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A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, entertainment and adventure | Calendar & Classifieds | Issue 18 | Apr . 30 —May 7

 Contemporary art stars pay tribute to legacy of Thomas Cole and Frederic Church in landmark “River Crossings” exhibition at Olana in Hudson & Cedar Grove in Catskill

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LYNN DAVIS, HORSESHOE FALLS, ONTARIO, CANADA (1992), SILVER GELATIN PRINT, 57 X 58 IN (COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST, © LYNN DAVIS)

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Hiatt and Lovett have that highly coveted knack for converting the personal into the universal. When they get together to swap stories and songs, they make the audience feel like the third in a group of old friends.

NASA’s wonderful Messenger reaches the end of its life the day this newspaper hits the stands. Out of fuel and unable to fight the nearby Sun’s powerful gravity, it’s predicted to smash into Mercury’s airless surface at around 9,000 miles per hour.

The Cihanek family started a vegetation removal service called Green Goats, which has been obliterating pesky invasive plants from hard-to-access nooks and crannies at parks, historic sites, schools and cemeteries since 2006.

Cragsmoor artist Frederick Dellenbaugh took part in John Wesley Powell’s second expedition on the Colorado River in the early 1870s, producing sketches that became the basis of the first oil paintings to depict the Grand Canyon.

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Women’s Health and Fitness Expo in Lake Katrine this Saturday The Women’s Health and Fitness Expo held in Kingston each May Day weekend returns for its 15th year on Saturday, May 2 at Miller Middle School in Lake Katrine. This year’s theme is “Get Fit for Life: Honoring Mind, Body and Spirit,â€? with an emphasis on the now-regular event’s established tradition of educating the community on the importance of eating well, exercising and living healthier. In addition to over 100 booths and exhibits covering both traditional and alternative medical practices, seminars and workshops will cover an eclectic mix of topics, from managing stress to hypnosis to the benefits of probiotics. Fitness demonstrations will range from tai chi to Zumba and include something for everyone. “Most of us tend to fragment our health into little compartments: what we eat, how or if we exercise, when we get checkups or if we meditate or take vitamins, supplements or medication,â€? said Dr. Debra Karnasiewicz, founder and director of the Women’s Health and Fitness Foundation. “But the various disciplines are not at odds with each other.

On the contrary, the different approaches support and complement each other, as the needs of the body, mind and spirit are interconnected. There are a multitude of reasons why making fitness a lifelong habit is important, and the Expo has put together a list of nine reasons to encourage attendees to achieve, exceed and maintain their personal health and wellness goals.â€? Select specialists will be staffing the “The Dr. Is Inâ€? booth, which gives attendees the opportunity to speak privately with a medical professional, and there will be more than 20 free health screenings available. A kids’ zone, farmers’ market, spa zone and a variety of topics geared towards men will also be featured this year. In addition, this year’s special guests will include Jay and Jennifer Jacobs, the father/daughter team from the 11th season of NBC’s The Biggest Loser who lost a combined 295 pounds. – Paul Smart 15th annual Women’s Health & Fitness Expo, Saturday, May 2, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Miller Middle School, 65 Fording Place Road, Lake Katrine; www.womenshealthexpo.com.

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GOST in the works In preparation for this weekend’s Gardiner Open Studio Tour (GOST), artist Lady Pink and her husband painted a gigantic mural on the side of the building at 129 Main Street in Gardiner. GOST takes place on Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maps showing the studio locations of its 20 participating artists can be found at www.gostartists. org and at shops and restaurants throughout Gardiner and New Paltz. For more information, call (845) 255-3336.Â

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Hudson Valley Fair opens this Friday at Dutchess Stadium

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What spells S-U-M-M-E-R better than baseball and midways, fair foods and circus acts? For that matter, what better way to celebrate the burstingforth of green leaves and the promise of true warmer weather to come than

a weeks-long extravaganza like the Hudson Valley Fair? It will be taking place on the Hudson Valley Renegades’ home field at Dutchess Stadium starting this Friday and running weekends through May 17.

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There will also be a daily schedule of theatrical performances and plenty of music, from rock and country to southof-the-border favorites and soul. Call it summer in spring, and a way to get in gear for all yet to come. – Paul Smart Hudson Valley Fair, Fridays-Sundays, May 1-17, 5 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. Saturday/Sunday, $3.50, Dutchess Stadium, 1500 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls; www. hudsonvalleyfair.com.

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artin Ernst Bruhn, director of the new Women’s Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix Race Day and Family Fun Ride, which hits a scenic circuit through Woodstock, Saugerties and Phoenicia this coming weekend, is about as enthusiastic a cycle-maniac as you’re likely to meet. A major force in amateur cycling in his younger days, including stints on top international teams and a contendah for the Olympics, Bruhn has also been involved in many of the regional bike events, from the Woodstock Cycling Classic to the Tour de Ulster. He knows not only what sort of route makes for good spectatorship, but just what avid cyclists want for long rides as well. “There is no beating the location of this race. As you ascend and descend Catskill mountains, one can try to take in the scenery...but watch your speed,” he says of this latest big race, which everyone’s pegging to become one of the top women’s-only races in the nation before long. “The course begins and ends in historical Woodstock, rich in culture and musical history, which has given birth to a beautiful and bustling town of art galleries, shops and eateries. The Grand Prix is a display of feminine sportsmanship covering over 50 miles of demanding terrain, touching and inspiring many communities, illustrating the wonder of cycling.” It all kicks off this Friday afternoon with a safety clinic and bike rodeo for kids, followed by a reservations-only dinner at the Woodstock Fire Department. The main event begins early on Saturday with a 9 a.m. race start and expected finish-line extravaganza block party, complete with live music, at the Woodstock Village Green beginning around 10:30 a.m., an hour after a fun ride for the less-strenuously-minded sets out at 9:30 a.m. – Paul Smart Women’s Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix Race Day/Family Fun Ride, Saturday, May 2, 9 a.m., Village Green, Tinker Street, Woodstock; www.wwcgp.weebly.com.

The list of main attractions is many: the motorcycle-in-a-ball-cage mayhem of the Fearless Flores Thrill Show from America’s Got Talent; award-winning illusionist Lance Gifford; a Las Vegas hypnotist show; kids’ fave monkeysriding-dogs Banana Derby; a huge carnival midway; and even a large petting zoo, complete with camel and pony rides. Plus, best of all, there’s all that noshing goo, from funnel cakes and zeppoles to Italian sausage-and-peppers, chicken-

on-a-stick, candy apples, popcorn, pizza and drinks galore. Need to toss the tummy about after a soppy repast? Try the rides: Cliffhanger, Club Scene, Construction Zone, a double carousel, Fireball and Fireball 2000, the Giant Wheel, a Haunted Mansion, Mini Indy, the Monkey Maze, Quad Runner, Raiders, Scooter, Sky Flyer, Side by Side, Super Slide, Thunderbolt, Wacky Slide and the Wacky Worm Coaster will be there, and maybe more.

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Saturday, May 2 is Independent Bookstore Day across the nation: a celebratory event that has ebbed and flowed since starting with a splash as a California Bookstore Day with national arms last year. Its 2015 version lands at Oblong Books & Music in Millerton and Rhinebeck, where the eastern Dutchess store’s events will include an all-day bubble party at Millerton’s Oblong, Jr.; free coffee tea and donuts throughout the day; music and both Indian food and a wine/ cheese soirée; plus a book scavenger hunt and loads of discounts. In Rhinebeck, expect morning treats from the Tivoli Bakery, storytimes and other kids’ events, kitten adoptions, a cocktail hour, various readings and music and plenty of equally cool deals. Across the country there’ll be some rare one-of-a-kind artworks and published gifts available for participants, including a Margaret Atwood stencil; a literary map of the seas; a color broadside from Stephen King’s forthcoming novel; an original signed Captain Underpants print and more. Best of all, it counts to get yourself to any local indie bookstore that day; it’s one of the glories of this area. – Paul Smart Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday, May 2, Oblong Books, 6422 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck, 26 Main Street, Millerton; www.oblongbooks.com, www. facebook.com/bookstoreday.

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Titans of twang Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt play UPAC on Sunday

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upergroups and all-star collaborations don’t always seem to be based on organic friendship and mutual respect (or even musical rapport, necessarily), but money and attention do have a way of softening the clash of egos and of turning divas tolerable for the term of a tour – or at least of a photo session. The songwriter John Hiatt was himself a member, the founding member, of a supergroup that ended poorly, if the stories are to be believed. This band of heaviest heavies (Hiatt, Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder and Jim Keltner!) first assembled to record Hiatt’s classic Bring the Family and then later rechristened themselves Little Village for a collaborative effort on Warner Brothers that rather flopped (and of which Lowe has said, “They gave us too much time to make it�). The Villagers are all cool and reconciled now, if rumors are to be believed, and Lowe/ Cooder collaborations within the last half-decade seem to bear these rumors out. Maybe someone quit drinking and

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made amends. Maybe there was never a problem to begin with. Hiatt’s tag-team tours with another eminence of pan-Americana songwriting, Lyle Lovett, however, have always seemed to be nothing less than a joyride of genuine friendship, chemistry and mutual

admiration. Perhaps their rapport flows from the unusual industry position that they share: a kind of non-contentious maverick status, artists stuck between bins. Both Hiatt and Lovett – in the great tradition of Johnny Cash, of Mary Chapin Carpenter or of Steve Earle – can be viewed as country/Western artists for whom the country/Western establishment has never had much use; heartland artists  whose literate, often-confessional songcraft has found its purchase primarily on the coasts. But both pedigrees belong to country.

