Avenue in Poughkeepsie. For more information, visit www.vassar.edu.

Dennis Doherty’s reading of Black Irish In his fourth collection, Black Irish, the Rosendale-based poet and SUNY-New Paltz instructor Dennis Doherty attempts to still – thankfully, with only modest success – his involuntarily explosive and connective sense of language and the wild leaping ways of meaning, toward the end of getting through a story, his story. This autobiographical sequence begins with the author accepting a mythotype as his essential identity and destiny: black Irish, recognized by his mother, inherited from his father. Black Irish is: …a bumpkin thumb fumbling the blighted nightshades; a foreign body stumbling among strangers’ home fires after washing ashore from shipwreck… …prepared to die in inevitable betrayal, ever fatal, defensive, and proud and resigned, cradle to battle grave; Catholics who believe Christ can’t save. …the tender loving despair of defeat. The voices, modes and forms employed in Black Irish are many: some imagistic lucidity in shorter poems; a raw, fourpoem sub-sequence of Navy stories; wily portraits of Doherty’s three daughters, a villanelle, and, late in the book, a long run

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of flatly conversational, unpoetic narrative poems (“In Mountain Laurel Time,” and the bizarre “On Poetry and Dreams”) that feels like a genuinely new and productive vein for the author. But in many of Black Irish’s highlights (the multi-leveled drug story “Legend Tripping,” the inscrutable conflations of “If You Have Sex with a Virgin You’ll Be Cured of AIDS”), readers familiar with his work will recognize what has always made Doherty such a vital trip: the mad spinning of his high-capacity language engine, the uncalculated metaphors that seem to burst in on each other at their moment of recognition. It is a sense of Doherty as someone more a chosen victim of language than its master, and, to me at least, it is what makes him a higher poet. Dennis Doherty celebrates the publication of Black Irish with a “book launch” reading and signing at his home venue, the Rosendale Café, on Sunday, February 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. The Rosendale Café is located at 434 Main Street in Rosendale. For more information, visit www.rosendalecafe.com. – John Burdick

Rhinoceros reading in Woodstock Performing Arts of Woodstock (PAW) will continue its winter play reading series on Sunday, February 5 at 2 p.m. with Rhinoceros: A Play in Three Acts at Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker Street in Woodstock. Tickets cost $10, available for purchase the day of the reading at the door. The production is directed by Lora Lee Ecobelli. Based on Eugène Ionesco’s 1959 Rhinocéros, the three-act play depicts a small, provincial French town as all but one of its residents turn into rhinoceroses. The only human who ultimately does not succumb to this mass metamorphosis is the central character, Bérenger, a flustered everyman figure who is initially criticized in the play for his drinking, tardiness and slovenly lifestyle and then, later, for his increasing paranoia and obsession with the rhinoceroses. The play is often read as a response and criticism to the sudden upsurge of Communism, Fascism and Nazism during the events preceding World War II. It explores the themes of conformity, culture, mass movements, mob mentality, philosophy and morality. Ionesco was one of the major figures in the Theatre of the Absurd, the French dramatic movement of the 1940s and 50s that emphasized the absurdity of the modern condition. The cast includes Andrew Joffe, Elizabeth Henry, Steve Jones and David Smilow with Actor’s Equity performers James Occhino, James Shearwood, Nancy Rothman and Eddie Allen. Opening for the reading will be the suitably absurd acoustic duo of Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine, “lyrically taking down the clowns in power.” For more information about Performing Arts of Woodstock, call (845) 679-7900 or visit performingartsofwoodstock.org.

perform a variety of pop songs, standards and musical theatre numbers. A filet of beef dinner with horseradishwhipped potatoes and flourless chocolate dessert will accompany the show (vegetarian option available). Advance tickets cost $90 per person. For more information, call (845) 235-9885 or visit halfmoontheatre.org.

John Menegon (bass) and Tani Tabbal (drums). The performance takes place on Thursday evening, February 9 with sets at 7:30 and 9 o'clock. Tickets are $15. For tickets and additional information, visit www.jazzstock.com or call (845) 802-0029. The Senate Garage is located at 4 North Front Street in Kingston.

Film about the flop that followed Sweeney Todd

Choral Bach at West Park monastery

Rosendale Theatre’s Music Fan Film Series continues with Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. This film tells the story of Merrily We Roll Along, Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince’s ill-fated follow-up to the immensely popular Sweeney Todd. It opened to enormous fanfare in 1981 and closed after only 16 performances. Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened will show for two nights only, Tuesday, February 7 and Wednesday, February 8, both at 7:15 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.rosendaletheatre.org. The Rosendale Theater is located at 408 Main Street in Rosendale.

Marley fest in Woodstock The Ras T Ashebar Posse leads a joint celebration of Bob Marley’s birthday and Black History Month on Friday, February 3 at 9 p.m. at The Lodge, 20 Country Club Lane in Woodstock. Suggested donation is $10. For information, visit thelodgewoodstock.com/.

Jazzstock at the Senate Garage to feature Berger, Sertso & Tabbal

Karl Berger (photo by Dion Ogust)

Jazzstock once again presses its new venue, the Senate Garage in Kingston, into service for a night with a quartet of avant garde and modern jazz legends, headed by Creative Music Studios founders Karl Berger (vibes and piano) and Ingrid Sertso (voice) and the credentialed rhythm section of

Kairos: A Consort of Singers, is a Hudson Valley-based vocal ensemble that specializes in the unaccompanied choral literature from the medieval to the present. Under the direction of Edward Lundergan, Kairos: A Consort of Singers, will open its 2017 Bach Cantata Series on Sunday, February 5 at 3 p.m. The program will be performed in the intimate chapel of the Holy Cross Monastery, 1615 Route 9W in West Park. The featured work will be Bach’s Cantata No. 64, “Sehet, welch eine Liebe,” for chorus, soloists and chamber ensemble. Intended for the days just after Christmas, the work was composed in 1723 during Bach’s first year at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. The program also features two movements from a concerto by Georg Philipp Telemann for oboe d’amore. Joel Evans will be the soloist. Kairos will also sing Bach’s motet “Ich Lasse dich Nicht” for double chorus. This work, which scholars had attributed to various members of the Bach family, was lost during World War II and rediscovered in Ukraine in 1999. Its text is based on the imagery of Jacob’s Ladder in the Book of Genesis. Kairos’s Bach Cantata Series is now in its 12th year. The cantatas are performed in the context of Evensong, a meditative vespers tradition that can be traced to the medieval church. The services are open to the public, and all are welcome, regardless of religious affiliation or lack thereof. A $10 suggested donation helps fund the series. It is suggested that audience members arrive at the venue at least 20 minutes before the performance to secure seating. For information, visit www. kairosconsort.org or call (845) 256-9114.

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Valentine cabaret at CIA Half Moon Theatre will hold a Valentine’s Day Cabaret Celebration at the Culinary Institute of America, Marriott Pavilion on Friday, February 10 and Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. The event features Broadway performers Olivia Phillip and Max Crumm, accompanied by a dinner prepared by CIA chefs. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Currently performing in the Broadway show Waitress, Phillip has also graced the London stage in The Book of Mormon and Ghost the Musical. Joining her will be Max Crumm, Philip’s cast mate from the Broadway show Disaster! He was in the Broadway revival of Grease after winning NBC’s talent search competition, Grease: You’re the One That I Want. The pair will

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6:30am-8am Mysore Ashtanga Practice. Intended to help you build a personal, self-led practice. A teacher is on hand to guide you along. Meets every Mon-Thur, 6:30-8am. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail. com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 8am-9am Senior Feel Good Aerobics with Diane Collelo. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 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. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845 679-5906, jan@kagyu.org. 9am-10:30am Restorative Movement: 8-Session Alexander Technique Class. Facilitated by Elizabeth Castagna. Jan 12th-March 9th. Please see website for details and to advance register: wellnessembodiedcenter.com/restorative-movement.html. Education Annex of Wellness Embodied, 126 Main St, New Paltz. wellnessembodiedcenter.com. 9am-9:50am Qi Gong with Marilyn St. John. Uses gentle movement and relaxation to circulate the life energy. All ages and fitness levels. A reduced-price class. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $8. 9:30am-10:30am Senior Flex and Stretch with Diane Colello. Movement for balance and breath, weight-training for bone health, and mat work for flexibility and core strengthening. Woodstock Town Hall. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 10am-2pm Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic. For previously spayed/neutered cats and dogs only. No appointment needed. Dogs must be leashed and cats in carriers. TARA (The Animal Rights Alliance, Inc.), 60 Enterprise Place, Middletown, NY. Info: 845-343-1000, info@tara-spayneuter.org, tara-spayneuter.org. 10am-11am Women’s Yoga with Cory Smith. A variation of Gentle Yoga, this is a sacred space for women to deepen their spiritual practice while enhancing their health and well-being. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail. com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $8. 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! St. John’s Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave, Kingston. Info: 845 679-6250. $12 for one or $22 for two. 10am Reformed Church of Saugerties’ Adult Bible Study. Ongoing, every Thursday at 10 am. Current study: Book of Jeremiah. Everyone is welcome. Contact Lecia Siebeking for more information 845 246-5975. Reformed Church of Saugerties, Parish Hall, Saugerties.

donation suggested to cover cost of refreshments. On-going every Thursday. Red Hook Community Center, 59 Fisk St, Red Hook. 1pm-4pm Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. The Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Woodstock Rescue Squad building, Route 212 Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Rescue Squad Community Room, 222 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 2pm-5pm Mah Jongg. Open to beginners and seasoned players alike. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org. 3:30pm-4pm Free Step Class. A high energy class. Ongoing. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. Info: 845 246-4317, saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 3:45pm-5:30pm After-School Crafts. Led by Chantal Van-Wierts, Thursdays, February 2, 9, 16 & 23, 3:45-5:30PM, clay, mixed media, mobiles and more. Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, Athens. Info: 945-2136, info@athensculturalcenter.org, athensculturalcenter.org. 4pm Backgammon Club. Learn the game, pick up fancy moves, meet new people. Open to the public. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org. 4pm Free Fitness Class. Drop in for a workout on Mondays at 4:30 pm & Thursdays at 4pm. Class will be an aerobic warm-up followed by a combination of band and body work. Instructed by Connie Scuitto. Connie is an RN and certified Reiki Master. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. Info: 845 246-4317, saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 4:30pm-5:45pm Mindfulness Toolbox for Teens. 6-Session Skills-based Class facilitated by Ann Hovey. Scholarships available and sponsored by grant from Maya Gold Foundation. Education Annex of Wellness Embodied, 126 Main St, New Paltz. wellnessembodiedcenter.com/mindfulnessfor-teens.html. 4:30pm-5:30pm Meditation Support Group. Meets at Mirabai every Thursday. Walk-ins always welcome. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $3 donation. 5pm-7pm Modfest 2017 Opening Reception: The World After January 20, 2017: Works by Contemporary Artists and Poets. Poetry, political cartoons, documentary photography, drawings, paintings, and more that address, reflect, and comment on what the first 100 days of the Trump presidency might mean. Artists and poets include Gerardo Castro, Monica d. Church, Michaela Coplen VC’18, Judith Nichols, Peter Steiner, Virginia Lavado, Sam Vernon, and others. Vassar College/Palmer Gallery, Poughkeepsie. arts.vassar.edu. 5pm-6pm Sacred Movement and Alignment with Clyde Forth. We will work with postural alignments and their relationship to expressive movement and balance to build strength and increase mobility. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 5pm-9pm Saugerties First Friday. Every month businesses stay open late and offer special activities and discounts to visitors. Village of Saugerties, Partition, Market & Main Streets, Saugerties. facebook.com/saugertiesfirstfriday.

11am-4pm Crystal Light Healing Bed sessions with energy healer Amrita Eiehm. Realigns, Balances and Synchronizes the Chakras, Boosts Immune System, Clarifies Cellular Communication to support spiritual and physical healing. First Thursday of every month. Amrita received training from John of God at his Casa in Abadianana, Brazil and obtained his personal blessing to connect clients in the U.S. to the healing spiritual guides at the Casa. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $75/1 hour healing session.

5:15pm Pilates Equipment Group Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com.

12pm-1:30pm Slow Flow Vinyasa Yoga with Pepper Monroe. A Restorative and Yin Yoga inspired class geared toward easing the nervous system with a therapeutic approach to the poses. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18.

6pm-9pm Free Fly Tying Night at Anglers’ Den in Pawling. All experience levels welcome. Feel free just to come hang out to If you plan on attending, we recommended that you call the shop or email prior to give us a heads up so we can best accommodate you! Anglers’ Den, 11 West Main St, Pawling. Info: 845-855-5182, anglersden.net.

12:15pm-12:45pm Free Weekly Community Meditation. All are welcome for half-hour of silent sitting meditation. Drop-in attendance welcome. Cushions, back-jacks, and chairs available. Admission by donation. Education Annex of Wellness Embodied, 126 Main St, New Paltz. wellnessembodiedcenter.com/community-meditation. 1pm-3pm Game and Card Day. Board games, Mah-jong and Cards are available--or bring your own. Bring a friend or come and meet people. $1

6pm Book Club. In February, we will be reading Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis. All welcome to join, especially first-timers! Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org.

6pm-7pm Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Center. Ongoing. Free and open to the public. Sky Lake Meditation Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. Info: 845 658-8556, skylake.shambhala.org. 6pm First Thursday Book Club. Ongoing. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845 688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org/. 6:15pm Pilates Equipment Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full

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upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 6:30pm Tournées French Film Festival: May Allah Bless France. May Allah Bless France (2014, Abd al Malik) explores religion. The film screening will be followed by a discussion. Taylor Hall Room 203 at Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-437-5632, info.vassar.edu/news/ announcements/2016-2017/170201-tourneesfilm-festival.html. 6:30pm-8pm Crystal Attunement Healing Circle with astrologer and crystal healer Mary Vukovic. Topics include crystals for healing, current astrological placements and subjects relating to your personal and collective growth. Group meets first Thursday of every month. Walk-ins welcome, no pre-registration required. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $10. 6:30pm-8pm Reggae Yoga. This Vinyasa class uses reggae music to evoke the spirit of Jamaica to create an irie yoga time. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. Free, by donation. 6:30pm-8pm Free Steps of Meditation. Weekly classes. Learn the fundamentals for an effective meditation experience. Peace Village Retreat Center, 54 O’Hara Rd, Haines Falls. Info: 518-589-5000, peacevillage@bkwsu.org, bkwsu.org. 6:30pm-9:30pm Astronomy Night. On the first and third Thursday of each month, Raj Pandya and Amy Bartholomew of the SUNY New Paltz Department of Physics & Astronomy offer a free planetarium show. Followed by telescope observing (when the sky is clear) at the Smolen Observatory to the entire community including the general public. Tickets for the planetarium shows are required. They are available one week prior to show time. Tickets are NOT required at the Smolen Observatory. SUNY New Paltz/John R. Kirk Planetarium / Smolen Observatory, New Paltz. Info: 845-257-3818, pandyar@newpaltz. edu. 7pm Live @ The Falcon Underground: Adam Falcon Trio. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-7970, liveatthefalcon.com. 7pm Fireside Chat: Remembering Hyde Park - The Wars Years and Beyond. Presented by life-long Hyde Park resident John W. Golden Jr. (In the event of inclement weather, the chat will be rescheduled for the following Thursday, February 9). All are invited. St. James Chapel/ Hyde Park, 10 East Market St, Hyde Park. Info: 845-229-2820. 7pm An American Paradox: Enslavement on the Hudson. With Associate Director of Content Development at Historic Hudson Valley Michael A. Lord. In commemoration of African American History Month. At the Henry A. Wallace Center. This event is free and open to the public. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, 4097 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park. Info: 845-4867745, fdrlibrary.org. 7pm-8:30pm New Paltz Historical Society. Curious about your ancestors? This lecture will jump start your search! Learn how to begin, ways to organize your search, free and inexpensive resources, and sound research strategies. This lecture is geared to genealogy beginners, or those who have run into a brick wall and need strategies to further their research. Free. New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veterans Dr, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-2865, quikclik@hvi.net.

