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A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, entertainment and adventure | Calendar Ca l e n da r & Classifieds | Issue 10 | Mar . 6 – 13

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Big Read events in Dutchess, Columbia & Ulster ponder Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping

on’t you just hate it when you’re reading a novel with which you’ve fallen completely in love, but nobody else you know is reading it at the same time, so you have no one around off whom you can bounce your burning observations about the story and its characters? Literary-oriented online “communities” like Goodreads are an option; but an Internet forum, however lively, lacks the spark of a face-to-face discussion. Once a year, however, the nationwide celebration of literacy put on the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) known as the Big Read gives real-life communities a chance to get on the same wavelength, gathering all sorts of discussion groups, lectures, screenings and even kids’ events under one big umbrella of a well-loved book. The Big Read selection for 2014 is Housekeeping, which in 1980 won author Marilynne Robinson the PEN/ Hemingway Award for Best First Novel and a Pulitzer Prize nomination in the Fiction category (Robinson went on to cop a Pulitzer for Gilead in 2005). Since its publication, Housekeeping has also made several prestigious lists of “100 Best Novels.” Though it’s not generally regarded as falling into the Young Adult fiction category, Housekeeping is a coming-ofage tale told from the point of view of

a young woman. It involves the gradual fragmentation of several generations of a family in a small Idaho town on a railroad line. Protagonist Ruth and her sister Lucille are raised by their eccentric aunt Sylvie after their mother commits suicide by driving off a bridge and their grandfather is killed in a train crash. Another aunt and their grandmother find solace in religious fervor, but Lucille moves out in search of normalcy while Ruth takes off on the road with Sylvie. Hence, topics like mental illness, religiosity and trains become additional themes around which to organize Big Read events in our area over the coming seven weeks, from March 15 to May 2. Bill Forsyth directed a movie adaptation of Housekeeping starring Christine Lahti in 1987, and several screenings will also occur as part of the celebrations. The primary organizer for the Big Read in our region is Bard College’s Center for Civic Engagement, partnering with the Germantown, Kingston, Red Hook, Rhinecliff and Tivoli libraries. If you’re mainly interested in participating in a book club discussion of Housekeeping, you can do that at any of the following venues: Red Hook Evening Book Club, Monday, March 17 at 7 p.m. at the Red Hook Public Library, with Patrizia Heymann. Tivoli Page Turners, Thursday, March 20 at 7 p.m. at the Tivoli Public Library. Kingston Book Club, Friday, March 21 at 12 noon, Kingston Public Library. Kingston Classics in Religion Book Group, Wednesdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the

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Kingston Public Library, with Debbie Schnide and Kathy DeMatteo. Germantown Book Club, Wednesday, April 2 at 4 p.m. at the Germantown Public Library. Oblong Books, Thursday, April 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Oblong Books at 6422 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck, with Bard College professors Deirdre d’Albertis and Mary Caponegro. Germantown Central School, Thursday, April 10 featuring high school English students. Red Hook Book Club, Tuesday, April 15 at 2:30 p.m. at the Red Hook Public Library, with Dawn Jardine. Bard College in Annandale, Thursday, April 17, with James Wood. Screenings of the film version of Housekeeping will be held at: Germantown Public Library’s Hover Room, Saturday, March 15 at 7 p.m., with a discussion to follow. Morton Hall in Rhinecliff, Wednesday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m. Upstate Films in Rhinebeck, Saturday, April 12 at 1 p.m.

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But those doings are just the tip of the iceberg: The Big Read calendar is jam-packed with related events. Some of these include discussions for teens of Young Adult literature inspired by or similar to Housekeeping; screenings of other films with related themes; and, more broadly connected, Red Hook’s Read Local Literary Festival on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12. Somewhat further afield but still being conducted (if you’ll forgive the pun) under the aegis of the Big Read are a whole lot of railroadingthemed events, from historic preservation lectures for adults to “Little Read” Thomas the Tank Engine story hours for children. – Frances Marion Platt Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping: The Big Read 2014 events, Saturday, March 15 to Friday, May 2, various venues in Annandale, Germantown, Kingston, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Rhinecliff & Tivoli; (845) 758-7878, www.bard.edu/ hannaharendtcenter/bigread/events.

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BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH IS OFTEN CALLED THE “FATE” SYMPHONY. Beethoven himself was rumored to have said that the iconic opening figure – dot dot dot DUH – was the sound of fate knocking on the door

Irish harpist Lynn Saoirse

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A fistful of Fate Hudson Valley Philharmonic performs Beethoven’s Fifth this Saturday at the Bardavon

n 1954, the already-distinguished American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein appeared on the television program Omnibus to teach America about Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in C minor and the course of genius. Beethoven composed his most famous work over a four-year period in the very early 19th century, leaving behind a trail of discarded sketches and false leads, a stratum of drafts and assays as the first movement evolved obliquely toward what Bernstein characterizes again and again as the “rightness,” the “inevitability” and “the exactly right notes” of the allegro con brio as we know it. Television effects at this time were primitive, of course, but theatrical

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effects were hardly so. The dapper and cute Bernstein paces in a moody, half-lit space, stalked by his own long shadow and treading upon a giant recreation of the score before settling in at the piano to play through and analyze the iterations of the first movement’s famous themes. In this fashion, two giants of music meet in an abstract, timeless space that must have looked, in 1954, like a pretty compelling representation of the interior of a shared genius: Leonard mind-melds with Ludwig, working like a good cognitive theorist through the choices made and ideas abandoned on the road to eternity. Running through Bernstein’s empathic commentary is an assumption, common among composers, that composition is less invention, more discovery: that the famous Fifth already existed in some idealized Platonic form, awaiting a chosen one to bring it back alive, purified of human imperfection and transcription error. Its realization was less a feat of imagination, then, and more of a dogged determination not to settle for anything less than the perfection of “You’ll know it when you hear it.” Or rather, that’s what real imagination is: the conditioning, stamina and fitness to receive. But if that is the case, what, then were all those discarded starts and near-

Celtic reverie Lynn Saoirse & Abby Newton play this Sunday at Unison in New Paltz

nison Arts in New Paltz continues its Second Sunday Salon Series with a performance by Irish harpist Lynn Saoirse and cellist Abby Newton on Sunday, March 9 at 2 p.m. It will be an afternoon of Celtic music with special focus on the music of Turlough O’Carolan, one of Ireland’s most revered and colorful composers. Saoirse is an award-winning Irish harpist who lives in Connemara in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. Her repertoire is based around traditional Irish music, from lively dance music such as jigs and reels to the slow airs of ancient times. Advance tickets cost $20 general admission and $15 for Unison members; at the door, $25 general admission and $20 for members. Students get in for half-price with a valid ID. Refreshments will be sold. To order tickets, visit www. unisonarts.org or call (845) 255-1559. Unison is a not-for-profit multi-arts center located at 68 Mountain Rest Road in New Paltz.

misses? Brain static? Cosmic hurdles with a perverse or developmental purpose? By 1954, you’d think that Bernstein, the New York intellectual, would be a little more hip to the idea that at least part of that aura of inevitability is projected upon the work by us, conferred by cultural process over time. The Fifth Symphony “is what it is” and won’t be growing any new themes or movements anytime soon. The longer a work of art survives and the more it is attended, the more the immutability of the thing received morphs into that “this-andno-other” sense of ineffable rightness. Of course, any work that survives and thrives long enough to attain this deific state must have some wonderful intrinsic qualities (or at least a great PR campaign). Fittingly, Beethoven’s Fifth is often called the “Fate” symphony. Beethoven himself was rumored to have said that the iconic opening figure – dot dot dot DUH – was the sound of fate knocking on the door. Most people dismiss this idea nowadays, but certainly those four notes were the sound of Beethoven’s historical fate – which is to say, the fate of immortality – as he caught the tail of his biggest big idea. The Hudson Valley Philharmonic performs Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony this Saturday, March 8 at 8 p.m. at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House; the program also includes Comet, a new piece by Hudson Valley composer George Tsontakis, and Ernest Bloch’s Suite 1919 for Viola and Orchestra, featuring Hudson Valley Philharmonic String Competition winner Michael Casimir on viola. Tickets cost $32 to $55, with student rush tickets available one hour prior to the concert for $20. Tickets can be purchased at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie; the UPAC box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston; or through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com. – John Burdick

The Hudson Valley Philharmonic performs Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony & works by George Tsontakis and Ernest Bloch, Saturday, March 8, 8 p.m., Bardavon, 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie. $32 to $55, with $20 student rush tickets available one hour prior to the concert, (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster. com.

Buffalo Daughter plays BSP in Kingston on Tuesday

Buffalo Daughter is a three-member group consisting of Sugar Yoshinaga, Yumiko Ohno and MoOoG Yamamoto, often joined by a drummer and other instrumentalists. Their sound is heavily influenced by German progressive rock and techno-pop, but also includes bits of dub, club, shoegaze and post-rock. Because of their mix-and-match style, and because they emerged in the mid-’90s, they are often considered as part of the Shibuya-kei movement, a subgenre of Japanese pop music that originated in the Shibuya district of Tokyo and has been described as a mix of jazz, pop and synth/pop. Buffalo Daughter’s American introduction came by way of the group Luscious Jackson, who were impressed by Buffalo Daughter when on tour in Japan. As a result, Buffalo Daughter

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Banda Magda at Falcon this Friday

he Falcon in Marlboro continues to stretch our ears with its expansive palette of world music. On Friday, March 7, the Falcon welcomes Banda Magda, the vehicle of singer, composer, producer, arranger, pianist and accordionist Magda Giannikou. Giannikou comes from Athens, Greece, lives in New York and writes songs in French with South American musical influences. The truly international four-piece band cites influences and inspirations as diverse as Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Jobim, the Beatles and Pink Martini. Opener Natalie Forteza kicks things off at 7 p.m. The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, visit www.liveatthefalcon.com.

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REED MASTER IN THE HOUSE SUNY-Ulster hosts classes, concert with jazz clarinetist Don Byron

he reed master, the brilliant composer and the thorny, brainy avant-garde traditionalist Don Byron has been a singular and compelling figure on the jazzscape for more than 30 years now. Avantgarde traditionalist? Well, yes: It’s oxymoronic but true. Beginning with his early klezmer records, Byron has been a style-hopper; but unlike so many of that breed, there is nothing superficial or irreverent about his appropriations. He doesn’t reference; he inhabits and commands. When Byron goes after a genre, he masters its conventions and idioms so profoundly, it is almost as if they are being invented all over again. And then he breaks them wide open. First it was klezmer (for which, they say, he developed an ear in his South Bronx youth), then the eccentric swing of Raymond Scott, then funk, salsa, a tribute to Junior Walker and, most recently, his brilliant New Gospel Quintet. In between, Byron has released all manner of uncategorizable music as well: everything from free jazz sessions to serious compositions commissioned by the Kronos Quartet. Although he handles many, Byron’s main axe is the clarinet: an oddly but fittingly antiquarian voice for so ardent a jazz progressive. For the past two decades, Byron has been consistently voted Best Clarinetist by leading international music magazines. He is a 2012 Doris Duke Performing Artist, a recipient of Guggenheim and US Artists Fellowships. In 2009, he was awarded the Rome Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Composition. Byron has led residencies at many universities, including Harvard and Columbia, and was a visiting professor at MIT and at SUNY-Albany, teaching theory, saxophone, improvisation and composition. Now how about this: The great, decorated jazz explorer Don Byron is currently SUNY-Ulster’s Larry Berk artist-in-residence. His residency includes three master classes and will end with a concert. A master class will be held this Wednesday, March 12, from 1-2 p.m. in the College Lounge. The remaining master class will be held on Wednesday, April 2. On Saturday, April 12 at 7 p.m., Byron’s roof-raising New Gospel Quintet will perform in the Quimby Theater. Call (845) 687-5000 or visit http://apps. sunyulster.edu/events/1659 for more information. – John Burdick

signed with the Beastie Boys’ Grand Royal Records in 1996, and released Captain Vapour Athletes internationally. They have released four additional full-lengths since. Buffalo Daughter performs at BSP in Kingston on Tuesday, March 11 at 9 p.m. Mamahuhu opens. Adults aged 18+ are admitted only. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 the day of the show. Tickets are available locally at Outdated in Kingston, Jack’s Rhythms in New Paltz, Darkside Records & Gallery in Poughkeepsie and the Woodstock Music Shop. BSP is located

at 323 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 481-5158 or visit www.bspkingston.com.

Talent show this Friday at Rhinecliff ’s Morton Library Local residents will take to the stage at the Morton Memorial Library on Friday, March 7 at 7 p.m. for “Take Five,” a talent show featuring friends

and family. There will be visual art on the walls and edible art on the tables, as well as performances that include (but are not limited to) singing girls, staged readings, performers with guitars and the Uketinis. The doors open at 6 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. A cash donation or canned food for the Food Drive is suggested as admission. The Morton Memorial Library is located at 82 Kelly Street in Rhinecliff. For more information, call (845) 876-2903 or visit www.morton.rhinecliff.lib.ny.us.

“Music of the Women’s Suffrage Movement” coming to Saugerties Pat Lamanna and Lydia Adams Davis will perform “Music of the Women’s Suffrage Movement” at the historic Kiersted House at 119 Main Street in Saugerties on Sunday, March 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. The concert is sponsored by Heritage Folk Music. For more information, visit www.heritagefolkmusic.blogspot.com.

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Within three years of the military junta that toppled the government of Isabel Perón in Argentina in 1976, somewhere between 9,000 and 30,000 Argentineans – dissidents, trade unionists, students, intellectuals and people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time – were abducted by the military and many of them killed. Write for Justice,” the event is sponsored by Bard’s Center for Civic Engagement, the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and the Human Rights, Latin American and Iberian Studies and Spanish Studies programs. This event, which is free and open to the public, takes place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in the Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center’s László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium on the Bard campus. For more information, call (845) 758-6822 or e-mail caso@bard.edu. – Frances Marion Platt

They can’t make us disappear forever Three generations of victims of Argentina’s Dirty War speak at Bard on Monday

“Colors through the Darkness: Three Generations Paint and Write for Justice,” Monday, March 10, 1:30 p.m., free, Bitó Auditorium, Kayden Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson; (845) 758-6822, caso@bard.edu.

The bus stop of destiny

he military junta that toppled the government of Isabel Perón in Argentina in 1976 used the excuse of a couple of decades of social unrest, assassinations and terrorist activity to rationalize its

Tivoli’s Tangent Theatre Company to open Hamish Linklater’s play The Vandal

Partnoy was blindfolded, beaten, starved and molested in the clandestine prison nicknamed the Little School

From Alicia Partnoy’s The Little School

imposition of repressive measures to restore order. But the Guerra Sucia or Dirty War that ensued far eclipsed the sporadic violent incidents that had preceded it. Within three years, somewhere between 9,000 and 30,000 Argentineans – dissidents, trade unionists, students, intellectuals and people who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time – were abducted by the military and many of them killed. The thousands held in government detention centers became known as the desaparecidos. Among them was a young woman named Alicia Partnoy. Picked up by the Army in 1977 for having been

a campus activist for the Peronist Youth Movement, she spent the next five months beaten, starved and molested in a notorious clandestine prison nicknamed La Escuelita or the Little School, whose inmates were kept blindfolded. Partnoy was one of the few who survived that place; transferred to another prison and then another, she spent a total of two-and-a-half years in detention, never charged with any crime. When Partnoy was arrested, her mother Raquel Partnoy, an artist, took over care of Alicia’s 18-month-old daughter, known today as Ruth Irupé Sanabria. Alicia was forced to leave the country upon her release, fleeing to the US to be reunited with her husband and daughter. Her parents later followed, and together they rebuilt their lives in Washington, DC. All three generations of women from this remarkable Argentinean family have spent their subsequent lives working to keep alive the memory of the “disappeared”

and to fight for justice in their homeland. Alicia Partnoy’s 1982 book The Little School was the first testimonial written in English about the victims of the Dirty War, and it was used by the National Commission for the Investigation of the Disappeared as evidence in the 1985 trial of the junta leaders. She also writes poetry about her experiences. The paintings of Raquel Partnoy are a call to action on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves, and young Ruth went on to write The Strange House Testifies (2009), the first book to document the Argentinean genocide poetically and from a child’s point of view. These three determined and creative women will speak and share their art, writing, memories and commentary on the continuing struggles for justice in Argentina on Monday, March 10 at Bard College. Titled “Colors through the Darkness: Three Generations Paint and

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amish Linklater, author of the new play set in Kingston titled The Vandal, was born to the theatrical life, and his star is definitely on the rise. His mother Kristin Linklater – a top vocal coach with many famous clients, and currently chair of Acting in Columbia University’s Theatre Arts Division – was one of the founders of Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires. So young Hamish started playing kids in Shakespeare plays from the age of 8 on. Now 37, Linklater has become familiar to TV audiences as a recurring cast member of Gideon’s Crossing, American Dreams, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Big C, The Newsroom and currently The Crazy Ones. Onstage, he has appeared at such prestigious venues as Playwrights’ Horizons and Shakespeare in the Park in New York City and at Long Wharf in New Haven. He got good notices for his 2011 Broadway debut in Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar, playing a talented-butinsecure young writer who must stand up to the withering criticism of a jaundiced former literary lion terrifyingly portrayed by Alan Rickman. Being able to hold his own in such formidable company is persuasive evidence that the guy must be pretty good. Now Linklater is sticking a toe in the authorial waters himself: The Vandal is his first outing as a playwright, and its upcoming production by Tivoli’s Tangent Theatre Company will be only its second; the Off-Broadway company the Flea Theater premiered the play last year. Described as a “dark comedy” and set primarily at a Kingston bus stop on a cold night, The Vandal is a story of lost souls intersecting. Based in Tivoli since 2009, the up-andcoming Tangent company is known as much for its “pub theatre” playreadings at the Black Swan [now called the Traghaven Whiskey Pub] as for its more elaborate mainstage productions at the nearby Carpenter Shop Theater, and has made a mission of seeking characterdriven works to put on. “I knew instantly this play would be our next production. I love the ideas explored in it, the quiet struggles of these lost characters and their search for connection and meaning,” says Tangent’s artistic director Michael Rhodes, who will co-star with Jill Van Note and Samuel Hoeksema. Rhodes and Van Note have appeared together in two previous Tangent productions: John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt in 2010 and the NEWvember New Plays

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FLAMENCO VIVO THIS SATURDAY IN TIVOLI

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he Soul of Flamenco” will be performed by Flamenco Vivo with Carlota Santana at the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center on Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. Flamenco Vivo was founded 31 years ago by Carlota Santana, who was honored last March by Juan Ramón Martinez Salazar, the consul general of Spain, in a ceremony bestowing upon her the Order of Civil Merit for her commitment to the art of flamenco. Santana has also been designated the “Keeper of Flamenco” by Dance magazine in recognition of her commitment to creating new works and developing young artists and choreographers. Under her direction, the company has expanded its repertory by presenting new music, dramatic works and a mixture of various dance vocabularies along with the integration of Hispanic-American influences. “The Soul of Flamenco” will be performed on Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. General admission with reserved seating costs $30; café table seating costs $45. Kaatsbaan is located at 120 Broadway in Tivoli. For more information, call (845) 757-5106 or visit www.kaatsbaan.org.

Festival in 2012. Rhodes was also featured in Tangent’s American premiere of Christian O’Reilly’s The Good Father in 2012. Amy Lemon Olson – best-known in these parts for her work with Poughkeepsie’s Half Moon Theatre Company, notably last year’s acclaimed production of David Lindsay Abaire’s Good People – will direct The Vandal. “I felt this play in particular could use a female voice, and she’d be perfect to take the helm,” says Rhodes. “She understands the complexities of these characters and the many layers at work in the story.” The Tangent Theatre Company’s production of Hamish Linklater’s maiden voyage as a playwright will open on Thursday and run for four weeks. Performances of The Vandal begin at 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, with 3 p.m. matinées on Sundays. Tickets are a steal at $20, and can be obtained

by calling (845) 230-7020 or by visiting http://tangent-arts.org. – Frances Marion Platt Hamish Linklater’s The Vandal, Thursdays-Saturdays, March 6-8, 13-15, 2022, 27-29, 8 p.m., Sundays, March 9, 16, 23 & 30, 3 p.m., $20, Tangent Theatre Company, Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli; (845) 230-7020, http://tangent-arts.org.

Sand trap

Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days is not as familiar to casual theatre audiences as Waiting for Godot, Endgame or Krapp’s Last Tape, but its female lead Winnie is said to be an assignment much coveted by actresses who have aged out of ingénue roles. Half-buried in a sandpile on a postApocalyptic beach where there is never any respite from the sunshine, prattling away with grotesquely forced optimism at her unresponsive husband Willie while she finds her only pleasure in the routine of sorting the shabby contents of

Beckett’s Happy Days opens this Friday at Cocoon Theatre in Rhinebeck

her voluminous bag, Winnie is Beckett’s metaphor for the plight of the modern woman, circa 1960. Had Betty Friedan been an Irish absurdist dramatist, The Feminine Mystique might have come out something like this – except that poor Willie is as trapped and miserable as Winnie. Taking up the challenge of portraying the indefatigable Winnie is Cocoon cofounder Marguerite San Millan, with Beckett enthusiast Doug Woolley as her “henpecked” foil. Andres San Millan, Cocoon’s creative director, directs this production. Check out this rarely performed tragicomedy Fridays and Saturdays beginning at 8 p.m. or Sundays at 3 p.m. Seating is limited, and admission costs $25, payable by cash or check at the door only. For more information call (845) 876-6470 or visit www.cocoontheatre.org. – Frances Marion Platt Happy Days by Samuel Beckett, Friday/ Saturday, March 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 8 p.m., Sunday, March 9, 16 & 23, 3 p.m., $25, Cocoon Theatre, 6384 Mill Street (Route 9), Rhinebeck; (845) 876-6470, www.cocoontheatre.org.