Hiatt distinguished himself first as a Nashville staff writer before launching a solo career that veered toward New Wave territory in the mid-‘70s. Some skinny ties may have been involved, but no expedient fashion changes can alter the fact that Hiatt is, at the core, a three-chords-andthe-(personal)-truth craftsman from the narrative tradition of country music. His way with a concise hook and a sentiment make him an easy cover; his uniquely strangled singing voice make him (for some, not me) a difficult pill. While Hiatt began as a behind-the-

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FISHBONE HEADLINES ROCK N ROLL RESORT V5 THIS WEEKEND IN KERHONKSON

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ith a heady and heavy fusion of ska, funk and chopsy hard rock, and with a showmanship that bordered on manic Dada, Fishbone’s influence on modern rock – especially the definitive modern rock of the ‘90s – cannot be overstated. The Chili Peppers have never denied the influence of their LA scenemates and mentors, for Fishbone’s story actually begins all the way back in 1979. The eponymous debut and first full-length, 1986’s In Your Face, come off like an extra-zippy take on madcap third-wave ska. But it is on 1988’s Truth and Soul, which kicks off with an incendiary funk/metal cover of Curtis Mayfield’s “Freddie’s Dead” (which may well have been sung in streets of Baltimore last week), that Fishbone stakes out its unique fusion of styles and a lyrical purpose perched magically between Surrealism and radical political activism. Fishbone continued to refine and harden its style and release excellent albums, to diminishing commercial returns, throughout the 1990s. Well-documented, turbulent personnel shakeups notwithstanding, these genuine pioneers have kept it going live and have released new music in the new millennium, featuring founding members John Norwood Fisher (bass) and Angelo Moore (vocals and Theremin and sax and…). Fishbone (Do you hear me? Fishbone!) headline the fifth annual Rock the Resort, titled Rock N Roll Resort V5: Electric Avenue, from May 1 to 3 at the Hudson Valley Resort and Spa in Kerhonkson. Fishbone plays late on Friday, but once again this “jam”-packed, multi-stage indoor festival is slouch-free. Other notables include the wildly popular reggae band the Easy Star All Stars, the global prog trio Consider the Source, Vermont’s genre-bending rockers Twiddle and many, many and, furthermore, many more. The sprawling full lineup, as well as all ticket-package details and an inviting profile of the resort’s amenities (golf, indoor swimming and all-night dancing) can be found at http://rocknrollresort.com. An RnR Resort pre-party will happen on Thursday night, April 30 starting at 9 p.m. at the Oasis Café at 58 Main Street in New Paltz, above the Cabaloosa nightclub, featuring live music from the Werks, After Funk and Cosmal. Admission to the show is free for weekend ticketholders or $10 at the door. Once again, Wicked Cool Productions offer discounted tickets to Sullivan and Ulster County students and local residents. Local day passes cost $25 and weekend passes cost $50. In the Hudson Valley, advance tickets will be available at Rhino Records at 8 North Front Street in Kingston and 3 Church Street in New Paltz and at Rocket Number Nine Records at 50 North Front Street in Kingston, (845) 331-8217. A valid photo ID is required to receive the student and local resident discounts. – John Burdick Rock N Roll Resort V5: Electric Avenue, May 1-3, Hudson Valley Resort & Spa, 400 Granite Road, Kerhonkson; http://rocknrollresort.com.

scenes guy and is still known as much for the stars who have covered him as for his own excellent records, Lyle Lovett is mostly famous for being Lyle Lovett, except when acquitting himself rather well in his film-acting career. The Texas twanger comes from the Western side of country: a fiddle-sawing, train-groove Western swing announced on “Cowboy Man,” Track One of Album One. He has also led a poly-swing Big Band, toyed with blues and Latin flavors and staked his claim as an important songwriter on a series of eclectic ‘90s albums, crowned by 1996’s masterwork The Road to Ensenada. Both Hiatt and Lovett have that highly coveted, singer/songwriter-age knack for converting the personal into the universal. When they get together to swap stories and songs, they make the audience feel like the third in a group of old friends. John Hiatt and Lyle Lovett perform together as a duo at the Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston on Sunday, May 3 at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $55 to $85 and can be purchased at the UPAC box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 339-6088; at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072; or through TicketMaster at (800) 7453000 or www.ticketmaster.com. – John Burdick Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt, Sunday, May

3, 7 p.m., $55-$85, Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston; (845) 339-6088, https://bardavon.org.

Hudson Valley Philharmonic ends season with Brahms’s German Requiem George Bernard Shaw once said of Brahms’s famous A German Requiem, “It could only have come from the establishment of a first-class undertaker.” Shaw, progressive and revolutionary to his core, was a Richard Wagner man, and his acidic take on Brahms’s great Requiem highlights an opposition between Brahms and Wagner that continues to influence the perception of both composers – of Brahms especially, as he wears the hat of the stodgy and staid, torch-bearing traditionalist in this longstanding duel. It’s a false opposition, and probably one engineered by Wagner and his people. Brahms was an avowed admirer of the incendiary Wagner, but Wagner, a polemicist and self-fashioned cultural revolutionary as well as a composer (even now the preferred composer of metalheads), was not much at liberty to reciprocate. Brahms did not present himself as

a progressive, and he did in fact ply

the inherited forms of the Western serious-music tradition while Wagner was off inventing a new kind of opera and radicalizing concert halls. But, revolutionary glitz and trappings aside, Johannes Brahms has proven to be every bit as much the influential protoModernist as Wagner. In fact, the composers of the Second Viennese School (Schoenberg, Webern, Berg) who, a few generations later, really turned serious music on its ear, chasing away most of its popular audience in the process, were to identify old stodgy Brahms as their inspiration and early model. So sometimes earthshaking radicalism arrives looking for all the world like the Establishment. Wagner-against-Brahms appears to be a case of radical forms versus radical content. A German Requiem was a landmark for Brahms. It stands with his Third Symphony and his staggering assortment of brilliant chamber music as a defining career highlight. Its first performance was apparently marred by an overly aggressive timpanist, but the Requiem quickly became a signature piece for Brahms. It is so-named only because it is sung in German (as opposed to the traditional liturgical Latin), not because it was of Germanic character or intended especially for German audiences. Brahms’s humanist sentiments and his ambivalence toward Christianity come across in the Requiem. Religion was obligatory, of course, and the text has much to say of God and Heaven, but nothing to say of the Bible or Christ: a conspicuous absence at the time. Inspired by the death of his mother in 1865 and, some say, by the death of his troubled mentor and friend Robert Schumann a decade earlier, A German Requiem is Brahms’s longest work, its seven movements clocking in at well over an hour on average. The work features soprano and baritone soloists and mixed chorus as well as orchestra. While not quite Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand, the Requiem can require more than a few tour buses. The Hudson Valley Philharmonic (HVP) certainly isn’t streamlining for the concluding concert of its 55th season on Saturday, May 2 at 8 p.m. at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie. The concert will be led by HVP music director/ conductor Randall Craig Fleischer and feature over 150 musicians and singers, including soloists Michelle Jennings and Andrew Cummings, and the Vassar Choir and Cappella Festiva under the choral direction of Christine Hewlett. Ticketholders are invited to a preconcert talk with Fleischer and Hewlett one hour before the curtain. The Philharmonic will stimulate the palate

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with a Haydn Symphony, Number 44, before tackling Brahms’s epic masterpiece. Tickets for the Brahms Requiem range in price from $32 to $54. Student rush tickets will be available one hour prior to the concert for $20, subject to availability. Tickets can be purchased at the Ulster Performing Arts Center box office at 601 Broadway in Kingston, (845) 339-6088; at the Bardavon box office at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, (845) 473-2072; or through TicketMaster at (800) 7453000 or www.ticketmaster.com. – John Burdick Brahms’s German Requiem, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m., $32-$54, Bardavon, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie; (845) 473-2072, https://bardavon.org.

John Raymond Quartet plays the Falcon Award-winning, Brooklyn-based jazz trumpeter John Raymond leads a scintillating quartet including jazz legend Billy Hart on drums, the internationally decorated young jazz piano virtuoso Dan Tepfer (of the Goldberg Variations/Variations) and bassist Joe Martin. The ensemble will be celebrating the release of Raymond’s second CD as leader, Foreign Territory, at the Falcon in Marlboro on Sunday, May 3 at 7 p.m. There is no cover, but generous donation is encouraged. The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, visit www.liveatthefalcon.com. – John Burdick

Great Lake Swimmers play Helsinki Hudson The celebrated Canadian ambient folk/rock outfit the Great Lake Swimmers perform at Club Helsinki in Hudson on Sunday, May 3. The band strums with all the ecstatic naïveté and with somewhat more grace and subtlety than their more famous British nu-folk contemporaries, working a kind of dream-folk genre that goes refreshingly light on the Old World stylings. In a special treat, the New England chamber-pop group Winterpills opens. All My Lovely Goners was one of the real smart-pop treats of this decade, and the excellent single “Rogue Highway” is wellknown to Hudson Valley folk, as WKZE simply can’t get enough of its irresistible hooks. Winterpills’ follow-up, Echolalia, is a cover album that pays homage to an eclectic group of influences and favorites, including contemporaries such as Sharon Van Etten and progenitors like the Beatles (“Cry Baby Cry”) and XTC (oddest cover choice ever with The Big Express’ “Train Running Low on Soul Coal”). Tickets cost $20. For tickets and more information, visit www.helsinkihudson. com. – John Burdick

