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A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, adventure and ideas | Calendar & Classifieds | Issue 6 | Feb. 7 – 14 Stage Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Hilarie Burton & Paul Rudd will try to scare you at UPAC | John Mulaney & Pete Davidson in Kingston Screen Studio 54 documentary and costume contest in Rhinebeck Explore Sojourner Truth Life Walk from Port Ewen to Kingston Music Simi Stone at Colony, Me and My Ex at Unison on Valentine’s Day Erica’s Cancer Journey What my dying looks like to me

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As part of its observation of Black History Month, Kingston invites its residents to the first annual Sojourner Truth Life Walk on Saturday, February 9. The walk proceeds from Port Ewen to the Ulster County Courthouse, ending with a live in-person reenactment of Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech at the Old Dutch Church. Walkers will congregate at the Dietz Stadium parking lot, where a free trolley to the origin point is available. This event is free and open to the public. Sojourner Truth Life Walk Saturday, Feb. 9 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dietz Stadium 170 North Front St. Kingston (845) 282-0182 www.blackhistorymonthkingston.org

The Arsonists on stage at Denizen Theatre Following the successful runs of its first two productions, William Francis Hoffman’s Cal in Camo last October and Hannah Benitez’s Adaptive Radiation in December, the Denizen Theatre, New Paltz’s new blackbox performance space in the Water Street Market, concludes its inaugural season with the regional premiere of The Arsonists by Jacqueline Goldfinger. It runs now through Sunday, Feb-

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ruary 24. Directed by Ben Williamson, Denizen’s co-artistic director, The Arsonists is described as “a lyrical Gothic tale, inspired by Electra, in which a father and daughter – poets, musicians, singers, storytellers – on the run from the law, must learn to let go.” The cast features Jenny Jarnagin and Sean Cullen. New evening performance times have been announced for the winter: 7 p.m. (instead of 8) Wednesdays through Saturdays, with 2 p.m. matinées on Sundays during the run. Ticketholders can attend a post-show talkback with the cast following every Wednesday performance, and there will be a panel discussion on Thursday, February 14. The ticket price structure at Denizen is designed to help build younger audiences for theatrical works: $24 for general admission, $20 for seniors, $15 for people under the age of 30 and $5 for students. To reserve, call (845) 303-4136 or visit www.denizentheatre.com/tickets. The Arsonists Feb. 6-24 Wednesday-Saturday 7 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. $24/$20/$15/$5 Denizen Theatre Water Street Market 10 Main Street New Paltz (845) 303-4136 www.denizentheatre.com

Cunneen-Hackett to stage Almost, Maine In recognition of Valentine’s Day, the New Deal Creative Arts Center in Poughkeepsie presents the romantic comedy Almost, Maine on February 15 and 16 at the Cunneen-Hackett Theater. Written by John Cariani and directed by Tamara Cacchione, Almost, Maine finds the residents of a small town falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Egos are hurt. Knees are bruised. Hearts are torn. Eventually, these things heal and mend…almost. This production stars Steven Bendler, Stephanie Blake, Austin Carrothers, Joe Eriole, Teresa Gasparini, Josie Grant, Nicholas John Salyer, Dave Sharbowicz and Louisa Vilardi. Tickets cost $12 in advance, $15 at the door. Almost, Maine Feb. 15 and 16 8 p.m. Cunneen-Hackett Theater 12 Vassar St. Poughkeepsie

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Ghost Stories 3: A Cold Winter’s Night Hilarie Burton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan & Paul Rudd will try to scare you at UPAC in Kingston this Saturday

ans of The Walking Dead know Jeffrey Dean Morgan as one of TV’s most terrifying villains, the sadistic bully and extortionist Negan. But in real life, the actor is known to fellow Rhinebeckers as a good neighbor who, along with his wife, actress Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill), and friend, actor Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), rescued a local candy store, Samuel’s Sweet Shop, when it was in danger of closure. The trio are also avid supporters of Astor Services for Children and Families, the Rhinebeck-based charity that offers residential and outpatient treatment and prevention programs for children with mental illnesses. As a fundraiser for Astor Services, the three thespians will convene on Saturday, February 9 at the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston for a program of live readings titled Ghost Stories 3: A Cold Winter’s Night. The performance promises to deliver “ghoulish fun, surprise guests and spooky hauntings.” If one of those surprise guests happens to be a barbed-wire-covered baseball bat nicknamed Lucille, she had better not be introduced until they’re ready to clear the house in a hurry. The show begins at 5 p.m. Ticket prices are $41, $51, $81 and $106. For wellheeled fans and dedicated Astor supporters, there’s a special $506 price for VIP treatment, including seating in the first five rows plus admission to a meet-andgreet/photo session. To purchase, visit the UPAC box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 339-6088; the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072; or call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000. Ghost Stories 3: A Cold Winter’s Night, Saturday, Feb. 9, 5 p.m., UPAC, 601 Broadway, Kingston, (845) 339-6088, $506/$106/$81/$51/$41, www.bardavon.org

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Three one-acts by Laura Shaine Cunningham at Lydia’s Café On Thursday, February 7 at 7 p.m., Bistro Dinner Theatre is coming to Lydia’s Café: that slightly-off-thebeaten-path restaurant in Stone Ridge that has been developing a reputation as a hot venue for jazz as well as affordably delicious food. Responsible for the evening’s comedic mayhem – intended as the first in a hopefully ongoing series – are the mad minds collectively known as Actors & Writers. The one-act plays scheduled to be performed include three by the illustrious

Laura Shaine Cunningham 9pictured above): Married Before, starring Sarah Chodoff and David Smilow; Tenderloin, starring Adam LeFevre, Dannah Chaifetz, David Smilow and Nicole Quinn; and Outsourced, starring David Smilow and Nicole Quinn. Also on the program is Fitzroy, by Mark St. Germain, starring Adam LeFevre, Dannah Chaifetz, Mikhail Horowitz and Lori Wilner. Nina Shengold and Laura Shaine Cunningham direct. Your hosts characterize the playlets as “bite-sized theatrical hors d’oeuvres.” Admission is by donation, and the polite thing to do is to purchase some food and drink to accompany your entertainment. For reservations, call (845) 687-6373 or visit www.lydias-cafe.com. One-act plays by

One of the region’s most storied and lasting community theater outlets, the County Players in Wappingers Falls present a production of Paul Elliott’s award-winning comedy Exit Laughing through the first two weeks of February. When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night with the “girls,” what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies? If you’re Connie, Leona and Millie, three Southern ladies from Birmingham, you do the most daring thing you’ve ever done: You “borrow” the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game. The wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police raid, a stripper and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you’re truly living. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and children 12 and under. Exit Laughing Feb. 8-10, 15-16 8 p.m. Falls Theater 2681 West Main St. Wappingers Falls (845) 298-1491 http://countyplayers.org

Comics John Mulaney and Pete Davidson at UPAC this Sunday

John Mulaney and Pete Davidson on the January 19 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live

The Bardavon presents a night of big-time comedy with John Mulaney and Pete Davidson on Sunday, February 10 at 7 p.m. and then again at 10 p.m. at the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston. Mulaney got his big break as a writer on Saturday Night Live for six seasons from 2008 to 2012. He has three standup comedy specials available on Netflix: New in Town, The Comeback Kid and his most recent, the Emmy-winning Kid Gorgeous at Radio City. A current cast member on Saturday Night Live, Pete Davidson has also appeared on the MTV shows Wild ‘n Out and Guy Code, as well as Jimmy Kimmel

Live. Davidson shot his first one-hour standup special for Comedy Central in 2016 and was named one of Forbes’ 2016 “30 under 30.” Tickets cost $54. John Mulaney and Pete Davidson, Sunday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m., 10 p.m., UPAC, 601 Broadway, Kingston, (845) 339-6088, www.bardavon.org

Journalist Jelani Cobb speaks at SUNYNew Paltz on Tuesday

SUNY-New Paltz presents a lecture by Jelani Cobb, the Ira A. Lipman professor of Journalism at Columbia University’s School of Journalism, on Tuesday, February 12. The frequent New Yorker contributor, author of The Substance of Hope and Pulitzer Prize finalist will deliver a talk titled, “The Half-Life of Freedom: Race and the Evasion of American History.” This event, supported by the James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professorship, is free and open to the public. Tuesday, Feb. 12 5:30 p.m. Lecture Center 102 SUNY-New Paltz, New Paltz www.newpaltz.edu/ottaway

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Celestial lies and exaggerations

ith Donald Trump in the White House, the subject of “lies and exaggerations” now routinely makes the nightly news. Of course, hyperbole has been a staple of advertising since forever. And we’ve always been skeptical of politicians’ claims. But you’d think the sciences would be largely immune to falsity. Sadly, they aren’t. During my research for one of my books, I had an hourlong conversation with Buzz Aldrin. He’s a fascinating guy, and I loved his candor when he shared with me his years of drinking problems, battles with depression and strong lingering anger over how he was almost not selected for that historic Apollo 11 mission. But he was not immune to exaggeration. For example, he likes to use the phrase, “when I lived on the Moon…” That’s a great line to drop at a party. And yes, he did sleep there two nights. But he spent only 22 total hours there. If you had a two-day vacation in Paris, would you later tell people you’d lived in that city? More recently, a woman astronaut said to a reporter, “As a teenager I was enthralled at the idea of space flight, but I’m so happy that my dream is coming true and I’ll be blasting off to the stars.” This is a phrase that comes up a lot. It’s often said that the astronauts or NASA are “heading to the stars.” So, let’s be clear: At the speed of today’s fastest rockets, we could reach the Moon in three days, Mars in four months and the nearest star in 43,000 years. So, no human is going to the stars – not now, and maybe not ever. Sadly, celestial exaggerations have grown more prevalent in the past ten years. One example I recently cited on this page, which the media have now unfortunately embraced, is a phrase coined 40 years ago in which a closer-than-average Moon is labeled a Supermoon. Last month we supposedly had a “Supermoon eclipse,” even though it wasn’t the nearest Moon of 2019, or even the second-nearest. (This year’s closest Moon will happen on February 19.) The problem is that a “Supermoon” never looks any larger than a normal Full Moon. In addition to no change in appearance, its tidal effects are minuscule. Ordinary Full Moons increase the tidal range by a few feet, as compared with earthly tides during the Half Moon phases. An extreme supermoon like this month’s lunar perigee will add an additional two inches. Is this really what we generally mean by “super?” These are mere exaggerations, but I was unwittingly responsible for the most ludicrous

At the speed of today’s fastest rockets, we could reach the Moon in three days, Mars in four months and the nearest star in 43,000 years.

Upstate Films in Rhinebeck hosts No Choice screening and panel on Saturday The latest installment in Upstate Films’ Engage series of social justice documentaries, coming to Rhinebeck on Saturday, February 9, will be No Choice, a selection of shorts from Bill Moyers’ series on abortion in Ameri-

ca. The screening begins at noon and will be followed by a panel and audience discussion. Anchored by Ruth-

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Bob Berman celestial falsity of all time. It happened in 2003, when Mars came closer to Earth than any time in the past 50,000 years. It was a noteworthy event. So, in that year’s Old Farmer’s Almanac, where I am the astronomy editor, I calculated and then wrote that, through a 100-power telescope at the end of August, Mars would appear bigger than the Moon looks to the naked eye. Got that? Just 100x would make Mars look bigger than the Moon. Then a very weird thing happened: Every August for the next 15 years, the Internet featured stories, posts and headlines saying that Mars would come so close that it would look bigger than the Moon. Actually, in nearly all those subsequent Augusts, Mars was quite distant and usually not even visible. The super-close approach happened only in August of 2003. But those headline-writers somehow assumed it would be true every August. Whoever wrote those stories had obviously used my original Old Farmer’s Almanac article, but then omitted the “100x telescope” business, saying merely that Mars would look bigger than the Moon, period. You probably saw that story, since it kept repeating on countless websites summer after summer. Sometimes it was accompanied by a photoshopped image of an enormous Mars taking up most of our sky. Imagine my frustration. And the exaggerations never end. Each year has several minor meteor showers, with some happening during a nearly Full Moon. You’d be lucky to see a few faint shooting stars if you stared patiently for an hour. They’re not worth the time. Yet giant Web headlines implore you to step out and “don’t miss” the “spectacle.” Maybe the human race has always been like this. Maybe any effort at imparting factual information means tilting at windmills. Let’s hope there’s a positive result of the current dishonesty from on high: that we may be sensitized to scams for a long time to come. Hopefully the pendulum will swing fully. – Bob Berman Want to know more? To read Bob’s previous columns, visit our Almanac Weekly website at HudsonValleyOne.com. Check out Bob’s new podcast, Astounding Universe, co-hosted by Pulse of the Planet’s Jim Metzner.

Ellen Blodgett, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the MidHudson Valley, the panel also includes Robin Marty, author of Handbook for a Post-Roe America, and Lisa Graves, co-director of Documented, a watchdog group that documents corporate influence on our democracy. Over the past five years, hundreds of incremental changes in state laws have slowly chipped away at women’s reproductive rights. Yet in the midst

of this climate, women and men have stepped up to be heard – from the day after Trump’s inauguration, when millions marched in protest, to the current #MeToo moment, in which thousands are breaking their silence to speak out about sexual harassment and abuse, to demonstrations against the latest attempts to cut funding for Planned Parenthood and legislate further restrictions. This selection of shorts from Bill Moyers’ No Choice series will provide a glimpse at what the US was like before abortion was legal and how Roe v. Wade made a difference. Admission to this event is free, thanks to support from the Anonymous Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley. However, donations will be taken at the door ($10 suggested) to benefit Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley. No Choice, a selection of shorts from Bill Moyers’ series on abortion in America, Saturday, Feb. 9, noon, $10 suggested donation, Upstate Films, 6415 Montgomery St. (Route 9), Rhinebeck, (845) 876-2515, https://upstatefilms.org

Drew Carey coming to UPAC in Kingston Whose Live Anyway? with Drew Carey will be staged on Friday, April 12 at the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston. Based on the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? Whose Live Anyway is a completely improvised 90-minute show of games, scenes and songs featuring Drew Carey, Jeff B. Davis, Joel Murray and Greg Proops. Tickets cost $49 and $69. Members get a $5 discount and preferred seating.

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Hudson River EagleFest

Jim Gaffigan is a comedy Renaissance man: a three-time Grammynominated comedian, actor, writer, producer and two-time New York Times best-selling author, Emmywinning touring performer and multiplatinum-selling recording artist. His observational humor seems to make sense and score points around the globe. The father of five recently released his sixth standup special, Noble Ape, and continues the international arena and theater tour that brings him to the Mid-Hudson Civic Center for a pair of performances on Friday, March 1. Reserved seats to see one of the hottest properties in comedy cost $59.75 and $49.75. As of this time, only seats for the 9:30 p.m. set are available. Jim Gaffigan Friday, Mar. 1, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Mid-Hudson Civic Center (845) 454-5800 www.midhudsonciviccenter.org

ne of the prime places where bald eagles congregate in winter is Croton Point. At the Teatown Hudson River EagleFest, held on February 9 (the snow day is February 10), people will have a unique opportunity to get a closeup look at the birds of prey and learn about every aspect of their life cycle, behavior and history. The all-day festival will feature educators at Croton Point Park and other nearby spots, equipped with spotting scopes for observing eagles, as well as a series of 45-minute programs about the bird of prey at a theater at the educational center, children’s games and other activities and displays by more than 25 environmental organizations in heated tents. There will be a special “eagle train” traveling to the Hudson River Eaglefest in Croton this Saturday, February 9, from the Poughkeepsie train station at 8:50 a.m. Kyle Bardwell, birder, photographer and eagle expert, will talk about eagles during the train ride. If you choose to drive instead, shuttle buses will convey people from the educational center to the Croton Boat Ramp viewing site, so you can leave your car in the free parking lot. There will also be food trucks. Tickets cost $22 for adults ($25 on the day of the events) and $13 for kids age six to 11 ($15 day of event). Teatown Hudson River EagleFest, Saturday, February 9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $25/$22/$15/$13, Croton Point Park, 1 Croton Point Avenue, Croton-on-Hudson; (914) 762-2919, info@teatown.org, www.teatown.org/events/eaglefest.

Drew Carey Friday, Apr. 12, 8 p.m. UPAC, 601 Broadway (845) 339-6088 www.bardavon.org

Studio 54 documentary and costume contest in Rhinebeck

With unprecedented access to Schrager, who tells the whole unvarnished story for the first time, and a treasure trove of rare footage, director Matt Tyrnauer constructs a vivid portrait of a disco-era phenomenon, and tells the story of two friends who stuck together through an incredible series of highs and lows, in his documentary Studio 54. It screens at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, February 15 at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck, followed by a question-and-answer session with Scott Taylor, a former Studio 54 bartender; Myra Sheer, Steve Rubell’s assistant; and

Susan Shapiro, one of the videographers who contributed original footage to Tyrnauer’s documentary, A prize will be awarded for the best costume. Tickets cost $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students and $8 for members. Proceeds from this screening will benefit LEAF of the Hudson Valley, a legal environmental advocacy fund protecting natural resources and curbing overdevelopment. For more info, visit https://upstatefilms.org/studio-54. Studio 54 , Friday, Feb. 15, 8:15 p.m., $12/$10/$8, Upstate Films, 6415 Mont-

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Liza Minnelli, Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol and Halston at Studio 54. (Adam Schull/Zeitgeist Films)

For 33 months, from 1977 to 1980, the nightclub Studio 54 was the place to be seen in Manhattan. A haven of hedonism, glitz and glamour, the club was highly exclusive, with news of who was there filling the gossip columns daily. Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, two college friends from Brooklyn, succeeded in creating the ultimate escapist fantasy in the heart of the theater district. But the drug-and-sexfueled dream eventually imploded in financial scandal, leading to the club’s demise.