Anthologized women writers speak this Saturday in New Paltz As part of the Women Writers’ Workshop, the authors of A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley, a collection of prose and poetry, will meet to discuss their writing and work on Saturday, March 8 at 7 p.m. at Deyo Hall at 6 Broadhead Avenue in New Paltz. Tickets will be sold at the door at a cost of $8 for general admission, $5 for seniors. There is no snow date for the event. For more information, visit www.huguenotstreet.org.

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GLORIA SIDESWIPES OUR EXPECTATIONS of what we’re likely to see onscreen, especially in a story set in a Latin American milieu: In Gloria it’s the men who are the needy, the oversentimental, the weak-willed characters – not the women, and certainly not our plucky, game-but-sensible heroine

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ord has it that some middle-aged parents are utterly unfazed by the prospect of their children growing up and getting on with their lives. The emptying of the nest is for them an occasion to party, to take up hobbies and go on vacations, to enjoy grownup pursuits and rediscover their marriages. Lucky them. Others of us re-

It’s an extraordinary, uplifting performance late more ruefully to Mel Brooks’s complaint, in his persona as the 2,000-YearOld-Man: “I have 42,000 children, and not one comes to visit me.” The loneliness that comes with successfully fledging the last of one’s young is exacerbated for single parents who, having perhaps had to reinvent themselves one time too many already, may not be looking forward to doing so yet again in order to fill the echoing chasm left by some bright young spirit who has flown off into the blue. That’s 408 Main Street Rosendale 845.658.8989 rosendaletheatre.org Movies $7, Members $5

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Sergio Hernández and Paulina García in Gloria

the challenge faced by the eponymous 60ish heroine of the Chilean film Gloria, directed by Sebastián Lelio and brilliantly embodied by Paulina García, who won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival for the role. Stuck in a dull office job in Santiago and kept up at night by a mentally unstable, drug-addled upstairs neighbor who stomps about screaming at people who aren’t there, Gloria has been divorced for many years and is trying to find her way to a second life, now that her kids are grown. She tries to maintain the family ties without being too clingy, attending yoga classes taught by her daughter Ana (Fabiola Zamora) and volunteering to babysit for her grandson after her son

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Pedro’s (Diego Fontecilla) wife leaves him. But the fussy baby won’t stop crying when Gloria holds him, and Ana just wants to dash off right after class with her hunky Swedish mountain-climber boyfriend. So it’s back to her modest middle-class apartment, her evangelizing housekeeper (Luz Jiménez) and her crazed neighbor’s ugly, hairless cat who keeps sneaking in. Gloria has her down days, but she’s a survivor – a practical woman who refuses to wallow for long. To get out of her rut she seeks out the company of younger, hipper, more artsy or political friends; she sings along at the top of her lungs with every pop hit that comes on the car radio. Most of all she loves to go dancing at discos – sometimes going out with friends, though dancing alone will do. Suffering from glaucoma, she hides her mature beauty behind thick, oversized glasses, but there are still some older men out there who take note of the vibrant thirst for life that Gloria has kept too long at a simmer. One night at a club she catches the eye of a man named Rodolfo (Sergio Hernández), a retired naval officer who is just beginning to stick a toe in the dating waters after a long-postponed divorce. He’s quickly smitten with Gloria, wooing her with romantic dinners, reading her poetry and introducing her to bungeejumping and paintball at a play park that he owns. Gloria is a bit more hesitant, wanting to connect but wary after having been married previously to a selfindulgent manchild (Alejandro Goic). Though their sex life unfolds awkwardly at first, since Rodolfo wears a sort of girdle following lap-band surgery, Gloria throws herself into it with a long-suppressed enthusiasm. Baby-boomer viewers in

particular may find the sex scenes rather refreshing in their unflinching portrayal of less-than-perfect older bodies, enmeshed with the same gusto as the young. But the sheen of a passionate new romance can wear off just as quickly late in life as in the throes of adolescence; though Rodolfo frequently professes his love for Gloria, he can’t stop picking up his cell phone whenever it rings at an inopportune moment. As it becomes everclearer that he’s stuck in a co-dependent relationship with his ex-wife and their two grown daughters – all three of whom rely

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SCREEN Metaphorphoses, Tanaquil Le Clercq and George Balanchine

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Struck down in her prime Rosendale Theatre screens lauded Tanaquil Le Clercq biopic this Sunday

ruth really is stranger than fiction sometimes. Consider this uncanny incident in 1944, when the original March of Dimes – a pet cause of president and polio victim Franklin D. Roosevelt – was in full swing, raising money to fund research for a cure for infantile paralysis even as the nation endured the privations of war rationing. For a benefit performance, New York City Ballet founder George Balanchine agreed to choreograph a dance in which he would play a character named Polio, personifying the ravages of the disease. In the part of his victim – who would be stricken with paralysis and fall to the floor until enough children tossed dimes at her character to persuade her to get up and dance again, like the fading Tinkerbell resuscitated by applause in Peter Pan – Balanchine cast a 15-year-old dance prodigy named Tanaquil Le Clercq. A scholarship student at Balanchine’s School of American Ballet, Le Clercq went on to become one of the most acclaimed ballerinas of her time and a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. True to his habit of pairing off with his top female stars, Balanchine married her in 1952 – though it has come to light since their deaths that the couple was involved in a romantic triangle with Balanchine’s bisexual collaborator Jerome Robbins. They were divorced in 1969, as Balanchine became increasingly obsessed with his next protégé, Suzanne Farrell. While still at the pinnacle of her success, during a European tour in 1956, disaster struck Le Clercq in a most ironic form: She contracted polio at the age of 27. She never danced again, and remained paralyzed from the waist down until her death on the cusp of the new millennium, on December 31, 2000. She continued to teach dance nonetheless, and authored two books. Documentarian Nancy Buirski has captured the life and influence of the legendary ballerina in a new biographical film titled Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq, which is getting rave notices. Featuring interviews with surviving New York City Ballet compatriots Jacques d’Amboise, Arthur Mitchell and Patricia McBride, the documentary uses rare and forgotten footage to present Le Clercq’s artistic legacy, as well as personal photographs and correspondence to explore her relationships with Robbins and Balanchine. Afternoon of a Faun will be the next offering in the Rosendale Theatre’s monthly Dance Film Sundays series, to be screened this Sunday, March 9 at 2 p.m. Admission costs $10 for adults, $6 for children age 12 and under. For more information visit www.rosendaletheatre.org or call (845) 658-8989. – Frances Marion Platt Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq screening, Sunday, March 9, 2 p.m., $10/$6, Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale; (845) 658-8989, www. rosendaletheatre.org.

on Rodolfo for financial support – Gloria has to face the question of whether this sort of second-fiddle romance is worth the emotional investment. And that leads into another aspect of this film that sideswipes our expectations of what we’re likely to see onscreen, especially in a story set in a Latin American milieu: In Gloria it’s the men

who are the needy, the oversentimental, the weak-willed characters – not the women, and certainly not our plucky, game-but-sensible heroine. The plot of Gloria is simple, the action minimal, and aside from singing (she knows all the lyrics), the protagonist doesn’t have a whole lot of dialogue. It’s

UPAC SCREENS ANIMAL HOUSE THIS FRIDAY

he Bardavon will continue the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC)’s sixth season of classic films on the big screen with the National Lampoon’s 1978 classic comedy Animal House on Friday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets cost $6 – or wear a toga to UPAC and get in free. Directed by John Landis, Animal House is about a misfit group of fraternity members who challenge the dean of Faber College. The screenplay was adapted by Douglas Kenney, Chris Miller and Harold Ramis from stories written by Miller and published in National Lampoon magazine. Of the young lead actors, only John Belushi was an established star at the time, but even he had not yet appeared in a film, having gained fame mainly from his Saturday Night Live television appearances. Several of the actors who were cast as college students, including Karen Allen, Tom Hulce and Kevin Bacon, were just beginning their film careers. Tickets are available at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072; the UPAC box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 339-6088; or through Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or www. ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit www.bardavon.org.

a slow build, as we observe her observing, weighing, reacting or concealing her reactions as needed, occasionally experimenting. Ninety percent of the storytelling takes place on García’s face, but we’re never in doubt about what she’s feeling, even if her nearest and dearest often seem oblivious.

It’s an extraordinary, uplifting performance – and when Gloria finally does decide to do something impulsive, we’re putty in her hands. Moving on from the empty nest, it seems, is all about remembering that you can have fun just dancing with yourself. – Frances Marion Platt

HISTORY

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Harlem Nocturne tells the stories of three black female artists – novelist Ann Petry, choreographer/dancer Pearl Primus and composer/pianist Mary Lou Williams whose creative & political efforts fueled the change in Harlem during the 1940s about the cultural connection between the US and Iran on Sunday, March 8 from 3 to 4 p.m. In the US, Iran is often portrayed as a place of violent oppression and religious intolerance. Yet a study of Iran’s classical literature reveals in that culture a tradition of resisting oppression that would be very familiar to us today. The poem written by Saadi Golestan commonly known as “God Rebukes Abraham for Harshness to a Fire-Worshipper” was eventually published by Benjamin Franklin as the “Parable against Persecution,” one of his most popular pieces of writing. Tracing this poem’s journey to America leads us from 13th-century Iran through 17th-century Dutch anti-Semitism, the teachings of an important Church of England clergyman, a plagiarism scandal, the political debate surrounding the American Revolution and more. The Gardiner Library is located at 133 Farmers’ Turnpike. For more information, call (845) 255-1255 or visit www. gardinerlibrary.org.

Rosendale hosts talk on food in 17th-century art on Wednesday

Peter G. Rose, a New York Council for the Humanities speaker, will visit the Rosendale Public Library on Wednesday, March 12 at 7 p.m. to present “Art in Food and Food in Art,” an illustrated slide-talk on food and drink as seen in the 17th-century paintings of the Dutch masters and their relevance to the American kitchen today. With slides of 40 paintings, the lecture will demonstrate past food practices and shed new light on the Colonial diet. The event is free of charge to attend. The Rosendale Public Library is located at 264 Main Street in Rosendale. For more information, call (845) 658-9013, e-mail rosendalelibrary@hvi.net or visit www. rosendalelibrary.org.

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he FDR Presidential Library will present the fifth annual Eleanor Roosevelt “We Make Our Own History” forum on Saturday, March 8 at 2 p.m. The 2014 event will feature an author talk and signing with Farah Jasmine Griffin, author of Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists of Progressive Politics during World War II, in which she tells the stories of three black female artists whose creative and political efforts fueled the movement for change in Harlem during the 1940s. Novelist Ann Petry, choreographer/ dancer Pearl Primus and composer/pianist Mary Lou Williams made enormous strides for social justice during the war, laying the groundwork for the Civil Rights movement before the Cold War temporarily froze their democratic dreams. Farah Jasmine Griffin is professor of English, Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University. The program will take place in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home at 4079 Albany Post Road in Hyde Park, with a reception following. Preregistration is required. Admission costs $25. Proceeds benefit the Catharine Street Community Center in Poughkeepsie. For more information, call (845) 473-2272 or visit www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu.

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The Rosendale Theatre will screen Art of the Bag: A Speed Bag Story on Tuesday, March 11 at 7:15 p.m. Tickets cost $7 general admission or $5 for members. The documentary takes the viewer through the history of the speed bag and its ties to the Capital District and upstate New York area. Beginning with the invention of the rubber punching ball (now known as the speed bag or speed ball) in the late 19th century in Troy, the film documents the history of its development over the years, focusing on Alan Kahn, author of The Speed Bag Bible. Vintage footage along with indepth interviews of the most advanced speedbaggers and punchdrummers of today add insight to the Art of the Bag. The Rosendale Theatre is located at 408 Main Street in Rosendale. For more information, call (845) 658-8989 or visit www.rosendaletheatre.org.

Vassar libraries showcase architecture collections A new exhibition at Vassar College’s libraries highlights the history of architecture and the architectural influences on campus buildings. “The Architect’s Library” will be held in four locations on campus. At the founding of the college, Matthew Vassar procured part of the collection of the reverend Elias L. Magoon, one of the college’s charter trustees. Much of the collection came from the estate of the English antiquarian John Britton. From this nucleus, the collections grew. Prominent gifts from alumni and friends brought notable works to the college. The result today is an outstanding, well-rounded architectural library with significant holdings from all periods of Western architecture. Some of the first books on architecture held by the college will be in the Special Collections Study Room. The Main Library will house a broad selection of

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Hudson Valley Restaurant Week offers dining at reduced prices from Monday, March 10 through Sunday, March 23 at participating restaurants. Prix fixe three-course dinners cost $29.95 and lunches cost $20.95. Tax and tips are not included. Napoli, a cash bar, giveaways, door prizes and more. Preregister for free or register the day of the event for $10. Diamond Mills is located at 25 South Partition Street in Saugerties. For more information, call (845) 2470700, extension 531, or e-mail events@ diamondmillshotel.com.

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Works by more than 65 artists who attended or graduated from SUNY-Ulster over the past five decades will be on display at a special Alumni/ae Art Exhibition commemorating the college’s 50th anniversary year, set to open this Friday at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the college’s Stone Ridge campus

SUNY-Ulster marks 50th anniversary with alumni art show opening this Friday

What do 50 years look like via a roomful of art? How has an institution like SUNY-Ulster reflected the larger art world outside our local borders? Works by more than 65 artists who attended or graduated from SUNYUlster over the past five decades will be on display at a special spring 2014 Alumni/ ae Art Exhibition commemorating the college’s 50th anniversary year, set to open this weekend at the Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery on the college’s Stone Ridge campus and run through April 11. Included will be many whom we’ve profiled in these pages, from 97-yearold photographer Annette Finestone – represented by a photo of Japan that she took in the years immediately following World War II – to Pulitzer Prizewinning photojournalist Renée Byer, along with several current faculty members and others who have followed creative careers since graduating the college. An opening reception for the show runs from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 7. – Paul Smart Spring 2014 Alumni/ae Art Exhibition opening, Friday, March 7, 6-8 p.m., through April 11, Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Vanderlyn Hall, SUNY-Ulster, 491 Cottekill Road, Stone Ridge; (845) 687-5113, www.sunyulster.edu.

Show of works by Dan & Galen Green opens this Saturday in Rosendale

Father/daughter exhibitions are very rare in the art world – especially when the work is as jointly fond, delicate and wickedly humorous as the paintings by noted comic book illustrator Dan and rising puppet maker/ sculptor/epic crochet artist Galen Green. Both note how long they’ve

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Going with the flow Exhibit of water paintings by Fredericka Foster opens this Saturday at Beacon Institute

redericka Foster’s mid-sized paintings of water have a mesmerizing quality to them, just as staring into a river or lake or the ocean does. Some of her pieces are in extreme close-up, catching a sense of ebb and flow, of waves. Having painted H2O in the fjords of Norway and more urban and industrialized stretches of our own Hudson River, Foster will open her latest show of aquatic works at the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries this Saturday, March 8 in the Institute’s gallery space on Main Street in Beacon. “Water is our most intimate medium, which allows for a universal connection,” says the artist, who curated and participated in the major 2011 “Value of Water” art exhibition at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. “While it can evoke stillness, power or turbulence, it is vulnerable to human nature.” “I spent my early life in the watery Pacific Northwest, and when I began to use oil paint to describe a vision of water as meditative, rhythmic, intimate yet grand, I came home to my subject matter,” adds the artist. “Beacon Institute’s purpose to expand the understanding of water into vital areas for the benefit of us all fits perfectly with my desire to use art as a mechanism to connect with water both emotionally and intellectually, and to address issues affecting water and therefore all of us.” – Paul Smart Fredericka Foster’s “Water Way” opening March 8, 5-7 p.m., through October 5, Beacon Institute for Rivers & Estuaries, 199 Main Street, Beacon; (845) 8381600, extension 10, www.bire.org.

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Expect a mix of childhoods remembered through his daughter’s toys and his own memories, and her ever-larger crochet sculptures, including first glimpses at a new series of life-sized characters from the classic Tod Browning horror film Freaks. Dan Green followed years as an inker and penciler for Marvel and DC comics with his own graphic novels, including Doctor Strange: Into Shamballa and a collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven & Other Poems & Tales, with increasing renown for his own haunting painting work. Galen Green, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, has moved from puppet animations to dark works sometimes sculpted around bones, sold on Etsy as well as an increasing number of galleries. “Relative Objects” (otherwise known as the Greening of Rosendale) plays off juxtapositions, explorations of shared and batted-about influences, and the nurtured and natural sides of aesthetics. – Paul Smart

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March 25 at 8:00 p.m. McKenna Theatre $8, $6, $3 at the door Works of the 19th and early 20th century inﬂuenced by romantic and gothic literature.

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Along His Own Lines: A Retrospective of New York Realist Eugene Speicher Thru July 13

1980s Style: Image and Design in the Dorsky Museum Collection Thru July 13

Paintings by Dan Green/sculptural works by Galen Green opening, Saturday March 8, 6-8 p.m., Thursdays-Saturdays through April 12, Roos Arts, 449 Main Street, Rosendale; (718) 755-4726, www. roosarts.com.

“Chiaroscuro of Thomas Cole” lecture this Sunday in Catskill The Thomas Cole National Historic Site will hold Sunday Salons on Sundays at 2 p.m., featuring a lecture followed by a reception in Thomas Cole’s 1815 home. Admission costs $9 or $7 for members, and is first-come, firstserved. The lecture on Sunday, March 9 at 2 p.m. will be a discussion of shadow and light in “The Chiaroscuro of Thomas Cole,” with noted writer and speaker Alexander Nemerov, professor in the Arts and Humanities at Stanford University. The lecture promises: “Thomas Cole’s paintings abound in light and dark. Shadow and sunlight stream across his landscapes; his forest floors and canopies are swept by shades. What do Cole’s forests of chiaroscuro tell us about America in the 1830s and 1840s and the place of his art in it? Cole wore an elegant gentleman’s hat; this talk considers the swirl of thoughts in the head beneath the hat.” The Thomas Cole National Historic Site is located at 218 Spring Street in Catskill. For more information, call (518) 9437465.

Members’ show opens this Saturday at Kleinert in Woodstock The Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts in Woodstock will host an opening reception on Saturday, March 8 from 4 to 6 p.m. for the annual members’ show. The eclectic exhibition will showcase the work of its members in all media using all methods. The Center is located at 36 Tinker Street in Woodstock. For more information, call (845) 679-2079 or visit www. woodstockguild.org.

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Cover of Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified by Cal Patch

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Cal Patch in a hodge podge linen smock dress and crochet cowl

Patchwork Accord’s Cal Patch empowers people to make their own clothing

ome craftspeople are born to work in one medium. They’re woodworkers through and through, or they’re potters, or jewelers, who spend their lives immersed in a singular pursuit of one particular creative passion. Others are like local artisan Cal Patch, who embraces a multitude of crafting disciplines within the fiber arts. Patch sews, crochets, knits, embroiders, dyes fibers, prints on fabric and designs

“I think we’re all craving a return to using our hands” sewing and crochet patterns. She wrote a book, Design-It-Yourself Clothes: Patternmaking Simplified, published by Potter Craft. And she teaches frequently, in local shops, online and at retreats around the country where crafters get together in scenic locations to make things under the guidance of experts. Patch also maintains an Etsy shop online where she sells what she makes: one-ofa-kind sewn garments of her own design, along with crocheted hats and accessories and patterns to make them. That embrace of the eclectic is reflected in what Patch has aptly named her collective endeavors: “hodge podge farm,” deliberately rendered in lowercase letters. Her Etsy shop and website are found under that name; her clothing label is simply “hodge podge.” Patch started her career as a clothing designer in New York City after studying fashion design at the University of Cincinnati in her native Ohio. But while she worked for some notable names and found success in that realm, Patch became increasingly disenchanted with the disposable nature of the corporate fashion world.