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To welcome in the May-O Stone Mountain Farm in Tillson hosts 25th Beltane Festival this Saturday

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ack in the bad old days of the Inquisition, May Eve got a bad rap from the Church as Walpurgisnacht, a time when witches were believed to be abroad doing malicious mischief. But in actual Pagan practice in old Europe, Beltane was a benign and beneficent Cross-Quarter Day: the feast of the marriage of the God and Goddess, when lusty lads and lasses would scamper off to the woods before dawn to collect branches of may-blossom (hawthorn) and perhaps indulge in some mischievous fertility rites of their own. Though the kids in the May Pageant enacted each year at the Center for Symbolic Studies (CSS)’ Beltane Festival carry artificial “flowering branches of May” as they file onto the stage to the strains of “Sumer Is I-cumen In,” all that adult subtext is carefully disguised. It’s a strictly family-friendly (and alcohol-free) event, whose rituals emphasize the defeat of Winter by Summer in the form of giant puppets. Now, amazingly, in its 25th year, the Beltane Festival is a sort of small-scale Renaissance Faire, set in a meadow against the glorious backdrop of the Gunks at Stone Mountain Farm in Tillson, at the western terminus of River Road Extension. It’s loaded with music and dance organized by the Vanaver Caravan, roleplaying masquers, juggling buskers, knights and ladies on horseback, a fantastic dragon puppet requiring many small volunteers to carry its long tail in procession, foam-sword dueling for the kids courtesy of the Wayfinder Experience, food vendors and a splendid array of crafts for sale. It’s always a lively event, usually blessed with fine weather (though Sunday is designated as the rain date, just in case), and a great excuse to shake the wrinkles out of your wench or wizard get-up as Faire season draws nigh – or maybe pick up a few accessories from the artisan booths to complete your medieval outfit. Dressing imaginatively is optional, but enhances the fun! Good news this year for those who sleep in on Saturdays and tend not to arrive in time for the 12 noon opening: While music performances will get underway at 1 p.m. this Saturday, May 2, the Procession and May Pageant will not take place until 4 p.m., and then be repeated at 6 p.m. The customary bonfire and late-night hootenanny have been eliminated, though, and the gates will close at 7 p.m. Admission, paid at entry, costs $15 for adults, $5 for seniors, teens and children over age 10; younger kids get in free. Parking is always a bit of a challenge, and attendees are urged to carpool – or arrive on foot or bicycle via the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, which passes right through the CSS property. There is a $15 charge for parking at Stone Mountain Farm, waived along with the admission fee if you purchase a $35 yearly membership in CSS. Another way to get in free is to volunteer: Call (845) 658-8540 if you’d like to help out. For more information about the Beltane Festival, visit www.symbolicstudies.org. – Frances Marion Platt Center for Symbolic Studies’ 25th annual Beltane Festival, Saturday, May 2, 1-7 p.m., $15/$5, Stone Mountain Farm, River & Springtown Roads, Tillson; (845) 658-8540, www.symbolicstudies.org.

Great Lake Swimmers & Winterpills, Sunday, May 3, 8 p.m., $20, Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson; www.helsinkihudson.com.

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Roomful of Blues, an award-winning swing and blues band, will perform at the Towne Crier Café in Beacon on Saturday, May 2. Their latest CD, 45 LIVE, released in 2013, commemorates the band’s 45th anniversa-

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ry. The group has earned five Grammy Award nominations and seven Blues Music Awards. The DownBeat International Critics’ Poll has twice selected them as Best Blues Band. The show begins at 8:30 p.m. Admission costs $30 in advance and $35 at the door. The Towne Crier Café is located at 379 Main Street in Beacon. For more information, visit www.townecrier.com or call (845) 855-1300.

Marlboro’s Falcon hosts Jean Rohe’s End of the World Show Brooklyn-based multilingual singer and composer Jean Rohe and her large ensemble, the End of the World Show, perform at the Falcon in Marlboro on Thursday, May 7 at 8 p.m. as part of their East Coast spring tour. The 2013 self-titled album Jean

Rohe & The End of the World Show won three Independent Music Awards in 2014. Opening the evening will be Heather Robb of the Spring Standards. 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.

Kim & Reggie Harris play Unison this Saturday Popular musicians and storytellers Kim and Reggie Harris return to the Unison Arts Center on Saturday, May 2 at 8 p.m. Born and raised in Philadelphia, a city rich in cultural and musical heritage, Kim and Reggie share over 30 years of stage-experience interactions with performers such as

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7 ley in particular, it has grown from a California-only rowdiness through years of Chicano pride and beermanufacturers’ chutzpah to become a great excuse for a party each early May. Okay, so this year most celebrations will be taking place one Dos de Mayo, this Saturday. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be dusting off those dancing shoes and pulling out some festivewear and heading out to join in the fun. One of our faves? How about the big dance party with Mambo Kikongo at the Bearsville Theater, which has been gradually upgrading its own act of late with special cocktails and soon to come, food specialties as well? As for Mambo Kikongo, who can resist the six-piece superstar band of some of the region’s top players mixing it up with a spread of Afro-Latin rhythms? Ha-cha! – Paul Smart Cinco de Mayo with Mambo Kikongo, Saturday, May 2, 9 p.m., $15, Bearsville Theater, Route 212, Woodstock; www. bearsvilletheater.com.

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oats may not really eat tin cans, as they were depicted doing in the Saturday-morning cartoons of our youth; but it’s true that they are not the pickiest eaters in the animal kingdom. Poison ivy for lunch? Not a problem. So the Cihanek family of Rhinebeck had the bright idea of starting an environmentally friendly vegetation removal service called Green Goats, which has been obliterating pesky invasive plants from hard-to-access nooks and crannies at parks, historic sites, schools and cemeteries since 2006. The goats, being cute and photogenic, garnered a lot of media attention, and demand for their services grew like‌well, like weeds. Eventually the size of the Green Goats herd expanded to 100 and could no longer fit in the Cihanek barn, so they began housing them on the Sheehan farm in Red Hook. Then, on February 20 of this year, disaster struck. Larry Cihanek got a phone call from the Sheehans in the middle of the night: Their barn was ablaze. By the time he got there, not a single goat was left alive. Since the fire, surrounding communities have pitched in to help the Cihaneks rebuild their herd, one animal at a time. Offers to donate goats poured in from as far away as Texas. And plans are in the works for an old-fashioned hands-on barnraising on the Sheehan property. But lots of funds are still needed to help these two farming families recover their lost livelihoods. At 8 p.m. this Saturday, May 2, Club Helsinki in Hudson will host a fundraising concert called “Green Goats Jam: Neighbors Helping Neighbors Rebuild.â€? The country/Celtic/rock lineup includes the Little Creek Band, the T. McCann Band and the Stringmasters. Tickets cost $20 each and can be ordered online at www.clubhelsinki.shop.ticketstoday.com. For the latest updates on the fundraising campaign, visit www.facebook.com/redhookbarnraising, and check out www.green-goats.com for more on the Green Goats. – Frances Marion Platt Green Goats Jam benefit, Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m., $20, Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson; (518) 828-4800, http:// helsinkihudson.com/.

and Harry Belafonte. Advance tickets cost $22 for general admission, $18 for Unison members; at the door, $24 and $22 for members. Students get in for half-price with a valid ID. Tickets can be purchased online at www.unisonarts.org or by calling (845) 255-1559. The Unison Arts Center is

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Bridging the gap

Generational comedy While We’re Young piles on good ideas that don’t quite hang together

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aby Boomers coined the term “generation gap,� but we didn’t invent it – nor does it any longer apply only to the alienation between the World War II and Vietnam generations of American youth. If it weren’t so unwieldy a term, we could now fairly characterize the Millennials as the counter-countercounter-counter-counterculture. The generations against whom they are rebelling are those labeled X and Y, and today’s love/hate/envy relationship between Millennials and Gen Xers is the matter under the microscope in While We’re Young, the latest feature by Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Frances Ha). Some movies insult our intelligence by oversimplification and reductionism; at the opposite extreme are those that don’t seem to know when to stop adding new ingredients to the stewpot. But what sounded like a brilliant idea at the brainstorming table sometimes doesn’t work when put into practice onscreen. While We’re Young is one of the latter kind of movie. While praiseworthy for its willingness to tackle a haystack of philosophical concepts with the cinematic equivalent of a fine-toothed comb while still trying (with some success) to remain a comedy, the whole thing doesn’t entirely jell. The narrative meanders – sometimes without apparent purpose – around the new acquaintance of mid-fortyish Brooklyn couple Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia (Naomi Watts) with midtwentyish Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried). Childless Josh and Cornelia feel marginalized by their age-peer friends, all of whom are absorbed in the raising of babies. And

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ties himself in knots of analysis paralysis and can’t bring himself to let go of any of his footage, however eye-glazing. And he works himself into a righteous froth when he discovers that Jamie’s methods – as a member of the omnivorous Millennials who grew up thinking that all intellectual property would always be free on Napster and YouTube, and that reality TV is a documentary form as legit as any other – do not always adhere to his own excruciatingly ethical standards of film journalism. It’s illustrative of generational differences, certainly, but more than a hair too abstruse for even relatively sophisticated moviegoers, methinks. And maybe that was part of Baumbach’s plan: a way of being ironically self-referential, like a good Brooklynite hipster should.