7pm Modfest 2017: Connecting Voices. Artist Ann Daly will discuss her ongoing collaboration with Spanish musician Álvaro Marcos. This talk will be moderated by Professor of Music Justin Patch and Professor of Political Science Katherine Hite, who is collaborating with the artistic duo in her upcoming seminar, The Politics of Memory. Vassar College/ Old Bookstore, Poughkeepsie. arts.vassar.edu. 7pm-8:30pm SRBP Lecture Series: Glacial History of the Catskills and Mid-Hudson Valley – Setting the Table for Our Region’s Ecology. With Dr. John A. Rayburn, Associate Professor of Environmental Geology and Geomorphology at SUNY New Paltz.No pre-registration is required, free of charge. SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 102, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-0752. 7pm Live @ The Falcon Main Stage: Dylan Doyle Band. Blues, Rock. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-7970, liveatthefalcon.com. 7pm-8:30pm Shamanic Plant Spirit Healing Journey with Barbara Fornal-A Free Holistic Self-Care Class. Plant Spirit Healing is a shamanic practice of working directly with the consciousness and healing properties of plants. Join us. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St, Stone Ridge. Info: info@rvhhc.org, RVHHC.org. 7pm Winter Flight Nights. Enjoy 6 oz. Craft Beer Flights paired with Venison, Beef and Sausage Sliders. Enjoy at the Woodnotes Grille bar or cozied up next to a roaring fire on the deck or in the Great Room. $20 per pair! Woodnotes, Rt 28, Mt. Pleasant. Info: 845-688-2828, emersonresort.com. 7:30pm-9pm Weekly Thursday Nite EFT Healing Circle & Recovery Workshop. Bring your physical, emotional, & spiritual challenges and issues, and have them quickly, effectively resolved and healed in a safe supportive environment. Free, $5 donation welcome. All proceeds go directly to FOW. Ongoing. Family of Woodstock, 39 John St, Kingston. Info: 845 706-2183. 7:30pm Reading, Meditation & Discussion. Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center, 1218 Wittenberg Rd, Mt. Tremper. Info: 845 679-8322, info@ matagiri.org. 8:30pm Bluegrass Clubhouse. Featuring Brian Hollander,Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch, & Eric Weissberg. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-3484.

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7:45am-8:45am Low-Cost Dental Clinic. TARA now offers low-cost dental cleanings for those in need. This service is for previously spayed/ neutered dogs and cats only. TARA (The Animal Rights Alliance, Inc.), 60 Enterprise Place, Middletown, NY. Info: 845-343-1000, info@ tara-spayneuter.org, tara-spayneuter.org. 9:30am-11am Vinyasa Level I-II Yoga with Alison Sinatra. Ideal for students transitioning from beginner to intermediate. Asanas are explored with increasing detail and a slower, flowing sequence. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 9:45am-10:45am Senior Chi Kung with Corinne Mol. Meditative, healing exercise consisting of 13 movements. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56

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premier listings Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Meetings in Conscious Awareness (Meets 2/3-3/5, 6-7:30pm on Fridays & 1-2:30pm on Sundays). Embracing Joyous Life in Uncertain Times. We explore ourselves to discover what is intrinsically divine, a peaceful way of life, to become true expressions of nondual truth, to serve or help others find their way, or to deepen our love of truth. Working with the historical self: We may long for the bounty of spirituality and avoid experiencing the challenges of painful emotion and memory. Our meetings support all kinds of self-exploration, including what may be more difficult. We meet to sit, discuss, question, challenge, witness, reflect upon, laugh, and discover who and what we are. All levels of spiritual practice and faith welcome. Ongoing meetings are for self-discovery and self-remembering, facilitated by life counselor and long-time practitioner, Anna Snow. Yoga Yoga Studio, 446 Main St. Rosendale. Donations appreciated. Info: 845-687-8688. Meditation/Satsang at Woodstock Yoga Center (Every Monday starting 2/6, 6-7pm). We could all benefit from a regular meditation practice – perhaps now more than ever. To help establish such a practice, and to provide a refuge and sanctuary to everyone in our community – regardless of faith or persuasion – Woodstock Yoga Center will be offering an hour of Meditation and Satsang starting in February. Each hour will begin with 15 minutes of silent meditation, sitting as you like (floor or chair). The teacher will then read a short inspirational text, continue in silent meditation, or lead chanting or kirtan, depending on who is leading that week. The period will end with Lokah Samastha Sukhi-

noh Bhavantu Sanskrit chant, “May all beings be happy and free.â€? All are welcome. Free, by donation. Info: (845) 679-8700, Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming Street, Woodstock, www.woodstockyogacenter.com. Embodying the Pelvic Floor Yoga Workshop with Kate Hagerman (Saturday, 2/4, 1:30-3:30pm). The pelvic floor supports the organs and spine, and plays a vital role in breathing and movement. In this Embodied Anatomy & Yoga workshop, we will explore the alignment of the skeletal points of the pelvic diaphragm and initiate the yogasanas from the pelvic quadrants. Kate Hagerman is a certified Embodied Anatomy & Yoga teacher through the School of BodyMind Centering. $40 (10% discount for members). Info: (845) 679-8700, Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming Street, Woodstock, www.woodstockyogacenter.com. Register Now! Pilates Open Level Mat Class. Led by Martina Enschede, master Pilates instructor. On-going classes Monday & Wednesdays, 2pm. $18, $15/10 class card , reduced rate for srs - $13/10 class card. Euphoria Yoga, 99 Tinker Street, Woodstock. Info: 845-678-6766 or Euphoriayoga.org. Guided Meditation & Energy Tune-Up (2/11,1:30-3pm). Take an inner journey through guided imagery meditation and enjoy deep relaxation and renewal with Reiki energy and the healing sound of the crystal singing pyramid. Release blocks and imbalances to recharge in mind, body and spirit. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a blanket or yoga mat. Led by Wendy Reinike. $20 The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521

Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 9:45am-10:45am Senior Chi Kung with Corinne Mol. Meditative, healing exercise consisting of 13 movements. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 10:30am Pilates Equipment Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 11:30am-4pm Past Life Regression and Private Angelic Channeling Sessions with Margaret Doner. First Friday of every month. Call for appointment. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $125/90 minute session. 11:30am Gyrotonic Tower Class. Using natural body spinal movements to decompress and strengthen the spine. It emphasizes full mobility of the joints and lengthening of the fascia and skeletal system. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 12:05pm-1pm Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. A floor work course promoting improvementof balance, coordination, focus, awareness breathing, strength and flexibility. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 1pm-3:30pm New Bridge Group at Community Center. Free. New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veterans Dr, New Paltz. Info: 617-308-9993. 2pm Wills, Trusts and Elder Law. Pawling Library, 11 Broad St, Pawling. Info: 845-8553444. 4pm “Knit Wits� Knitting Club. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. Info: 845 246-4317, saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 5:30pm-6:45pm Art Opening: Loman Eng and Friends. Local painter, Loman Eng will be showing his work along with his students including those from the Esopus Library Artists Group. Held in the Duck Pond Gallery. Town of

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Main St.(Rte. 299), New Paltz. Registration required. Info: 914-475-0741 or wendyreinike@yahoo.com. 9th Annual Robbie Burns Supper (2/3, 6:30-9:30pm). Celebrate the life and art of the legendary poet Robert Burns. Featuring the recitation of Burns’s poetry, a traditional dinner with the entrance of the haggis, storytelling, songs, and whisky toasts. Price :reservations. $39.95pp,$29.95 bar. The Rhinecliff Hotel, 4 Grinnell St, Rhinecliff, 845-876-0590 or therhinecliff.com. New Slow Flow Vinyasa Class Starting Feb. 2nd (Every Thursday, 12-1:30pm). Woodstock Yoga Center is offering a new Restorative and Yin Yoga inspired class on Thursdays. Led by Yoga instructor and Breathwork teacher Pepper Monroe, this slowerpaced class is geared toward easing the nervous system with a therapeutic approach to yoga poses. Deep healing elements are incorporated into a slower traditional flow with mindfulness and attention to the breath. Suitable for everyone. $18 drop-in. Info: Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming Street, Woodstock, (845) 679-8700, www. woodstockyogacenter.com. Applications Being Accepted! Adult & Youth Leadership & Mentorship Program. The Chamber Foundation, Inc.—the nonprofit fundraising arm of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce—is now accepting applications for its adult and youth leadership and mentorship programming as part of its ongoing mission to build and strengthen personal and business capacity, develop leadership skills, and foster a commitment to community service.To apply for any

Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail. com, esopuslibrary.org. 5:30pm-7pm Restorative Yoga with Barbara Boris. Rejuvenating and supported postures that soothe the nervous system and alleviate tension. Lots of props and dim lights. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-6798700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 6pm-7:30pm Meetings in Conscious Awareness. Embracing Joyous Life in Uncertain Times. We explore ourselves to discover what is intrinsically divine, a peaceful way of life, to become true expressions of nondual truth, to serve or help others find their way, or to deepen our love of truth. All levels of spiritual practice and faith welcome. 2/3-3/5, 6-7:30pm on Fridays & 1-2:30pm on Sundays. Ongoing meetings are for self-discovery and self-remembering, facilitated by life counselor and long-time practitioner, Anna Snow. Donations appreciated. Info: 845-687-8688. Free/donations welcome. Yoga Yoga Studio, 446 Main St, Rosendale. 6pm Japanese Traditional Event: Setsubun. A celebration of the ancient Japanese New Year’s Eve “Setsubun�. Throwing Beans at “ONI Ogre� for children of all ages. They are scheduled to throw beans twice, at 5pm and 6pm. GomenKudasai Noodle Shop, 232 Main St, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-8811. 6pm Newburgh Beginner Swing Dance Series. Friday Nights, four-week swing dance series: February 3, 10, 24 and March 3 with Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Beginner sessions 6-7pm, no experience or partner needed. Intermediate level 7-8pm. T $85 per person per four-week series. Private lessons in swing and ballroom and for wedding couples available by appointment. For more information and to register visit got2lindy.com or 845-2363939. Studio87 The Wellness House, 87 Liberty St, Newburgh. Info: 845-236-3939, got2lindy. com. 6pm Kabbalat Shabbat & Potluck. Spiritual Judaism in New Paltz: Kol Hai Jewish Renewal Shabbat Services. See website for details & loca-

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Sign Up Now: Philadelphia Flower Show Bus Trip HOLLAND-Flowering the World. Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s (CCEUC) Master Gardeners for their annual bus trip to the biggest and best flower show in the East on Tuesday, March 14. Buses will load at 5:45am and leave from the MAC Fitness parking lot located in the Kingston Plaza at 6am, and will return at approximately 9:30pm. The New Paltz bus will load at 6:15am at the NYS Thruway Park and Ride located at Exit 18 in New Paltz. Complete registration forms with payment must be postmarked no later than Monday, March 6 and can also be dropped off at the CCEUC Education Center. To register, send in the printable flyer and registration form available at http://tinyurl. com/2017-Philly. $80. Roost Studios’ Call for Artists:Rising Artists. A juried exhibition to be held in March/April 2017 in the organizations Main Street gallery. The show will focus on young(er) artists in the early decades of their careers. Four artists will be selected and eligible entrants must be under the age of forty. Application deadline is 2/5. Roost 69 Main St, 2nd Fl, New Paltz. Marathon Married Couples, Step UP. The Office for the Aging is looking for couples who will be married 70 years or more at any point in 2017, to be honored at our Celebration of Aging on May 22. You may also know that you can find out more by getting in touch with outreach coordinator Brian Jones at bjones@dutchessny.gov and/ or (845) 486-2555. If the couple you know would like to go but isn’t sure they can make it in May, reserve space for them now and they can decide later if they’d like to go. We haven’t yet opened up ticket sales for the event, if you were wondering. Also searching for

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Call for Entries Woodstock- New Paltz Art & Crafts Fairs 36th Anniversary Year. Memorial Day Weekend, May 27, 28, & 29, 2017 Labor Day Weekend, September 2, 3, & 4, 2107 Ulster County Fairgrounds, New Paltz, NY Application Deadline January 15, 2017 Applicants can apply directly online at www.quailhollow.com. No jury fee required. Quail Hollow Events,PO Box 825 Woodstock, NY 12498 Info: scottr@quailhollow.com or 845 246-3414. Ongoing Open Call. Athens Laundry is seeking projects in art, writing and design for the arts and literary publication by Friends of D. R. Evarts Library in Athens. Print and Electronic editions • Visit athenslaundry.tumblr. com for more info • Email friends@ drevartslibrary.org today . Washbourne House Shelter Seeks Volunteers! Info: volunteers@familyofwoodstockinc.org or 845-3317080x157. Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Stationary Clinic for Dogs. Every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. $95 and up; includes spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, and cone collar. All surgeries performed by appointment only; Also, Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Mobile Clinic for Cats( call for location and dates). $70 per cat includes spay/ neuter, rabies vaccine, ear cleaning, nail trim. All surgeries performed by appointment only; & Low-cost vaccine & dental Clinics available. The Animal Rights Alliance (T.A.R.A.), 60 Enterprise Pl, Middletown. Info: 845-3431000, tara-spayneuter.org.

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6pm-9pm Ladies’ Night with Dorraine ScoďŹ eld. Acoustic! Chicken Run, 5639 State Rt 23, Windham. Info: 518-734-5353, chickenrunwindham.com.

7pm Modfest 2017: Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre. VRDT performs works created by faculty members and guest choreographer David Dorfman. This evening also features student choreography. Reservations required write to dancetix@vassar.edu or call the Dance office at (845) 437-5541. Info.vassar.edu. Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, Kenyon Hall at Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-437-5370, info.vassar.edu/news/ announcements/2016-2017/170126-modfestaudra-mcdonald.html.

6:30pm-9:30pm 9th Annual Robbie Burns Supper. Celebrate the life and art of the legendary poet Robert Burns. Featuring the recitation of Burns’s poetry, a traditional dinner with the entrance of the haggis, storytelling, songs, and whisky toasts. $39.95pp, $29.95/bar. The Rhinecliff Hotel, 4 Grinell St, Rhinecliff. Info: 845-8760590, therhinecliff.com.

7pm-9pm Star Nation Sacred Circle. A not for skeptics discussion group concerning all things paranormal. Dedicated to acknowledging the extraterrestrial presence on earth. Bring a drink, snack to share & a comfortable lawn chair to sit under the stars afterwards for a UFO watch. Center for Symbolic Studies, 475 River Rd. Ext, Tillson. Info: 845-331-2662, airstudio@aol.com, AirStudioGallery.com.

6:45pm-8:30pm Children & Teen Ministries. Meets Fridays: 6:45-8:30pm. Class for adults also offered. Grace Bible Fellowship Church, Rt9 & Rt9G, Rhinebeck. Info: 845-876-6923, cdfcirone@aol.com. 7pm Calling All Poets. Featuring Mark Blackford and Fred Poole. A special salute honoring Black History Month will precede our features at 7pm. Guests poets include Poet Gold, Eddie Bell. Refreshments available. Open mic. Roost Studios and Art Gallery, 69 Main St, 2nd Fl, New Paltz. callingallpoets.net. $5, $3/senior/student. 7pm-10pm Opening Night. Info: fb.com/ChrysalisGalleryNY. Chrysalis Gallery, 184 Main St, Saugerties.

7pm Weekly Senior Citizen’s Bingo. Seniors 50 and older. Ongoing every Wednesday at 1:30pm & Friday at 7pm. 50/50 tickets available at 3 tickets/$2. Half-time complementary refreshments. Shawangunk Valley Senior Center, Southwyck Square, 70 Main St, Napanoch. Info: 845 647-3902. $1.