Photo of Cal Patch in her Accord studio by Thea Coughlin

“I started to realize that the whole industry is about convincing people that they need to throw everything away,” she says. “People are told they need to buy new clothes, wear them for a few months, and then after that, they’re no longer valid.” That planned obsolescence creates a “vicious cycle,” Patch says, of poorly made garments that aren’t made to stand up to much wear, and of mistreatment and underpayment of the people in the factories overseas who have to make the clothing cheaply. Along with that, Patch says, she found that in designing for a big company, one doesn’t really get to handle fabric much, and she missed the hands-on aspects of making something herself. So she left the corporate world in 1998 and opened her own shop, Patch 155, on the Lower East Side in New York City. She made each garment that she sold there: things of her own design that could never be mass-produced. But the women who came into her shop would tell her, she

says, “‘I love what you make, but I can’t afford to buy it – I wish I could make it myself.’” Patch began teaching women how to do just that, and found that she really enjoyed showing people how to make something themselves. After four years of shopkeeping, Patch closed the store to co-found MAKE workshop, one of the first indie craft schools. She taught there for five years, but came to a growing realization that her do-it-yourself lifestyle didn’t require living in expensive New York City. After 18 years there, she packed up and moved to the Hudson Valley. She lives in Accord, where she keeps a vegetable garden along with a few chickens, and says that she could see herself getting a sheep or two or some goats in the future, in order to use their fibers to crochet with. Patch refers to herself tongue-in-cheek as “the Crochet Crusader,” because, as she says, “knitting is very hip now, but crochet is definitely the stepsister – the underdog of the fiber world. People have a lot of bad connotations of it, and they think of hideous acrylic afghans or poodle-shaped bathroom-tissue covers. But crochet doesn’t have to be ugly; it can be beautiful if you use nice yarn and make nice, tasteful things. I mean, you can crochet with cashmere.” And if someone really wants to “play with yarn,” she adds, “it’s good to know some knitting and some crochet, because they each have their advantages, and knowing both allows you to combine them or do whichever one is better for what you’re making.” Combining different techniques into one project is all part of that “hodge podge” philosophy of Patch’s. One of her signature looks is a sewn top with a crocheted yoke neckline, and she sometimes crochets the yoke using strips of knit fabric that are handled as if they were yarn. Patch grew up in Novelty, Ohio, a rural area outside of Cleveland. (“Cal” is a shortened version of Caroline.) She traces

her love of crafting to being a child of the ’70s – a heyday for crafting in this country – saying that she has been “a maker” since she was very small. Girl Scouts were part of her “learning early on to make her own fun,” and Patch even sold her handmade wares door-to-door as a child from her hand-painted wagon. She remembers watching her grandmother crochet, “wielding hook and yarn for hours on end while I played.” But she didn’t take it up in earnest until she was about 30, she says, teaching herself from a book – “although it came to me very easily and naturally, and my grandma, now 91, still gives me tips and advice.” Patch teaches classes on sewing, patternmaking, crochet, embroidery, block printing and more at local shops and places like White Barn Farm Sheep and Wool in Gardiner. She teaches online through www.creativebug.com, where one can watch unlimited how-to videos for a monthly subscription price of $9.95, or purchase individual videos. Some of her offerings there include how to design and sew leggings or how to make an A-line skirt in a day. “I love knowing that by teaching online, people all over the world can take a class,” Patch says. Patch also travels about four or five times a year to teach fiber arts at retreats around the country: three-to-five-day events in places like Boulder, Colorado (in April); the Squam Art Workshops in New Hampshire (June); the Shakerag Workshops in Sewanee, Tennessee (also in June); and the Lucky Star Art Camp in Hunt, Texas (November). Down the road, Patch says that she’d like to do another book or two on patternmaking using one’s own measurements. “I have a lot more to say about that,” she says. “It’s not as intimidating as people think it is.” She plans to continue teaching at retreats, and would love to offer more local classes. “We just need a few more spots for them to happen,” she says. The crafting movement does seem to be growing these days, Patch says. “I think we’re all craving a return to using our hands. Even if we don’t make everything, if we do it a few times we appreciate the process and make more conscious choices.” She draws a parallel between the handmade movement and what has happened in the local food movement. “It’s been a big influence in people opening their eyes and seeing where things come from, and how they’re made and the process that something went through before it’s actually available for purchase. It’s taught consumers to be more thoughtful and educated.” Patch laughs. “You know the slow food movement? We’re the slow cloth movement... I like that term a lot. The things that I make definitely take a long time, but I like the fact that slow can be considered an advantage and increase something’s value.” – Sharyn Flanagan For more information on Cal Patch, visit www.hodgepodgefarm.net.

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Time to spring ahead: Remember to set your clocks ahead one hour for the time change at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 9

GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Banzai, bonsai! It’s time to prune if you want to inhibit growth of indoor trees

coming bout of colder weather notwithstanding, my weeping fig (Ficus benjamina) knows and shows that spring is around the corner. Buds along and at the tips of stems are stretching and showing some green of new leaves beneath their folds. I’m called to action. The reason for this call is that my weeping fig, although it could soar to 75 feet outdoors in tropical climates, is in a small pot being trained as a bonsai. Now that the plant is just about ready to grow is the time to cut it back, so that new growth remains proportional to the size of the pot, the roots and the dictates of design. At three-and-a-half years old, my tree is only six inches high – and I want to keep it that small. Its pot, after all, is only four inches long by three inches wide, and an inch deep. Before I even get to the stems, I cut off all the leaves. True, this is not good for a plant; but my plant is healthy, so it can tolerate the stress. I go through the trouble of snipping off each leaf because that dwarfs, to some degree, new leaves that are about to emerge, keeping them more in proportion to the size of the plant. Whoops! I just checked a book (The Pruning Book by Lee Reich) that states

that the leaf pruning is best done after new leaves fully emerge. Oh well, I’ll leaf prune again as soon as the next flush of growth finishes. (Tropical plants, in contrast to plants of cold climates, typically have multiple growth flushes each year.) With leaves pruned off, time to move on to the roots. Since the plant was last repotted a year ago, roots have thoroughly filled the soil in the small pot. There’s little or no room for new root growth, and new roots are the ones that drink in water and what few nutrients are left in the old soil. The only way to make room for new soil and root growth is to get rid of some old soil and roots. I tease out old soil from among the roots and then prune away about a third of the old roots. With that done, I pack new soil into the pot: just enough to put the plant, with its surface mat of moss still in tow, sitting at the same level as before the root pruning. The stems need little pruning. I snip off a crossing stem here, one reaching too far over the edge of the pot there, and another that threatens to extend too far skyward. Although stems made little growth over the past year, they – and especially the trunk – did thicken, helping to give the little tree an appearance venerable beyond its years.

At three-and-a-half years old, my tree is only six inches high – and I want to keep it that small

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My friend’s apricot tree in spring

er week highs are in the 40s or 50s – back and forth through winter. Plants went into winter well able to resist the enticements of warm weather. That’s because, until they’ve experienced a certain number of hours at chilly, not frigid, temperatures, they remain dormant and unwilling to grow. Once reaching about 1,000 hours total accumulated exposure to temperatures between 30 and 45 degrees Fahrenheit, they begin to deharden – that is, become less resistant to cold and more ready to grow. Plants vary in the number of hours they need to fill their “chilling bank” – some needing a couple of hundred hours, others needing over 1,000 hours. The gut reaction would be to surmise that plants from colder climates would naturally require more chilling hours before they would begin to grow. That’s generally true, but it ain’t necessarily so. In some very cold regions, spring comes on quickly without looking back, and the growing season is short. Fruit plants adapted to such regions must be ready to grow at the first breath of spring if they’re going to have time to ripen their fruits within the growing season. Just a little chilling at the beginning and/or end of the season is all they need. With most fruit trees, flowers are the first evidence of awakened growth. But if they open too early, subsequent cold turns their colorful petals to brown mush. Dead flowers also cannot go on to become fruits. I admit to being somewhat foolish for planting an apricot tree: a tree native to Manchuria, a region that experiences those cold winters and quick, steadily warming springs. The climate here in the Hudson Valley (and over most of continental US), and especially at my less-than-perfect site for fruit-growing, has a good chance of fooling apricot trees into acting as if cold weather is past long before it actually is. My foolishness won’t be in evidence this year, though, because the tree is still too young to flower. – Lee Reich Any gardening questions? E-mail Lee at garden@leereich.com and he’ll try answering them directly or in his Almanac Weekly column. To read Lee’s previous “Gardener’s Notebook” columns, go to HudsonValleyAlmanacWeekly.com. You can also visit Lee’s garden at www. leereich.blogspot.com and check out his instructional videos at www.youtube. com/leereichfarmden. For more on local homes and gardens, go to Ulster Publishing’s HomeHudsonValley.com.

Place holders Upcoming events from the Woodstock Land Conservancy include “localism” panel on March 12

he nonprofit Woodstock Land Conservancy (WLC) protects and manages undeveloped land in Woodstock and the eastern Catskills. It works with landowners, protecting property through conservation easements that allow the landowner to retain full title to the land but restrict the development that can occur on a property so that its resources are protected forever. As part of its Vision 2020 strategy, the WLC is partnering with the Woodstock Film Festival and Woodstock Transition to present a winter film and lecture series. The events take place at the Mountain View Studio at 20 Mountain View Avenue in Woodstock. Admission is free. The next event will be a panel discussion on Wednesday, March 12 at 7 p.m. The event is intended as a “community conversation” about the benefits of localism, reconnecting area residents with local farmers, investors with entrepreneurs and business-owners with the community at large. Participating panelists will be Ajax Greene of Re>Think Local, Georgene Fredericks of the Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union and Megan Reynolds of the Woodstock Farm Festival. On Wednesday, March 26, the series will highlight the dangers of climate change. The NOVA/National Geographic documentary Extreme Ice will be screened. It chronicles photojournalist James Balog as he photographs the disappearance of icy landscapes that took thousands of years to form. Extraordinary time-lapse footage reveals massive glaciers and ice sheets splitting apart, collapsing and disappearing at a rate that has scientists alarmed. WLC also provides nature education and outdoor activities for the community, like the free “First Saturdays on the Trail” activities on the first Saturday of each month – except for April, that is, when the “First Saturday” event will take place on Sunday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Thorne Preserve on John Joy Road. The format will change a bit, too, in that preregistration and a $5 donation are required to attend. Permaculture expert Dave Jacke, co-author of the two-volume Edible Forest Gardens, will visit the Thorne Preserve on April 6 to discuss “Edible Forest Gardening,” a comprehensive approach to landscaping that takes into consideration all elements of the land. It involves layering of plants of different heights and properties, each with functions that support each other. It depends on perennial plants rather than annuals, preventing soil erosion and encouraging microbial and fungal activities in the soil that are essential to a healthy environment. For more information, visit www. woodstocklandconservancy.org, www. woodstocknytransition.org and www.

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the snow or mud, help out in the sugarbush and learn how to make syrup as generations of families have done before. Reservations are required. The cost is $5 per person at the time of registration. The Mohonk Preserve is located at 3197 Route 44/55 in Gardiner. For more information, to register and to obtain meeting location, call (845) 255-0919 or visit www.mohonkpreserve.org.

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Flower power Mid -Hudson Orchid Society show/sale this Saturday in Newburgh

he community room off the parking lot at the Union Presbyterian Church at 44 Balmville Road in Newburgh will host the Mid-Hudson Orchid Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spring orchid show and sale on Saturday, March 8 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. See rare and exotic orchids on the show table and purchase orchids at great prices, with a large selection to choose from. Orchid experts will be available all day for questions. Education for beginners will take place at 1 p.m. For more information, call (845) 294-1000 or visit www.mhos.us.com.

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Norrie Point leads nature walk this Saturday There will be a free nature walk suited for all at the Norrie Point Environmental Center at 256 Norrie Point Way in Staatsburg on Saturday, March 8. For more information, call (845) 889-4745, extension 109, e-mail jgherrin@gw.dec.state.ny.us or visit www.nerrs.noaa.gov/hudsonriver.

Maple sugaring outing this Saturday at Minnewaska Join Minnewaska park educator Nick Martin at the site of a vanished mountaintop community on Saturday, March 8 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Learn how to identify sugar maple trees, how sap is collected and how to make maple syrup at home. If there is sufficient equipment, the group will tap a sugar maple with traditional equipment. The outing is approximately one-anda-half miles long, with a sustained hill on the return trip. Participants should be prepared for muddy or snowy conditions; wear appropriate footwear. Meet at the Awosting Parking Lot. Preregistration is required. The fee for parking at Minnewaska is $8 per car. The trail fee is $6 per adult and $5 per junior.Â There are no additional fees for

public programs, unless noted otherwise. Minnewaska State Park Preserve consists of approximately 23,000 acres of wild and scenic land located on Route 44/55, five miles west of the intersection with Route 299 in Gardiner. For more information and to register for programs, call (845) 255-0752.

Clearwater potluck next Saturday at Maritime Museum in Kingston Come visit the Clearwater and celebrate the winter months with friends on Saturday, March 15 from 4 to 8 p.m. Bring a potluck dish to share, enjoy local music, meet the captains and learn about the sloop restoration. The event will be held at the Hudson River Maritime Museum at 50 Rondout Landing in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 265-8080 or visit www.clearwater.org.

The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will hold a oneday workshop through Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Sullivan Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4-H program on how to raise pheasants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raising Pheasants 101â&#x20AC;? will cover how to monitor the health of young pheasants and ensure that there is adequate feed and water for the rapidly growing chicks. The class will be held on Tuesday, March 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Gerald J. Skoda Extension Education Center at 64 Ferndale-Loomis Road in Liberty. Preregistration is required in advance by calling (845) 292-6180 or e-mailing Michelle Lipari at mml249@cornell.edu. Participants will learn the expectations of the DEC pheasant programs. CCE Agriculture community educator Michelle Lipari will illustrate how to care for and manage pheasants in order to complete the DEC program successfully. When the program started in the early 1900s, pheasant eggs and chicks were distributed to farmers and rural youth. Today, day-old chicks are available at no cost to participants who are able to provide a brooding facility, a covered outdoor rearing pen and an adequate release site. According to the DEC, wild populations of this introduced species have reached all-time lows. Without propagation and release programs by DEC and private entities, pheasant hunting opportunities would not exist in New York State. The pheasants may be released beginning when they are eight weeks

old and no later than December 1. No chicks obtained through the Day-Old Pheasant Chick Program can be released on private shooting preserves. All release sites must be approved in advance by the DEC and must be open for public pheasant hunting opportunities. The DEC releases thousands of pheasants annually. The program is funded through the state Conservation Fund from license fees paid by hunters, trappers and anglers. More information is available on the DEC website at www.dec.ny.gov/animals/7271. html.

Shamrock Run returns to Kingston next Sunday The 26th annual Shamrock Run, a two-mile run to benefit the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Place, will be held on Sunday, March 16. A parade and post-race party will be held at the Rondout Neighborhood Center in Kingston following the run. The run goes from Academy Green to the foot of Broadway. Check in across from Academy Green at the Governor Clinton Apartments at 1 Albany Avenue in Kingston. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m., closing at 12:30 p.m. The run starts at 12:50 p.m. sharp. For registration or more information, call (845) 340-0001 or visit www.shamrockrunners.org.

Kingston hosts St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Parade next Sunday The Kingston St. Patrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Parade will kick off from the Kingston Plaza on Sunday, March 16 at 1 p.m. and proceed down Broadway to the Rondout Creek waterfront district. Numerous bands, floats and community organizations celebrate the â&#x20AC;&#x153;wearing oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the greenâ&#x20AC;? at this annual fun-filled Irish celebration, sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. For more information, call (845) 3386622, e-mail events@ulsteraoh.com or visit www.ulsteraoh.com.

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Bounce in Poughkeepsie

rom now on, whenever you need an idea about what to do with your kids, think Bounce, the new all-ages trampoline center in Poughkeepsie. The activity area is covered in trampolines, including inclined trampolines against the walls; two with basketball nets; and the section that got me hooked: the two differentage-level dodgeball courts. Buy a ticket for yourself in addition to your kids, so you can play dodgeball too; it’s that much fun.

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The facility is spacious, clean, well-staffed and welcoming. Nature Station vending machines offer healthier snack and drink options, and the cash-only snack bar has concession-style fare, such as candy and frozen confections. There are a couple of foam block pits, one in a dedicated 6-and-under trampoline area; a handful of arcade games line the wall, and flatscreen televisions hang in the lounge area, including a monitor of the trampoline floor. Guests jump barefoot or in non-slip socks for safety, and there are easy-access cubbies available for socks and shoes. Sessions end on the hour, regardless of when you start, so I suggest completing the waiver on the website ahead of time to avoid delays. My daughter recommends that guests not slide down the ramps on bare knees (ouch). My son’s favorite part was playing dodgeball, “because it’s all on

trampolines!” One young friend of ours loved building towers in the foam block pit and hurling himself into it for total destruction. Check the website and Facebook page for updates on hours and special events, such as the Friday night Jump ‘n’ Glow. Bounce is located at 2 Neptune Road in Poughkeepsie. For rates and hours, call (845) 206-4555 or visit http://bounceonit. com/poughkeepsie. Our family had an absolute blast at Bounce and we can’t wait to go back. See you there!

Agricultural scholarship Could $8,000 make a difference in your high school senior’s life? The Dutchess County Agricultural Society (DCAS Inc.) is offering a scholarship to a New York State high school se-

nior – preferably one who has participated in the Fairgrounds’ programs. For more information about this and other scholarships for high school seniors and college students, visit www. dutchessfair.com before May 7.

SATURDAY, MARCH 8 Insider tours of Hyde Park mansions I love behind-the-scenes tours of historic sites, giving you little nuggets about these special places that make them feel more alive and relatable. On Saturdays, March 8, April 12 and May 10, the Vanderbilt Mansion and the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt are doing just that. The “Downstairs/ Upstairs at the Vanderbilt Mansion”

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id you know that you can see real mummies right in Albany? The Albany Institute of History and Art owns two of them, and they are currently featured in the museum’s “Mystery of the Albany Mummies” exhibit on display until June 8. I strongly recommend getting a guided tour if you can, because the history and connections among the pieces are fascinating. Check out the two interactive children’s areas in the mummy exhibit, which include making hieroglyphic rubbings, playing a traditional Egyptian game of Senet and wrapping a mock mummy, complete with special amulets. We spent all of our time in the mummy exhibit that day, but the museum houses an extensive art collection as well. The Institute offers free admission on Thursday nights from 5 to 8 p.m., or head up to its free family program, “Night at the Museum,” on Friday, March 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. Activities include art, a mummy movie, storytelling, a scavenger hunt and refreshments. Regular admission to the Institute costs $10 for adults; $8 for seniors and students; $6 for children 6 or 12 years; and is free for members and children under 6. The Albany Institute of History and Art is located at 125 Washington Avenue in Albany. For information, call (518) 463-4478 or visit www.albanyinstitute. org. – Erica Chase-Salerno

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Round One Workshops (list 1st and 2nd choices) ___ The Heart of the Matter - Relationships, Sexuality and Intimacy ~ Perry Samowitz, presenter ___ An Innovative, Interdisciplinary Approach to Skill Development for the Successful Transition of the Young Adult with ASD ~ Rebecca Stanmyer and Elizabeth Gray, presenters ___ Wellness Beyond Conventional Wisdom ~ Amanda Coons and Shauna Williams, presenters ___ Selective Eating, Risk Levels and Multidisciplinary Interventions ~ Kathleen Marshall and Dr. Ellen Girdlestone, Ph.D., presenters ___ Autism Insurance Legislation: the Past, Present and Future ~ Patrick Paul and Dana Stivella, presenters Round Two Workshops (list 1st and 2nd choices) ___ Take Down Reduction ~ Dr. Sherry Tankersley, Ph.D., Michael Camargo, and Tony Glenn, presenters ___ Breaking the Silence Workshop - Making Music to Enhance the Lives of People with Autism ~ Dr. Peter Muir, Ph.D., presenter ___ Introduction to Technology and Communication ~ Lori Rose and Gidget Gayton-Kress, presenters ___ Neurofeedback and People with ASD - A Report on Progress and Cost Effectiveness ~ Dr. Dan Meyer, Ph.D. and Barbara Monaco, presenters ___ Inner Peace Through Massage Therapy ~ Claude W. Porter Jr., presenter ___ Increasing Leisure and Play Skills ~ Nicholas Orland, D. Jill Pesansky, and Elizabeth Fountaine, presenters

Round Three Workshops (list 1st and 2nd choices) ___ Breaking the Silence Concert - Making Music to Enhance the Lives of People with Autism ~ Dr. Peter Muir, Ph.D., presenter ___ Advanced Technology and Communication ~ Lori Rose and Gidget Gayton-Kress, presenters ___ Future of Autism Services ~ Dr. Sudi Kash, Ph.D. and Dr. John Scileppi, Ph.D., presenters ___ Autism Insurance Legislation: the Past, Present and Future ~ Patrick Paul and Dana Stivella, presenters ___ Wellness Beyond Conventional Wisdom ~ Amanda Coons and Shauna Williams, presenters Parent Panel Edriene Mercano, Dr. Peter Leonard, Ph.D., Errol Figuerroa Closing

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event is a 90-minute tour with servant roles assigned to the attendees, along with a glimpse of the fancy “Upstairs” life. Tours take place at 10 a.m., 12 noon and 2 p.m. at a cost of $10 per person. The Vanderbilt Mansion is located at 119 Vanderbilt Park Road in Hyde Park. For more information, call (845) 229-7770 or visit www.nps.gov/ vama. “History Speaks” at the FDR Home gives participants an inside look at the way that the Roosevelt household operated, through the first-person costumed perspective of the butler, cook, maid and an FDR Secret Service agent. FDR tours take place at 10 and 11:30 a.m., 2:30 and 4 p.m. The $18 fee is good for entry into the Home and the Presidential Library for two days; ages 15 and under get in free. The FDR Home is located at 4097 Albany Post Road in Hyde Park. For more information, call (845) 229-6214 or visit www.nps.gov/ hofr.

