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A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, entertainment and adventure | Calendar Ca l e n da r & Classifieds | Issue 15 | Apr . 9-16 Music Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to induct Paul Butterfield | New Jangle for now people of New Paltz Art Stephen Hannock lectures at Thomas Cole House, setting the stage for “River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home” Movie How Maria got her Klimts back Stage All-male Othello opens in Rhinebeck Kids Almanac Vernal pool walk in Woodstock

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Shaking up Prohibition at Stockade Tavern The Stockade Tavern at 313 Fair Street in Kingston will host an event on Sunday, April 12 at 4 p.m. to celebrate the book Shaking up Prohibition in New Orleans: Authentic Vintage Cocktails from A to Z. In the 1920s Prohibition was the law, but ignoring it was the norm, especially in New Orleans. While popular writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald invented partygoers who danced from one cocktail to the next, real denizens of the French Quarter imbibed their way across the city.

Bringing to life the fiction of flappers with tastes beyond bathtub gin, Shaking up Prohibition in New Orleans: Authentic Vintage Cocktails from A to Z serves up recipes from the era of the speakeasy.

Originally assembled by Olive Leonhardt and Hilda Phelps Hammond around 1929, this delightful compendium applauds the city’s irrepressible love for cocktails in the format of a classic alphabet book. Leonhardt, a noted artist, illustrated each letter of the alphabet, while Hammond provided cocktail recipes alongside tongue-in-cheek poems that jab at the dubious scenario of a “dry” New Orleans. A cultural snapshot of the Crescent City’s resistance to Prohibition, this satirical, richly illustrated book brings to life the spirit and spirits of a jazz city in the Jazz Age.

Helen Macdonald speaks at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck Helen Macdonald, author of the runaway bestseller H is for Hawk, will visit Oblong Books & Music in Rhinebeck on Sunday, April 12 at 4 p.m. and discuss her acclaimed memoir, winner of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize and a Guardian and Economist Best Book of the Year.

When Macdonald’s father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated.

An experienced falconer – Helen had been captivated by hawks since childhood – she’d never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators, the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the

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goshawk’s fierce and feral temperament mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel, and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T. H. White’s chronicle The Goshawk to begin her challenging endeavor. Projecting herself “in the hawk’s wild mind to tame her” tested the limits of Macdonald’s humanity and changed her life.

Macdonald is a writer, poet, illustrator, historian and naturalist and an affiliated research scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. She also worked as a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge. She is the author of a cultural history of falcons, titled Falcon, and three collections of poetry. As a professional falconer, she assisted with the management of raptor research and conservation projects across Eurasia.

Oblong Books & Music is located at 6422 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck.

For more information, call (845) 8760500 or log onto www.oblongbooks.com.

Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck stages all-male Othello The CenterStage Theatre Company opens its ninth annual Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival with an all-male version of the tragedy Othello from Friday, April 10 through Sunday, April 26. Othello chronicles the downfall of the Moorish general at the hands of his lieutenant, Iago, through a plot fueled by jealousy and vengeance. As the story escalates, tensions rise and every loyalty is questioned. Othello’s story has proven to be a popular theater production and has been adapted into several films, as well as a number of operas and ballets. Since its first performance on the stage in 1604, the tragedy of Othello has become synonymous with the themes of love and betrayal.

The title role is played by Marcus Gregio. He is also an educator and has trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon and worked at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. The rest of the cast is made up of nine other men, portraying 11 other roles. Othello is adapted and directed by artistic and managing director Lou Trapani. Supported by the recreation of the Globe Theatre set, designed by Broadway scenic artist Richard Prouse,

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the cast will be adorned in modern-day wear designed by Grace Obee and with lighting design by Dave Popieluszko.

The cast includes Joe Eriole as Iago, Kevin Archambault as Desdemona, Brandon Argento as Cassio, Brian Kubsch as Roderigo and Joshuah Patriarco as Emilia. Other roles are filled out by George Allen, Michael Curtis, Zack Marshall, James O’Neill and Denis Silvestri. Performances of Othello begin at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and at 3 p.m. for Sunday matineés. Tickets cost $24 for adults and $22 for seniors and children.

For the full Shakespeare Festival schedule and to purchase tickets, visit www.centerforperformingarts.org or call the box office at (845) 876-3080. Box office hours are from 12 noon to 5 p.m.

Tuesdays through Fridays and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturdays. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, a nonprofit arts and education organization, is located at 661 Route 308, three miles east of the Rhinebeck village center.

Shawangunk Wine Trail hosts “Pasta Primo Vino” The annual Shawangunk Wine Trail event will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Experience the Hudson Valley’s finest wines paired with fine pasta dishes at all 14 wineries located along the Wine Trail. The event offers the opportunity to taste some of the very first releases of the 2014 vintage plus some old favorites.

The new wines offered at Pasta Primo Vino feature grapes harvested from local vines as recently as last October and highlight the bright, fresh flavors of the Hudson Valley’s whites, which, unlike the reds, do not require time in the barrel to age and soften. Some of the delectable pasta dishes being featured at this year’s event include a scrumptious BLT Pasta Salad at Glorie Farm Winery, Rigatoni with Oil, Garlic, Bocconcini and Grape Tomatoes at Robibero Winery, Black Dirt Truffle Mac ‘n’ Cheese at Warwick Valley Winery and Rotini with Thai Peanut Sauce (gluten-free) at Adair Vineyards.

Participants will receive a souvenir wineglass at the starting winery of their choice and continue on a self-guided tour of the Trail at their own pace. Tickets cost $35 for both days, $20 for Sunday only and $15 for designated drivers. Tickets may be purchased in advance at www. gunkswine.com. Ticketholders can visit five, ten or all 14 of the wineries. A limited number of tickets will be available for sale

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at each winery on the day of the event for an increased price ($45, $30 or $20 plus tax).

For more information, call (845) 2568456 or visit www.gunkswine.com.

Tom Nolan reads from Second Cutting in New Paltz The Inquiring Minds Bookstore at 6 Church Street in New Paltz will host an author talk on Friday, April 10 at 7 p.m. with Tom Nolan, who will present his new book, Second Cutting. Set in the Hudson Valley, the novel is a coming-of-age story set in the 1950s.

Second Cutting takes us through three years in the life of teenager Kevin O’Malley as his family moves from New York City to a rural village in upstate New York at the tail end of the polio epidemic.

Though he initially feels out of place and alone, Kevin finds friendship with Jerry Clark, son of a local dairy farmer, and is smitten with Jerry’s older sister, Elizabeth.

He convinces his family to let him work on the farm through the summer, mostly to be near her, but finds enjoyment in the work and Jerry’s company.

Kevin’s relationship with his father, Patrick, a former New York City Police officer turned New York State Police detective, is strengthened through their mutual love of tinkering with automobiles.

Kevin’s aptitude for auto repair becomes his refuge when a drunk driver causes an accident that nearly kills his father. The family is thrown into chaos as Patrick’s physical disability and mental instability take their toll, prompting Kevin to make a decision that costs him his entire family.

His feeling of abandonment fuels his anger and confusion, leading to destructive behavior and finally to an adult decision.

More information is available by calling (845) 255-8300 or visit www.gunkswriter. com. Admission is free.

Kingston Antique Show and Flea Market on Saturday Kingston will host a large antique show and flea market on Saturday, April 11 at the Murphy Midtown Center at 467 Broadway in Kingston from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission costs $5 for adults and is free for children under age 12. Each paid admission includes a free chance at a raffle prize.

Anyone donating a non-perishable food item will receive $1 off the entry fee (limit one per person). All food

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by SUNY Ulster students. Brecht’s 1939 play Mother Courage And Her Children gives us a scheming, swaggering, seemingly indomitable survivor of a woman who ekes out a living in the shady corners of the war’s marketplace. Is she making the best out of the war’s desperate times or do the desperate times of the war make a casualty of the best in us? Suggested donation is $10 at the door. General seating. Free for students.

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For more information call 845-687-5262 www.sunyulster.edu

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The show will feature an interesting mix of antiques, uniques, collectibles, crafts and new and used items. In addition to the shopping opportunities, this family fun day will include free children’s activities. Don’t worry about lunch, as the show’s kitchen will be serving up tasty refreshments all day. “We wanted to revive the rich tradition of having these types of events in Kingston,� said event promoter Matt Savatgy. “They used to be held regularly at the New York State Armory, but following the events of 9/11, the building was no longer available for public activities. The Murphy Center – a hidden gem in Midtown Kingston – now serves as an alternative for these types of events.�

The Center is located off exit 19 of the New York State Thruway. Follow the traffic circle and exit at Chandler Drive/Route 587. At the end of the exit ramp, go straight through the intersection to Broadway and proceed left for approximately half a mile. After the CSX railroad underpass, the show is one block ahead on the right, just up from the YMCA. For more information, call (845) 6578563 or e-mail northcountrycoll@hvc. rr.com.

Kingston hosts New England Antiquities Research Association meeting April 24-25 Noted authors, scholars and researchers will be presenting at the Spring Meeting of the New England Antiquities Research Association (NEARA), April 24 and 25 at the Quality Inn in Kingston. It’s only the third time in the organization’s 50+-year history that its biennial conference is being held in New York State. Many recent discoveries in the Hudson Valley, Catskill Mountains and other areas throughout the state have led in recent years to an expansion of the NEARA Hudson Valley Chapter into the New York State

Chapter, joining the full ranks of the other NEARA chapters representing members from the New England states and Canadian Maritimes. The weekend-long conference includes multimedia presentations, a field trip, exhibits, book sale, a raffle, a members’ banquet and more.

Presenters at the event include noted archaeologists Dr. Richard Michael Gramly, president of the American Amateur Archaeology Society (AAAS), and Dr. Laurie Rush, cultural resource manager for the Army Air National Guard at Fort Drum in the Adirondacks.

Gramly will speak of a recent mastodon discovery and excavation in Orange County and Rush on Native American ceremonial stone constructions related to observational astronomy.

Also speaking is David Johnson, presenting his breakthrough research correlating surface features with subsurface groundwater locations. Other speakers include Donald Aubrey with “If Only the Stones Could Speak� and David Schewe on investigation sites in the Finger Lakes region. Locally, artist/ author Matt Bua discusses cairns and stone walls in Catskill, researcher Dave Holden discusses “Old Trails and Ancient Roads� and Glenn Kreisberg presents research on the Frost Valley petroglyphs.

Many of these local ancient lithic sites and features are quickly vanishing due to the ongoing threat of development, taking their secrets with them forever.

Some may be part of a ceremonial landscape left by a now-nearly-vanished native civilization and culture. NEARA, a nonprofit organization, promotes the discovery, research and preservation of lithic sites and artifacts, both historic and prehistoric in nature. In addition to the two yearly conferences, NEARA twice yearly publishes the NEARA Transit newsletter and The NEARA Journal, a scholarly publication chronicling lithic-related research and discoveries.

For full conference schedule and details or to register for the event, go to www.neara.org. For further info, contact NEARA vice president Glenn Kreisberg at (845) 417-8384.

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Sugaring off at Senate House in Kingston Join the staff of the Senate House State Historic Site to celebrate one of the sweetest harbingers of spring at “Sugaring Off 18th-Century Style.�

Event activities include boiling maple sap to syrup, making jack wax candy, baking molasses cornbread and waffles over an open fire, hewing a log into a sap trough and making wooden sap buckets and spiles used to collect the sap. The First Ulster County Militia will be on hand to demonstrate 18th-century camp life and reenact a raid on the sugarbush.

Mark Rust will perform a variety of music on the banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar and spoons. Visitors are also invited to experience the reopened exhibit, “With Malice toward None: Ulster County and the Civil War� in the Senate House Museum.

The event is free and open to the public.

Guided tours of the Senate House will be available at the usual rate of $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for ages 12 and under. For further information about this and other upcoming events at the site, call (845) 338-2786.

Former US-AID officer gives talk at Gardiner Library this Sunday A free presentation on “International Development Assistance in Public Health� will be given by former Foreign Service officer Bill Goldman at the Gardiner Library on Sunday, April 12 at 3 p.m. He will speak about his work overseas for the US Agency for International Development (AID).

Topics covered include an overview of international development assistance

and the role of US-AID; specific examples of successful programs, especially in family planning and oral rehydration, an overview of the impact of our assistance on family planning, fertility and infant and child health; a short history of international assistance for control of HIV/AIDS; and Goldman’s views on the future of AID. Bill and his wife were Peace Corps volunteers in Tonga in 1970 and 1971. He worked as a foreign service officer for AID for 25 years in the Philippines, Ecuador, Bangladesh, India and Jordan, managing international assistance for reproductive health, population, child survival, HIV/ AIDS, infectious diseases and related public health programs.

The program is free and open to all.

The Gardiner Library is located at 133 Farmers’ Turnpike in Gardiner.

Neil Alexander headlines poetry/music night at Falcon The Amplify Sound Concert Series, a celebration of poetry and music curated by Hudson Valley performance poets Decora and Gold, continues its Monday-night residency at the Falcon on April 13 with special guest pianist and synthesist Neil Alexander. There is no cover, but donation is encouraged.

The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, visit www.liveatthefalcon.com.

George Saunders lectures at Vassar Author George Saunders will speak at Vassar on Tuesday, April 14 at 8 p.m. in the Students’ Building’s second-floor auditorium. The event is

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the college’s annual Alex Krieger ‘95 Memorial Lecture. Saunders will read from his work and answer questions from the audience. The event is free and open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

Saunders has enjoyed wide praise for his work. He is the author of several books, including the highly acclaimed Tenth of December, a short story collection that The New York Times Magazine hailed as “the best book you’ll read this year.� Saunders’ earlier works include CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, Pastoralia and In Persuasion Nation. His writing has been published in The New Yorker, and he has written travel pieces for GQ, including one assignment that had him journey to Africa with Bill Clinton. A recipient of both a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship (commonly known as the “Genius Grant�), he teaches writing at Syracuse University.

Directions to the Vassar campus, located at 124 Raymond Avenue in Poughkeepsie, are available at www.vassar.edu/ directions.

Edith Wharton book discussion at library in Rhinecliff The Morton Memorial Library will host a discussion of Hudson River Bracketed by Edith Wharton on Tuesday, April 28 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Copies are available at the Morton and Esopus libraries.

The library is located at 82 Kelly Street in Rhinecliff. Register by calling (845) 876-2903.

innovative and fun because of it. Now comes the Poughkeepsie-based New York Catholic Radio, Inc., a non-profit group that was granted a Federal Communications Commission permit to build a radio station in Poughkeepsie utilizing the frequency of 94.7 FM, for the rebroadcasting of EWTN materials as well as its own broadcasts, and currently has a half-year to raise what’s needed actually to go on the air.

What makes this particularly interesting just now is that the man behind this effort, which has so far shepherded the support of much of the Dutchess County Catholic community of churches, Joe Quattrocchi, has written and self-published a “Father Joey� whodunit titled Oceanfront Deadline to help with the fundraising, with all sales income going to the radio station. And even better, the new book is but the start of a whole series designed to help support the station once on the air.

Talk about a fun angle: The books involve a priest sleuth and cruise ships, at least at first.

Quattrocchi is basing his efforts – and the fledgling radio effort – out of Our Lady of Lourdes High School in Poughkeepsie, which has donated space.

There’ll be upcoming book-signings held after weekend masses at Regina Coeli Church in Hyde Park on April 11 and 12, St. Joseph’s Church in Millbrook on April 25 and 26, St. Mary’s Church in Poughkeepsie on May 16 and 17 and St. John the Evangelist Church in Pawling on May 23 and 24. For more info visit www. facebook.com/fatherjoeymysteries or www. newyorkcatholicradio.org. – Paul Smart

Poughkeepsie priest pens mystery novel to launch new Catholic radio station

Marc Peyser & Timothy Dwyer discuss the Roosevelt women at Oblong Books

You’ve got to hand it to radio in the Hudson Valley and environs: It’s always original, not just in terms of programming, but also funding and operation. Over the years we’ve seen WJFF start up located on its own dam and lake, which supplied a good portion of its power and popularity; or hyperlocal community efforts like the Catskills’ WIOX out of Roxbury or WGXC out of Columbia and Greene Counties, always struggling but always

Authors Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer will visit Oblong Books in Rhinebeck on Saturday, April 11 at 7 p.m. for a presentation, questionand-answer session and book-signing event to talk about their acclaimed new biography Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his beautiful and flamboyant daughter was transformed into “Princess Alice,� arguably the century’s first global celebrity. Thirty-two years later, her first cousin Eleanor moved into the White House as first lady. Born

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eight months and 20 blocks apart from each other in New York City, Eleanor and Alice spent a large part of their childhoods together and were far more alike than most historians acknowledge. But their politics and temperaments couldn’t have been more distinct.

Do-gooder Eleanor was committed to social justice but hated the limelight; acidtongued Alice, who became the wife of philandering Republican congressman Nicholas Longworth, was an opponent of big government who gained notoriety for her cutting remarks (she famously quipped that dour President Coolidge “looked like he was weaned on a pickle�). While Eleanor revolutionized the role of first lady with her outspoken passion for human rights, Alice made the most of her insider connections to influence politics, including doing as much to defeat the League of Nations as anyone in elective office.

The cousins themselves liked to play up their oil-and-water relationship. “When I think of Frank and Eleanor in the White House, I could grind my teeth to powder and blow them out my nose,� Alice once said. In the 1930s they even wrote opposing syndicated newspaper columns and embarked on competing nationwide speaking tours. Blood may be thicker than water, but when the family business is politics, winning trumps everything.

Vivid, intimate, and stylishly written, Hissing Cousins finally sets this relationship center stage, revealing the contentious bond between two political trailblazers who short-circuited the rules of gender and power, each in her own way.

Marc Peyser is a writer and former deputy editor at both Newsweek and Budget Travel. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Life, Vogue, Time Out New York, CondÊ Nast Traveler and Best Business Writing 2003. Timothy Dwyer was raised on Long Island’s Eaton’s Neck, swimming distance from Theodore Roosevelt’s homestead at Sagamore Hill. He studied history and politics at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. His work has appeared in Time and on The Atlantic.com. He is the chief executive officer of the School of Choice Group, an education advisory company.  Oblong Books & Music is located at 6422 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck.

For more information, call (845) 8760500 or log onto www.oblongbooks.com.

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Bus trip to Frida Kahlo exhibit at NY Botanical Garden The American Association of University Women (AAUW) will sponsor a bus trip to the New York Botanical Garden on Sunday, May 17 to see “Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life.� The bus departs from the back of the Kingston Plaza at 8 a.m. and the front of the Monticello Government Center at 9:15 a.m. The return trip to Monticello will arrive at approximately 5:30 p.m. and Kingston at approximately 6:45 p.m.

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dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres on the return trip. Also included are admission to the New York Botanical Garden and a private guided tour of the elaborate installation in the Haupt Conservatory, a recreation of Frida Kahloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous Casa Azul (Blue House) studio and garden in Mexico City. The Botanical Garden has transformed its conservatory with cobalt-blue walls, lava rock paths and a magnificent display of native flowers of Mexico. There is also a scale version of a pyramid at Casa Azul created by Kahloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband, Mexican muralist Diego Rivera, to display his collection of pre-Columbian art.

The trip includes a self-guided tour of the art gallery, where 14 of Kahloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rarely seen paintings and works on paper are displayed. The exhibit examines Kahloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keen appreciation for the complex use of plant imagery in her artwork. Among the works on display are the powerful self-portraits Two Nudes in a Forest, 1939 and Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940.

This is the first solo exhibition of Frida Kahloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art in New York City in 25 years.

Attendees are responsible for their own lunch. There will be time to discover the other collections and a tram tour of the grounds with views of rock formations, a waterfall and rolling hills.

Reservations are made by check payable to AAUW. Include phone number, address and e-mail and mail to Linda Gold, 1 Jacobs Lane, New Paltz NY 12561. More information is available by calling Linda at (845) 255-5256 or e-mailing artladylg@ aol.com. Specify â&#x20AC;&#x153;art toursâ&#x20AC;? in the space for â&#x20AC;&#x153;subject.â&#x20AC;? Sign up early to ensure a spot.

Wired Gallery hosts opening reception for exhibit of contemporary Cragsmoor artists The Wired Gallery at 11 Mohonk Road in High Falls will host an opening reception on Saturday, April 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. for an exhibit of work by contemporary artists from Cragsmoor, once the site of a 19th-century art colony. The group show will feature work by Richard Arnold, Roger Baker, Tom Bolger, Charles Broderson, Ann Butter, Kuhn Caldwell, Chuck Davidson, Fritz Drury, Irene Dunn, Morgan Dunn, Joan Goldberg, Hattie Grifo, Lori Grinker, John Hart, Ellie Hollinshead, Beat Keerl, Joan Lesikin, Pat Peters, Bernhard Roze, Phil Sigunick, Judy Sigunick, Howard Smith, Natalie Stopka and Clover Vail.

The artistic heritage of Cragsmoor began in the 1870s when a group of New York City artists established summer homes on a small plateau on top of the Shawangunk Mountains in Ulster County.

Inspired by vast mountain vistas, lush fertile valleys and abundant wildlife, the artists formed one of the first American art colonies and the only residential community on the Shawangunk Ridge.

Many of its 500 full-time residents today and perhaps half that many part-timers are artists, says Wired Gallery director Sevan Melikyan.

Gallery hours are Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment.

More information is available at www. thewiredgallery.com or by calling (682) 564-5613.

Funding opportunity for artists The Ulster County Cultural Services and Promotion Fund (UCCSPF) announces a funding opportunity for artists. Financial resources for this program have been made available by the Ulster County Legislature. Established nonprofits working in all arts disciplines are eligible and encouraged to apply for funding.

UCCSPF awards range from $2,500 to $9,500 and can be used for various activities, including administrative or programmatic capacity-building and institutional advancement projects.

Application seminars will be held on Tuesday, April 14 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum at 28 Tinker Street and on Wednesday, April 15 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Historic Huguenot Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deyo Hall at

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April 9, 2015 6 Broadhead Avenue in New Paltz. RSVPs are recommended at http://tinyurl. com/uccspf-15-seminar or by e-mailing grants@artsmidhudson.org or calling (845) 454-3222, extension 16.

All interested parties are welcome to attend these seminars, whether or not they have a specific project planned.

Seminars last an average of 90 minutes and include time for questions and answers. Appointments for individualized feedback on potential initiatives will also be available. The application deadline is May 12.

Gardiner Library hosts exhibit of Gardiner Open Studio Tour artists The collective of artists known as GOST (Gardiner Open Studio Tour) will show select works in the community room of the Gardiner Library at 133 Farmers’ Turnpike in Gardiner from April 7 to 16. The show offers a taste of what visitors will see on the fourth annual Gardiner Open Studio Tour, held the first weekend of May and in the fall over Columbus Day weekend.

A reception will be held at the library on Sunday, April 12 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Brochures with maps are available in print at locations throughout the Hudson Valley and at www.gostartist. org. More information is available at www. gardinerlibrary.org.