7pm Live @ The Falcon Main Stage: Jane Lee Hooker Band. Blues, Rock. Opener: Long is the Walk. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

8pm Our Town. American classic. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rte. 308, Rhinebeck, NY. Info: 845-876-3080, centerfor-

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5am-7pm Opening Reception at Oriole. Featuring the works of Irwin Berman and Barbara Velazquez. Free. 845-OR9-5763. Oriole 9, 17 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2940, woodstockart.org. 8am Bird Walk with Veteran Birder, Mark DeDea. To view seasonal birds. This parcel allows for easy inspection with level walking, the open meadow may attract wintering raptors, a wooded swamp with plenty of Winterberry for the Hermit Thrushes, and borders the Sawkill Creek which often holds waterfowl late into the winter. Dress warmly. Bring binoculars. The event will be canceled in case of harsh weather. The best footwear is waterproof winter boots. The event is free and open to the public. Thorn Preserve, 55 John Joy Road, Woodstock. woodstocklandconservancy.org. 8am CCC/WLC/JBNHS Winter Bird Walk at Thorn Preserve. Meet trip leader Mark DeDea (forsythnature@aol.com ) at 8am at the Thorn Preserve, a Catskill Center for Conservation property operated in partnership with the Woodstock Land Conservancy located at 55 John Joy Road in the Town of Woodstock. This small parcel has open fields and wet meadows that may attract wintering raptors, a wooded swamp with plenty of Winterberry for the Hermit Thrushes, and borders the Sawkill Creek which often holds waterfowl late into the winter. Info: info@jbnhs. org, jbnhs.org. 8am Trip to SUNY Cobleskill Dairy Farm. Trip to SUNY Cobleskill Dairy Farm to spend the day doing hoof dissections, learning about proper feed rations and touring the college’s Dairy Farm. Extension Education Center, 479 Rt. 66, Hudson. Info: 518-828-3346 x201, ormms426@cornell. edu. 8:15am-5pm Mid-Hudson Regional Science Olympiad. Features over 35 high school teams from the region competing in individual and team science events. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. 8:30am-9:30am Vinyasa Yoga with Laura Olson. A fast-paced vinyasa flow class that works up a nice sweat while keeping things light and fun. Great for kickstarting the weekend. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail. com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 9am-9:50am Maintaining Wellness Tai Chi. With certified instructor Jing. 1st and 3rd Saturdays of the month 9-9:50am (Introductory movements) & 10-10:50am (Different themes). For all levels. Minimum donation is $5. New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veterans Dr, New Paltz. elegantevidence.com. 9am Saugerties’ Christian Meditation. Meets every Saturday, 9am. All welcome. No charge. Trinity Episcopal Church, Rt 9W, Saugerties. Info: 845 246-3285. 9am Pilates Equipment Group Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 9:30am-11:30am Minnewaska Preserve: New Shoes and Frozen Falls. With Park Educator, Nick Martin. In this introductory outing, you will experience how easy traveling in snowshoes can be. Snowshoes may be rented at the Park Preserve Office, located in the Peter’s Kill Area. Early arrival is strongly suggested for those renting snowshoes. Snowshoes may be rented from the Park Preserve Office, located at the Peter’s Kill Area, for $5 per person for this program. If there is insufficient snow cover, this program will be offered as a hike. Meet in the Peter’s Kill Area. Pre-registration is required. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-0752. 9:30am-11am Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going. Everyone welcome. St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (the A-Frame), 2578 Rt 212, Woodstock. Info: 845 679-8800. 10am-12pm QSY Society Amateur Radio Club’s February Meeting. This month’s topic: ‘Go Kits’ – a portable station that can be used for Emergency Communications or as a portable contest station, using the same gear. Presented by Jeff Schneller N2HPO, who will also explain how they have been used by members of SATERN, the Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network. Feel free to bring any projects, items for show & tell or swap & sell, and questions you may have on any aspect of ham radio. East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction. Info: 914-582-3744, n2skp@arrl.net, qsysociety.org.

10am-10pm Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Feast for Feathered Friends. Nature normally supplies food for northern birds during the winter months. However, providing a little extra energy in winter can be helpful – especially if you want to invite your feathered friends in for a closer look! Learn about our Hudson Valley winter birds, and how to attract them to your backyard. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Cornwall. $7, $5/child. 10am-2pm Yarn, Fabric, and Craft Supplies Sale. Sale of gently used craft supplies, yarn, and fabric. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-1255, nlane@rcls.org, gardinerlibrary.org. 10am Kabbalat Shabbat & Potluck. Spiritual Judaism in New Paltz: Kol Hai Jewish Renewal Shabbat Services. See website for details. Woodland Pond at New Paltz/ Performing Arts Center, New Paltz. kolhai.org. 10am-12pm Saturday Social Circle. This group is for mamas looking to meet other mamas, babies and toddlers for activities, socialization and friendship. Whether you are pregnant, have a new baby or older kids, you are welcome to join. New Baby New Paltz, 264 Main St, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-0624, newbabynewpaltz@yahoo. com, newbabynewpaltz.com. 10am-11:30am Iyengar Yoga Level I with Barbara Boris. For students new to Iyengar, the basis of the method is taught in standing poses. Taught by Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor Barbara Boris. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, http://woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 10am-4pm Ice Harvest Festival. The Region’s “coolest” event. Take part in a traditional ice harvest, using historic tools and techniques. Hot soup buffet & winter activities. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 County Hwy 12, East Meredith. Info: 607-278-5744, info@hanfordmills.org, hanfordmills.org. 10am-9pm Candlewax Recycling Drop-off. Candlewax in any condition to be recycled. Ongoing. Pachamama Store (near food court), Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston. 10:30am-12:30pm Ukulele Lesson & Jam. Love is in the air this month as Kathleen leads the group with a special selection of songs celebrating love. Beginners welcome! Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org. 10:30am-11:30am Silent Vigil for Global Peace & Non-Violence. Sponsored by The Kingston Women in Black. Meet outside Cornell St PO,. Cornell St PO, Kingston. Info: 845 399-2805. 11am-2pm Valentine’s Day Pet Pictures: Fundraiser Benefiting Rocky’s Refuge. Bring your well behaved leashed pets to get a Valentine’s Day themed photo taken. You will receive an Emailed copy of your picture that can easily be printed. Rocky’s Refuge is a 501 c3 non profit animal welfare organization helping the community with low cost spay and neuter options. Tractor Supply/Liberty, Route 52, Liberty. Info: 607-4985445, rockysrefuge@gmail.com, rockysrefuge. org. $5-$10 suggested donation. 11am-2pm Valentine’s Day Pet Pictures: Fundraiser Benefiting Rocky’s Refuge. Bring your well behaved leashed pets to get a Valentine’s Day themed photo taken. You will receive an Emailed copy of your picture that can easily be printed. Rocky’s Refuge is a 501 c3 non profit animal welfare organization helping the community with low cost spay and neuter options. Tractor Supply/Liberty, Route 52, Liberty. Info: 607-4985445, rockysrefuge@gmail.com, rockysrefuge. org. $5-$10 suggested donation. 11am-5pm Minnewaska Preserve/Sam’s Point: Drop-In Snowshoe Lessons at Sam’s Point Preserve. Every Saturday through March, weather permitting. It is designed for people who are beginners, interested in trying snowshoeing as a new winter activity. Each session will be run by a Sam’s Point employee who will provide instruction on how to properly wear and adjust the snowshoes, as well as work with you until you are ready to head out on your favorite trail with confidence. The lesson may last up to one hour. Snowshoes are available to rent for this program at a discounted rate of $5 per person at the Sam’s Point Visitor Center. Sam’s Point, Cragsmoor. Info: 845-255-0752. 11am-1pm Teen Gaming. 3 computers with League of Legends installed. Bring your own laptop. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 11am-4pm Winter Olana Tour. Friday-Sunday, first tour 11 am, last tour 3 pm. Olana, 5720 St Rt 9G, Hudson. olana.org. 12pm-1pm Free Yoga Pizza Party. 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. Ongoing. My Place Pizza, 322 Main St, Poughkeepsie. sarah@womenspowerspace.org. 12:30pm-6:30pm Tarot Readings with Stephanie. Every Saturday at Mirabai. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $30/25 minutes.

12:45pm-1:30pm New Paltz Women in Black Vigil for Peace. Held in front of the Elting Library, corner of Main and North Front Streets. Vigil is in its 15th year of standing for peace and justice. New Paltz. 1pm Sit and Knit. Bring a project or start a new one while sitting on the comfy couches in the Information Room window area. Meets every Saturday at 1 pm. All are welcome. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. Info: 845 246-4317, saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 1:30pm-3:30pm Embodying the Pelvic Floor Yoga Workshop with Kate Hagerman. The pelvic floor supports the organs and spine, and plays a vital role in breathing and movement. In this Embodied Anatomy & Yoga workshop, we will explore the alignment of the skeletal points of the pelvic diaphragm and initiate the yogasanas from the pelvic quadrants. Kate Hagerman is a certified Embodied Anatomy & Yoga teacher through the School of Body-Mind Centering. $40 (10% discount for members). Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-6798700, woodstockyogacenter.com. 1:30pm-4:30pm Robot Club: Puppy Bots. Build our own puppy bots and get them to interact with the world around them. Registration required-call 688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org. 2pm Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine: Reading of Rhinoceros. Acoustic duo - Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine. Woodstock Town Hall, 76 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-6797900. $10. 2pm Book Reading: Elaine Freed Lindenblatt. author of Stop At The Red Apple, recounts personal stories about her father’s landmark restaurant on Route 17 and its unique place in the history of the Catskills. Main Street School, Goshen. Info: 845-294-6606, goshenpubliclibrary.org. 2pm The Town-Line Shack. A real-life adventure in outdoor discovery and learning.Friends of Historic Saugerties welcome Andy Angstrom, who will tell of his discovery of a cultural history treasure that lay hidden for a hundred years in his own “backyard.” This presentation will include a visual tour of the excavated site as well as several hands-on artifacts. Learn about this 100 year old historic discovery and how it related to the second largest engineering feat in the modern world, the building of the Ashokan Reservoir and the aqueduct system by the MacArthur-Winston Companies. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. Info: 845-246-4317. 2pm-3pm Artist Talk with Maria KolodziejZincio on The Lost Holocaust-A Forgotten Odyssey. Artist Maria Kolodziej-Zincio will discuss her current exhibition “The Lost Holocaust-A Forgotten Odyssey” in the WAAM’s Solo Gallery. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2940, info@woodstockart.org, woodstockart.org/february-4/. 2pm-4pm Introduction to the I-Ching with Timothy Liu. The I-Ching (or Book of Changes) is perhaps the oldest divinatory guide dating back some 5,000 years. In this workshop you will learn the historical overview and focus on the structure and meaning of the eight trigrams and sixty four hexagrams in order to effectively consult the Oracle itself for answers and guidance for yourself and others. Newcomers and seasoned practitioners are welcome. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $25. 2pm-4pm Introduction to the I-Ching with Timothy Liu. The I-Ching (or Book of Changes) is perhaps the oldest divinatory guide dating back some 5,000 years. In this workshop you will learn the historical overview and focus on the structure and meaning of the eight trigrams and sixty four hexagrams in order to effectively consult the Oracle itself for answers and guidance for yourself and others. Newcomers and seasoned practitioners are welcome. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $25. 2pm Free Meditation Instruction. Held in the Amitabha Shrine Room. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. On-going. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845 679-5906, jan@kagyu.org. 2:30pm-3:30pm Black History Month lecture: “Black Maritime Workers in Early America: Challenging Slavery and Shaping Freedom Then and Now”. Lecture by Dr. Craig Marin, Asst. Professor, Maritime Studies, Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA. Event held at Riverport Wooden Boat School classroom. Info: lchassman@hrmm.org. Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston. Info: 845-338-0071. 4pm-6pm Opening Reception for New Exhibitions at WAAM. Recent Acquisitions 2009-2016; Maria Kolodziej-Zincio: The Lost Holocaust-A Forgotten Odyssey; Active Members Show; and Small Works. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2940, info@woodstockart.org, woodstockart.org/february-4-2/. 5pm-8pm I Heart You Opening Reception. The second solo show by JoWoSo, featuring whimsical art and light refreshments. The Storefront Gallery, 93 Broadway, Kingston. facebook.com/ events/1859478220964193/. 5pm-11pm The Power of the Future Is Now in

February 2, 2017 Our Hearts and Hands. An art exhibition and performances by local and international artists with an impassioned message of solidarity, change and hope. Broadway Arts, 694 Broadway, Kingston. Info: (845) 514-2493, mbroadwayartssolutions@gmail.com. 5pm-9pm Don’t Look. SUNY New Paltz BFA Photography Students Exhibit. Exploring the ideas of current social and cultural issues that the world has been facing. ARTBAR Gallery, 674 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845-338-2789, info@ artbargallery.com, www.artbargallery.com. 5pm-7pm Public Opening reception for Spring Exhibitions. for: Intimately Unfamiliar: New Work by SUNY New Paltz Art Faculty, Carl Walters & Woodstock Ceramic Arts, Sarah Greenberger Rafferty. Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz. Info: 845-257-3844, sdma@newpaltz.edu, http:// www.newpaltz.edu/museum/programs/public_ programs.html. 5pm Corruption Acquitted and The Other in The Mirror. The Most Controversial show ever hit The Kingston Scene. Artist IAm2nd uses Art as his weapon followed by a Ming Liu Production. Broadway Arts, 694 BROADWAY, Kingston. Info: 845.706.7641, broadwayartsolutions@gmail.com, broadwayarts.Solutions. 5pm-8pm First Saturday Opening Reception @ Arts Society of Kingston(ASK). Spotlight Exhibition! Fran Sutherland - Looking Forward Members Exhibition - Inspiration. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845-338-0333, ask@askforarts.org, facebook. com/events/1202179099900687. 5pm-7pm Opening Reception: Between I and Thou. The exhibit explores interconnections between the personal, cultural, religious and national. The works reflect the human need to tell the story of self and society offering a rich conversation about the sameness and differentness among us. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 100-150 N. Water St, Peekskill. hvcca.org. 5pm Performance - Remy Jungerman. A Netherlands based multi media artist, is winter 2017 HVCCA Artist in Residence. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 100-150 N. Water St, Peekskill. hvcca.org. 5pm Art Opening: Represented Artists. Meet the artists and their artwork and see live demonstrations by artists. Valentine’s gifts in the Fine Craft Gallery. Wallkill River School Gallery, Montgomery. Info: 845-457-2787, wallkillriverschool. com. 5pm-10pm Mini Golf in the Stacks. Nine holes of Magic School Bus-themed mini golf in the stacks at Elting Library! Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-5030 ext. 2, eltinglibrary.org. $5. 6pm-8pm David Laks - Community Concert. Dave Laks plays w/friends, including Jerry Mitnick. “Laks plays on a variety of woodwind instruments in a cornucopia of stylistic forms.” Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-1255, nlane@rcls.org, https:// www.facebook.com/events/1064179860394704/. 7pm-10pm World Music Duet. Olga Pchelintseva-Mares and Elena Kwoka will be performing music in Russian, Ukrainian, Gypsy, English, Spanish and Portuguese languages. Lydia’s Cafe, 7 Old US 209, Stone Ridge. Info: 845-687-3673, mark@lydiasdeli.com. 7pm-8:30pm Sacred Amazon Sound Ceremony. With Special Guest Misty Kammarada, Lea Garnier & Beth Ylvisaker. Using sacred sound tools and song to help us find our way back to Oneness. Sage Academy of Sound Energy, 6 Deming Street, Woodstock. Info: (845) 679-5650, sagehealingcenter@gmail.com, sageacademyofsoundenergy.com. $20 exchange. 7pm Modfest 2017: Vassar College Orchestra and Madrigal Singers. The Vassar College Orchestra performs “A Child’s London” by Professor Emeritus Richard Wilson. The Madrigal Singers perform settings of “Ubi caritas” by Duruflé, Mealor, and Gjeilo, “There are some men” by Philip Glass with text by Leonard Cohen, and Ysaye Barnwell’s “Wanting Memories. Conducted by Eduardo Navega and Drew Minter. Vassar College/Skinner Hall, Poughkeepsie. arts. vassar.edu. 7pm Live @ The Falcon Main Stage: The THE BAND Band. Roots Rock. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-7970, liveatthefalcon.com. 7pm Live @ The Falcon Underground: The Trapps. Americana. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-7970, liveatthefalcon.com. 7pm-10:30pm English Country Dance. Traditional English dances will be taught and called by Dorothy Cummings of NYC. Music will be performed by Tiddley Pom. Workshop at 7pm. Reformed Church of Port Ewen, Salem Road, Port Ewen. Info: 845-454-2571, hudsonvalleycommunitydances@gmail.com, HudsonValley Communitydance.org. 7:30pm-10:30pm 1st Saturday Swing Dance. With the Swing Shift Orchestra. $15 admission includes basic lesson at 7:30pm with instructors Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios. $10 admission. No partner or dance experience necessary to attend. For more

info visit got2lindy.com or call 845-236-3939. MAC Fitness, 743 East Chester (Rt 9W), Kingston. Info: 845-236-3939, got2lindy.com. 8pm Our Town. American classic. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rte. 308, Rhinebeck, NY. Info: 845-876-3080, centerforperformingarts.org. 8:30pm Cabaret Night. Students from the Music Department perform classics from the American Songbook. David Alpher, piano and Jennie Litt, director. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-4375370, vassar.edu.