THIS SATURDAY’S International Women’s Day March on the Walkway over the Hudson begins on the Poughkeepsie side at 9 a.m. and features Mecca Santana, chief diversity officer for New York State, as the keynote speaker. The first attendees to arrive will receive a special handcrafted gift from Woman to Woman, a collective of Cambodian women with physical disabilities.

The Poughkeepsie entrance to the Walkway is located at 64 Parker Avenue, and shuttle buses will run from the Highland side as well. For more information, call (845) 4541700, extension 1000, or visit www. wlahv.org. To learn more about the celebration of this day, visit www. internationalwomensday.com.

Model-making workshops in Hopewell Junction Kids ages 7 and up can take a break from their Rainbow Looms and make a new handicraft this weekend: their very own model, with the members of the Hudson Valley Historical Miniatures Guild at the East Fishkill Community Library. This free program takes place on Saturday, March 8 from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., and from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and includes all materials, but participants must preregister. The East Fishkill Community Library is located at 348 Route 376 in Hopewell Junction. To register or for more information, call (845) 221-9943 or visit www.eastfishkilllibrary.org.

Magic show in Rhinebeck I think that magic shows are a perfect example of the promise of spring. Like spring, magic shows astound, amaze and delight me. Why not brighten up your wintry weekend with a visit to see Berger’s & Frank’s Magic Show at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck? This performance takes place on Saturday, March 8 at 11 a.m. Tickets cost $7 for children; $9 for adults and seniors. The Center is located at 661 Route 308 in Rhinebeck. For tickets or more information, call (845) 876-3080 or visit http://centerforperformingarts.org.

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International Women’s Day March on the Walkway

The John Burroughs Natural History Society’s Winter Tree Identification Walk is a terrific chance to check out the Shaupeneak Ridge, if you haven’t already. The roadway is actually part of Sojourner Truth’s walk to freedom from slavery, and the Epic Explorers 4-H group has some Sojourner Truththemed geocaches worth checking out while you’re there. So go for the tree identification hike, stay for the scenery and the history. This winter walk takes place on Saturday, March 8 at 10 a.m. and is free and open to the public. Meet up at the Shaupeneak Ridge trailhead lot, located on Poppletown Road, 2.5 miles from Route 9W. For reservations or more information, e-mail navatabak@gmail. com or visit http://jbnhs.org.

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Saturday, March 8’s International Women’s Day March on the Walkway over the Hudson is a chance to walk together in celebration of women and in solidarity for change. This event is an easy way to invite your family to connect with 51 percent of the world’s population who seek equality in every area of life. The walk begins on the Poughkeepsie side at 9 a.m. and features Mecca Santana, chief diversity officer for New York State, as the keynote speaker. The first attendees to arrive will receive a special handcrafted gift from Woman to Woman, a collective of Cambodian women with physical disabilities.

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Celtic Crossroads play West Point For the cost of a case of Guinness, or a fraction of a flight to Dublin, you can bring Ireland to you with Celtic Crossroads’ performance at West Point. Celtic Crossroads appears on Saturday, March 9 at 8 p.m. in Eisenhower Hall. Tickets cost $38. Use the Stony Lonesome Gate off Route 9W or Thayer Gate in the Village of Highland Falls to access the West Point property, and leave plenty of extra time for the security check on the way in. For tickets or more information, call (845) 938-4159 or visit www.ikehall.com.

Music classes for special-needs kids in Montgomery Zylofone’s Saturday Spring Workshops begin on Saturday, March 8. Classes support individuals with special needs through music-making and take place at Ms. Claire’s Music Cupboard, located at 8 Factory Street in Montgomery. The series costs $149 per person. For a complete list of course dates and descriptions or to register, call (845) 476-8257 or visit http://zylofone.org.

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Paul Green Rock Academy Show Band in Hudson The Paul Green Rock Academy Show Band is comprised of area youth who know how to rock out with real music. They perform Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Heart, the Police, Frank Zappa and more this Sunday, March 9 at 6 p.m. at Club Helsinki Hudson. The doors open at 5 p.m., the show is at 6 p.m., and if you get there on the early side, you can enjoy dinner. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door, with proceeds going to the Academy’s scholarship fund matching program. Club Helsinki is located at 405 Columbia Street in Hudson. For tickets or more information, call (518) 828-4800 or visit www.helsinkihudson.com.

MONDAY, MARCH 10 Festival of Contemporary Music at SUNY-Albany Some of you like to get the earliest glimpses of tomorrow’s superstars. Well, here’s a secret for you: The Empire State Youth Orchestra is full of young players who will be headlining expensive concerts when they grow up. Here’s your chance to say that you heard them before they went big, while inspiring your own kids to practice. On Monday, March 10, the Empire State Youth and Repertory Percussion Ensembles perform a Festival of Contemporary Music at 7 p.m. at the University at Albany Performing Arts Center. The University at Albany is located at 1400 Washington Avenue in Albany. For more information including additional concert dates for the String Ensemble, Repertory Jazz Ensemble, Youth and Repertory Orchestra, visit http://esyo.org.

TUESDAY, MARCH 11 Preschool art program at Red Hook Library The Red Hook Library’s free “Petite Picasso” preschool art program means fun for your kids, and no messy house for you. Petite Picasso takes place on Tuesdays at 1 p.m. at the Red Hook Library, located at 7444 South Broadway

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Art of the Bag at Rosendale Theatre Art of the Bag: A Speed Bag Story is a movie about boxing, and specifically about the apparent pleasure and artform of hitting that little spunky punching bag that snaps back and forth when you strike it. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m intrigued by this topic after watching the trailer, and this showing is followed by a question-and-answer session with the director: Joe Saba of ZazaCast Films from Voorheesville. With local opportunities for kids to learn boxing such as the Kingston Police Athletic Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s KO Boxing, I think that movies like this can inspire a new path toward physical and mental health and strength. Art of the Bag will be screened at the Rosendale Theatre on Tuesday, March 11 at 7:15 p.m. Tickets cost $7 general admission, $5 for members. The Rosendale Theatre is located at 408 Main Street in Rosendale. For more information, call (845) 658-8989 or visit http://rosendaletheatre.org. To learn more about the movie, visit www.artofthebag. com.

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8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 679-5906 x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 9AM-5PM Health Care Enrollment Assistance. Open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace continues through March 31. Health Care Navigators available by appointment. Call for appointment: 800-4534666. Arlingston Branch Library, 504 Haight St, Poughkeepsie. 9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rt 32, New Paltz. 9:30AM-10:30AM Fit After Fifty with Diane Collelo. Three-part class offering movement for balance and breath, weight-training for bone health, and mat work for flexibility and core. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10AM Mohonk Preserve Thursday Tales at Ten: Story Time. A nature-themed story and an activity every Thursday morning in March. For children ages 2-5 with their parents or guardians. Reservations required. Info: 255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, Gardiner. 10AM-11AM Preschool Story Time. “Boogie Woogie Books!” with Amy Dunphy. Meets on Thursdays.. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge. 10:30AM Book Explorers Storytime. For ages 4 and up. Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 11:30AM-6:30PM Raindrop Technique Therapy with intuitive energy healer Donna Carroll. First Thursday of every month. A remarkably effective hands-on therapy that combines the use of nine essential oils strokedalong the spine, back, neck and feet to unwind and improve circulation, release negative emotions, reduce pain. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /one hour. 11:30AM-2PM Healthy Neighborhood Stores Project Event. Sample Nutritious Foods and receive Free Recipe Cards. Bilingual Spanish / English recipe cards! Info: mcd242@cornell.edu or www.creatinghealthyplacesulster.org. 1PM-3PM Minnewaska Preserve: Homeschoolers - Maple Sap Tapping. For children between the ages of 7 - 10 years old. Pre-registration is required. Info: 255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Awosting Parking Area, Gardiner. 1PM-4PM Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short

lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Most players are elementary and intermediate players. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

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1:30PM-2:30PM Puppet Show. “Shingebiss.” With live musical accompaniment provided by Thomas Workman. “Shingebiss” is an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Native American story which exemplifies the strength of the underdog and the virtue of perseverance. Info: 255-1255 or vwww. gardinerlibrary.org. Gardiner Library, Community Room, Gardiner.

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3PM College Council Meeting. Reports will be given by College Council Chairman Kenneth J. Abt and College President Donald Christian. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/webcasts. SUNY New Paltz, Haggerty Administration Building, New Paltz.

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e-mail calendar@ulsterpublishing.com. postal mail: Almanac Calendar Manager Donna Keefe

when to send

Almanac’s Calendar is printed on Tuesdays. We must receive all entries no later than the previous Friday at noon.

The name of the event, time, date, location of event, a telephone number (for publication) and admission charge (specify if free). A brief description is helpful, too.

5PM Circolo Culturale Italia. An Italianlanguage discussion group. More advanced Italian speakers are invited. Info: 758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook. 5:30PM-6:30PM Mixed Levels -Tai Chi. Led by Martha Cheo. Winter session is from Jan 2 - March 27. Beginners need to call Martha Cheo directly to join the winter session at 256-9316. Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. 6PM La Dolce Lingua. Conversational Italian with native Italian speaker Patrizia. Anyone interested in learning or speaking Italian is welcome. Info: 758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook. 6 PM-7 PM Community Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Thursday, 6-7pm. Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 6PM-8PM Homework Help. Mondays & Thursdays. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan. 6PM-8:30PM Lenten Study Group in Early Christian Spirituality. Led by the Reverend Deacon James Krueger. Sessions will begin on Thursday March 6, and run every Thursday until April 10. Reservations required. Info:info@ monsnubifer.org or 254-4872.61 Bonnieview Ave, Pine Hill.

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Instructional and workshop listings appear in the calendar when accompanied by a paid display ad or by a paid individual calendar listing. Community events are published in the newspaper as a community service and on a spaceavailable basis.

7 PM Noi Italiani D’Oggi (NIDO) Monthly Meeting. Author and educator, Anna Mione will speak. Info: 471-0313. Italian Center, 277 Mill St, Poughkeepsie, free. 7 PM Acoustic Thursdays with Barbara Dempsey and Dewitt Nelson. Info: 687-2699 or highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls. 7PM-8:30PM Minnewaska Preserve: Shawangunk Ridge Biodiversity Partnership Lecture. Learn about the evolution of Gunks climbing, including the “clean climbing” movement, and successful partnership between climbers and conservation scientists to help protect Peregrine Falcons on the ridge. Info: 255-0752. SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Hall 102, New Paltz, free. 7PM Fireside Chat: “A Determination To Work: A Look at the Life and Career of Malvina Thompson, Eleanor Roosevelt’s Secretary and Friend.” A look at “the woman behind the woman.” Presenter: Anthony Musso. St. James Chapel, 10 East Market St, Hyde Park.

6:30PM Swing of Things. Swing lessons and dance. Info: 758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary. org. Red Hook Firehouse, Red Hook, free.

7PM-11PM Best Open Mic in Hudson Valley. No cover. Primo’s, 1554 Rt 44/55, Clintondale, 883-6112.

6:30PM-7:15PM Advanced Tai Chi. Led by Martha Cheo. Winter session is from Jan 2 - March 27. Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

8PM Buried Child. Play by Buried Child. The 1970s are a backdrop for Sam Shepard’s examination of family and the American Dream in the midst of rural life and traditional values. Info: 257-3880.$18,$16,$10. SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Popa Chubby presents “Electric Chubbyland”, the music of Jimi Hendrix. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon. com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

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8PM The Vandal .Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20. 8:30PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch and Bill Keith. Info: 679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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Freeze Frame Film Festival (3/7-3/9). For details, and times: www.thebeacontheatre.org/ freeze-frame or 226.8099 The Beacon, 445 Main St, Beacon. 9AM-4PM Rummage Sale. The sale will include clothes, household goods, books, and toys. Info: 246-7802. Saugerties United Methodist Church, 67 Washington Ave, Saugerties.

9:30AM-3:30PM The AARP Foundation TaxAide Program provides free, reliable tax preparation service for low to middle income families,

individuals and seniors. By appointment only. Please call 2-1-1 to schedule an appointment. Info: www.poklib.org or 485-3445 x 3702. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, free. 9:45AM-10:45AM Senior Chi Kung with Corinne Mol. Meditative, healing exercise consisting of 13 movements. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, 10:30AM Toddler Tales Storytime. For ages 2-3. Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 11:30AM-4:30PM Past-Life Regression and Angelic Channeling Sessions with Margaret Doner. Recover memories of past lives in order to release the karma and motivations that guide your present life issues, heal pastwounds, and better understand your life’s purpose. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $125 /90 minutes. 12PM-5PM Arlington Farmers’ Market. Every Thursday from 12 to 5pm, when school is in session. Info: www.vassar.edu or 437-7035 Vassar Main Building, College Center, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie. 12:05PM Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 3:30PM-4:30PM After School Story Hour. Theme is The Dewey Decimal System. Sessions for second and third graders meet on Fridays. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@ aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge. 3:30PM After School Crafts. For ages 8-12. Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 246-4317 x 3. 4:30PM-7:30PM 3rd Annual Fish Fry. Every Friday during Lent. Adults/ $12;, $11/srs, $8/ kids under 12. Info: 255-1633. New Paltz Elks Lodge, 290 Rt. 32 South, New Paltz. 6PM-7:30PM Board Games for Adults. Learn a new game, or bring your own favorite to teach us. Free and open to all adults. Info: 757-3771 or tivolilibrary@gmail.com or www.tivolilibrary.org. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli. 6PM Gluten-Free Living. An educational talk presented by Gluten-Free Educator Donna Filomino. Reg suggested. Info: 452-3141 or www. laglib.org. LaGrange Library, 488 Freedom Plains Rd, Poughkeepsie. 6PM-9PM Opening Reception: “From The

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premier listings Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Fashion Show in New Paltz to Benefit Family’s Washbourne House (3/23, 3pm). Fashion show in New Paltz presented by Twice Blessed Thrift Boutique to benefit the Washbourne House, a Family of Woodstock safehouse for victims of domestic violence. and accessories from Twice Blessed Thrift Boutique and No. 5 Boutique in New Paltz. Join us for a fun-filled afternoon of many surprises and light refreshments. Tickets can be purchased at Twice Blessed, 92 Huguenot Street, or No. 5 Boutique, 188 Main Street, in New Paltz. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Twice Blessed is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm. For more information, call 255-6340 or visit www.reformedchurchofnewpaltz.org/twice_blessed or www.facebook.com/TwiceBlessedThriftShop. The event takes place in the Fireside Room of the Education Building of the Reformed Church of New Paltz, 92 Huguenot St, New Paltz. Register Now! Death and Our Journey Through the Bardo- A Weekend Teaching (March 14-16). Drawing from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Lama Tashi Dondup gives an overview of the five Buddha families, exploring their profound significance in connection with our experience in death as well as in life. Lama Tashi guides us through the process of approaching rebirth, giving key instructions on how we can achieve the ideal conditions for liberation and awakening within that transition. Teacher: Lama Tashi Dondup. Translator: Jigme Nyima. Teaching Times: 3/14, 7-8:30pm; 3/15,10:30am-noon,3:30-5pm; 3/16, 10:30am-noon, 2:30-4pm. Price: Full Weekend $120 ($96 members) Single Sessions $30 ($25 members) For reservations or more information call 845-679-5906 x3.Karma Triyana Dharmachakra 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Register Now! Compassion at the Time of Illness and Death- A Weekend Teaching (March 21-23). Buddhist teachings on the transforming power of compassion can help us throughout our lives, and especially at the time of death. This teaching will review the stages of death and rebirth with an eye toward offering practical advice on how to enact compassion toward our loved ones (and ourselves) at the time of death. Teachers: Lama

Kathy Wesley; Repa Dorje Odzer; Jan Tarlin. Teaching Times:3/21, 7-8:30pm; 3/22, 10am- Noon; 3-5pm. 3/23, 10am - Noon; 2-4pm. Price: Full Weekend $120 ($96 members) Single sessions $30 ($25 members). For reservations or more information call 679-5906 x3. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Register Now! Karma and RebirthA Weekend Teaching (March 28-30). Teacher: Lama Zopa Tarchin. Teaching Times: 3/28, 7-8:30pm; 3/29, 10am- Noon; 3-5pm. 3/30, 10am Noon; 2-4pm. Admission is free. For more information call 845-679-5906 x3.Karma Triyana Dharmachakra 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. Notice: Film: Wheel of Time, by Werner Herzog(3/15, 8pm). Documentary film about the largest Buddhist ritual to promote peace and tolerance, in Bodh Gaya, India and Graz, Austria in 2002, including exclusive interviews with the Dalai Lama, access to secret rituals for the first time on film. 2003, English, 80 minutes. $8 suggested donation. The Tibetan Center, 875 Route 28, Kingston. 383-1774 and info@tibetancenter.org. Sign-Up Now! Young Adults Mindfulness Retreat (March 19-23). Join other young people to slow down, relax, and learn mindfulness tools for handling the stresses of our daily lives. Led by the Buddhist monks and nuns of Blue Cliff Monastery, a mindfulness practice center in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.3 Mindfulness Road, Pine Bush. Info: www.bluecliffmonastery. org or office@bluecliffmonastery.org. Learn the Art of Remote Viewing (RV) a powerful way to access psychic information about people, places, events, and things usually not in your immediate environment. Born out of the government’s desire to use psychic perception as an intelligence-gathering tool, the Stanford Research Institute developed scientific methods and protocols for training Remote Viewers. Michael has practiced RV since 2004. He’s trained in CRV, ERV, & Psychic Detective work. This is an exciting opportunity to truly change how you perceive and connect with the world. Class date/time: 3/8/14 , 12pm-4pm. Location: #116 77 Cornell St. Kingston. 389-2431 whitecranehall.com. Upcoming Concert - Techung Tibetan World Music Concert (3/8,

Vault.” Group show featuring treasures from the gallery’s back room, greatest hits from previous shows. Info: diane@ihgallery.com or 347-3873212. Imogen Holloway Gallery, 81 81 Partition St, Saugerties. 6PM 5th Annual Morton Memorial Library & Community House - Take Five! Talent Show: Visual art will remain on display in Morton Hall for the month of March Morton Library, 82 Kelly St, Rhinebeck. 7PM-9PM 1st Fridays: Star Nation Sacred Circle. A positive, not for skeptics, discussion group for experiencers of the paranormal. Open to all dreamers, contactees, abductees, ET Ambassadors. Info: www.SymbolicStudies.org. 7PM Janet Hamill presents Tales From the

8pm). Techung, renowned Tibetan folk and freedom singer/songwriter, and band members Michel Tyabji, Kito Rodriguez, Sherap Wangmo and Rinzing Wangyal, create a unique and captivating international sound. Info: www.techung.com. Tickets $15 in advance/$18 at door. Buy tickets online at www.tibetancenter.org/events/ or call 383-1774. The Tibetan Center, 875 Rt 28, Kingston. Upcoming Jam Session with Techung and his Band (3/9, 2-4pm). Techung, renowned Tibetan folk and freedom singer/songwriter, and band members Michel Tyabji, Kito Rodriguez, Sherap Wangmo and Rinzing Wangyal, invite fellow musicians to come play. http:// www.techung.com. Free. 383-1774, The Tibetan Center, 875 Rt 28, Kingston. Call To Artists! RHCAN Sculpture Expo 2014. Award Winning Public Art Exhibition returns to Red Hook for it’s Second Season! June - November 2014. For full details about Sculpture Expo, prospectus and press go to www. rhcan.com. Raise a Guiding Eyes Puppy. Guiding Eye for the Blind is currently accepting applications for puppy raisers in the Ulster, Dutchess and Orange County regions. Orientation classes begin soon so don’t delay! RSVP. Contact Maria Dunne at 230-6436 or visit www. guidingeyes.org. The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus. Meets every Wednesday night, 7:30pm. An evening of singing, fun & fellowship. The Newyorkers Chorus is a male a cappella group that sings in the American “Barbershop Style” of close four-part harmony. Guests are always welcome. Sight reading not required. Info: wwwnewyorkerschorus.org.St. Andrews Church 110 Overlook Rd. Poughkeepsie.