Photography show at Kaaterskill Fine Arts & Crafts Gallery The Kaaterskill Fine Arts & Crafts Gallery in Hunter’s Village Square will host an opening reception on Saturday, April 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. for “Catskill Remains,” an exhibit of photographic work by John P. O’Grady.

Light refreshments will be served.

An artist talk with O’Grady about the ways photographic images can be used to evoke unexpected stories will be held the following Saturday, April 18 at 1 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call (518) 263-2060.

O’Grady was born in New Jersey and born again in the Catskill Mountains.

In college he studied forestry, believing that this was a chance to dwell in deep

groves and sequestered places; but when he realized that resource management is not an appropriate practice for one who delights less in the chainsaw and more in the standing oak, he moved on to other fields. For a number of years he served as a professor of Literature and Environmental Studies. He has lived in Maine, California, Idaho and Montana. Now he’s back in the Catskills, where he does some writing, takes a few pictures and chops a lot of firewood. During his student days, he was inspired by three of his teachers in particular: the fiction writer Stephen King, the poet Gary Snyder and the antic photographer David Robertson. Those motley influences may be apparent in this gathering of photographs titled “Catskill Remains.”

Avian art exhibit at New Paltz’s Mark Gruber Gallery Want to know what’s quintessentially American, artwise? How about Audubon and his bird paintings – or better, the new exhibit opening in New Paltz this weekend, “Birds and Art,” a Mark Gruber annual event that will run up until the Memorial Day weekend, featuring a plethora of top painters from around the greater region. There’ll be an opening artists’ reception on Saturday evening, April 11.

Among the artists drawn together by Gruber and veteran bird painter James Coe (also known for his contemporary landscape work) are the likes of Seth Murthra, Barry Van Dusen, Eva Van Rijn, Sue Adair, Carolyn Edlund, Mireille Duchesne, James Cramer, Herb Chong, Ron Schaefer, Hardie Truesdale and, new to the gallery, Michael Garland, among others.

– Paul Smart

Hudson’s Third Floor Gallery hosts readings by Abigail Thomas & Chloe Caldwell Karen Schoemer, now an independent bookseller and literary events coordinator based in Columbia County, was previously a music critic and journalist for the likes of Spin and Newsweek, a popular local deejay and the bartender/barista at Hudson’s popular Spotty Dog Café & Bookstore. This Sunday she initiates a new series of super-cool events at a special gallery space in Hudson before taking her

literary events to TSL and the CR10 events space over the coming months.

So what’s in store this weekend?

Woodstock author Abigail Thomas will be reading from her new memoir What Comes Next and How to Like It and Hudson author Chloe Caldwell, author of the recent novella Women, will be diving into her own growing body of work.

– Paul Smart Abigail Thomas/Chloe Caldwell reading, Sunday, April 12, 3 p.m., free, Third Floor (formerly Courville) Gallery, 341 Warren Street, Hudson; www.facebook.com/events/1613555142208303.

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Stephen Hannock, Oxbow II, For Frank Moore and Dan Hodermarsky (MAAS MoCA #207), 2013, oil on canvas, 48x72 x 1”, Private collection, promised to the Yale University Art Gallery

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Stephen Hannock lectures at Thomas Cole house in Catskill on April 12, setting the stage for “River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home”

eading up to Olana and the Thomas Cole National Historic Site usually means taking a trip into the past: viewing an art exhibition or listening to a lecture shedding light on the art/ historical tradition of the Hudson River School. But now, for the first time ever, the two institutions, in their first collaboration, are taking a fresh approach with an ambitious exhibition and lecture series focusing on contemporary art.

Titled “River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home,” the exhibition, which opens on May 3, will feature the work of 30 artists, including such renowned names as Romare Bearden, Chuck Close, Will Cotton, Maya Lin, Elizabeth Murray, Thomas Nozkowski, Martin Puryear, Cindy Sherman and Kiki Smith. Paintings, drawings, prints, installations, photographs, sculptures, collages and the like will be displayed within each historic home as well as on the grounds, intermingling with selected works by the two 19th-century artists as well as elements of the iconic 19th-century Romantic landscape preserved at both of the properties.

The accompanying lecture series will feature contemporary Luminist painter Stephen Hannock on April 12 and a talk

by Hannock and Jason Rosenfeld, who together curated the “River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home” show, on May 17.

Hannock’s landscape paintings serve as a kind of pivot between the original

Hudson River School painters and the contemporary artists, although the artist said that 20th-century British film directors, not the 19th-century landscapists, were much more of an influence.

Rosenfeld, who is professor of Art and chair of the Art History Department at Marymount Manhattan College, brings a sophisticated curatorial sensibility to the project, having cocurated exhibitions at Tate Britain in London and at the National Gallery in Washington, DC. While all the participating artists were or are in some way connected to the th regions so integral to the iconic imagery of Cole and Church – i.e., greater New York City, Lake George, Niagara Falls and New England – that link is not necessarily obvious, said Hannock. “Nineteenth-century homes and museums like to connect the dots from specific painters to contemporary artists in a straight line, but art-and-life is not like that,” said the artist, who paints mammoth-size canvases of grand vistas and Whistleresque nocturnes and was the first artist to receive the Frederic Church Award, in 2014. “There’s a lot of mystery.”

Ironically, the work that superficially most resembles the landscapes of the 19thcentury artists – Hannock’s paintings – is cut from very different cloth. Like Cole, Hannock painted the Oxbow in the Connecticut River. While Cole’s painting features a self-portrait of the artist in the foreground, Hannock instead insinuated himself into his painting by collaging in reproductions of works of art or photos of people and places. “I was treating the rhythms of these vistas as a format for a diary, recalling things that happened at these places and writing about it.

The text weaves itself through the geological f o r m a t i o n s .”

Contrary to the sentiments c o m m o n l y associated with traditional American landscape painting, Hannock said that his motivation “was not to paint pretty places, but rather to set a stage for the stories that come to mind while I’m painting.”

Not unlike Cole and Church, whose finished paintings were made in the studio, Hannock eschews plein air painting, instead relying on ink drawings and notations made at the location,

Part of the fun for the viewer will be deciphering the often-oblique connections between the 19 -century painters and the contemporary artists

“which are then built up with a lot of license and geological wherewithal to suggest a given place. My effort is to create a mood, set a stage, much in the way that British filmmakers David Lean and Alfred Hitchcock set up a scene with a long establishing shot to convey a mood.” But one suspects that Cole himself might discover an affinity with Hannock’s interest in theatricality and irony, given that the Romantic ideal of the wilderness and agrarian landscape that he helped formulate occurred just as it was being obliterated by industrialism.

Hannock said that he was approached

by Olana following the buzz from a presentation about Hannock’s art at the New York Public Library in the spring of 2013, which was presented by Sting. “He drew a parallel between my past life as a hockey goalie and my penchant for not having a foreground in my compositions,” Hannock recalled, noting that he and the famous musician “are godfathers to each other’s daughters.” Hannock was commissioned by Sting to make a painting of the singer’s home city of Newcastle-onTyne, in England; the canvas, which was completed in 2008, measures eight by twelve feet. The two men subsequently are collaborating on a limited-edition letterpress book featuring Hannock’s woodcuts and Sting’s lyrics.

“The Olana folks asked me to do something. I said, ‘You have to collaborate with the Cole house and do contemporary art, and let me pick the work,’” Hannock said. Olana agreed, and Jason Rosenfeld

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sitting on Coleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s back porch 150 years ago while a punk student, the young F.E. Church, was looking at what to paint, my response would be to tell him about the work on the walls in the third millenniumâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in essence, the artworks of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;River Crossingsâ&#x20AC;? exhibition. Besides AIDS, the other â&#x20AC;&#x153;clusters of cultural appreciation we felt we had to includeâ&#x20AC;? included Harlem in the post-Civil War years, presumably represented by the Bearden work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think either of these [19th-century] artists could have imagined the strength and power generated by the black community on American and world culture.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Homeâ&#x20AC;? opens at Olana and the Thomas Cole National Historic Site on May 3 and runs through November 1.

Shuttles will pick people up in Hudson and convey them from Olana to the Cole house. On April 12, Stephen Hannock will speak about his art at the Cole house in Catskill; on May 17, he and co-curator Jason Rosenfeld will speak about the exhibition at the Arts Center at ColumbiaMaya Lin, Silver River- Hudson, 2011, recycled silver, 81 x 45 x in., ŠMaya Lin Studio.

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Greene Community College at 4400 Route 23 in Hudson. Both lectures begin at 2 p.m. and cost $9, general admission, $7 for members of the Thomas Cole site or Olana. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lynn Woods Stephen Hannock lecture, Sunday, April 12, 2 p.m., $9/$7, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill; â&#x20AC;&#x153;River Crossingsâ&#x20AC;? opening, Sunday, May 3, Thomas Cole/Olana National Historic Sites; www.thomascole.org, www.olana.org.

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made out of inlaid slate, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;the shapes and colors echo the patterns in the house,â&#x20AC;? further integrating the pieces with the site.

Artists Angie Keefer, working with Kara Hamilton and Kianja Strobert, and Charles LeDray both are designing installations, Keefer for the interior of the Cole House â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it will incorporate daguerreotypes from the Cole archives, as well as videos â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and LeDray for the capacious porch at Olana. A room will be devoted to photographs by Lynn Davis taken from the sites at which Church painted.

Hannock said that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;anchor of the showâ&#x20AC;? is his painting of the Oxbow, which was recently acquired by Yale Art Gallery.

The stories embedded in that work also relate to the memory of Frank Moore, the nephew of Hannockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first art teacher, who died of AIDS. Moore himself is represented by a painting that serves as a homage to the AIDS epidemic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My initial motivation was that if I was

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â&#x20AC;&#x201C; â&#x20AC;&#x153;the hottest curator on the planet; he did the massive pre-Raphaelite show at the Tate, as well as shows in D.C., Moscow and Tokyo; the tours he leads at the Metropolitan Museum are packed,â&#x20AC;? according to Hannock â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was brought on to provide curatorial ballast.

Hannock said that many of the artists he chose were â&#x20AC;&#x153;friends and acquaintances of mine from the trenches. When youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re making art, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re slugging it out every day. The romance of what you find on the wall of the museum is a different perspective.â&#x20AC;? Part of the fun for the viewer will be deciphering the often-oblique connections between the 19th-century painters and the contemporary artists, who represent a variety of media and approaches.

Environmental concerns, though â&#x20AC;&#x153;nowhere near as dramatic in the 19th century as they are now,â&#x20AC;? are one of the connecting links. For example, a piece by renowned environmental artist Maya Lin that hangs on the wall of Olana next to a painting by Church of a church at Petra, in Jordan, makes that connection explicit, noted Hannock. Linâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sculpture â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a relief consisting of recycled silver that was poured into a mold representing the geological trench created by the Hudson River and Long Island Sound â&#x20AC;&#x201C; echoes the Church composition, he said.

Some of the artists created site-specific work especially for the exhibition. For example, Elyn Zimmerman designed â&#x20AC;&#x153;sculpted platforms that look over the points of interest to give the viewer specific views that Church had in mindâ&#x20AC;? when he landscaped the grounds of his estate, said Hannock. The platforms are

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NATIONAL ARCHIVES

Ansel Adams, The Tetons and the Snake River. Adams took this photograph when he was employed by the United States government.

El Capitán of jazz piano Hudson Valley Philharmonic performs Brubeck’s Ansel Adams: America at Bardavon

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s you leaf through that coffee-table book of magnificent black-and-white landscape photography by the great Ansel Adams, what soundtrack is playing in your head? Some sort of traditional folk music, perhaps? If classical is more your speed, you might be thinking of Aaron Copland or the slightly edgier Charles Ives. But how many of us would choose jazz?

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Well, the folks at the Ansel Adams Trust did. The very first time that these guardians of the iconic photographer’s legacy allowed his work to be used in a concert setting was as backdrop for an orchestral arrangement by Chris Brubeck of a 22-minute piano symphony written by his father, cool jazz master Dave Brubeck, at the age of 88. A true collaboration between the elder and younger Brubeck, Ansel Adams: America was commissioned in 2009 by the Stockton Symphony, headquartered not far from Yosemite National Park, the site of Adams’ most famous images.

Easterners who grew up watching the “New York Minute” snippets of Manhattan street life set to Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” on TV may picture him as the quintessential sophisticated urbanite, but he actually grew up on a cattle ranch in the Sacramento Valley and has reminisced on National Public Radio about driving his mother to Yosemite for outings as a teenager. The connections between the two artists doesn’t end there: Adams himself trained seriously as a concert pianist, and confessed to the BBC in 1976 that many of his friends had advised him to stick to music instead of pursuing photography as a career.

Riddled with melting-pot musical references, like snippets of Mexican dance tunes, Ansel Adams: America combines Brubeck’s trademark offbeat time signatures with timeless themes that evoke the grandeur of the Western frontier. It’s a rare treat to be able to sit in a concert hall and immerse yourself in this music while watching projections of more than 100 of the images that inspired it, so the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP)’s performance of the piece – Dave Brubeck’s final symphony – at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House on Saturday is not to be missed.

Also on the program are a couple of other enticements: a heaping helping of Igor Stravinsky’s off-the-wall masterpiece, The Rite of Spring, plus a performance of Antonin Dvorák’s Concerto for Cello in B minor featuring Su Jin Lee, winner of the 2014 HVP String Competition.

The program titled “Brubeck’s America” begins at 8 p.m. this Saturday, April 11; arrive by 7 p.m. if you’d like to catch the pre-concert talk with HVP conductor Randall Craig Fleischer. Admission ranges from $32 to $54, with $20 student rush tickets on sale one hour before the concert (subject to availability). Tickets can be purchased at the Bardavon box office at 35

Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 4732072; the Ulster Performing Arts Center box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 339-6088; or via TicketMaster at (800) 745-3000 or www.ticketmaster. com.

– Frances Marion Platt “Brubeck’s America,” Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m., $32-$54, Bardavon, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie; (845) 473-2072, www. bardavon.org.

A panoply of pianos Pianoply demonstrates acoustic qualities of different spaces, instruments, players at EMPAC in Troy

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ifferent grand pianos have different sounds, suited to different spaces, performers and composers. That’s the simple premise behind a somewhat logistically complicated concert experience scheduled for Saturday evening at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Cen-

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cific pianos into particular performance spaces and infusing them with the touch of uniquely suited soloists performing contrasting repertoire, the concert has been shaped to engender close listening to the vast spectrum of tones and textures available through the piano.

In Studio 2, EMPAC’s smallest listening room, Vicky Chow will tackle Michael Gordon’s Sonatra on a Yamaha C7. From there, the audience will migrate next door to the cavernous Studio 1, where Stephen Drury will play John Cage’s Etudes Australes, Book I on a New York Steinway Model D. A Hamburg Steinway Model D will next be used by Marilyn Nonken in the warmer setting of the EMPAC Theater to play Joshua Fineberg’s Tremors, Tristan Murail’s La mandragore and Claude Vivier’s Shiraz.

On a Bösendorfer 200 CS in the grand EMPAC Concert Hall, Mabel Kwan will perform Evan Johnson’s three reversed movements, to bring destroyed objects back to life, Eliza Brown’s Between Clouds, Rebecca Saunders’ Shadow and Gerardo Gandini’s Eusebius: Four Nocturnes for One Piano. Returning to Studio 2, Chow will again perform Gordon’s Sonatra, this time on a Fazioli Model F212.

Pianoply gets underway at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 11. Seating will be limited by the capacity of EMPAC’s smallest venue, so it’s advised that tickets be reserved in advance. Contact the EMPAC box office at (518) 276-3921 or purchase tickets directly at http://empac.rpi.edu.

Tickets cost $18 general admission, $13 for seniors and non-RPI students.

– Frances Marion Platt

Sitar titan Ravi Shankar was also a master of the santoor, and his chief student on that instrument was Tarun Bhattacharya (above). Today, Bhattacharya is one of the leading exponents of Indian classical music, as well as a noted mathematician and anti-polio activist.

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TARUN BHATTACHARYA AT WOODSTOCK’S KLEINERT

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ne of the oldest families of stringed instruments in the world, dating back at least to ancient Mesopotamia and known by many names, manifests in the contemporary English-speaking world as the hammered dulcimer. The trapezoidal wooden resonating box with many strings stretched over it, just waiting to be struck with mallets, evolved out of a plucked instrument called the psaltery and went on to become the ancestor of the piano.

In Indian classical music, the instrument became the 100-stringed vina or veena, more commonly known today as the santoor (the Persian santur is a close cousin). Sitar titan Ravi Shankar was also a master of the santoor, and his chief student on that instrument was Tarun Bhattacharya. Today, Bhattacharya is one of the leading exponents of Indian classical music, as well as a noted mathematician and anti-polio activist. He invented fine-tuners called mankas that enhance the calibration of the instrument, and developed revolutionary hammering techniques that have greatly expanded the types of melodies that can be played on the santoor.

On Friday, April 10 at 8 p.m., Tarun Bhattacharya comes to Woodstock’s Kleinert/James Arts Center for a santoor concert, backed by Prosenjit Poddar on tabla. Tickets cost $20 in advance from Pondicherry on the Woodstock Village Green. Reserved seating is available for $35. Credit card orders are accepted by calling Pondicherry at (845) 679-2926 or sending funds via PayPal to info@ pondi.biz. The concert will benefit the Santoor Ashram in Bengal, which offers young musicians opportunities to study the Indian classical music tradition.

– Frances Marion Platt

Pianoply, Saturday, April 11, 7:30 p.m., $18/$13/$6, EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth Street, Troy; (518) 276-3921, http://empac.rpi.edu.

Irish fiddle music at Gardiner Library

Tarun Bhattacharya, Friday, April 10, 8 p.m., $35/$20, Kleinert/James Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock; (845) 679-2926.

ter (EMPAC) at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy. EMPAC has four separate performance spaces, all touted as “world-class,” and the audience

for Saturday’s event, called Pianoply, will move through all four in succession to experience the difference in sonic environments. By carefully introducing spe-

The Gardiner Library Winter Concert Series continues on Saturday, April 11 at 1 p.m. with traditional Irish fiddle with Dylan Foley, a three-time All-Ireland Fiddle Champion. Tickets cost $10.

Foley was a student of the great Rose Flanagan (the original fiddler in Cherish the Ladies) and counts Joanie Madden, Brian Conway, Mike McHale and Monsignor Charlie Coen among his primary influences. He is a vibrant stylist whose playing has been called “impeccable and spirited.” Foley has played on Jay Ungar’s Dancing on the Air show on WAMC four times and has performed with Mick Moloney, Joanie Madden,

Bobby Hicks, Matt Molloy and Sharon Shannon.

The Gardiner Library is located at 133 Farmers’ Turnpike in Gardiner.

GOJA concert at Newburgh church The Nathaniel Dixon Jazz Quartet will perform at the First United Methodist Church on Saturday April 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. The church is located at 245 Liberty Street. The event is free and open to the public. Reverend Dixon and his band will play original compositions in a genre that he calls GOJA music: an eclectic blend of gospel, jazz, calypso and African sounds.

Light refreshments will be served, with chicken dinners available for purchase.

The proceeds will benefit the church’s food program. More information is available by calling (845) 561-4365.

Benefit reggae concert at Bearsville The Bearsville Theater at 291 Tinker Street will host a reggae concert on Saturday, April 11 to benefit local cancer patient Leith Rogovin. Enjoy a family-friendly early show starting at 5 p.m. A late-night show will kick off at 8:30 p.m. with deejay Downbeat the Ruler and guests Brigadier Jerry, Jeremiah, Sister Nancy, Jah Eyes and Ranking Joe. Woodstock jazz artist Studio Stu will emcee the early show and Leah Boss will emcee the late-night show. The concert will include a highlights video featuring Rogovin’s good deeds and acts of community service in Woodstock.

Rogovin has been a teacher at Woodstock Day School for more than 20 years and is an involved member of the local community. He was diagnosed with brain cancer earlier this year. Supportive community members have joined forces with the Florence Belsky Charitable Foundation, Woodstock Day School and an assortment of dedicated local volunteers to host this special musical event in his honor. Proceeds from the concert and a corresponding silent auction will be collected through the nonprofit HelpHOPELive to pay Rogovin’s uncovered medical expenses.

Tickets start at $25 for admission to all early and late-night reggae performances.

Find more information about the event at www.leithoflife.org.

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April 9, 2015 Lovano brings his Trio Fascination, featuring bassist Doug Weiss and drummer Carmen Castaldi, to form a quintet with Silvano and Abene.

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t has taken these slow ears of mine almost 20 years now â&#x20AC;&#x201C; starting the clock at the moment that Eamon Martin turned me on to Tortoiseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s post-rock genre-spawning Millions Now Living Will Never Die â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to acknowledge that there is a whole new jangle rock out there. This jangle requires no iconic Rickenbacker guitars (and cannot afford them in any case). It is barely conscious of the Byrds, much less of the dBs or of REM. Its tense, diatonically ambiguous guitar arpeggios owe less to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ticket to Rideâ&#x20AC;? than to the dwelling colors, tone washes and forestalled resolutions of Satie and Debussy, to the methods and mandalas of Steve Reich and Philip Glass applied to pop ends. And this New Jangle, for all its lucid, impressionistic prettiness, is seldom more than a dry hairsbreadth away from real crunch and angst.

The New Jangle doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t classify itself as such. Some New Jangle camps under the post-rock flag, eschewing the extreme dynamics and extreme emotions favored by those in the disputed jurisdictions of Emo. Some New Jangle, like North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Polvo,  must live, unjustly, with the unattractive brand of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Math Rock,â&#x20AC;? for this New Jangle is as fond of  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the one?â&#x20AC;? perspective tricks and shifting phase alignments as it is of pop-tease harmonic irresolutions.

The New Jangleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Athens, Georgia is Chicago, Illinois, where Tortoise and Jim Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Rourke blurred the lines between serious academic Minimalism and rock; where echoes of their pattern studies can be heard in the art-leaning Midwestern folk jangle of early Sufjan Stevens and early Andrew Bird; where, in the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s, Capâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;n Jazz discovered an entirely new way to rock a garage, seemingly without progenitors and influences. So Chicago it is, with a secondary capital in Chapel Hill. But If the New Jangle has produced a

Unison in New Paltz hosts Bucky Pizzarelli & Ed Laub this Saturday

Lives of the Obscure.

single pop star, it would be Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Death Cab for Cutie.

From the downbeat of Track One on its new EP Bikini Island (2015, Limited Fanfare Records), the New Paltz-centered outfit Lives of the Obscure positions itself proudly, if unwittingly, as a New Jangle art band, and a high-adept one at that.

The slant, vaguely major-key two-guitar figure that begins â&#x20AC;&#x153;Coughingâ&#x20AC;? jangles away in waltz time, until the rhythm section (drummer/producer Sean Hansen and bassist Mike Sutton) crashes in in straight 4/4, recontextualizing that original figure rhythmically and harmonically in a way that would make Philip Glass really grok the range of his influence.