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NIGHT SKY

Amazing Mercury at its best While its explorer is destroyed

If we were to name one striking Messenger discovery, it’s probably the confirmation of abundant water ice in all the dark craters at the Mercury poles.

One might argue that this film has enough layers of “meta” to make the analytic head spin on purpose, in order to help the viewer better identify with its protagonist. If that’s the case, it doesn’t entirely succeed; this viewer at least came away not caring enough about these people and their assorted flavors of angst – all of which add up to what Millennials call “First World problems.” – Frances Marion Platt

Screening of new Kurt Cobain doc at Upstate Films in Woodstock The Woodstock Film Festival will present a special screening of Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck at Upstate Films on Tinker Street in Woodstock this Friday, May 1 at 9:15 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door.

This HBO production is the first fully authorized portrait of the Grunge music icon; in it director Brett Morgen blends Cobain’s personal archive of art, music and home movies with animation and interviews. While Cobain craved the spotlight, this documentary’s arc depicts a man who stayed true to his earliest punk rock convictions, always identifying with the “outsider” and ensuring that his music

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way below Venus. There are only two visible stars quite far below Venus. On the left is Aldebaran, the main star of Taurus the Bull. On the right is Mercury. They’re both orange, but Mercury is three times brighter than Aldebaran. It’s also slightly lower than Aldebaran on Friday and Saturday evenings, but almost directly in line with it on Sunday and Monday. If you use binoculars, Mercury stands just to the left of the gorgeous Pleiades (Seven Sisters) star cluster on Friday and Saturday evenings.

It’s worth looking for – really – just to see Mercury, which even the great Copernicus said that he’d never accomplished (since it’s always much lower from northern Europe). And also to salute the late Messenger spacecraft, which just met its doom right there where you’re looking. – Bob Berman

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creating permanently cold shaded areas in all depressions at its “top” and “bottom.” By sheer coincidence, now is when that planet is most easily seen – of this entire year. I don’t mean astronomy nerds or those with telescopes; anyone can find it easily any clear evening from Friday through Monday. It’s downright easy. The only thing you need is a fairly unobstructed view toward the northwest. For example, though I’m in a mountain valley, a ten-minute walk gets me to a spot where there’s a big dip in the hills, in the direction of summer sunsets – and that’s what’s needed h e r e . O r, t o really cheat, get to Kingston, to the hilltop mall parking lots. I t ’s q u i t e bright, and it’s low, but not super-low. Start looking at 8:40 p.m. The time is important because it’s highest then, in the fading twilight. Over the next 20 minutes it gets more striking against the ever-darker sky, but it also gets lower. If you know the brightness system used by astronomers, it’s magnitude zero: the same brilliance as major stars like Vega and Arcturus. Follow these directions: At 8:40, you’ll see Venus in the west. You can’t miss it. It’s a zillion times brighter than any other star or planet – just dazzling. Now look

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sites have formally collaborated on such a major scale to present a two-venue exhibition that crosses the Hudson River. “This region has remained an incubator for the new in American art since 1833,” Rosenfeld notes. “This exhibition provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see these magnificent recent works in a unique visual conversation with Cole, Church and the sites that inspired so much early American art,” says Hannock. This Saturday, May 2 from 4 to 7 p.m., members of either of the two historic sites will be treated to a free preview reception. The public opening occurs this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a shuttle conveying visitors between the two sites. Admission costs $12 for adults, $10 for students and seniors. Curators Hannock and Rosenfeld will speak about the exhibition at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 17 at Columbia-Greene Community College. Tickets for the lecture cost $9 general admission, $7 for members. “River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home” runs through November 1. For more information, visit www. rivercrossings.org, www.thomascole.org or www.olana.org. – Frances Marion Platt

Contemporary art stars pay tribute to legacy of Thomas Cole and Frederic Church in landmark “River Crossings” exhibition at Olana in Hudson & Cedar Grove in Catskill

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f you lived in a house with stunning countryside views from every room, would you want to cover your walls with bucolic landscape paintings? Or modern cityscapes, if you lived in a Manhattan penthouse? Not necessarily. Sometimes we want art to be a window into a different world from our own, real or imagined. So although it may strike one as counterintuitive at first, it makes perfect sense for our top two local 19th-century shrines to the Hudson River School – the Olana State Historic Site in Hudson and the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill – to co-host an exhibition of big-name contemporary art. Works that might inspire completely different associations when viewed at the Museum of Modern Art are seen in a new Luminist light at “River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home,” opening on Sunday,

“River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home” opening, Sunday, May 3, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., $12/$10, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill, Olana National Historic Site, 5720 Route 9G, Hudson; Stephen Hannock/Jason Rosenfeld lecture, Sunday, May 17, 2 p.m., $9/$7, Columbia-Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23, Hudson; www.rivercrossings.org,www. thomascole.org, www.olana.org. For more on this landmark exhibition, read our Almanac Weekly interview with co-curator Stephen Hannock at http:// bit.ly/1AbyLT9. Maya Lin, Silver River- Hudson, 2011, recycled silver, 81 x 45 in., ©Maya Lin Studio (photograph by Kerry Ryan McFate, courtesy of Pace Gallery)

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Jim Hersheimer assemblage show in Kingston The veteran antiques dealer Jim Hersheimer – who will be opening an exhibit of his beautiful assemblage pieces made from all that he collects at Milne at Home Antiques on lower Broadway in Kingston’s Rondout District this Saturday, May 2 for the month of May – discovered his impeccable eye for the old and odd early on. “I collected my first antiques in college. They adorned my room, and one friend called me Aunt Martha,” he recalls. “By the late ‘60s, I had a shop and called myself General Hirshy... My focus has been folk art, a little left of center, with forays into architectural and found arts.” He spent years in the high-end home fashions world, and may have also had cable television’s first antiques show. His creations delight on several levels, from his own creative maximalism to the beauty of the bits and pieces with which he works, at minimum. – Paul Smart “The Art of Assemblage Artist Jim Hirsheimer” opening, Saturday, May 2, 5-8 p.m., through May 31, Milne at Home Antiques, 81 Broadway, Kingston; www.milneinc.com.

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efore the Appalachian Outlaws on the History Channel were cavorting about and foraging for ginseng, the folks in West Virginia were digging up the ramps that grow in abundance in the higher elevations. Ramps are one of the first things to pop out of the soil, unpropagated – usually around April 12, but a bit later this year. Ramps, in the leek family, known for their earthy, pungent, garlicky (some say stinky) aroma that clings to your breath, have become all the rage with chefs. When celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten wanted some for his restaurants back around 2005, greensgrower Nancy MacNamara of Honey Locust Farm in Newburgh drove to Helvetia, West Virginia, way up in the mountains, to procure some firsthand. MacNamara never got to dig for any, as that is a job for the men in the early Appalachian morning. The women did all the cooking for the ramp dinners held there for years. Cookbook author Sally Schneider has been going there for the ramps and friendships since the ’70s. Every year in Helvetia, there is a ramp dinner feast and everyone gets to eat a “mess of ramps.” The place turns into a giant family reunion with lots of traditional fiddle music, dancing and food. Volunteers show up to clean over 60 bushels of ramps. A supper of ramps fried in bacon grease, country ham, fried potatoes, beans, cabbage, cornbread, cole slaw, applesauce and sassafras tea is the usual fare. Swiss immigrants originally settled in the town in the 1860s and have kept up their traditions. Ramp festivals have spread to other Appalachian communities in West Virginia. The folks there believe that ramps have tonic properties; we know that they are high in vitamins C and A. Ramps also grow in the Catskill Mountains. Take a hike and see what you can find. They do risk being overharvested. It has been recommended by trained foragers to take the leaves and leave the bulbs so that they can reproduce. The leaves resemble lily-of-the-valley and the bulb looks like a scallion. “Treat them delicately,” advises MacNamara, “and tenderly. Washing and packing them is an art.” Wherever you would use onions, you can use ramps. The most popular are pickled ramps, usually in a sugar/salt/ vinegar solution with a variety of seed spices. The fifth annual RampFest will take place on Saturday, May 2 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Basilica Hudson, located at 110 South Front Street in Hudson. A bevy of restaurant chefs will be participating and creating original ramp dishes: Swoon Kitchenbar with chef and Ramp Fest founder Jeff Gimmel (Hudson); Jodi Cummings of Glynwood (Cold Spring); Wilson Costa of Ca’Mea (Hudson); Zak Pelaccio of Fish and Game (Hudson); John McCarthy of the Crimson Sparrow (Hudson); Alvaro Medina of Truck Pizza (Hudson); Kevin Katz of the Red Onion

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The fifth annual Ramp Fest takes place on Saturday, May 2 from 12 - 4 p.m. at Basilica Hudson. Beer and wine will be available for purchase, and the festival will be accompanied by the local rockabilly/honky-tonk band Chops and Sauerkraut.

(Saugerties); Job Yacubian of the Farmer’s Wife (Ancramdale); Justin Bazdarich of Speedy Romeo (Brooklyn); R. L. King of Gallow Green (New York); Nick Suarez of Backyard Cooking Company (Tivoli); Jamie Parry of Another Fork in the Road (Milan); Hugh Horner of Helsinki Hudson (Hudson); Marc Propper of Miss Lucy’s Kitchen (Saugerties); Gianni Scappin of Market Street (Rhinebeck) and Cucina (Woodstock); Bob Turner of Omega (Rhinebeck); and Rei Peraza of Panzur (Tivoli). Be ready to participate in a conversation about our region’s strengths, potential, sustainable agriculture, community, energy and their interconnectedness. Representatives of environmentally conscious organizations like Glynwood, Hawthorne Valley, Camphill Village and Green Mountain Energy will be there. Hawthorne Valley Farm will demonstrate pickling and preserving ramps. Glynwood will educate everyone about sustainable ramp harvesting. Tickets cost $30 advance, $35 at the door and $10 for kids under age 12. For more information, visit www. rampfesthudson.com. If you want to try them on your own, here is a simplified riff on the classic Chinese scallion pancake substituting wild ramps for scallions. They are quite addictive and easy to make.