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8:30am-9:30am Yoga Workout with Terry Fister. For those who want to get up and go on a Sunday morning. Combines traditional asanas with modern core exercises. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-6798700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. 9:30am-1:30pm Mini Golf in the Stacks. Nine holes of Magic School Bus-themed mini golf in the stacks at Elting Library! Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-5030 ext. 2, eltinglibrary.org. $5 for one round; $10 to play all day. 10am-2pm Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon Main Stage: Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis. Blues. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-2367970, liveatthefalcon.com. 10am-2pm Warwick Indoor Winter Farmers Market. Meats, maple syrup, vegetables, prepared foods, baked goods, gluten free products, jams, jelly, dried spices, beef jerky, & spirits. Warwick Indoor Winter Farmers Market, 115 Liberty Corners Rd, Pine Island. Info: 845-258-4998. 10am-11:30am Iyengar Yoga Level II with Barbara Boris. For students who are wellpracticed in Iyengar Level I. Taught by Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor Barbara Boris. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail. com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 10:30am-12:30pm Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Center. Sitting and walking meditation with short teaching and discussion from Pema Chodron books or video. Free and open to the public. Ongoing. Sky Lake Meditation Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. Info: 845 658-8556, skylake.shambhala.org. 11am-12pm Conversations over Coffee. An open forum for discussions and opinions of topics relevant to the world around us. The Crafted Kup, 44 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie. Info: (845) 242-6546, cocpoughkeepsie@gmail.com, facebook.com/ConversationsOverCoffee/. 11:15am-3pm Private Individual EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Tapping Sessions with psychotherapist Jennifer Samuels. Get to the heart of your issues in a safe, supportive and nonjudgmental space. EFT is a form of “emotional acupuncture”, tapping on the body’s individual meridians to clear emotional blocks that hold you back from your goals. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $75/1 hour session. 12pm-4pm Drawing and Painting Workshops for Teens/Pre-teens. Free drawing and painting workshops for ages 10-19, all materials are supplied. Instructor: Robert Lahm. Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, Athens. Info: 945-2136, info@athensculturalcenter.org, www. athensculturalcenter.org. 12:45pm-2pm Free Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Practice Group in Saugerties. NVC is the work of Marshall Rosenberg and is also known as Compassionate Communication. Ongoing every 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month. Drop-ins welcome. Flatbush Reformed Church, 1844 Rt 32, Saugerties. Info: 914-584-9593. 1pm-2:30pm Meetings in Conscious Awareness. Embracing Joyous Life in Uncertain Times. We explore ourselves to discover what is intrinsically divine, a peaceful way of life, to become true expressions of nondual truth, to serve or help others find their way, or to deepen our love of truth. All levels of spiritual practice and faith welcome. 2/3-3/5, 6-7:30pm on Fridays & 1-2:30pm on Sundays. Ongoing meetings are for self-discovery and self-remembering, facilitated by life counselor and long-time practitioner, Anna Snow. Donations appreciated. Info: 845-687-8688. Free/donations welcome. Yoga Yoga Studio, 446 Main St, Rosendale. 1pm-2pm Silent Peace Vigil by Woodstock Women in Black. Village Green, Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845 679-7148, rizka@hvc. rr.com. 1pm-3pm Calling All Knitters. Do you enjoy knitting? Knitters of all levels are invited to meet on the first and third Sundays of every month, 1-3pm. Come to share patterns and skills and to enjoy the company of others who share your interest. Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz. Info: 845 255-1489, eltinglibrary.org. 1pm-3pm Pallet Puppet Theatre offers Spanish Puppet Lesson. Ongoing on Sundays, 1-3pm. Materials for kids provided. The Green

Palette,Medusa Antique Center Building, 215 Main St, New Paltz. 1:30pm-3:30pm Elting Library Scrabble Club. Ages 18 & up please. All levels of play welcome. Scrabbles sets provided. Meets in the Study Room. Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-5030 ext. 2, eltinglibrary.org. 2pm-3pm First Sunday Free Gallery Talk with guest educator Kevin Cook. Artist and educator Kevin Cook leads a tour through the “Carl Walters and Woodstock Ceramic Arts” exhibition. Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz, 1 Hawk Drive, New Paltz. Info: 845-257-3844, sdma@newpaltz. edu, newpaltz.edu/dorskymuseum. Admission: $5 suggested donation. 2pm-3:30pm Nada Yoga and Sound Healing with Lea Garnier. Merges asana sequences, pranayama and sacred healing to relax and unite our emotional, spiritual and physical bodies. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@ gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. 3pm REBEL, an internationally renowned Ensemble for Baroque Music. Presented by Newburgh Chamber Music. The program will feature works of the 17th and 18th centuries by master composers such as Vivaldi, Corelli, Marini, Leclair, Handel, Boyce, and Telemann. The concert is followed by a reception with the artists. St. George’s Church, 105 Grand St, Newburgh. newburghchambermusic.org. $25, $5/student. 3pm Kairos: A Consort of Singers. 2017 Bach Cantata Series. The featured work on the program is Bach’s Cantata No. 64, “Sehet, welch eine Liebe,” for chorus, soloists, and chamber ensemble. This work, intended for the days just after Christmas, was composed in 1723, during Bach’s first year at the famed St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. The services are always free to the public, and all are welcome. A $10 suggested donation helps fund the Bach Cantata Series and ensure its continuity. Holy Cross Monastery, Route 9W, West Park. Info: 845-256-9114, kairosconsort.org. $10/ suggested donation. 3pm Our Town. American classic. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Rte. 308, Rhinebeck, NY. Info: 845-876-3080, centerforperformingarts.org. 3pm Raising Voices: An Afternoon with Audra McDonald. Ms. McDonald will perform some of her favorite works and later discuss some of her most passionate causes with faculty member Mia Mask. Skinner Hall at Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-4375370, info.vassar.edu. Please note: this is a reserved seating program. Online reservations are required. Visit music.vassar.edu for additional information and a link to Tix.com to reserve; reservations will be open on January 16, 2017. Limit four seats per reservation. 3pm-5pm William Gillette in “Sherlock Holmes” (1916). Long considered lost until a complete dupe negative was identified in the vaults of la Cinémathèque française last year, this William Gillette film is a vital missing link in the history of Sherlock Holmes on screen. This newly-restored edition, thanks to the monumental efforts of both the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and la Cinémathèque française, represents the sole surviving appearance of Gillette’s Holmes on film. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St, Rosendale. Info: 845-658-8989, info@rosendaletheatre.org, rosendaletheatre.org/. 3pm Woodstock Ultimate Disc. Ongoing games -Sundays at 3pm. A free, casual, co-ed pickup game. Athletic Fields, 98 Comeau Dr, Woodstock. WoodstockUltimate.org. 4pm-6pm Woodstock Community Drum Circle. Sponsored by Birds of a Feather and Timekeeper Drums. Broadcast on Woodstock 104 at 8pm. All drummers, dancers are welcome. Meets every Sunday, 4-6pm. Admission is free, donations appreciated. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 5pm-6:30pm Restorative Yoga with Kate Hagerman. A gentle, supportive practice designed to bring stillness to the body and mind. A perfect way to wrap up the weekend. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail. com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 7pm Live @ The Falcon Main Stage: David Amram Quintet & Friends. Jazz & Stories. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-2367970, liveatthefalcon.com.

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8am-5pm Low-Cost Spay Neuter. Cats $70. Dogs $120 & up. All surgeries include rabies vaccine. By appointment only. 845-343-1000. tara-spayneuter.org. Multiple locations. Info: 845-343-1000, info@tara-spayneuter.org, taraspayneuter.org. 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. 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. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Bring a mat. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation.

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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. Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston. Info: 845 399-2805, ssipkingston.org.

7:30am-8:30am Free Weekly Community Meditation. All are welcome for silent sitting and walking meditation. For optional beginner instruction, please arrive at 7:20. Drop-in attendance welcome. Cushions, back-jacks, and chairs available. Donations welcome. Education Annex of Wellness Embodied, 126 Main St, New Paltz. wellnessembodiedcenter.com/communitymeditation.

10am-11:30am Iyengar Yoga Level I with Barbara Boris. For students new to Iyengar, the basis of the method is taught in standing poses. Taught by Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor Barbara Boris. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 10am-12pm Senior Drama with Edith LeFever. Comets of Woodstock focuses on improvisation, acting exercises, monologues & scenes. Interested seniors are welcome to sit in. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 10:30am-12pm Self-Care through Acupressure. 6-Session Group facilitated by L. Ruth Kalvert, MA, LMT, SME, RYT. Education Annex of Wellness Embodied, 126 Main St, New Paltz. wellnessembodiedcenter.com/self-care--acupressure. html. 11:30am-6:45pm Shamanic Doctoring Sessions with shamanic healer Adam Kane. First Monday of every month. Call for appointment. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $75/1 hour session. 12:15pm Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting. Beekman Arms, 6387 Mill St, Rhinebeck. Info: 914 244-0333. 12:30pm-6:30pm Psychic Readings and Aura Readings with psychic medium Lynn Walcutt. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $60/1 hour, $40/45 minutes, $30/25 minutes. 1pm-2pm Needlework Group. Knitters, crocheters, rug hookers & stitchers of all types and beginners welcome. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 2pm Pilates Open Level Mat Class. Led by Martina Enschede, master Pilates instructor. On-going classes Monday & Wednesdays, 2pm. 845-678-6766. Info: Euphoriayoga.org. Euphoria Yoga, 99 Tinker Street, Woodstock. $18, $15/10 class card , reduced rate for srs - $13/10 class card. 2pm-4pm Senior Painting. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 3pm-5pm Math Help. Get those pencils sharpened! Phyllis Rosato is here to answer all of your math questions, from kindergarten to calculus. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org. 3:30pm-4:30pm Amateur Guitar Jam. Join this casual gathering of acoustic musicians. Bring your own guitar. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 4pm-5:30pm GIRLS INC at Family of New Paltz. Girls ages 13-15 learn how to make Zines. Free. Family of New Paltz, 51 N Chestnut St, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-7957, girlsinc.org. 4pm-5pm Muay Thai for Kids. For ages 5 to 13. Children learn the basics of the art of the eight limbs with our knowledgeable instructors. Build confidence and personal strength. Free. Free ongoing class. Stockade, 302 Wall St, Kingston. stockademuaythai.com. 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. 28 West Gym, Maverick Rd & Rt 28, Glenford. $12/class. 6pm-7pm Meditation/Satsang. Each week will begin with 15 min of silent meditation and end with chanting. The rest is up to the leader. Check Facebook for more info. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. Free, by donation. 6pm Kingston Beginner Swing Dance Series. Monday nights, four-week beginner swing dance series: February 6, 13, 20 with Linda and Chester Freeman, Got2Lindy Dance Studios. Beginner sessions 6-7pm. No partner or experience necessary. Intermediate level 7-8pm. $85 per person per four-week series. For more info and to register visit got2lindy.com or call 845-236-3939. Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845-236-3939, got2lindy.com. 6pm-8pm Feeds and Nutrition Workshop. Feeds and Nutrition workshop where you will be diving into the world of feeds and learn just how important a balanced diet is for a dairy cow. Extension Education Center, 479 Rt. 66, Hudson. Info: 518-828-3346 x201, ormms426@cornell.

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9am Catskill Park Awareness Day. Every year the Catskill Park Coalition comes to Albany to raise awareness of the urgent unmet needs of the Catskill Park and Forest Preserve. This year, the Catskill Park Coalition, co-chaired by the Catskill Center and Catskill Mountainkeeper, is seeking state support to fund a “Catskills Package” at $10M. You can get the full details on the package, the work it supports and the benefits to the region at catskillcenter.org/events. Empire State Plaza, Meeting Room 5, 304 Madison Avenue, Albany. Info: 8455862611, Ejohanson@catskillcenter. org, catskillcenter.org/events/2017/2/7/catskillpark-awareness-day. 9am-10am Senior Dance with Inyo Charbonneau. The emphasis is on fun while benefiting from strengthening and aerobic exercise and celebrating life. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 9:30am-11am We All Fall Up. 6-session Developmental Movement Group for Babies and their Grown-ups facilitated by Emily Feit, RSMT, IDME. Education Annex of Wellness Embodied, 126 Main St, New Paltz. wellnessembodiedcenter. com/we-all-fall-up.html. 9:30am-11am Level I Yoga with Jory Serota. Taught in the Iyengar style. The basis of the method is taught in standing poses and other fundamental postures. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 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. Plaza Diner, New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz. Info: 845 255-0609. 9:30am The Saugerties Seniors Meeting. Settled and Serving in Place (SSIP)is a social selfhelp group for seniors who want to remain in their homes and community. Village Diner, Main St, Saugerties. Info: 845 255-0609. 9:30am Gyrotonic Tower Class. Using natural body spinal movements to decompress and strengthen the spine. It emphasizes full mobility of the joints and lengthening of the fascia and skeletal system. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 10am-4pm Romance & Sports Book Sale. Romance, sports books on sale. Hard covers at 50 cents each, trade or oversized paperbacks at 25 cents, & standard paperbacks at 10 cents. Boardman Road Branch Library,– book store is at the back of the building. Friends of the Poughkeepsie Public Library District Used Book Store, 141 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie. Info: book_store@ poklib.org, facebook.com/PoughkeepsieLibraryBookstore/timeline. 10am The Country Scrappers & Stampers Meeting. Come for the whole day or drop by for an hour or two. New members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Ongoing. Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1 Marl Rd, Walker Valley. Info: 845 744-3055. 10:30am-11:30am Together Tuesdays. Janice leads this story, craft, and play hour for kids birth through preschool. Come join the friendly gang of local parents. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary. org. 10:30am Pilates Equipment Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 11am Successful Aging. Includes “A Matter of Balance” informational presentation. Snow date 2/9. Tri-Town Senior Friendship Center, 55 Overlook Rd, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-486-6363, ofa@dutchessny.gov, dutchessny.gov/CountyGov/ Departments/Aging/AGIndex.htm. 12pm-6pm Spirit Readings with spiritual medium and psychic Kathleen James. Walkins welcome or Call for Appointment. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $75/1 hour, $40/half hour. 1pm-2pm Esopus Artist Group. Join this ongoing session of art making. Bring your own supplies. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 3pm-6pm Weekly Community Acupuncture with Kristin Misik. For details and to schedule appointments: wellnessembodiedcenter.