So it goes across the EPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five tracks of luminous, dramatic and finely architected guitar art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Curt Loaderâ&#x20AC;? achieves Bikini Islandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most delightful, Weeezeresque pop moment, the title track its most remote, smeared and tensely chromatic Impressionism. In between, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little bit mathy, a little poppy, a little emo and entirely its own thing.

Bikini Island is a reentry, not a debut. 2014â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderfully overstuffed Into the Stacks provided ample proofof-concept that these veteran local art/rock players (including members of the great bands Park Ranger and Joshua) could get behind and elevate the dramatic, surreal, fragmented and imagistic narratives of singer/guitarist and principal writer Nicholas Haines. If anything, Hainesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poetry has gotten more artfully oblique, surreal and fractured on Bikini Island, but the arrangements, forms and sounds have stepped up to greater coherence. Way up. Sean Hansenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s production is lush, crunchy, dynamic and intimate. Guitarists Haines and Keith Bogart intertwine and co-jangle in ways that are sublimely subtle and harmonically sophisticated.

As in so much of the best art/rock,

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Hainesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lyrics poke through a jungle of jangle with an arresting image here, hints of psychological foreboding there, dashes of oblique cultural commentary and a few requisite gestures of modernyouth despair. Closer examination reveals some real thematic coherence on this record, however, and it is not a happy place. Haines has a great flair for myth and neurosis, evident right out of the gate in the album opening verse:

Maude hooked us up with the greatest sour in the universe.

Maude told us that there was a loving voice deep down inside of us.

Mine was a parakeet.

His name was Stephen Butler.

His mother came to me in dream visions.

Maude taught me how to make these incisions.

Yep. Check out Lives of the Obscure at BSP, located at 323 Wall Street in Kingston, on Thursday, April 16. It is a free show and also features Oneontaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grafted, i am.

For more on Lives of the Obscure and a sneak peak at Bikini Island, visit www. limitedfanfare.com. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John Burdick

Husband-and-wife Jazz A-listers Joe Lovano and Judi Silvano team with composer, arranger, keyboardist and producer Michael Abene to celebrate the release of the Silvano/ Abene collaboration My Dance at the Falcon in Marlboro on Saturday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. The Grammy-winning

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www.newpaltz.edu/theatre Box OfďŹ ce opens April 6 (845) 257-3880 Tickets: $18, $16, $10

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

(845) 257-3830 Lecture Center 102, Free admission

STUDENT JAZZ ENSEMBLES I, II, III April 13, 14, 15 at 8:00 p.m.

SYMPHONIC BAND April 21 at 8:00 p.m.

COLLEGE YOUTH SYMPHONY April 26 at 7:00 p.m.

PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICES Artist Presentation (845) 257-3830 TANYA MARCUSE, PHOTOGRAPHER April 7 at 6:30 p.m.

Old Library, Free admission

Anniversary Open House at Levon Helm Studio in Woodstock

Falcon hosts Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano & Michael Abene

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BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE April 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, at 8:00 p.m.

April 19 & 26 at 2:00 p.m.

The Unison Arts Center in New Paltz welcomes the legendary swing/ jazz Bucky Pizzarelli/Ed Laub Duo on Saturday, April 11 at 8 p.m. Bucky Pizzarelli is a world-renowned jazz guitarist. His career spans over 70 years, from the Vaughn Monroe Orchestra to The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He has appeared in hundreds of jazz concerts worldwide, including White House performances with Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, and Claude â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fiddlerâ&#x20AC;? Williams. Ed Laub is a renowned guitarist and vocalist whose style has been compared to a blend of Kenny Rankin, Chet Baker and James Taylor.

Advance tickets to this event cost $20 for Unison members and $24 for nonmembers. Door prices are $22 and $26.

Students get in for half-price with a valid ID. To order tickets, visit www.unisonarts. org or call (845) 255-1559. Unison is located at 68 Mountain Rest Road in New Paltz.

DANA TANAMACHI, Graphic Design April 15 at 11:00 a.m.

TED MCGRATH, Graphic Design April 22 at 11:00 a.m.

SUMMER STUDIOLAB ! /&8 1"-5; t +VMZ www.newpaltz.edu/studiolab (845) 257-3860 Application deadline: April 15 An intensive two-week residential program designed to introduce high school aged students to a life in the visual arts at a nationally acclaimed college. Need-based scholarships available.

On Sunday, April 19, the family of the late Levon Helm hosts an Open House at the Levon Helm Studio in honor of the third anniversary of Helmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passing. The Open House lasts from 12 noon to 3 p.m.; the gates close at 2:30. Visitors are welcome to tour the property and studio, take photos, share memories and honor Levonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy. There is no music planned, but in typical LHS fashion, you never know who will show.

The Levon Helm Studio is located at 160 Plochmann Lane in Woodstock. For more information, visit www.levonhelm. com.

Gene Ween performs music of Billy Joel this Friday at Bearsville

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Suzanne Vega to play Bearsville

Paul ButterďŹ eld (photo courtesy of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum)

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to induct Paul Butterfield

ong before he took up permanent residence in Woodstock, the Chicago-born blues harp legend Paul Butterfield had distinguished himself first as a legitimate, fair-skinned heir of the electric blues and the Chess Records tradition (Muddy Waters, Howlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Wolf, with whose band he shared members) and also as a historically important crossover figure: a true acolyte of the blues who also fully embraced acid rock and the wilder excursions of psychedelia.

Butterfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s integrated blues band built cultural bridges and launched a number of distinguished careers besides his own, including those of Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop. The Paul Butterfield Blues Bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first three records are five-stars across the board, but beyond that they illustrate the leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s encompassing ambition, his boldness as a white bluesman and his unwillingness to recognize stylistic and cultural boundaries. The eponymous debut is a straight burning electric blues record. East-West fuses blues with non-Western tonalities. The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw takes its blues uptown, with elegant, jazz-influenced horn charts and some career-defining performances from Bishop.

Butterfield continued to release vital music until his untimely death in 1987. And â&#x20AC;&#x201C; better late than never â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has finally gotten on board with his legacy, scheduling his posthumous induction for April 18. His son Gabriel Butterfield will be on hand to accept the honor.

Also in the works is a film about the man they called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Butter.â&#x20AC;? Considering that his subject backed Dylan at Newport in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;65, played Monterey in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;67, Woodstock in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;69 and The Last Waltz in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;76, the filmmaker should have plenty of archival footage to work with. Gabriel Butterfield emphasizes, however, that this film, ten years in the making, is every bit as much about the private man, the Woodstock regular, as it is about the resume of the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John Burdick

Gene Ween, formerly of the preeminent pop tricksters Ween, pays tribute to the music of Billy Joel at the Bearsville Theater on Friday, April 10 at 9 p.m. Weenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven-piece band for this show features a variety of local notables, including Paul Green, whose ubiquitous and thriving Rock Academy will be on hand to open the show.

Ticket prices range from $20 to $45.

For tickets and more information, visit www.bearsvilletheater.com. The Bearsville Theater is located at 291 Tinker Street in Woodstock.

Bruce Katz plays Marlboroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Falcon

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Blues keyboardist Bruce Katz and his band perform at the Falcon in Marlboro on Friday, April 10 at 7 p.m., with Fillet of Soul opening. Katz is a highly decorated pianist and organist and a veteran of the bands of Gregg Allman and Delbert McClinton. Katz performs music from his 2014 album Homecoming, and his band features two prominent contributors to that record: guitarist and vocalist Chris Vitarello and drummer Ralph Rosen.

There is no cover charge, but

Marlboro. For more information, visit www.liveatthefalcon.com.

The credits on Suzanne Vegaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest collection of new songs, 2014â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles, all but scream mid-Hudson Valley. Woodstockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legendary composer and arranger Karl Berger, an important figure in both avant-garde and pop history, contributes some typically imaginative orchestrations. From Levonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s barn, the Americana multiinstrumentalist Larry Campbell brings his mandolin and banjo over. For her rhythm section, Vega recruits Kingstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-world duo of bassist Tony Levin and drummer Zachary Alford. Bowie has employed the exact same battery recently; and, speaking of Bowie, Gail Ann Dorsey cameos on Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles as well.

Vegaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songs have never sounded more luminous, subtle and psychological/mythic in their lyrical undertow. If all you know of Vega is the pop-hit character study â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lukaâ&#x20AC;? and the oft-sampled, oft-referenced solo a capella urban slice-of-life â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dinerâ&#x20AC;? (both from 1987â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Solitude Standing), then you have missed a career of iconoclastic distinction. But you still have time. Radio Woodstock presents Suzanne Vega at the Bearsville Theater on Saturday, April 18 at 9 p.m. Elijah Wolf opens. Ticket prices range from $45 to $70. For more information, visit www.bearsvilletheater. com. The Bearsville Theater is located at 291 Tinker Street in Woodstock. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John Burdick

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NIGHT SKY

My favorite Moon – this weekend Maybe it’s yours too

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veryone notices how the Moon changes shape, and generally knows the names of all the phases: Full. Half. Crescent.

Gibbous. Whoa, wait – gibbous is not universally known. That’s the footballshaped Moon, fatter than half but smaller than full. It’s what we’ve seen all this past week.

But Saturday night and Sunday morning (April 11/12) we’ll get my favorite: The Third Quarter Moon. Let me tell you why I’m in love with it, and see if I can convert you, too.

Way back in 1840, the first-ever celestial photo was taken: a picture of the Moon.

Today, in our age of highly sensitive CCDsensors built into nearly every handheld camera, anyone can repeat that feat. If you haven’t tried a maximum “zoom” of the Moon, you’re in for a treat. You’ll capture craters and lunar mountains whenever the shadowing is optimal, as it is right now.

If you can include a foreground earthly object, you’ll be amazed.

This weekend the Moon rises after midnight and is highest up at dawn. It’s best seen in daylight. The Moon actually spends as much time in the day sky as in the night, but gets noticed mostly when it hovers against the deepest blue portion of the heavens. That’s where it will be Sunday morning – and even Saturday and Monday mornings, too, making this exercise pretty cloudproof.

If you can, go out Sunday morning between daybreak and 9:30 a.m. You’ll see the Last Quarter Moon – a Half Moon – against the deepest blue sky possible. It’s the region of sky most highly polarized, so using polarizing sunglasses makes it “pop” even more.

While a Half Moon may look superficially like any other Half Moon, it isn’t so. The First Quarter (the Half Moon lit up on its right side) is the one that everybody notices: It’s always highest at nightfall, prominent at dinnertime and sets around midnight. Since that’s the normal still-awake span for most of us, the First Quarter gets reliably viewed by the world’s 7.2 billion people each and every month.

By contrast, this weekend’s Last Quarter or Third Quarter Moon doesn’t typically clear horizon obstructions until 1 to 3 in

the morning. It’s illuminated on the left, imparting an odd lighting to its features.

This is the Half Moon that you’ve seen all your life in the morning, on your way to work or school. Another oddity: The Half Moon is not half as bright as a Full Moon, but just one-eleventh as bright.

Yet another: The Half Moons have different brightnesses. The First Quarter is about ten percent more luminous than this weekend’s Third Quarter, because its region has fewer dark “seas.”

Once a month, as the Moon orbits our world, it momentarily sits in the spot directly ahead of us in space: the place toward which Earth is traveling.

It happens this Saturday and Sunday mornings – and with just a small nearmiss, on Monday morning too. When you look at that Half Moon against the daytime morning sky, you’re gazing at the direction that Earth travels, at 18 ½ miles per second: the look-ahead direction.

You will be right there – at the very place occupied by this weekend’s Half Moon – three-and-a-half hours later. Just check it out. If you see it at 9 a.m. …well, that’s the spot in space you’ll be for lunch.

– Bob Berman

It’s illuminated on the left, imparting an odd lighting to its features.

Want to know more? To read Bob’s previous “Night Sky” columns, visit our Almanac Weekly website at HudsonValleyAlmanacWeekly.com.

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“Jeepers Peepers” Spring MoonWalk on Hudson Valley Rail Trail in Highland The Jeepers Peepers Spring MoonWalk will take place on the Hudson Valley Rail Trail on Friday, April 10.

Registration takes place at 7:30 p.m., with the event commencing at 8 p.m.

The evening will feature a guided moonwalk, light snacks, beverages and a bonfire.

Meet at the Hudson Valley Rail Trail Depot at 101 New Paltz Road in Highland.

The moonlight walk will depart from the Hudson Valley Rail Trail Depot and go westward to Tony Williams Park and return to the depot for light refreshments.

The entrance fee for the event is $5; free for children age 6 or under. Flashlights

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are recommended, but pets, bikes and scooters are not allowed on this walk.

In the event of rain or cloud cover, the event will be rescheduled to Saturday, April 11, same time and place. For upto-the-minute details concerning event cancellation, visit HudsonValley.RailTrail on Facebook. More information is available at www.hudsonvalleyrailtrail. net.

John Burroughs lecture at Catskill Center in Arkville The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development in Arkville will host the second annual John Burroughs Lecture, “Dr. Michael Kudish on John Burroughs and the Catskill Forest: A Contemporary Botanist Looks Back” on Saturday, April 11 at 2 p.m. A reception will follow the lecture. Admission is free. More information is available at www.catskillcenter. org.

PBS Roosevelt screening with author Geoffrey Ward at Upstate Films in Rhinebeck & lunch at Beekman Arms Upstate Films in Rhinebeck will host a screening of The Roosevelts: An Intimate History on Saturday, May 2 at 11 a.m. Lunch at the Beekman Arms follows. The cost is $75. All proceeds will benefit the Wilderstein Historic Site.

The special screening of the recent Ken Burns documentary series will be hosted by co-writer and historian Geoffrey Ward, who will discuss highlights featuring Wilderstein and Margaret (Daisy) Suckley.

Reservations are requested by April 22 at (845) 876-4818.

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The Shadowland Theatre is located at 157 Canal Street in Ellenville. More information is available at www. shadowlandtheatre.org or by calling (845) 647-5511.

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Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds stand in front of the stolen Gustav Klimt masterpiece Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer in Woman in Gold

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ust about a year ago, The Monuments Men was making the rounds of local cinemas, and hanging in there a fair bit longer than most top-echelon film critics would have predicted. In the interim, the difficulty of getting art stolen by the Nazis back to its rightful owners hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eased significantly, so Simon Curtisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new movie Woman in Gold remains relevant.

Like its predecessor, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also more likely to prove popular with audiences craving old-fashioned drama than the pundits would have it.

Otherwise, especially in tone, the two films donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a great deal in common.

Woman in Gold gets off to a bit of a rocky start, seeming neither fish nor fowl: a shiny, heart-tugging Hollywood movie trying a little too hard to pass for a moody, serious European art film. When we first meet Helen Mirren as Maria Altmann, the Austrian Jewish refugee from whose family Gustav Klimtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s masterpiece Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I was stolen, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living in a modest middle-class home in sunny Southern California and running a little dress shop. When we first meet the young attorney destined to help her get her inheritance back, E. Randol Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds), heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a green, socially awkward bumbler who seems to have stepped out of a sitcom.

Though heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the grandson of composer Arnold Schoenberg and lost relatives in the Holocaust, Randy seems emotionally disconnected from his own family history and only takes up Mariaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cause because he smells money in it. Predictably, this will change. Act I consists primarily of the byplay between the two as the strongwilled, classy-but-snarky Maria reels him into her quest to be reunited with the portrait of her beloved Aunt Adele. If this sounds like a retread of Judi Dench and Steve Coogan in Philomena, you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be far wrong â&#x20AC;&#x201C; though in this case, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the

old lady whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the embittered one and the younger man the comparative innocent.

Alexi Kaye Campbellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s somewhat plodding script flails away at some cheap laughs in these early scenes, but eventually â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and wisely â&#x20AC;&#x201C; gives up on that idea.

After a while, the movie seems to find its tonal level. Randy manages to persuade Maria to return to Vienna â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a place that she had sworn never to revisit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to fight for the paintings on their home turf, after a series of articles by crusading Austrian journalist Hubertus Czernin (an excellent Daniel BrĂźhl) shames his country into establishing a repatriation commission to review claims of Nazi art theft. Once there, old haunts provoke powerful flashbacks of not just the ugliness of the Anschluss, but also the joys and beauties of her girlhood in a home where her father played a Stradivarius cello, her uncle commissioned Klimt portraits and legends of the art world socialized.

Cinematographer Ross Emery upends expectations by rendering the California sequences in the shades of gold of the famous painting, then switching to a muted palette of mauve tones and offblack when the scene shifts to Vienna of the 1930s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40s. Orphan Blackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tatiana Maslany portrays Maria as a newlywed, plausibly demonstrating how the older expatriateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s steely spine was forged in her painful separation from her parents and perilous flight to freedom. The scenes of the opening days of the Holocaust in Austria are remarkably decorous; we witness humiliation aplenty, but all the carnage happens offscreen.

Meanwhile, back in the 1990s, Maria, Randy and Hubertus find themselves up against a bureaucracy that proves every bit as intractable as the SS. Calling the Portrait of Adele â&#x20AC;&#x153;Austriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mona Lisa,â&#x20AC;? officials of the state museum known as the Belvedere tell her in no uncertain terms that they intend never to part with their

Klimt treasures. One bureaucrat from the repatriation commission says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You people never give up, do you? Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more to life than the Holocaust, you know.â&#x20AC;? AntiSemitism, apparently, dies slowly, even after the bad guys lose the war.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot that goes down clunky in Woman in Gold, largely due to lessthan-stellar writing and the rather weirdly cast Reynolds. But the elegant aplomb of Helen Mirren goes a long way to elevate any vehicle that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in, and by the end, the movie becomes emotionally involving almost in spite of itself. The unfolding of their David-and-Goliath legal battle is nothing that audiences havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen

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Spring tonic

Time for sprightly seasonal greens to replace heavy root veggies in our diets

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hen the first warm flutterings and tweets of actual birds arrive, it’s time to awaken our bodies, naturally. You might notice that you need a bit of a boost to increase your energy. Our bodies are starting to crave those vegetables that arrive in spring and reject the root vegetables that we have been consuming for several months.

Booooring.

Though it is officially spring, we are finding spring vegetables – artichokes, asparagus, spring onions – in the markets, but they are still the same vegetables that got shipped in all winter, and not the spring vegetables from local farms, yet. What we will find soon, if we forage, are ramps, nettles, dandelion greens and sorrel. Now we’re talking.

Nettles or stinging nettles have dreadful spikes and need to be harvested with

gloves. When you boil them the spikes are gone. You can eat nettles as a green vegetable or sip them as a tea. They are a real tonic of minerals and amino acids.

A few raw dandelion greens in your salads will encourage liver, gallbladder and intestinal happiness. (You know, if they are happy, so are you.) Sorrel makes a great soup called schav, a longtime Eastern European favorite, and it practically makes itself. When sorrel heats it dissolves.

Grow some in your garden and it comes back year after year.

M a n y cultures have in their repertoire dishes that combine spring’s bounty. Vegetable ragouts or medleys are one of them. The Romans made vignerola with artichokes, fava beans, olive oil, onion, oregano, a bit of pancetta, peas, parsley, mint and lemon juice.

The French make artichoke barigoule with artichokes, olive oil, garlic, parsley, onion, fennel, carrots, celery, white wine

What we will find soon, if we forage, are ramps, nettles, dandelion greens and sorrel.

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and broth. In Lucca, Tuscany, they have been making a soup since the 16th century called garmugia, which contains spring onions, artichokes, asparagus, fava beans (also called broad beans), a bit of ground veal or beef, some pancetta, vegetable stock and salt and pepper. These recipes vary according to families and locations.

They are all perfect examples of using food as medicine. Here is a recipe that you can try. The vegetables get blanched or parboiled first, separately, so that they retain their flavor and texture. Then they get assembled with some broth, olive oil and seasoning. Pick which vegetables you prefer, more or less, and you will fall in love with the mélange.

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1 cup frozen or 3 fresh artichokes 1 lemon 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, and more to garnish 2 garlic cloves, minced 10-12 stems parsley, leaves only, chopped ¼ lb. oyster mushrooms or other wild or cultivated mushroom, cleaned and sliced 4 green onions, trimmed, white parts only 8 asparagus tips 1 cup fresh or frozen green peas 1 cup frozen edamame or fava beans 1 cup snap peas, ends trimmed 6-8 baby carrots or 2 carrots cut long on the bias 6 new potatoes, halved ½-1 cup vegetable stock* 2 radishes, sliced paper-thin sea salt freshly ground black pepper pinch cane sugar

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then pare the dark green parts. Cut into quarters and remove the choke. Put into the lemon water. When it’s all cut up, remove and put all the pieces into the boiling water to parboil for about five minutes, then remove. Save the water.

2) Prepare a bowl with ice water.

Blanch the asparagus tips for about one minute. Remove and place in the ice water and set aside. Blanch the green peas for about one minute; place in ice bath, remove, set aside. Blanch the edamame for about two minutes; place in ice bath, remove, set aside. Blanch the snap peas and do the same. Blanch the carrots for about four minutes; place in ice bath, remove, set aside.

3) The potatoes should be small and all about the same size. Little blue potatoes are nice to use here. Cut them in half and parboil for about four to five minutes or until they are just tender. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and a grind of pepper. Cut about four very thin slices of lemon circles.

4) Sauté the garlic and half the parsley in olive oil. Add the mushrooms until slightly wilted. Then add the prepared artichokes and sauté for about seven minutes. Add the green onions and the potatoes and carrots for another few minutes until cooked through. Add the thin lemon slices. Then add the peas, edamame and snap peas. Toss well. Add the vegetable stock to moisten. Cook together, uncovered, for about four more minutes, tossing occasionally, until heated through.

5) Season the vegetables with salt, pepper and a pinch of cane sugar and toss well.

Add the rest of the parsley. Place in a serving bowl. Slice the radishes using a mandoline to get them paper-thin, and toss, uncooked, on top. Sprinkle with a tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil and a squeeze of lemon to freshen. Serve hot or at room temperature while admiring the colors.

*Come spring, make a broth with the ends and scraps of vegetables that you have saved in a bag in the freezer: onions and skins, stems, ends, garlic stems and paper, cores, tomato skins et cetera. Add some fresh herbs, like parsley stems, thyme branches, bay leaves and a couple of whole unpeeled garlic cloves, some slices of fresh ginger and slices of fresh turmeric, a few peppercorns. Cover with water and bring to a boil, then simmer for at least an hour and up to four hours. Strain well.

This makes a great tonic to slurp and sip and flavorful broth base for any spring dish – no bones about it.

– Phyllis Segura Read more about local cuisine and learn about new restaurants on Ulster Publishing’s www.DineHudsonValley.com or www.HudsonValleyAlmanacWeekly.com/ category/columns/taste/.

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Meddling with medlars Warming weather beckons the fruit-tree pruner

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couple of weeks ago I wrote about increasing the poppability of my homegrown popcorn by exposing the kernels to the vapor of a saturated salt solution. Pennsylvania Dutch Butter-Flavored popcorn, a variety that usually pops fairly well, popped to one-third greater volume.

This week, Pink Pearl – a variety that’s not usually a very good popper – underwent testing. The result: no effect of the treatment; both the treated and untreated batches popped pretty well. Was it the change in the weather, stronger hints of spring?