WILD RAMP PANCAKE Adapted from Diana Kuan 6-8 pancakes 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ cup warm water, from the tap 3 tablespoons grapeseed oil, plus 2 teaspoons roasted sesame oil 4-5 ramps, cleaned and chopped 1 teaspoon coarse salt (Malden or kosher) 1 teaspoon crushed red chilies (optional) 1) In a bowl, mix the flour and water together to form a soft, pliable dough. Add a bit more flour, if necessary. The dough shouldn’t be sticky or stiff. 2) Knead the dough on a floured surface for about five minutes. You can even bang and twist it. Shape into a flat disc. Using your hands, cover the dough with

a light coating of about one teaspoon of grapeseed oil. Place in a bowl and cover with a damp cloth for about 30 minutes. 3) Divide the dough in half and roll each half into a long tube shape about one inch thick. Slice into three two-inch pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. Dust a rolling pin with flour and roll out each section into about a five-inch disc. 4) Brush the disc with roasted sesame oil, then sprinkle the ramps, salt and chilies, if using. Now roll up, gently, from one side. Make sure the ramps stay inside the roll. Take one end and curl the dough into a spiral, then tuck the tail on the bottom inside. Lightly flatten with your hand. With the floured rolling pin, roll the spiral into a five-inch disc, nice and thin. Place on a plate. Continue rolling out the rest of the dough in the same manner. (If you place a piece of parchment or waxed paper between each one, you can freeze them and cook later.) 5) Heat a non-stick or cast-iron skillet to medium/high. Add a tablespoon of grapeseed oil (about 1/8th inch of oil) to warm, then pan-fry the pancake until well-browned on each side. The oil should sizzle on the edge of the pancake. Don’t walk away, as it could easily burn. Shake

the pan to release some steam for the breads to puff up. Take out and cut into wedges. Eat alone or with a soy dipping sauce (two tablespoons of soy sauce, one teaspoon rice vinegar, grated ginger, honey, a splash of roasted sesame oil). – Phyllis Segura RampFest, Saturday, May 2, 12 noon to 4 p.m., Basilica Hudson, 110 South Front Street, Hudson; www.rampfesthudson.com.

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The last family lighthouse keeper Robert Howard and his daughter Esther heading to town from the Rondout Lighthouse in 1943

A beacon in the storm Hudson River Maritime Museum hosts new Hudson River lighthouse exhibit and special lecture on the restoration of the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse

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ne of the great pleasures of warming weather in the midHudson is the enticement to stroll along the charming Rondout waterfront in Kingston, enjoying the new promenade, watching the boats go by and catching up with the latest phase of the neighborhood ’s ongoing revitalization. The down side this year is that you can no longer sit on the creekside patio at Rosita’s, sipping umbrella drinks and pretending that you are someplace subtropical. The up side is that the former Mexican restaurant, which was in foreclosure, has been acquired by the Hudson River Maritime Museum, which plans to convert it into the Riverport Wooden Boat Building School. The growing museum, which touts itself as “the portal to history along the Hudson,� opens for the season on Saturday, with hours from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s featured new exhibit, with interactive components, is titled “Hudson River Lighthouses: Past & Present.� Last year’s popular hands-on “Tugboats: Workhorses of the Hudson River� exhibit will continue for a second year as well.

The new lighthouse exhibit is timed to commemorate the centennial of the Rondout Light, just a short kayak paddle away where the Rondout Creek flows into the Hudson River. Not far downriver is the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse, the saga of whose restoration will be recounted by historic preser vationist Barbara J. Ralston in a lecture beginning at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, May 6 in the Kingston Home Port & Education Center. Her talk will be titled “Scrape & Paint: The Story of Saving Esopus Meadows Lighthouse.� Entry to the Hudson River Maritime Museum costs $7 general admission, $5 for seniors aged 62 and over and children aged 5 to 18 and free to children aged 4 and under, museum members and active-duty military personnel. For more information, call (845) 338-0071 or visit www.hrmm.org. – Frances Marion Platt

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Bulldozed beauty Church des Artistes to host music/theater fundraiser for Rondout history documentary

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fundraiser for Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal, a documentary film about the urban renewal program that demolished much of downtown Kingston in the 1960s, will be held on Tuesday, May 12 at 6 p.m. at the Church des Artistes at 79 Wurts Street in Kingston. The church, now a bed-and-breakfast, is one of the Rondout’s most beautiful buildings and, as the home and studio of composer and musician Peter Wetzler and artist Julie Hedrick, embodies the artistic spirit of the area. The Kingston Wine Company and restaurant and caterer Grounded, both located on lower Broadway, are donating food and drink. Tickets cost $50, and since seating is limited, RSVPs are required by calling (845) 331-2031 or e-mailing info@lostrondout.com. Wetzler, who is composing the soundtrack for the film, will perform, accompanied by singer Eleni Reyes. Reyes will sing Jerome Kern’s “Yesterdays,â€? which is the film’s title song (and was made famous by Billie Holiday). The concert will be followed by a performance by Frank Marquette and Joe Baer impersonating the historic Rondout characters Thomas Cornell and Samuel Coykendall. A powerful man in Rondout in the 19th century, Cornell owned the largest tugboat towing company on the Hudson as well as steamboats, railroads and other businesses, which Coykendall, his son-in-law, took over at his death in 1890. The performance is excerpted from one of the original shows produced by Marquette’s company, Theatre on the Road. The event will also include a screening of a sample from the film and a presentation by filmmakers Stephen Blauweiss and Lynn Woods on the project. In order to complete the film – which they plan to do this summer – they need to raise money to cover out-of-pocket expenses such as performers’ fees and song rights, sound mixing, digitizing archival footage and promotional costs. Once completed, the film will be submitted to film festivals. Woods (a regular contributor to Almanac Weekly) and Blauweiss have been showing the work-inprogress at local venues, including the Kingston Library and Hudson River Maritime Museum, to standing-room-only audiences. More screenings are planned this year at Savona’s Trattoria, the D & H Canal Museum and the Persen House, among others. Based on nearly 1,000 color slides taken by Eugene Dauner and interviews with former residents, the film incorporates historic photographs as well as work by other contemporary photographers and archival footage. Woods and Blauweiss also interviewed experts on architecture, urban planning, historic preservation and local history, as well as artists and businesspeople who sparked a revival of the area in the 1970s and 1980s. “It’s been a community effort,â€? said Woods. “We’re so grateful for the participation and support of so many individuals.â€? For more information, call Lynn Woods at (845) 331-2031 or e-mail lynn_woods@ icloud.com.

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Historic Huguenot Street reopens, honors ďŹ rst responders The Grand Opening of Historic Huguenot Street on Saturday, May 2 is set to run from the 10 a.m. ribboncutting at the Museum Gift Shop to the last drop of champagne imbibed at 5 p.m. at the reception in the DuBois Fort. In between there will be a variety of free activities for all ages across the National Historic Landmark District, including live music, Colonial games and historic vignettes performed throughout the day. Come see the Abraham & Maria vignette on the 1799 LeFevre House lawn and play Colonial games on the DuBois Fort Lawn. Later, see Fighting on Two Fronts and a fiddle performance, all

of which will be repeated during the afternoon. Kids can take a Junior Detectives’ Tour at 2 p.m., and there will be a champagne reception to end the festivities. To honor the bravery and generosity of New Paltz first responders from the Police Department, Fire Department and Rescue Squad, the staff at Historic Huguenot Street has planned a special day of recognition and a noontime picnic for them. The whole community is invited to stop by the Deyo House lawn to join in paying friendly tribute to these individuals who give back so willingly to the town. All first responders and their families are welcome to tour the historic houses free of charge on Saturday. In case of rain, the picnic will take place in Deyo Hall at 6 Broadhead Avenue. Meanwhile, shoppers will enjoy the completely redesigned Gift Shop, which will feature a bevy of new home goods and gifts, including handmade silver jewelry from Hudson Valley Goldsmith,

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Early 1900s view of Highland Landing with the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge (now Walkway over the Hudson) in the background.