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MUSIC Unison presents Me & My Ex on Valentine’s Day

A love story for our times? Named in a factually-accurate-if-grammatically-inverted way, Me & My Ex are the legally divorced musical duo of Ginny Leitner and Rob Leitner, whose gigging life has really taken off since they got their priorities straight and bagged the whole traditional family thing. Their songbook is deep, traversing modern rock and standards of all genres and eras; and, like all songbooks, it is concerned principally with love and the myriad problems therewith. Me & My Ex are typically joined by any number of premier regional players. They play a special Valentine’s Day show at Unison Arts in New Paltz on Thursday, February 14. General admission tickets cost $20, with discounts available for seniors and for Unison members. Me and My Ex Thursday, Feb. 14 7 p.m. Unison Arts Center 68 Mountain Rest Rd. New Paltz (845) 255-1559 www.unisonarts.org

Shamanic Drum Circle with Rebecca Singer at Mirabai on Monday Mirabai in Woodstock presents a Shamanic Drum Circle with healer Rebecca Singer, author of Singing into Bone, on Monday, February 11. In both Lakota traditions and the spiritual beliefs in Siberian Shamanism, the drum is a messenger between worlds. The drum is medicine, a vehicle used by

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50TH-ANNIVERSARY WOODSTOCK FESTIVALS SET FOR BETHEL & WATKINS GLEN THIS AUGUST

et us put to rest – before we even begin – all debates and squabbles regarding the rightful heirs and owners of the Woodstock Festival tradition, as its 50th anniversary approaches. Brand wars, it seems to me, are not exactly in the spirit of the original event, and in this case, both of the major festivals scheduled for that weekend in August 2019 have a compelling claim. One has the very field itself; the other has Michael Lang. The most charismatic and visible of the original Woodstock’s producers, and one of the real organic stars of the film, Lang is back at it with Woodstock 50: a festival with a focus on activism that will take place from August 16 to 18 in Watkins Glen, a place that has known a few other monster festivals in its day. To date, no talent roster has been announced. Meanwhile, Max Yasgur’s hallowed ground, for a long time now the site of the elegant Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, is planning its own multifaceted celebration on the same weekend. The Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival is only one part of a busy year of remembering the original Woodstock, but perhaps the biggest part. Produced by Bethel Woods in conjunction with Live Nation and INVNT, the Bethel festival is described as a pan-generational music, culture and community event offering three days of live performances from prominent and emerging artists spanning multiple genres and decades, and TED-style talks from leading futurists and retro-tech experts. Bethel’s plan has one distinct thing in common with Lang’s: No talent has been announced yet. This is going to get interesting. There’s no reason why bands can’t play both. Watch these pages for breaking news in the months ahead. – John Burdick

shamans to journey and for individuals to connect with the hoops of beings on our planet. No musical experience is necessary, but participants are asked to bring a drum. Admission costs $10. Shamanic Drum Circle Monday, Feb. 11 6:30 p.m. Mirabai 23 Mill Hill Rd. Woodstock www.mirabai.com

Funk Junkies play the Falcon this Saturday The Funk Junkies, a 13-piece funk orchestra of sorts featuring a variety of notable local players, return to their favorite haunt, the Falcon, on Saturday, February 9. The band features a five-piece horn section delivering interpretations of music by Tower of Power, James Brown, the Ohio Players, Kool and the Gang, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, the Average White Band, Sly & the Family Stone, Chaka Khan and more. There is no cover charge at the Falcon, but generous donation is strongly encouraged. Funk Junkies

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Sound the Trumpet! series at Bard Bard College’s Fisher Center and the Catskill Jazz Factory continue their fruitful relationship with Sound the Trumpet! a world premiere, threeconcert winter series led by two of today’s top trumpet players. Sound the Trumpet! explores the rhythmic influences and musical storytelling that

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The Listening Room at Murray’s Sanctuary launches its 2019 intimate concert series with Nashville-based songwriter and recording artist Matthew Perryman Jones on Friday, February 15. Jones’ most recent full-length, 2018’s The Waking Hours, finds the reflective and searching songwriter setting his songs in ethereal, scratchy and hybrid electro-ways, to a quietly dazzling effect. It’s a stark departure from the dry acoustic nature of previous releases. Admission costs $10 cash.

Keyon Harrold Saturday, Feb. 9 7:30 p.m. LUMA Theater Fisher Center Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson (845) 758-7900 http://fishercenter.bard.edu

Matthew Perryman Jones Friday, Feb. 15 8 p.m. The Listening Room Murray’s Sanctuary 73 Broadway, Tivoli http://murraystivoli.com

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Lord Huron to perform at Hutton Brickyards

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Simi Stone plays Colony on Valentine’s Day

olony in Woodstock celebrates Valentine’s Day with a performance by a hometown hero, the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Simi Stone. In addition to her own storied success as a solo artist, Stone has recently added a stint as a member of David Byrne’s live band to her growing credits. She has been known to appear with an outrageous band of top-flight players as well. Tickets cost $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the show.

Bard College’s The Orchestra Now (TON) continues its six-concert season at the Fisher Center with three different programs led by music director Leon Botstein on February 9 and 10 and April 6, 7, 27 and 28. The first concert deals with the theme of the “The Romantic Hero” and features Wagner’s vigorous Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung, the last of Wagner’s celebrated music dramas comprising Der Ring des Nibelungen. TON will also perform Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini, a symphonic poem thought to have been inspired by Wagner. Richard Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life), also a symphonic poem, completes the program. Tickets cost $25 and $35. The Orchestra Now Saturday, Feb. 9, 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, 2 p.m. Sosnoff Theater Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson (845) 758-7900 https://fishercenter.bard.edu

Simi Stone, Thursday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m., Colony, 22 Rock City Rd., Woodstock, www.colonywoodstock.com

day, February 8. Fronted by the irresistible singer/songwriter Nee Nee Rushie, the Big Takeover combines a deep reggae groove with a Motowninspired pop sensibility and subtle and sophisticated horn-powered arrangements. There is no cover at the Falcon, but generous donation is strongly encouraged. Big Takeover Friday, Feb. 8 8 p.m. The Falcon 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro www.liveatthefalcon.com

Bobby Sanabria to headline Hudson Jazz Festival at Hudson Hall

Hudson Jazz Festival Feb. 15-17 Hudson Hall, Hudson Opera House 327 Warren St., Hudson https://hudsonhall.org/hudson-jazzfestival-2019

Matthew Perryman Jones to play Murray’s in Tivoli It is great to see Murray’s in Tivoli putting some of that delightful space of theirs to use as a live music venue.

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The 2019 Hudson Jazz Festival kicks off with an evening of Latin Jazz by seven-time Grammy-nominated drummer/percussionist, Bobby Sanabria and his Quarteto Aché on February 15. This is just a first in a dazzling weekend of shows and events,

Live Music at The Falcon The region’s premier reggae and global pop band the Big Takeover returns to the stage at the Falcon on Fri-

including a jazz piano summit, a film about the Modern Jazz Quartet and performances by Amir Elsaffar and Two Rivers Ensemble and Fearless Masters featuring David Liebman, Jay Anderson, Jay Clayton and Armen Donelian, who is the festival’s curator. Weekend passes and individual tickets are available. For a full lineup and schedule, visit the website.

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The Bardavon just announced a summer performance by the popular Los Angeles progressive folk band Lord Huron at the Hutton Brickyards in Kingston on July 18. Fronted by Michigan native Ben Schneider, Lord Huron found success with their 2014 record Strange Tails. Their reach was considerably expanded by a key placement in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why. Lord Huron will be joined on the bill by the Nashville rock band Bully, featuring Alicia Bognanno. Tickets are on sale now and cost $39/$49, including parking. Lord Huron Thursday, Jul. 18, 7:30 p.m. Hutton Brickyards 200 North St. Kingston www.bardavon.org

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BOOKS Time to panic? Bob Berman’s new book, Earth-Shattering: Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns and Other Hazards to Life in Our Universe

ob Berman’s latest book plays right into the shockand-awe, End Times and catastrophe zeitgeist. Just take a second – or a minute as the case may be – to pronounce its full title in your mind’s mouth: Earth-Shattering: Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns and Other Hazards to Life in Our Universe. First guess: Berman has been studying the titular arts with Fiona Apple in Los Angeles. The sensationalism of the book’s full title, is predictably, a bit of a red herring and a trick. By its end, one of Earth-Shattering’s most pointed theses has to do with the counterproductivity of alarmism, sensationalism and mediainflated hysteria as impediments to the progress of real science and sciencebased problem-solving. Still, can Berman be blamed for leveraging the ambient panic of modern life to help him move a few units in the name of science and a better-educated, more hysteriaresistant populace? Eight books and thousands of columns

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and broadcast pieces into his career as one of our most approachable big-game science storytellers, Bob Berman’s voice is comfortable, natural in its element, easygoing and not above an occasional Borscht Belt wisecrack and rimshot. Over his long career, the seasoned astronomer and science explainer has developed a multifaceted narrative mode that is entirely his own and deceptively complex. He wields it with an unassuming, conversational grace, as if he were speaking about bonsai to some Rotarians. Meanwhile, under the unstressed surface of his prose, the author deals with mighty design and linguistic challenges: the efficient reduction and delivery of large bodies of requisite technical knowledge (including s c i e n c e ’ s unavoidable math); the bold challenge of making uncompromised cosmic and particle truth appreciable, palpable in the imaginations of nonspecialists; and the ongoing burden of relevance – connecting the vastness of scientific knowledge, from ancient to quantum, to our lives, experiences and perceptions. Look, at any given moment in a Bob Berman book, the author might be requiring you to adopt new and queasy ways of thinking about the nature of space, tasking your imagination with inconceivable vastness and smallness in the same sentence, presenting a spaceerasing (and proven!) concept like entanglement without making you fall off your chair or holding your virtual hand as you visualize the trillions of neutrinos currently passing through your body as if there were nothing there, and – Berman with half his mind always on quantum paradox – maybe there’s not! Berman’s truth is often genuinely upsetting, disorienting, a real challenge to your daily frame. There’s no need for

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THE SEASONED ASTRONOMER and science explainer has developed a multifaceted narrative mode that is entirely his own and deceptively complex. He wields it with an unassuming, conversational grace, as if he were speaking about bonsai to some Rotarians.

his prose to add to the burden of stress. The folksiness in his style is just one of the ways in which the author manages the healthy existential crises that he so routinely induces in his readership. In EarthShattering, as in his entire oeuvre, Berman’s typical narrative texture blends (expertly) reductive science with his impressive feel for particle-eye perspective and the concrete reality of vast cosmic action. He maintains a constant lookout for “and this is why…” practical applications, though they are less frequent in EarthShattering than in Zapped, his recent book on the subject of invisible light. Finally, historical narrative is always part of his tapestry, and in two ways: First, like any good writer of popular science, Berman gives homage where it is due. An appealing if secondary strand in all of his books might be called “the lives of the great scientists”: thumbnail and generally sympathetic characterizations and micro-biographies. More essential to his purpose, however, is the way Berman continually reminds us of the historical, cognitive, philosophical and cultural conditions into which these revelations dropped, highlighting the disruptive and destabilizing power of scientific discovery. The first and longest section of Earth-Shattering contains the book’s purest science and purest poetry, moving from the Big Bang through supernovas and galactic collisions all the way to cutting-edge astrophysical theory. Taken as a whole, there is something lyrical and lofty about Section One and its literally suprahuman scope. One leaves a Berman chapter feeling paradoxically tiny and ennobled, more connected, implicated and part of literally everything: the big story. In some ways, this writing is not for agoraphobes. Berman takes great pains to establish and reestablish perspective. He is always constructing and tweaking a relative context in which to appreciate inconceivable size, mass, speed, heat and brilliance, the lengths of time and reaches of space that set the stage of his narrative. It can be hard to get back to your daily concerns when you have been wearing your universe head for a couple of hours. After a few pre-human earthly episodes, including the sad and sudden departure of the dinosaurs, Berman catches up with human history for most of Section Two and all of Section Three: plague, flu, world war and nukes, all the way to climate crisis and the inevitable doom of our solar system. No spoilers, but here we find our author a little politicized,

One leaves a Berman chapter feeling paradoxically tiny and ennobled, more connected, implicated and part of literally everything: the big story.

hackles slightly elevated as he tackles the cataclysms that weren’t and decries the deleterious effects of hysteria and bad pop science. He never loses his cool, however, or his primary purpose. Even so, one of the unavoidable takeaways of Berman’s wonderful and colorful treatment of time and space’s greatest disasters is that, on the whole, we all need to chill out. – John Burdick

Alt-Valentine’s Day Readings at Rough Draft

Rough Draft, the ultra-cool bookstore, bar and event space in Kingston, provides exactly the kind of irreverent and thoughtful Valentine’s Day celebration/interrogation that one would expect from it with a themed multi-author reading on Sunday, February 10. Love and Heartbreak: An Evening of Alt-Valentine’s Day Readings features fiction and memoir about the rough-and-tumble of finding love, feeling love, losing love and keeping love. The featured readers include a number of the region’s most respected and nationally recognized fiction and nonfiction voices: Jana Martin, Nina Shengold, Robert Burke Warren, Beverly Donofrio and essayist and Journalism professor Lisa Phillips, whose latest book is right on topic: Unrequited: The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Romantic Obsession. Alt-Valentine’s Day Readings Sunday, Feb. 10, 5 p.m. Rough Draft, 82 John St., Kingston (845) 802-0027 www.roughdraftny.com

Timing is key Dr. Michael Crupain to read from What to Eat When at Oblong in Rhinebeck this Saturday

The medical director on The Dr. Oz Show, Dr. Michael Crupain, MD, started out doing his postgraduate training in neurosurgery, but found himself drawn to preventive medicine and ended up pursuing a Master’s in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He subsequently worked at director of food safety testing at Consumer Reports, investigating such health hazards as arsenic in rice and antibioticresistant bacteria in meats. His gig on Dr. Oz has helped him appreciate even more “the power to inspire healthy behavioral change on a large scale” afforded by mass media exposure, so the

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natural next step was to write a book. Dr. Crupain believes that circadian rhythms have an important influence on healthy eating, and he expounds on this premise in What to Eat When: A Strategic Plan to Improve Your Health and Life through Food. The food choices you make each day – and when you make them – can affect your health, your energy, your sex life, your waistline, your attitude and the way you age, according to Crupain. The TV health guru will be making a stop on his book tour on Saturday, February 9 at 4 p.m. at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck. Admission to his presentation is free, but attendees are requested to RSVP at https://bit.ly/2HR03O3. Signed copies of What to Eat When will be available for purchase, and can be preordered at https://bit.ly/2WsbFKi. What to Eat When reading, Saturday, Feb. 9, 4 p.m., Free, Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St., Rhinebeck, https://bit.ly/2HR03O3

Kiese Laymon to read from Heavy at Murray’s in Tivoli

eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. Heavy is a “gorgeous, gutting…generous” (The New York Times) memoir that combines personal stories with piercing intellect to reflect both on the strife of American society and on Laymon’s experiences with abuse. By attempting to name secrets and lies that he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, he asks us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to love responsibly, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free. Tickets cost $17, which includes a paperback copy of Heavy. Kiese Laymon reading Thursday, Mar. 7 6 p.m. Upstairs at Murray’s 73 Broadway Tivoli http://murraystivoli.com

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he wobble in my voice is new. I sound shaky, frail. I have never heard this sound out of my mouth before. Does Beyoncé ever wake up like this? The next day, after increasingly desperate panting, I learn the term “air hunger.” Hospice arranges a delivery of oxygen. Me: “Um, I don’t know what size I need. Do you have a variety pack?” I am suddenly coughing through my food, and especially drinks – like some of the flaps aren’t sealing properly. I rely on straws to prevent me from choking. My appetite nosedives, but my body makes the most of it: craves fresh produce or bone broth rather than pasta or spoonfuls of chocolate chip cookie dough. Breathing becomes increasingly labored. We increase the air flow from 0 to 4. Such heavy equipment to process air. Personally, I appreciate that “canula” integrates seamlessly into our daily dialogue, as in, “CANU-la believe it?” or “Aren’t you my sweeeeeeeeeeet canula?” Random numbness. Urgent pee jags. Teeth that feel like they’re loosening into Shrek formation. Is this it, I wonder? Oxygen by Mary Oliver

Oblong Books & Music presents author Kiese Laymon reading from Heavy: An American Memoir, winner of the 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction, on Thursday, March 7 at Murray’s in Tivoli. Laymon writes

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to quietude, or maybe gratitude, as it feeds as we all do, as we must, upon the invisible gift: our purest, sweet necessity: the air. Head On and Heart Strong! Love, Erica Kids’ Almanac columnist Erica Chase-Salerno was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer in the Summer of 2015. To read more about her experience, visit https://hudsonvalleyone.com/tag/ericas-cancer-journey.