Perhaps. (Previously, I pointed out how cold weather outside turns indoor air drier – perhaps too dry for good popcorn popping.) At any rate, Pink Pearl was tasty.

The weather change also had the effect of drawing me outdoors more – for pruning. Looking at my medlar tree’s branches going every which way, I scratched my head (figuratively)

wondering where to start, what to cut.

Medlar is a fruit tree (more on medlar later), and the first step in pruning any fruit tree is attending to light. Light provides the energy for photosynthesis, which translates into flavorful fruits.

The goal is to let every branch bathe in sunlight, which also helps thwart potential disease problems.

So I stopped scratching my head and started with a few dramatic pruning cuts, lopping some of the larger limbs back to their origins. Medlar has a naturally spreading growth habit, so cuts were aimed at removing limbs, trying to fill in and shade the center of the tree. I wanted a whorl of branches reaching up and out.

Next to go were dead, diseased and broken branches. I saw remnants of cicada damage from two years ago; away with most of those stems also.

For the next cuts, you have to know how a particular kind of fruit tree bears fruit. At one extreme are peaches. They bear only on one-year-old stems, so need aggressive pruning each year to

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stimulate new shoots that become next year’s bearing, one-year-old stems. At the other extreme are apple and pear trees.

They bear fruit on long-lived spurs, which are stumpy, branching stubs that develop on older limbs, so relatively little pruning is needed.

Medlar’s bearing habit lies somewhere between those two extremes. I shortened a few very old branches to invigorate them with new growth.

On most fruit trees, drooping branches make poorer fruit; probably for medlar also. So off came the drooping branches, either back to non-droopy portions or to their origin.

Finally, some detail work: shortening or removing those vigorous, vertical shoots called watersprouts; thinning out smaller areas of congested branches; removing

stems growing too close to where major limbs exit the trunk; and lopping down root sprouts growing at or near ground level from the rootstock.

Besides fruit, medlar offers beauty. Part of the beauty is the craggy shape of the tree, its muscular limbs clothed in goldenbrown bark. I stepped back to admire the tree and my work after pruning. If I’ve done a good job, the tree looks happily

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with their calyx ends (across from the stems) flared open. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Open-arseâ&#x20AC;? was the name that Chaucer chose. A more recent writer described medlar as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a crabbylooking, brownish-green, truncated little spheroid of unsympathetic appearanceâ&#x20AC;? (all recounted, along with information

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Oh, one more quirk about medlar: The fruit, rock-hard at harvest, needs to be bletted before eating. This means gently setting it on a counter in a cool room for a couple of weeks (or more, depending on the temperature), during which time the fruitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior turns to brown mush: ugly to look at, but the flavor has a refreshing briskness with winy overtones, like oldfashioned applesauce laced with cinnamon.

Between the fruitsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; appearance and their need for bletting, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never find medlars for sale on a supermarket shelf.

Perhaps the fruit is ugly. The tree is not.

I already mentioned the attractive form and color of the limbs. The white flowers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; opening here in May â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are like those of a wild rose, each one enhanced because its late opening gets a backdrop of a whorl of already-unfurled dark green leaves.

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“Sugaring Off: 18th-Century Style” at Kingston’s Senate House You like your maple syrup with pancakes, but how about changing things up this year and getting your maple on with a side of history? “Sugaring Off: 18th-Century Style” takes place this Saturday, April 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

The Senate House demonstrates boiling sap into syrup, making jack wax candy, baking molasses cornbread and waffles, hewing a log into a sap trough and making wooden buckets and spiles. Living history actors bring to life 18th-century camp life, and Mark Rust plays live music, including banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar and spoons.

Guided tours are available for $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and free for kids ages 12 and under.

The Senate House is located at 296 Fair Street in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 338-2786 or visit www. senatehousekingston.org.

Improv Acting Workshop for Teens at Poughkeepsie’s Adriance Library Calling all teens to this weekend’s improv workshop at the Adriance Memorial Library! On Saturday, April 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., join Marguerite San Millan for her Improv Acting Workshop for Teens. The session concludes with a performance from 12:30 to 1 p.m. for family and friends.

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to 4 p.m. All of the buildings will be open, and kids will love seeing the chickens casually walking around the grounds. Admission costs $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $8 for children aged 4 to 12 years, and children under 4 get in free.

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Tom Chapin performs at Boardman Road Library’s Grand Opening The Boardman Road Branch Library opens this Sunday, April 12, which ties in nicely with the beginning of National Library Week from April 12 to 18. The Grand Opening celebration begins at 2 p.m., including a live performance by renowned musician Tom Chapin. The Boardman Road Branch Library is located at 141 Boardman Road in Poughkeepsie. For more information, call (845) 485-3445, exten-

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Fiberflame Studio in Saugerties hosts Sheri Winston’s Wholistic Sexuality Teachings Forget all of the noise about 50 Shades. This Wednesday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m., relax in a safe, nurturing environment to honor and celebrate female sexuality with Sheri Winston’s Wholistic Sexuality Teachings at Fiberflame Studio. This talk and PowerPoint presentation is open to both women and men. Tickets cost $50 in advance, $60 at the door.

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Weekly sailing class with Beacon Sloop Club Here’s how I remember the difference between port and starboard: Port has four letters, like left, which is what it means. Whether you or one of your kids is looking forward to getting out on the Hudson River and exploring sailing this year, here’s one way to get started: The Beacon Sloop Club hosts a weekly sailing class on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. from April 15 to June 3. The cost of $50 includes the book.

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Karaoke contest fundraiser call for entries Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a chance for area 13-to-18year-old singers to shine while supporting the work of an excellent local charity! Dutchess Outreach invites teens to submit a video to its karaoke contest by Monday, April 20 to outreachphotosubmit@yahoo.com.

Those selected to advance to Round 2 will be uploaded for public voting, and the singers with the most votes will continue to Round 3. Round 3 is a live performance on Saturday, May 16, when the first- and second-place winners will be determined by celebrity judges.

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6:30AM-7:15PM Tai Chi with Martha Cheo.

Advanced forms. Info: 845-255-1559 or www. unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $110 /series, $12 /per class.

8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-6795906, x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

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

10AM-11AM Music Discovery for Babies & Toddlers with Callie Hershey. Thursday, April 9-June 11. Registration required. Info: www. unisonarts.org or 845-255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $150, 10AM-2PM Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads Informal weekly social gathering for rug hookers, knitters, crocheters, and all other yarn crafters.

Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail. com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 10:15AM Master Class on Inspiration. American novelist and short story writer Gail Godwin brings her zest for writing to a master class. Info: 845-341-4891. SUNY Orange, Kaplan Hall, OCTC Great Room, Newburgh.

12PM-4PM Arlington Farmers’ Indoor Market.

845-437-7035 or alihall@vassar.edu. (Please note that the market will be on hiatus when the College is officially closed. Vassar College, North Atrium, 124 Raymond Ave, 12:15PM-12:45PM Uptown Fine Arts Music Series: Robert Shaut, Saxophone. A mid-day break of musical performances featuring area artists in a variety of musical programs. Info: www.olddutchchurch.org or 845-338-6759. Old Dutch Church, Kingston.

12:30PM Old Dutch Village Garden Club Meeting. 62nd Anniversary Luncheon. Info: olddutchvillagegc@gmail.com. St. John’s Reformed Church, Red Hook, free.

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 1PM-2PM Brain Games. Join this spirited group for games that will get your brain moving and shaking. Info: 845-876-4030 or www.starrlibrary. org. Starr Library, 68 West Market St, Rhinebeck, free.

3:30PM-4:30PM After School Story Hour.

Kindergarten and first grades. Info: 845-6872044. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

4PM-5PM Mindfulness Meditation at Mirabai Every Thursday. 30 minutes seated meditation followed by 15 minutes walking meditation and short discussion afterwards.eel free to bring your own cushion. $5 donation. Info: 845-679-2100.

Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

4PM Teen Advisory Group.Needleworking group Our Teen Advisory Group (TAG) is currently brainstorming program ideas for the 2015 Teen Summer Reading Program. Info: 845-331-0988 or reference@kingstonlibrary.org. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

4:30PM Musical Munchkins Open House with Miss Andrea. Free demo at Gear Up Sportsplex.

Includes baby boogie, kids jamboree, and mixed ages. Info: 845-802-2311 or www.musicalmunchkins.net. Gear Up Sportsplex, 3050 Rte 208, Wallkill.

Richard Blundell, professor of economics at University College London. Info: 845-437-5370 or www.vassar.edu. Vassar College, Rockefeller Center, Poughkeepsie.

submission policy

5:30PM-6:30PM Tai Chi with Martha Cheo.

Beginners & Mixed Levels. Info: 845-255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $110 /series, $12 /per class.

contact

e-mail calendar@ulsterpublishing.com. postal mail: Almanac Calendar Manager Donna Keefe c/o Ulster Publishing, PO Box 3329, Kingston, NY 12402 phone: (845) 334-8200 ext. 104, fax at (845) 334-8809.

5:30PM 18th Annual Friend of the Arts Award.

“The Great Animal Masquerade” All proceeds from the event benefit the Outreach, Scholarship and Arts for Healing programs of Mill Street Loft. Live music, creative mask-making, delicious food, and some exciting surprises. Info: www. millstreetloft.org. Grandview, Poughkeepsie.

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

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.

6PM Hudson Valley Playwrights. Every Thursdays. A creative venue for local playwrights to developnew works, from first inspiration to final production. RSVP. Info: 845-217-0734, hudsonvalleyplaywrights@gmail.com, or www.hudsonvalleyplaywrights.com. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

6PM How to Get Started Kayaking: Presentation by Don Urmston: Mrurmston@gmail. com or 845-457-4552. How to get started, what gear you’ll need, where to go paddling, where to meet other paddlers and where to get instruction.

Saugerties Library, Saugerties.

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

Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

7PM-9PM Japanese Movie Night. ‘Yojimbo’ A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. Anime. Info: 845-2558811. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz.

7PM 2015 Fireside Chat Series: “He Rose From His Wheelchair to Lift the Nation From Its Knees.” Roosevelt researchers, Linda Bouchey and Al Vinck, will illuminate the many consequences that FDR’s illness had on the United States and the world at large. Info: 229-2820.St. James Chapel, 10 E. Market St., Hyde Park.

7PM Live @ The Falcon. Slam Allen CD Release “Feel These Blues”. Info: 845-236-7970 or www. liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Bomb Trains and Pipelines: Risks of Fossil Fuel Transport in the Hudson Valley, featuring Riverkeeper’s Jeremy Cherson. Info: www. beaconsloopclub.org or 845-463-4660, Beacon Sloop Clubhouse, 2 Flynn Dr, Beacon, free.

7PM The Poné Ensemble for New Music. A free lecture and listening program for “Music Inspired

by Dance.” New Paltz professor and composer Bob Lukomski will play recordings of music. Info: www.poneensemble.org. Elting 7PM Open Mic hosted by Jeff Entin. Info: 845-687-2699 or e-mail highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

7 PM Hudson Valley Garden Association Monthly Meeting. Second Thursday of every month. Info: 845-418-3640. Shawangunk Town Hall, 14 Central Ave, Wallkill.

7PM Gurdjieff Movements Class. Collective body of sacred dances that were collected or authored

by G. I. Gurdjieff and taught to his students as part of the work of self observation and self study.

Info: 845-527-6205. Woodstock 7PM-8:30PM Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response. A group of Hudson Valley residents joined together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. Info: 845 876-7906 or www.mideastcrisis.org.

5PM “Equal Access to Quality Mathematics Education: A Civil Rights Issue” Assistant provost and Associate Professor of Mathematics at New Jersey City University Karen Morgan lectures on educational gaps in accessto an education in mathematics. Info: www.vassar.edu. Vassar College, Main Building, Villard Room, Poughkeepsie.

7:30PM Steve Gorn World Music Concert.

Steve Gorn, master of the Indian bansuri flute, and Adam Rudolph, world percussionist extraordinaire, come together to create a rich mix of luscious melodies from India, with infectious rhythms from Morocco and beyond. Info: trottl@ sunyulster.edu. SUNY Ulster, College Lounge, Stone Ridge, free.

5PM The Annual Martin H. Crego Lecture “Empirical Evidence and Tax Reform, ” by Sir

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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.

Commissioners Meeting. Regular monthly meetings on the second Thursday of each month.

Info: 845-679-9955 or www.woodstockfiredept. org. Fire Co. #1, 242 Tinker St, Woodstock.

Second Cutting. Set in the Hudson Valley, the novel is a coming of age story taking place in the 1950’s. Info: 845-255-8300 Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz, free.

7:30PM-9:30PM Life Drawing sessions. Tuesday and Thursdays, on going. No registration required. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-2551559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $15.

7PM-11PM Dutchess County Singles Dance. A wide range of music by DJ Johnny Angel and a light dinner buffet with dessert and coffee. Door prizes and 50/50 raffle. Info: 845-464-4675 or / www.dutchesscountysingles.org. The

7:30PM WOMPS: Word Of Mouth Poetry Series presents: Robert Milby & an Open Reading w/ a 5 minute limit. Admission by donation. Hosted by: Teresa Costa. Info: 845-338-6713 or hotpoetrygoddess@gmail.com. Artbar Gallery, Kingston.

7PM Poet Georganna Millman will grace the stage. This reading will begin promptly at 7, so please arrive by 6:30 for dinner. Info: 845-2460900. New World Home Cooking, 1411 Route 212, Saugerties.

8PM Lobby Hero. Play by Kenneth Lonergan.

Presented by Tangent Theatre Company. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $25.

7PM Jeff Entin & Bob Blum’s Second Friday Jam. Info: 845-687-2699 or e-mail highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

8:30PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch, Eric Weissberg and Bill Keith. Info: 845-6793484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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,

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7:30PM Jeepers Peepers Spring MoonWalk.

Featuring a guided moonwalk, light snacks, beverages and a bonfire. Please bring flashlights, but pets, bikes and scooters are not allowed on this walk. Info: 845-418-.5184 orwww.hudsonvalleyrailtrail.net. Hudson Valley Rail Trail Depot, 101 New Paltz Rd, Highland, $5, free /6 and under.

Friday

8:30AM-4PM Water Wealth Conference. The economic promise of water stewardship products, services, research and commerce, and strategies for realizing this promise. Hunter Lovins keynoting. Reg reqr’d. Info:www.nycharities.org/events/ EventLevels.aspx?ETID=7928. Vassar College, Millard Room, Poughkeepsie, $75 /includes lunch.

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. Town Hall, Main Room, Woodstock.

12:05PM-1:15PM Senior Basic Pilates with Christine Anderson. A floor work course promoting improvement of balance, coordination, focus, awareness breathing, strength and flexibility.

Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 1PM-3PM Kingston Library RavelersNeedleworking group Needleworking group. Adult knitters, crocheters, and all other types of needleworkers are welcome to join. Meets every Friday.

Info: 845-331-0507. Kingston Library, Story Hour Room, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

1:30PM-5PM Tarot Readings and Spirit Guidance every Friday with psychic medium and channel Maureen Brennan-Mercier. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment.845- 679-2100. $30 for 25 minute reading; $40 for 45 minute reading. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 246-4317, x 3.

6PM-9PM Catskill Mountains Acoustic Slow Jam, A group of friendly acoustic musicians meets once a month to play Bluegrass, Old Time, Irish, and Catskills fiddle tunes. Info: 845.254.5469 or www.pinehillcommunitycenter.org.

6 PM-8 PM Annual Spring Lecture Series: Thomas Jayne, Principal, Jayne Design Studio.

Living With Antiques, A Quarter Century of Interior Design. Info: www.Boscobel.org or 845-2653638. Boscobel, Grand Entry Hall, Route 9D, Garrison.

6:15PM Kabbalat Shabbat Pot Luck Dinner.

Kosher dairy or parve please. Followed by services at 7:30p.m. The Kerhonkson Synagogue, 26 Minnewaska Trail, Ellenville, 626-2010.

7PM Live @ The Falcon. Bruce Katz Band. Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Booking Reading: Tom Nolan. Author of

7:30PM “On the Funny Side of the Street” Featuring comic performers: Christine Lavin, Don White & Bill Harvey. Info: 518-434-1703 or www.8thstep.org. 8th Step at Proctors, 432 State St, Schenectady, $35 /golden circle, $28.

8PM Santoor, Hammered Dulcimer Concert.

Tarun Bhattacharya & Prosenjit Poddar on tabla.

Info: 845-679-2926. Kleinert James, 36 Tinker St, Woodstock, $20.

8PM Dutchess County Singles Dance. Info: www.meetup.com/Dutchess-County-Singles or www.dutchesscountysingles.org or dcsingles28@ yahoo.com. There will be a wide range of music

by DJ Johnny Angel and alight dinner buffet with desert and coffee. Admission is $20. There will be door prizes and 50/50 raffle. Meets every 2nd Friday at 8pm. Elks Lodge #275, 29 Overocker Rd, Poughkeepsie.

8PM Lobby Hero. Play by Kenneth Lonergan.

Presented by Tangent Theatre Company. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $25.

8PM Gus Mancini & Sonic Soul Band. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

8PM Love and Other Drugs/Social Prescriptions. The annual spring performances of the SUNY Orange Apprentice Players. Info: www.facebook.com/theartsatsunyorange. SUNY Orange, Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, $14.

8PM Othello. Modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s play adapted and directed by Lou Trapani. Focus: people of color in a white society.

Info: 845-876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts.org. Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, $8.

8PM The Levins, in concert. Presented by the Hudson Valley Folk Guild’s Friends of Fiddler’s Green Chapter. Info: 845-452-4013 or www. hudsonvalleyfolkguild.org. Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Rt. 9 and Church St, Hyde Park.

8 PM Concert: Tarun Bhattacharya on hammered dulcimer (santoor) accompanied by Prosenjit Poddar on tabla. Benefit the Santoor Ashram in Bengal, where young musicians have the opportunity to study the Indian Classical Music tradition. Info: 845-679-2926. Kleinert James Art Center, 35 Tinker St, Woodstock.

8PM Proof. David Auburn’s Pulitzer prizewinning play. Proof explores the unknowability

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premier listings Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Woodstock Guildâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Early Spring Byrdcliffe/ Mt. Guardian Trail Hike(4/11, 10am). There are some steep slopes on these trails so please wear shoes with good ankle-support and hiking-poles, if desired. Dress appropriately for the weather and bring water. Dogs on leash only. Heavy rain or thunderstorm cancels with the following day, 4/12, as the raindate. $10. suggested donation. Call 845-594-4863 for more information.â&#x20AC;?

Meet at Byrdcliffe Theater parking lot, 340 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd, Woodstock.

yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Read book selection, The Grapes ofWrath by John Steinbeck.

Info: www.poklib.org. Adriance Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

Acoustic Comedy Team: Mikhail Horowitz & Gilles Malkine (4/18, 8pm). An evening of lost opportunities for the audience to be somewhere else. The second set will feature a staged reading of Mikhailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spoon River Apology, an update of Edgar Lee Mastersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classic of almost the same name, with Mik, Gilles, and a cast of more competent actors that includes Mourka, Nicole Quinn, David Smilow, and Lori Wilner. The Cafe does not take reservations, so please get there two days early to claim your table.

Rosendale Cafe, Main St, Rosendale.

Call to Artists! Submissions on the theme of IMAGE & Word for the Spring show featuring local artists. Handingin of work Saturday April 11. Opening reception 4/18, 4-7 pm. Call 845-3371109 or 845-255-5482. Unframed Artists Gallery, 173 Huguenot St, New Paltz.

Register Now. Social Skills Training for Kids 7-17. One hour on Saturdays from April 18- May 9th. Kids learn to: Speak so others will listen, make new friends, and read body language. Info: potential2success@gmail.com or Save the Date! New Paltz Clean Sweep. To be held on 4/25. Help clean the litter in New Paltz. Make it cleaner.

Make it greener. Advance registration for cleaning litter is online at - www. newpaltz.edu/careers/cleansweep. html.

Register Now: Annual Spring Banquet. (4/25) Sign Up Deadline: April 18. Hosted by The Kiwanis Club. Dancing to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harvest Bandâ&#x20AC;?

Info: 914-443-4060 or rjjee@msn. com. Hillside Manor, 240 Boulevard, Kingston.

Call for Art - 9th Annual Big Read Teen Art Contest. Mid-Hudson Valley high school students are invited to enter. Deadline: Wed, May 27, Artwork must be inspired by themes from this

Register Now! The Challenges Facing Existing Family Farms (4/12).

A Mohonk Consultations Forum, to explore where further connections and collaborations can strengthen farming. Advance Registration is required: www.nycharities.org/events/ EventLevels.aspx?ETID=7955.Mohonk Mountain House Parlor, New Paltz, $20, $10 /farmer/student.

Call for Art - 9th Annual Big Read Teen Art Contest. Mid-Hudson Valley high school students are invited to enter. Deadline: Wed, May 27, Artwork must be inspired by themes from this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Read book selection, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Info: www.poklib.org.Adriance Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

Register Now: Casino Bus Trip to Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre, PA on 5/2. All proceeds will go to the American Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Relay for Life. Reservations and payments due by April 6, 2015.

Info: 845-750-2846 or email prince. karenl9@gmail.com. Kingston.

Mid-Hudson Music Together Spring Semester. Begins April 11th for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and their loved ones. New Patlz, Millbrook, Stone Ridge and Poughkeepsie. Info: www. mhmusictogether.com or info@ mhmusictogether.com.

Musical Munchkins Open House with Miss Andrea. Free demo at Gear Up Sportsplex (4/9, 4:30-7pm).

Includes baby boogie, kids jamboree, and mixed ages. Info: 845-802-2311 or www.musicalmunchkins.net. Gear Up Sportsplex, 3050 Rte 208, Wallkill.

of love as much as it does the mysteries of science.

Info: 845- 688- 2279 or www.stsplayhouse.com.

STS Playhouse, 10 Church St, Phoenicia.9PM Jukebox Junkies. Info: 845-2298277 or info@hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing Co, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

9PM Gene Ween Does Billy Joel. Info: 845-6794406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $45, $20.

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4/11

Call to Artists! Submissions on the theme of IMAGE & Word for the Spring show featuring local artists. Handing-in of work Saturday April 11. Opening reception is Sat April 18, 4-7 pm. Call 845-337-1109 or 845-255-5482. Unframed Artists Gallery, 173 Huguenot St, New Paltz.

MidHudson ADK Hike: Minnewaska. 9 miles Strenuous hike . Leaders: Georgette Weir georgette.weir@gmail.com and Jean-Claude FouĂŠrĂŠ jcfouere@gmail.com 1-845-462-1909.

Contact hike leaders for detailed information andfor car pooling. Info: www.MidHudsonADK. org. Minnewaska Preserve, Lower Awosting Parking, New Paltz.

7AM John Burroughs Natural History Society Spring Birding WildCard. Please register with trip leader Peter Schoenberger (pdsis@yahoo.com).

The location for this outing will be determined that morning based on rare or unusual sightings somewhere in the Hudson Valley. Info: www. jbnhs.org. Hudson Valley.