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Sunset included Highland Landing launches First Friday potluck picnics

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ccessible Hudson River frontage is scarce in Ulster County, where high forested bluffs rise right up from the water along much of the Hudson’s west shore. But the Town of Lloyd has Highland Landing, a strip of flat land at the water’s edge, with a few houses, one restaurant and a public park. The Bob Shepard Highland Landing Park is just a few years old and still in development. But you can launch a boat there (no charge), drop a kayak in the water, play on a long green lawn, fish for stripers or just relax and watch the river flow by. Under a new policy, the Bob Shepard Highland Landing Park will stay open until 10:30 p.m. on the First Friday of each month from May to September, so visitors can enjoy the golden glow that fills the sky at sunset and the silver reflection that spreads across the water under the rising moon. To celebrate the first First Friday, the Highland Landing Park Association will sponsor a potluck picnic on May 1, starting at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited to bring a dish to share and a beverage (nonalcoholic) to enjoy while listening to music by Mark Reynolds and Kathen Cowan. Relaxing at the park in the evening, lulled by the sound of lapping river water, it is easy to imagine Highland Landing as it was before the Europeans came: a quiet spot where Esopus Indians fished. Highland’s own poet laureate in the 1940s, Warren Sherwood, imagined their connection to the Hudson in his book, Poems of the Platt Binnewater:

in for free. And check out the schedules for Hidden History Archaeology Camp, Sessions I and II and Colonial Kids’ Living History Camp for young people in June and July. Communications and marketing manager Kaitlin Gallucci recommends the seasonally updated tours: four new guided tours and “in-the-moment” costumed interpreter tours, including the new one at the Crispell Memorial French Church. Tickets for guided tours cost $10 general admission, $8 for seniors and military personnel, free for members. In-the-moment tours cost $15 general admission, $12 for members, seniors and military. Note that Friday hours have been extended to provide for evening visits to the National Historic Landmark District. – Ann Hutton Grand Opening/First Responders Picnic, Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Historic Huguenot Street, 88 Huguenot Street, New Paltz; (845) 255-1660, www. huguenotstreet.org.

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It’s an eery, watery old place, The River front, . . . The Indians came down to it, ages ago, And speared sturgeon in the Magaastramis, (The “Long Reach” of Henry Hudson) And cast nets for shad and herring. From fishing grounds for Native Americans to today’s public park, Highland Landing has played various roles throughout its history. By 1754, the shoreline was a largely uninhabited outpost of the New Paltz Patent. That year Anthony Yelverton, a Poughkeepsie businessman, paid heed to an early call of “Go west, young man,” and rowed across the river with his family, his goods and equipment for a sawmill to settle on the west side. As well as the mill, he opened a brickyard and a store and started a ferry service, rowed by slaves, from the Landing to the east shore. Yelverton and his few neighbors stuck it out there during the Revolutionary War when cannonballs (recently unearthed) bombarded the site. His house, just steps up the hill, still stands: the oldest wood-frame building in the county. When peace came, Yelverton’s Landing began to grow into a bustling community. In the early 1800s it was important enough to get its own post office and a new name, New Paltz Landing, later updated to Highland Landing after the Town of Lloyd separated from New Paltz in 1845. By the late 1800s, warehouses and factories had risen up at the water’s edge facing stores, homes and at least one saloon across a road to the west. Most importantly perhaps, the Landing was a transportation hub. Ferries crossed the river on regular schedules from 1771 to 1941, with an estimated 250,000 passengers a year stepping on or off the ferries at Highland Landing during their last years in service. Cargo ships carried local produce from the Landing to New York City and brought back manufactured items. Passenger boats stopped at the Landing en route between Albany and New York City. Beginning in the 1890s, a trolley line carried customers to the river from New Paltz and transported boat passengers westward to visit the Shawangunk resorts. Ironically, transportation also contributed to the demise of the Landing’s commercial center. In the 1880s the West Shore Railroad sliced through the Landing, replacing all the buildings on the west side of the street. The railroad added a touch of glamour to the town when President Franklin D. Roosevelt got off the train there to cross the river, and special sightseeing trains slowly transported passengers along the shoreline to watch crew races on the Hudson. But, constrained for space, businesses and homes migrated up the hill to the hamlet of Highland, where there was room to grow and roads for increasing motor traffic. There was little commerce left at Highland Landing in the 1930s when a petroleum terminal took over the property where warehouses once stood. That operation closed in the 1990s, but the hulls of the oil tanks scarred the shoreline for several more years. Only Mariners’ Harbor Restaurant was left to draw people to the river until 2008, when the Town of Lloyd purchased the property where tanks had stood. The park officially opened during the Hudson/Fulton/Champlain Quadricentennial in 2009. The First Friday sunset gathering & potluck at Highland Landing Park on the Hudson takes place on Friday, May 1 from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Access to Highland Landing is via River Road, which is the eastward extension of Vineyard Avenue in Highland, or Mile Hill Road, which branches off Haviland Road just east of Route 9W. For more information about First Friday, call (845) 255-7742 or visit www.highlandlandingpark.org. – Donna Deeprose

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SATURDAY, MAY 2 @ 8 PM chocolates from Krause’s and Oliver Kita, children’s toys from Maileg of Denmark and bath and body products from Secret Garden Soap of Madison, New Jersey. The Museum Shop is also now the exclusive area retailer of Beekman 1802 goatmilk bath and body goods by The Fabulous

Beekman Boys. In addition, shoppers will find a selection of textiles, throws, yellowware pottery, pewter, mercury glass, candles and more. And in honor of the Grand Opening, food historian Peter Rose and local chef Agnes Devereux of the Village Tea Room Restaurant & Bake Shop

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ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST PROMINENT garden and lifestyle photographers, Matthew Benson operates a small CSA at the historic Stonegate Farm in Balmville, which he restored after a long period of neglect.

Author Clark Strand Montgomery Place in Red Hook

A feast for the eyes Matthew Benson featured at Hudson Valley Garden Fair at Montgomery Place

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ardening season is finally upon us, and there are few means of casting off the weight of cabin fever more satisfying than grubbing in the sun-warmed earth in quest of the fresh-cut flowers and sprightly salads of summer. It’s time for gardeners to get together and trade tips, tricks and shortcuts as they stock up on

seeds and seedlings or hunt for the latest gardening gadget. On Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Montgomery Place in Red Hook will be the setting for the Hudson Valley Garden Association’s third annual Garden Fair. Nurseries, plant and gardening supply vendors and nonprofit garden organizations from across

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Waking up to the Dark Clark Strand reads from his new book about the “Hour of the Wolf” in Woodstock

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lark Strand’s account of a lifelong habit – a strange one, really – of walking out at night, sometimes for miles and hours, starts out by musing over the experimental sleep studies of Dr. Thomas Weir and ends with a call for revolution. In between, he notes how the advent of artificial light affected seasonal and circadian rhythms, ones that once enhanced Homo sapiens’ natural abilities to tune into a more transcendent state of mind; how our chronic insomniac periods of waking in the middle of the night to worry and fret – this during the “Hour of the Wolf ” – might instead point to a mystical time of wakefulness during which our prolactin levels promote the opportunity for the nurturing of our souls. If only we knew how to tap into this quiet hour. If only we could honor the darkness and reacquaint ourselves with it. What that might take, Strand suggests, is the discovery of “a new path that is really an old path.” He proposes nothing less than the reenchantment of the whole world and all natural life on the planet by turning off the lights. He comments on how we secretly crave weather-related disasters that interrupt our electronics and force us to function under the cover of blackouts. His manifesto is intriguing, inviting, even at one point suggesting the possibility of the orgasmic divine, which has this reader thinking to herself (like the lady sitting next to Meg Ryan’s Sally in Katz’s Delicatessen), “I’ll have what he’s having.” All this and Will Lytle’s stunning black-and-white drawings make Waking up to the Dark a revolutionary read. Strand is a former senior editor at Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, and he has written for the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. He is also the author of Waking the Buddha, Meditation Without Gurus, How to Believe in God and Seeds from a Birch Tree. Lytle grew up in the Catskill Mountains where, after years abroad as a hitchhiking, train-hopping vagabond, he returned to build a small house with wood from his family’s lumber mill. He creates the guerilla-style Thorneater Comics series and a weekly strip for our own Woodstock Times and Saugerties Times. – Ann Hutton Clark Strand & Will Lytle, Saturday, May 2, 7 p.m., no charge, Kleinert/James Performing Arts Center, 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock; (845) 679-8000, www. goldennotebook.com.

the region will gather to show their wares and tout their services. You can tour the estate and its handsome landscape gardens, attend lecture/demonstrations by horticulture experts and meet other members of the green-thumbed geekdom. The day’s keynote presentation will be a lecture and book-signing by Matthew Benson, author of Growing Beautiful Food: A Gardener’s Guide to Cultivating

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Extraordinary Vegetables and Fruit and The Photographic Garden. One of America’s most prominent garden and lifestyle photographers, Benson operates a small CSA at the historic Stonegate Farm in Balmville, which he restored after a long period of neglect. The lecture begins at 11 a.m. in the Coach House, and seating is limited, so preregistration is advised. To register for the lecture and purchase tickets in advance, visit www.eventbrite. com/e/hudson-valley-garden-fair-2015registration-16397976790. Tickets cost $12 and will also be sold at the gate. For more info on the Hudson Valley Garden Fair, visit www.hvgardenfair.com. To learn more about the Hudson Valley Garden Association, visit www.hvga.org. – Frances Marion Platt Hudson Valley Garden Fair, Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., $12, Montgomery Place, 25 Gardener Way, Annandale-onHudson; www.hvgardenfair.com.