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Stone Soup A healthy eating haven & catering company in Midtown Kingston

ou know the story: Stingy villagers are tricked into sharing ingredients with a stranger (or a tramp or a monk or a wily pilgrim, depending in which country the traditional tale is told) who says he’s making “stone soup” that just needs a bit of this or that to be perfectly delicious. Soon everyone is adding to the soup. In the end the pot is full, and they all feast on it (minus the stone, of course). In Kingston, Gwenn Sorensen and Steve Lewis have been cooking for the locals for ten years at Stone Soup Food Company. Little trickery is involved, however, unless unobtrusively getting people to eat wholesome home-cooked foods – thereby being nourished into good health and well-being without them even realizing it – is what’s up the couple’s culinary sleeves. Situated amidst a string of eateries old and new, the Midtown establishment is known for its downto-Earth delicious soups, salads, sandwiches, mac-and-cheese (some say it’s the best around), roasted and grilled veggies, fish and meat specials and quiches. Oh, and the sweet stuff, all done in-house and dangerously irresistible. What’s more, CIA-trained Steve and his partner, Gwenn, cater like crazy. They’ve managed events for multitudes, including the manufacturing of decorated cakes that just beg to be cut into and devoured. Like I said: dangerous. On their so-called day off, after prepping and delivering food to one event and waiting to send a couple of those cakes out the door, they sat and told me their story. “We are in the middle of the workingpersons’ district, with the school, the hospital employees and so on, who tend to want to eat out a lot but are also very budget-conscious. When we first opened, people didn’t appreciate the fact that we make everything from scratch. So they balked when we charged $2.95 for a cup of soup. People weren’t used to real foods. We had to watch our price point, and we didn’t make much money.” But they made it through, she says, and never lost faith. “You’ve gotta keep going, and here we are. I’ve always cooked – for about 40 years now. Steve was a chef for years, and then went to work for Sysco Food Company as a chef/consultant. Now we have six employees. We’re steady; I wouldn’t say business is booming, but it’s steady. The resurgence of new places gives us competition. But we do all right with the catering.” He says, “Our walk-in trade we really appreciate, but that extra catering trade is how we get paid. Our walk-in trade is how we pay everybody else.” Sorensen and Lewis do a lot of luncheon and wedding catering, with regular clientele such as Temple Emmanuel (“We do their Passover every year”) and Chamber of Commerce mixers and local church events. “The Methodist Church uptown asked us to do a convention for people who came in from all over the country; they wanted us to do gluten-free macaroni and cheese, one soup, some wraps and dessert platters for 350 people. I said, ‘Sure, why not?’” These clients discovered Stone Soup when a group of regulars who’ve been playing water polo at the Y for the best part of 20 years recommended them. “During the nice weather, they sit outside and eat breakfast after their thing at the Y.” Like other longtime businesses in town, they support worthy causes and donate their services when they can. The crowded kitchen is well-organized to produce this constant flow of fresh food. In one area, Sorensen bakes. Her shadow cake, alternating layers of chocolate and vanilla cake with chocolate mousse and vanilla crème in between, is famous. One refrigerator holds these rich temptations. One wall out front is covered in

“I wouldn’t say we’re ‘cutting-edge.’ We’re not gluing things together with scallop enzymes. But we make honest, good food”

gem that ought to be studied frame-byframe by anyone pursuing a career in cinema. From its opening sequence – an exploration of the ruins of a bombedout church in rural Poland in the late 1940s – this is a movie that’s all about cinematography as art. Every shot is framed and lit with exquisite care. When the camera lingers on the faces of lovers lying side-by-side in a field, it’s dancing over their facial planes rather than their complexions. Of course, this being a story populated exclusively by pasty-faced Poles, until one of the leads eventually makes it to Paris to play jazz in nightclubs where actual people of color can be found, relative skin tones aren’t of much interest here, with one brief exception: A female dancer is criticized as “too dark” to represent Polish national identity by a skeevy promoter (Borys Szyc) likely to be harboring anti-Semitism left over from the war. Even in a scene that in another movie would be a riot of color – a shot of a wardrobe mistress pawing through a rack of ornate folkdance costumes – Pawlikowski and his cinematographer Łukasz Zal use pattern rather than hue to evoke the tension and concentration of backstage bustle. It all works gorgeously

well as low-calorie eye candy. The lead actors, Joanna Kulig as Zula and Tomasz Kot as Wiktor, are both very strong as a couple passionately in love but parted by the winds of political change. When we first meet Wiktor, shortly after the war’s end, he’s a pianist who, along with his colleague Irena (Ida star Agata Kulesza), is combing the Polish countryside and small villages to make field recordings of traditional music. In the process they recruit hundreds of young Poles to audition for a new music and dance school that they’re establishing in a dilapidated, abandoned country manor, with government support. Among the candidates to join their folkloric troupe is Zula, a girl who stands out more for her bold demeanor and stage presence than for her vocal chops. In short order, Wiktor falls for Zula, and learns that she is on probation, having nearly killed her father after he tried to rape her. Her vulnerable legal status becomes a hindrance to Wiktor’s dreams of fleeing the country together, motivated by ever-mounting government pressure on the troupe to become a Communist Party mouthpiece instead of exclusively performing authentic traditional songs and dances. As the company’s

During the warm months, people can eat outside at Stone Soup on Broadway in Kingston. It's right across from the crenulated Andy Murphy Midtown Neighborhood Center.

autographed photos of famous people who have played at UPAC. Lewis says, “Only a couple have actually been in this place. We go there to feed them when they’re on location to do their show. We enjoy pleasing people. I wouldn’t say we’re ‘cutting-edge.’ We’re not gluing things together with scallop enzymes. But we make honest, good food, as natural as we can, and still make it be affordable. We start with real food, whole food. Do we use canned black beans and tomatoes? Sure we do. But we have a walk-in full of vegetables and real meats.” “I’ve always said that great chefs are illusionists,” says Lewis. “We are able to take relatively understandable stuff and not only make it taste great, but assemble it in the way that increases One of Gwenn Sorensen’s creations its value.” “Your desire for it, the eye appeal and texture,” Sorensen chimes in. “Everything has its own design – not only the flavor profile, but the design. I think both of us try to do that.” He says, “She’s more the artist. I cook quite a bit of food here, but she can orchestrate it from there.” At Stone Soup, there’s something for everybody: vegan, meat and potatoes, whatever. “I would like people to know that we are as complicated or as simple as they are looking for and everything in between. We try to cover that whole range of dietary restrictions,” says Sorensen. “For our desserts, we use only local dairy products and real, unsalted butter and Belgian chocolate and fresh strawberries and raspberries. Our eggs are sourced locally. We walk the middle line. People trust us.” Lewis wraps it up: “I want people to know that it’s a privilege to serve the public and garner that trust. We work every day to hit that mark. We realize that fewer Americans cook on a regular basis. There’s a certain pity to that, but we want to fill in, whether they’re taking it home or coming here for lunch with a friend. It’s a real privilege to do that.” – Ann Hutton Stone Soup Food Company, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., 470 Broadway, Kingston; (845) 340-0470, www.stonesoupfoodcompany.com.

performances become slicker (and add more odes to Stalin to their repertoire), they are invited to tour outside Poland, affording tantalizing opportunities for Wiktor and Zula to make their escape. In Berlin they have their Rick-waitingfor-Elsa-in-the-train-station moment, and the tale jumps years forward in time before their paths cross again. When they do, it’s still…complicated, for character reasons, tainted by lingering homesickness on Zula’s part, her difficulty in adapting to Wiktor’s cosmopolitan new turf. They can’t stay apart, but they can’t

seem to stay together either. Cold War is suffused with sardonic romanticism reminiscent of the French New Wave, and there are no starry-eyed happy endings here. As a story, Cold War breaks no new ground. Come instead for the thrilling music and dance, for the acting, the sense of time and place and political ferment, and most of all for the damn-nearperfect visuals. Even amidst formidable competition, a Best Cinematography prize would not be unwarranted here. – Frances Marion Platt

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Christine Kurlander helps her daughter Daphne lace up at the ice rink in Tivoli last week.

Tivoli on ice Not-for-profit opens pop-up community skating rink

ivoli resident Christine Kurlander tightens the bindings on her son Jack’s shiny skates. Her younger daughter, Daphne, scoots around on the ice with tentative determination. The sun is out, but the afternoon air is chilly enough to keep the ice from melting, so if kids fall down, they won’t get wet. In fact, a couple of little boys are lounging against snow piled up along the rink’s sides, seemingly without a care in the world. A red ball light tops the wooden centerpiece. This and lights dangling all around will be turned on at sundown to give the whole scene a bit of magic. It is magical, this pop-up ice rink built in the park on Pine Street, between the Tivoli Community Garden and the water tower. You crunch across the snowy path to a bench on the sidelines where no one is “in charge.” You’ve brought your own skates. There’s no skate rental, no entry fee, no vendor snack bar. You think you’re back in the 1950s, when kids were free to

and confident individuals.” Opened to the public on January 20, the rink will be in situ until the end of March, if the weather holds. “We’ve been working on the project since September,” says Jennifer Ryan, CEO of Greater Good. “It was actually envisioned and rendered several years ago, but the idea to have an ice rink was shelved. Recently, we decided to get a pop-up going to engage interest in a more permanent project. That’s when Greater Good founder Robert George said, ‘I have renderings I did for a temporary ice rink in Tivoli!’ We approached the mayor, Joel Griffith, and the board. It’s been great working with them, and it’s great for the village.” To prepare for the rink, locals dug up the sod and erected a wooden frame to contain the water. “We like to create spaces and venues and events that help bring people together for shared experiences. All costs for the ice rink have been shouldered by the organization, thanks to significant donations by Hotel Tivoli and Corner Restaurant, Dutchess Creamery, Williams Lumber, Migliorelli Farm and many others. A lot of Tivoli businesses close for a month or so in winter, so this is an opportunity for economic development for the village. We’ll offer some special programming: performances, classes. We’re still fundraising in order to restore the location after the season. Then hopefully we’ll reuse the kit next year.” But for now, the light posts surrounding the perimeter are hung with shovels for impromptu snow removal by anyone who’s willing to do it. Although a lot of organization, volunteer work and monetary contribution has gone into creating the rink just this year, Tivoli on Ice looks like it has always been here – maybe even since the 1950s. Grab your skates and come check it out. – Ann Hutton Tivoli on Ice, daily (weather permitting) until 9 p.m., Pine Street, Village of Tivoli; (845) 758-4088, www.facebook.com/ greatergoodny, https://ggdynamics.org.

Ice skate swap on Friday night at Tivoli library

wander down to the local pond or frozenover tennis court to skate and play on their own – until, that is, you see a parent pull out their cellphone to shoot a few pictures. A demonstration of communal teamwork, this first-year endeavor fulfills Greater Good Dynamic’s mission to “nurture collaborations and connections

between people and their environments.” The not-for-profit organization’s website boasts work that is “intergenerational with an emphasis on children. Arts, culture and recreation are essential for building community, nurturing health and wellbeing and providing opportunities for children to be engaged, self-motivated

There will be an ice skate swap this Friday, February 8, at the Tivoli Free Library from 6-7 p.m. Bring your unwanted-but-in-good-condition figure or hockey skates and swap them with someone else. There will be free hot cocoa and treats served at this East Room event. The library is located at 86 Broadway in Tivoli. For more information, call (845) 757-3771.

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“Photowork 2019” Saturday, Feb. 9, 3-6 p.m. Barrett Art Center 55 Noxon St., Poughkeepsie (845) 471-2550 www.barrettartcenter.org

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o mark its 100th anniversary, the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM) will tip its hat to supporters in its host community, non-artists included, by kicking off a yearlong series of centennial celebrations with a new exhibition employing a very unorthodox approach to curation: “community-sourced” by local citizens instead of chosen exclusively by art experts. Twenty or so business owners, artists, scholars, politicians, musicians and other luminaries were invited to select their favorite works from among the 2,200+ objects in WAAM’s Permanent Collection. Revealing diverse tastes and offering a fascinating look into the unique selections that come from the eye of the beholder, “Arbitrary History: The People’s Choice” will open in the Phoebe and Belmont Towbin Wing on Saturday, February 2 and continue through Sunday, May 5. The opening reception will take place on Saturday, February 9 from 4 to 6 p.m. It is free and open to the public. “Arbitrary History” may also be viewed during regular museum hours: from noon to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and from noon to 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. To learn more, call (845) 679-2940 or visit www. woodstockart.org.

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SUNY-Ulster presents an exhibit of Chris Victor’s “Hammer Dance” at the Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery throughout February, with an opening reception on February 8. A visual artist working primarily in repurposed and commonly available materials, Victor has created for this exhibition a body of abstract wall-based works inspired by his desire to return to painting. The goal, Victor said, is “to create works which are completely open about their own process of becoming.” Chris Victor’s “Hammer Dance” Friday, Feb. 8 5 p.m. Muroff-Kotler Visual Arts Gallery SUNY Ulster 491 Cottekill Rd. Stone Ridge (845) 687-5113

Angela Dufresne exhibition opens this Saturday at the Dorsky The Dorsky Museum at SUNY-New Paltz presents “Just My Type: Angela Dufresne,” an exhibition of intimate and rarely exhibited portraits by the Brooklyn-based artist, whose work depicts communities of phantasmagoric beings that challenge our understanding of what makes a type. Angela Dufresne (b. 1969) is associate professor of Painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. She has exhibited widely across the US, including at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California; PS1 Contemporary Art Center and the National Academy of Arts and Letters in New York; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas

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8am-9am Woodstock Senior Senior Feel Good Aerobics with Diane Collelo. Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 9:30am-10:30am Woodstock 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. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10am-2pm Inducing Your Athena-Writing Workshop with Alex Smith. Develop your film, novel, or novella idea with writer/director Alex Smith. Build a synopsis, treatment, and outline. 4-day workshop. 36 Tinker St. Woodstock NY 12498, 36 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-6792079, derin@woodstockguild.org, https://bit. ly/2SSL075. $230 for members/$250 for nonmembers. 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. Cost varies. 11am-12pm Woodstock Senior Level One (Moderate) Yoga with Susan Blacker. Centering, warm-ups, posture flow, relaxation and meditation. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 12pm-1pm Noon Time Flow. A midday vinyasa flow yoga class that links breath with movement with special emphasis on alignment and creative sequencing. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. (rt. 299), New Paltz. Info: 845-255-8212, contact@thelivingseed.com, www.thelivingseed.com. class cards and packages apply. 12pm-2pm Winter Book Sale 2019. Great Books at Great Prices! Single items start at $0.25, to the “fill your bag” deal for $10. You’re sure to find something you’ll like! Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library, 56-58 Main St, Milton. http://miltonlib. org/. 12:15pm Fine Arts Recitals. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street, Kingston. 12:30pm-6pm Expert Tarot Readings with Sylvia Forni. Walk-ins warmly welcome or call ahead for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $50/1 hour, $30/30 minutes. 1pm Kerhonkson - Accord Seniors Meeting. Meets on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month. Activities, games, parties, & movies. Info: 845-626-8213. Accord Firehouse, Main Street, Accord. 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. Ongoing every Thursday. Red Hook Community Center, 59 Fisk St, Red Hook. 1pm-4pm Woodstock Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. The Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Rescue Squad, 222 Tinker St, Woodstock. 3pm-5pm Modfest 2019. Festival runs through 2/10/19. Vassar’s annual arts festival, explores movement in the arts and celebrates 17th year by expanding the festival to off-campus locations. For details, more information, specific events, dates, and times log onto: music.vassar.edu. Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845-437-5370. 3pm-6pm Heavenly Soups To Go. $4.50 per pint & a roll. Info:845-331-7099. United Reformed Church of Bloomington, 11 Church St, Bloomington. 3pm Dungeons & Dragons. Meets every Thursday at 3pm. Info: 845-246-4317. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 3:30pm-4pm Free Step Class. A high energy class. Ongoing. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 3:30pm-6:30pm Free Math Tutoring. Algebra, Geometry, Precalculus, Trigonometry, and SAT/ ACT Prep. Call to sign up 845-255-1255. Meets every Thursday at 3:30pm. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. www.MathTutoringwithMisha.com. Free. 4pm-5pm Fitness Hour. Drop in for a workout