8AM Annual Rock and Snow â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bridge 2 Bridgeâ&#x20AC;?

Five Mile Run. Check-in starts at 8am/Race starts 9am. All the proceeds will benefit Mohonk Preserve. This race is limited to 350 runners. Info: 845-255-0919. Mohonk Preserve, Spring Trail Head, Gardiner.

9AM-12PM Repair CafĂŠ. A free community meeting place to bring a beloved but broken item to be repaired...for free. Info: Pokrepaircafe@gmail.com. The First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mill and Catherine St, Poughkeepsie.

9AM Saugertiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Christian Meditation. Meets every Saturday, 9-10:30am. All welcome. No charge. 246-3285. Trinity Episcopal Church, Rte 9W, Saugerties.

9AM-4:15PM 6th Annual Ashokan Watershed Conference. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conference theme is Back to the Future: Creating a New Watershed Legacy. Register online at https://reg.cce.cornell. edu/AshokanConference-6_251 or call 845-

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Call for Performances of A Midsummer Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dream. Ajkun Ballet Theatre is looking for young dancers (Pre-K to Young Teens) for a summer production. Rehearsals and performances will run from August 3 throughout August 15, 2015 at The EGG Performing ArtsCenter in Albany. Info: artisticstaff@ajkunbt.org or 646-3689800. Albany.

Film: Embrace (2011). The ritualized relationship of an Eastern Tibetan community engaged in tantric practices with the land that supports them.

55 mins, in Amdo Tibetan Dialect with English subtitles. $8 suggested donation. 845-383-1774. (4/11, 7:30pm).

The Tibetan Center, 875 Tai Chi/Chi Gung: Tuesday Mornings, 10:15am-11:15am or Wednesday Evenings 6:15pm-7:15pm. $10 per class or $25 per month! Over 30yrs exp. Info: 845-389-2431 or michael@ whitecranehallcom. White Crane Hall, 77 Cornell St, Kingston.

Kiwanis Kingston Classic Preregistration. Friends & Family Mile, 5k, 10k, Half & Full Marathon. Boston Qualifier. In Kingston, April 19. Online registration closes Friday, April 17 at 12pm. Info: www.kiwaniskingstonclassic.com www.hitsendurance.com.

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Meditation Intensive with Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda (4/11,9am-4pm). A day immersed in meditation. Guided sessions, discussion and stillness. Includes a delicious vegetarian lunch.at Shanti Mandir51 Muktananda Mar, Walden,www.shantimandir.com or 845- 778-1008.

REGGAE Concert to Benefit Brain Cancer Patient (4/11). Groove to the smooth sounds of reggae during the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Leith of Life : Reggae Concert and Benefitâ&#x20AC;? at Bearsville Theater (291 Tinker Street) in honor of local cancer patient Leith Rogovin. Early show starting at 5 pm. A late-night show will kick off at 8:30 pm with renowned performer DJ Downbeat the Ruler and guests Brigadier Jerry, Jeremiah, Sister Nancy, Jah Eyes and Ranking Joe. Woodstock jazz artist

9AM-10:30AM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Saturday, 9-10:30am. Everyone welcome. Info: 679-8800. St. Gregoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal Church (the A-Frame), 2578 Rte 212, Woodstock.

9AM-4PM Meditation Intensive with Mahamandaleshwar Swami Nityananda. A day immersed in meditation. Guided sessions, discussion and stillness. Includes a delicious vegetarian lunch.

Info: www.shantimandir.com 9:30AM-4:30PM AARP Defensive Driving. Info: 845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan, free.

10AM-4PM Kingston Antique Show and Flea Market. 10, 000 square feet of indoor shopping space. Come and find your treasures. Info: 845-657-8563. Murphy Mid-Town Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

10AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Gardening for Butterflies and their Caterpillars. A program designed to help preserve these beloved insects whose habitats are disappearing all too quickly. For adults and children over 12.Info: 845-534-5506, x204 or www.hhnm.org. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $7.

10AM-12PM Knitting Group. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 687-7023.

10AM-9PM Candlewax Recycling Drop-off.

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

10AM-3PM Hudson Valley Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market Sponsored by Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest.

Info: www.greigfarm.com/hudson-valley-farmers-market.html. Greig Farm, Pitcher Ln, Red Hook.

10AM-1PM Improv Acting Workshop for Teens.

The fast-paced workshop for teens will include performance exercises, theater games, and the creation of scenes through improvisation.

Info:www.cocoontheatre.org. Adriance Library, Strba Teen Room, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

10AM-4PM Kingston Antique Show and Flea Market. 10, 000 square feet of indoor shopping space. Come and find your treasures. Info: 845-657-8563. Murphy Mid-Town Center, 467 Broadway, Kingston.

10AM-1PM Improv Acting Workshop for Teens.

The fast-paced workshop for teens will include performance exercises, theater games, and the creation of scenes through improvisation. To register for this event, go towww.poklib.org or call 845-485-3445 x 3320. Adriance Library, Teen Room, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

Studio Stu will emcee the early show and Leah Boss will emcee the latenight show. Â Proceeds from the concert and a corresponding silent auction will be collected through the nonprofit HelpHOPELive to pay Rogovinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uncovered medical expenses. Tickets start at $25, a price that includes admission to all early and late-night reggae performances. Find more information about the event at leithoflife.org. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the concert? Donations can be made to a fundraising campaign in honor of Rogovin at helphopelive.org or by calling 800-642-8399. Checks can also be mailed â&#x20AC;&#x153;in honor of Leith Rogovinâ&#x20AC;? to HelpHOPELive: 2 Radnor Corporate Ctr., Suite 100, 100 Matsonford Road, Radnor, PA. 19087.

Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic: 10 am-2 pm every Thursday, TARA Clinic, 60 Enterprise Place, Middletown. For previously spayed/neutered cats and dogs only. No appointment needed.

Cash only. One-year rabies vaccine, $10; 3-year rabies vaccine with written proof of current vaccination, $15; distemper vaccine, $15; canine heartworm/lyme test, $25. Other low-cost services available. Visit tara-spayneuter.org for complete service list.

4-H Intro to Veterinary Science Program Set to Launch ,4/25. Youth ages 8 to 12. They will explore animal science careers and learn practical skills from rehabilitation specialists, veterinarians, SUNY Ulster professors.

Registration required. Info: 340-3990, x 340.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Call for Performances of A Midsummer Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dream. Ajkun Ballet Theatre is looking for young dancers (Pre-K to Young Teens) for a summer production. Rehearsals and performances will run from August 3 throughout August 15,at The EGG Performing ArtsCenter in Albany. Info: artisticstaff@ajkunbt.org or 646-3689800. Albany.

Free Income Tax Assistance. Times: Walk-in hours on Mondays: Noon - 2 p.m. and 4 - 8 p.m.; Tuesdays: 10 a.m.

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- 8 p.m.Sponsored By: The School of Business. Info: 845-257-2622. SUNY New Paltz, van den Berg Hall, Rooms 208C and 341, New Paltz.

Register Now: Safe Sitter Program for Adolescents (4/7). Deadline to register: 3/31. Ages 11-14. Provides

10AM-2PM Kingston YMCA Farm Project Spring Fundraiser and Community Work Weekend (4/11-4/12) A fun work day to prepare the farm for a new year. Participants will shovel, weed and seed the ground for a bountiful second season.

Tools are provided and all ages are welcome.

Info: 845-340-3990. YMCA, Kingston YMCA Farm, Broadway, Kingston.

10AM-1PM Teen Geek. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t figure out how to load an ebook onto your smartphone? Need help creating an email account? Help on how to use your mobile devices for library and recreational use is available on Saturdays.

10AM Woodstock Guildâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Early Spring Byrdcliffe/ Mt. Guardian Trail - Hike. There are some steep slopes on these trails so please wear shoes with good ankle-support and hiking-poles, if desired. Dress appropriately for the weather and bring water. Dogs on leash only. Heavy rain or thunderstorm cancels with the following day, 4/12, as the rain-date. $10. suggested donation.

Call 845-594-4863 for more information.â&#x20AC;? Meet at Byrdcliffe Theater parking lot, 340 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd, Woodstock.

the skills to provide safe, nurturing care for children and to respond appropriately to medical emergencies.

Reg reqrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Info: www./reg.cce.cornell. edu/_201 or518-828-3346. Agroforestry Resource Center, 6055 Route 23, Acra, $60.

Call for Art - 9th Annual Big Read Teen Art Contest. Mid-Hudson Valley high school students are invited to enter. Deadline: Wed, May 27, Artwork must be inspired by themes from this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Read book selection, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Info: www.poklib.org.Adriance Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic: 10 am-2 pm every Thursday, TARA Clinic, 60 Enterprise Place, Middletown. For previously spayed/neutered cats and dogs only. No appointment needed.

Cash only. One-year rabies vaccine, $10; 3-year rabies vaccine with written proof of current vaccination, $15; distemper vaccine, $15; canine heartworm/lyme test, $25. Other low-cost services available. Visit tara-spayneuter.org for complete service list.

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinics for Cats: April 13, and 27, Newburgh; April 14, 21, and 28, Monroe; April 15, 22 and 29, Middletown; April 9, Port Jervis; April 18, Warwick; April 20, Monticello; April 23, Fishkill. By appointment only, by The Animal Rights Alliance mobile clinic. $70 per cat includes spay/neuter, rabies vaccine, ear cleaning, nail trim. Residents of Crawford, Mamakating, Monroe, Montgomery and Wallkill eligible for reduced-price voucher through their town clerk; Chester and Warwick through Warwick Valley Humane Society. Stationary clinic in Middletown for dogs: males, $120 and up; females, $150 and up. Owned pit bulls in Hudson Valley receive $100 off surgery made possible by a grant from The S.L. Gimbel Foundation while funds last. Other low-cost services available. 845-343-1000. taraspayneuter.org.

Kinderland II Build (4/22-4/26).

Sign up to help replace Kinderland Park at Forsythe Park. Online sign-up sheet with a variety of shift choices. Please sign up and share the link! www.signupgenius.com/ go/10c0549a5aa2fa0f94-kinderland.

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local educator and Kingston resident Gregory Sadler. Aprilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discussion is titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The First Scientific Examination: Aristotle on Anger.â&#x20AC;? Info: 845-331-0507. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

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.

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22 11AM-3PM Sugaring Off: 18th Century Style.

Collecting maple sap and boiling it down to sugar has a long tradition in North America. Info: 845-338-2786. Senate House State Historic Site, 296 Fair St, Kingston, free.

11 AM-5 PM “Art Show Benefit for Scenic Hudson” Opening Reception. Exhibits through 4/30. Info: 845-516-4435 orwww.betsyjacarusoartist.com. Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, The Courtyard, 43 East Market St, Rhinebeck.

11AM-12PM Practice for Spanish Spelling Bee. Free weekly practice sessions are available for the second annual Spanish Spelling Bee, through 4/18 on Saturdays. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.spanishspellingbee.webs.com.

11AM-12PM Make Your Own RainBarrel Workshop. Register and pay with Town Clerk, 110 Bracken Rd. Info: 845-778-0214 or 845-4572660. Benedict Farm Park, Barn, Montgomery, $34.

11:30AM-5:30PM Angel School, Level I. Meet Your Guardian Angels. With Psychic Medium and Angel Messenger George Koury. A Certificate training. Registration required. Info: 845-6792100. Mirabai, Woodstock.

12PM-9PM Fundraiser to benefit Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary. Animal lovers from the Hudson Valley will get a chance to get a tattoo and help save the lives of companion animals. Choose from select rescue and animalthemed designs that will cost $100 or less. Info: 845-452-3521. Planet New York Tattoo, 11 Marist Dr, Poughkeepsie.

12PM-1PM Free Yoga Pizza Party. Recurring event every Saturday. Join Women’s Power Space and My Place Pizza for a rejuvenating yoga class and pizza. Families, beginners, and children welcome (mats will be provided).Donations appreciated. Info:sarah@womenspowerspace. org My Place Pizza, 322 Main St, Poughkeepsie.

12PM-4PM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Storm King Mountain Hike. Geared for adults and children 12 and older who would like to learn about the history of Storm King. Prepaid registration is required. Info: 845-53412PM Resident Council Penny Social. Calling starts at 2pm. Free Admission. Gift Certificates from local businesses. New Table. Raffles Bake Sale. Info: 845-943-6877. Ten Broeck Commons, 1 Commons Dr, Lake Katrine.

12:30PM-6:30PM Tarot Readings with Stephanie. Every Saturday. Walk in or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $25 /15 minutes.

1PM Art Hour with Christian. Info: 845-6887811. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

1PM-5PM Red Cross Shelter Fundamentals Training. This 3 hour course is designed to provide you with the necessary training to open, set up, operate, and close a Red Cross shelter during a disaster. RSVP is required. Info:845-4810331 or www.ulstercorps.org/events/ Christ the King Church, 3021 NY-213, Stone Ridge, free.

1PM-4PM Reiki & Lunch. Donna & Youko invite you to a Reiki session by donation & 10% discount on lunch. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles. com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz.

1:30PM Senior Recital: Madison Hayes, mezzosoprano. Assisted by Richard Mogavero, piano, and Ella Middleton ’15, soprano. Info: www. music.vassar.edu. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie.

2PM Second Annual John Burroughs Lecture: Dr. Michael Kudish on “John Burroughs and the Catskill Forest: A Contemporary Botanist Looks Back.” Reception to follow. Info: www.catskillcenter.org. Catskill Center for Conservation & Development, (Erpf House), Arkville, free.

1:30PM -4:30PM Creative Ecology Festival. To develop a musical Voice of Ecology and explore cost effective solutions for climate change, music

by Journey Blue Heaven. Mountain View Studio, Woodstock. FREE Info: 679.6309/www.EcoAlliances.com.

2PM Free Meditation Instruction. On-going every Saturday, 2pm in the Amitabha Shrine Room. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-679-5906, 1012. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

2PM Gallery Talks:Richard Birkett on Bernd and Hilla Becher. Info: www.diaart.org/gallerytalks. Dia:Beacon, 3 Beekman St, Beacon.

2PM Leith of Life: Reggae Benefit Concert for Leith Rogovin. Info: 845-679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Rosendale.

3 PM -5 PM Opening Reception: Catskill Remains. Works by photographer and author John P. O’Grady. Info: 518-263-2050, or bennettc@catskillmtn.org. Kaaterskill Fine Arts & Crafts Gallery, 7950 Main St, Hunter.

3 PM-5 PM Second Annual Dear Diorama Contest. Adults and teens can create a literarythemed diorama to enter for a chance to earn prizes. Submissions will be accepted until 2 p.m. on April 11. Info: 845-331-0507. Kingston 3PM-6PM Opening Reception: Diana Felber.

“Our woods in Oil and Water.” Music by Brazilian Accordionist, Vitor Concalves.Exhibit: April 3-26.

Info: 518-822-0510. 510 Warren Street Gallery, 510 Warren St, Hudson.

3 PM -5 PM Opening Reception: Catskill Remains. Works by photographer and author John P. O’Grady. Info: 518-263-2050, or bennettc@catskillmtn.org. Kaaterskill Fine Arts & Crafts Gallery, 7950 Main St, Hunter.

4 PM -6 PM Opening Reception for Active

ALMANAC WEEKLY Members Show. Also on view: WAAM: Creating Spirit of Place, Discovering and Rediscovering the Permanent Collection, Serena Depero Solo Show, Susan Asarian Nickerson Active Member Wall, Small Works Show, and in the Youth Exhibition Space: Woodstock Primary School Self Portraits.

Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock. Free. 845-679-2940.

4PM Senior Recital: Evi Lowman and Ilse Heine, violins, Megan Lewis, viola, and Zachary Lucero, cello. Assisted by Jane Cardona ’15, piano. Info: www.music.vassar.edu. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: “Speaking to Nature.” The Sculpture of Henry Klimowicz.

Info: 518-789-3408. The Moviehouse, The Studio Gallery, Millerton.

5PM-7PM Oriole9 Restaurant Presents Its 86th Monthly Art Show Opening Reception. Featuring the works of Fred Woller and Carol Kunstadt.

Curated by Lenny Kislin.17 Tinker St, Woodstock, 845-679-8117.

5PM-1AM Leith of Life Reggae Concert and Benefit. Info: 845-679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $50 /balcony, $25.

6PM Author Talk: Conservation photographer Alison M. Jones. Info: 845-838-1600 x15, tplatz@bire.org, or www.bire.org/events. Beacon Institute, 199 Main St, Beacon.

6PM-8PM Chili Night at the Elmendorph!

Homemade chili, fresh-baked bread and salad.

Live music by Red Hook’s own Maggie Rothwell, A benefit for Historic Red Hook. Info: 845-7581920, info@historicredhook.org, www.historicredhook.org. Elmendorph Inn, 7562 North Broadway, Red Hook, $10, $6 /child 10 & under.

6:30PM Annual Caribbean Night Dinner/ Dance and Silent Auction. Will include authentic Caribbean cuisine, music by DJ Willie and a silent auction. To sponsor a team of SUNY New Paltz students to go on a short-term service trip tothe Dominican Republic. Info: 845-255-5635 or 845-255-8536. St. Joseph’s Church Hall, 34 South Chestnut St, New Paltz, $20.

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, 334 Rt 32A, Palenville.

7PM-9PM Live Music. Ruch Hines & the Hilbily Drifters. . Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles. com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz, $5 /suggested donation.

7PM-8:30PM Traditional Irish Fiddle Music with Dylan Foley. Info: 845-255-1255. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

7PM Bard Baroque Ensemble Concert. Info: 845-758-7196 or www.bard.edu/conservatory/ events. Bard College, Laszlo Z. Bito Conservatory Building, Annandale-on-Hudson.

7PM Live @ The Falcon. Joe Lovano’s Birthday Celebration w/ Trio Fascination and Judi Silvano & Michael Abene MY DANCE CD Release: DUETS. Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com.

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM-10PM Breaking the Silence: Teen Dance!

Calling LGBTQ and ally youth ages 14 to 18… make some noise at a dance party celebrating the close of the National Day of Silence! Swing dance lessons. Refreshments. IDreqr’d. Info: www. lgbtqcenter.org. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Apuzzo Hall, 300 Wall St, Kingston.

7:30PM Film: Embrace (2011). The ritualized relationship of an Eastern Tibetan community engaged in tantric practices with the land that supports them. 55 mins, in Amdo Tibetan Dialect with English subtitles. $8 suggested donation.

7:30PM Saturday Night Live Music & Noodles.

2nd set at 9pm.No cover, $5 donations to musicians recommended. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.

GKnoodles.com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz.

8PM Joey Eppard - Raised by Wolves. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

8PM Miss Ida Blue. Info: 845-.658-.9048. The Rosendale Café, 434 Main St, Rosendale.

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Hyde Park.

National Historic Site, 218 Spring St, Catskill.

9PM Ryan Montbleau Band. Nellie McKay. Info: 518-828-4800. Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

2PM Proof. David Auburn’s Pulitzer prizewinning play. Proof explores the unknowability of love as much as it does the mysteries of science.

Info: 845- 688- 2279 or www.stsplayhouse.com.

STS Playhouse, 10 Church St,

Sunday

4/12

National Volunteer Week, 4/12-4/18. United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region will celebrate National Volunteer Week, April 12–18, 2015, with a variety of volunteer opportunities throughout the Hudson Valley community. Info: mclark@ uwdor.org or call 845.471.1900, ext. 3128.

Free Income Tax Assistance. Times: Walk-in hours on Mondays: Noon - 2 p.m. and 4 - 8 p.m.; Tuesdays: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Thursdays: Noon - 8 p.m.; and Wednesdays and Fridays: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.Sponsored By: The School of Business. Info: 845-257-2622. SUNY New Paltz, van den Berg Hall, Rooms 208C and 341, New Paltz.

8AM-11AM Birding For Beginners. Meet experienced birder Mark DeDea ( forsythnature@aol. com or 845-339-1277) fo an easy walk. Learn to identify resident and migratory birds by sight, sound, and action. Bring your own binoculars.

Kingston Point Beach, Delaware Ave, Kingston.

9AM Reading of the Work of Jacques Lacan.

Moderated by Dr. Anna McLellan, member of the Apres-Coup Psychoanalytic Association. Please call to confirm. Info: 845-876-5800. Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

10AM Annual Spring Fling Antique Auction.

Session 1: special print auction at 10 am & Session 2: main antique auction at 11am. Carlsen Gallery, 9931 Rte 32, Freehold, 518-634-2466. Info: www. carlsengallery.com.

10AM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon. Rob Paparozzi’s “Good Old Boys” The Music of Randy Newman. Info: 845-236-7970 or www. liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

10AM-2PM Mitzvah Day Clean-Up at the YMCA Organic Farm Project. All ages welcome; wear old work clothes and rain boots. Contact: KayCee Wimbish, 845-332-2927; www.kingstonymcafarmproject.org. YMCA Organic 10AM-2PM Kingston YMCA Farm Project Spring Fundraiser and Community Work Weekend (4/11-4/12) A fun work day to prepare the farm for a new year. Participants will shovel, weed and seed the ground for abountiful second season.

Tools are provided and all ages are welcome.

Info: 845-340-3990. YMCA, Kingston YMCA Farm, Broadway, Kingston.

10AM-11:30AM Minnewaska Preserve: Nature Journals for Children. After journals are made, they’ll take a walk near the Nature Center where children can look for leaves and other natural items to include in their book. For agesof 6 & 10, accompanied by a parent. Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Nature Center, Gardiner, $8 /per car.

10:30AM-12:30PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Meets every Sunday. Sitting and walking meditation with short teaching and discussion from Pema Chodron books or video. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

10:30AM-12PM Sunday Morning Vocal Village.

Personal and Collective Wellbeing through Voice, Music and a Vision for a better world. Every other Sunday thru 12/20. Info: 914-388-0632 or www. amymctear.com/events/. Unison 12PM Jazz at the Falls. Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis. Info: 845-687-2699 or e-mail highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

12PM-3PM Fried Dough Social. Fundraiser for the Immaculate Conception Church Choir “Relay for Life” team. Info: 845-331-1784. White Eagle Hall, 487 Delaware Ave, Kingston.

12PM-4PM Native American Gathering. he Big Indiian Native American Cultural Center gathering. Drumming, dancing, singing, story telling.

Open to All. Bring a dish for a potluck. Info: 845-254-5469. Pine Hill Community

8PM Hudson Valley Philharmonic 2014/15 Season: Brubeck’s America. Info: 845-473-2072 or www.bardavon.org. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, $54, $32.

1PM-2PM Silent Peace Vigil by Woodstock Women in Black. Village Green, Tinker St, Woodstock, 679-7148 or rizka@hvc.rr.com.

8PM Proof. David Auburn’s Pulitzer prizewinning play. Proof explores the unknowability of love as much as it does the mysteries of science.

Info: 845- 688- 2279 or www.stsplayhouse.com.

STS Playhouse, 10 Church St,

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.

8PM Vassar College Choir Christine Howlett, conductor. Info: www.music.vassar.edu. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie.