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GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Give seeds a chance How to stamp out damping-off disease

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ontrol yourself, Lee! Growing seedlings this time of year is too easy. Within a single packet of seeds is the potential for a gardenful of vegetable or flower plants, even shrubs and trees. As such, a packet of seeds is relatively inexpensive. I have envisioned delphinium in my garden, its tall blue-studded spires backed by the fence surrounding my blueberry planting. I could have just gone out and purchased a few potted delphinium plants, but I wanted a bolder effect, so I purchased instead a packet of seeds. Who would have thought that germination would be so good? After all, the seed germinates best when fresh and likes some cool temperatures to awaken; some people freeze the seeds in ice cubes for awhile before sowing them. I used nothing but patience, and not that much was needed. I couldn’t bear to discard most of the seedlings, so “pricked out” 24 of them into cells of my APS seedling flat. The same thing happened with red lupines, chocolate daisies, Yellow Gem marigolds and… Growing transplants is the easy part. The difficulty will be in about a month when I’m wandering around the garden, seedling flat in one hand, trowel in the other, wondering where to plant all these flowers. This problem does not arise with growing vegetable transplants because I keep harvest records for vegetables that let me know how many plants I need of each. Could my eyes get too full or too fat on too many flowers? No. Raising transplants wasn’t always so easy for me. Decades ago, as a graduate student, I lived in a converted motel room, which also became home to seedlings for my first garden. The shelves were lined with peat pots of sprouting chamomile (very easy), lettuce, beans and other plants. Thence was my abrupt introduction to “damping-off,” a disease that attacks seeds and newly emerged seedlings. Imagine the disappointment of a beginning gardener (me) watching seedling stems pinch in at the soil line and topple over: the telltale symptom of damping-off disease. I soon learned that damping-off was not uncommon, even among experienced gardeners. The disease is caused by any one of a few soil-dwelling fungi that raise their ugly head (figuratively) given the right conditions (for them). One obvious way to try to avoid the problem is to sterilize the potting media. Most commercial potting mixes are sterile, as were the peat pots that I was using. The problem is that the culpable microbes are everywhere, just waiting to attack when conditions are just right – conditions that I unknowingly provided for them in my motel room. The peat pots were excessively moist; the air stood still; and little light entered the room: perfect for damping-off development. Nowadays, my seedlings rarely experience damping-off. The plants get off to a good start at temperatures that they enjoy, bathe in light in my greenhouse or sunny windows (or, in the past, cozied up very close to fluorescent bulbs) and a fan keeps the air moving. I also add sufficient perlite to my potting mixes so that excess water drains freely down and out of the mix. Years ago, soothing brews of chamomile tea would also come to the rescue – for the seedlings, not for me. That tea hasn’t been needed for a long time. I also don’t pasteurize or sterilize my potting mixes. Beneficial microbes, from the compost in

my mix, and good growing conditions have thankfully made damping-off nothing more than a distant memory for me.

Bigger creatures are still an everpresent nightmare – especially deer and especially after this winter. They have sheared the greenery from nearly every evergreen that they could reach here: the hollies, arborvitaes (white cedar), yews, hemlock and junipers (red cedar). Interesting about the yews, because the foliage is toxic to many ruminants; a mouthful will kill a horse or cow within five minutes. Deer, according to most reliable sources, can feed on yew without ill effect. With that said, this past winter, I did find a deer dead on the ground near my yew bushes, which had been nibbled free of their foliage. How about the plants: How will they

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zations, a “Growing Beautiful Food” lecture and educational demonstrations, the Hudson Valley Garden Fair is a one-day celebration of gardening in the Hudson Valley aiming to inspire and excite gardeners of all experience levels, from beginner to expert. For advance tickets and information, visit www.hvgardenfair.com. Admission

costs $9 in advance, $12 on the day of the event; children age 15 and under get in free. – Lee Reich Any gardening questions? E-mail them to me at garden@leereich.com, and I’ll try answering them directly or in this column. Come visit my garden at www. leereich.com/blog.

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Yews’ foliage is toxic to many ruminants; a mouthful will kill a horse or cow within five minutes. fare, bare? Yew tolerates all sorts of abuse in the form of pruning. Soon, new needles will start appearing along their stems – or, if the stems are cut back, new needled shoots will soon appear. My other evergreens should also fare well. Rhododendrons and mountain laurels, which the deer left alone, also generally sprout new growth when nibbled. So any of these so-called random-branching conifers or broad-leaved evergreens can be pruned to look prettier after deer have ravaged them. Not so with so-called whorledbranching conifers, such as pines, spruces and firs. They generally do not resprout from bare wood, so there’s not much that can be done to prettify them now. Just lop back bare branches, because they’re always going to be just that: bare. For more about pruning evergreens, and other plants, see my book, The Pruning Book. The Hudson Valley Garden Association (www.hvga.org) presents its third annual fundraising event, the Hudson Valley Garden Fair, on Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Montgomery Place Historic Estate in Red Hook. Featuring over 30 local and specialty garden vendors and organi-

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Arnold, Roger Baker, Tom Bolger, Charles Broderson, Ann Butter, Kuhn Caldwell, Chuck Davidson, Fritz Drury, Irene Dunn, Morgan Dunn, Joan Goldberg, Lori Grinker, Hattie Grifo, John Hart, Ellie Hollinshead, Beat Keerl, Jeff Kraft, Joan Lesikin, Pat Peters, Bernhard Roze, Phil Sigunick, Judy Sigunick, Howard Smith, Natalie Stopka and Clover Vail. The Wired Gallery’s Sevan Melikyan first encountered Cragsmoor several years ago when he went there to visit the studio of Judy Sigunick, whose work he was considering for an exhibit at his thennew gallery. “I got totally lost on the way, but saw that there was this community perched on top of the Shawangunk Mountains,” he says. Melikyan set out to find out about other artists in the hamlet. But Cragsmoor is a difficult place to visit, he found. “There’s

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no road going through it; nobody just passes through Cragsmoor,” Melikyan says. “You need to get off the main road, which is already climbing the mountain, and find your way into the hamlet. The residential community is built around the library, which seems to be the heartbeat of this community.” In deciding to put together a show of work by contemporary Cragsmoor artists, Melikyan found some of them through recommendations. Others he discovered through incidents of pure serendipity,

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fibers and papers. She finds Cragsmoor “my antidote to city life, the place where I can indulge in artistic processes that are not possible in New York City. Cragsmoor has become the place where I grow and forage natural plants and lichens and experiment with eco-printing techniques. Following the traditional cycle of harvest, I stock up on these materials throughout the summer so that I can draw from them in my studio all winter long.� “We found Cragsmoor by accident,� says photographer Lori Grinker. “We fell in love with the atmosphere and bought a very sad house with good karma and are fixing it up.� A real estate broker

and the isolation have made for a tightly knit community, and the artists who have settled there have stayed for much the same reasons as the original Cragsmoor artists: the camaraderie of fellow artists and the beauty of the land. “The majestic views provide them an endless source of inspiration,� says Melikyan, “and that hasn’t changed much over the centuries.� And the remoteness of the location is actually part of its appeal for some of the artists, he says. Fascinated by the community that he found in Cragsmoor, as he put together the exhibit at Wired Gallery, Melikyan asked each of the artists in the group show the question, “Why Cragsmoor?� Painter Joan Lesikin found the area through a friend who knew of the region’s artistic heritage and thought it “just on the edge of a reasonable travel distance� into the City. She says she “really had no idea what I was getting into: the isolation, the long cold winters. But I was swayed to buy the house because of the two-car garage that had already been converted and would make a studio with a few more improvements. The breezeway between the house and the studio would make a handy gallery to display work; inadequate wall space being the bane of any artist’s house.� Lesikin is now in her 13th year of living in Cragsmoor. Natalia Stopka works with hand-dyed

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community’s only church, known simply as “the Stone Church.� An adventurous sort, he participated in John Wesley Powell’s second expedition on the Colorado River in the early 1870s, producing sketches during the trip that became the basis of the first oil paintings to depict the Grand Canyon. He also painted works based on exploratory expeditions that he took to Alaska, Norway, Iceland, Siberia, the West Indies and South America, as well as the American Southwest. The owner of the house, American Impressionist Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942), studied in Paris in the late 1880s before moving to New York City part-time, spending summer months working in the studio at his home in Cragsmoor. An historian described Curran’s work as combining “sweeping vistas of the Cragsmoor area with the almost-whimsical delicacy of the female form.� There doesn’t appear to be any crossover between the artists of the Hudson River School and the original Cragsmoor artists, who were more Impressionist in style or genre painters, like John George Brown

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ave you heard? You can see Half Moon Theatre’s professional production of The Fantasticks right here in the Hudson Valley, in a brand-new performance space, with your kids, and for a fraction of the cost of seeing it in New York City! The Fantasticks is the world’s longest-running musical, and it’s one of the most frequently produced musicals in the world. It has a place in our American arts and culture. And now, it’s right in our own community. I encourage families to take their children and teens and their friends to see The Fantasticks by Half Moon Theatre at the newly constructed Marriott Pavilion at the Culinary Institute of America. The Fantasticks is considered a good first musical for children. The storyline lends itself to all ages and comes from a childlike and magical place. The orchestra consists of two main instruments: harp and piano, and my daughter and I delighted in listening to the twinkles of the harp as the harpist warmed up before it started. The set is very basic, not overwhelming, and there are only eight performers, so the story felt more intimate than with a large cast and busy scenery. My daughter especially enjoyed the comical traveling actors in the play, Henry and Mortimer, and the show’s songs, with memorable lines such as “Why did the kids pour jam on the cat?� And the length of the show is a manageable two hours and five minutes, including intermission. Teens will feel the romance between Luisa and Matt, the tensions with their respective fathers and the complications that go along with young love, along with life lessons and the shifts within the characters as they grow up. Parents will no doubt relate to the simplicity and relief of “Plant a radish/Get a radish,� a stark contrast to the surprising twists and turns that come along when raising children and the great efforts involved in trying to understand who they are. As far as the venue itself, it’s wonderful, and I definitely look forward to seeing more Half Moon Theatre performances here at the Marriott Pavilion. The parking is very easy, and there are no steps to enter the Marriott Pavilion. Once inside, you choose between the stairs and an elevator to get to the main entrance to the auditorium. The auditorium seats are comfortable, with plenty of leg room. While my daughter and I waited for the show to begin, we enjoyed looking at the two huge food-themed painting reproductions on the walls, Summer and Vertumnus, by the 16th-century artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and figuring out which fruits and vegetables are being used to create the forms. And be sure to spend some time gazing at the 35-foot-long, eight-foot-high Gastrotypographicalassemblage art piece, hung downstairs where you come in. One benefit of giving your kids the theater bug by attending a local, professional Half Moon Theatre performance is that they can actually study with Half Moon through its School of the Arts program in Poughkeepsie, such as the Teen Audition workshop on May 12 and 19. You can also attend – or your third-through-12th-grader could possibly perform in – the upcoming Half Moon Theatre Kids’ Cabaret, with theater students and other young performers singing Broadway show tunes, standards and pop songs, as well as local kid bands who write their own material, taking place on Saturday, May 9 at 1 p.m. at Half Moon’s Black Box Theatre on Route 9 in Poughkeepsie. The Fantasticks takes place on Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, May 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25 for children under age 18, $35 for seniors and matinees and $40 general admission for evening performances. To make reservations for dinner before the show on Friday or Saturday, e-mail ciarestaurantgroup@culinary.edu or call (845) 905-4533 (all restaurants are closed on Sunday). The Culinary Institute of America is located at 1946 Campus Drive (Route 9) in Hyde Park. For tickets or more information, call (845) 235-9885 or visit http://halfmoontheatre.org.  –Erica Chase-Salerno