Rainbow Chorus Rehearsal. If you can carry a tune, the Mid-Hudson Valley’s LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly chorus needs you. No auditions, and sight reading not required. Soprano, alto, tenor, bass—all voices needed. Rehearsals every Sunday, 6-8PM. LGBTQ Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston. Information at rainbowchorus1@gmail.com or 353-8348. $6 per rehearsal. Upcoming Performance: Broad-

Eternal Café. Her first full collection of short stories. Info: 255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz, free. 7PM Live at Kindred Spirits: Acoustic Jazz featuring Frank Luther on bass, John Esposito on piano, Mike DeMicco on guitar, NYC saxophonist Al Guart and local guest artists. No cover or minimum! Kindred Spirits, 334 Rte 32A, Palenville. 7PM Live @ The Falcon. Banda Magda. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7:30PM Andy Statman Trio. Web: www.theegg. org. The Egg, Swyer Theatre, Albany, $24, 518-473-1845. 7:30PM Much Ado About Nothing. Actress,

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way @ The Woodstock Playhouse (5/3, 7:30pm). Mark Cortale presents Two Time Tony Award Winner Patti LuPone. Featuring Sirius XM Radio Star Seth Rudetsky as Pianist & Host. Tickets: Begin at $150Gala details can be found at: www.woodstockplayhouse.org or 679-6900. Woodstock Playhouse, 103 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. Free Fly-Tying Classes (3/8,10am2pm). Fun with feathers and fur! Open to ages 14 or above. Bring your own tools although there are a number of vises for youngsters to use. Feathers and hooks will be supplied. Registration is required. Info: 254-5904. Phoenicia Fish and Game, Rt 28, Phoenicia. Studio Move! DC Studios LLC Moves to Germantown! New address: 136 East Camp Rd, Germantown. Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, by appointment (please call ahead) 876-3200 (the studio telephone number remains the same). E-mail: dcstudios@msn. com. Digital photos (.jpg’s) available Info: www.dcstudiosllc.com. Audition Notice: Les Miserables (4/5 & 4/6). Needed: Adult male & female actors and singers, two young girls, and one young boy. Prepare: 16 bars of a song either from the show or in the style of the show. Bring a copy of your sheet music. Info: upinoneprod@aol.com. The Center for Performing Arts, Rt. 308, Rhinebeck. Free Hypnosis Weight Control Workshop led by Frayda Kafka. Certified hypnotist. Sponsored by the Health Alliance and Open to the community! 1st Wed of each month, 7-8pm. 1st Wed of each month, 7-8pm. 4/2, 5/1, 6/4 8/6, 9/3, 10/1, 11/5, 12/3. To register: call Doris 339-2071 or email: Doris.Blaha@hahv.org or www.CallTheHypnotist.com. Reuner Cancer Support House, 80 Mary’s Ave, Kingston. Sign Up Now! 185th Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Flower Show (3/6). Deadline Feb. 28. Buses will load at 6:45am. Info: 340-3990 or www.cceulster. org. Kingston. Free Income Tax Assistance. Time: Walk-in hours on Mon, Tues, and Thurs: 10 am. – 8 pm.; Wed: 10 am. – 4 pm; and Fri: Noon – 8 pm. For individuals with a gross income below $50, 000. Info: 257-2662 . Online Perennial & Bulb Sale. To

writer and comedian Kelly Kinsella will present an acting workshop. Participants learn how to kick start their creative genius so each participant can unlock and discover his or her own unique point of view. Info: 341-4891. SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Great Room, Middletown. 7:30PM Friday Film Series: Animal House. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston, $6, 339-6088. 8PM “Sylvia.” A love triangle between a man, his wife, and his dog, by A.R. Gurney, Directed by Michael Koegel. Info: 688-2279 or www. STS Playhouse, 10 Church St, Phoenicia, $15, $12 / senior/student. 8PM Happy Days. Play by Samuel Beckett. Directed and artistically designed by A. San

benefit Master Gardeners of Ulster County. Your order will be shipped to your home. Continues through 3/7. Info: www.cceulster.org Kingston. Register Now! Tractor Safety Certiﬁcation Course for Teens Meets March 25, 27, and April 1, 3, and 8 at 7 pm. Practice Drive: April 24 & 25, time TBA, Driving Test: April 26, 8 am. Info: 340-3990 or www.cceulster.org. Stone Ridge. A Golden Anniversary: 50 Years of Mid-Hudson Artists Exhibit. Showcasing over 50 artists that have been supported in the past five decades. Exhibits through 3/28. Info: 454-3222 or www.artsmidhudson.org. Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, 317 Main St, Poughkeepsie. Ulster County 4-H Seeks Host Families for Foreign Exchange Students. Have an opportunity to experience Japan by hosting an exchange delegate between the age of 12 and 16 for four weeks from July 21 through August 19. Info: klf37@ cornell.edu or 340-3990. Audition Notice: She Loves Me (3/22-23). All parts are open and no appointment is necessary. Needed: adult male and female actors who can sing and move. Also, 1 male teen actor who can sing and move, age 15 - 17. Info:karenforray@aol.com Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 New York 308, Rhinebeck. The Morton Food Drive. Needed sundries and groceries: shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, peanut butter, jelly, canned meats, coffee, fruit juices, cereal, oatmeal, hearty soups, canned pastas, canned fruit, cat food, laundry detergent, bleach. Ends 4/30. Info: 876-2903. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff. Repair Café-New Paltz - New Location (3/15, 10am-3pm)! Led by Repair Coach John Wackman. Repair Café is a free community meeting place that is all about repairing things— together. Info: 646-302-5835 or email:jwackman@gmail.com. New Paltz United Methodist Church, corner of Main & Grove streets, New Paltz. Broadway @ The Woodstock Playhouse (5/3, 7:30pm). Mark Cortale presents Two Time Tony Award Winner Patti LuPone. Featuring Sirius XM Radio Star Seth Rudetsky as Pianist & Host.Tickets: Begin at $150Gala details can be found at: www. woodstockplayhouse.org or 679-6900. Woodstock Playhouse, 103 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

Millan. Performed by Douglas Woolley as Willie and M. San Millan as Winnie. Mature audiences suggested. Reservations suggested. Info: 876-6470 or www.cocoontheatre.org. Cocoon Theater, 6384 Mill St, Rhinebeck. 8PM The Vandal. Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20. 8PM Buried Child. Play by Buried Child. The 1970s are a backdrop for Sam Shepard’s examination of family and the American Dream in the midst of rural life and traditional values. Info: 257-3880. . $18,$16,$10. SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz.

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8PM Cover To Cover performing The Meters’ “Rejuvenation” $20/suggested donation. Info: 679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock. 8PM Community Playback Theatre. Improvisations of audience stories. Info: 691-4118. Boughton Place, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland, $10. 8PM Free Film Screening: The Tibetan Book of The Dead. A film directed by Barrie McLean, with narration by Leonard Cohen. Info: 679-5906 or jan@kagyu.org. The showing is sponsored by Karma TriyanaDharmachakra. Lama Lodro Lhamo, women’s retreat master at KTD’s retreat center in Delhi, New York, will speak briefly about the teachings presented in the film and answer questions from the audience. SAGE Center, 6 Deming St, 2nd Floor, Woodstock. 8:30PM Marc Black and Warren Bernhardt with co-bill Vance Gilbert. Info: 855-1300 or www.townecrier.com. Towne Crier Café, 379 Main St, Beacon, $30. 9PM Little Caesar. Info: 229-8277 or www. hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing Company, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park. 9:30PM Pitchfork Militia. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

Saturday

3/8

143GAR231A. Info: www.nybg.org/adulted/ or 800-322-NYBG. Bard College, Annandale-onHudson, $122. 10AM-9PM Candlewax Recycling Drop-off. Open every Saturday, 10am-9pm. Candlewax in any condition to be recycled. Pachamama Store (near food court), Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston. 10AM FDR’s History Saturday. Step back in time to 1939 at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, meet the Butler, Maid, one of FDR’s Secret Service Agents, and hear about life with the Roosevelts. Program Times at 10 am, 11:30 am, 2:30 pm. Info: 229-2501. Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 4097 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park. 10AM Vanderbilt’s History Saturday. Go behind the scenes at Vanderbilt Mansion, and play the role of a family servant in the Vanderbilt household. Program Times at 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm. Info: 229-2501. Vanderbilt Mansion, 119 Vanderbilt Park Rd, Hyde Park. 10AM-12PM Knitting Group. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 687-7023. 10AM-12PM Minnewaska Preserve: Sugaring Down the Old Turnpike. Learn how to identify sugar maple trees, how sap is collected, and how to make maple syrup at home. Pre-registration is required. Info: 255-0752. 10AM-2PM Free Tax Preparation Services for Low Wage Workers. For an appointment with an IRS certiﬁed volunteer tax preparer call 331-4199, then press #. Call weekdays between 9am-4pm for your appointment. Hudson

Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Outing: Catskill 2 Peak Snowshoe or Hike. Aged 18 and above. Call the hike leader for the meeting time, location, and fee by 3/6. A strenuous, 9-mile snowshoe or hike (if not

10AM Mixed-Level Yoga. This mixed-level hatha yoga class, taught by Kathy Carey, focuses on gaining strength, flexibility, balance, and alignment, while learning yoga poses in greater detail. Please bring a mat. Info: 657-2482.

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

10 AM John Burroughs Natural History Society: Winter Tree Identiﬁcation Walk at Shaupeneak Ridge. Trip leader Nava Tabak (navatabak@gmail.com). Info: www.jbnhs. org. Shaupeneak Ridge trailhead lot, Poppletown Rd,

9AM-10:30AM Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Saturday, 9-10:30am. Everyone welcome. Info: 679-8800. St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (the A-Frame), 2578 Rte 212, Woodstock. 9AM-1PM Rummage Sale. The sale will include clothes, household goods, books, and toys. Info: 246-7802. Saugerties United Methodist Church, 67 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 9AM International Women’s Day. Hosted by The Dutchess County Regional Chamber of CommerceThe theme is “Inspiring Change.” RSVP with Loren: 454-1700 x 1000 or lhoffman@dcrcoc. org . Walkway Over The Hudson, Poughkeepsie. 9AM-4PM Landscaping with Perennials. Topics include site selection, soil preparation, tools and planting techniques, maintenance practices, plant selection, landscape use, and design basics. Please bring lunch. Instructor: Michael Ruggiero.

10AM-2PM Free Fly-Tying Classes. Fun with feathers and fur! Open to ages 14 or above. Bring your own tools although there are a number of vises for youngsters to use. Feathers and hooks will be supplied. Registration 10:30AM-11:30AM Silent Vigil for Global Peace & Non-Violence. Sponsored by The Kingston Women in Black. Meet outside Cornell St PO, Kingston, 339-0637. 11AM-3PM Mid-Hudson Orchid Society Spring Orchid Show and Sale. See rare and exotic orchids on the show table, and purchase orchids at great prices with a large selection to choose from. Orchid experts available all dayfor your questions; Education for beginners at 1pm. Info: 294-1000 or www.mhos.us.com Union Presbyterian Church, 44 Balmville Rd, Newburgh, free. 11:30AM Spanish Storytime. For children ages two to five held entirely in Spanish. Info: 255-1255 or www.gardinerlibrary.org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

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1:30PM-3:30PM The Woodstock Poetry Society Meeting. Featured poets and open mic to follow. Free admission. Meets 2nd Saturday of every month at 2pm. Info: 679-8000 or nan.goldennotebook@gmail.com. The Golden 2PM Fifth Annual Eleanor Roosevelt “We Make Our Own History” Forum. Featuring Farah Jasmine Griffin, author of Harlem Nocturne: Women Artists of Progressive Politics During World War II. Pre-registration and admission fee required. Info: 473-2272 or www. fdrlibrary.marist.edu/publicprograms/calendar. html. Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library, Henry A. Wallace Center, Hyde Park, $25. 2PM-4PM Ashtar Planetary Guided Journey with the Galactic Federation of Light: A guided journey meditation with Commander Aleon. Take a blissful and enlightening out-of-body trip to your galactic spiritual “family” of love here to assist planet earth. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $20. 2PM-4PM Free Comedy Improv Classes for Teens . Facilitated by Walt Batycki of “The

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People’s Glorious Improv Collective.” Ages 13-19 are welcome to attend. Six-week series. 518-7198244 or email laura@catskillcommunitycenter. org. Catskill Community Center, 344 Main St, Catskill. 2PM Saturday Matinee Movie Series: “Gulliver’s Travels” Each Saturday matinee program will have original trailers, an animated cartoon, a comedy or musical short subject and a chapter of one of the great movieserials, ‘Flash Gordon’ with Buster Crabbe. Info: 647-5511. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $10, $7 /child. 2PM Fabric Collage Workshop. Self-taught artist Claire Kassor will teach the magical method of turning scraps of fabric into works of art. Please call the library to register. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan. 2PM Free Meditation Instruction. On-going every Saturday, 2pm in the Amitabha Shrine Room. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 679-5906 Ext. 1012 Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 3PM-4PM Lecture: From Sheikh Saadi of Shiraz to Benjamin Franklin’s “Parable Against Persecution”: Iran as a Source of Religious Tolerance in the West. Presented by Richard Jeffrey Newman. This Speakers inthe Humanities event, which is free and open to the public. Info: 255 -1255 or www.gardinerlibrary.org/. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Tnpk, Gardiner. 4PM-6PM Opening Reception: Ruckus. Byrdcliffe’s annual members’ show for 2014. Exhibits through 4/13. Info: 679-2079 or www.byrdcliffe. org. Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, 34 Tinker St, Woodstock. 4PM-7PM Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner. $14/ adults, $12/srs, $5/12 & under. Take-outs available, call 331-7099. Handicapped accessible. United Reformed Church, Bloomington. 4PM The Importance of Protecting Polinators… We All Have a Part to Play. Maraleen Manos-Jones will discuss the vital importance of providing habitat for butterflies, bees, birds and all manner of wondrous life. Info: 657-2482. 5PM-7PM Oriole9 Restaurant presents its 73rd Monthly Art Show Opening Reception. On view will be the richly colorful paintings of Josephine Bloodgood, Executive Director of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, and the exquisitely detailed nature paintings of Margarete De Soleil, instructor at the Woodstock School of Art. All shows are curated by Lenny Kislin. Info: 679-8117. Oriole9 Restaurant, 17 Tinker St, Woodstock. 5PM-6PM Slide Talk: “Lithic Alignments in the Northeast—Natural, Native, or Nonsense?” By Glenn Kreisberg. Observational astronomy practiced by ancient native peoples? Info:-679-2213. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock. 5PM-7PM Artist Reception: Water Way. Works of Fredericka Foster. Exhibits through 10/5. Info: 838-1600 or www.bire.org. Beacon Institute, Gallery, 199 Main St, Beacon. 5PM-7PM Rosendale School of Arts Student and Teacher Art Exhibit. Come speak with the artists and register for a class. Refreshments will be served. Info: 687-6314. Transndancendrum, 415 Main St, Rosendale. 5PM-7PM Green County Council On The Arts Live Auction. Selected works from the exhibit and original designs from the limited edition deck of playing cards created by Hudson Valley artists. Free beer while it lasts. Place a silent bid. Greene County Council of Arts, 398 Main St, Catskill.

Women’s History Month, International Women’s Day, and the award winning Codhill Press publication of “A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley.” Info: 255-1660, ext 104 or 105 or www.huguenotstreet.org Deyo Hall, Historic Huguenot St, New Paltz. 7PM Derek Knott performs original music. Info: 246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, free. 7PM-11:30PM “ Second Saturdays” Open Mic/ Open Stage Jam. Express yourself, be entertained, experience art, make new friends. Info: 607-652-4030 or www.touhey.com. The Gallery, 128 Main St, Stamford, $5, free musicians. 7PM An Evening of Contemporary Dance. Featuring 3 principal dancers from the Martha Graham Company. Info: 607-326-7908 or mcullen@roxburyartsgroup.org. Roxbury Arts Center, 5025 Vega Mountain Rd, Roxbury, $24. 7PM-10PM Rock the Boat Dance Party! Enjoy PJ the DJ playing your favorite dancing music and Chef Tom Vaccaro, Dean of Baking and Pastry Arts at the CIA serving up American Cuisine. Plus a Silent Auction! All proceedswill go to support the Rhinebeck High School Crew Team. Enigma Dance Club, Rte 199, Milan, $25. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Chris Bergson Band CD Release Event. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Rt 9W, Marlboro. 7PM Live at Kindred Spirits: Acoustic Jazz featuring Grammy winner Malcolm Cecil on bass, guitarist Steve Raleigh, pianist Peter Tomlinson, NYC saxophonist Al Guart and local guest artists. No cover or minimum! Kindred Spirits, Palenville. 7PM Kingston’s 2nd Saturday Spoken Word. Featured readers: Lee Gould & Louis Asekoff. Hosted by Annie LaBarge. Info: 514-2007 or 331-2884 or www.uucckingston.org. $5/ donation or $2.50/ Open mic. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Rd, Kingston. 7:30PM Flamenco Vivo/Carlota Santan. The passion, drama and vitality of flamenco. Info: 757-5106 or www.kaatsbaan.org. Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, 33 Kaatsbaan Rd, Tivoli, $45 /café table, $30. 8PM Buried Child. Play by Buried Child. The 1970s are a backdrop for Sam Shepard’s examination of family and the American Dream in the midst of rural life and traditional values. Info: 257-3880. $18,$16,$10. SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 8PM O’Solo Vito. Info: 229-8277 or www. hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing Company, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park. 8PM “Sylvia.” A love triangle between a man, his wife, and his dog, by A.R. Gurney, Directed by Michael Koegel. Info: 688-2279 or www. STS Playhouse, 10 Church St, Phoenicia, $15, $12 / senior/student. 8PM The Hudson Valley Philharmonic 201314: Rising Star. Web: www.bardavon.org. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, 473-5288. 8PM The Vandal. Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20. 8PM Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Rising Star. Tsontakis: Comet Bloch: Suite 1919 for Viola and Orchestra, w/ 2013 HVP String Competition Winner Michael Casimir. Info: 473-2072 or www. upac.org. Bardavon, 35 Market St,

6PM-11PM Annual Spring Gala. A Celebration of Community with a Theme of Justice For All. Cocktails, Fine Dining, Dancing, Live and Silent Auctions. Fundraising for Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center. RSVP. Info: www.lgbtqcenter. org. The Grandview, 176 Rinaldi Blvd, Poughkeepsie.

8PM Happy Days. Play by Samuel Beckett. Directed and artistically designed by A. San Millan. Performed by Douglas Woolley as Willie and M. San Millan as Winnie. Mature audiences suggested. Reservations suggested. Info: 876-6470 or www.cocoontheatre.org. Cocoon Theater, 6384 Mill St, Rhinebeck.

6PM-8PM Opening Reception: Members Group Show. Exhibits through 3/30. Info: www.tivoliartistsgallery.com. Tivoli Artists Gallery, 60 Broadway, Tivoli.

9PM Dave Leonard’s 19th Annual Pieses Party. ID at door. Info: 679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $10.

6PM-8PM Opening Reception: Relative Objects. A show of paintings by Dan Green and sculptural works by Galen Green. Exhibits through 4/12. Info: 718-755-4726 or info@roosarts.com. Roos Arts, 449 Main St, Rosendale. 6PM-10PM Mardi Gras Party! Hosted by the Roscoe Chamber of Commerce. Light appetizers, Buffet, dessert, coffee/tea. Cash Bar, Live music by Jon Zanger and dancing. 18 years or older please! Reservations a must. Info: 607-498-5222 x-306 or 607-498-5464. Rockland House, 159 Rockland Rd, Roscoe. 7PM A Reading of Prose and Poetry. In honor of

9PM Mister Oh! Info: 687-2699 or highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls. 9:30PM Joey Eppard & Friends. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

Sunday

3/9

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location, and fee by 3/6. A strenuous, 10-mile hike led by Gary Curasi (534-2886). Mohonk Preserve, Gardiner, 255-0919. 8 AM-5 PM High Woods Sportsman’s Club Sportsmen’s Swap and Sell . Sports Equipment. Black Powder, Boating, Rifles, Fishing, Clothing, Archery, Camping, Trapping, Optics. Kitchen will be open for Pancakes, Eggs, Sausages, Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Soda & Coffee. Info: 246-4717. High Woods Sportsman’s Club, 870 Church Rd, Woodstock. 10AM-2PM Rosendale Winter Farmers’ Market. Rain or shine. Live acoustic music and children’s activities at every market, free coffee & tea.Second Sundays, January-May, 10am-2pm. Info: 658-8348 or emailbinnewaterbilly@gmail. com or 658-3805. Rosendale Community Center, 1055 Rt 32, Rosendale. 10:30AM-12PM Sunday Mornings in Service of Sacred Unity. With Amy McTear & Friends. 2nd & 4th Sundays. Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. 10:30AM-12:30PM Community Meditation Practice at Sky Lake. Meets every Sunday, 10:30am-12:30pm. Meditation instruction available. Video or reading teaching from Pema Chodron, with short discussion at 11:45 am. Free and open to all. Contact info: 658-8556 or www. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 12PM A Book Launch Party for Author Jenny Offill - Sparky! Recommended for Children Ages 4-8. Info: 876-0500. RSVP requested: Via email (rsvp@oblongbooks.com). Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck. 1PM-2PM Silent Peace Vigil by Woodstock Women in Black. Village Green, Tinker St, Woodstock, 679-7148 or rizka@hvc.rr.com. 1PM-3PM Pallet Puppet Theatre offers Spanish Puppet Lesson. Ongoing on Sundays, 1-3pm. Materials for kids provided. The Green Palette, 215 Main Street inside of the Medusa Antique Center Building, New Paltz. 2PM Sunday Salon: Alexander Nemerov - The Chiaroscuro of Thomas Cole. Nemerov focuses on the presence of art, the recollection of the past, and the importance of the humanities in our lives today. Info: www.thomascolenationalhistoricsite.com. Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, $9. 2PM Buried Child. Play by Buried Child. The 1970s are a backdrop for Sam Shepard’s examination of family and the American Dream in the midst of rural life and traditional values. Info: 257-3880. $18,$16,$10. SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz. 2PM “Sylvia.” A love triangle between a man, his wife, and his dog, by A.R. Gurney, Directed by Michael Koegel. Info: 688-2279 or www. STS Playhouse, 10 Church St, Phoenicia, $15, $12 / senior/student. 2PM Artist Talk. Harriet Livathinos, March Solo Show. Artist, will discuss her work and answer audience questions. Info: 679-2940. Woodstock Artist Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St, Woodstock. 2PM Second Sunday Salon Series: Irish harpist Lynn Saoirse and cellist Abby Newton. Info: 255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $25. 2PM Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq. A new biographical documentary of the legendary ballerina written and directed by Nancy Buirski. Info: 658-8989 or www.rosendaletheatre.org. Rosendale Theater, Main St, Rosendale. 2PM 2014 Sunday Salons. Alexander Nemerov: The Chiaroscuro of Thomas Cole. Info: 518-9437465 or www.thomascole.org. Thomas Cole Historic Site, Cedar Grove, 218 Spring St, Catskill,

$9. 3PM “From Sheikh Saadi of Shiraz to Benjamin Franklin’s ‘Parable Against Persecution’: Iran as a Source of Religious Tolerance in the West.” Open to the public. Info: 255-1255 or www.gardinerlibrary.org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmers Tnpk, Gardiner. 3PM-5PM 12th Monthly Art Show Opening Reception. On exhibit will be the color-rich abstract paintings of Fred Duignan, the ultrarealist paintings of Allan Skriloff and the dramatic portrait paintings of Claire Lambe. All shows are curated by Lenny Kislin. Info: 679-8117. New World Home Cooking Restaurant, Rt 212, Saugerties. 3PM The Vandal. Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20. 3PM Happy Days. Play by Samuel Beckett. Directed and artistically designed by A. San Millan. Performed by Douglas Woolley as Willie and M. San Millan as Winnie. Mature audiences suggested. Reservations suggested. Info: 876-6470 or www.cocoontheatre.org. Cocoon Theater, 6384 Mill St, Rhinebeck. 4PM-6PM Woodstock Community Drum Circle. Drummers on “The Green” are hosted by Birds of a Feather. Singers & dancers are all welcome. Bring your drums and percussion instruments. On-going on Sundays, 4-6pm. 5 PM Hook ‘em: Book Marketing 101 (A Panel Discussion). A panel of published, selfpublished, and not-yet-published writers, plus one literary agent, will talk about their experience and invite questions from the audience. Moderated by journalist Violet Snow, author of two books in search of a publisher. Admission free. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock.