26 com/accupuncture.html. Held in the Education Annex. Education Annex of Wellness Embodied, 126 Main St, New Paltz. wellnessembodiedcenter. com. 4pm-5pm Youth Hang-Time. Ages 9-13 Event includes crafts, outdoor games, book discussions, movies, wii and informal hangouts. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail. com, esopuslibrary.org. 6pm-8pm Small Ruminants for Beginners Classes. Exploring the basics of town regulations; housing, feeding, and watering needs; best practices; animal health and management; weather and predator concerns; biosecurity and parasite control; marketing your products; and fencing needs. Walk-ins are welcome but space is limited—register ahead to reserve your seat. Children 12 and under are free to attend with an adult. CCEUC Education Center, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston. Info: 845-340-3990 x311, cad266@ cornell.edu, tinyurl.com/Goats-Sheep2017. $20. 6pm Award-winning novelist Matthew Desmond to discuss work on eviction and poverty, February 7. Harvard sociologist and MacArthur Fellow Matthew Desmond will discuss his acclaimed book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City. Villard Room of Main Building at Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-437-5370, info.vassar.edu/news/announcements/20162017/170207-matthew-desmond-evicted.html. 6pm-8pm SUNY Ulster Seeks Participation from Ulster County Community for Focus Groups on Adult Educational Needs. SUNY Ulster is hosting four focus group meetings to obtain input from Ulster County adults who have never attended college or attended but never earned a degree. The purpose of the focus groups is to obtain the thoughts, ideas and advice of this group on how the school can better serve the educational needs of the adult learner in Ulster County. SUNY Ulster is looking for both men and women, age 30 and above who live or work in Ulster County. Snow date Wednesday, February 8, 6:00 pm – 8:00pm. A light dinner will be served. Kingston Center of SUNY Ulster, 94 Mary’s Ave, Kingston. Info: 845-688-6041, kolem@sunyulster.edu, sunyulster.edu/campus_and_culture/ about_us/adult_education_focus_groups.php. 6pm-7pm Vinyasa Community Class with Selena Reynolds. An informative community class open to all levels. Reduced-price. Wood-

legal notices LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Ulster County Personnel Officer will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, beginning at 11:00AM at the Ulster County Office Building, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York, in the Personnel Department’s Conference Room on the 5th Floor. The Public Hearing is being held for the purpose of amending the Ulster County Civil Service Rules and Regulations appendices. A copy of the proposed amended appendices will be on view at that time. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed proposals will be received, publicly opened and read at the Ulster County Purchasing Department, 244 Fair Street, 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 3:00 PM for Paper Goods, RFB-UC17-009. Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address or on our website at www.co.ulster.ny.us/purchasing. Marc Rider, Ulster County Director of Purchasing LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Ulster County Personnel Officer will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, beginning at 11:00AM at the Ulster County Office Building, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York, in the Personnel Department’s Conference Room on the 5th Floor. The Public Hearing is being held for the purpose of amending the Ulster County Civil Service Rules and Regulations appendices. A copy of the proposed amended appendices will be on view at that time. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the resolution published herewith has been adopted by the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, on January 10, 2017 and approved by the County Executive on January 20, 2017, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereinafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violations of the provisions of the Constitution. Dated: February 2, 2017 Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature Kingston, New York

ALMANAC WEEKLY stock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail. com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $8. 6pm-7pm Weekly Sitting Meditation w/ Walking Meditation. Instruction available. On-going Tues, 6-7pm. Free & open to the public. Sky Lake Meditation Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. Info: 845 658-8556, skylake.shambhala.org. 6:30pm-7pm Meditation. Part of the Complimentary Half-Hour to Health series led by Dr. David Lester and held at Lester Chiropractic, 3 Paradies Lane, New Paltz. Lester Chiropractic, 3 Paradies Ln, New Paltz. Info: (845) 255-3300, Lester.chiropractic@gmail.com. 7pm-10pm Open Mic Nite. Hosted by Ben Rounds, Open Mic Nite at Woodnotes Grille makes Tuesday night the new Friday night for great entertainment. Listen to talented local singers and bands or showcase your own talents! No cover. Woodnotes, Rt 28, Mt. Pleasant. Info: 845-688-2828, emersonresort.com. 7pm-9pm Open Mic. On-going. Free admission. Inquiring Minds Bookstore in Saugerties, 65 Partition Street, Saugerties. Info: 845 679-5906, jan@kagyu.org. 7pm-8:30pm Weekly Opportunity Workshop. Learn how to help the environment, raise funds for non-profit organizations, and save money over time! Ongoing. Free to attend. Novella’s, 2 Terwilliger Ln (across from Super 8), New Paltz. 7:15pm Rosendale Theatre’s Music Fan Film Series Presents The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. This documentary film charts the journey of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” since the musical debuted on Broadway in 1981, closing after just 16 performances. Q&A Skype with cast member 2/8. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St, Rosendale. Info: 845-658-8989, info@ rosendaletheatre.org, rosendaletheatre.org. $7. 8pm-9:30pm Unexpected Duo. Lois HicksWozniak, Matthew Wozniak, with Ruthanne Schempf perform Kevin Ames, Rob Deemer, Cartner Pann, Jim Stephenson, J.S. Bach & Faure. Julien J. Studley Theatre, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. Info: (845) 257-2700, newpaltz.edu/music. $8 general, $6 senior (62+), SUNY New Paltz faculty/staff, $3 student at the door.

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9am-10am Senior Kripalu Yoga with Susan Blacker. A 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. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 9:30am-11am Vinyasa Yoga with Dr. Tammi Price. Experience a flow between postures connecting breath with each movement. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. (rt. 299), New Paltz. Info: 845-255-8212, contact@thelivingseed.com, thelivingseed.com. $15. 9:30am-11am Vinyasa Level I-II Yoga with Alison Sinatra. Ideal for students transitioning from beginner to intermediate. Asanas are explored with increasing detail and a slower flowing sequence. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 10am-12pm Comforter Fiber Connection – Knit & Crochet Weekly Group. On-going every Wednesday, 10am-12pm. Reformed Church of the Comforter, 26 Wynkoop Pl, Kingston. Info: 845-901-5330, dee@youandmeknit.com. 10:30am-11:30am Senior Strengthening with Linda Sirkin. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 11:30am-1pm Free Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Practice Group in New Paltz. NVC is the work of Marshall Rosenberg and is also known as Compassionate Communication. Ongoing every 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of the month. Drop-ins welcome. Register at PracticingPeace-NewPaltz. com. Info: 914-584-9593.

gov. 12pm-1pm Yoga Rolla with Terry Fister. A series of SOFT foam rolling exercises designed to address excessive tension and soreness which can inhibit proper alignment. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-6798700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 12pm Rotary Club of Kingston Meeting. Fellowship, lunch, and an informative and interesting presentation from a guest speaker. Meets every Wed at 12 noon. Christina’s Restaurant, 812 Ulster Ave, Kingston. kingstonnyrotary.org. 12:30pm-2pm Esopus Stitchers. Cross-stitch, needlepoint, crewel and more- bring your current project or learn a new craft. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 1pm The Sawkill Seniors Meeting. Beginning with a formal format, followed by a raffle, socializing & refreshments. Card game for those who wish to participate. New members are welcome. Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Town of Kingston Town Hall, Kingston. Info: 845 336-5164. 1:30pm Weekly Senior Citizen’s Bingo. Seniors 50 and older. Ongoing every Wednesday at 1:30pm & Friday at 7pm. 50/50 tickets available at 3 tickets/$2. Half-time complementary refreshments. Shawangunk Valley Senior Center, Southwyck Square, 70 Main St, Napanoch. Info: 845 647-3902. $1. 2pm Pilates Open Level Mat Class. Led by Martina Enschede, master Pilates instructor. On-going classes Monday & Wednesdays, 2pm. 845-678-6766. Info: Euphoriayoga.org. Euphoria Yoga, 99 Tinker Street, Woodstock. $18, $15/10 class card , reduced rate for srs - $13/10 class card. 2pm-3:30pm Mah Jongg. Learn to play this ancient Asian game. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 3pm The Chess Club. For experienced adult players from 3-4:30pm; Beginners will meet 4:30-5:30pm. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Info: 845 255-1255, librarian@gardinerlibrary.org.

8pm Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox. Covering everything from New Orleans jazz to doo-wop to R&B slow jams. Bardavon, 35 Market

12pm Successful Aging. Snow date 3/8. Pine Plains Community Center, 7775 Route 82, Pine Plains. Info: 845-486-2555, bjones@dutchessny.

4:30pm-6pm Iyengar Yoga Level II with Barbara Boris. For more advanced students who are well-practiced in Iyengar Yoga. Taught by

Resolution No. 7 January 10, 2017 Authorizing Certain Design And Construction Management Services For The Reconstruction Of The Business Resource Center, In And For The County Of Ulster, New York, At A Maximum Estimated Cost Of $1,260,000.00, And Authorizing The Issuance Of $1,260,000.00 Serial Bonds Of Said County To Pay The Cost Thereof Legislators Richard A. Gerentine and Thomas J. Briggs offer the following: WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 6 dated and duly adopted on the date hereof, the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York has established Capital Project No. 494 for the reconstruction of the Business Resource Center; and WHEREAS, planning for said capital project, as proposed, has been determined to be a “Type II Action” pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which as such will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to authorize the financing of such capital project; now, therefore be it RESOLVED, by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the total voting strength of the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, as follows: Section 1. Design and construction management services for the reconstruction of the Business Resource Center at 1 Development Court in Kingston, New York, in and for the County of Ulster, New York, including incidental expenses in connection therewith, is hereby authorized at a maximum estimated cost of $1,260,000.00. Section 2. It is hereby determined that the plan for the financing of the aforesaid maximum estimated cost is by the issuance of $1,260,000.00 of serial bonds of the County hereby authorized to be issued therefor pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 3. It is hereby determined that the period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid class of objects or purposes is five years, pursuant to subdivision 62 (2nd) of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. Section 4. The faith and credit of said County of Ulster, New York, are hereby irrevocable pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same respectively become due and payable. An annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds becoming due and payable in such year. There shall annually be levied on all the taxable real property of said County, a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due and payable. Section 5. Subject to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the bonds

herein authorized, including renewals of such notes, is hereby delegated to the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer. Such notes shall be of such terms, form and contents, and shall be sold in such manner, as may be prescribed by said Commissioner of Finance, consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 6. All other matters except as provided herein relating to the serial bonds herein authorized including the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, within the limitations prescribed herein and the manner of execution of the same, including the consolidation with other issues, and also the ability to issue serial bonds with substantially level or declining annual debt service, shall be determined by the Commissioner of Finance, the chief fiscal officer of such County. Such bonds shall contain substantially the recital of validity clause provided for in Section 52.00 of the Local Finance Law, and shall otherwise be in such form and contain such recitals, in addition to those required by Section 51.00 of the Local Finance Law, as the Commissioner of Finance shall determine consistent with the provisions of the Local Finance Law. Section 7. The validity of such bonds and bond anticipation notes may be contested only if: 1) Such obligations are authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or 2) The provisions of law which should be complied with at the date of publication of this resolution are not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication, or 3) Such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. Section 8. This resolution shall constitute a statement of official intent for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150 2. Other than as specified in this resolution, no monies are, or are reasonably expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long term basis, or otherwise set aside with respect to the permanent funding of the object or purpose described herein. Section 9. This resolution, which takes effect immediately, shall be published in summary form in the official newspaper(s) of such County, together with a notice of the Clerk of the County Legislature in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law.

ceedings in the several courts in the said county. The persons whose names and last-known addresses are set forth below appear from the records of the Commissioner of Finance to be entitled to certain such property of the amount of $50 or more. DEPOSITED IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS IN FAMILY COURT Annis, Leonard, PO Box 884, Dover Plains, NY, 12572 Brighty, Timothy, 51 Middle Road, Lot #34, Hudson, NY , 12534 Carrie, Amell, 559 Broadway 33B, Port Ewen, NY, 12466 Gonzalez, Maria I., RR 4, Box 4301, Kunkletown, PA, 18058 Horvath, James, 150 Carlo Dr, Kerhonkson, NY, 12446 Masterson, Vanna, 2744 Co Rt 1, Andes, NY, 13731 Ryan, Jill, 35A Leggs Mills Rd., Lake Katrine, NY, 12449 Stein, Elisa, 3 Kosser Pl Apt 1, Ellenville, NY, 12428 VanLeuvan, James, Post Street, Saugerties, NY, 12477

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING AS OWNERS OF CERTAIN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY HELD BY THE ULSTER COUNTY COMMISSIONER OF FINANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Pursuant to Section 601 of the Abandoned Property Law of the State of New York that: The undersigned as Commissioner of Finance has on deposit or in his custody certain monies and property paid or deposited in actions or pro-

IN COUNTY COURT A. Miyadsie, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown A. Riggin, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Abdallah, Ackert, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Adeline, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Austin, S., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Bailey, R., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Barrett, Charles A., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Becker, Fred, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Beglen, Cindy, 1107 Grandmother Moon, Oneida, NY, 13421 Billups, May, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Bishop, William, 24 Cottage Street Apt. 5B, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601 Blakely, Daniel, 16 Mary’s Ave., Kingston, NY, 12401 Bollin, S., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Bouton, C., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Breitsten, Norman, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Brennan, Kathleen, 118 Flatbush Camp Road, Saugerties, NY, 12477 Brenner, W., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Cole, Charles, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Collins, M., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown

February 2, 2017 Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor Barbara Boris. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@ gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18.

Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. (rt. 299), New Paltz. Info: 845-255-8212, contact@thelivingseed.com, thelivingseed.com. $15, $11 senior, $10 Vet Discount.

4:30pm-5:30pm Art Hour. Fun for ages 3 to 103! From paper flowers to crazy critters, we are always up to something creative. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org.

6pm-7pm Tween Program. Includes 3-D Modeling Projects, Advisory Board, Robot Club, Games & even Pizza! Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org.

5pm-7pm Teen Tech Tutor. Call to reserve a time or drop in. Need help with your laptop, tablet, smartphone, or other device? Complete beginners welcome. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-1255, nlane@ rcls.org, http://www.gardinerlibrary.org.

6pm-7:30pm Creative Seed Support Workgroup. For artists to voice their works in progress in a supportive environment. For Songwriters, Playwrights & Actors.Held by Patrice Blue Maltas, Actress, Playwright, Musician and founder of Blue Healing Arts Center. Meets Wednesday nights, 6-7:30pm. Blue Healing Art Center, 107 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: Patricebluemaltas@gmail. com, bluehealing.co.

5pm-6pm Juggling & Hula-Hooping. Learn and practice juggling & hula-hooping- for adults. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@ gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 5pm-6pm Beginner Muay Thai for Adults. For ages 14 to 65. Learn the ancient martial art of Muay Thai in this high intensity class. Students of all levels and abilities are welcome. Free ongoing class. Stockade, 302 Wall St, Kingston. stockademuaythai.com. 5:15pm-6:15pm Italian Conversation Class. Weekly class is designed for people who have some knowledge of the Italian language and would like to improve their conversational skills. Taught by Dr. Ornella Lepri Mazzuca. Held in the library community room. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-1255, nlane@rcls.org, gardinerlibrary.org. 5:30pm-7:30pm Prenatal Class. Ongoing on Wednesdays. Mackintosh Community Room, 147 Lake St, Newburgh. Info: 845 563-8043. 5:30pm-6:30pm Woodstock Informal Service. Followed by reflections and spiritual discussions. Everyone welcome. 845 679-9534. First Church of Christ Scientist, 85 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845 679-9534. 6pm-8pm Meeting of ENJAN (End The New Jim Crow Action Network). A Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “New Jim Crow”). African Roots Library/ Family Partnership Center, 29 N Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-475-8781, enjan. org. 6pm-7:30pm Vinyasa Yoga with Lisa Watkins. Strengthen mind, body and spirit. The Living

Conklin, Fred S., 10 B Anne St, Ellenville, NY, 12428 Connerty, William, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Cooper, Dean, 88 Market St, Saugerties, NY, 12477 Curry, C., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Davenport, G., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Davis, Sherwood, 6 Park Street, Ellenville, NY, 12428 DB Harrington, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Debberman, Jesse, 151 Abruyn Ave, Kingston, NY, 12401 Delanoy, Randy, 10 Esther Pl, Lake Katrine, NY, 12449 Diaz-Villanueva, Airel, 2100 Anthony Ave 50S, Bronx, NY, 10457 Diaz, Maria, 582 County Rt 6, High Falls, NY, 12440 Dolson, Richard, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown E. Borchert Jr., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Edwards, Dalos, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Edwards, David, 30 Catskill Ave, Kingston, NY, 12401 Eyler, Harvey, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Finch, Milton, PO Box 48, Port Ewen, NY, 12466 Gegney, James P., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Gilpatrick, Ralph C., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Goody, Francine, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Gordon, Katherine, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Gordon, R., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Graeff, Philip, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Grattan, G. II, 12220 NW Barnes Road #143, Portland, OR, 97229 H. Hansen Sr., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Hamilton, V., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Hasbrouck, Severyn, 2546 Hurley Mountain Rd., Kingston, NY , 12401 Henry, James Sr., 84 North Dr, Saugerties, NY, 12477 Hicks, Jennifer, 35 Brigham Ln, Lake Katrine, NY, 11212 Hines, Natisha, 1454 Grand Concourse 2A, Bronx, NY, 10457 Hogan, John , 135 East Thompson Pl, Smallwood, NY, 12778 Hurley, Thomas P., 144 Oakwood Ave #C1, West Hartford, CT, 06119 Jones, S., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown

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6:15pm Pilates Equipment Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 6:30pm-8pm Yin Yoga with Diane Davis. A slow, steady class that gently stimulates connective tissues to make them stronger, while cultivating mindfulness and awareness. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail. com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 6:30pm-7:30pm Ulster County Photo Club. Photographers of all ages and skill levels are welcome to join this group. Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of Each Month. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 6:30pm-7:05pm Learn Remembrance. A very holy and deep form of prayer (with roots in the Old Testament - Remember my name in the night) which connects you with the Divine within. All are welcome, RSVP please. Free /donations welcomed. Flowing Spirit Healing, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845 679-8989, Meetup. flowingspirit.com. 7pm Live @ The Falcon Underground: Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground. Jazz Jam. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-7970, liveatthefalcon.com. 7pm Trivia Night. Calling all trivia nerds~Flex your mental muscles and compete for prizes at