1PM-5PM Downing Talk, House Tours, and Art Exhibit Opening. Dr. McCarthy’s talk on Andrew Jackson Downing, will be followed at 3 P.M, by the opening reception of the Artist’s Choice exhibition. Info: 845-561-2585.

8PM Love and Other Drugs/Social Prescriptions. The annual spring performances of the SUNY Orange Apprentice Players. Info: www.facebook.com/theartsatsunyorange. SUNY Orange, Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, $14, 8PM Lobby Hero. Play by Kenneth Lonergan.

Presented by Tangent Theatre Company. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $25.

8PM The Bucky Pizzarelli/Ed Laub Duo. Info: 845-255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $26.

8PM Bryan Gordon solo in the taproom. Info: 845-229-8277 or info@hydeparkbrewing.com.

Hyde Park Brewing Co, 4076 Albany Post Rd,

1:30PM-6PM Tarot Readings with Sarvananda.

Every Sunday. Walk in or call for appointment.

Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30 /half an hour.

2 PM Singer-Songwriter Tom Chapin in Concert. Celebrate the opening of the Boardman Road Branch Library. Info: www.poklib.org or 845-485-3445 x 3702. Boardman Road Branch Library, 141 Boardman Rd, Poughkeepsie.

2PM Sunday Salons 2015: Stephen Hannock will speak about his art. Called “the consummate landscape painter” and “a true American luminist, ” he began his artistic career near the site of Thomas Cole’s famous 1836 painting, the Oxbow. Info: www.thomascole.org. Thomas Cole

2PM Adult ADD/ADHD Workshop. Stop Letting Your ADD/ADHD Brain Drag You Around: Harness the Incredible Power of This Brain Style. Register by calling 845-876-4030 or www.starrlibrary.org.

Starr Library, 68 West Market St, Rhinebeck.

3PM Lobby Hero. Play by Kenneth Lonergan.

Presented by Tangent Theatre Company. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $25.

3PM Love and Other Drugs/Social Prescriptions. The annual spring performances of the SUNY Orange Apprentice Players. Info: www.facebook.com/theartsatsunyorange. SUNY Orange, Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, $14, 3PM-11AM Tango & Lesson with Nina Jirka. pm lesson; 4pm Dance. No registration required.

Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-255-1559.

Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $10.

3PM Othello. Modern interpretation of Shakespeare’s play adapted and directed by Lou Trapani. Focus: people of color in a white society.

Info: 845-876-3080 or www.centerforperformingarts.org. Center for Performing Arts at 3PM Dance Film Sundays. Romeo and Juliet.

Based on Shakespeare’s drama of star-crossed lovers. Performed by Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet. Info: www.rosendaletheatre.org or 845-658-8989.

Rosendale Theatre, Main 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.

4PM Howland Chamber Music Circle. Joseph Lin, violin. Info: 845-765-3012 or www.howlandmusic.org. Howland Cultural Center, 477 Main St, Beacon, $30, $10 /student.

4PM Booking Reading: SUNY New Paltz professor Amelia Rose. Author ofhe Straw that Broke the Camel’s Backpack, her new children’s book.

Info: 845-255-8300 Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz, free.

6PM Beginner’s Swing Dance Lesson. Dance to a live band. 6:30-9pm. Sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances. Info: www.hudsonvalleydance.org or 845 454-2571. Arlington Reformed Church, 22 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie.

Poughkeepsie.7PM Ron White He is best known as the Texas-born, cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

Info: 845-473-5288 or www.bardavon.org. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Broadway, Kingston, $79 7PM Live @ The Falcon. Cuboricua! Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Helsinki on Broadway: The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey. Starring Academy Award winner James Lecesne in his critically acclaimed one man play. Info: 518-828-4800 or www.helsinkihudson.com. Club 7PM Jeff Beck. Info: 845-473-5288 or www. bardavon.org. Ulster Performing Arts Center, Broadway, Kingston, $89 /golden circle, $79.

8PM James Lecesne. Nellie McKay. Info: 518-828-4800. Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

8 PM Doug Marcus. Info: 845-679-3484.

Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

Monday

4/13

National Volunteer Week, 4/12-4/18. United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region will celebrate National Volunteer Week, April 12–18, 2015, with a variety of volunteer opportunities throughout the Hudson Valley community. Info: mclark@ uwdor.org or call 845.471.1900, ext. 3128.

8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-6795906, x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

9AM-9:50AM Senior Fit Dance for Seniors with Adah Frank. Dance and movement for strength and flexibility. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Bring a mat.

Town Hall, Main Room, Woodstock.

9:30AM Settled and Serving in Place (Kingston Chapter). A social self-help group for seniors who want to remain in their homes and community.

Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston.

10AM-4PM Adult Art Workshop. Oils, acrylics, with some supplies provided, $5 drop-in. Info: 845-657-9735. Shokan.

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.

Fire Co #1, Rte 212, Woodstock.

11AM-12PM Senior Qi Gong with Zach Baker.

Mondays, on-going, No registration required.

Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-255-1559.

Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $5.

12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting.

Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333.

1 PM Needlework Group. On-going every Monday, 1pm. Info:845-338-5580, x1005. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

2PM-4PM Senior Art with Judith Boggess. In addition to instruction, art supplies and periodic group exhibitions, the class offers friendship and camaraderie. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for minimum contribution of $2. R.C. Church, Holly Hills Dr, West Hurley.

3PM-5PM Math Help with Phyllis Rosato.

All ages Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

3PM-4PM Sewing Circle for Tweens. Grades 4 and up. Info: 845-687-2044 or www.stoneridgelibrary.org. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

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, West Hurley.

4:30PM-6:40PM The Growing Classroom: Weather and Climate Teacher/Leader Training.

Reg reqr’d. Info: reg.cce.cornell.edu/_210 or 518-828-3346x0. Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Extension Education Center, 479 Rt. 66, Hudson.

5PM-7PM YUP (Young Ulster Professionals) Mixer. Mix, meet and mingle with other young professionals. Complimentary refreshments & cash bar. Open to young professionals ages 21-39.

No cost to attend but reservations arerequired.

Info: 845-338-5100. Hickory Barbecue & Smokehouse, 743 Route 28, Kingston.

5:30PM-7:30PM Rockin’ Rooks: Morton Youth Chess Club. Every Monday. Students in grades K - 12 are welcome to join for fun, learning, and tournament competition. Reg reqr’d. Info: 845-876-5810 or racersplace@hotmail.com.

6PM Chancellor Livingston Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Meeting. Program: Flag of the U.S.A Essay Contest Award Presentation. Info: 845-87 –1777.

Starr Library, 68 W Market St, Rhinebeck.

6PM-8PM 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: 845-475-8781 6:30PM-8:30PM Mid-Hudson Rainbow Chorus Rehearsal. Info: rainbowchorus1@gmail.com or 216-402-3232. This four-part chorus of LGBTQ & LGBTQ-friendly singers always welcomes new members.Sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses all voice parts needed. Ability to read music not req but helpful. Rehearsals every Mon, 6:30-8:30pm.

No charge for first rehearsal. LGBTQ Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston, $25 /month.

7PM Live @ The Falcon. “Amplify Sound Concert Series” with Hudson Valley Hip Hop Poet Decora + Poet Gold, Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Open Poetry. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

8PM Student Jazz Ensembles I. The program features a cast of excellent jazz students with an evening of classics, standards and originals. Info: 845-257-2700 or www.newpaltz.edu/music. SUNY New Paltz, Julien J. Studley

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4/14

National Volunteer Week, 4/12-4/18. United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region will celebrate National Volunteer Week, April 12–18, 2015, with a variety of volunteer opportunities throughout the Hudson Valley community. Info: mclark@ uwdor.org or call 845.471.1900, ext. 3128.

8:30AM Waterman Bird Club Field Trip: Southlands Farm. Call: Mona @ 845-876-2836 if you plan to attend. Web: www.watermanbirdclub.org.

Southlands Farm, office barns parking lot, 5771 Rt. 9, Rhinebeck.

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

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

Plaza Diner, New Paltz.

10AM Othello. Part of the Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival. For high school students. Info: 845-876-3088. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308 |, Rhinebeck, $8.

10AM-3PM Minnewaska Preserve: Tuesday Trek - Millbrook Mountain Hike. 5-mile hike.

Participants must bring water and lunch and wear appropriate hiking shoes. Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752.

10AM The Country Scrappers & Stampers Meeting. Meets every Tuesday. Come for the whole day or drop by for an hour or two. New members are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Call 845-744-3055 for more information.

10AM-11:30AM Parkinson’s Dance & Exercise Class. Led by Anne Olin. For people with PD & other neurological disorders. Groups are challenging, creative and fun! Info: 679-6250. $13/ oneclass or $20/two classes. St. John’s

10AM Preschool Story Hour. Info: 845-6572482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan, free.

10:15AM-11:15AM Tai Chi/Chi Gong: Tuesday Mornings, 10:15am-11:15am or Wednesday Evenings 6:15pm-7:15pm. $10 per class or $25 per month! Over 30yrs exp. Info: 845-389-2431 or michael@whitecranehallcom. White Crane Hall, 77 Cornell St, Kingston.

10:30AM-11:30AM Toddler Time! Join Miss Penny for a fun-filled story time for the very young! Appropriate for ages 1-3. Info: 845-7573771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

10:30AM-5PM Together Tuesdays. New early literacy program with Frannie for kids birth through preschool. Story, craft, and play. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

1:30PM-3:30PM The Ulster County Cultural Services & Promotion Fund. Application Seminar. All applicants are encouraged to attend an application seminar to learn more about the program’s funding priorities and how to develop a competitive application. RSVP. Info: grants@ artsmidhudson.org; 845-454-3222 x 16. Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, 28 Tinker St, Woodstock.

3PM SUNY Ulster Nursing Information Session.

This session will provide information on the admissions process, the program curriculum including pre-requisites and co-requisites, as well as new testing requirements. Reg reqr’d.

Info: 845-687-5022 or www.sunyulster.edu. SUNY Ulster, Vanderlyn Hall, Room 112, Stone Ridge.

3:30PM-4:30PM After School Story Hour. for second & third grades. Info: 845-687-2044. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

4PM Stories & Fun with Laura Gail! Families with children between 3 and 7 are invited to join Laura for a great afternoon story time. Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com.

Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

4PM LEGO Club . A full hour of free play with our HUGE collection of LEGOs & DUPLOs! For kids of all ages. Children under 9 must be accompanied by an adult. Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com. Tivoli Free 5:30PM-6:30PM Senior Qi Gong with Zach Baker. Tuesdays, on-going, No registration required. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-2551559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $10.

5:30PM Phoenicia Community Choir. Sing with your neighbors and prepare for concerts. No need to read music, no audition. On-going, Tuesdays, 5:30pm. Info: 845-688-2169. Wesleyan Church, basement, Main St, Phoenicia.

6PM-8PM Kingston’s Meeting - End the New Jim Crow Action Network, a Hudson Valley network dedicated to fighting racist policies of racial profiling, police brutality and mass incarceration (the “new Jim Crow”). 475-8781.

6PM-8:30PM Food Preservation Workshop: Demonstration of Dehydrating and Freezing.

Learn about dehydrating, freezing and the equipment. Come and taste fun foods to spice up your cooking. Reg reqr’d. Info: 845-340-3990 6PM-7PM Weekly Sitting Meditation w/ walking meditation (instruction available). On-going Tues, 6-7pm. Free & open to the public. 658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake Meditation Center, 22 Hillcrest Ln, 6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org.

Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, 6:30PM-8:30PM Vegetable Gardening for Beginners First planting, cool season veggies: Peas, lettuces, arugula, spinach, carrots, radishes, onions and leeks, beets, chard, broccoli, kale, kohlrabi. Info: nh26@cornell.edu or 845-677-8223 ext.115. Adriance Memorial Library, Charwat Meeting Room, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie.

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 7PM Morton Yarn Evenings with Cher. Every Tuesdays. Bring projects to work on, get advice from others, share your expertise, or just come to enjoy the company of other yarn enthusiasts.

Info: 845-876-1085.

7PM-8:30PM Singing Just for Fun! New Paltz Community Singers. Everyone welcome, everyone gets to choose songs. Going 20+ years. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm. Info: genecotton@gmail.com. Quaker Meeting House, 7 PM-9 PM Open Mic. On-going, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 200 Main St, Saugerties, 246-5775.

7:30PM-9:30PM Life Drawing sessions. Tuesday and Thursdays, on going. No registration required. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-2551559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $15.

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 8PM Student Jazz Ensembles II. An evening of different jazz works performed by students in the Jazz Studies area. Info: 845-257-2700 or www. newpaltz.edu/music. SUNY New Paltz, Julien J. Studley Theatre, New Paltz, $8, $6,

Wednesday

4/15

National Volunteer Week, 4/12-4/18. United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region will celebrate National Volunteer Week, April 12–18, 2015, with a variety of volunteer opportunities throughout the Hudson Valley community. Info: mclark@ uwdor.org or call 845.471.1900, ext. 3128.

8:30AM Waterman Bird Club Field Trip: Dutchess Rail Trail. Call: Adrienne @ 845-2642015Web: www.watermanbirdclub.org. Railroad Ave. parking lot, (off Rt. 376 at the Hopewell Depot), Hopewell Junction.

9AM-10AM Senior Kripalu Yoga with Susan Blacker. Gentle yoga class with each student encouraged to move and stretch at his or her own pace. Includes warmups, poses for strength and balance and breath work for relaxation. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Fire Co. #1, Rt 212, Woodstock.

10:30AM Classics in Religion Series: This month, the group will discuss the “negative way” in theology, with God known only through unknowing. Father James Krueger will lead this month’s discussion. Info: 845-334-8404. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

11 AM Knitting Circle. Wednesdays. Info: 845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan, free.

11AM Artist Presentation: Dana Tanamachi, graphic designer and letterer. Info: 845-2573830. SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 102, New Paltz.

11:30AM-12:30PM A Holocaust Remembrance.

Regina Samuelson recounts her experiences in Nazi-occupied Poland on the 70th anniversary of her liberation from the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Res sug. Info: 845-47112PM 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, 12 PM Woodstock Senior Citizens’ Club Meeting. Stacy Kraft will talk about Lyme Disease. Info: 845-579-8537 Woodstock Fire Co #1, Rte 212, Woodstock.

1PM Steve Gorn-Music in the World. Drawing on years of travel, world music performance, as well as recordings and videos, Steve Gorn will illuminate the ways in which music connects

mind and body, the individual and society, and humanity to nature. Info: trottl@sunyulster.edu.

SUNY Ulster, College Lounge, Stone Ridge, free.

2PM The Loyalist Cause-America’s First Civil War 1776. An American history lesson by Leon DiMartino. He’ll discuss supporters of the British Crown and what became of them after America defeated the British in 1776. Res reqr’d.

3PM-4:30PM The Ulster County Cultural Services & Promotion Fund. Application Seminar. All applicants are encouraged to attend an application seminar to learn more about the program’s funding priorities and how to develop a competitive application. RSVP. Info: grants@ artsmidhudson.org; 845-454-3222 x 16. Deyo Hall, 6 Broadhead Ave, New Paltz.

3PM-6PM Brooks Chicken & Rib takeout Barbeque. A complete dinner which includes a baked potato, coleslaw, roll & drink is $12 for chicken and $15 for ribs. Walkins are welcome but quantities are limited. Info: 845-430-2182.

The Reformed Church of Saugerties, 173 Main St, Saugerties.

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.

5:30PM-9PM USGBC NY Upstate Chapter Annual Awards Gala. Honoring Bob Fox of COOKFOX Architects. Includes admission to annual meeting on April 16. Must Pre Register. www.greenupstateny.org. Mohonk Mountain, Gardiner.

5:30PM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Wednesday 5:30-6:30pm Everyone welcome.

845-679-9534. First Churchof Christ, Scientist, 89 Tinker St, Woodstock.

6PM-8PM Ukulele Circle. Pull up a ukulele and learn a song! This is a friendly group who welcomes all comers. Info: 845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan, free.

6PM-7:30PM Creative Seed Support Group.

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

6PM Woodstock Community Chorale. Sing with your neighbors and prepare for concerts. No need to read music, no audition. On-going, Wednesdays, 6pm. Info: 845-688-2169. Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Tinker St, 6:15PM-7:15PM Tai Chi/Chi Gong: Tuesday Mornings, 10:15am-11:15am or Wednesday Evenings 6:15pm-7:15pm. $10 per class or $25 per month! Over 30yrs exp. Info: 845-389-2431 or michael@whitecranehallcom. White Crane Hall, Kingston.

6:25PM-6:50PM Learn Remembrance. Info: 845-679-8989. Every Wednesday, 6:25-6:50pm.

Remembrance is a deep practice to connect with the Divine in your heart. Spiritual practice (see separate listing) at 7, immediately following this introduction, all are welcome if you attend or not.

RSVP. Flowing Spirit Healing, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free /donations welcome.

6:30PM Movie Screening and Discussion: A Late Quartet. Ceil Berlin, LCSW will lead a discussion after the sreening of this multi-layered film. Register by calling 845-876-4030 or www. starrlibrary.org. Starr Library, 68 W Market St, Rhinebeck.

6:55PM-8PM Silent Spiritual Practice. Info: 845-679-8989. Every Wednesday, 6:55-8pm.

Group is for both people who currently have a silent spiritual practice such as meditation or Remembrance and those whowould like to start such a practice. Q&A to follow. Flowing Spirit Healing, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free /donations welcome.

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

Rosendale Café, Rosendale.

7PM-9PM Sailing Class. Learn to sail in a classroom situation meets once a week on Wed. though

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7PM “Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism” Class. Info: 845-679-5906, x 1012 or jan@ kagyu.org. On-going every Wed, 7pm. This free 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by oneof eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

8 wk curriculum. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock, free.

7PM Live @ The Falcon. Pierre Bensusan. Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

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.

7:30PM-8:30PM “Receiving Abundance in your Life.” Offering psycho-therapy powerful participation Techniques with MS. Patricia Mitchell.

Every Wednesday. Call for address. 917-279-9546.

Woodstock, free.

8PM Student Jazz Ensembles III. An evening of different jazz works performed by students in the Jazz Studies area. Info: 845-257-2700 or www. newpaltz.edu/music. SUNY New Paltz, Julien J. Studley Theatre, New Paltz, $8, $6, 8PM Next Year’s Words Readers’ Forum.

Readings by poet Holly Christiana’s, memoirist Gloria Caviglia, and prize-winning SUNY New Paltz author and professor Laurence Carr. Also, an open mic for five volunteers. Elting Memorial 8PM Julia Nichols & Friends. Info: 845-6793484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

8:30PM-11PM Live at Catskill Mountain Pizza Company: Acoustic Jazz Trio with Syracuse/ Siegel Duo + Special Featured Guest. Featuring Bassist Rich Syracuse and drummer Jeff “Siege” Siegel. No cover or minimum! Info: 679-

Thursday

4/16

6:30AM-7:15PM Tai Chi with Martha Cheo.

Advanced forms. Info: 845-255-1559 or www. unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $110 /series, $12 /per class.

8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-6795906, x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock.

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

9:30AM-12PM USGBC NY Upstate Chapter Annual Meeting and Panel Discussion. With Bob Fox, Silda Wall Spitzer, Tedd Benson, Neil Murphy and Josh Stack.. Must Pre Register.

Info: www.greenupstateny.org Mohonk Preserve, Gardiner.

10AM-2PM Hooks & Needles, Yarns & Threads -

Informal weekly social gathering for rug hookers, knitters, crocheters, and all other yarn crafters.

Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail. com. Tivoli Free Library, Tivoli.

10AM Othello. Part of the Sam Scripps Shakespeare Festival. For high school students. Info: 845-876-3088. The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308 |, Rhinebeck, $8.

12PM-4PM Arlington Farmers’ Indoor Market.

845-437-7035 or alihall@vassar.edu. (Please note that the market will be on hiatus when the College is officially closed. Vassar College, North Atrium, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie.

12:15PM-12:45PM Uptown Fine Arts Music Series: Leonid Polishchuk, Violin. A mid-day break of musical performances featuring area artists in a variety of musical programs. Info: www.olddutchchurch.org or 845-338-6759. Old Dutch Church, Kingston.

1PM-3PM Minnewaska Preserve: Homeschoolers - Amphibian Search. Learn about the amazing amphibians that live here. Ages 7 to 10. Preregistration is required. Info: 845-255-0752.

Minnewaska Preserve, Peter’s Kill, New Paltz.

1PM-2PM Brain Games. Join this spirited group for games that will get your brain moving and shaking. Info: 845-876-4030 or www.starrlibrary. org. Starr Library, 68 West Market St, Rhinebeck, free.

3PM-5PM Story Circle. Come with a story to tell or an open heart and ears for listening. This timeless form of entertainment casts its spell. Info: 845.254.5469 or www.pinehillcommunitycenter. org. Pine Hill Community, Main St, Pine Hill.

3:30PM-4:30PM After School Story Hour.

Kindergarten and first grades. Info: 845-6872044. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge.

4PM-5PM Meditation Group Practice. Every Thursday. Walk-ins welcome. $5 donation.

Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 845-679-2100.

4PM Battle of the Books Team Information Meeting. In order to join the Hardcore Kingston Hardcovers, students must be entering grades six through nine in the fall of 2015. Info: 845-3310988 or reference@kingstonlibrary.org.

5PM Poetry Night. Susan Brennan, Sara Wallace, and Harry Stoneback present their latest poetry.

Info: 845-255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz, free.

5:30PM-6:30PM Tai Chi with Martha Cheo.

Beginners & Mixed Levels. Info: 845-255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $110 /series, $12 /per class.

5:30PM NDH Wellness Series: “Alive Inside, ” Documentary about the power of music on memory. Reservations are required. Info: 845-871-1720 ext. 4 or sbradsha@health-quest. org. Northern Dutchess Hospital, Rhinebeck.

6PM Hudson Valley Playwrights. Every Thursdays. A creative venue for local playwrights to developnew works, from first inspiration to final production. RSVP. Info: 845-217-0734, hudsonvalleyplaywrights@gmail.com, or www.hudsonvalleyplaywrights.com. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff.

6PM An Evening with White Eagle and Love Eagle: Channeled Guidance Facilitated by

April 9, 2015

James Philip. $25 if registered by 4/14, $30 after.

Mirabai, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 845-6792100.

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

Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6:30PM Family Movie: Wild ®. Info: 845-6572482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan, free.

6:30PM Astronomy Night. Start with an indoor planetarium show. After the show, Smolen Observatory will be open for telescope viewing if the sky is clear. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/planetarium/ shows.html or 845-257-3818. SUNY New Paltz.

7PM Live @ The Falcon. Eric & Mary Ross “Ultimedia Concept”. Info: 845-236-7970 or www. liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Third Thursdat at CEIE. Life on the Ice

by Susan Fox Rogers. Author and Bard College professor Rogers hails the spirit of the contemporary polar explorer with a first-hand account of life on the ice. Info: 845-765-2721 .

7:30PM-9:30PM Life Drawing sessions. Tuesday and Thursdays, on going. No registration required. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-2551559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $15.