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he Women’s Studio Workshop was founded in Rosendale in the 1970s by four women who felt cut out of the mainstream art scene. It was a pioneering and highly successful effort to provide a nurturing space for female artists to make and show their work. Now internationally recognized as a creative hotbed for paper arts, printmaking and ceramics in particular, WSW’s workshops and internships draw serious young art students from far and wide. But have you ever actually been there? WSW’s campus – two restored historic buildings in Binnewater associated with the Rosendale cement-mining industry, located right across from the entrance to the Williams Lake Resort – is open to visitors, and often hosts an exhibition or other public event. But its big fundraisers, like the annual Chili Bowl Fiesta that will return on February 23, happen off-campus, because the place where the art gets made just doesn’t afford enough square footage for gatherings. Happily, that’s about to change. WSW has been awarded a $70,000 Mid-Size Capital Facilities grant via the New York State Council on the Arts, the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) and the Arts and Cultural Facilities Improvement Program. The state funding will be used to construct a public Terrace and Outdoor Exhibition Space linking the two buildings. The Wallkill Valley Rail Trail – a magnet for active outdoor tourism – passes right by the campus, so this space for viewing art, hosting public gatherings and displaying site-specific commissioned works will connect the arts organization with visitors in dynamic new ways. “WSW is always aiming to produce programs that meet at the intersection of art and community,” says managing director Rachel Myers. “Through the Terrace Project, we’ll be able to provide artists with more opportunities in the form of public art commissions, and invite the public to join us on-campus for events that bring together our international and regional artist communities.” Construction is projected to take place between April and June of 2019, and will provide an additional ADAcompliant exhibition space: a natural extension of WSW’s mission and work in supporting artists through artistic development, exhibition and community-building opportunities. To learn more about this new cultural and tourist resource, plus much more about WSW’s history and programs, visit https:// wsworkshop.org. – Frances Marion Platt

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reduce the anxiety and stress. Admission is free, donations appreciated. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St.(Route 209), Stone Ridge. Info: info@rvhhc.org, www.rvhhc.org. 7pm-8:30pm Warm Up With Chili, Cider and Heat Pumps. Free and friendly workshop on new heat pump technologies for your home & business with Hugo Jule, Lloyd Hamilton & Bill McKnight. Learn what kinds of buildings are best for them, how to shop, finance and maintain heat pumps at this free and friendly forum. Brought to you by New Paltz Climate Action and Sustainable Hudson Valley. Info: 845-514-8567. New Paltz Village Hall, 25 Plattekill AVe., New Paltz. http:// www.sustainhv.org. 7pm-10pm Bistro Dinner Theatre. Cure the Winter Doldrums with bite-size 10-minute comedies by Laura Shaine Cunningham & Mark St. Germain Starring Actors and Writers’ cast. Lydia’s Cafe, 7 Old US 209, Stone Ridge. Info: 845-6876373, mark@lydiasdeli.com, http://lydias-cafe. com. Plays by donation. 7pm-8pm Reader’s Choice Book Club. Discussion The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn. The next book we will read is, Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, www.esopuslibrary.org. 7pm-8pm Gardiner Library Knitting Group. Sit and knit. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-1255, nlane@rcls. org, gardinerlibrary.org.

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premier listings Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Valentine PuppyGram at Ulster County SPCA.  Surprise your sweetheart with a one-of-a-kind gift, a puppygram from the Ulster County SPCA. A loveable shelter dog will arrive with a backpack filled with candy, a card and a stuffed dog for your special someone. Deliveries will only be on Feb. 14 from 9

a.m.-3 p.m. Puppygrams cost $50 with all proceeds coming back to the Ulster County SPCA. There is limited availability, so please call 845-331-5377, ext. 210 to book your puppygram today. .

photos taken in or around New Paltz. Deadline March 29. Submission forms available the Elting Memorial library, 93 Main St, New Paltz. Info: dengeldimauro@eltinglibrary.org; eltinglibrary.org. .

Teen Photo Contest at Elting Library.  Teens in grades 8-12 may submit

Matagiri presents a Retrospective on the Paintings & Sketches of Mirra Alfassa (2/21, 2-3pm). <!--

7pm-9:30pm Geeks Who Drink Weekly Pub Quiz. Rough Draft invites you to its fun-filled weekly trivia series, hosted by Geeks Who Drink and local celebrities Mark & Emily. Rough Draft Bar & Books, 82 John Street, Kingston. https:// bit.ly/2xTr2TX.

1pm-3pm Scrabble Club. Join us for our new Scrabble Club! Bring your extensive vocabulary and your enjoyment for games to our Scrabble events. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@ gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org.

7pm Old Dutch Choir. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street, Kingston.

3pm-6pm Heavenly Soups To Go. $4.50 per pint & a roll. Info:845-331-7099. United Reformed Church of Bloomington, 11 Church St, Bloomington.

7pm Chess Club. Meets every Thursday. Open to all chess players. Chess sets provided. Free admission. Info: 845-256-5600. Woodland Pond, Woodland Pond Circle, New Paltz. 7:30pm Trivia Night @ 2 Way Brewing Company. Put your useless knowledge to the test! Starts @ 7:30pm sharp. Maximum team size - 5 people. Beer prizes! Free admission. 2 Way Brewing Company, 18 West Main Street, Beacon. Info: 845-202-7334, information@2waybrewingcompany.com, https://www.facebook.com/event. 7:30pm Reading and Meditation. Ongoing every Thursday night at 7:30pm. Info: matagiri.org; 845-679-8322. Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center, 1218 Wittenberg Rd, Mt. Tremper. 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. Ongoing. 845-706-2183. Family of Woodstock/Kingston, 39 John St, Kingston. Free, $5 donation welcome. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: Jason Gisser Band. Deep soul, elegant rock. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Main Stage, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@thefalcon.com.

3pm-6pm Hudson River Sloop Clearwaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Open Boat. Free Family Friendly Potluck with Music, Educational Activites, and Deck Tours. Share food, songs, and friendship! 50 Rondount Landing, Kingston, NY, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston, NY. Info: 845-265-8080, sched@ clearwater.org, www.clearwater.org. Donations accepted. 4pm-5:30pm Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Craft Event. Kids of all ages are welcome to participate in cookiedecorating and several other holiday themed craft projects. Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz. Info: 845) 255 - 5030, www. eltinglibrary.org. 5pm-7pm Opening Reception: Hammer Dance. Works by Chris Victor, a visual artist who has created a body of abstract, wall based

wp:paragraph --> The Mother of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram including an exhibit book of reproductions of her art and offer some biographical background. Visitors are welcome to attend a noon meditation followed by a shared vegetarian lunch or come at 2pm for the slide presentation. Regular readings and meditations are held Sunday afternoons at 3pm. Call for further information and directions to 845-679-8322 or email info@matagiri.org. Voluntary donation. Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center,1218 Wittenberg Rd, Mount Tremper. .

works inspired by his desire to return to painting. Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery @SUNY Uslter, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge. Info: 8456875262, dziombas@sunyulster.edu, http:// chrisvictor.com/blog/. 5pm-8pm Winter Open Boats. A free familyfriendly potluck with music, educational activities and deck tours. Share food, songs and friendship! Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston. clearwater.org. 6pm-8pm Kids Movie Night: The Lego Ninjago Movie. Six young ninjas Lloyd, Jay, Kai, Cole, Zane and Nya are tasked with defending their island home, called Ninjago. Rated PG, 101 minutes . Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, www.phoenicialibrary. org. 6pm-8pm Kabbalat Shabbat Services. Friday evening services. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2218, info@wjcshul.org, http://www. wjcshul.org. 6:45pm-8:30pm Children & Teen Ministries. Meets Fridays: 6:45-8:30pm. Class for adults also offered. Info: 845-876-6923 or cdfcirone@ aol.com. Grace Bible Fellowship Church, Rt9 & Rt9G, Rhinebeck.

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.

7pm-9pm Open Mic at the Library! Come hear local talent and enjoy a night of FREE music! To participate, arrive at the library at 6:30 pm to sign up for a slot! Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, www.esopuslibrary.org. 7pm Weekly Senior Citizenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Senior Center, 70 Main St, Napanoch. 8pm-10pm Liana Band and The Star Sisters Tour Kick Off Show. Harmonic Trio, The Star Sisters, will be opening for genre-bending Liana Gabel Band. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-1559, info@ unisonarts.org, https://bit.ly/2MpZ0Dl. $15 General, $12 Seniors / Members, $10 Students. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: Hurley Mountain Highway. 70s AM hits. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Underground, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@thefalcon.com. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: The Big Takeover. Neo Reggae & Ska with Motown Bounce. Opener: Paul River-Bailey & The Forefathers. Info: 845-2367970. The Falcon Main Stage, 1348 Route 9W,

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11:30am-1:30pm Friday Soups are Back! Served Community Style open to ALL at NO COST. New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove Street, New Paltz. Info: 845-419-5063, sharon.jean. roth@gmail.com. 12pm-2pm Winter Book Sale 2019. Great Books at Great Prices! Single items start at $0.25, to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;fill your bagâ&#x20AC;? deal for $10. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re sure to find something youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll like! Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library, 56-58 Main St, Milton. http://miltonlib. org/. 12:05pm-1pm Woodstock Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. A floor work course promoting improvement of balance, coordination, focus, awareness breathing, strength and flexibility. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 12:30pm-6pm Crystal Readings, Tarot Readings and Chakra Attunement every Friday with Owl Medicine Woman Mary Vukovic. Walk-ins warmly welcome or call ahead for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $50/45 minutes, $30/25 minutes.

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Saturday

2/9

12am-11pm The Disco Ball. An evening of Disco, Dancing, Drinks & Dessert! Dance lesson by Jeff Selby, creator of New Style Hustle &music by Bag of Trix. Newburgh’s Historic Green Room, 111 Broadway, Newburgh, NY 12550, Newburgh. https://bit.ly/2RAuhsK. In adavance, 20/person, 35/couple, at door $25/person, $40/couple. 9am-1pm Free Tech Help. Teen tech expert Samantha will help solve your computer quandries. Info: 845-266-5530. Drop-ins welcome. Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Rd, Rhinebeck. 9:30am-10:30am Centering Prayer and Meditation. A receptive method of silent prayer. People of all faiths are welcome and no previous meditation experience is required. St Gregory’s Church, 2578 Route 212, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8800, matthew.stgregorys@gmail.com. free. 9:30am-2:30pm Subzero Heroes Ice Jump to Beneﬁt Alzheimer’s Association. Checkin from 10:30-11:30am. Jump starts at noon. Berean Park, Reservoir Rd, Highland. Info: 800.272.3900, info@alzhudsonvalley.org. 10am-2pm Fly Tying Class at Phoenicia Fish & Game. 3 week class (Saturdays, 10am - 2pm through 2/23/19) to teach basic fly tying skills. Register with Hank Rope at 845-254-5904. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, www.phoenicialibrary.org. 10am-5:30pm Kinship Immersion – Full Day Event. Creating new ways of relating, connecting and belonging; integrating the energies of the divine masculine and feminine. Address provided upon ticket purchase. Info: 845-393-4325; info@ woodstockhealingarts.com. Woodstock Healing Arts, 83 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $395. 10am-3pm Coffee’s Ready with Polly. Weekly baked goodies + good conversation. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill. pinehillcommunitycenter.org. 10am-12pm Shabbat Morning Services. Music filled services and Torah study. Connect to tradition and open your heart. Family’s welcome. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2218, info@ wjcshul.org, wjcshul.org. 10:30am-12:30pm Alleviating Depression. Mood Balancing with Yoga Therapy & Ayurveda. Participants will practice & learn proven methods to move the body, and healthy daily habits. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. (rt. 299), New Paltz. Info: 845-255-8212, contact@thelivingseed.com, www.thelivingseed. com. $40. 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. 11am-4pm 1st Annual Sojourner Truth Life Walk - part of the Black History Month Series. Re-live the life highlights of legendary abolitionist Sojourner Truth as we acknowledge parts of her life including her escape route to freedom. This walk will include brief pitstops along the way and will end with a live in-person reenactment of her famous “Ain’t I A Woman” speech by Deborah Zull. Free Trolley will be available

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at Dietz Stadium for pick-up. Check website for details. Sponsored by AJ Williams-Myers ARL, Rupco, The City of Kingston, MyKingstonKids. Walk starts from Port Ewen to UC Court House. (Free.) Info: MyKingstonKids.com. 11am-12:30pm The Midwinter Hunt: Bears, Stars, and Snow. The first in a series of four seasonal nature walks being led by Justin Wexler through the Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary titled, Everywhere at Home: How Local Native People Once Lived With The Land. Learn all about how local native people lived off the land. These walks identify local flora and fauna and explain their material uses in native culture while also explaining the species and the surrounding ecosystems through Munsee language and folklore. DuBois Fort Visitor Center, 81 Huguenot St, New Paltz. huguenotstreet.org/calendar-ofevents/. $20. 11am-5pm In Celebration: A Recent Gift from the Photography Collection of Marcuse Pfeifer. Presenting 19th- and 20th- century photographs representing some of the leading artists in the history of the medium. Just My Type: Angela Dufresne: Featuring intimate and rarely exhibited portraits pertaining to the study in the topology of the face, as it transforms and morphs, never still long enough to zero in on a fixed “type.” Mohonk Mountain House at 150: Small exhibition of art, photographs, postcards and ephemera related to Mohonk’s 150th anniversary. Exhibits through 7/14/2019. Info: 845-2573844. Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. newpaltz.edu/museum.

(proceeds support Planned Parenthood of the Mid-Hudson Valley.) Info: 845-876-2515; info@ upstatefilms.org. Upstate Films - Rhinebeck, 6415 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck. 12pm-2pm Winter Book Sale 2019. Great Books at Great Prices! Single items start at $0.25, to the “fill your bag” deal for $10. You’re sure to find something you’ll like! Sarah Hull Hallock Free Library, 56-58 Main St, Milton. http://miltonlib. org/. 12:30pm-6:45pm Expert Tarot Readings with Stephanie. Every Saturday at Mirabai. Walk-ins warmly welcome or call ahead for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $30/30 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-3pm Essentials of Beekeeping. Learn about getting started with bee keeping, equipment and tools required, sources of bees for your startup, and answer questions about raising bees. People who are already keeping bees can benefit from coming to participate in this program. Preregistration is required. Info: 845-615-3828. Orange County Arboretum at Thomas Bull Memorial Park, Grove St & 211 NY TRt 416, Montgomery. orangecountynyparks.com. $10. 1pm-2pm Local History Talk with Marylou Stapleton. Lifelong Big Indian resident will talk about the book she’s published Laurels by Laura. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, www.phoenicialibrary.org. 2pm Woodstock Poetry Society and Festival. A Woodstock Second Saturday event featuring guest poets. For info contact Phillip Levine at 845-246-8565 or pprod@mindspring.com. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock. woodstockpoetry.com. 3pm-6pm Heavenly Soups To Go. $4.50 per pint & a roll. Info:845-331-7099. United Reformed Church of Bloomington, 11 Church St, Bloomington. 3pm-5pm Thompson Family Foundation Scholarship Recipients Reception. Opening reception for WSA’s annual Thompson Family Foundation show, featuring works by high school and college scholarship students. Woodstock School of Art, 2470 NY-212, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2388, woodstockschoolofart@gmail. com, https://bit.ly/2QryoSI. 4pm-5:30pm Dr. Michael Crupain - What to Eat When: A Strategic Plan to Improve Your Health and Life Through Food. Crupain Medical Director of The Dr. Oz Show -reveals how the food choices you make each day--and when you make them can affect you. Oblong Books & Music Rhinebeck, 6422 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck. Info: 845-876-0500, events@ oblongbooks, http://bit.ly/2FIElsT.

11am Drop-In Snowshoe Lessons at Sam’s Point Preserve. Every Saturday through March, weather permitting. Designed for people who are beginners, interested in trying snowshoeing as a new winter activity. Snowshoes are available to rent for this program at a discounted rate of $5 per person at the Sam’s Point Visitor Center. Info: 845-647-7989. Sam’s Point Area, Cragsmoor.

5pm-9pm Beacon Second Saturday. A city-wide celebration of the arts held on the second Saturday of every month where galleries and shops stay open until 9pm, most of which are right along Main Street. In addition to displaying art from around the globe, the event often includes free gallery talks, live music, and wine tasting. Beaconarts.org. Downtown Beacon, Main Street, Beacon.

11am-1pm Teen Gaming. Three computers with League of Legends installed. Bring your own laptop. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@ gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org.

6pm-9pm Opening Reception for Ridge & Tower Art Exhibition. Featuring the Shawangunk ridge and Mohonk tower as seen through the eyes of 32 local artists. Roost Studios & Art Gallery, 69 Main St, New Paltz. Info: 845-5687540, Chirp@roostcoop.org, www.roostcoop. org. Free.