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and flexibility. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Bring a mat. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center,56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

3PM-4:30PM Monday Programs for Tweens, in grades Four and up include Sewing Circle. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

10AM-2:30PM Edible Containers. Everything from how to select and place containers, the most suitable varieties of seeds and plants for containers, and the best irrigation and harvesting methods. Instructor: AnneChristian. 143GAR168. Info: www.nybg.org/adulted/ or 800-322-NYBG. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, $76.

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

10AM-12PM Senior Drama with Edith LeFever. Comets of Woodstock focuses on improvisation, acting exercises, monologues & scenes. Interested seniors are welcome to sit in. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center,56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 11AM-12PM Senior Qigong With Zach Baker. Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. 12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting. Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333. 1 PM Needlework Group. On-going every Monday, 1pm. Info: 338-5580 x1005. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

6PM-7PM Beginner Swing Dance Class Series. No partner or experience necessary. Instructors Linda and Chester Freeman. Four-week series from 6-7pm. Info and to register visit www. got2lindy.com or call 236-3939. Arts Society, 97 Broadway, Kingston. 7PM West Side Story. 1961, 152 minutes, not rated. Info: www.palacealbany.com or 518-4654663. Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany, $5, $3 /child. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Simi Stone + Band’s March Residency. Every Monday Night. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

1:30 PM -3 PM “Colors through the Darkness: Three Generations Paint and Write for Justice.” Raquel Partnoy, Alicia Partnoy, and Ruth Irupé Sanabria to Share Their Art, Writing, Memories, and Commentary on the Continuing Struggles for Justice in Argentina. Info: 758-6822, or caso@bard.edu. Bard College, Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center, László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Annandale-onHudson, free. 2PM-4PM Senior Art with Judith Boggess. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $2 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock.

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6PM-8PM Rainbow Chorus Rehearsal. No auditions and sight reading not required. If you can carry a tune, the Mid-Hudson Valley’s LGBTQ and LGBTQ-friendly chorus needs you. Soprano, alto, tenor, bass—all voices needed. Rehearsals every Sunday, 6-8pm. Info: rainbowchorus1@ gmail.com or 845-353-8348. LGBTQ, 300 Wall St, Kingston. 7PM Ed Snodderly in Concert. Appalachian musician. Presented by Flying Cat Music. Music begins at 7:30pm. $17/door, $15/pre-concert. RSVP to flyingcatmusic@gmail.com or 688-9453. Empire State Railway Museum, Phoenicia. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Meg Hutchinson. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

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7:45AM-9:30AM 2014 Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress Breakfast Series “Under Pressure ... Not Cracking.” County leaders in the northern part of the region will discuss issues facing their communities. Reservations required. Info: 565-4900 or rdegroat@pfprogress.org. Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel and Conference Center, 40 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, $50. 8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 679-5906 x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 9AM-9:50AM Senior Fit Dance for Seniors with Adah Frank. Dance and movement for strength

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7:30PM Be Happy! Learn to Mediate. 4 sessions, Mondays in March. Res reqr’d. Info: 797-1218 or wwwSriChinmoy.org. Woodstock Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock, free.

that supply New York city with potable water. Free admission & refreshments .Info: 255-7742. Vineyard Commons Theater/Meeting Room, 300 Vineyard Ave, Highland.

7:30 PM Hudson Valley Railroad Society History Night. Meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 7:30pm. Business meeting at 7:30pm, program at 8pm. Info: www.hydeparkstation.com or 229-2338. Hyde Park Train Station Museum, 38 River Rd, Hyde Park.

8PM Open Mic/Poetry Night. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

7:30PM Rescheduled: Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society Program. Frank Almquist will speak on “Building Reservoirs, “ the story of the construction of the reservoirs and aqueducts

8PM Monday Jazz Session. Rosen/Marcus/ Daniel. A trio comprising Jay Rosen on drums, Michael Marcus on reeds and Ted Daniel, returning to the Quinn’s jazz sessions on trumpet. Info: 831-8065?. Quinn’s, 330 Main St, Beacon.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed proposals will be received at the Ulster County Purchasing Department, 310 Flatbush Avenue, Kingston, NY on or before: Thursday March 27, 2014 until 5:00pm for RFP-UC14-14 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES FOR CONCRETE DECK REPLACEMENT & REHABILITATION SAUER BRIDGE, COUNTY BRIDGE #70 GLASCO TURNPIKE over ESOPUS CREEK ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address. Robin L. Peruso, CPPB, Ulster County Director of Purchasing

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9AM Safe Harbors of the Hudson Informational Tour. Walk on the stage where Lucille Ball made her debut theatrical performance and to learn how Safe Harbors supportive housing, award-winning contemporary art gallery and performing arts venue are revitalizing downtown Newburgh. Info: 562-6940. Safe Harbors of the Hudson, 111 Broadway, Newburgh. 9AM-10AM Dance Exercise with Inyo Charbonneau. An emphasis is on fun while benefiting from strengthening and aerobic exercise. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock.

legals LEGAL NOTICE COUNTY OF ULSTER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO. 1 OF 2014 (A Local Law Applying The Salary Revisions of Resolution No. 69 Of 2014 To All County Officers Serving For Fixed Terms) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held on Proposed Local Law No. 1 of 2014 (A Local Law Applying The Salary Revisions of Resolution No. 69 Of 2014 To All County Officers Serving For Fixed Terms) on Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at 7:00 PM or as soon thereafter as the public can be heard, in the Legislative Chambers, 244 Fair Street, 6th Floor, County Office Building, Kingston, New York. The proposed local law is on file in the office of the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature, 244 Fair Street, 6th Floor, County Office Building, Kingston, New York, where the same is available for public inspection during regular office hours and is available online at www.co.ulster.ny.us. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all persons and citizens interested shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposed local law at the time and place aforesaid. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the requirements of the Open Meetings Law of the State of New York, that the Ulster County Legislature will convene in public meeting at the time and place aforesaid for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on the proposed local law described above and, as deemed advisable by said Ulster County Legislature, taking action on the enactment of said local law. DATED: March 6, 2014 Kingston, New York Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Ulster County Legislature

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March 6, 2014

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS BID #UC-14-142C Name of Project: Concrete Deck Replacement & Rehabilitation of the Sauer Bridge (County Bridge #70) Glasco Turnpike over Esopus Creek Town of Saugerties, Ulster County Description of Project: Ulster County is soliciting sealed bids for the replacement of the concrete deck and minor rehabilitation of a bridge over the Esopus Creek. Work includes the demolition of the existing concrete deck; minor rehabilitation of the steel superstructure; minor rehabilitation of the substructures; installation of new elastomeric bearings; installation of a new concrete deck, and installation of new bridge rail. Bid Requirements: Sealed Bids will be received by Ulster County at the Purchasing Office at 310 Flatbush Ave - 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY 12401, up to and including Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 2:00 PM. Bid documents are available at the Ulster County Purchasing Office Monday through Friday between the hours of 9am-5pm located at 310 Flatbush Avenue - 3rd Floor. Checks for Bid deposits may be made to the Ulster County Department of Finance for $50.00 plus shipping and handling fee of $15.00 for one set of Bidding Documents. Refund policy as per General Municipal Law —Section 102. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the order of Ulster County or by a bid bond executed by a surety company acceptable to Ulster County, in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the amount bid, made out to Ulster County. No cash will be accepted for this bond. No bidder may withdraw his proposal within forty-five (45) days after the date set forth for the opening thereof. The work to be performed is to include furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment required for all work indicated in the Contract Documents for this project. In accordance with EB 11-007, NYSDOT Standard Specifications, Section 100 must be followed on all Federal Aid Projects. The County reserves the right to waive any informality in bidding and to reject any or all bids. All bid envelopes must be marked clearly with Bid No. UC-14-142C. Robin Hurley-Peruso, CPPB Director of Purchasing 310 Flatbush Avenue Kingston, New York 12401 Phone: 845-340-3400 Fax: 845-340-3434 Publish once on Thursday, March 6, 2014.

9:15 AM -11:15 AM Senior Art with Judith Boggess. 55 and older. Sept. thru June. $80. Drop-in $5 per class. 657-581. American Legion, Mountain Rd, Shokan. 10AM-11:30AM Parkinsons Exercise Class w/ Anne Olin. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Kingston, 679-6250. 10AM Preschool Story Hour. Each week do a craft activity, read some books, do yoga, sing, make music together, and make a parade through the library. All are welcome! Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan. 10AM-11:30PM Minnewaska Preserve: Tuesday Trek - Snowshoe the Peter’s Kill Area. Two-mile long snowshoe outing. This will be offered as a hike if snow conditions are poor. Pre-registration is required. Info: 255-0752. 10:30AM Babies & Books Storytime. For ages 0-2. Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 11AM-7:30PM Health Care Enrollment Assistance. Open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace continues through March 31. Health Care Navigators available by appointment. Call for appointment: 800-4534666., Arlington Branch Library, 504 Haight Ave, Poughkeepsie. 11AM “Battle of Algiers, ” Depicts the Algerian revolution from both sides and offers a look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. Info: 341-4891. SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, Middletown. 1PM Petite Picasso Preschool Art Program. At each class children will have a hands-on painting experience. Come dressed for a mess. Tuesdays. Info: 758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S.Broadway, Red Hook. 3:30PM-4:30PM After School Story Hour. Theme is The Dewey Decimal System. Sessions for kindergarten and first graders meet on Tuesdays. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge. 5:30PM UCWN Networking Dinner Program with Eva Tenuto & Sari Bottom. RSVP a must. 7:30 pm Eva & Sari presentation. Info: mnewcombe@ hvc.rr.com. Hickory BBQ, Rt 28, Kingston, $20. 6PM-7:30PM Meeting of End the New Jim Crow Action Committee. A Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the

“new Jim Crow”). Info: 475-8781. New Progressive Baptist Church, 8 Hone St, Kingston. 6PM-7PM Community Meditation Practice at Sky Lake. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm. Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 orwww.skylake. shambhala.org.Sky Lake 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 6PM-8PM Homework Help. Mondays & Thursdays. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan. 7 PM-9 PM Open Mic. On-going, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 200 Main St, Saugerties, 246-5775. 7PM Peter Sellers Film Series: The Pink Panther (1963). Please bring nonperishable foods to donate to Family of New Paltz. Info: 255-5030. Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main St, New Paltz. 7PM-10PM Jazz Jam. Every Tuesday, 7-10pm. 452-3232. The Derby, 96 Main St, Poughkeepsie. 7PM-8:30PM Weekly Opportunity Workshop . Meets every Tuesday night, 7pm-8:30pm.Free to attend: learn how to help the environment, raise funds for non-profit organizations, and save money over time! Novella’s, 2 Terwilliger Ln, New Paltz. 7PM-8:30PM Singing Just for Fun! New Paltz Community Singers. Everyone welcome, everyone gets to choose songs. Going 20+ years. Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. Info: genecotton@gmail. com. Quaker Meeting House, 8 N. Manheim Blvd, New Paltz. Manheim Blvd, New Paltz. 7:15PM Art of the Bag: A Speed Bag Story. Info: www.rosendaletheatre.org. Rosendale Theatre, Main St, Rosendale, $7. 8PM Open Mic Nite. Join host Ben Rounds and take your shot at becoming the next Catskills Singing Sensation! No cover. Tuesday is also Burger Night at the Cat – only $8. Info: 688-2444 or www.emersonresort.com. Catamount Restaurant, Rt 28, Mt Tremper. 8PM “The Lonliness and Lushness of Jazz.” Music of Billie Holiday, Ornette Coleman, and Billy Strayhorn. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/ museum or 257-2700. SUNY New Paltz, McKenna Theatre, New Paltz, $8, $6, $3. 8:30PM Sin City. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

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8:30AM Open Mic Blues Jam hosted by Petey Hop. Info: www.hydeparkbrewing.com or 229-8277. Hyde Park Brewing Company, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park. 9AM Waterman Bird Club Field Trip: Vassar Farms. Birding walk for Beginners. Ages 5 – 100. Easy walk on flat dirt road. Call: Adrienne @ 264-2015. Web: www.watermanbirdclub.org. Vassar Farms, Hooker Ave, Poughkeepsie. 9AM Senior Kripalu Yoga with Susan Blacker. Gentle yoga class offering warm-ups, poses for strength and balance and breath work for relaxation. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10AM-11AM Toddler Time. A story and play time combination designed to give toddlers, babies and their caregivers time in the library listening to stories, singing songs and having fun with sensory activities. Meets on Weds.Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge. 10:30AM Classics in Religion. Dark Nights of the Soul. Thomas Moore challenges the framework from which we view our struggles and difficulties. Jeddah Zakia Vailakis will lead these sessions. Info: 334-8404. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston. 11:30AM-12:30PM Lunch & Learn Series: State of the County. Marcus Molinaro, Dutchess County Executive. Info: 471-0430. Hudson Valley Community Center, 110 S. Grand Ave, Poughkeepsie, $5 /lunch & program, $2 /program. 11:30AM-1PM Compassionate Communication (NVC) Practice Group. $12. For info and directions: www.PracticingPeace-NewPaltz.com.

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12PM Rotary Club of Kingston Meeting. Fellowship, lunch, and an informative and interesting presentation from a guest speaker. Meets every Wed at 12noon. Web: www.kingstonnyrotary.org. Christina’s Restaurant, 812 Ulster Ave, Kingston. 1 PM Kingston Community Singers Open Rehearsals. Old Dutch Church, Wall St, Kingston, 339-0637. 3:30PM-4:30PM Creative Writing for Kids and Tweens. A workshop for children ages 8 to 12, led by Kanani Schnider, a junior at Rondout Valley High School. Meets on Wednesdays. Registration is limited, and registration isrecommended. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge. 3:30PM-5:30PM Teens & Technology. Teens learn how to write a script, film, edit and add special effects for a ‘How-To’ video that they can use to enhance their college portfolio. Info: www.poklib.org or 485-3445. Adriance Memorial Library, Strba Teen Room, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie. 3:30PM Math Regents Prep. Every Wed. @ 3:30pm Certified Math Teacher - Don’t fail Algebra, Geometry, and Trig. Empowering Ellenville, 159 Canal St, Ellenville, 877-576-9931. 4PM-6PM Free Comedy Improv Classes for

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March 6, 2014 Teens. Six Week Series. Facilitated by Walt Batycki of “The People’s Glorious Improv Collective.” Ages 13-19 are welcome to attend. 518-7198244 or email laura@catskillcommunitycenter. org.Catskill Community Center, 344 Main St, Catskill. 5:30PM-8PM Food & Wine Expo. Sample the food, wines, olive oils, baked goods, bagels. Info: 451-7871. Novella’s, 2 Terwilliger Ln, New Paltz, $15. 5:30PM-6:30PM Information Sessions on MBA Program. These sessions will provide an overview of the MBA program. Academic advising will be offered for individuals who bring transcripts. Info: 257-2968 or mba@newpaltz.edu. 6PM-7:30PM Meeting of End the New Jim Crow Action Committee. A Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration (the “new Jim Crow”). Info: 475-8781 orwww.enjan. org Family Partnership Center, Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library, 29 N Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie. 6:30PM Spanish Storytime. On-going every Wednesday at 6:30pm. Led by Stephanie Santos. Info: 255-1255 or www.gardinerlibrary. org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner. 7PM-9:30PM Jazz Wednesday at Dave’s Coffee House. Guitarist Tom DePetris, Jody Sumber on drums and Allen Murphy on bass and special guests will be performing an ongoing jazz night starting at 8pm Dave’s Coffee House, Saugerties. 7PM-11PM Rosendale Chess Club. Free admission-no dues. On-going every Wed, 7-11pm. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 7PM “Art in Food & Food in Art.” Ms. Peter G. Rose- A New York Council for the Humanities Speaker. A lusciously illustrated slide-talk on food and drink as seen in the 17th century Dutch Masters, and their relevance to the American kitchen today. Info: 658-9013 Rosendale Public Library, 264 Main St, Rosendale, free. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Matt Schoﬁeld Trio. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM Understanding Past Native American Cultures in the Hudson Valley Through Archaeology. Dr. Eugene J. Boesch will examine Native American cultures and adaptations in the southeastern region of New York, from the area’s earliest occupation by humans. Info: 341-4891. SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, OCTC Great Room, Newburgh, free. 7:30 PM The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus. Meets every Wednesday night, 7:30pm. An evening of singing, fun & fellowship.A male a cappella group that sings in the American “Barbershop Style”of close fourpart harmony. Guests are always welcome. Sight reading not required. Info: wwwnewyorkerschorus.org. St. Andrews Church, 110 Overlook St, Poughkeepsie. 8:30PM SPIV UK. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz.

9:30AM-10:30AM Fit After Fifty with Diane Collelo. Three-part class offering movement for balance and breath, weight-training for bone health, and mat work for flexibility and core. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 55 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10AM-11AM Preschool Story Time. “Boogie Woogie Books” with Amy Dunphy. Meets on Thursdays.. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge. 1PM-4PM Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Most players are elementary and intermediate players. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 5PM Circolo Culturale Italia. An Italianlanguage discussion group. More advanced

Italian speakers are invited. Info: 758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook. 5:30PM-6:30PM Mixed Levels -Tai Chi. Led by Martha Cheo. Winter session is from Jan 2 - March 27. Beginners need to call Martha Cheo directly to join the winter session at 256-9316. Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. 6 PM-7 PM Community Meditation at Sky Lake. Meets every Thursday, 6-7pm. Meditation instruction available. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 658-8556 orwww.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 6PM-8:30PM Lenten Study Group in Early Christian Spirituality. Led by the Reverend Deacon James Krueger. Sessions will begin on Thursday March 6, and run every Thursday until April 10. Reservations required. Info:info@ monsnubifer.org or 254-4872. 61 Bonnieview Ave, Pine Hill. 6PM La Dolce Lingua. Conversational Italian with native Italian speaker Patrizia. Anyone interested in learning or speaking Italian is welcome. Info: 758-3241 or www.redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook. 6PM-8PM Homework Help. Mondays & Thursdays. Info: 657-2482. Olive Free Libarry, Rt 28 A, West Shokan. 6:30PM-7:15PM Advanced Tai Chi. Led by Martha Cheo. Winter session is from Jan 2 - March 27. Info: 255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. 6:30PM-8PM Free Workshop: Introduction to Yoga. Taught by Mark Terza. This class will be good for a total beginner or helpful for an advanced student deepening their poses. Info: www.beekmanlibrary.org. Beekman Library, 11 Town Center Blvd, Hopewell Junction. 7PM-9PM Grow Your Own! Winter Lecture Series for Home Gardeners. Four different two hour courses each containing two different lectures designed to prepare the avid home gardener for the upcoming growing season. Registration required. Info: 340-3990 ext. 335 or www.cceulster.org. CCEUC Education Center, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston, $15 /per class, $50 /for 4 classes. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: The Trapps. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM-9PM Kingston-Rhinebeck Toastmasters Club. Second Thursday of every month. Guests are welcome. Info: KingstonRhinebeckTM@ gmail.com or www.Kingston-RhinebeckToastmasters.com. Ulster County Office Building, 7PM-11PM Best Open Mic in Hudson Valley. No cover. Primo’s, 1554 Rt 44/55, Clintondale, 883-6112. 7PM-9PM Bacteria Sampling on the Catskill Creek. Presented by: Liz LoGiudice, Extension Educator; Tracy Brown & John Lipscomb, For details, location and to register call, 518-6229820 x0 . 8PM The Vandal. Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20. 8:30PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch and Bill Keith. Info: 679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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9:30AM-3:30PM The AARP Foundation TaxAide Program provides free, reliable tax preparation service for low to middle income families, individuals and seniors. By appointment only. Please call 2-1-1 to schedule an appointment. Info: www.poklib.org or 485-3445 x 3702. Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie, free. 9:45AM-10:45AM Senior Chi Kung with Corinne Mol. Meditative, healing exercise consisting of 13 movements. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 10:30AM Toddler Tales Storytime. For ages 2-3.