8PM Much Ado About Nothing Play by William Shakespeare. Directed by Frank Trezza. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/theatre. SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 102, New Paltz, $18, $16, $10.

8PM Lobby Hero. Play by Kenneth Lonergan.

Presented by Tangent Theatre Company. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $25.

8PM Thunderhead Organ Trio. A live concert.

Genre: Jam Band. Info: 845-561-7240 or www. thewherehouserestaurant.com. The Wherehouse, 119 Liberty St, Newburgh, free.

8:30PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch, Eric Weissberg and Bill Keith. Info: 845-6793484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

Friday

4/17

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. Town Hall, Main Room, Woodstock.

12:30PM-1:30PM The Kingston Library Book Club.Needleworking group Meets once a month. The April selection is Astrid and Veronika by Linda Olsson. Info: 845-331-0155 or at vvhlavsa@aol.com. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

1PM-3PM Kingston Library Ravelers Needleworking group Needleworking group. Adult knitters, crocheters, and all other types of needleworkers are welcome to join. Meets every Friday.

Info: 845-331-0507. Kingston Library, Story Hour Room, 55 Franklin St, Kingston.

1:30PM-5:30PM Tarot Readings and Spirit

Guidance with psychic medium and channel Maureen Brennan-Mercier. Every Friday. Walk in or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100.

Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, 3:30PM-5PM Stone Ridge Library Film Friday: “Ponyo” Rated “G” 103 min. Popcorn and lemonade. Info: 845-687-7147 Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main St, Stone Ridge, free.

4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 246-4317, x 3.

5:30PM “Kingston’s Buried Treasures” “Old Stone Houses–Our History in Stone” by Mark Yallum. Info: www.facebook.com/KingstonsBuriedTreasures. Senate House Museum, Vanderlyn Gallery, 296 Fair St, Kingston.

6PM “One Quiet Plunge–An Arrow Pointed Down” with electroacoustic musicians Ryan Chase, Joshua Groffman, Bob Lukomski, and Eric Somers. New works in response to visual art by Lori Adams, Keiko Sono, Tona Wilson, and the1QPVC. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/museum.

SUNY New Paltz, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, $10.

7PM-10PM Open Mic. Hosted by Mike Herman.

Enjoy a great night of music and fun. Free admission - refreshments available. Info: 607-5887129 or www.MikeHermansolo.com. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill.

7PM Live @ The Falcon. Rosewell Rudd Quartet featuring Heather Masse “Sonic Embrace”. Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM-9PM Birds: Our Endangered Allies. Bird Medicine and Climate Change. Info: Evan. pritchard7@gmail.com or 845-266-9231.

Sustainable Living Resource Center, 150 Cottekill Rd, Cottekill, $20 /donation.

7PM Book Reading: Lisa Phillips, SUNY New Paltz professor, presents her book, Unrequited: Women and Romantic Obsession. Info: 845-2558300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz, free.

7PM Storytelling with Janet Carter. Info: 845-246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties, 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, 7:30PM Mother Courage and Her Children.

Play by Bertolt Brecht. A scheming, swaggering, seemingly indomitable survivor of a woman who eakes out a living in the shady corners of the war’s marketplace. Info: 7:30PM The Friday Film Series: Blazing Saddles. Info: 845-339-6088 or www.bardavon. org. Ulster Perfromimg Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston, $6.

8PM Love and Other Drugs/Social Prescriptions. The annual spring performances of the SUNY Orange Apprentice Players. Info: www.facebook.com/theartsatsunyorange. SUNY Orange, Orange Hall Theatre, Middletown, $14.

8PM Lobby Hero. Play by Kenneth Lonergan.

Presented by Tangent Theatre Company. Info: www. tangent-arts.org. The Carpenter Shop Theater, 60 Broadway, Tivoli, $25.

8PM Proof. David Auburn’s Pulitzer prize-winning play. Proof explores the unknowability of love as much as it does the mysteries of science. Info: 845- 688- 2279 or www.stsplayhouse.com. STS Playhouse, 10 Church St, Phoeneicia.

8PM Much Ado About Nothing Play by William Shakespeare. Directed by Frank Trezza. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/theatre. SUNY New Paltz, Lecture Center 102, New Paltz, $18, $16, $10.

8PM Kim Russo, “The Happy Medium” Info: 1-800-745-3000. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf, $55, $45, $35.

8PM Martin & Eliza Carthy. Info: 845-658-9048.

Rosendale Café, 434 Main St, Rosendale, $20.

9PM Over the Rhine. Info: info@helsinkihudson. com or 518-.828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

9PM Annie & the Attaboys. Info: 845-229-8277 or info@hydeparkbrewing.com. Hyde Park Brewing Co, 4076 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park.

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LEGAL NOTICE ROAD CLOSING ULSTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS County Road #113, Keator Aveune/Elting Road in the Town of Rosendale, approximately 0.2 miles south of State Route 213/Main Street, will be closed to all thru traffic effective Monday April 13, 2015 to facilitate the replacement of a retaining wall. Traffic may use State Route 213/ Main Street east for 0.6 miles to State Route 32/ State Route 213 south for 1.0 miles to Tillson Road west for 0.3 miles to Elting Road north for 1.1 miles.

By Order of Susan K. Plonski, Commissioner of Public Works LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed proposals will be received, publicly opened and read at the Ulster County Purchasing Department, 244 Fair Street, 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY 12401 on Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 2:00PM for PRE-CAST CONCRETE RETAINING WALL UNITS, BID #RFB-UC15-027. Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address or on our website at www.co.ulster. ny.us/purchasing.

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BOOKKEEPER for Rapidly Growing Beverage Company. Seeking qualified, organized, fast learning bookkeeper/office manager. Plant is located near Fleishmann.

Must proficient in Basic Accounting; Computer usage. Must be Reliable, Punctual, Positive. E-mail resumes to: richardz@newyorksprings.com or call 917721-5476.

HIGHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Full Time Mechanic Leave replacement part-time mechanic (Civil Service non-competitive positions)

Interested candidates should submit a non-teaching application which can be downloaded at www.highlandk12.org to: Deborah Haab, Highland CSD, 320 Pancake Hollow Road, Highland, NY 12528.

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Dr. Barry M. Mark (845) 554-2274 SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AIDES for special educa on preschool. Called as needed. $60/day. Past group experience with young children necessary. Mail to: Early Educa on Center; 40 Park Lane; Highland, NY 12528. Or FAX 845-883-6452

HELP WANTED Full Time position for ground personnel with a tree service.

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DELIVERY PERSON NEEDED PARTTIME. Must have own transportation, driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license. Saugerties area. Call 917-6636609.

Founder/CEO of popular health site SEEKS organized and pleasant PARTTIME ASSISTANT. Must have excellent communication skills, fluency in Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word and Excel & some graphics software. Tasks include research & marketing campaigns. Salary negotiable; send resume and letter of introduction to PO Box 603, Bearsville, NY 12409.

FT LEAD COOK and Line Cooks. The Phoenicia Diner is expanding service and seeking additional kitchen staff. We are looking for someone that cares about high standards and preparing great food created from the Catskill Mountains/Hudson Valley bounty. We offer an opportunity to be part of a growing brand and a rewarding, fun environment. Must have 1-2 yrs restaurant experience, weekend & weekday availability, great work ethic. Email resume to: info@phoeniciadiner.com

HOME ATTENDANT NEEDED FT/PT. Weekdays. $11.30/hour. Disabled 48-yr. old female looking for female home attendant to help w/basic needs. Reliable, caring + live within 40 minutes of Phoenicia.

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WOODSTOCK FERAL CAT PROJECT NEEDS TRAPPERS. We are a local not for profit organization committed to reducing future feral cat populations through spay/neuter. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in contributing to our mission by humanely trapping feral cats to have them spayed/ neutered, â&#x20AC;&#x153;TNRâ&#x20AC;?, please call (973)7138229.

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DIANAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FANCY FLEA MARKET: Nice Items Needed For Next Sale! Call Diana 626-0221. To Benefit Dianaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CAT Shelter in Accord.

FOSTER HOMES NEEDED FOR KITTENS AND PREGNANT CATS. The WOODSTOCK FERAL CAT PROJECT is a local not-for-profit organization committed to reducing future feral cat populations through spay/neuter. We often find orphaned kittens who need a loving home until theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re old enough to be adopted.

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DEAR BUSINESSMAN/WOMAN- We at Hardscrabble Flea Market & Swap Meet would like to congratulate you on being picked from over 100 businesses in your field. We believe we can help each other- We have a swap meet every Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holy Cow Shopping Center, in addition to a flea market/garage sale. We find that when business people set up a table w/business cards & flyers or â&#x20AC;&#x153;show how to doâ&#x20AC;? projects it will definitely increase your business (and mine). Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great way to introduce your business to new/old customers. And, if you have leftover merchandise youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to sell- this would be a perfect way to unload it. Please give John a call for more details- (845)7581170. Spots are $12-$35.

GOT STUFF TO SELL? Looking for partnership in joint venture- flea markets, E-Bay, Craigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List, etc. Call (845)9435904, leave message.

New Paltz Community-- this Appâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for You! Hugies & Hipsters * Pub Owners & Pub Crawlers * Dentists & Patients * Shoppers & Shops * Chefs & Diners * Baristas & Coffee Lovers... Get Connected!

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Retreat/Camp/School/Religious Services SPACE AVAILABLE. 5000 sq.ft. finished building with 10 Motel rooms. Large back lawn on a stream. 5 separate decks. For Summer Lease. Tannersville, NY. www.

Catskillssummerretreat.com Call Tom 631-901-8535.

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SENIOR CARE SERVICES. Private duty w/20 years experience. ALL SERVICES AVAILABLE including medication reminders. Available 24-7. 2 hour minimum visit.

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NEW 2015 NORTHWOOD DOUBLEWIDE 28x44 MOBILE HOME FOR SALE on lot located in Hudson Home Park. Beautiful kitchen, new appliances, 2-bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, office/den, new washer/dryer, many upgrades included.

Home located on quiet country road. Each home having a paved driveway to their home & spacious lawn. View of Shawangunk Mountain range. 15 minute drive Gardiner/ New Paltz, 30 minute drive Poughkeepsie/ Newburgh/Kingston. Great for weekend/ retirement home. Call 845-255-2525.

3-BR HOUSE on 4 Acres. High Falls, private road, 1500 sq.ft. $329,000. 845-389-5052.

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CERTIFIED AIDE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE CARE for elderly.

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References available. Ulster County area.

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Creative Ecology Festival.... A celebration of the sanctity of Heaven and Earth.

Musicians, dancers, artists & creative souls honoring the earth & sky with voice, dance & spirit. Date: Saturday April 11, 2015, Time: 1:30-4:30 PM. Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountainview Avenue, Woodstock, NY 12498. An EcoAlliances www.ecoalliances.com & Woodstock Dreams www.woodstockdreams.com Production. Contact Marty Korn www. ecoalliances.com/festival (845)679-6309.

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STUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CAR SERVICE. Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s car determines the pay. Always ready to get you there.

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8-UNIT APARTMENT HOUSE for sale in New Paltz. Private parking for 16. Laundry room on premises. In the heart of Village of New Paltz, 1 block from Main Street. Close to all amenities.

Serious inquiries only. Please e-mail: tobi@ ulsterpublishing.com No brokers please.

BEAUTIFUL LAKE GEORGE SUMMER HOME, located on the north end of the Lake, 66 plus feet of Lake Front comes with this home. Watch the sun set from your expansive deck which encompasses 2/3 of this home. Three bedrooms, living room, dining area, kitchen and full bath. 3 sliding glass doors looking directly to the lake.

Basement for storage, all on 6/10 of an acre.

As a bonus there is a commercial dock for your boat and others. Please call for more information and price 845-691-2770.

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Three more bedrooms upstairs. Sun Room brings unique qualities to home. Large deck off back, great for entertaining. Quiet block w/nice views of Ridge. Close to climbing and hiking. $385K. (845)256-0446 MULTI-FAMILY INCOME PROPERTIES can replace lost wages and support you in retirement. Let tenants pay your mortgage. Learn how to be a landlord from an experienced investor. Private investment funding available. Call Matt LaRussa, Broker, 845.255.0699.

WOODSTOCK: TOTAL HIGH-END REFURBISHED Circa 1895 FARMHOUSE on 4+ private, magical acres w/lawns, meadows & fields. Has 3-bedrooms, 2 baths, large custom kitchen w/cathedral ceiling, LR w/ stone fireplace, HW floors, huge screened porch, decks, separate studio, 2-stall barn & raised bed vegetable garden. Loads of amenities! $519,000. Richard Miller, Win Morrison Realty (845)389-7286.

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VERY HANDSOME FINDERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FEE PAID (if it goes to closing!) PRIVATE BUYER (nonrealtor) 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 w/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. CAN CLOSE IMMEDIATELY! Contact: sabe1970@yahoo. com.au w/photos/info. or call (518)965-7223.

Historic Stone Home | Kingston | $245,000 Built in the mid 1600â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this historic 4 BR/2.5 BA Ĺ&#x161;ŽƾĆ?Ä&#x17E; Ĺ?Ć? ÄŽĹŻĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ä&#x161; Ç Ĺ?Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161; ŽůÄ&#x161; Ç Ĺ˝Ć&#x152;ĹŻÄ&#x161; Ä?Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x152;Ĺľ Î&#x2DC; Ĺ˝Ć&#x152;Ĺ?Ĺ?Ĺ?ĹśÄ&#x201A;ĹŻ Dutch features. Original glass panes, doors, Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ?ĹśĹ?Ä&#x17E;Ć?Í&#x2022; Ĺ&#x2021;ŽŽĆ&#x152;Ć? Î&#x2DC; ÄŽĆ&#x152;Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x2030;ĹŻÄ&#x201A;Ä?Ä&#x17E;Ć? Ĺ?ĹśÄ?ĹŻĆľÄ&#x161;Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ä&#x201A; Ć?ĹľÄ&#x201A;ĹŻĹŻ ĆľĆ&#x161;Ä?Ĺ&#x161; oven in the kitchen. Abundance of storage space Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ć&#x152;ŽƾĹ?Ĺ&#x161;ŽƾĆ&#x161;Í&#x2DC; zŽƾ Ç Ĺ˝ĹśÍ&#x203A;Ć&#x161; ÄŽĹśÄ&#x161; ĹľÄ&#x201A;ĹśÇ&#x2021; Ĺ?Ĺś Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x17E; ,ĆľÄ&#x161;Ć?ŽŜ Valley like this one.

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office space commercial rentals

NEW PALTZ: OFFICE SPACE available now. Close to Main St. $450/mo. plus heat.

First month rent plus 1 month security.

Call/leave mess. 845-594-4433.

Retreat/Camp/School/Religious Services SPACE AVAILABLE. 5000 sq.ft. finished building with 10 Motel rooms. Large back lawn on a stream. 5 separate decks. For Summer Lease. Tannersville, NY. www.

Catskillssummerretreat.com Call Tom 631901-8535.

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gardiner/ modena/ plattekill rentals

MODENA: 3-BEDROOM, second floor, very large. Close to shopping. $1100/month includes heat & hot water. Call Century 21 Alliance, Sam Slotnick, Licensed RE agent for showing, 845-656-6088.

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highland/ clintondale rentals

HIGHLAND EFFICIENCIES at villabaglieri.com Furnished motel rooms w/ micro, refrig, HBO & WiFi, all utilities. $160-$195 Weekly, $600-$740 Monthly, w/kitchenettes $205 or $220 weekly, $760 or $820 monthly + UC Taxes & Security. No pets. 845.883.7395.

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Our newspapers and websites reach over 50,000 readers a week. Go to 845-334-8200 or ulsterpublishing.com to advertise.

Private Wooded Retreat | Woodstock | $495,000 This 3 bedroom/2 bath brings nature into the Ĺ&#x161;ŽžÄ&#x17E; Ç ÍŹÄ&#x201A; žƾůĆ&#x;Ć&#x161;ĆľÄ&#x161;Ä&#x17E; ŽĨ Ç Ĺ?ĹśÄ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ç Ć?Í&#x2022; Ć?ĹŹÇ&#x2021;ĹŻĹ?Ĺ?Ĺ&#x161;Ć&#x161;Ć? Î&#x2DC; doorways to the many decks. The interior is Ä?Ĺ˝Ç&#x152;Ç&#x2021; Î&#x2DC; Ĺ?ĹśĆ&#x;ĹľÄ&#x201A;Ć&#x161;Ä&#x17E; Ç ÍŹÄŽĆ&#x152;Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x2030;ĹŻÄ&#x201A;Ä?Ä&#x17E; Ĺ?Ĺś Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x17E; ĹŻĹ?Ç&#x20AC;Ĺ?ĹśĹ? Ć&#x152;ŽŽžÍ&#x2DC; dĹ&#x161;Ä&#x17E; ĹŹĹ?Ć&#x161;Ä?Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ĺś Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x201A;Ć? Ä&#x201A; Ç Ä&#x201A;ĹŻĹŻ ŽĨ Ç Ĺ?ĹśÄ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ç Ć? Î&#x2DC; Ä&#x201A; ĹľÄ&#x201A;Ć?Ć&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152; Ä?Ä&#x17E;Ä&#x161;Ć&#x152;ŽŽž Ç ÍŹÄ&#x201A; Ä&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ä?ĹŹ Ć&#x161;Ĺ˝ Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x17E; ŽƾĆ&#x161;Ä&#x161;ŽŽĆ&#x152;Ć?Í&#x2DC; Ä&#x17E;Ä&#x201A;ĆľĆ&#x;Ĩƾů pool with complete privacy.

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new paltz rentals

LARGE 2-BEDROOM in renovated barn. $1200/month plus utilities. Floating cork floor, full bath, good light, garden area, laundry available. Smoking outdoors, NO DOGS. 5 minutes by car outside village.

Please call (845)255-5355.

LARGE STUDIO APARTMENT Huguenot Street. Full kitchen. $760/month includes heat & hot water.

First, last, 1 month security.

No pets. Available April 1.

Call (845) 691-2878 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT; $1150/ month plus utilities. 31 Church Street, 1 block from Main Street, laundry room, private parking on premises. No pets/smoking. 1 month security. 1-year lease, good references. (845)417-3051, (845)2555319.

NICE ROOMS; $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.

2-BEDROOMS FOR RENT in large 3-bedroom apartment. Close to SUNY New Paltz. Quiet residential area. $500/ month/room plus shared utilities. First, last, security, references, lease. On-site parking. No pets. No smoking. 845-2557187.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in private home. Includes utilities, cable and high speed internet. Walking distance to SUNY and town. No pets or smokers. $1000/ month, 1½ month security. Available immediately. Call (914)475-9834.

4- & 5-BEDROOM APARTMENTS for

AVAILABLE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER. VARIOUS APARTMENTS. Located 49 & 21 North Chestnut Street. 1-year lease.

Discounts for early deposit. rohr321@ yahoo.com; 845-229-0024.

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! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now accepting credit cards! Move in & pay your security and deposit with your credit or debit card with no additional fees!â&#x20AC;?

Call 845-255-7205 for more information CHARMING, VERY SWEET 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Full bath.

Separate entrance. Safe & tranquil country setting in Rosendale, 3 miles from New Paltz. $1200/month includes all utilities, snow & trash removal, off-street parking. 2 person max. Employment verification & references. Non-smoker. Small pet considered.

914-309-3513 (text or call).

LARGE STUDIO APARTMENT. Huguenot Street. Full kitchen. $760/month includes heat & hot water. First, last, 1 month security. No pets. Available April 1.

Call (845)691-2878.

ROOMS FOR RENT w/access to kitchen and living room. Half mile from SUNY campus. No pets. $450/month includes all utilities. Call (914)850-1968.

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Above the historic village of Woodstock, amid the pristine wilderness of the Catskill Mountain State Park, this 17 + acre, hillside retreat embodies the secluded quietude and rarified beauty of its magnificent, natural surroundings. Striking a singular balance of rusticity and elegance, the property’s design elements—a gourmet kitchen; bluestone fireplaces; vaulted beams; hardwood and stone floors; skylights; great windows; French doors; a discreetly placed solar array; and a rooftop ‘moon-viewing’ deck. Custom-designed kitchen offers Sub-Zero, Wolf and Dacor appliances: walk in pantry and radiant stone floor. There are 2 large bedroom suites on opposite sides of the main house. Extensive decking with new Nordic hot tub. Wrap-around walkways tying together front entry way, decks, Studio/Office building, garage and ttwo rear doors. Studio currently used for recording and guests. All within two hours of NYC. What are you waiting for! $1,100,000

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SPECTACULAR HILLSIDE ACRES COLONIAL

Th meticulously maintained 4 BR home in Hillside This T Ac Acres offers an impressive exterior that is enhanced with mature landscapes, stone retaining walls and a lush backyard complete with gardens, shed and a screened back porch. The expansive layout features gleaming new hardwood floors throughout, formal living room, a brick wood-burning fireplace in the family room, a beautiful sun drenched dining room, and a spacious kitchen with breakfast room that walks out to the screened back porch. Stop by and visit the Open House this Sunday, April 12 from 1-4pm, call for directions! $379,000

I’ll bet you don’t know who the first American animal activist was. Here’s a hint, he was very tall and had a dog named Fido. He once said, “An ant’s life was to it as sweet as ours to us.” Figure it out? It was our beloved President Abraham Lincoln! When he was a boy he shot a wild turkey and was so traumatized by the experience he became a great defender of humane treatment.

Some say that it was this passion that led him to pity all people in bondage and it eventually brought about the emancipation proclamation. They say the White House was a menagerie of cats, rabbits, goats and ponies. On that note be sure to think about your pets when hunting for a home…

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T Th 3 BR raised ranch is on the waters edge This wit with boat launch, in-ground pool & decking complete with sunsetter awning! It’s all about the view! Features include a Master en suite, 2 Jacuzzi tubs, hardwood flooring, kitchen w/ center island & skylights, and utility area. Lower level + 1/2 bath can be used for a family room, guest suite or whatever your needs are.

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JUST RELAX Joanne Cobey just listed this delightful 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 2 story home in a lovely neighborhood of Port Ewen. All freshly painted, the Master has dual closets, the kitchen; a walk in pantry, a laundry area in the first floor half bath, and a fireplace with a woodstove insert. There is a recent roof, windows, and siding, a dry basement, a great backyard and a detached 2 car garage. Nicely maintained, it is offered at ................$199,500

NEW JUMP IN… …to this terrific investment property brought to us by our esteemed commercial specialist, Blanca Aponte. Sitting prominently on Main Street in Saugerties, this classic 1925 3-story building houses 6 units including a long-term commercial tenant. The 5 apartments have numerous upgrades and have recently been fully inspected by the building department. Offered at $550,000, the owner would like to sell this property as a package deal with this next property…

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EXQUISITE VICTORIAN - Classic c.

1915 reimagined with style & imagination.