11:30am-1:30pm Friendship Bracelet Workshop. Make friendship bracelets for you and your friends! Hosted by Library Clerk, Arobi. For all ages. Contact library to register. Tivoli Free Library, Watts dePeyster Hall, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. Info: 845-757-3771, tivoliprograms@ gmail.com. Free. 12pm-6pm Heart of Winter in Rosendale. Several Main Street businesses in Rosendale will be hosting fun Valentines-themed events and discounts to share with friends, family and neighbors. Festivities kick off with a Local Artist Gift Sale and “Paint Your Heart’s Desire” Valentinedecorating workshop at RosenSpace (12-5 pm, 402 Main Street). A Potter on Main Street will be hosting an open house and free bowl-decorating workshop (1-5 pm, 430 Main Street). At 2 pm, brush up on the Oscar roster at 408 Main Street, with the Rosendale Theatre Collective’s matinee screening of 2019 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films. And to round off the afternoon, check out Rosendale Waxworks and their drop-in “Ember of Sunlight “ lantern-making and poetry workshop. (3-5 pm, 415 Main Street). At sunset, a short candle-lit procession will head from the Waxworks to the Keator Ave Bridge, pausing along the way for brief bonfire & musical interludes at Soiled Doves, 410 Main Street, the Garden House, 4 Hardenburgh Lane, Vision of Tibet, 416 Main Street, Soy Restaurant, 419 Main Street and Nettle And Violet, 446 Main Street. For more information Rosendale Heart of Winter Facebook page or contact RosenSpace (845-8530733/ www.rosenspace.com). 12pm-2pm Be Our Valentine. Experience the joy of fiber arts this Valentine’s Day by making small fabric hearts and enjoying chocolate demos. Free. Info: 518-273-0552; mccauley@artscenteronline. org. The Arts Center of The Capital Region, 265 River St, Troy. 12pm-2pm No Choice Screening & Panel Discussion. Join us for a screening & panel discussion on the history and future of Roe v. Wade in America. $10 suggested donation

6pm-9pm Opening Reception: Zachary Skinner- Troubled Waters. Exhibit addresses the damaging effects of climate change in relation to water, human survival, and the Anthropocene. Gallery hours: Fridays 3-8pm, Saturdays & Sundays 12-6pm. Exhibit displays through 3/3. Info: 845-440-7584; info@baugallery.com. BAU Gallery, 506 Main St, Beacon. baugallery.com. 6pm-9pm Call of the Forest. Highligting conservationist Diana Beresford-Kroeger, journey to the forests of North America. Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham. Info: 518-766-2992, poetapoetus@ taconic.net, www.oldchathamquakers.org. 7pm-9:30pm Dance Theatre of Harlem. See this leading dance institution of unparalleled global acclaim. Special pre-performance featuring the Newburgh Performing Arts Academy and the Army Dance Team at 5pm. Info: 845-938-4159. Eisenhower Hall Theatre, West Point. ikehall. com. 7pm-10pm Teri Roiger Quartet. Vocalist Teri Roiger will be joined by some of the best musicians in the business (Pete Levin, John Menegon, George De Leon.). Lydia’s Cafe, 7 Old US 209, Stone Ridge. Info: 845-687-6373, mark@lydiasdeli.com, lydias-cafe.com. No cover charge but donations are welcome. 7pm-11pm Elks Lounge Dance Night. Get On Up, Get On Down! R&B, Latin, Soul, Disco, Rock & More. Complimentary snacks; full cash bar. Everyone welcome - Singles, couples, friends & strangers. Beacon Elks Lodge, 900 Wolcott Avenue, Beacon. Info: 845-765-0667, rhodaja@ optonline.net, https://bit.ly/2CLkAgW. $10.00.

Feb. 7, 2019 vibrations reduce stress and help restore balance, and align our mind-heart-cosmic connection. With Lea Garnier & Scott Williams. Sage Academy of Sound Energy, 6 Deming Street, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-5650, sagehealingcenter@gmail.com, http://sageacademyofsoundenergy.com. $20 exchange. 7:30pm-9pm Sound the Trumpet! Jazz and the Birth of Hip-Hop. Led by Award–winning trumpeter Keyon Harrold who will paint a picture of today’s hip-hop within the history of jazz. Bard Richard B. Fisher Center, 60 Manor Ave, Annandale. Info: 845-758-7900, fishercenter@bard. edu, https://bit.ly/2t6SIj6. Tickets start at $25. 7:30pm Rock Tavern Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild Coffeehouse: Carolann Solebello. Open mic performances will be available to all. Cost of admission for this event is $6 ($5 for Folk Guild members and seniors). Info: 845-978-5620. Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Rock Tavern, 9 Vance Rd, Rock Tavern. hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org. 7:30pm-10:30pm Slap Shot Comedy. Supporting SYHA Fillies Girls Hockey Team. Headlining the show is local favorite Andy McDermott! For ages 18 & up. Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Saugerties, NY #2574, Rt 32, On the Hill, Saugerties. Info: syhafillieshockey@gmail.com, www.morethanjokes.com. $20. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: The Funk Junkies. Large Ensemble Funk! Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Main Stage, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@thefalcon.com. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: BSKi. Jamiroquai Neo-soul. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Underground, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@ thefalcon.com. 8pm-10pm The Orchestra Now presents “The Romantic Hero” conducted by Leon Botstein. Wagner: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life). Bard Richard B. Fisher Center, 60 Manor Ave, Annandale. https://bit.ly/2KG3l3p. $25-35.

Sunday

2/10

10am-12pm Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Salamander Migration Nature Program. As winter fades, these seldom-seen creatures emerge from hibernation to return to their vernal pools. Meet some of these impressive adventurers and learn how you can volunteer as a citizen scientist with the Department of Environmental Conservation to help salamanders cross the roads. Suggested for adults and families with children over age 5. Admission price includes admission to the Wildlife Education Center. Info: 845-534-5506. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum/Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall. hhnm.org. 10am-2pm Warwick Winter Farmers’ Market. More than a dozen farmers and vendors offer locally & regionally grown, raised and produced foods, beverages and body care items. Info: 845-258-4998, Facebook: Warwick Winter Farmers Market. Warwick Indoor Winter Farmers Market, 115 Liberty Corners Rd, Pine Island. 10am-12pm New Baby New Paltz’s Saturday Social Circle. Meets every Saturday, 10am12pm. Info: 845-255-0624. This group 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. There is time for socialization so you can connect with old friends and get to know new ones. New Baby New Paltz, 264 Main St, New Paltz. 11am-2pm Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon: Murali Coryell. Finest in Blues Rock. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Main Stage, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@thefalcon.com. 11am-3pm Sunday Funday. Open Recreation! Pool Table, Foosball and Ping Pong. Meets every Sunday. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill. pinehillcommunitycenter.org. FREE. 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, bit.ly/2xYW0bq. 12pm-1pm Homeopathy for People and Pets. Learn about this gentle medicine that can activate the body’s healing abilities without harmful side effects. Held in the Meeting Hall. High Woods Reformed Church, 1290 Church Road, Saugerties. free. 12pm-3pm Family of Woodstock’s 8th Annual Chocolate Lovers’ Social. For tickets, more information, to sponsor the event or donate to the auction, please contact Kelly at 845-331-7080. Diamond Mills, 25 S Partition St, Saugerties. 12:30pm-6pm Voyager Tarot Readings and Psychic Readings with Sarvananda. Walk-ins warmly welcome or call ahead for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $50/1 hour, $30/30 minutes.

7pm-8pm Latin Dance for Everyone. Meets every Saturday, 7-8pm.$5/suggested donation. Info: 845-331-5300; LGBTQCenter.org. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston. lgbtqcenter.org.

12:30pm-6pm Astro-Tarot Readings with tarot reader and astrologer Diane Bergmanson. A combination of astrology reading and tarot cards with expert interpretation and guidance. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $50/1 hour, $30/30 minutes.

7pm-8:30pm Crystal Sound Healing. Crystal

1pm Elting Library Scrabble Club Meeting.

Scrabble sets and the Official Scrabble Player’s dictionary are provided. This club is intended for adult players 18 or older. Meets every Sunday, 1pm in a study room of the library. Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz. 1pm-2pm Silent Peace Vigil by Woodstock Women in Black. Village Green/Woodstock, Woodstock. 2pm-4pm Roundtable Discussion - Just My Type: Angela Dufresne. Curator Melissa Ragona, Angela Dufresne, David Humphrey, and Geoffrey Chadsey. Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz. Info: 845-257-3844, sdma@newpaltz. edu, www.newpaltz.edu/museum. 2pm-4pm Ulster County Executive Candidate Forum. Featuring candidates Marc Rider, Pat Ryan, and Pat Strong. 2-hour moderated Q&A, with questions from the audience. Open to to the public. Kingston City Hall, 420 Broadway, Kingston. https://bit.ly/2HM0skN. 2pm-3:30pm Sunday Salons: Evolving Visions and Voices in the Met’s American Wing. Join Dr. Sylvia Yount, Lawrence A. Fleischman Curator in Charge of the American Wing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Info: 518-943-7465; info@ thomascole.org. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring St, Catskill. thomascole.org. $12. 2pm-4:30pm The Bolshoi Ballet’s “La Slyphide”. On the day of his wedding, James is awoken with a kiss from an ethereal winged creature, a Sylph. He then risks all to win her love. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St, Rosendale. Info: 845-658-8989, info@rosendaletheatre.org, www.rosendaletheatre.org. $6 for 12 and under. 2pm-6pm Sunday Jazz. J. Drechsler Quartet/ Septet with special guest artists in concert at 2pm. Daily featured composers and theme based selections. Sign up at 3:30pm to sit in with the band at 4pm. All musical levels given time! Great coffee, baked goods, friendly service, relaxed atmosphere. No worries. No cover! Info: 845-633-8287. Cafeteria Coffeehouse, 58 Main St, New Paltz. 2pm-4pm The Orchestra Now presents “The Romantic Hero” conducted by Leon Botstein. Wagner: Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life). Bard Richard B. Fisher Center, 60 Manor Ave, Annandale. https://bit.ly/2KG3l3p. $25-35. 2pm-3:30pm Meditation, Intention and the Zero Point Field. Learn how to drop down and tune in, helping you focus your unique frequencies and increasing your potential to create positive change. Sage Academy of Sound Energy, 6 Deming Street, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-5650, sagehealingcenter@gmail.com, http://sageacademyofsoundenergy.com. $20 exchange. 3pm-6pm Heavenly Soups To Go. $4.50 per pint & a roll. Info:845-331-7099. United Reformed Church of Bloomington, 11 Church St, Bloomington. 3pm Woodstock Ultimate Disc. A free, casual, co-ed pickup game. Ongoing games - Sundays at 3pm. See WoodstockUltimate.org for details. Athletic Fields, 98 Comeau Drive, Woodstock. http://woodstockultimate.org/. 4pm-9pm Karl Berger : Music Mind Experience. 5 hours of music with Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso, Marilyn Crispell, John Medeski, Steve Gorn, David Gonzalez, Raphael Garritano + guests. $20 contribution suggested. Info: 845-679-8847; musicmind@gmx.com; karlberger123@gmail.com. Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountain View Ave, Woodstock. 4pm-6pm Bob Shaut’s Sax Life - part of the Black History Month Series. Bob Shaut is a common name in the Hudson Valley jazz scene, where he has been spreading his passion for jazz music through performing & educating. Shaut and his group Sax Life will bring the history alive with an afternoon of music written by some of the greatest composers in jazz. Artbar Gallery, 674 Broadway, Kingston. $15. 4pm The Larry Ham Trio. Hudson Valley renowned jazz pianist, Larry Ham, presents an afternoon of jazz standards and original compositions. Info: 845-677-3485; TheMusicAtLyall@ gmail.com. Lyall Memorial Federated Church, 30 Maple Ave, Millbrook. 4pm-8pm Sunday Supper. Remember the good old days when the family gathered around the table every Sunday for dinner? Carry on the tradition with Sunday Supper at Woodnotes Grille. Enjoy house made selections ranging from Prime Rib dinner, seasonal roasts, or chicken and dumplings for $21 per person! Call 845-688-2828 for reservations. The Emerson Resort and Spa, 5340 Rt 28, Mt. Tremper. 4pm-6pm Woodstock Community Drum Circle. Sponsored by Birds of a Feather and Timekeeper Drums. Broadcast - Woodstock 104 at 8pm. All drummers, dancers are welcome. Meets every Sunday, 4-6pm. Admission is free, donations appreciated. At the community center when raining or cold, on the green when warm. Village Green/Woodstock, Woodstock. 5pm-7pm Love & Heartbreak: An Evening of Alt-Valentine’s Readings. An evening of original readings around the themes of love and heartbreak, featuring Lisa Phillips, Beverly Donofrio & Nina Shengold. Rough Draft Bar & Books, 82 John Street, Kingston. Info: 845-802-0027, roughdraftbar@gmail.com, http://roughdraftny. com/events. 5:30pm Second Sunday Supper. Meet and greet other members of the community, dine together. Free and held on the second Sunday of every month. Info: 845-687-9090. Rondout Valley

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United Methodist Church, 25 Schoonmaker Ln, Stone Ridge. 6pm-8pm Classical Guitar Series: David Temple. Featuring guitar music of Spain and Latin America. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. Info: 845-255-1559, info@unisonarts.org, https://bit.ly/2CZ6DMm. 20/adults, 18/srs ,10/students. 6pm-7pm Meditation Session. Meets every Tuesday at 6pm. Free and open to the public. Info: skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake Shambhala Meditation & Retreat Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 7pm Storytelling with Janet Carter. Info: 845-246-5775. Free admission. Inquiring Minds Saugerties Bookstore, 65 Partition Street, Saugerties. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: Eliot Zigmund Quartet. Sizzling Jazz. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Main Stage, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@thefalcon.com.

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9am-10am Gentle Yoga Class. With Kathy Carey! A fun class, lightly paced. $3/class. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill. pinehillcommunitycenter.org. $3. 9am-9:50am Woodstock Senior Fit Dance with Adah Frank. Dance and movement for strength and flexibility. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 9:30am-12pm Weekly Bridge Game. For intermediate level players. Meets weekly on Mondays, 9:30am-12pm and Wednesdays, 1:304pm. For info, contact Neale Tracy at 845-2470094. Saugerties Senior Center, 207 Market St, Saugerties. 9:30am Settled and Serving in Place (Kingston Chapter). A social self-help group for seniors who want to remain in their homes and community. Info: 845-303-9689. Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston. ssipkingston.org. 10am-12pm Woodstock Senior Drama with Edith Lefever. Comets of Woodstock focuses on improvisation, acting exercises, monologues and scenes, and offers public performances. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10:30am-11:30am Gentle Hanna Somatics at The Living Seed. Join Carisa Borrello for Hanna Somatic Education® weekly clinical classes that will teach you to reverse chronic muscle pain. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. (rt. 299), New Paltz. Info: 845-2558212, contact@thelivingseed.com, https://bit. ly/2K8mlZ2. 16 – 18. 12:15pm-1:15pm Senior Strength and Stamina with Linda Sirkin. Low impact aerobics performed with light weights. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 12:30pm-6pm Crystal Readings, Tarot Readings and Chakra Attunement every Monday with Owl Medicine Woman Mary Vukovic. Walk-ins warmly welcome or call ahead for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $50/45 minutes, $30/25 minutes. 1pm-2pm Mamadance. Dance and yoga. Do you want to do something nice for yourself and for your baby together? Bring a baby carrier and wear comfortable clothes. Free. Donation welcome. Info: 845-332-7065. YogaYoga High Falls, 1412 Rt 213, High Falls. yogayogahighfalls.com. 1pm-2pm Needlework Group. Knitters, crocheters, rug hookers & stitchers of all types and beginners welcome. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 2pm-4pm Woodstock Senior Painting with Jennifer Schimmrich. In addition to instructions, art supplies and periodic group exhibitions, the class offers friendship and camaraderie. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 3pm-6pm Heavenly Soups To Go. $4.50 per pint & a roll. Info:845-331-7099. United Reformed Church of Bloomington, 11 Church St, Bloomington. 3:30pm-4:30pm Amateur Guitar Jam. Join this casual gathering of acoustic musicians. Bring your own guitar. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 4pm-5:30pm Girls Inc at Family of New Paltz. For girls ages 13-15 learn how to make Zines. Free. 845-255-7957. Family of New Paltz, 51 N Chestnut St, New Paltz. girlsinc.org. 4pm 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. 28 West Gym, Maverick Rd & Rt 28, Glenford. $12. 4:30pm-5:30pm Fitness Hour. Drop in for a workout on Mondays at 4:30pm & 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. 845-246-4317. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 6:30pm-7:30pm Shamanic Drum Journey Circle with shamanic healer and author Rebecca Singer. Second Monday of every month. In both Lakota tradition and the spiritual beliefs in Siberian Shamanism, the drum is our “messenger between worlds.” Together we will create a circle, a hoop, with a different intention each month to drum on behalf of “All Our Relations.” All levels of experience welcome, no experience necessary. Please bring your own drum if you have one. We will have a few extra drums available for use if you don’t. Arrive early enough to be settled and sitting in circle by 6:30 p.m. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $10. 6:30pm-8:30pm Model Monday. Open Studio Life Drawing. Gesture, long and short poses. time keeper, no instruction, Bring your materials. Donation based. Roost Studios & Art Gallery, 69 Main St, New Paltz. Info: 845-568-7540, Chirp@ roostcoop.org, www.roostcoop.org. 6:30pm Music - Mendelssohn Club Meeting. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street, Kingston. 8:30pm Monday Jazz Sessions: David Torn and Dean Sharp. Welcome back of one of the most electrifying groups ever to perform there: the duo of guitarist David Torn and drummer/percussionist Dean Sharp. David Torn and Dean Sharp will perform as part of Quinn’s long-running Monday jazz sessions, with two sets beginning at 8:30pm. There will be no cover charge but a donation of $10 towards these acclaimed musicians will be requested. Info: 845-202-7447. Quinn’s, 330 Main St., Beacon.