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Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 12PM-5PM Arlington Farmers’ Market. Every Thursday from 12 to 5pm, when school is in session. Info: www.vassar.edu or 437-7035 Vassar Main Building, College Center, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie. 12:05PM Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Mescal Hornbeck Community Center, Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 3:30PM-4:30PM After School Story Hour. Theme is The Dewey Decimal System. Sessions for second and third graders meet on Fridays. Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or julimuth@ aol.com. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge. 3:30PM After School Crafts. For ages 8-12. Info: www.esopuslibrary.org or 338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen. 4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 246-4317, x 3. 4:30PM-7:30PM 3rd Annual Fish Fry. Every Friday during Lent. Adults/ $12;, $11/srs, $8/ kids under 12. Info: 255-1633. New Paltz Elks Lodge, 290 Rt. 32 South, New Paltz. 6:15PM Kabbalat Shabbat Pot Luck Dinner. Kosher dairy or parve please. Followed by services at 7:30pm. The Kerhonkson Synagogue, 26 Minnewaska Trail, Ellenville, 626-2010. 7PM-8:30PM Death and Our Journey Through the Bardo- A Weekend Teaching (March 14-16). Drawing from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Lama Tashi Dondup gives an overview of the five Buddha families, exploring their profound significance in connection with our experience in death as well as in life. Lama Tashi guides us through the process of approaching rebirth, giving key instructions on how we can achieve the ideal conditions for liberation and awakening within that transition. Teacher: Lama Tashi Dondup. Translator: Jigme Nyima. Teaching Times: 3/14, 7-8:30pm; 3/15,10:30am-noon,3:30-5pm; 3/16, 10:30am-noon, 2:30-4pm. Price: Full Weekend $120 ($96 members) Single Sessions $30 ($25 members) For reservations or more information call 845-679-5906 x3.Karma Triyana Dharmachakra 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 7 PM-9 PM Learn the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) with Ellen Saxe. Learn the five simple steps of “tapping”, the nine meridian points and energy pathways. Each participant will experience an EFTexercise targeting a key issue that may be holding you back. Info: 679-2100. Mirabai Books, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $20. 7PM Live at Kindred Spirits: Acoustic Jazz featuring Frank Luther on bass, John Esposito on piano, Mike DeMicco on guitar, NYC saxophonist Al Guart and local guest artists. No cover or minimum! Kindred Spirits, 334 Rte 32A,Palenville. 7PM An Opera Double Bill. Featuring the singers of the Graduate Vocal Arts Program and the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra. Info: www.fishercenter.bard.edu or 758-7900. Bard College, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on- Hudson. 7PM Book Signing & Talk: John Kedzie Jacobs, author of The Stranger in the Attic. In this memoir he collects the letters of his brilliant, lost older brother and brings us into the world

25 of the Great Depression in the Hudson Valley and abroad. Info: 255-8300.Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz. 7PM Cajun Dance with Krewe de la Rue. Sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances. Admission $15; $10 w/valid student ID. Beginner’s lesson 7pm. Band plays 8 - 11pm Info: 255-7061 or www.hudsonvalleydance.org. Everyone Welcome! No Partner Needed! White Eagle Hall, 487 Delaware Ave, Kingston. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Dan Bern & Grant Lee Phillips. Info: 236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon. com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7:30PM Fundraiser - Evening of Psychodrama. Presenter: Rebecca Walters, MS, LMHC, LCAT, TEP. Theme: Encountering our Inner Wisdom. Open sessions are two to two and a half hour psychodrama sessions offered by certified psychodramatists to the general public. You may participate as little or as much as you want. Boughton Place, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland Lake. 8PM-12AM Dutchess County Singles Dance Different Location! There will be a wide range of music by DJ Johnny Angel and a light dinner buffet with desert and coffee. There will be door prizes and 50/50 raffle. Information:www. dutchesscountysingles.org or dcsingles28@ yahoo.com. Elks Lodge, 29 Overocker Rd, Poughkeepsie, $20. 8PM “When Thoughts Attack, ” Kelly Kinsella, an actress, writer and comedian, stars in this onewoman, somewhat autobiographical play. Info: 341-4891. SUNY Orange, Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, $10, $5 /senior/staff, free. 8PM “Sylvia.” A love triangle between a man, his wife, and his dog, by A.R. Gurney, Directed by Michael Koegel. Info: 688-2279 or www. STS Playhouse, 10 Church St, Phoenicia, $15, $12 / senior/student. 8PM Paul Reiser. Stand-up comedian, actor, and writer Paul Reiser re-emerges on the comedy scene with his quick wit and comedic talent. Info: 346-4195 or www.middletownparamount.com. Paramount Theatre, 17 South St, Middletown, $50,$25. 8PM Happy Days. Play by Samuel Beckett. Directed and artistically designed by A. San Millan. Performed by Douglas Woolley as Willie and M. San Millan as Winnie. Mature audiences suggested. Reservations suggested. Info: 876-6470 or www.cocoontheatre.org. Cocoon Theater, 6384 Mill St, Rhinebeck. 8PM The Vandal. Play by Hamish Linklater. A dark comedy about lost souls intersecting on a cold night in Kingston, New York. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $20. 8 PM David Bronson. Solo Acoustic. Info: 633-8287 or www.cafeteriacoffeehouse.com. Cafeteria Coffee House, 58 Main St, New Paltz, free. 9PM Willa McCarthy Band. Info: 229-8277 or www.hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing Company, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park. 9PM Uncle Funk All Star Band. $10. Info: 679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock. 9:30PM Salted Bones & Salted Bros. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 679-3484.

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WAITERS/WAITRESSES. Part-time, full-time. Apply in person: College Diner, 500 Main St., New Paltz.

PCAs/HHAs Ulster County Certiﬁed, own car/phone. Call Krystal Mon.- Fri. from 9am – 3pm (845)331-1966 HHCAC EOE

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in Woodstock is seeking experienced waitstaff. Please apply in person.

51 Tinker Street Woodstock ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. Full-time position available for event planning manager w/minimum 3 years experience. Salary: Mid $30s/yr based on experience. Excellent benefits. Mail letter & resume by March 12 to Deputy Executive Director for Strategic Advancement. Mohonk Preserve, PO Box 715, New Paltz, NY 12561. No phone calls. Details at http:// www.mohonkpreserve.org/jobs-fellowships-and-internships EOE EXPERIENCED ADVERTISING REP NEEDED IMMEDIATELY. Youth journal is seeking a reliable motivated individual to service Dutchess County exclusively. Favorable commission. Send resume to goodlifejournal@gmail.com 845-332-3353. Family Practice Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. FirstCare Medical Center in Highland is looking for a physician extender to participate in a holistic based out-patient family practice. Part-time to fulltime is needed, flexible hours. 845-691-3627 ext. 4. Ask for Virginia Leitner. FRONT DESK- Health Care Practice near Woodstock seeks person experienced in scheduling, medical invoicing, filing, insurances, A/R. Responsible and detail-conscious. $11/hour, 40 hour week. Tues-Sat. E-mail cover letter with resume: joannemillerjm@yahoo.com. LOVE GARDENING? seek EXCELLENT weeder, freelance work. Computer savvy, know your flowers/vegetables. We are very parent friendly. nightshadefinegardening@gmail.com SEEKING mature, local New Paltz woman for HOUSEKEEPING & OTHER TASKS to help older person. Part-time and/or fulltime. (845)616-1191. SUPERVISING LIFEGUARDS, Lifeguards, WSI’s, Attendants for Moriello Pool (Town/Village of New Paltz Pool) for summer 2014. Appropriate certifications required. Application and information available at: Office of Town Supervisor, 1 Veterans Drive, New Paltz. 255-0604. EOE.

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Experienced HouseCleaner looking for quiet cottage in exchange for house-sitting services, including weekly cleaning, watching over property, etc. Local/Bard Alumni. Excellent references. 845-853-6898

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DAILY YOGA. Seeking seasoned as well as recently certified yoga teachers to teach in Woodstock as a Daily Yoga practice and possible evening slots available. Contact mtviewstudio@gmail.com or call 845-679-0901.

LAWN CUTTING BUSINESS FOR SALE. 54 residential accounts in Woodstock area. In business since 2004. Call for full information at 845-657-7555.

TURN THE KEY, MAKE MONEY! American Bistro-style restaurant with limited menu and UNLIMITED potential in downtown New Paltz. Location is great. Easy to run and a money maker. Seller will consider some paper for right buyer. Brokers protected. E-mail inquiry; mmljllc222@ yahoo.com

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LOOKING FOR PRIVATE DUTY. Live in or out. 25 years experience with Dementia, Alzheimers, terminally ill & disabled clients. Excellent references. Call Dee @ 845-3991816 or 845-399-7603.

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

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ADULT VIOLIN... You’re never too old to learn. My students end up in orchestras and quartets. 20 years on the faculties of Manhattan’s School for Strings and Westchester’s Talent Education. “I love my lessons. They’re my therapy.” J.P. Kingston, NY. Ages 3-80. (845)679-9250. Hudson Valley Balinese Gamelan Orchestras Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana invite you to mark your calendars for our upcoming spring concert on Friday, May 9, 8 pm at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson, NY. Under the artistic leadership of master musician, Prof. Pak I Nyoman Suadin. Rehearsals take place on Monday evenings in the Olin Building, 3rd floor, Moon Room from 7 - 11 pm. and Saturday mornings from 11-12:30 pm. Listeners are always welcome. Don’t be shy. Free of charge. Individual tutorials & advanced sessions avail. by appt. Want to study music, dance and culture in Bali this summer? For more info visit us on FB at Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kenchana at Bard College, message us, or call 845-688-7090. INTERESTED IN LEARNING TAI CHI? I provide tai chi lessons in the comfort of your home. Call Phil at 845-688-7190.

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Parent/Infant Group Toddler Group Toddler Group Preschool Group Preschool PreschoolGroup Plus Group Preschool Plus Group

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MATH TUTOR. Experienced, compassionate math teacher. New Paltz area. Support for Middle School, High School, math courses. NYS regents prep. Contact Cindy Simpson ccsimpson@hvc.rr.com, 845-633-8305. RETIRED PHOTOGRAPHY PROFESSOR AVAILABLE for individual & small group instruction. 40 years in the field. All aspects. Traditional & digital. Knowledgeable & patient. Please contact me through my website: meledelman.com Tutoring... Science/Math/English. RIT grad, BS/Electrical Engineering, New Paltz High grad. Algebra, Trigonometry, Pre-Calc, Calc, Earth Science, Physics, Essay Writing, Eng. Lit. Reasonable rates. Dana Kolner. (845)541-5572, dfk2645@g. rit.edu

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ONE-ON-ONE EDITING FICTION, NON-FICTION, POETRY with widely published novelist & poet Michael Brownstein

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land for sale

PRIME BUILDING LOT. 3 ACRES; $30,000. Town of Woodstock. Call (845)246-2525 or (518)250-4305.

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PRIVATE BUYER (non-realtor) SEEKING PROPERTY to purchase, MUST HAVE NATURAL WATERFALL. 2-10 acres needed. Maybe subdivide? Can be either a vacant, SECLUDED parcel of land, OR property w/a house with a natural, private waterfall (w/ year-round views, NOT just seasonal). Must be secluded (absolutely no homes in view), AND MUST BE WITHIN 10 MINUTES DRIVE TO WOODSTOCK. CASH OFFERED, CAN CLOSE IMMEDIATELY! Contact: sabe1970@yahoo.com.au w/photos/info. or call (518)965-7223.

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NEW PALTZ: OFFICE/PROFESSIONAL SPACE(S) for rent. Large, beautiful Soho loft-like space(s) w/brick walls & new large windows. Faces the Gunks w/great views. 71 Main Street. Best downtown location. Former architect office(s). Will divide. Call owner (917)838-3124. WOODSTOCK; STORE on Tinker Street, next to Woodstock Wine Store. Heart of town. Great visibility. Large picture window. C/O for food. (845)417-5282, Owner/Realtor.

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HIGHLAND EFFICIENCIES at villabaglieri.com Furnished motel rooms w/micro, refrig, HBO & WiFi, all utilities. $135-$175 Weekly, $500-$660 Monthly, w/kitchenettes $185 or $200 weekly, $700 or $760 monthly + UC Taxes & Security. No pets. 845.883.7395. HIGHLAND: LARGE 1-BEDROOM First floor. End unit. Parking next to unit. Private, quiet neighborhood. On-site parking & laundry. Next to Lloyd Town Hall, near Rt. 9W. Minutes to Poughkeepsie Bridge, Metro North, Rt. 9 & hospitals. $925/month, heat & hot water included. 1 month security. (845)391-3747.

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We Are... Locally Grown, Nationally Known, Globally Connected We Are... Making a Difference We Are... #1 in Sales in Ulster County*

45 CROWN STREET Business or Residential Rental

restigiously located at Kingston’s Historic Four Corners in the Stockade District this property is a one of a kind stone house that is walking distance to restaurants, quaint shops, and financial institutions. Built in 1796, beautifully maintained, original features including wide board floors and wood trim has all been preserved. Two-second level bedrooms, private landscaped and fenced yard, off street parking. Ideal for residential, retail, and / or professional offices.

$1500.00 per month References and Security Required.

The perfect Ski home, just 5 minutes and you are on the slopes of Bellaeyre, located in the hamlet of Fleischmanns. This 1890’ 3 BR, 2BA Victorian is awaiting your presence. The home is expansive with multiple choices for sleeping quarters and needs minimal work. The third floor could be a Studio or an apartment. This property is priced to sell quickly and is not a foreclosure or short sale. $89,000

Beautifully maintained custom home with a Barn, 2 spring-fed ponds, and is on over 7 acres in the Heart of the Hudson Valley! Open layout provides wonderful space to relax and entertain, living room features stone fireplace & wood floors. This is gorgeous property with flowering fruit trees, lilacs, mature landscaping, stone walls and steps, meadow and woods. $295,000

Conveniently located in the center of Shokan, this 3 BR/2 BA, 6 year young home has been meticulously built with pride. The Gourmet kitchen features stainless Viking appliances, inlaid wood floors, radiant heat, outdoor wood furnace, and huge walkout basement. A matching one car garage/ barn, and beautiful stone work are all around this property. Close to The Ashokan Reservior. $249,000

Perched up on a Hill, this home features 3 bedrooms, 2 baths on over 31 Acres, in Windham. Conveniently located one mile from Windham Mountain Village and to all that downtown Windham has to offer: spectacular views, eclectic shopping, pharmacy, Art Galleries, concert halls, fitness center, golf course, restaurants and eateries etc... This is the perfect getaway home! $390,000

This distinctive ranch-style home is situated on 1.6 acre in a desirable Kingston neighborhood. The grand marble entranceway creates a warm and inviting welcome. French doors lead you into a formal living room, dining room, and home ofﬁce. The kitchen offers professional grade stainless steel appliances, pantry, island, and a sunlit breakfast area. Only minutes to NYS Thrurway & Uptown Kingston. $415,000

Enjoy the very private setting of this French country style home just a few minutes from town! From the Blue-stone walkway to the large covered porch to the wonderful spaces inside you will not be disappointed! The home offers multi-generational space for everyone with den/media room, upper level playroom, large private office and bath on first floor, large bedrooms with walk in closets. Just a few minutes from New Paltz village! $968,000

Shown by appointment. Call Nan Potter

1 John Street, Kingston, NY, 12401 nanpotter66@gmail.com WE BUY HOUSES! CASH PAID, QUICK CLOSINGS! Will look at any condition properties. We are the largest private buyer of homes in Ulster County and can provide references. Please call Dan @ Winn Realty Associates, LLC, 845/514-2500 or email dan@winn-realty.com.

HIGHLAND: Large ONE BEDROOM apartment in quiet neighborhood. Heat and hot water included. Air conditioner. $875/ month plus one month security. Call 845797-2070.

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milton/marlboro rentals

MARLBORO. Country setting. SPACIOUS GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT. Open floor plan w/separate kitchen, bathroom & washer/dryer. ALSO, 1-BEDROOM furnished, second floor. Heat & electric included. Suitable for 1 or 2. No dogs. No smokers. References. Security. Both $895/month. 845-795-5778; C: 845-489-5331.

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1 ROOM. Share modern kitchen & bath. Good student location. Wi-fi & utilities included. $475/month. Security required. Call 845-304-2504. NEW PALTZ/HIGHLAND. 3.5 ROOM APARTMENT. Country setting. 2 miles Exit 18. $875/month plus heat and utilities. References. Pets okay. 718-851-7940. NICE ROOMS; $415 & $470/month. Excellent location. Close to SUNY college. All utilities included. Call (914)474-5176, between 8 a.m.-9 p.m. (845)255-6029, between 12-9 p.m., leave message. STUDIO; SUNNY, QUIET, separate kitchen, picture window, magnificent views, high ceilings, hardwood floor, free Wi-Fi, laundry, porch. 12 acres. 1 mile New Paltz. $825/ month includes heat, electric, HW. 914-7251461. 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in center of New Paltz behind Starbucks. 1 block walk to SUNY, Post Office, stores and restaurants. 2 person max. Small pet friendly. No smoking. $990/month includes heat, off-street parking, garbage & snow removal. 845-2552062, marker1st@yahoo.com.

9LOODJH*UHHQ5HDOW\ FRP Kingston 845-331-5357 New Paltz 845-255-0615 Stone Ridge 845-687-4355 Windham 518-734-4200 Woodstock 845-679-2255 *Ulster MLS Statistics 2013 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT next to the Rail Trail. 2 blocks from village center. Beautiful views. No smoking, small pet friendly. $1100/month includes heat, water, garbage, snow removal & off-street parking. (610)955-4658, emly35@hotmail.com

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

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

Call 845-255-7205 for more information 2-BEDROOM, second floor apartment. New carpet and flooring, new stove, updated bathroom. Lots of storage and closet space, large eat-in kitchen. Two off-street parking spots. Walking distance to the village. Sorry no pets, no smoking. 845-781-8739. EARLY SPRING SPECIAL!! COTTAGE FOR RENT. Full bath, 2-bedrooms, living room, kitchen. No pets. No smoking. Call 845-255-2525, leave name & number.

4- & 5-BEDROOM APARTMENTS for student housing. 2 blocks from college. Village of New Paltz. $450/month per bedroom excluding utilities. First, last, 1 month security. Available June 1. Email: porpigliaelec@ yahoo.com

Meadowbrook Farms II Apartments

Now Accepting Applications For Spacious 1 Bedroom Apartments!!! • Heat and Water INCLUDED! • On-site Laundry • On-site Parking • 24 Hour Maintenance Service • $0 Application Fee Located in the heart of New Paltz convenient to all your shopping needs. Low Income Affordable Housing so some restrictions apply. Please call (845) 255-5305 for further information regarding rent ($725-$955) and maximum and minimum income limit requirements.

NEW PALTZ: 3-BEDROOM APARTMENT Beautiful mountain views. $1200/month plus utilities. Washer/dryer, central air, dishwasher. No pets. No smoking.

Call (845)256-1119. LARGE BEDROOM. Share large apartment w/modern kitchen & bath, dishwasher, washing machine, Wi-Fi. $625/month includes all utilities. Security required. Call 845-304-2504. MULBERRY SQUARE: LARGE 2-BEDROOM. First floor walk-in unit. Central A/C, washer/dryer connection, dishwasher, private balcony. $1300/month. No pets. References. Call (845)255-5047. ROOM FOR RENT in 2-bedroom apartment; $500/month all utilities included. Half mile from SUNY campus. Call 914-850-1968.