Gracious 2700 SF floor plan features fabulous open gourmet kitchen+ family/media room with cozy stone fireplace, French doors to patio w/ hot tub spa, living & dining rooms, 3 BRs incl. ensuite MBR w/ balcony, 2.5 baths, add’l propane fireplace, HW & marble flooring, PLUS separate charming guest house & detached garage. Lovely 3+ acres just mins to historic hamlet ........ $450,000

WOODLAND VALLEY MAGIC - Storybook style Catskill Mountain cottage perched on a knoll just a stone’s throw from the Muddy Brook & the Esopus Creek. Cozy interior features 25’ living room with lovely stone fireplace, country kitchen with vaulted ceiling, 2 bedrooms, full bath, beautifully burnished pine panels plus a breezy screened porch and deck for warm weather dining and entertaining. SO SWEET! ............ $185,000

JUMP AGAIN …into another great investment opportunity on Main Street in Saugerties.

Currently 21 vendors rent “booths” with active management collecting the rents. There are 2 loft apartments that measure 3,600 square feet and are currently rented: 2nd level: $1,350. 3rd level: $1,600. Right in the heart of the Village. There is rear access to the building for loading and servicing and a full basement. Electric panels have been upgraded. Call Blanca Aponte for details and financials. Offered at $750,000, but as a package deal... who knows…

VAST Privately sited, yet close to all, this 70’s Modernist 5 bedroom home exemplifies ‘the illusion of seclusion’! Located down a half mile long driveway; protected by its rare, valuable and amazing 85 acres of open meadow and deep forest to the West, and bordering 1000 acres of undeveloped land to the East, yet a short drive to Woodstock, Kingston and the NYS Thruway. R-5 zoning and an owned 50 foot wide driveway make this an easy property to subdivide. Sean Zimmerman has all the details. ...........................$725,000

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Woodstock 845.679.9444

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LOCATION, LOCATION! - Delightful contemporary Saltbox design in PRIME Stone Ridge location just minutes to town.

Perfect floor plan for easy family living and entertaining. Country EI kitchen opens to skylit family/media room w/ cozy woodburner, LR & DR with hardwood floors, 3 comfortable bedrooms, 2.5 baths, finished lower level expands the living space and the decked pool is a sweet spot to relax and cool off ........................................... $299,900

COUNTRY COMFORT - Meticulously maintained cedar sided farmhouse contempo of 2+ acres of sweeping meadow.

Super functional floor plan offers gourmet kitchen w/ granite & high end appliances, LR & DR, family/media room, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, den or home office, ;hardwood & ceramic floors, French doors, cathedral ceilings, NEW windows, 2 car det. garage, screen porch opens to massive deck then on to a POOL for summer fun! ......... $369,000

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FUN...ROMANTIC...ECLECTIC...VIEWS Watch the seasons change and the beautiful sunrises & sunsets on the Bonticou Crag while relaxing on the expansive deck or romantic living room. A short walk to the Wallkill Valley Rail Trial where you can enjoy an evening bike ride, run or winter sport when going to New Paltz or Rosendale. A lot of character and charm is expressed in the 1930’s home including a separate bunk house with heat, electric & compost toilet. Not often does a home and property come available like this one ...................................... Offered at $275,000

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SOPHISTICATED MOUNTAIN RETREAT Stunning, top-of-the-world Aspen- or Vaillike lodge offering complete seclusion and glorious mountain views. The craftsmanship in this massive yet welcoming home, using much reclaimed wood, features everything a sophisticated mountain retreat should offer: a media room, a games room, a sauna, an outdoor fireplace, and a separate wing for guests. The hot-tub is perfectly placed on the deck which sweeps around the house and wraps those views into its arms. The seclusion, too, is real: the property is virtually surrounded by thousands of acres of state land. With soaring ceilings and plenty of light, grandeur shakes hands with warmth. Other features include highend appliances; 7 heating zones, 3 of them air-conditioning; marble bathrooms; a water -treatment system; back-up generator; and lifelong architectural shingles. A completely successful meeting of drama and the very best in design. Additional acreage (approx. 20) available.............. $1,494,500

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

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** Become a Fan of Colucci Shand Realty on Facebook ** MAVERICK KNOLLS TOWNHOUSE Condos are generously designed with a gracious sense of spaciousness & quality. This has South facing vistas of lawn & trees for privacy & the living areas’ open plan is focused toward sliding glass doors & a deck.

The well conceived open kitchen w/ island is perfect for meal preparation or a buffet at party time. The private den/family room can become the 4th bedroom while upstairs offers a large master bedroom w/ two other bright bedrm spaces.- Pool & Tennis Court too! .................................. $276,000

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COMFORT AND COUNTRY CHARM

Comfort is the word that first comes to mind for this property nestled in the woods and sited off a little-traveled road. It’s a quintessential country home exuding warmth and character. This farmhouse features 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, spacious rooms, stone fireplace, hardwood floors, and a large screened mahogany and cedar porch with custom designed bluestone. This easily maintained property has just the right amount of yard, blending into a lightly wooded area, and is perfect for long peaceful stays or short getaways. During the rush and bustle of a city weekday you’ll remember the sweet and easy days spent here. $335,000

*According to MLS statistics to date for offices with 8 transactions or more in 2015.

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rosendale/ high falls/tillson/ stone ridge rentals

EXTRA LARGE 2-BR to SHARE. High Falls. Bedroom and side room available plus share kitchen, living room, bathroom, deck.

Lots storage. $625/month plus reasonable utilities, security. 845-687-2035.

Large, contemporary w/many recent updates in one of Gardiner’s most desirable neighborhoods. Master suite on first floor w/closets galore. Three more bedrooms upstairs. Sun Room brings unique qualities to home.

Large deck off back, great for entertaining. Quiet block w/nice views of Ridge. Close to climbing and hiking. $385K.

(845) 256-0446 APARTMENTS offers semester leases for Fall 2015 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.

STUDIO APARTMENT IN VILLAGE. Walk to Bakery & Rail Trail & college.

Nice yard & garden, W/D. Dogs ok. $775/month. Available 5/1.

3853.

845-532-

NEWLY RENOVATED UPSTAIRS 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT in Rosendale. LR, extra room w/own entrance, new eat-in kitchen w/view of water, full bath, new floors throughout.

No smoking. 2 person max. $1200/month + utilities. (845)453-9247, marker1st@ yahoo.com

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kingston/hurley/ port ewen rentals

STUDIO APARTMENT IN PRIVATE HOME. Minutes from Kingston. Mature, quiet individual desired. $700/month pays everything. Available 5/1. Security, lease & references required. 845-338-0818.

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saugerties rentals

2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Handicap accessible. Porch. Off-street parking.

Washer/dryer. No smoking. $800/month plus utilities. 518-719-8858.

LARGE STUDIO APARTMENT, second floor. On horse farm. Clean, sunny, creative space. Marble foyer, cathedral ceiling, French windows, ENERGY EFFICIENT. Available now. $850/month plus utilities.

(845)532-5080.

Laurie Ylvisaker, Associate Broker Cell: 845-901-6129 Work: 845-679-2255 ext. 113 NICE 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in great location. Rent is $790/month plus utilities. First, last, security required. Call Phil 646-644-3648.

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woodstock/ west hurley rentals

AIRY, BRIGHT, CLEAN 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in Woodstock Center. 2nd floor, terrace w/view, full bath. No smoking/drugs/excess alcohol/pets. For responsible person w/steady income and references. $875/month includes all utilities, off-street parking. Available 5/1. Call 914-466-0910.

ATTENTION LANDLORDS!! Having trouble finding tenants? Let me help you.

I have many well qualified tenants looking right now! Call, text or email me for landlord solutions. Danielle Bonesteel, Licensed R.E. Salesperson. C: 845-399-6326, daniellebonesteel@yahoo.com Halter Associates Realty, 257 Route 212, Bearsville, NY 12409.

CHARMING 1-BEDROOM in garden apartment. Convenient Woodstock location. $900/month includes all utilities.

845-802-4777, licensed RE agent.

LARGE 1-BEDROOM, full of light in Woodstock Center. Kitchen, dining area, livingroom, full bath w/clawfoot tub.

Private parking lot. 2nd floor. For responsible person w/steady income. No drugs/ smoking/excess alcohol/pets. $950/mon includes all utilities. Available 5/1. Call 914-466-0910 RIGHT IN TOWN BUT PRIVATE; 2-BEDROOM, 1200 sq.ft. W/D, A/C, 2-story (optional stair lift), stone patio, trees, English garden setting. Quiet neighbors. $1250/month plus utilities. First, last, security. No smokers. (845)246-7991.

WOODSTOCK: 1-BEDROOM. Quiet upscale residential neighborhood. Beautiful grounds. Small quiet apartment complex.

Excellent condition & well maintained. $845/month includes all utilities. ALSO, FURNISHED 1-BEDROOM. $ 8 7 5 / month includes all utilities. No smoking.

References. No pets. (845)679-9717.

WOODSTOCK/LAKE HILL. Furnished room in restored colonial farmhouse; $500; furnished 2-room suite; $600. Includes all utilities, internet, private phone, piano, cats, gardens. Partial work exchange available with room. NS, NP. homestayny@msn. com 679-2564.

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SHOKAN APARTMENTS: $ 7 5 0 / month- 2-BEDROOM w/ATTACHED GREENHOUSE, 720 sq.ft.; Also, $1200/ month- LARGE 2-BEDROOM, 1200 sq.ft.

7 miles west of Woodstock. Peaceful, calm, quiet, country setting. Please No smokers or pets. Utilities not included. Walk to Ashokan Reservoir. 1-year lease, 2 months security. Pictures on craigslist.org, search Shokan. Call 845-481-0521 or 845-6572490.

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seasonal rentals

EARN EXTRA INCOME FROM YOUR PROPERTY... ATTENTION HOMEOWNERS: we handle the rentals for you. Visit: www.IdealWoodstockny.com or call 845-417-4152. Pierpaolo Ciarcianelli Licensed Real Estate Broker, 25 Lucas Ave. Kingston, NY 12401.

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MOTHER/SON SEEKING HOMESTEAD. Cottage/cabin, private/ secluded, 2-BR, long-term. HW floors, woodstove, oil/propane heat, sunlight, insulated, attic and/or basement, yard/ garden, Onteora district. Near Trailways preferred. Pets ok. Mother is NYS Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator and seeks workspace in homestead. Ursula Carrie 845-684-5546, catskillsnative@yahoo.com

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KATE’S LAZY MEADOW.... Rustic Lodging for the Modern Traveler. 5191 Rt. 28, Mt. Tremper. lazymeadow.com (845)688-7200.

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EXERCISE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: Leg curl & leg extension w/weight stack, Smith Machine, Hip Sled, Universal adductor/abductor machine. Please call George at (845)255-8352.

EXTANG HARD TONNEAU COVER, tri-fold for a Toyota Tacoma, (can IMPROVE gas mileage by 10%) current 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; bed style, black, excellent condition. Call (845)255-8352.

GOT STUFF TO SELL? Looking for partnership in joint venture- flea markets, E-Bay, Craigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List, etc. Call (845)9435904, leave message.

MEDIUM OAK HARDWOOD DINING TABLE; 72x48 wide w/2-self storing 20â&#x20AC;? leaves & lion claw feet & 6 Windsor chairs- 2 Captain, 4 regular. Call (845)255-8352.

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ULSTER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC. Log Length- Cut & Split Firewood. Top quality wood at reasonable prices. 914388-9607. Getwood123@gmail.com We accept cash, checks, & credit cards. www. getwood123.com You will not be disappointed!!

620

buy and swap

MARKET & GARAGE SALE

Open Sat, April 11 Weather permitting

FIRST 10 VENDORS set up this Sunday GET the following Sat. or Sun. at 1/2 Price

EVERY SUN 8-4 pm March thru December All Vendors Wanted Â&#x2021; Spots start at $12 to $35

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. Quality CONSIGNMENTS accepted also.

Richard Miller Antiques (Est. 1972).

(845)389-7286.

OLD FURNITURE, CROCKS, JUGS, paintings, frames, postcards, glasswares, sporting items, urns, fountain pens, lamps, dolls, pocket knives, military items, bronzes, jewelry, sterling, old toys, old paper, old boxes, old advertisements, vintage clothing, anything old. Home contents purchased, (select items or entire estates purchased.) CASH PAID 657-6252 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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musical services and instruments

Want to learn PRO TOOLS or ABLETON LIVE? Now accepting students for private lessons. Woodstock. Please call (646)2214484.

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660

estate/ moving sale

ESTATE SALE. Saturday, exactly 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 12-5 p.m. Kingston, 18 Miller Ave. Furniture, kitchen items, tools, ceramics, some from China.

670

yard and garage sales

D&H CANAL MUSEUMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SUNDAY Flea Market, Rt. 213 in the heart of High Falls.

Art, antiques, collectibles, etc. OPENING DAY- April 12-November, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Contact Joni (845)810-0471.

SAINT GREGORYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Welcomes Spring Flea Market.

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Saturday, April 11, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Route 212, 1 mile East of Woodstock.

680

counseling services

LAURIE OLIVER.... SPIRITUAL COUNSELING. Give the gift of wellness.

Make positive changes in your life through hypnosis. Smoking cessation * pain management * stress relief * past life regressions. Certified Hypnotist by NGH. Intuitive, sensitive guidance. Spirit communicator. Specializing in dealing with grief, stress, relationship issues, questions about your life past & current lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s path. Call Laurie Oliver at (845)679-2243. Laur50@ aol.com

695

professional services

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.

PRINTING AND COPYING, Business Cards, Fliers, Labels, Envelopes. All your printing needs. J&L Printing. 4 Cross Street, Saugerties, NY. 845-246-7809

700

personal and health services

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

(845)901-8513 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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710

organizing/ decorating/ reďŹ nishing

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. margotmolnar1@ gmail.com (845)679-6242.

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cleaning services

MAID IN AMERICA. Home/Office cleaning in the greater Kingston area and Northern Dutchess. Regular visits or 1 time cleaning. Windows. Attentive to detail. Many years experience and excellent local references. (845)5142510.

CLEAN UPS, CLEAN OUTS. Indoor/ Outdoor. Junk & debris removal.

Estates prepared for Moving and Sale.

(845)688-2253.

Lisaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cleaning Service Residential & Commercial Free Estimates Call cell# (845) 416-7952 Serving Southern Ulster County

COUNTRY CLEANERS Homes & Offices â&#x20AC;˘ Insured & Bonded

Excellent references.

Call (845)706-1713 or (845) 679-8932 HOUSE CLEANING.... Do you work long hours? Do you need a little extra time to spend with family? I am here to help you clean, re-organize, and get that precious time back with family and friends. Honest and reliable, one time, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, special request cleaning. Years of experience, reliable, references available. I provide personal cleaning for all occasions, Call KRISTINA 845-594-8805.

LISAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CLEANING SERVICE. Residential & Commercial. Serving Southern Ulster County. Free estimates.

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717

caretaking/ home management

art services

OIL PAINTING RESTORATION. Cleaned, relined, retouched, refinished.

Also frames & wood sculptures repaired.

Call Carol 687-7813. c.field@earthlink.net Swan Hollow Doll Repair. Before & after is amazing.... Repairing old dolls & stuffed animals. Highland, NY 12528. (845)6917853. www.feliciacasey.com

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painting/odd jobs

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

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CLEAN UPS, CLEAN OUTS. Indoor/ Outdoor. Junk & debris removal. Estates prepared for Moving and Sale. (845)6882253.

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

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725

plumbing, heating, a/c and electric

AA Statuary & Weathervane Co. Liquidation Sale

Plaster and concrete saints, angels, bronzes, weathervanes, cupolas, more

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HAB HABERWASH PRESSURE WASHING PR & EXTERIOR PAINTING & STAINING. Residential and Commercial Specializing in decks, fences, roofs, driveways, patios.

FREE ESTIMATES, FULLY INSURED Accepting All Major Credit Cards

Contact Jason Habernig

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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.

HB Painting & Construction INC. *Painting: Interior/Exterior, Pressure-Washing, Staining, Glazing... *Construction: Home Renovations, Additions, Bathrooms, Kitchen, Doors, Windows, Decks, Roofs, Gutters, Tile, Hardwood Floors (New-Refinish), Sheetrock, Tape.

Snowplowing. Call 845-616-9832.

HNI BUILDERS- Professional Craftsmanship for All phases of Construction.

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HNIBUILDERS.COM HUGH@ HNIBUILDERS.COM MAN WITH A VAN MOVING & DELIVERY SERVICE. 16â&#x20AC;&#x2122; trucks, 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; van. Reliable, insured, NYS DOT 32476. 8 Enterprise Road, New Paltz, NY. Please call Dave at 255-6347.

YOU CALL I HAUL. Attic, basements, garages cleaned out. Junk, debris, removed. 20% discount for seniors and disabled. Gary (845)247-7365 or www.garyshauling.com

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building services

AFFORDABLE ROOFING & SIDING. All phases of Construction. *Roofing *Siding *Kitchens *Baths *Decks *Tile *Flooring.

Julien Hillyer, West Hurley. Fully Insured.

Free Estimates. (845)684-7036.

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HudsonValleyMasonWorks.com HANDYMAN, HOME REPAIR, Carpentry, Remodels, Installations, Roofing, Painting, Mechanical repairs, etc. Large and small jobs. Reasonable rates. Free estimates. References available. (845)616-7470.

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J Lent & Sons General Masonry Bluestone Sales & Installations Patios, Walls, Walks, Outdoor Kitchens All Masonry Repairs Jlent83@yahoo.com 845-399-7994

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SKILLCATS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC. (845)254-4998. skillcats.com SPRING SPECIAL: 10% OFF* All Energy Saving Replacement Windows. Decks: power washed and stained, or brand new. Kitchens and Baths: complete renovations. Additions and Garages.

Siding: w o o d , v i n y l , h a r d i - b o a r d . *Tiling: walls and floor. Cabinets: home or office. Flooring: wood, prefinished or floating. Drywall: repairs or whole rooms. Painting: interior or exterior. Trim Specialist: ornate or traditional. Replacement Windows: vinyl or wood. Plumbing and Electrical. Timely and Professional.

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WINECOFF QUALITY CONTRACTING, INC. New Construction, Additions, Renovations.

Decks, Kitchens, Bathrooms, All types of Flooring, Tile Work.

Demolition, Dump Runs, Rotten Wood Repairs. FREE EXTERIOR HOME INSPECTIONS. OH!!! HANDYMAN PROJECTS TOO. Stefan Winecoff, 845-389-2549.

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gardening/ landscaping

DOWN TO EARTH LANDSCAPING. Quality service from the ground up.

Specializing in: Hardscape, Tree

Shambhala Stone Mason. (845)399-1063, (646)898-9808. richen2009@yahoo.com Specializing in Tibetan Stonewalls. *Brick Work *Patio Work *Stone Flooring *Stone Garden Layout *Painting Work. Various other stone related work. www.shambhalastonewalls.com

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STONEHENGE: STONE WALLS, PATIOS, walks, fences, decks, gates, gazebos, additions, ornamental pools, stone veneer, masonry needs. Tim Dunton 3390545.

810

lost and found

LOST DOG- CHESTER. Beagle mixbrown & white, 7 yrs. old, 33 lbs. Very friendly. No collar on. Last seen Saturday afternoon, 4/4, on Ohayo Mountain Rd. Glenford & 1 hr. later on Rt. 28, near Kenco. Also seen by the Glenford Post Office. Urgent to find him as he has severe epilepsy & needs medicine. Owner heartbroken- REWARD OFFERED. Please call (845)657-8425, (845)679-5115 or (845)802-1674.

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Our newspapers and websites reach over 50,000 readers a week. Go to 845-334-8200 or ulsterpublishing.com to advertise.

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spirituality

Laurie Oliver — Spiritual Counseling GIVE THE GIFT OF WELLNESS Make positive changes in your life through hypnosis.

Smoking cessation • pain management stress relief • past life regressions.

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DEAR BUSINESSMAN/WOMAN- We at Hardscrabble Flea Market & Swap Meet would like to congratulate you on being picked from over 100 businesses in your field. We believe we can help each other- We have a swap meet every Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holy Cow Shopping Center, in addition to a flea market/ garage sale. We find that when business people set up a table w/business cards & flyers or “show how to do” projects it will definitely increase your business (and mine). It’s a great way to introduce your business to new/old customers. And, if you have leftover merchandise you’d like to sell- this would be a perfect way to unload it. Please give John a call for more details- (845)758-1170.

Spots are $12-$35.

920

adoptions

ADOPT: A loving, financially secure, safe and joy-filled family awaits your newborn.

Please call Rachel & Joe 1-800-913-8384.

Expenses paid.

950

animals

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

LOST DOG- CHESTER. Beagle mixbrown & white, 7 yrs. old, 33 lbs. Very friendly. No collar on. Last seen Saturday afternoon, 4/4, on Ohayo Mountain Rd. Glenford & 1 hr. later on Rt. 28, near Kenco. Also seen by the Glenford Post Office. Urgent to find him as he has severe epilepsy & needs medicine. Owner heartbroken- REWARD OFFERED. Please call (845)657-8425, (845)679-5115 or (845)802-1674.

PROJECT CAT is a non-profit cat RESCUE AND SHELTER. Please help get cats off the streets and into homes. Adopt a healthy and friendly cat or kitten companion for a lifetime. High Falls/Accord area.

845-687-4983 or visit our cats at www. projectcat.org

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pet care

PETWATCH plus. Established 1987. Pet Sitting, Playdates, Dog Walking, Loving Cat Care. 679-6070. Susan Roth

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679-6070 Susan Susan Roth Roth 679-6070

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633-0306

FOSTER HOMES NEEDED FOR KITTENS AND PREGNANT CATS. The WOODSTOCK FERAL CAT PROJECT is a local not-for-profit organization committed to reducing future feral cat populations through spay/neuter. We often find orphaned kittens who need a loving home until they’re old enough to be adopted. Some orphaned kittens are so young that they require bottle feeding. We affectionately call them “bottle babies”. We recently placed 3 pregnant cats in 3 wonderful homes. The cats gave birth and when the kittens are weaned, we’ll look to find loving homes for the kittens and their mothers.

If you’re interested in fostering or would like to

learn more about fostering, please call (917)2822018 or e-mail DRJLPK@AOL.COM pet’s reward..... VETERINARY HOUSE CALLS. Dr. B. MacMULLEN. (845)3392516. Serving Ulster County for 10+ years.

Very Reasonable Rates, Multiple Pet Discount... Compassionate, Professional, Courteous. *Pet Exams, *Vaccines, *Blood Work, *Lyme Testing, *Flea & Tick Prevention, *Rx Diet, *Euthanasia at home.

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

(Closed on Mondays.) (845) 331-5377.

WOULD YOU LIKE AN OUTDOOR CAT? Do you have a barn, garage, shed or outbuilding? Would you like to consider having feral cats? You can help cats in need who will help keep your barn, etc. free of rodents. The cats will be neutered/spayed and up to date w/ shots. Please call the Woodstock Feral Cat Project at (973)713-8229.

999

vehicles wanted

CASH PAID FOR USED cars & trucks regardless of condition. Junk cars removed.

Call 246-0214. DMV# 7107350.

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