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games, & video games. For grades 7-12. Info: 845-246-4317. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 4pm-6pm Scrabble. Test your vocabulary against your family and friends - all ages welcome. Meets every Tuesday, 4-6pm. Info: 845-246-4317. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 5:30pm-7pm The Half-Life of Freedom: Racism and the Evasion of American History. Jelani Cobb’s lecture. Cobb is this year’s James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor in Journalism. The event, supported by the James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professorship, is free and all are welcome. SUNY New Paltz/Lecture Center 102, New Paltz. newpaltz.edu. 5:30pm-8:30pm Reframing Parenting Training. Free workshop series for adoptive and guardianship parents raising children with adverse childhood experiences or difficult past histories. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street, Kingston. Info: 845-679-9900, info@affcny.org, http://bit. ly/2EeAFye. FREE. 5:30pm-6:30pm 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. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-1255, nlane@rcls.org, https:// bit.ly/2p1Uekl. 6pm-8pm Sip & Write Night with Kingston Writers’ Studio. Writing can be a lonely endeavor! Sip & Write nights allow you to write in the company of others, so you don’t feel isolated. Rough Draft Bar & Books, 82 John Street, Kingston. Info: 845-802-0027, roughdraftbar@gmail. com, roughdraftny.com/events. 6pm-9pm Nubian Cafe Hosted By SB - part of the Black History Month Series. 5 extraordinary African-American women will discuss some of their most important issues that affect women today and beyond. All women are invited. Enjoy this event in a “VIEW” style, cafe like setting. (Free). The Kingston Artist Collective & Cafe, 63 Broadway, Kingston.

9am-10am Free Weekly Community Meditation. On-going on Tuesdays 9-10am. All are welcome for silent sitting and walking meditation. For optional beginner instruction, please arrive 10 minutes early. Drop-in attendance welcome. Cushions, back-jacks, and chairs available. Check website for cancellations: wellnessembodiedcenter.com. Wellness Embodied Community Education Annex, 126 Main St, New Paltz.

6pm-7:30pm Book Launch: Chelsea Streifeneder - “Studio Shape Up: The Keys to Transforming Your Fitness Studio Into a Thriving Business”. Studio Shape Up provides the information you need to make your clients succeed and your studio prosper. Oblong Books & Music Rhinebeck, 6422 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck. Info: 845-876-0500, events@oblongbooks, http://bit.ly/2AN5tU8.

9am-10am Woodstock 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. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

6pm-8pm Beginning Pigs. Registration: tinyurl. com/farmingforbeginners. Info: 845-340-3990; jhg238@cornell.edu. CCEUC Education Center, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston. ulster.cce.cornell.edu.

9:30am The Saugerties Seniors Meeting. Settled and Serving in Place (SSIP) is a social self-help group for seniors who want to remain in their homes and community. Village Diner, Main St, Saugerties. 9:30am Serving and Staying in Place – SSIP/ New Paltz. Regular Tuesday social breakfast meeting for seniors who want to remain in their own home and community. Info: 845-255-0609. Plaza Diner, New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz. 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. 10:30am-11:30am Together Tuesday. Join Janice for story-reading, crafts and play for children - birth through preschool. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, www. phoenicialibrary.org. 12:05pm-1pm Woodstock Senior Basic Pilates (Introductory Level) with Christine Anderson. A floor work course promoting improvement of balance, coordination, focus, awareness breathing, strength and flexibility. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 12:30pm-6pm Intuitive Guidance and Angelic Oracle Readings every Tuesday with Reiki Master MaureenBrennan-Mercier. Walk-ins warmly welcome or call ahead for appointment. $75 for one hour Reiki Healing session. Maureen also offers Reiki I, 2, 3 and Master Level Reiki Attunements and Certification. Inquire with Mirabai for scheduling and rates. Info: 845-6792100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $50/1 hour, $30/30 minutes. 1pm-3:30pm Esopus Artist Group. Ongoing session of art making. Bring your own supplies. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail. com, esopuslibrary.org. 1:30pm-4:30pm Play Bridge. New Paltz Community Center, 3 Veterans Dr /32 North, New Paltz. Free. 2pm-3pm Building Your Family Tree. With Moe Lemire. Learn the tips and tools available to research and build your family tree. Bring a laptop computer if you own one. Free. Info: 845-2545469. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill. pinehillcommunitycenter.org. free. 3pm-6pm Heavenly Soups To Go. $4.50 per pint & a roll. Info:845-331-7099. United Reformed Church of Bloomington, 11 Church St, Bloomington. 3pm Gaming Tuesday. Play board games, card

6:30pm-8pm Life & Death of the Kingston Post Office. A photo presentation and talk by Stephen Blauweiss and Karen Berelowitz telling the intriguing story of the Kingston Post Office. West Hurley Public Library, 42 Clover St, West Hurley. Info: 845-679-6405, mailbox@westhurleylibrary.org, http://westhurleylibrary.org. free. 6:30pm-7:30pm WSW Slide Night. Meets every second Tuesday of the month at 6:30pm. Hear from current artists-in-residence about their work. Free admission. Women’s Studio Workshop, 722 Binnewater Lane, Kingston. Info: 845-658-9133, info@wsworkshop.org, http:// bit.ly/2HLZ9Sj. 6:30pm-8pm The Creative Seed Artist Group. A support group for artists to have a space to develop & share their work in progress- Actors, poets, playwrights & musicians welcome. Every Tuesday. Info: 203-246-5711. By donation. Call ahead. Blue Mountain Co-op Retreat Center, Woodstock. 7pm-9:30pm Planning Seminar Series. Navigating SEQRA and Its Amendments. Registration required. Limited seating - call 845-340-3340 or email mdav@co.ulster.ny.us. Free admission. SUNY Ulster Campus College Lounge - Vanderlyn Hall, 491 Cottekill Rd, Stone Ridge. 7pm-10pm Open Mic Night. Join host Ben Rounds and take your shot at becoming the next

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Catskills Singing Sensation! Woodnotes Grille No Cover. Info: 845-688-2828. Woodnotes Grill - Emerson Resort, Rt 28, Mt. Pleasant. emersonresort.com.

game or bingo for those who wish to participate. New members are welcome. Info: 845-546-0159. Diamond Mills, 25 S Partition St, Saugerties.

7pm-10pm Open Jazz Jam. Hosted by The Poughkeepsie Jazz Project. Info: 845-452-3232. Free,everyone welcome! PA, drums and keyboard provided. The Derby, 96 Main St, Poughkeepsie.

1pm-3pm Pinochle. Card Game every Wednesday! Looking for a 4th player. Anyone interested - email info@pinehillcommunitycenter.org. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill. pinehillcommunitycenter.org. FREE.

7pm-8pm Scrabble Night. Every Tuesday! Bring snacks to share starts 7pm. All welcome. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill. pinehillcommunitycenter.org. free.

1pm-3pm Social Circle. Good conversation! Every Wednesday. Everyone welcome. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill. pinehillcommunitycenter.org.

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7:30am-9am Morning Yoga Practice. Connect to your intention and sacred space with breath work & yoga, Hanna somatic movement, qigong, meditation and relaxation. All levels. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. (rt. 299), New Paltz. Info: 845-255-8212, contact@ thelivingseed.com, https://bit.ly/2K8mlZ2. class cards and packages apply. 9am-10am Woodstock Senior Gentle (chair) 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. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10am Reiki Circle & Sound Healing. Meets the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month. Admission by donation. Info: reikyogachant.com; 203-2465711. Reiki Yoga Chant Healing Arts Center, Stone Ridge. 10:30am-12:30pm Mah Jongg Class. Would you like to learn how to play Mah Jongg? Susan Leiching, will be teaching a total of 3 classes. RSVP: 845-338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, www.esopuslibrary.org. 10:30am-12:30pm Senior Writing Workshop in Woodstock Welcomes New Members. Writers at all levels of experience, beginner to expert, are invited to join the Writers Workshop of the Woodstock Senior Recreation Program. Whether interested in non-fiction, short stories, plays, memoir, or poetry, writers age 55 and above may join the group, which will meet the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 10:30am-12:30pm. The workshop stresses trying out new forms and content in a supportive atmosphere. No fee is required. The workshop is led by experienced writer, editor, and instructor Lew Gardner. For further information: woodstockny.org/content/Parks/View/3. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10:30am-11:30am Woodstock Senior Weights and Bands with Linda Sirkin. Improve muscle tone, protect bones and enhance balance. Fire Co. #1, Route 212. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 12:30pm-4:30pm Expert Tarot Readings with Mallie. Walk-ins warmly welcome or call ahead for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $50/1 hour, $30/30 minutes. 1pm Sawkill Seniors Meeting. Monthly meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 1pm. Meetings begin with a guest speaker and formal format, followed by a raffle, socializing and refreshments. There is also a card

legal notices 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 12401 on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 2:00 PM for Guide Rail, New and Used, #RFB-UC19-022. Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address or on our website at www. ulstercountyny.gov/purchasing Edward Jordan, Ulster County Director of Purchasing 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 12401 on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 2:30 PM for Concrete Bridge Deck Panels, #RFB-UC19-023. Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address or on our website at www. ulstercountyny.gov/purchasing Edward Jordan, Ulster County Director of Purchasing LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO RESPONDERS: Sealed proposals for RFP-UC19-011 Compensation and Classification Analysis will be received on or before Friday, March 8, 2019 at 4:00 PM at the Ulster County Purchasing Department, 244 Fair Street, 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY. Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address or on our website at www. co.ulster.ny.us/purchasing. Ed Jordan, Ulster County Director of Purchasing

1pm Kingston Community Singers Meetup New Members Welcome. Open to all men and women. No auditions necessary. Info: 845-3317715. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street, Kingston. 1:30pm-4pm Weekly Bridge Game. For intermediate level players. Meets weekly on Mondays, 9:30am-12pm and Wednesdays, 1:30-4pm. For info, contact Neale Tracy at 845-247-0094. Saugerties Senior Center, 207 Market St, Saugerties. 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 Senior Center, 70 Main St, Napanoch. 4pm-5:30pm Shoebox Float Workshop. Create a shoebox float for the parade at Elting Library’s Mardi Gras celebration March 3. Bring your own supplies or use ours. Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz. http://www.eltinglibrary.org. 4pm Family Lego. Info: 845-876-4030. Starr Library, 68 West Market St, Rhinebeck. starrlibrary.org. 4:30pm-5:45pm Gentle Therapeutic Yoga. Whether you are new to yoga, have had recent surgery, chronic pain or just need to work gently, Gentle Therapeutic Yoga is for you. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. (rt. 299), New Paltz. Info: 845-255-8212, contact@thelivingseed.com, http://www.thelivingseed.com. class cards and packages apply. 4:30pm-5:30pm Weekly Art Hour. Meets every Wednesday! 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, http://www. phoenicialibrary.org. FREE. 5pm-9pm Wallkill Fire Dept Bingo. Doors/ Kitchen Open at 5pm, selling starts @ 6pm & calling begins @ 7pm. Bingo held every Wednesday Night! Wallkill Fire Dept, 18 Central Ave, Wallkill. min admission. 5pm-6:30pm Hudson Valley LGBTQ’s Community Accupuncture Clinic. Reserve your spot today! Weekly community acupuncture clinic at the Center! The clinic takes place each Wednesday, from 5-6:30PM in a relaxed and low-lit group setting using points on the ears, hands and feet. RSVPs highly suggested, though walk-ins will be welcomed when space is available. Reserve your spot at http://bit.ly/LGBTQacupuncture. $5 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston. 5pm-6pm Youth Scrabble Club. For grades 3-8 .Learn about Scrabble, compete in Scrabble or just play for fun. Meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday every month. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-1255, nlane@ rcls.org, http://bit.ly/2GuwmxE. 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. 5:30pm-7:30pm Prenatal Class. Ongoing on Wednesdays. 845-563-8043 for more info. Mackintosh Community Room, 147 Lake St, Newburgh. 6pm-8pm G. Modele Clarke New Book Launch & Reading - part of the Black History Month Series. G. Modele Clarke’s second book of short stories will jump out at you as people that you know from your church, school or work. (Free). A.J. Williams-Myers African Roots Library, 43 Gill St, Kingston. 6pm-8pm February: 2019 Legislative Priorities (Teach-In Series). You know the issues, now learn about the bills. We’ll talk about the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act. Planned Parenthood Mid-Hudson Valley Administrative Offices, 179 Church Street, Poughkeepsie, NY. https://bit. ly/2HehWps. 6pm Saugerties Writers Club. Do you like to write? Club meets on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday at 6pm. Info: 845-246-4317. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 6:30pm-8pm Ulster County Photography Club. Hearts & Flowers image share. Members are invited to bring in up to 5 images on a flash drive to share and discuss. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, www.esopuslibrary.org. 6:30pm Gurdjieff Study Group. Meets on Wednesdays, 6:30pm in Stone Ridge. For information and directions, respond to Jim by email: gstudygroup@gmail.com. 7pm-8:30pm Kingston Writers’ Studio Readings: Winter Edition. Kingston Writers’ Studio and other writers share 5- to 8-minute readings on winter and other subjects. Free with food or drink. Rough Draft Bar & Books, 82 John Street,

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Kingston. Info: 845-802-0027, roughdraftbar@ gmail.com, roughdraftny.com/events.

12:15pm Fine Arts Recitals. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street, Kingston.

7pm Live @ The Falcon: Jazz Sessions at The Falcon Underground. Sign-Up with Host Doug Weiss. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Underground, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@thefalcon.com.

12:30pm-6pm Expert Tarot Readings with Sylvia Forni from Florence, Italy. Walk-ins warmly welcome or call ahead for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $50/1 hour, $30/30 minutes.

7pm-10pm Trivia Night. Calling all trivia nerds ~ Flex your mental muscles and compete for prizes at our weekly Trivia Night! Play solo or as part of a team while enjoying the regular menu items plus a $10 all you can eat Sliders, Wings, and Fries Buffet. Think of it as “Jeopardy Night“ – Catskills style! Info: 845-688-2828 or emersonresort.com. Woodnotes Grill - Emerson Resort, Rt 28, Mt. Pleasant. emersonresort.com.

1pm-7pm Local Artisan Bakery Valentine’s Day Pop-Up. Local Artisan Bakery will be offering a election of baked goods at Rough Draft on Valentine’s Day from 1 to 7 pm. Pre-order is available. Rough Draft Bar & Books, 82 John Street, Kingston. Info: 845-802-0027, roughdraftbar@ gmail.com, roughdraftny.com/events.

7pm-8:30pm Actors & Musician Creative Seed Support Group. Come share your work in progress! Weds nights 7 - 8:30pm. Admission by donation. Info: reikyogachant.com; 203-2465711. Reiki Yoga Chant Healing Arts Center, Stone Ridge. 7pm Chess Club. Meets every Thursday. Open to all chess players. Chess sets provided. Free admission. Info: 845-256-5600. Woodland Pond, Woodland Pond Circle, New Paltz. 7pm-11pm Chess Night. Free every Wednesday. Players should bring their own boards & pieces. Info: 845-658-9048. Rosendale Cafe, Main St, Rosendale. 7pm-9pm Volleyball Game. 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. 845-6160710. Rondout Municipal Center, 1915 Lucas Ave, Cottekill. $6. 7pm-8:30pm Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism Class. 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. 845-679-5906 for more info. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 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 Heights Clubhouse, 34 Nassau Rd, Poughkeepsie. newyorkerschorus.org. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: Sarazin Blake. True American original - Neo Americana. Opener: Jesse Barki. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Main Stage, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@ thefalcon.com.

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8am-9am Woodstock Senior Senior Feel Good Aerobics with Diane Collelo. Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 9am-3pm Valentine PuppyGram at Ulster County SPCA. Surprise your sweetheart with a one-of-a-kind gift, a puppygram from the Ulster County SPCA. A loveable shelter dog will arrive with a backpack filled with candy, a card and a stuffed dog for your special someone. Deliveries will only be on Feb. 14 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Puppygrams cost $50 with all proceeds coming back to the Ulster County SPCA. There is limited availability, so please call 845-331-5377, ext. 210 to book your puppygram today. Ulster County SPCA, Kingston. ucspca.org. $50. 9:30am-10:30am Woodstock 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. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10am-2pm Inducing Your Athena-Writing Workshop with Alex Smith. Develop your film, novel, or novella idea with writer/director Alex Smith. Build a synopsis, treatment, and outline. 4-day workshop. 36 Tinker St. Woodstock NY 12498, 36 Tinker St, Woodstock. Info: 845-6792079, derin@woodstockguild.org, https://bit. ly/2SSL075. $230 for members/$250 for nonmembers. 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. Cost varies. 11am-12pm Woodstock Senior Level One (Moderate) Yoga with Susan Blacker. Centering, warm-ups, posture flow, relaxation and meditation. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 12pm-1pm Noon Time Flow. A midday vinyasa flow yoga class that links breath with movement with special emphasis on alignment and creative sequencing. The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. (rt. 299), New Paltz. Info: 845-255-8212, contact@thelivingseed.com, www.thelivingseed.com. class cards and packages apply.