Jos. Lorrisi, Sr., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Kachalsky, Alan, 47C Rye Colony Ave, Rye, NY, 10580 Keener, William, 1699 Rt. 28A, West Hurley, NY, 12491 Kelly, Lois, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Kiernan, Kelly, 109 Center St., Ellenville, NY, 12428 Kingston City Court, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Krieger, T., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown LaGattuta, James, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Lawrence, M., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Lee, J., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Lee, J., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Lewis, O., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Lopez, Francisco, 13 Clinton Ave., Kingston, NY, 12401 Lowe, Joseph, 81 Fair Street Apt. 1, Kingston, NY, 12401 Luong, Hong B., 106 Joseph Dr, Saugerties, NY, 12477 Lycympak, K., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Maier, Nicole, 253 Greenkill Ave., Kingston, NY, 12401 Malcolm, Yvonne, 496 Marion St 2nd Fl, Brooklyn, NY, 11233 Manon, Brian, 34 Clinton Ave, Ellenville, NY, 12428 Marquez-Robinson, Helen, 115 Hunt Rd, Wallkill, NY, 12589 Martin, John J., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown McCoy, Pat, 18 Redwood Road, Saugerties, NY, 12477 McHugh, Jennifer, 347 Foordmore Rd, Kerhonkson, NY, 12446 Mercer, Abdul, 430 Kerrigan Blvd, Newark, NJ, 07106 Miller, E., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Misty, Hally, 190 VanVelierden Rd, Saugerties, NY, 12477 Mooney, Richard Donald, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Moore, Booker T., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Morowitz, Jeffrey, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Mrs. Jerome Gabell, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Mrs. Raymond Ingersoll, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Mrs. Tracey Slater, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Murtagh, Patricia, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown

their weekly Trivia Night! Play solo or as part of a team while enjoying extended Happier Hour Specials. Think of it as “Jeopardy Night“ – Catskills style! Woodnotes, Rt 28, Mt. Pleasant. Info: 845-688-2828, emersonresort.com. 7pm-11pm Rosendale Chess Club. Free admission. On-going every Wed, 7-11pm. Rosendale Cafe, 434 Main St, Rosendale. Info: 845 658-9048. 7pm-9pm Volleyball. A pickup volleyball game. Ongoing every Wednesday, 7-9pm. Enter the Center at the entrance on the left side, as you face the school from Lucas Ave. Rondout Municipal Center, 1915 Lucas Ave, Cottekill. Info: 845 616-0710. $6. 7pm “Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism” Class. On-going. Free 90-minute program includes 30 min of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by 1 of 8 lectures on the history, practices & principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. 8/wk curriculum. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845 679-5906, jan@kagyu. org. Rosendale Theatre’s Music Fan Film Series Presents The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. This documentary film charts the journey of the original cast of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” since the musical debuted on Broadway in 1981, closing after just 16 performances. Q&A Skype with cast member 2/8. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St, Rosendale. Info: 845-658-8989, info@rosendaletheatre.org, rosendaletheatre.org. $7. Ends at 7:15pm. 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, come to a teaching at 6:30pm. All are welcome RSVP please, Free /donations welcomed. Flowing Spirit Healing, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845 679-8989, Meetup.flowingspirit.com. 7 : 3 0 p m Chess Club. Me e t s e v e r y Wednesday,7:30pm. Free admission. Woodland Pond at New Paltz/ Performing Arts Center, New Paltz. Info: 845-419-2737, albiebar@aol.com. 7:30pm The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus. All male a cappella group, that sings in the uniquely American “Barbershop Style” of close four-part harmony. Guests are always welcome. Sight-reading not required. Meets every Wednesdays at 7:30pm. Crown

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6:30am-8am Mysore Ashtanga Practice. Intended to help you build a personal, self-led practice. A teacher is on hand to guide you along. Meets every Mon-Thur, 6:30-8am. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail. com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 8am-9am Senior Feel Good Aerobics with Diane Collelo. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 9am-10:30am Restorative Movement: 8-Session Alexander Technique Class. Facilitated by Elizabeth Castagna. Jan 12th-March 9th. Please see website for details and to advance register: wellnessembodiedcenter.com/restorative-movement.html. Education Annex of Wellness Embodied, 126 Main St, New Paltz. wellnessembodiedcenter.com. 9am-9:50am Qi Gong with Marilyn St. John. Uses gentle movement and relaxation to circulate the life energy. All ages and fitness levels. A reduced-price class. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $8. 9:30am-10:30am Senior Flex and Stretch with Diane Colello. Movement for balance and breath, weight-training for bone health, and mat work for flexibility and core strengthening. Woodstock Town Hall. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 10am-4pm Romance & Sports Book Sale. Romance, sports books on sale. Hard covers at 50 cents each, trade or oversized paperbacks at 25 cents, & standard paperbacks at 10 cents. Boardman Road Branch Library,– book store is at the back of the building. Friends of the Poughkeep-

Swenson, Wendy, 58 Rudolph Rd, Modena, NY, 12548 Syriaque, Jean, 129 Highland Ave, Kingston, NY, 12401 Taylor, Suzanne, 2 Long Year Road, Shokan, NY, 12481 Theo. Weber, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Thompson, Winston, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Torres, Michelle, 7 Park St Apt 1, Ellenville, NY, 12428 Van Gasbeck, Chas., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Vandunk, Norman, PO Box 549, Fallsburg, NY, 12733 Varnum, Shelly, 56 Belvedere Ln., Saugerties, NY, 12477 Vasquez, Mercedes, 1120 Clay Ave Apt 1F, Bronx, NY, 10456 Vincent, George, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Wallace, Cecelia, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Warfield, C., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Watson,Robert, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Westbrook, Gerald, 143 9W Montauk Hwy, Hampton Bays, NY, 11946 White, Christopher, 9 Worral Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601 White, Cynthia V., 109 Hudson St, Kingston, NY, 12401 Williams, Forest, 175 Boiceville Rd., Boiceville, NY, 12412 Wong, Judy, 16 Michael Ct, Staten Island, NY, 10308 Woods, James, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Zalsky, Chester C., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown Ziemba, V., Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown IN SUPREME COURT Graham, Peter C., 116 Arnold Dr, Kingston, NY, 12401 Orlando, Anthony W. Sr., 40 Brookside Rd, Highland, NY, 12528 TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT A list of names contained in this notice is on file and open to public inspection at the office of the Commissioner of Finance Any such unclaimed monies or other property will be paid or delivered by him/her on or before the thirty first day of March to persons establishing to his/her satisfaction on their right to receive the same; and In the succeeding month of April, and on or before the tenth day thereof, such unclaimed monies or other property still remaining will be paid or delivered to the Comptroller of the State of New York, and the undersigned shall thereupon cease to be liable therefore.

28 sie Public Library District Used Book Store, 141 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie. Info: book_store@ poklib.org, facebook.com/PoughkeepsieLibraryBookstore/timeline. 10am-2pm Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic. For previously spayed/neutered cats and dogs only. No appointment needed. Dogs must be leashed and cats in carriers. TARA (The Animal Rights Alliance, Inc.), 60 Enterprise Place, Middletown, NY. Info: 845-343-1000, info@tara-spayneuter.org, tara-spayneuter.org. 10am-11am Women’s Yoga with Cory Smith. A variation of Gentle Yoga, this is a sacred space for women to deepen their spiritual practice while enhancing their health and well-being. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail. com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $8. 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! St. John’s Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave, Kingston. Info: 845 679-6250. $12 for one or $22 for two. 12pm-1:30pm Lunch & Learn: “Mob Men” and Wappingers Warriors, Revisiting the Battle for Dutchess County 1766. A light lunch will be served at noon, followed by a presentation by Dr. James H. Merrell, history professor at Vassar College. Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Rd., Rhinebeck. Info: 845-266-5530, clinton. programming@gmail.com, http://clinton.lib. ny.us/. 12pm-1:30pm Slow Flow Vinyasa Yoga with Pepper Monroe. A Restorative and Yin Yoga inspired class geared toward easing the nervous system with a therapeutic approach to the poses. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@ gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 12:15pm-12:45pm Free Weekly Community Meditation. All are welcome for half-hour of silent sitting meditation. Drop-in attendance welcome. Cushions, back-jacks, and chairs available. Admission by donation. Education Annex of Wellness Embodied, 126 Main St, New Paltz. wellnessembodiedcenter.com/community-meditation. 12:30pm Old Dutch Village Garden Club Regular Meeting. Held the second Thursday of each month at 12:30pm. All meetings are free and open to the public, visitors welcome! St. John’s Reformed Church, 126 Old Post Rd N, Red Hook. Info: 845 758-1184, olddutchvillagegc@gmail. com. 1pm-3pm Game and Card Day. Board games, Mah-jong and Cards are available--or bring your own. Bring a friend or come and meet people. $1 donation suggested to cover cost of refreshments. On-going every Thursday. Red Hook Community Center, 59 Fisk St, Red Hook. 1pm-4pm Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. The Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Woodstock Rescue Squad building, Route 212 Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Rescue Squad Community Room, 222 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 2pm-5pm Mah Jongg. Open to beginners and seasoned players alike. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org. 3pm-5:45pm Tech Time. Free help with questions relating to computers, cell phones, email, internet, social media, & software programs. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org. 3:30pm-4pm Free Step Class. A high energy class. Ongoing. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. Info: 845 246-4317, saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 3:45pm-5:30pm After-School Crafts. Led by Chantal Van-Wierts, Thursdays, February 2, 9, 16 & 23, 3:45-5:30PM, clay, mixed media, mobiles and more. Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second Street, Athens. Info: 945-2136, info@athensculturalcenter.org, athensculturalcenter.org. 4pm-7pm Free Compassionate and Holistic/ Alternative. Healthcare for free in Kingston. Many Holistic Practitioners volunteer their time monthly to provide these services, including: Massage, Chiropractic, Reiki, Other Energy and Body Work, Acupuncture, CranioSacral Massage, Deep Tissue Body Work, and Hypnosis. LACTATION AND PRENATAL specialist offers a BREASTFEEDING CAFE, with a Doula coming on board soon. Kirkland Hotel, 2 Main St, Kingston. healthcareisahumanright.com. 4pm Backgammon Club. Learn the game, pick up fancy moves, meet new people. Open to the public. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org. 4pm Free Fitness Class. Drop in for a workout on Mondays at 4:30 pm & Thursdays at 4pm. Class will be an aerobic warm-up followed by a combination of band and body work. Instructed by Connie Scuitto. Connie is an RN and certified Reiki Master. Saugerties Public Library, 91

ALMANAC WEEKLY Washington Ave, Saugerties. Info: 845 246-4317, saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 4:30pm-5:30pm Meditation Support Group. Meets at Mirabai every Thursday. Walk-ins welcome. No pre-registration required. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2100. $3 donation. 5pm-6pm Sacred Movement and Alignment with Clyde Forth. We will work with postural alignments and their relationship to expressive movement and balance to build strength and increase mobility. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 5:15pm Pilates Equipment Group Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 6pm-9pm Free Fly Tying Night at Anglers’ Den in Pawling. All experience levels welcome. Feel free just to come hang out to If you plan on attending, we recommended that you call the shop or email prior to give us a heads up so we can best accommodate you! Anglers’ Den, 11 West Main St, Pawling. Info: 845-855-5182, anglersden.net. 6pm-7pm Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Center. Ongoing. Free and open to the public. Sky Lake Meditation Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. Info: 845 658-8556, skylake.shambhala.org. 6:15pm Pilates Equipment Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 6:30pm Tournées French Film Festival: Francofonia. Francofonia (2015, Alexander Sokurov) explores national patrimony, European politics, and cultural branding. Followed by a discussion. Taylor Hall Room 203 at Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-437-5370, http://info.vassar.edu/news/ announcements/2016-2017/170201-tourneesfilm-festival.html. 6:30pm-8pm Reggae Yoga. This Vinyasa class uses reggae music to evoke the spirit of Jamaica to create an irie yoga time. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. Free, by donation. 6:30pm-8pm Free Steps of Meditation. Weekly classes. Learn the fundamentals for an effective meditation experience. Peace Village Retreat Center, 54 O’Hara Rd, Haines Falls. Info: 518-589-5000, peacevillage@bkwsu.org, bkwsu.org. 6:30pm-7:45pm Caregiver Support Group. Phoenicia Fire House, Rt 214, Phoenicia. 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. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock. Info: 845-876-7906, mideastcrisis.org. 7pm Nature’s New Deal – with Neil Maher, PhD. Free. Beacon Sloop Club, 2 Red Flynn Dr, Beacon. Info: 845-463-4660, beaconsloopclub. org. 7pm-8:30pm SRBP Lecture Series: Reviving the American Chestnut. With Dr. Allison Oakes, Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Plant Science and Biotechnology at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Once one of the most common trees in the eastern American forests, the American Chestnut population was decimated by blight in the early 20th Century. The American Chestnut Research and Restoration Center conducts research aimed at creating a blight-resistant American Chestnut to re-introduce to American forests. No pre-registration is required, free of charge. SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 102, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-0752. 7pm Nature’s New Deal. With Neil Maher, PhD. Free. Beacon Sloop Club, 2 Red Flynn Dr, Beacon. Info: 845-463-4660, beaconsloopclub.org. 7pm Live @ The Falcon Main Stage: The Funk Facilitators. Deep Funk. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-7970, liveatthefalcon.com. 7pm Winter Flight Nights. Enjoy 6 oz. Craft Beer Flights paired with Venison, Beef and Sausage Sliders. Enjoy at the Woodnotes Grille bar or cozied up next to a roaring fire on the deck or in the Great Room. $20 per pair! Woodnotes, Rt 28, Mt. Pleasant. Info: 845-688-2828, emersonresort.com. 7pm Bingo! Meet the 2nd & 4th Thursdays 7pm. Doors open at 6pm. Prizes & food. Sponsored by the Beekman Fire Company Auxiliarly Inc. Beekman Fire House, 316 Beekman- Poughquag Rd, Poughquag. 7:30pm VIBES, VOICE & RHYTHMS. INGRID SERTSO (voice), KARL BERGER (vibes & piano), JOHN

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(bass), TANI TABBAL (drums). There will be wine, beer, & soft drinks + light fare available for purchase. Senate Garage, 4 North Front St, Kingston. Info: 845-802-0029, senategarage. com. $15. MENEGON

7:30pm-9pm Weekly Thursday Nite EFT Healing Circle & Recovery Workshop. Bring your physical, emotional, & spiritual challenges and issues, and have them quickly, effectively resolved and healed in a safe supportive environment. Free, $5 donation welcome. All proceeds go directly to FOW. Ongoing. Family of Woodstock, 39 John St, Kingston. Info: 845 706-2183. 7:30pm Reading, Meditation & Discussion. Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center, 1218 Wittenberg Rd, Mt. Tremper. Info: 845 679-8322, info@ matagiri.org. 8pm Live @ The Falcon Underground: Stand Up at The Underground. Comedy. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-7970, liveatthefalcon.com. 8pm An Evening with Zadie Smith. Acclaimed author Zadie Smith will deliver the annual Alex Krieger ’95 Memorial Lecture. Also feature a book signing and an interview. Students’ Building at Vassar College, 2nd Floor, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-437-5632, info. vassar.edu. 8:30pm Bluegrass Clubhouse. Featuring Brian Hollander,Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch, & Eric Weissberg. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-3484.