ROOM FOR RENT in large 3-bedroom apartment. Located in quiet residential area, close to SUNY New Paltz. $500/month plus shared utilities. First, last, security, references, lease. On-site parking. Available immediately. No pets. No smoking. 845-255-7187. ROOMS AVAILABLE for STUDENT HOUSING. Close to SUNY, New Paltz. Newly renovated, clean, large kitchen, appliances, WiFi/computer access/TV, plenty of parking. $550/month/room, electric & heat included. $550 deposit. Available now. 845705-2430. SOUTHSIDE TERRACE APARTMENTS offers semester leases for Fall 2014 and short-term for the Summer! Furnished studios, one & two bedrooms, includes heat & hot water. Recreation facilities. Walking distance to campus and town. 845-255-7205.

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3-BEDROOM, 2 BATH HOUSE. Country setting. Hardwood floors, modern kitchen, dishwasher, W/D. Large Master suite w/bath/jacuzzi, private deck. 3 miles to Thruway, 10 miles to Woodstock. Rondout Schools. $2000/month plus utilities. First, last, security. Credit, references required. 845-332-3419. BEAUTIFUL 24’x24’ PINE-PANELED STUDIO w/cathedral ceiling, skylights, sleeping loft, kitchen facilities and full bath on 3 lovely acres in Cottekill, adjacent to solar-powered Sustainable Living Resource Center. For residential use or as office or studio. $750/month plus phone/cable, a portion of plowing and low utilities. 845-687-9253. EXTRA LARGE 2-BR to SHARE in High Falls. Roommate wanted. Bedroom comes w/two other rooms for studio or storage PLUS sharing living room, bath, kitchen,

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MANUFACTURED HOMES Estate Sale - Doublewide 1985 Skyline with propane heating and central air. Range, refrigerator and washer included ...................................................$25,000 3 bedroom 2 bath on large lot in well maintained park reserved for those 55 and older. Covered patio, paved parking for 4 cars ........................................ $29,000 Ritzcraft 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x52â&#x20AC;&#x2122; on well treed lot in first class senior community. Space fee covers taxes, water, sewer, trash removal and clubhouse with organized activities. New carpeting, recently painted interior, central air conditioning, washer & dryer hookups ............. $39,900

RENTALS AVAILABLE Kingston â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2 Bedroom second floor unit in lovely neighborhood just blocks off Broadway. Good credit, references, and security a must. No pets please! ................. ................... $850 plus utilities Highland â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2 bedrooms plus small office minutes from the Hamlet of Highland with its restaurants and shops and the HV Rail Trail. References and security required....... $1150 plus utilities

The Real Estate Matchmakers 81 Vineyard Ave in Highland, New York 845-691-2126 â&#x20AC;˘ dolly@hellodollyrealestate.com deck. Ample closets, living space, nature, quiet. $650/month plus reasonable utilities and internet. Security & references. 845687-2035. QUIET, Senior Citizen, non-smoker & loves cats: 2 ROOMS, partially furnished, private bath, at a very friendly cat shelter 5 miles from Stone Ridge, 2 miles from Accord. Rent = $350/month includes utilities & use of small kitchen. Please call Dianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cat Shelter at (845)626-0221.

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Just outside Port Ewen: SPACIOUS 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Plenty of closet space. Covered & off-street parking. $1100/month includes all utilities. Security required. Some pets allowed, no dogs. (845)389-2132. KINGSTON/RONDOUT: LARGE 1-BEDROOM on charming historic street. 2nd floor of 2-family house. Front porch. $750/ month plus utilities. First & last month plus security. 845-255-1775. jmreichler@aol.com

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT, SAUGERTIES Skyline Woods Apartments. Private country setting. Convenient location. Under new management. Bright, updated, spacious, wall-to-wall carpet, lots of closet space. Laundry room and plenty of parking avail. 1- & 2-bedrooms starting at $750/month + utilities. Call Don at 845-443-0574 BEAUTIFUL HOME FOR RENT in the woods. Quaint 1-bedroom home w/loft located on 4 acres of land overlooking babbling brook. Newly renovated. Must see. Contact Jane 845-548-7355. $1100/month. Nice, comfortable 1-BEDROOM GUEST HOUSE on 3.5 acres. 8 minutes to town. Warm, well-insulated, 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; ceilings in LR w/ open kitchen. Safe, clean, great neighbors on the property. In Saugerties near Palenville. Broadband/cable available. Decent credit & excellent references required. One pet con-

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$845/month includes all utilities. ALSO, FURNISHED 1-BEDROOM. $875/month includes all utilities. No smoking. References. No pets. (845)679-9717.

WOODSTOCK 3 BDRM, 1Â˝ BATH Furnished $1,500/mo plus utilities. Short or long term.

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1-BEDROOMBEAUTIFULWOODSTOCK APARTMENT. Large rooms, clean, quiet. Custom tiled 10-jet jacuzzi bathroom, EIK, private large deck overlooking woods & pond. Beautiful grounds. Close to town. No smoking. $990/month. References. 845679-6408.

WOODSTOCK: 4-BEDROOM. Great family neighborhood. Large den. Woodstove. New LP gas boiler. 1-car garage. Corner lot. RENT= $1850/month- Also FOR SALE: $279,900. 3-BEDROOM= $1600/ month, SALE= $199,900. Call Property Management (845)532-2000.

CHARMING 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT w/roof deck. Large porch, storage room, parking. Very private, 10 minutes to Woodstock. $1100/month, heat included. 2 year lease. References and security. Available 2/1. Call 646-339-7017 or 917-439-2519.

WOODSTOCK/LAKE HILL: Peaceful furnished room in restored colonial farmhouse/ tavern. $500/month includes all utilities. NYC bus. Huge kitchen, living room, fireplace, balcony, gardens, piano, cat, parking, pond. NO Smoking/Pets. homestayny@ msn.com; 679-2564.

COZY 1-BEDROOM. Country setting, near Wilson State Park. Skylight, hardwood floors, private deck, mountain views, 5 acres, free wireless internet, quiet, seasonal laundry. $700/month plus utilities. 914-7251461. HUGE 1-BEDROOM DUPLEX APARTMENT in historic building in Woodstock Center. Full of character like a NY loft. Full bath, clawfoot tub. EIK kitchen. Parking off-street. For responsible, employed person w/recommendations, security. No smoking/drugs/pets. $930/month includes all utilities. (914)466-0910. WOODSTOCK: 1-BEDROOM. Quiet upscale residential neighborhood. Beautiful grounds. Small quiet apartment complex. Excellent condition & well maintained.

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COZY 1-BEDROOM. Country setting, near Wilson State Park. Skylight, hardwood floors, private deck, mountain views, 5 acres, free wireless internet, quiet, seasonal laundry. $700/month plus utilities. 914-725-1461. GORGEOUS COTTAGE on 150 ACRE ESTATE. 3-bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace. 10 minutes Belleayre, 20 Hunter/Windham. 13 miles to Woodstock. Hiking, cross country trails through-out. Borders on 1500 acres of state land. Seasonal, annual, reasonable. 845-688-5062.

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ABRACADABRA Double waterfalls and a cascading stream flows through a private 3.25 acre estate literally 4 minutes from town. This fine ranch has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths (master with spa tub and glass shower), glowing wood floors, vaulted ceilings, fireplace, woodstove, a wall of glass doors that opens to a bluestone walk to the in-ground saline pool, and a wooden footbridge to the wonderful 1 bedroom guest cottage… This magical property is destined to disappear very quickly, so call ..........................................$769,000

HOLY CANOLI! Is what you will say when you walk into this expansive 2006 townhome featuring 3 bedrooms & 2½ baths. Enjoy multiple levels of living boasting hard wood flrs, open living areas & room to grow. Airy 1st floor makes for great entertaining; large kitchen is loaded with counter space, cabinets & has a slider to the back deck. Master suite has trey ceiling, huge walk-in-closet & full bath. Two 2nd floor bedrooms are nicely sized. Washer/ dryer hookup on second is very convenient. Lower level is finished offering a family room or potential 4th bed ............................................ $189,900

WINGS OVER WOODSTOCK! This 70’s Modernist home comes with a legal 4000 foot airstrip, yes you heard right, a 4000 foot private airstrip! Architect owned and designed, really cool, 5 bedroom, contemporary was built into a dramatic gorgeous rock outcropping in the middle of a vast forest of a thousand acres (85 come with the property). Ahh the QUIET, except for the purr of your private aircraft waiting to carry you on a scenic ﬂight over the Catskills, a jaunt to the coast, or a commute to work. Sean Zimmerman listed this pilot’s paradise ........................... $989,000

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WATERFALL VIEWS - Creek frontage and views of neighboring 25’ waterfall make this 2+ country acre setting very special. Enchanting wood sided contemporary retreat built in 2004 features all wood ﬂoors, country style kitchen, radiant heat, 2 bedrooms (1 down & loft style up), full bath and window wall overlooking deck & waterfall, with full walk-out basement and lovely farm vistas. VERY SWEET! ...............$249,900

AFFORDABLE NEW PALTZ - Very pretty and usable 2-acre lot with paved drive encloses this easy living ranch style home just minutes to New Paltz village and Thruway Park & Ride. This well maintained home offers a bright living room open to dining area, kitchen with handy breakfast bar, 3 bedrooms, full bath and lots of storage. Bring your own taste and style to this “PRICED TO SELL” offering. .........................$150,000

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WEST HURLEY CHARM - Nestled on a beautifully wooded acre w/ rock outcrops. Crisp contemporary interior w/ a mid-century flair features hardwood floors throughout, LR with handsome high-tech woodburner, updated kitchen w/ granite & SS appliances, 1 full & 2 half baths, family/media room, sound proof studio PLUS add’l office/studio w/ sep. entrance. Breezy screen porch & 2 car det. garage, too!.....................................$278,000

PURE COUNTRY - Contemporary clapboard Saltbox farmhouse c. 1990 nestled on 3 prime Stone Ridge acres. Impeccably maintained & improved and featuring double height living room, warm pine ﬂooring, spacious country kitchen, bedrooms up & down, 2 full baths, new Andersen windows, architect designed 25x16 screened room for warm weather entertaining PLUS professional landscape & stonework. PICTURE PERFECT! ...$364,900

ARTS & CRAFTSMAN Cottage that is. Centrally located between Saugerties and Woodstock villages, this completely renovated craftsman cottage has hardwood ﬂoors and custom woodwork throughout. Features include a great room style gourmet kitchen with vaulted ceilings, breakfast bar, bluestone counters, double ranges, and separate eat-in dining area. Sliding doors open up to a private and fenced in backyard with two outbuildings. Luxurious whirlpool bathroom with oversized tub and shower, tile steps and tin ceilings, with on demand water heater .......................... $184,000

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Village of Marlboro 2003 home with vaulted ceiling, hardwood floors, newly painted. 3 BR, 2 1/2 baths, full finished basement. Deck with Hudson River views, nicely landscaped lot. Priced at $274,900. Owner Financing CALL (845)532-6494

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Lake Hill: 1-BEDROOM, $600/month. STUDIO w/bathroom. $500/month. BOTH: Single person occupancy, includes electric, heat, gas stove, trash. On bus route. Security and references required. No pets/ smokers. Call 845-339-2127.

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FLORIDA RENTAL; Anna Marie Island. Go to VacationRentals.com #94551. For more info contact TurtleNestAMI@aol.com TIRED OF WINTER? Luxury 2-bedroom, 2 bathroom condo with stunning Caribbean views for rent in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Passport not required. Go to vrbo.com and enter 556849 and/or email: vfro@aol.com for more information.

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FLORIDA RENTAL; Anna Marie Island. Go to VacationRentals.com #94551. For more info contact TurtleNestAMI@aol.com

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1½ Bath House on 6.5 Acres on Glasco Turnpike (one mile from center of Woodstock) Weekends, Weekly, Monthly, Summer Season or Long Term

www.jersville.com | 845-679-5832 WILDERNESS AREA COTTAGE & STUDIO. Situated in the heart of one of the more remote areas of the Catskill Mountains known as the Hunter-Westkill Wilderness Area. Mink Hollow Cottage consists of a two bedroom cottage w/a fireplace and small separate studio/library. Located on a private road which fords a creek at it’s entrance, this unique early 20th century property is only yards away from hiking trail heads. email us at: minkhollow@verizon.net for seasonal rental rates.

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HOUSE or ROOM WANTED TEMPORARILY with handicap accessibility for woman post operation in New Paltz. (845)616-1191.

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** Become a Fan of Colucci Shand Realty on Facebook ** PROFESSIONAL MATURE COUPLE w/ excellent local references seeking rental or caretaking situation in rural country location w/in 20 min of Woodstock. Property manager/carpenter builder Francesca & Donny (845)684-5617.

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HOUSE TO SHARE. Country house between Kingston & Catskill. 1500sf, own room, modern kitchen & appliances. $850/month. Security & references required. 518-249-7291

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7 FOOT POOL TABLE, used only once. Includes balls, racks, 2 pool cues. Asking $300, willing to negotiate. Call 845-834-3692

ART SUPPLIES; rulers, paints, pens, pencils, markers, paper cutter, grease markers. If interested make an offer on all of it. PICTURES; framed and matted; small pics- $5 each, medium pics; $10 each, large pics; $20 each. ROLL TOP DESK; $300 or best offer. Cash and carry. Call 845-2550909. EXTANG HARD TONNEAU COVER, trifold for a Toyota Tacoma, (can IMPROVE gas mileage by 10%) current 5’ bed style, black, excellent condition. Call (845)2558352. FARM TABLES: Catskill Mountain Farm Tables handcrafted from 19th century barn wood. Heirloom quality, custom-made to any size. Also available, Bluestone topped tables w/wormy chestnut bases. Ken, Atwood Furniture, 845-657-8003. LEG EXTENSION & LEG CURL MACHINE w/weights attached. Plus more exercise equipment.... Call (845)255-8352.

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MEDIUM OAK HARDWOOD DINING TABLE; 72x48 wide w/2-self storing 20” leaves & lion claw feet & 6 Windsor chairs- 2 Captain, 4 regular. Call (845)255-8352. MOVING! 3-piece entertainment unit, glass & wood, 1-bed frame, mattress, headboard & dresser, 1 kitchen table w/4 chairs. Reasonably priced. Call 845-246-8579.

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tree services

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ULSTER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. Log Length- Cut & Split Firewood. Top quality wood at reasonable prices.

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BOTTOM LINE... I pay the highest prices for old furniture, antiques of every description. Paintings, lamps, rugs, porcelain, bronzes, silver, etc. One item to entire contents. Richard Miller Antiques (Est. 1972). (845)389-7286.

High Woods Sportsman’s Club

Sportsmen’s Swap and Sell Sunday, March 9, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. ~ Rain or Shine Indoors ~ Tables, Tables & More Tables of Sports Equipment. Black Powder, Boating, Riﬂes, Fishing, Clothing, Archery, Camping, Trapping, Optics, Etc... $25 Donation per Table. FFL on premises for Firearms Transfers. Kitchen will be open for Pancakes, Eggs, Sausages, Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Soda & Coffee. 870 Church Road (Zena-High Woods Road), Woodstock.

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

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personal and health services

ULSTER COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE AGING; SENIOR NUTRITION/ DINING PROGRAM. Operates Senior Dining Sites throughout the county, which offer nutritious, hot meals from 11:30 a.m.-noon. Kingston Mid-town Neighborhood Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston. (845)336-7112. Open Monday, Wednesday & Friday. They also provide an opportunity to socialize w/others who have similar interests. Guidelines: Please call the site between 10 a.m.-noon. the day before you plan to attend in order to be sure there are enough meals for everyone. Eligibility: You must be an Ulster County resident aged 60 or over. Cost: There is no set cost, but a suggested daily donation of $3 is requested.

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WINTER BLUES FLEA MARKET at Saint Gregory’s Episcopal Church coming March 29. Seeking quality items for the sale. Call Jim 657-7180 or Hatti 679-6584 for info or pick-up.

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COUNTRY CLEANERS Homes & Offices • Insured & Bonded

Excellent references.

Call (845)706-1713 or (845) 679-8932 FIONNA’S HOUSE CLEANING. Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter. Your House Deserves to be Clean & Healthy. References, Fair Rates, Honest & Reliable. From Woodstock to Margaretville, NY. 845-688-3151; ftanzill69@aol.com

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OIL PAINTING RESTORATION. Cleaned, relined, retouched, refinished. Also frames & wood sculptures repaired. Call Carol 687-7813. c.field@earthlink. net

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“ABOVE AND BEYOND” HOUSEPAINTING by Quadrattura. Add value to your home economically. Environmentally conscious work done w/ old world craftsmanship and pride. Interior/ Exterior/Decorator Finishes, Expert Color Consultation, Plastering, Wallpaper Removal, Light Carpentry. Call 679-9036 for Free Estimate. Senior Discount.

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER/ HOUSEKEEPER. Help w/everyday problems, special projects; clutter, paperwork, moving, gardening & personal assistant. Affordable rates. Fully Insured, Confidentiality Assured. MargotMolnar. com; Masters Psychology, former CEO, Certified Hospice Volunteer. margotmolnar@netzero.net (845)679-6242.

HB Painting & Construction INC. *Painting: Interior/Exterior, PressureWashing, Staining, Glazing... *Construction: Home Renovations, Additions, Bathrooms, Kitchen, Doors, Windows, Decks, Roofs, Gutters, Tile, Hardwood Floors (NewRefinish), Sheetrock, Tape. Snowplowing. Call 845-616-9832. MAN WITH A VAN MOVING & DELIVERY SERVICE. 16’ trucks, 10’ van. Reliable, insured, NYS DOT 32476. 8 Enterprise Road, New Paltz, NY. Please call Dave at 255-6347.

plumbing, heating, a/c and electric

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• Residential / Commercial • Moving • Delivery • Trucking • Local & NYC Metro Areas

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tax preparation/ bookkeeping services

JOHN MOWER HAS PREPARED Federal & State tax returns for individuals, small business & S-Corporations for 17 years. As an Enrolled Agent, he can represent clients in tax matters w/the IRS. Call for an appointment 679-6744.

HANDYALL SERVICES: *Carpentry, *Plumbing, *Electrical, *Painting, *Excavating & Grading. 5 ton dump trailer. Trees cut, Yards cleaned & mowed. Snow Removal. Call Dave (845)514-6503- mobile.

“No Job Too Small!”

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Experienced- TROMPE O’LOEIL and FAUX FINISHING, 20 yrs. in Paris, and 10 yrs. locally. References and insured. Call Casimir: 845-430-3195 or 845-616- 0872.

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CASH PAID. Estate contents- attic, cellar, garage clean-outs. Used cars, junk cars, scrap metal. Anything of value. (845)246-0214.

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CERTIFIED AIDE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE CARE for elderly. 10 years experience. Live-in or hourly. References available. Ulster County area. (845)9018513

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

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Hudson Valley Balinese Gamelan Orchestras Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana invite you to mark your calendars for our upcoming spring concert on Friday, May 9, 8 pm at Bard College, Annandale-onHudson, NY. Under the artistic leadership of master musician, Prof. Pak I Nyoman Suadin. Rehearsals take place on Monday evenings in the Olin Building, 3rd floor, Moon Room from 7 - 11 pm. and Saturday mornings from 11-12:30 pm. Listeners are always welcome. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be shy. Free of charge. Individual tutorials & advanced sessions avail. by appt. Want to study music, dance and culture in Bali this summer? For more info visit us on FB at Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kenchana at Bard College, message us, or call 845-688-7090.

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ADOPT A RESCUED DOG OR CAT. Come see us at the Ulster County SPCA, 20 Wiedy Road, Kingston. (845)331-5377. DOGS: Isabelle; 3-years old. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picky about who she spends time w/in the canine world, but is great w/cats. Amazing w/people, loves any human sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever met, especially if you have a tennis ball. Sheba; 7-years old. Sheba can be moody, but who isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t? Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great couch potato! Has spent the majority of her life at shelters. Please give her the life she has always dreamed of! She wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t judge your reality TV addiction. Loretta & Spot; 4-year old mix siblings. Need lots of love & calm house. Can be shy when meeting new people but once they love you, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forever! Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep all of your secrets! Meko; Best w/experienced dog owners. Sweet & will protect you from anything! Never jog alone again! Dutchess; 3-year old Neapolitan Mastiff. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very playful w/dogs, but would do best in home w/no children as sometimes she does not know her own strength. CATS: Gemma; Female, 13-years old. Has lived at the shelter for years. Needs a home. Kisses; 4-5 year old female, very sweet. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep your house full of love & entertainment. Morocco & Margarita- ADOPTED!!!!!!!! These two best friends are both Feline Leukemia positive. They love each other & everyone who stops by to visit them. Morocco is about 7-years old male cat. Margarita is the baby girl- sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only 6-months old. Victoria; 8-years young, brown & black tiger. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our sassiest cat. Would do best in a home all to herself. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spent most of her shelter life in a cage because she isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a fan of other cats. Please give her some room to run! Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never eat late night snacks alone again! Lt. Danny; 3-years, orange female. Danny came to us w/her back 2 legs seemingly paralyzed. Recently sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s started walking on her own. Every day she gains more strength. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to walk around your house and explore! Jasmine; 9-year old female. This unique looking feline loves humans but would rather not have to deal w/other cats, she wants to be the only one receiving your love! The

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