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. Ongoing every Thursday. Red Hook Community Center, 59 Fisk St, Red Hook. 1pm-4pm Woodstock Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. The Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Sponsored by Woodstock Senior Recreation and open to Woodstock residents 55 and older. $1 donation. Woodstock Rescue Squad, 222 Tinker St, Woodstock. 3pm Dungeons & Dragons. Meets every Thursday at 3pm. Info: 845-246-4317. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 3:30pm-4pm Free Step Class. A high energy class. Ongoing. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 3:30pm-6:30pm Free Math Tutoring. Algebra, Geometry, Precalculus, Trigonometry, and SAT/ ACT Prep. Call to sign up 845-255-1255. Meets every Thursday at 3:30pm. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. www.MathTutoringwithMisha.com. Free. 4pm-5pm Fitness Hour. Drop in for a workout on Mondays at 4:30pm & 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. 845-246-4317. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. saugertiespubliclibrary.org. 4pm-7pm Free Holistic Healthcare Clinic. Many holistic Practitioners will be volunteering their time monthly to provide services, including: massage, chiropractic, reiki, other energy and body work, acupuncture, craniosacral massage, deep tissue body work and hypnosis. There’s also a prenatal and lactation specialist offering a breastfeeding cafe. Lace Mill, 165 Cornell St, Kingston. healthcareisahumanright.com. 5pm-6:30pm New Paltz Climate Action Coalition Meeting. Meets every Thursday. New Paltz Village Hall, Plattekill Ave, New Paltz. www. newpaltzclimateaction.org. 6pm-7pm Book Club: Everything Here is Beautiful. Book by Mira T. Lee. Join the conversation, all are welcome. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-7811, www.phoenicialibrary.org. 6pm-7:15pm The Mind Illuminated: A Meditiation and Discussion Group. Guided by the author, this group will offer you a set of practical tools and techniques that work across all types of meditation practices. Every Thursday Evening until further notice. Info: 845-393-4325; info@ woodstockhealingarts.com. Woodstock Healing Arts, 83 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $395. 6pm-9pm Bring Your Dude Valentine’s Day Dance - part of the Black History Month Series. The dudes of our community (fathers, uncles, cousins, brothers, etc) will have a chance to spend this very special night with that beautiful young lady in your life. All ages are welcome to bring your dude to this dance and enjoy an evening of food, music, mingling and dancing. Special music performances, buffet, photos and more. Tickets online at BHMK. Info: mykingstonkids.com/bhmk/about-bhmk. Kingston High School, 403 B’way, Cafeteria Admission: Free for kids, $5 for adults. 6pm Wine Night - Thirsty Thursday. Celebrate every Thursday at Woodnotes Grille with the Wine Club! Enjoy 25% off all bottles of wine and special selections from the cellar by the glass. Info: 845-688-2828; emersonresort.com. The Emerson Resort and Spa, 5340 Rt 28, Mt. Tremper. 6:30pm-8pm Free Steps of Meditation. Weekly classes. Learn the fundamentals for an effective meditation experience. Info: 518-589-5000 or peacevillage@bkwsu.org. Peace Village Retreat Center, 54 O’Hara Rd, Haines Falls. bkwsu.org. 7pm-10pm Valentine Dinner with jazz vocalist Patricia Dalton. Valentine’s dinner by firelight with music by Pete Levin on keys & Mark Usvolk on bass. Lydia’s Cafe, 7 Old US 209, Stone Ridge. Info: 845-687-6373, mark@lydiasdeli.com. Prix Fixe dinner. 7pm-9pm Citizen’s Climate Lobby Monthly Meeting. CCL empowers everyday people to work together on climate change solutions. We’re building support in Congress for a national bipartisan bill. Beahive, 291 Main St, Beacon. Info: ccl. shoe@dfgh.net, http://citizensclimatelobby.org. Free. 7pm-8pm Gardiner Library Knitting Group. Sit and knit. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. Info: 845-255-1255, nlane@rcls. org, gardinerlibrary.org. 7pm-9:30pm Geeks Who Drink Weekly Pub

Quiz. Rough Draft invites you to its fun-filled weekly trivia series, hosted by Geeks Who Drink and local celebrities Mark & Emily. Rough Draft Bar & Books, 82 John Street, Kingston. https:// bit.ly/2xTr2TX. 7pm Old Dutch Choir. Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall Street, Kingston. 7pm Chess Club. Meets every Thursday. Open to all chess players. Chess sets provided. Free admission. Info: 845-256-5600. Woodland Pond, Woodland Pond Circle, New Paltz. 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 Trivia Night @ 2 Way Brewing Company. Put your useless knowledge to the test! Starts @ 7:30pm sharp. Maximum team size - 5 people. Beer prizes! Free admission. 2 Way Brewing Company, 18 West Main Street, Beacon. Info: 845-202-7334, information@2waybrewingcompany.com, https://www.facebook.com/event. 7:30pm Reading and Meditation. Ongoing every Thursday night at 7:30pm. Info: matagiri.org; 845-679-8322. Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center, 1218 Wittenberg Rd, Mt. Tremper. 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. Ongoing. 845-706-2183. Family of Woodstock/Kingston, 39 John St, Kingston. Free, $5 donation welcome. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: Aztec Two Step “The Simon & Garfunkel Songbook”. Celebrate the iconic songs and stories of Simon & Garfunkel. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Main Stage, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@thefalcon.com. 8pm-10pm Mind Train Poetry Sessions. Listen or read. Every Thursday. For more information, contact 229greenkill@greenkill.org or 347-6892323. Green Kill, 229 Greenkill Avenue, Kingston. greenkill.org. 8:30pm Bluegrass Clubhouse. Featuring Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, & Geoff Harden. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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eltinglibrary.org. 5pm-6pm 24-Hour Zine Challenge. The 24-hour Zine Challenge is a chance for you to transform any seed of an idea you may have kicking around into a final (printed, folded, stapled) zine. The event will kick off Friday with a zine- making workshop and open studio. There will be plenty of supplies and folks on hand to assist with layout and formatting questions. On Saturday, return to the library to drop off your completed zine for photocopying. Zines will be distributed for the reading on Sunday. Trade what you’ve made! Date: Fri, Feb 15, 2019 - Sun, Feb 17, 2019. Time: Friday: 5-6pm, Saturday: 3-5pm, Sunday: 6:30pm. SUNY New Paltz - Sojourner Truth Library, 300 Hawk Drive, New Paltz, NY. library.newpaltz.edu. 6pm-7:30pm Book Launch: Akiko Busch “How To Disappear: Notes on Invisibility in a Time of Transparency”. Explore the idea of invisibility in nature, art, and science, in search of a more joyful and peaceful way of living in today’s world. Oblong Books & Music Rhinebeck, 6422 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck. Info: 845-876-0500, events@oblongbooks, http://bit. ly/2CoghrU. 6pm-8pm Kabbalat Shabbat Services. Friday evening services. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2218, info@wjcshul.org, http://www. wjcshul.org. 6:30pm-8:30pm Kol Hai Hudson Valley Jewish Renewal Shabbat. Joyful, musical, spiritual, and meditative services open to everyone. Vibrant, heart-centered, and soulful. Every first and third Friday night of the month in the Great Room at the Woodland Pond Health Center. Info: 845-4775457; kolhai.org. Woodland Pond, Woodland Pond Circle, New Paltz. kolhai.org. 6:45pm-8:30pm Children & Teen Ministries. Meets Fridays: 6:45-8:30pm. Class for adults also offered. Info: 845-876-6923 or cdfcirone@ aol.com. Grace Bible Fellowship Church, Rt9 & Rt9G, Rhinebeck. 7pm-8pm Magic Madness. Eight family magic shows featuring Sean The Prankster Magician through 2/23. $5. Windham Civic Centre, 5379 Route 23, Windham. Info: 518.734.4218, WindhamMagic@gmail.com, www.SeanThePrankster. com. 7pm-9pm Square Dancing! Join the Slide Mountain String Band who will be playing live music while Earl Pardini calls out square dance moves! This is a participatory dance event, and Earl will also offer some basic square dance instruction. For all ages. Info: 845-338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@gmail.com, www.esopuslibrary.org. 7pm 23Arts in the Snow III: Brownie Speaks. “Trumpeter of abundant poise” (NYT) Dominick Farinacci leads a quartet in this honoring and exploration of the music of jazz icon Clifford “Brownie” Brown and beyond. This is the first installment in a developing world premiere project leading up to for a full orchestral residency and debut with the Catskill Jazz Factory in 2019. Free admission & all ages. Mountaintop Library, 6093 Main St, Tannersville. 23arts.org/ mountaintop/2019. 7pm Candlelight Concert Series: Magical Night of Love with Peter Samelson. Peter is an illusionist, an entertainer, and philosopher, blending simplicity and sophistication, he provokes thought and inspires wonder. Peter Samelson doesn’t do magic; he helps people to see Magic. Magic happens in your mind! Bring the children! Donation only. Info: 845-246-2867. Reformed Church of Saugerties, 173 Main St, Saugerties. 7pm-10pm Hudson Valley Queer Youth Project presents Teen Night. Meets on the 3rd Friday of each month from 7-10pm. Info: 845-331-5300; LGBTQCenter.org. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston. lgbtqcenter. org. 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 Senior Center, 70 Main St, Napanoch. 7:30pm-9:30pm The Wiz part of the Black History Month Series (1978). Presented by Bardavon. Ease on down the yellow-brick road with The Wiz, starring superstars Diana Ross and Michael Jackson! Relive all of the magic of this beloved musical when Dorothy is whisked away to the enchanting wonderland of Oz, where she encounters the Scarecrow, the Tinman and the Lion. Free admission. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: Lucky Peterson. Featuring Tamara Tramell. Authentic, born-andbred American blues & soul. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon Main Stage, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@thefalcon.com. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: The Reveries. Highenergy “Two-Door Garage Rock.” Info: 845-2367970. The Falcon Underground, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. live@thefalcon.com. 10pm A Celebration of Black Music Dance Party part of the Black History Month Series. Ladies free until 11pm. The night for dance has arrived. Grown & mature come out and celebrate a night of black music from the 70’s to current. Special live broadcast by Hip Hop 101 Radio Show on Radio Kingston! Alebrijes Restaurant, 237 Forest Hill Drive, Kingston. $10.

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President’s Day Family Weekend at Frost Valley YMCA. Cross-country ski trails, ice skating rink, snow tube run, snowshoe trails, ice fishing on Lake Cole, broomball on Reflection Pond and guided nature hikes. Try the climbing gym, archery range and arts and crafts programs. Info: 845-985-2291. frostvalley.org. 9am-1pm Free Tech Help. Teen tech expert Samantha will help solve your computer quandries. Info: 845-266-5530. Drop-ins welcome. Clinton Community Library, 1215 Centre Rd, Rhinebeck. 9:30am-10:30am Centering Prayer and Meditation. A receptive method of silent prayer. People of all faiths are welcome and no previous meditation experience is required. St Gregory’s Church, 2578 Route 212, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-8800, matthew.stgregorys@gmail.com. free. 10am-5pm Greenwood Lake Winter Carnival. Outdoor events and contests going on all day for kids and adults. Snow tubing and ice racing are weather permitting. Food & Drink Vendors. Select Activities may have fees. Food and Beer for Sale. Info. Thomas P. Morahan Waterfront Park, 5 Windermere Ave, Greenwood Lake. 10am-11:30am Hudson Valley Youth Jazz Orchestra: A Jazz Day part of the Black History Month Series. The HV Youth Jazz Orchestra, co-lead by Bob & Dan Shaut, will present a fun, kid-friendly intro to jazz music. It is a great event for both young & not-so-young, and for those who have loved jazz forever or not. (Free). Kingston City Hall, 420 Broadway, Kingston. 10am-2pm Volunteer Fireman’s Hall & Museum. Known locally as “a little gem of a museum.” Weather permitting. Info: 845-3310866. Volunteer Fireman’s Hall & Museum, 265 Fair St, Kingston. kingstonvolunteerfiremensmuseum.weebly.com. 10am-4pm Washington’s Birthday Celebration at the New Windsor Cantonment. See musket firings, military medicine and other Continental Army activities. At 11:00 AM, 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM musket and cannon firings. New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site, 374 Temple Hill Rd, New Windsor. Info: 845-5611765, chad.johnson@parks.ny.gov, http://www. nysparks.com. 10am-2pm Kingston Winter Farmers’ Market. Open every other Saturday, 10am-2pm (except 2/2) through 4/27. Sixteen vendors offering locally-grown and crafted products including vegetables and fruits, meats, dairy, wine and spirits, & body care products. Info: Kingstonfarmersmarket.org. Inside the Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St, Kingston. 10am-3pm Coffee’s Ready with Polly. Weekly baked goodies + good conversation. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill. pinehillcommunitycenter.org. 10am-12pm Shabbat Morning Services. Music filled services and Torah study. Connect to tradition and open your heart. Family’s welcome. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-2218, info@ wjcshul.org, wjcshul.org. 10am-11:30am Generations Shabbat Morning Service. Family-friendly, multi-generational, musical service with singing, sharing, and teaching from the Torah. Kol Hai Hudson Valley Jewish Renewal. All ages and faiths welcome. Every first and third Saturday of the month in the Great Room at the Woodland Pond Health Center. Info: 845-477-5457, hello@kolhai.org. Woodland Pond, Woodland Pond Circle, New Paltz. kolhai.org. 10:30am-12:30pm Percussion from Around the World part of the Black History Month Series. Kingston Library will present Grammy Award winning “Percussion Wizard” Jeff Haynes performing Percussion from Around the World in the 2019 Super Saturdays Performance Series for school age children. Listen to Jeff Haynes play musical instruments from every continent. (Free). Kingston Library, Kingston. 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. 11am Drop-In Snowshoe Lessons at Sam’s Point Preserve. Every Saturday through March, weather permitting. Designed for people who are beginners, interested in trying snowshoeing as a new winter activity. Snowshoes are available to rent for this program at a discounted rate of $5 per person at the Sam’s Point Visitor Center. Info: 845-647-7989. Sam’s Point Area, Cragsmoor. 11am-1pm Teen Gaming. Three computers with League of Legends installed. Bring your own laptop. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. Info: 845-338-5580, organizedmode@ gmail.com, esopuslibrary.org. 12pm-4pm George Washington’s Birthday Celebration. Join in 3 days of fun festivities honoring of General George Washington. Each day starts with singing “Happy Birthday” and cutting into the birthday cake. Music, military demonstrations, topical talks, and a take home craft activity follow. The General will greet visitors in his headquarters every day. Martha will be there too on Sunday and Monday. Hear Balladeer Thad McGregor and witness the General reviewing the troops. Admission is free, donations appreciated. Info: 845-562-1195. Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site, 84 Liberty St.,