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7:45am-8:45am Low-Cost Dental Clinic. TARA now offers low-cost dental cleanings for those in need. This service is for previously spayed/ neutered dogs and cats only. TARA (The Animal Rights Alliance, Inc.), 60 Enterprise Place, Middletown, NY. Info: 845-343-1000, info@ tara-spayneuter.org, tara-spayneuter.org. 8am-5pm 3rd Annual Hudson Valley ValueAdded Grains School. The Grains school includes a variety of expert talks and a trade show, and is intended to support 1) burgeoning interests in small grains for the artisan baking, and craft brewing and distilling industries, and 2) interest in other grains and oilseeds, as well as innovative marketing strategies for adding value to grain crops. There will also be several opportunities for networking. Registration required. Pegasus Restaurant, 10885 State Route 9W, Coxsackie. Info: 845-340-3990 x311, cad266@cornell.edu, ulster.cce.cornell.edu/Grains-School. 9:30am-11am Vinyasa Level I-II Yoga with Alison Sinatra. Ideal for students transitioning from beginner to intermediate. Asanas are explored with increasing detail and a slower, flowing sequence. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 10am-11:30am Minnewaska Preserve: Fun Fridays in February- Explore the Peter’s Kill Area of Minnewaska. Hikes may be up to a mile and a half long and will take place with or without snow. This is a great way to jump start your morning and if there is snow, this is an opportunity to learn how to snowshoe in a beautiful setting. Snowshoes rental $5 per person for this program. Daily snowshoe rental costs $15 per adult and $14 per junior. If there is insufficient snow cover, this program will be offered as a hike. Meet in the Peter’s Kill Area Pre-registration requested. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-0752. 10:30am Pilates Equipment Class. A full body work out! Core stability and strengthening, full upper body and lower body program, classical and contemporary Pilates exercises. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 11:30am-1:30pm Spring Soup Fridays. Homemade soups & salad offered. We will offer two different varieties of soup, with at least one vegetarian choice. New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove Street, New Paltz. Info: (845) 419-5063, sharon.jean.roth@gmail.com. 11:30am Gyrotonic Tower Class. Using natural body spinal movements to decompress and strengthen the spine. It emphasizes full mobility of the joints and lengthening of the fascia and skeletal system. Ulster Pilates, 32 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845 658-2239, ulsterpilates.com. 12:05pm-1pm Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. A floor work course promoting improvementof balance, coordination, focus, awareness breathing, strength and flexibility. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2880. $1 donation. 1pm-3:30pm New Bridge Group at Community Center. Free. New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veterans Dr, New Paltz. Info: 617-308-9993. 4pm-6:30pm Dungeons & Dragons. Join your Dungeon Master Patrick to create and play characters for a Storm King’s Thunder campaign! Tivoli Free Library, Watts dePeyster Hall, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. Info: 845-757-3771, tivolipro-

grams@gmail.com, tivolilibrary.org. 4pm “Knit Wits” Knitting Club. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. Info: 845 246-4317, saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 5pm-8pm Skill Share. The skill share is a mini craft fair that invites people from the community to demonstrate and teach skills to others. Anyone can come! Saugerties Senior Center, 207 Market St., Saugerties. Info: saugertiesfoodshare@gmail. com. 5:30pm-7pm Restorative Yoga with Barbara Boris. Rejuvenating and supported postures that soothe the nervous system and alleviate tension. Lots of props and dim lights. Woodstock Yoga Center, 6 Deming St, Woodstock. Info: 845-6798700, woodstockyogacenter@gmail.com, woodstockyogacenter.com. $18. 6pm-7:30pm Meetings in Conscious Awareness. Embracing Joyous Life in Uncertain Times. We explore ourselves to discover what is intrinsically divine, a peaceful way of life, to become true expressions of nondual truth, to serve or help others find their way, or to deepen our love of truth. All levels of spiritual practice and faith welcome. 2/3-3/5, 6-7:30pm on Fridays & 1-2:30pm on Sundays. Ongoing meetings are for self-discovery and self-remembering, facilitated by life counselor and long-time practitioner, Anna Snow. Donations appreciated. Info: 845-687-8688. Free/donations welcome. Yoga Yoga Studio, 446 Main St, Rosendale. 6pm Movie Night: Hell or High Water (2016). A clever Western heist thriller starring Jeff Bridges. Rated R, 102 minutes. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, phoenicialibrary.org. 6:30pm-7:45pm Intro to Drawing Class. What are the basic design concepts of drawing? We will be moving and looking, and drawing simple shapes. Bring your questions! Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail. com, esopuslibrary.org. Sign up required! Space limited. 845-338-5580. 6:30pm-7:30pm Intro to Drawing Class. What are the basic design concepts of drawing? What tricks do you need to know in order to fool the eye? Come to this class to find out. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail. com, esopuslibrary.org. 6:45pm-8:30pm Children & Teen Ministries. Meets Fridays: 6:45-8:30pm. Class for adults also offered. Grace Bible Fellowship Church, Rt9 & Rt9G, Rhinebeck. Info: 845-876-6923, cdfcirone@aol.com. 7pm Live @ The Falcon Underground: Frankie Joe Daigle. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-7970, liveatthefalcon.com. 7pm-8pm Jazz in The Snow Music Series. 23Arts Initiative presents: Django Reinhardt & the French Salon, Alphonso Horne & Candice Hoyes. Mountain Top Library, 6093 Main Street, Tannersville. mountaintoplibrary.org. 7pm Climate Change and Ice Storms. Discover why ice storms are on the rise in the northeastern U.S. and how they impact forest ecosystems in this lecture by Forest Service ecologist Lindsey Rusted, whose ice storm experiment was recently profiled in National Geographic. Postponed from December. Cary Institute, 65 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook. Info: 845-677-5343, caryinstitute.org. 7pm Live @ The Falcon Main Stage: Cuboricua Salsa Band. Latin Dance. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-7970, liveatthefalcon.com. 7pm Conversations at Boughton Place. Meets on the second Friday of each month at 7 pm. Event takes place on Moreno Stage. Boughton Place,, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland. $5 /suggested donation. 7pm Weekly Senior Citizen’s Bingo. Seniors 50 and older. Ongoing every Wednesday at 1:30pm & Friday at 7pm. 50/50 tickets available at 3 tickets/$2. Half-time complementary refreshments. Shawangunk Valley Senior Center, Southwyck Square, 70 Main St, Napanoch. Info: 845 647-3902. $1. 7:30pm-9pm Turning 15 on The Road to Freedom. Ally Sheedy directs Damara Obi in this first-person account of the youngest person to complete the historic 1965 Voting Rights March from Selma to Montgomery. Bridge Street Theatre, 44 West Bridge Street, Catskill. Info: 5189433894, contact@bridgest.org, brownpapertickets.com/event/2797185. $20 General Admission, $10 for Students 21 & under. 8:30pm-11:30pm Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble live at Silvio’s. Silvio’s Villa presents The Hudson Valley Jazz Ensemble . Featuring Gabriele Tranchina, Dave Smith, Robert Kopec, Bob Rosen, Steve Rubin. Silvio’s Villa, 270 State Route 94S, Warwick. Info: 917-903-4380, skyejazztrio@yahoo.com, https://www.facebook.com/ events/1362847943746662/. 9pm Black Dirt Band. Genre: Blues & rock. Golden Rail Ale House, 29 Old N Plank Rd, Newburgh. Info: 845-565-2337, thegoldenrail. com. 9pm Noam Pickelny. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson. Info: 5188284800, austin. helsinki@gmail.com, ticketfly.com/venue/25373club-helsinki/. $20, $25.

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Farmworker Div Crops II Needed. Job starts 3/9/17 and ends 12/15/17. Will Manually plant, cultivate, harvest, and pack vegetable and fruit crops including; apples, peaches, nectarines, plums, cherries, apricots, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries,currants, gooseberries, blueberries, rhubarb, grapes, tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers, peas, and pumpkins. May apply pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers to crops. Thin and prune crops, set up and operate irrigation equipment, load trucks,operate farm equipment such as tractors etc. and general farm work. Will work outdoors in all types of weather. Must be able to lift. Must have three months verifiable experience in the above. Housing provided for all those that are not within commuting distance. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be provided by the employer upon 50% of the work contract. 10 temporary openings. $12.38 per hour, guarantee applies. Job is located in Highland, NY. Stop in your nearest one stop ctr or call 877-4669757 and refer to job # NY1193541.

Top pay for Experienced Sales People, National log home manufacturer seeks motivated & knowledgeable sales professionals. Salary plus commission with average annual incomes from $50K to $120 K. No cold calling required, fresh engaged leads distributed daily. Forward resume & cover letter to: careers@eloghomes.com Looking for Part-Time Help (8-16 hours/ week) in my home office for my construction company. Need help w/clerical tasks such as managing files, data entry, copying, scanning of documents, scheduling ap-

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NoVo Foundation Seeks a high-performing Administrative Professional to provide administrative support for the development and ongoing implementation of the Foundation’s Initiatives. The Assistant reports directly to the Senior Director and works closely with the Initiatives Team and other Foundation staff. Responsibilities will include meeting and event planning, communication with prospective and current grantees, research and reporting, and general administrative support for the Initiatives Team. The ideal candidate is supremely organized and detailoriented. She/he must be flexible, a quick learner and successfully able to anticipate needs and improve systems when needed. The Assistant will be based out of and manage the Foundation’s Kingston, NY offices. To learn more about this position visit our listing “Assistant to Senior Director & Office Manager” on idealist.com Drivers: OTR & Dedicated. Excellent Pay + Rider Program. Family Medical/Dental Benefits. Home Weekends Guaranteed. CDL-A, 1 yr. EXP. 877-758-3905 LOOKING FOR SPONSORS to support the annual SUBZERO HEROES Ice Jump on Saturday, February 18 at Berean Park, Highland. This event is to raise awareness for the Hudson Valley chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association & the mission is to eliminate the disease through the advancement of research, to provide & enhance care & support for all affected & to reduce the risk of dementia through the promotion of brain health. Contact Lauren at lvoorhees@alz.org, 914-391-4161 or Vanesa at vsamuda@alz.org, 845-394-4952

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Come ask about our positions open or about employment opportunities in general. Meet our managers and staff and tour our facility. We will interview prospective candidates for open positions so bring your resume or fill out an application when you come.

Nursing – CNAs, LPNs, RN Coordinators, RN Supervisor Dietary – Relief Cook, aides Activity Leader • Housekeeping

We hope to see you there and we look forward to meeting you! 260 Vineyard Avenue, Highland, NY 12525 www.hudsonvalleyrehab.com

Full-time toddler teacher needed. Must have experience, minimum 2-year degree in Early Education. Send resume to npchildcarecenter@gmail.com

Certified Lifeguards Needed at the Catskill Recreation Center. Must be skilled at preforming rescues, dependable, friendly, and a team player. Call for more information. 845-586-6250 or stop by 651 County Highway 38 Arkville, NY. Ricci’s Barber Shop in New Paltz is looking for FULL-TIME help. Must know how to do flat tops and skin fades. Must be a responsible reliable worker. Call Kristina 845-594-8805 or Ricci 845849-4501.

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HIGHLAND CONTEMPO This home has updated 3 baths and the garage was transformed into a Master suite which includes a den/sitting room and bath. Located on one of Highland’s most sought after streets; a private wooded and tree lined cul-d-sac! The lovely family room has a fireplace with French Doors that lead to the double tiered deck, screened porch and a very private rear yard a lovely above ground pool. The 2nd floor Master bedroom also has French doors exiting to the rear deck. This home sits in a tranquil setting of woods and mountains. Conveniently located near Metro North, the Walkway Over the Hudson, Marist College, Vassar, the CIA and more. Call Marilyn DeAngelo for more details. ..$245,000

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WOODSTOCK RUSTIC CONTEMPORARY Cedar sided contemporary, on 5 wooded private acres, with seasonal mountain views. Great location within walking distance to Wilson State Park. The present owner/architect has designed and built this wonderful home. With; over 2,000 sf of living space, 3 bedrooms and 3 full baths, a large country eat-in kitchen, a formal dining area, a terrific livingroom with a gorgeous stone fireplace, oak floors, vaulted ceilings and skylights. The bedrooms all have access to their own private decks. In addition to this wonderful space is 600 sf of finished basement with ground level access. This area has a bedroom, nice size office and utility room. This is a classic rustic contemporary that has loads of charm and good space for living and entertaining. Call Richard Miller today! ............................................................$449,000

BAM! TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY RED BLAS UCTION Minutes to the Taconic Pkwy, up a T!!! long marble lined drive, is this stately home with a guest house and a unique granite faced exterior. A mature picturesque setting with; a pond, fruit trees and shaded landscapes that graces the property. As you enter the light filled foyer, you are welcomed with soaring vaulted ceilings, airy rooms and a massive stone fireplace. The cabinet filled kitchen flows out to the blue-stone patio, perfect for morning coffee. Very nice Cape style layout, with 2-first floor bedrooms and the 2nd floor offers an office and another bedroom with another full bath. A detached cottage has a fireplace and loft style bedroom. Call Greg Berardi or Kathy Shumway today!.....$690,000

I was once out with buyer clients that seemed to like just about everything I showed them. I kept finding them huddled, whispering to each other, and they would turn to me and say, “This is really nice, what else have you got?” At the next house, by chance, I overheard the husband whisper to the wife, “This place sucks.” Right before that he turned to me and said how nice it was. So, I asked him, “Honestly, is this really how you feel about this house?” He replied, “Well, no, but we just don’t want to hurt your feelings.” I couldn’t help but laugh. Be very honest with your real estate agent, they are there to understand your needs and work to achieve them! And you will NOT hurt our feelings… Wi n

L IS FOR LOVELY RED This 3-bedroom home was handcrafted PRI UCED CE! and converted from an original barn with spacious rooms & high ceilings, making this home a “one of a kind, open concept” original. The property has been thoughtfully landscaped to provide a great setting for outdoor entertainment. The rear of the property borders natural woods for a wonderful sense of privacy. The garage has very high ceilings, it would make for a spacious workshop with plenty of room left over for autos, ATVs and/or motorcycles. Just minutes from Mohonk, Gardiner, New Paltz and downtown Highland, as well as the NYS Thruway for a quick commute to NYC. Call George Graham or Mike Crocitto ...................................................................$299,000

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Balinese Gamelan Workshops for Beginners with Ibu Tzu at Bard College, Saturdays in January and February. 11am through 1pm. Olin Hall for the Humanities, 3rd flr, Moon Room. Suggested donation: $20 +/- sliding scale. To register: . 845-688-7090

ed storage. Lovely level yard, great for kids, pets, gardening and gatherings. Gorgeous meadow and mountain views. There is also a concrete pad in back with septic and water hookup, handy for parking camper, boat, etc. Conveniently located between Stone Ridge and Boiceville. Perfect starter, down-sizer, weekender or fulltimer. Asking $225,000. Call Mary at NOLA GUTMANN REALTY, (845)6882409.

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STU’S CAR SERVICE. Whose car determines the pay. Airports are our specialty. Always ready to get you there. Doesn’t matter when or where. I drive the miles your way with smiles. Going to LaGuardia Airport? There is limited parking. Call Stu’s Car Service for prices. Cell- 845-649-5350; stu@hvc.rr.com Look for me on Facebook.

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TOWN OF OLIVE; Meticulously maintained and totally updated one level charmer. New vinyl siding, windows, doors, roof and kitchen. Furnace new in 2015, water heater 2011, bathroom 2013, B-dry 2012. Large living room and dining area with nice cozy wood-stove. Full basement with additional crawlspace for add-

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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. 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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Best Location On The NEW Ashokan Rail Trail! Retail/Office Space rent. 1600 sq/ft. Modern. Excellent parking & visibility. $10 per sq. ft. Incentives for new tenants! 845532-1592. New Paltz: Office Space located at 235-B Main Street, New Paltz, NY. Please call 845256-0775 and ask for Vincent. TOP AAA RETAIL LOCATION. Main Street, downtown village of New Paltz. For more info call Shoshana 845-417-7733. Two Separate Rooms available in a lovely Victorian building in New Paltz. All utilities and WiFi included. $415/ & $450/month. (845)255-0559.

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WEEKENDS IN MANHATTAN. Spacious 1-bedroom, upper West Side apartment. Elevator, A/C, cable, high ceilings, wood floors, sunny, backyard gardens, great transportation, near Central Park. No smokers, no pets. Available Friday-Monday. $500/ weekend. 646-342-2902.

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HIGHLAND: 1-BEDROOM, ground floor; $895/month, heat & hot water included. ALSO, 2-BEDROOM upstairs end unit. $1095/month. Heat & hot water included. Freshly painted. New carpet. Private, quiet neighborhood. On-site parking. Next to Lloyd Town Hall, near Rt. 9W. Minutes to Poughkeepsie Bridge, Metro North, Rt. 9 & hospitals. 1 month security. No smoking. 845-453-0047.