12pm-1:30pm Valentine’s Partner Yoga Workshop. With Hannah Fox. This special Partner Yoga workshop will feature a fun and loving partner yoga sequence. All levels $25/couple! The Living Seed Yoga & Holistic Health Center, 521 Main St. (rt. 299), New Paltz. Info: 845-2558212, contact@thelivingseed.com, http://www. thelivingseed.com. per couple. 12:30pm-6:45pm Expert Tarot Readings with Stephanie. Every Saturday at Mirabai. Walk-ins warmly welcome or call ahead for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $30/30 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-4pm Watercolor with your Grandperson! All ages welcome: children accompanied by parent, teens, adults, seniors. Paint from seasonal still life, objects, photos. Hudson Area Library, 51 North 5th Street, Hudson. Info: 518-828-1792, brenda.shufelt@hudsonarealibrary.org, https:// bit.ly/2ERsmsj. All Materials Provided. 2pm-4pm Crystal Support for the Energies of 2019 with Owl Medicine Woman and Mirabai’s Crystal Reader, Healer and Astrologer Mary Vukovic. Just in time to coincide with the unveiling of Mirabai’s annual treasure trove of crystal wonders direct from the Tucson Gem Show! Mary will lead us on a fascinating examination of the intersecting influences of crystals with Numerology and Astrology. We will delve into key transits and eclipses and receive a crystal prescription based on your own personal numerology for the year. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. $25. 5pm Valentine Dance Party - Roadhouse. Rock (50’s-60’s.) Valentine Dinner And Dance Party! Ticket includes Hot and Cold Buffet, Beer, Soda and 3 hours of great 60’s Dance R&R from Roadhouse. Tickets are $25 each.Dinner starts at 5pm. Music starts at 7pm. For Tickets or Info call 845-246-0401 or 845-399-1153. Saugerties Knights of Columbus, Rt. 9W, Saugerties. 6:30pm-9:30pm Open Mic at Kingston Artist Collective! Every 3rd Saturday of the month we host our beloved Open Mic Night! Everyone welcome! 6:30pm Sign Up 7pm start. The Kingston Artist Collective & Cafe, 63 Broadway, Kingston. Info: 845-399-2491, kidbusy@gmail. com, https://www.facebook.com/event. 7pm Movies With Spirit: The House of Tomorrow (2017). Debut comedy drama about a sheltered 16-year old who befriends a green-haired heart transplant patient who introduces him to punk rock. Info: gerryharrington@mindspring. com; 845-389-9201. New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove Street, New Paltz. movieswithspirit.com. 7pm-9pm Black Stories Matter Live-Stream and Discussion. Join TMI Project for the first intergenerational production of Black Stories Matter. Featuring true stories from local people of color. Rough Draft Bar & Books, 82 John Street, Kingston. Info: 845-802-0027, roughdraftbar@ gmail.com, roughdraftny.com/events. 7pm-9pm Black Stories Matter: An Evening of Stories From Across Generations. Part of the Black History Month Series. Join TMI Project for the first ever intergenerational production of Black Stories Matter. The performance will feature radically candid true stories from local people of color, from high school students to respected elders and many in between. AME Mt. Zion Church, 26 Franklin Street, Kingston. (Free). 7pm Marist Pink Zone Basketball Breast Cancer Salute Game. Great basketball, Half Time Salute to Breast Cancer Survivors, and giveaways and raffles! The game will be Marist vs Canisius and televised on ESPN3. For more information on the game and to sign up for the Half Time Survivor Salute, contact the Marist Athletics Department at redfoxes@marist.edu. Please include in the body of the email how long you are a survivor of breast cancer. For more information, visit the Miles of Hope website. Info: 845-264-2005. Marist College , McCann Recreation Center, 3399 North Rd, Poughkeepsie. 7pm The House of Tomorrow. Debut comedy drama about a sheltered 16-year old who befriends a green-haired heart transplant patient who introduces him to punk rock. (2017). Info: gerryharrington@mindspring.com. New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove Street, New Paltz. movieswithspirit.com. 7pm-8pm Latin Dance for Everyone. Meets every Saturday, 7-8pm.$5/suggested donation. Info: 845-331-5300; LGBTQCenter.org. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston. lgbtqcenter.org. 7:30pm-9:30pm The Mental Madness Show. Two of the world’s greatest magicians. Info: 518-734-4218; windhammagic@gmail. com. Windham Civic Centre, 5379 Route 23, Windham. greatnortherncatskills.com. 8pm Live @ The Falcon: Junket Acoustic. Sponsored by “Newburgh Brewing Company.” High-energy rock powerhouse. Info: 845-2367970. 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1-bedroom, 1 bath apartment, handicap accessible. $1000/month, heat included. References required. Security $1700. Pets negoitable. No smoking. 203-722-2118. SCENIC PALENVILLE STUDIO APARTMENT w/loft. Near waterfalls & hiking trails. Amenities include WiFi, trash & recycle pickup & some snow removal. $700/month plus utilities, last month & security. Ideal for single person. Call Barbara (518)678-0171

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, WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK Located on a great corner lot, next to a dead-end road, and on nearly an acre, this 5 bed- 3 bath home has plenty of room to play. With a sweet rocking chair front porch and beautiful landscaping, this home has it all. There is new wood ďŹ&#x201A;ooring throughout the living, dining, and bedrooms. The updated kitchen has all modern conveniences and features such as a marble ďŹ&#x201A;oor and stainless-steel appliances. French doors off the dining room open to a wonderful three season garden room that is great for entertaining. Listing by Mary Ellen Vanwagenen or Sean Zimmerman....................................................................... $525,000

SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK Take a look at this brand new 3 bed- 1.5 bath home with mountain views! On just over an acre, this home was recently renovated with close attention to detail. The first floor has a new open floor plan with an expansive kitchen, breakfast bar, all new appliances and walk-in pantry, and a dining room with built-ins and French doors leading to the wrap around deck. There is also new laminate flooring, roof, windows, insulation, and electric. Move in ready, this home has very little maintenance and would make a great Airbnb when not being used by the buyer. Listing brought to you by Chris St John. .... $269,000

WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK Quaint 3 bed- 1 bath country home located just outside the Village of Woodstock. With a little TLC this home could be perfect. There are exposed beams, wood ďŹ&#x201A;oors, and barn siding in the kitchen which opens to the dining area complete with a freestanding woodstove. On just over a Â˝ acre, there is also a large open barn on the property that could be transformed into a workshop or 1 car garage. Listing brought to you by Doreen Marchisella...................................$216,900

WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK Great 4 bed- 3 bath home in Woodstock. This adorable raised ranch is on almost an acre and has been updated in recent years. The main level has an open ďŹ&#x201A;oor plan perfect for entertaining. There is also an additional studio on the lower ďŹ&#x201A;oor with its own private entrance. This is a short sale subject to lenderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approval. Listing brought to you by Mary Ellen Vanwagenen and Ken Volpe.......................................................$250,000

SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK RE PRIC DU E Lovely 5-unit money makCT ION er! Located on a private, ! dead end road just two blocks from the Hudson River is this multifamily unit. All apartments are 2 bed- 1 bath units and have their own 5 x 6 storage unit. There are new hot water heaters for each unit, new toilets, floors, ranges, and refrigerators. Municipal water and sewer. Tenants pay electric. Listing brought to you by Angela Galetto..................... $479,000

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Dreaming of owning a house in the country where the setting gives you the best of both worlds; peace, quiet & convenience? This stunning renovated cottage has it all! Pushed back off a quiet country road with modern amenities that will keep you from wanting to leave. Spacious eat-in country kitchen, a separate formal dining room along with the heated, 18x36 saline pool w/ retractable cover & 6 person hot tub make this home perfect for entertaining!.................................$599,000

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

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You are going to LOVE this modern craftsman style home resting on over 3 acres with a detached two-car garage, and a great barn with water and electric surrounded by a vast level ďŹ eld. Enjoy sweeping views of the Shawangunk Mountain Ridge as you travel to this wonderful home located in the heart of the Hudson Valley Apple Trail. This two-story retreat with 2 bedrooms and 2.5 baths has an open ďŹ&#x201A;oor plan, exposed beams, and incredibly tasteful upgrades throughout. Just 5 miles to the center of historic New Paltz and the Thruway, and just 1.5 hours to NYC. This home is surrounded by so many incredible outdoor opportunities, including Minnewaska State Park and Mohonk Preserve .........................$445,000

Beautiful Woodstock In-Town Carriage House Apt. w/2 decks and 2 garden areas, seasonal Mtn. View, a/c, oil heat, woodstove. Gas stove for cooking. Wood & tile floors. 1-bedroom w/walk-in closet, vaulted living room w/patio doors to deck. Kitchen w/door to deck & fenced-in yard facing Comeau property. Tile shower & vanity w/granite top. An oasis in-town w/off-street parking & all Woodstock has to offer. Walk to NYC bus. Entrance area has room for desk, etc. Complete separate laundry room with washer/ dryer & laundry sink. No smokers. Pets considered. Perfect for 1 quiet, clean individual w/refs. & credit check. $1100/month plus $400 for oil heat, electric, propane for cooking, water, sewer, garbage/recycling, lawn care, & snow plowing of driveway. First, last & security. Available now for 1-year lease. Call Yvonne Wilder, Halter Realty Associates 845-750-4920. 2-BEDROOM, CHARMING, CHEERY HOUSE IN THE WOODS. LARGE, AIRY â&#x20AC;&#x153;GLASS-ROOMâ&#x20AC;? IDEAL ARTISTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STUDIO. 3.3 secluded acres, Heatilator-fireplace, gas-stove, washer/dryer, new refrigerator, Woodstock-Saugerties. Shed. No pets. $1400. 1st/last/security. References. 845-679-2300. Beautiful, newly renovated one bedroom apartment. All new appliances, fixtures. Energy efficient mini-splits heat and a/c. A mile from grocery, minutes to the center of Woodstock. Fabulous space. No pets please. $1,100/month. Tenant pays electric. Email rentalwoodstock162@gmail.com or text 202-262-0621 STUDIO CABIN. Great eat-in kitchen, bathroom. Parking. Perfect for 1 person. Near town but nicely secluded. $800/ month. Security, deposit, references required. Call 845-417-5282. Owner. No fee. 1-BEDROOM spacious, second floor in 2-family. 5 minute walk to Green, 1 block

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NEWLY RENOVATED COTTAGE BY A WATERFALL. Cozy. Private. Workroom, sun-room, LR, 1-bedroom w/large window facing stream, kitchen, wood floors, 2 decks. 2.5 miles to center of town. Short/longterm. $1200/month. 845-417-5282.

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West of Woodstock Rentals

Modern, 1-Bedroom, living room, kitchen and bath. Very private in country setting w/ mountain view. 10 minutes from Woodstock. Walking distance to Onteora schools and stores. $900/month, tenant pays electric. 845-233-4485. BEAUTIFUL 2-BEDROOM DUPLEX, Mt. Tremper, in quiet historic house. Near Zen Mountain Monastery, Emerson Spa & NYC bus. Ideal for 2. $975/month plus utilities. No pets. No smoking. References & security. Call 845-688-2943.

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Everything you might expect; clean lines, simple design, bathed in Sun light, hardwood flooring, beautiful brick wood burning fireplace! Perfectly sized for the weekender 2 BRs, 1 bath, welcoming entry foyer and efficient kitchen. Magnificent Mountain views from Kitchen, DR & LR wonderful changing landscape to enjoy! Windows galore! 2 car drive under garage, full basement, covered front entry way with blue stone patio, private and elegant. Area over garage is a summer time paradise. Take advantage of Hurley convenience. 5 minutes to Uptown Kingston, bus station, fine eateries, Farmers Market. $269,900

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Speedy Cleaning Services offers dependable, professional and immaculate cleaning every time. Our specialty services include Market Ready Cleaning & Junk Removal, Move in/out Cleaning, Home Organization, Party Cleanups & Window Cleaning. We offer cleaning packages suited to your needs and lifestyle, including Deluxe, Standard, & Budget (customized) Cleaning Packages & â&#x20AC;&#x153;24 Hourâ&#x20AC;? Emergency Cleanings. Speedy Cleaning will get the job done quickly and thoroughly and customer satisfaction is guaranteed. Call us today for a free estimate and the details on our packages and services offered. 845-2752798

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A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE! Savvy buyers & sellers know only Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hudson Valley Properties offers a decades long tradition of recognized success in Ulster & Dutchess County Real Estate. With deep roots in the communities we serve and live in, we can provide a uniquely informed perspective on all aspects affecting what may be your most important investment. With a Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Hudson Valley Properties professional on your team, you can trust your success to ours. Call today and let us exceed your expectations.

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“LYRICAL LAKE” - Extraordinary waterfront living on a sparkling lake at the base of the magnificent Shawangunk Ridge. Truly singular custom residence offers soothing water views from every room. Top quality finishes throughout the lofty tri-level floor plan, 4 BRs incl. 2 ensuites, 3.5 baths, gorgeous wood floors, gourmet kitchen, porches, deck & water’s edge stone patio bring nature close. Swim, fish, kayak & canoe from your doorstep.............................................. $1,600,000

ENCHANTING KINGSTON - Prime Uptown Kingston location with excellent set back & circular tree-lined drive boasts this uniquely charming stone “cottage” style home. Abundant special detailing includes rich oak flooring & woodwork, exposed beams & stucco finishes, stone fireplace in LR, dining room, antique wood blinds, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, French doors, den/office, CAC, 2 car det. stone garage, stone patios & substantial outbuilding. ONE-OF-A-KIND! ................$445,000

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NEW PALTZ GEM - Unique shake sided “Arts & Crafts” style country home on 2.7 acres with coveted Mohonk Tower & “Gunks” VIEWS! Flowing open plan features vaulted LR w/ stone fireplace, gourmet kitchen w/ cherry cabs & granite counters, dining room, desirable 1st floor BR plus vaulted ensuite MBR w/ views & private deck, 3 BRs, 3 full baths, bluestone patio o’looks sweeping lawns & in-ground saline POOL for summer fun! ..................................$695,000

“SHADOW LAWN”- Meticulously restored & maintained c. 1730 stone home on 3.9 acres offers abundant original charm and detail throughout 3800+ SF. Gracious proportioned interior features fabulous wideboard floors, EI country kitchen, 21’ dining room, main level guest suite + 3 more BRs up, den/office PLUS separate 2-story 1 BR guest COTTAGE and newly built cabana with hot tub & outdoor shower. High Falls views from property! ..........$950,000

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TLK LLC. PORTABLE TOILET RENTALS. Weekend, Weekly, Monthly rentals. We have Gray, white, blue, tan, green (pine-scented), pink (rose-scented), red & blue handicap accessible. (We also have a few w/sinks). Great for Construction/Building Sites, Sporting Events, Concerts, Street Festivals, Parks, Outdoor Weddings, Campsites, Flea Markets, Party Events, etc. Call 845-658-8766, 845-417-6461 or 845706-7197. e-mail: TLKportables@ gmail.com

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Plumbing, Heating, AC & Electric

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Spirituality

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN. (Never known to fail.) Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine splendor

of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God. Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth! I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity. There are none that can withstand your power. Oh, show me herein you are my mother. Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3x). Holy Mother, I place this cause in your hands (3x). Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances in my life you are with me, I want in this short prayer to thank-you for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you in eternal glory. Thank-you for your mercy towards me and mine. The person must say this prayer 3 consecutive days, the request will be granted. This prayer must be published after the favor is granted. REAL TAOISM HAS ARRIVED IN NEW PALTZ!Visit www.majoumiu.org or call 845-255-0017. Experience Talismanic Taoism for healing, etc. By appointment only.

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Animals

If you’re looking for someone who’ll always be happy to see you and give you unconditional love forever, look no further! That someone could be waiting for you at Saugerties Animal Shelter. LILY; 8-year old cat girl came in naked. She lost most of her fur due to a flea allergy. Hair has mostly grown back. Very sweet. Loves to cuddle. No other pets, please. ATHENA; 2-3 year old sweet, independent, affectionate, opinionated black & white cat girl. She was a

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wonderful mom & her kittens were all adopted. Now it’s her turn to be loved. LEXI; beautiful tiger cat girl w/a heart of gold! Lexi was adopted, but was bullied by the resident cat, and now finds herself back at the shelter. If you can give this 3-year old sweetheart the quiet, loving home she needs, she will thank you every day! DORIAN; shy, spayed, 2-3 year old female cat who just needs a quiet house to decompress & be loved. Dorian was a lonesome stray. Brittany; sweet 3-year old tuxedo cat girl who wants to be an only pet. Brittany has had a rough life. Let’s make life right for her by adopting her into a loving home. We have an adorable assortment of 6-month old kittens: Tigers, blacks, grey and whites. All friendly and so sweet. CHARLOTTE; 6-7 yrs old. She was an owner surrender. Low income and they moved out of a bad situation into a rent assisted place. They had no choice. Charlotte is very stressed at the shelter (on meds and calming supplements but she’s still chewing on herself and the walls..turning in circles holding her tail). Pitty mix. Sweet. Loves people. No other pets, please. SABRINA; 4-year old Hound mix girl. She’s very sweet & affectionate. Please- no cats. Dogs- males only and need a “meet & greet”. BIRCH; affectionate and loving 2-3 year old Rat Terrier boy who needs a terrier savvy person. He’s becoming more outgoing every day! DEXTER; 8-year old Pit mix, is so stressed at the shelter. His caregivers, whom he loved dearly, surrendered him. If you’d like to adopt an older dog whose heart is broken, please visit Dexter at the shelter. Dexter needs to be your one and only; please- no children or other pets. Dexter wants to love again and to be loved. Please visit The Town of Saugerties Animal Shelter, 1765 Route 212 (behind the transfer station) to meet these beautiful beings or call (845)679-0339 to answer any questions you may have.

Free African Grey Parrot: Seeking warm home for wonderful male parrot asap. All materials and cages provided. Call Alex at 413-281-0707 with interest or leads. Excellent companion who loves engaging.

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Pet Care

WOULD YOU LIKE AN OUTDOOR CAT? Do you have a barn, garage, shed or outbuilding? Would you like to consider having feral cats? You can help cats in need who will help keep your barn, etc. free of rodents. The cats will be neutered/spayed and up to date w/shots. Please call the Woodstock Feral Cat Project at 347-258-2725.

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Vehicles Wanted

CASH PAID FOR USED cars & trucks regardless of condition. Junk cars removed. Call 246-0214. DMV 7107350.

$35.00 – Wash & Wax Buff Finish $25.00 – Interior Detailing (precision attention to detail) Schedule an appt. today! Serving Ulster and Dutchess Counties Contact: Julio Jackson, Automotive Paint Tech, (845) 397-7134

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