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New Paltz Rental; 1-BEDROOM at Village Arms. (Rt. 32 No.) Top floor, end unit, hardwood floors, bright, good closets, A/C. Washers/dryers on premises. $1200/mo. inc. heat, hot water, plowing & garbage. 1st, last, 1 month security. No Pets allowed, no smokers. Call owner/broker at 845-5944433. Beautiful Large 1+ Bedroom. Fully renovated 1820’s Greek Revival. 20 minutes from New Paltz, adjacent to D&H Canal

Rail Trail. Modern energy measures, heat pump AC, open plan. apt. with custom cabinetry, granite counters, new GE appliances, DW, full-sized gas range, refrigerator with ice-maker and built-in microwave, W/D. Exposed beams, original wide board and hard wood floors. Heat, cooking gas, private off-street parking, outdoor care included. Cable-ready, tenant pays electric and cable. $1450/month. Two months security, references required. No smoking or pets. Please call 845-626-3661.

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!”

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NEW PALTZ GARDENS APARTMENTS

21A Colonial Dr., New Paltz. 1 & 2 BR apts. Pets welcome! No security deposit option. 3-12 month leasing terms. Pool, laundry on site.

845-255-6171 The Ridge at New Paltz: Energy-Star 2-bedroom unit. Private entry leads into open-floor plan. Kitchen includes gas range, dishwasher, microwave & refrigerator. Living room w/sliding patio doors onto private deck, fireplace, ceramic tiled entry, kitchen & bath, washer/dryer connection, large windows & walk-in closet. Quiet country setting. Walking distance to village. Security & references required. No pets. No smoking. $1450/month plus utilities. 845-255-5047 or debbie@seakill.com SOUTHSIDE TERRACE APARTMENTS offers semester leases for Spring 2017 and short-term for the Summer! Furnished studios, one & two bedrooms, includes heat & hot water. Recreation facilities. Walking distance to campus and town. 845-255-7205.

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SWIM IN APRIL?? The heated 16 x 36 in-ground pool could give you 2 seasons of fun and family enjoyment, or if you prefer lazing in the hammock under the beautiful mature shade trees nearby, you will hear the laughter and the birds singing. The privacy of the 10 acres is fully fenced for stay at home horses and has a 42 x 50 barn with 4 stalls, 2 for larger horses and 2 for mini’s along with the loft area to store your hay. The additional barn space offers a tack room along with a heated garage and running water. Yes, there is a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home for the humans that is kept as meticulously as the animals shelter. Come visit and see why this home is family and pet friendly! ...................................................... $498,000

WE’RE SELLING HOUSES! Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty has cumulatively sold more residential Real Estate in Ulster County than any other company period. For the 5-year period 2012-2016, we surpassed our nearest competitor by 179 transaction sides and over $25.5 million in dollar volume*. With over 37 years of winning strategies throughout numerous economic cycles and a deep well of local market wisdom, Westwood is uniquely positioned for continued success in the Ulster County market place. Trust your Real Estate success to ours. It works! *Hudson Valley Catskills Region MLS stats 2012-2016

COLUCCI SHAND REALTY, INC 255-3455

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** Become a Fan of Colucci Shand Realty on Facebook ** NICE UNFURNISHED ROOMS; Starting at $480/month. Excellent location. Close to SUNY college. All utilities included. Call 845-419-2568, leave message. ROOM FOR RENT. Can be used as residential or an office. $550/month plus security. Utilities included. Walking distance to everything. (845)664-0493. 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT, second floor. Wood floors, newly renovated, full bath, great light. 1870s barn. $1300/ month includes all except WiFi & electric. Also, SMALLER 2-BEDROOM. Full bath. Newly renovated. $1100/month includes gas fireplace. Utilities extra. No dogs, cats, indoor smoking. Available 1/15/17. 5 minutes by car outside village. Please call 845255-5355 or text 256-8160.

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Near Rosendale; Efficiency Apartment, suitable for 1 person. Quiet park-like setting with pond, on beautiful Shawangunk Ridge, with hiking trails at your door. $725/month with utilities. First, last and security. Non-smoker. No pets. 845-6589332.

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Kingston/ Hurley/Port Ewen Rentals

1-BEDROOM/STUDIO, Kingston Uptown. On bus route, walk to Stockade area, shopping, conveniences. No smoking or pets. Heat & hot water provided. Security & references required. Call 845-3384574. Kingston: 2-bedroom, 1 bath at Country Village. 2nd floor, balcony, fireplace, new carpets, freshly painted, poolside unit. $1275/month. First, last and 1 month security. Credit check and references. 914475-0618.

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Esopus/Ulster Park Rentals

Beautiful, Bright Large 3-Bedroom Apartment on 10 wooded acres with fireplace and porch. Washer/Dryer and Dishwasher. $1525/month includes utilities. Available to see immediately. Call 845-331-2292.

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SUPERBLY SINGULAR - Master-crafted custom Colonial (1990) perfectly combines fine period detail- 3 brick fireplaces, 12” wide board floors, fine millwork- with all modern conveniences in 4400 SF of gracious flowing space. Stunning ensuite MBR w/ fireplace + 4 add’l BRs, 4.5 luxe baths, gourmet kitchen, family/media room, 27’ LR, den, lush stone patio frames heated IG pool & cathedral pool house with kitchen & bath. Truly turn-key just minutes to Kingston Stockade....................................$849,000

LUXURIOUSLY GREEN! – Gorgeous 6+ acre setting with path to your own Walkill River frontage for canoe or kayak! Handsome classic design boasts Silver LEED cert. & USDOE Zero Energy Ready status, consuming LESS ENERGY than it produces! Fabulous open plan features 20’ LR with fireplace, custom gourmet kitchen, DR, den/office, 20’ ensuite cathedral MBR + 3 add’l bedrooms, 3 full baths, all HW floors, full basement & att. garage. Call for TAX CREDIT info! ..........$739,000

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HISTORIC STONE - “Vandermark House”, c.1760, in a serene 10 acre setting w/ meadows & mtn. views. Abundant original charm & detaildeep set windows, wide board & HW floors, 28’ LR w/ cozy brick fireplace, built-ins, country kitchen w/ SS appliances, spacious DR, 4 generous BRs, 2.5 baths, den/home office, wrap around screened porch for summer dining PLUS 3 level bank barn w. garage and add’l. small barn. Minutes to Stone Ridge hamlet. ........................................$649,000

MOVE-IN READY! - This terrific house has been meticulously maintained and is perfectly turn-key. Set on a pet & play friendly 1+ acre adjacent to park with lake and trails. There’s room for everyone in 2200 SF featuring 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 26’ living room & dining room w/ NEW hardwood floors, fresh interior paint, expansive eat-in kitchen w/ island, full walk-out basement, 2 car garage, deck and generator, too! MUST SEE! ..............$299,000

Glasco: Small 1-BEDROOM. Trash & parking included. $750/month, heat included. Small pet only. Call 845-901-5760.

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Woodstock/West Hurley Rentals

Woodstock: 2-BEDROOM WONDERFUL LARGE APARTMENT. Eat-In-Kitchen/ LR, porch, 2 acres, borders mountain stream, Meads Mountain location, 1 mile from Green. Gardening. $1100 + last mo. + security. No pets/smokers. 2/1 Availability. (845)679-2300. WOODSTOCK: 1-BEDROOM UPSTAIRS APARTMENT. Very private. Large LR w/kitchen, full bath, glass doors open to large deck. View of fields & open woods. Off-street parking. Great location. Close to town. $1250/month plus utilities. (845)679-8259. Small 2-bedroom apartment, Woodstock. Newly renovated. Walking distance to town. No pets, please. $775/month plus security, plus utilities. 845-679-3008 WOODSTOCK; In town (Neher Street). High ceilings flooded w/light from 2 huge North-facing windows. Sleeping loft. Small deck w/view of mountains. Single, mature, quiet individual only. $850/month plus utilities. 845-901-1020.

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Beautiful brick home w/ double entry into an enclosed porch with palladium windows. Gleaming hardwood floors through out and double pane windows. Off the kitchen there is a two story addition with a small BR and a master BR suite on the upper level. The ground floor of the addition contains 3 heated rooms, a full bath & walk out to a two tier deck. House is extremely well insulated. Under the main house is a 630 sq ft finished recreation room that is heated. There is a walk up attic that is carpeted and has a heated small play room or office. Seasonal water views of a stream and with clearance can be seen year round. $219,900

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This 1870’s Colonial renovated Farmhouse is loaded with charm and features a rocking chair porch, a gorgeous large eat in kitchen with an island, dining room & living room with hardwood floors, 1/2 bath and separate laundry room. Upstairs has a large Master en suite with vaulted ceiling, sitting area, master bath and lots of closet space. There is also two other spacious BRs with hand scraped maple floors and a full bath. Bonus 18x24 garage with high ceiling, new roof in 2015, propane heater & 200 AMPS. $272,900

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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WOODSTOCK: 1-BEDROOM UPSTAIRS APARTMENT. Very private. Large LR w/ kitchen, full bath, glass doors open to large deck. View of fields & open woods. Off-street parking. Great location. Close to town. $1250/month plus utilities. (845)6798259.

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HOUSE TO SHARE, WILLOW: 15 minutes to Woodstock. On horse farm by stream. Beautiful Victorian house w/antiques. $650/month, possible reduction of rent w/1 hr. of farm work per day. 845-6796590.

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Boiceville: 2-Bedroom Apartment, 2nd floor. $1100/month includes all utilities. First, security & references required. No pets, no smokers. 845-657-2984.

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78 RPM 20, 30, 40’s Swing & Popular singers. $10 for 20 records minimum sale. Call Kit 845-399-4930. Furniture and More! Solid oak Parsonsstyle coffee table/end tables (2), $375; Ikea Expedite shelves in Black/Brown, $35; Electra Townie bicycle, barely used, $425; Osborne Upholstery Tools, $100. Email karendelmonico@yahoo.com for photos and details.

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Tree Services

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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. 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 WANTED: 78 RPM RECORDS. They lurk in basements & attics! WGXC.90.7 D.J. plays only 78 RPM’s. Top prices paid & expert advice. Also Phonographs. Kit- 845399-4930. W.G.X.C. is a Community NonProfit Co. We give airtime to first timers on radio. www.WGXC90.7.com

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WANTED-TOP DOLLARS PAID! We Buy Entire Estates or Single Items. Actively Seeking Gold and Silver of any kind, Sterling, Flatware & Jewelry. Furniture, Antiques through Mid-Century. We Gladly do House Calls. Free Appraisals. We also do Estate/Tag Sales. 35 years experience. One Call Does It All. Call or text anytime 24/7.

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OVERLOOKING THE HUDSON RIVER Perched on top of the hill sits this 3 BR, 2 2.5 bath Raised Ranch that overlooks tthe majestic Hudson River. Located on a q quiet dead end street in the hamlet of Port E Ewen. Featuring a spacious light filled living room with an exquisite vermont marble stone fireplace that opens to the large eat in kitchen and formal dining room. There is a master bedroom suite with private bath & 2 additional BRs & full bath on the main level. Downstairs offers a large family room with sliders out to the bluestone patio. $318,000

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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.

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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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W Walk, Ride or Run to Uptown Kingston fr from this sweet 2 bed, 1 bath ranch on ju just under a quarter of an acre. This home h has had several updates over the past y years which include, kitchen w/ new tile ffloor, granite coutertops maple cabinets & newer appliances. Updated Bathroom with wainscoting. New tile floor & new vanity wood floors thru out & newer large bright double hung windows. Seasonal moutain views from the large bay windows in the living room. Fenced in back yard with perennial gardens, outdoor shower with refinished outdoor area patio which feels like your own private oasis. $159,900

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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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Accounting & Tax Service. Bookkeeping, accounting, tax service. Fast, accurate, dependable, QB, your place or mine. Reasonable rates. Big or small.. we are one. brasstax15@gmail.com 845-389-6840

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER/HOUSEKEEPER. Help w/everyday problems, special projects; clutter, paperwork, moving, gardening & personal assistant. Affordable. Fully Insured, Confidentiality Assured. MargotMolnar.com; Masters Psychology, former CEO, Certified Hospice Volunteer. margotmolnar1@gmail.com (845)6796242.

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CLEAN UPS, CLEAN OUTS. Indoor/Outdoor. Junk & debris removal. Estates prepared for Moving and Sale. (845)688-2253. Residential, Commercial Cleaning. SPECIAL FOR SENIORS. Special: basic clean 2/1- $60. Rentals, All services offered. Green/all natural supplies. Flexible schedule. 7 day service. Insured. Free estimates. 845-235-6701.

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CASH PAID FOR USED cars & trucks regardless of condition. Junk cars removed. Call 246-0214. DMV 7107350. WANTED: TRAILER- 6-7 foot to carry approximately 1000 lbs. 845-338-1705.

Pet Care

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)6874983 or visit our cats at www.projectcat. org

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2002 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN, manual, 141K, runs great, new brakes all around, 2 sets of tires- snows & all seasons, new timing belt, water pump, etc. Black, sunroof, clean, dependable trans., great gas mileage. Asking $2800. 845-679-3879.

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VIN #5N1AT2MV6EC830478, Stk #25381C, 4 DR, 4 cyl., CVT, a/c, p/s/ABS/winds/lks/ mirrs/drvr seat, cd/MP3, Bluetooth®, back up camera, power pkg., spoiler, turn signal mirrors, alloys, kyls entry, tract cntrl., gun metallic, 64,014 mi. CERTIFIED.

VIN #5N1AT2MV0FC756735, Stk #25390C, 4 DR, 4 cyl., CVT, a/c, p/s/ABS/winds/lks/ mirrs/drvr seat, cd/MP3, Bluetooth®, back up camera, moonroof, spoiler, turn signal mirrors, alloys, kyls entry, tract cntrl., super black, 25,923 mi. CERTIFIED.

VIN #1N6AD0EV7GN729653, Stk #25420RC, 4 DR, V6, CVT, a/c, p/s/ABS/winds/lks/mirrors, cd/MP3, Bluetooth®, power pkg., bedliner, tow pkg., alloys, kyls entry, tract cntrl., glacier white, 13,367 mi. CERTIFIED.

VIN #5N1AZ2MH2FN240681, Stk #25973C, 4 DR, V6, CVT, a/c, p/s/ABS/ winds/lks/mirrs, cd/MP3, navigation, Bluetooth®, turn signal mirrors, kyls entry, tract cntrl., red, 19,888 mi. CERTIFIED.

VIN #5N1AR2MM1EC654977, Stk #25920C, 4 DR, V6, CVT, a/c, p/s/ABS/ winds/lks/mirrs/seats, cd/MP3/DVD, navigation, back up camera, heated front seats, Bluetooth®, leather, kyls entry, tract cntrl., black, 26,970 mi.

VIN #5N1AA0NC4FN615534, Stk #25805C, 4 DR, V8, 5 spd. AUTO, a/c, p/s/ABS/winds/lks/htd mirrs/drvr seat, cd/MP3/DVD, navigation, heated front seats, back up camera, Bluetooth®, running boards, tow pkg., leather, power pkg., alloys, kyls entry, tract cntrl., white, 6,726 mi. CERTIFIED.

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STORE HOURS: M-TH 8:45AM-7PM, F 8:30AM-6PM, SAT 9AM-5PM, SUN 11AM-3PM • SERVICE & PARTS: M-F 7:30AM-5PM, SAT 7:30AM-1:30PM

Prices exclude any government fees such as taxes, MV - registration and/or tire tax and used car prep fee and may be subj. to a safety recall: go to www.safercar.gov. Kingston Nissan has partnered with a financial service company specializing in helping consumers with limited access to credit. Kingston Nissan has partnered with a company TaxesR-Us specializing in an early tax refund service giving our customers the opportunity to purchase/lease a new or used vehicle without the long wait, see dealer for complete details. **1.95% APR up to 36 mos., $28.62 per mo. per $1000 financed on select pre-owned certified vehicles is subj. to credit approval down pymt may be required. Verifiable proof of current employment or verifiable proof of a job offer and salary with employment beginning within 90 days of the contract date are required. Proof of insurance must be presented. All advertised vehicles sold cosmetically as is. Not resp. for typo errors. Offer expires 2/28/17. See dealer for details.

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