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and Bright the Day, and beloved storyteller and puppeteer Grian McGregor. This rollicking good time for children of all ages and their families takes place on Saturday, May 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church. Admission costs $12 for adults, $5 for children or $40 per family, and 100 percent of the proceeds go to Crossroads Springs Africa, an organization that cares for the children of Kenya who have lost one or both parents to AIDS.

Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church is located at 90 Route 32 South in New Paltz. For more information, visit www. facebook.com/events/960335073986192. To learn more about New Paltz Musicales, visit www.facebook.com/ newpaltzmusicales.

LaGrangeville Middle School hosts NAMI Basic Class If you have or know of a family or caregiver touched by a child with behavioral issues, undiagnosed emotion-

al issues, ADHD, ODD, OCD, DMDD or have developed symptoms of mental illness, take a look at this National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Basic Class at the LaGrangeville Middle School on Saturdays May 2, 9 and 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This program covers the impact of illness on family, biology, treatment options, overview of the systems available, communication and problem-solving skills, crisis planning, latest research and more. Participants must be able to attend all

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April 30, 2015 three sessions, and it’s free. The Lagrangeville Middle School is located at 110 Stringham Road in Lagrangeville. For more information or to register, call (845) 832-6368 or e-mail programs@namimidhudson.org. For an informational video on NAMI Basics, visit www.nami.org/basics, and for more information about the organization, visit www.namimidhudson.org.

ogy-focused businesses, live music, puppet shows with sustainable materials, 3-D printing demonstrations and more! SUNY-New Paltz is located at 1 Hawk Drive in New Paltz. For more information, call (845) 257-7869 or visit http://sites. newpaltz.edu/news/2015/04/steamfestpromises-to-inspire-young-minds-withblend-of-stem-and-art-education.

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Looking for an evening of live music and family fun without worrying about bugs or rain? Come to Poughkidsie this Saturday, May 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. and hear the awesome “kindie” band Ratboy, Jr. Children can enjoy Village play and a pizza dinner, all for $18 per child, free for adults. Poughkidsie is located at 50 Springside Avenue in Poughkeepsie. To register or for more information, call (845) 243-3750 or visit https://squareup.com/market/ poughkidsie/concert. To learn more about the performers, visit www.ratboyjr.com.

Calling all children and their adults: Come on out and volunteer for I Love My Park Day at the Minnewaska State Park Preserve! I Love My Park Day takes place on Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Minnewaska has two projects to choose from to improve the park: building a bog bridge along the Mossy Glen Footpath, appropriate for volunteers ages 12 and up with an adult over age 18; and improving the Blueberry Run Footpath, appropriate for volunteers ages 7 and up with an adult over 18. Bring gloves, water, lunch, snacks, sunglasses, insect repellent, sunscreen, work shoes such as hiking boots and long pants. The regular $10 parking fee is waived for registered volunteers that day. Minnewaska State Park Preserve is located on Route 44/55 in Kerhonkson. For more information or to register, visit www.ptny.org/ilovemypark.

SUNY-New Paltz hosts STE(A)MFest Bring your family to STE(A)MFest at the Old Main Building and the Old Main Quad at SUNY-New Paltz this Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This free community celebration of science, technology, engineering, art and math includes free interactive workshops for children and families, displays and demonstrations by local non-profit organizations and technol-

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lustrators to meet and greet and read and sign books? Live performances? A free book to every attendee? Largest book festival in New York State? Yes, please! It’s the Hudson Children’s Book Festival, taking place this Saturday, May 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hudson Junior & Senior High School, located at 215 Harry Howard Avenue in Hudson. For more information, call (518) 828-4360, extensions 1112 or 8202, or visit www.hudsonchildrensbookfestival.com.

Geocaching is a modern-day treasure hunt, using coordinates sourced online at sites such as www.geocaching.com to find hidden boxes tucked into brick walls, magnetized to a bridge railing, under rocks and more. You can use your portable GPS unit from your car, or with an app on your cellphone. Interested in trying it? Or perhaps you’re already an experienced geocacher. The new Farm/Art Geo Trail debuts this Saturday, May 2, cre-

High school hosts Hudson Children’s Book Festival Over 75 children’s authors and il-

The science behind environmental solutions

FREE PUBLIC EVENT In Search of Lost Frogs Robin Moore Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. Conservationist, author, and award-winning photographer Robin Moore will give a visually rich presentation on the world’s rarest amphibians. His new book, In Search of Lost Frogs, details Conservation International’s expedition to find frogs not seen in over a decade. Moore spearheaded the expedition, coordinating 33 teams from 21 countries. “Stunning”—The Guardian The event will be held in the Cary Institute auditorium, located at 2801 Sharon Tpk. (Rte. 44) in Millbrook, NY. Books will be available for purchase by Merritt Bookstore.

Visit our website at www.caryinstitute.org or call (845) 677-7600 x 121.

HOLISTIC, HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO May 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Fri & Sat 10 to 9 Sun 11 to 6 Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston NY

Free Admission Numerous Exhibits including r herbal products r community health organizations r naturopathic healers r solar solutions r organic specialty r Tarot foods r hypnotists r eco-green products r psychic healers r Reiki healing r aromatherapy r massage r life coaching r chiropractic r weight loss and much, much more!

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In memory of Murray Liebowitz, life trustee of Bard College and overseer emeritus of Bard College at Simon’s Rock: The Early College

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SYMPHONY NO. 9 Members of the American Symphony Orchestra, Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, and Bard College Faculty Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director Mahler’s magisterial Ninth is an impassioned elegy: nostalgic, urgent, and achingly glorious, expressing love of life and hope for eternity.

Sunday, May 17 at 3 pm sosnoff theater The Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

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Walkin’ the Dog to benefit New Paltz’s Elting Library Get some exercise and fresh air while taking a walk with your pup, and benefit the Elting Memorial Library at the same time! It’s all part of Walkin’ the Dog, which you can join for a $15 entry fee, or get sponsorships totaling $35 or more. Walkers begin immediately after registering, which takes place between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. The 1.25-mile walk starts at Gilded Otter at the corner of Main and Huguenot Streets in New Paltz. For more information, call (845) 255-5030 or visit www.eltinglibrary.org.

Oblong celebrates Independent Bookstore Day/Free Comic Book Day Since 2001, independent comic book specialty shops have participated in Free Comic Book Day, offering free comics to anyone who walks into their stores on the first Saturday in May, such as this Saturday, May 2. Now, get in on the ground floor of the first annual Independent Bookstore Day by stopping by a celebration such as the festivities at Oblong Books & Music in Rhinebeck and Millerton. Highlights include author talks, live music, exclusive books and art pieces, special discounts, children’s activities and more. Oblong Books & Music is located at 6422 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck and 26 Main Street in Millerton. For more information, call the Rhinebeck shop at (845) 876-0500 or Millerton at (518) 7893797, or visit www.oblongbooks.com. To learn more about Independent Bookstore Day, visit http://cabookstoreday. com. For more on Free Comic Book Day, visit www.freecomicbookday.com. SUNDAY, MAY 3

Mark O’Connor at Bard, Mozart & Friends at Hudson Opera House This Sunday, May 3, there are two great opportunities to offer your child

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some beautiful classical music, they’re both open to the public of all ages and they’re both free! Hear Grammy Award-winning violinist and composer Mark O’Connor and his wife, violinist Maggie O’Connor, perform and share concepts from the O’Connor Series of method books at the Bard Conservatory Preparatory Division in the BitĂł Performance Space at 11 a.m. Bard College is located at 30 Campus Road in Annandale-on-Hudson. For more information, e-mail bardprep@bard. edu or visit www.bard.edu/conservatory/ preparatory. To learn more about the performers, visit www.markoconnor.com and www.maggieoconnorviolin.com. Also on Sunday, May 3, enjoy the family concert Mozart & Friends: Musical Wonderland at the Hudson Opera House at 3 p.m. Hear young musicians along with Bard Preparatory Division faculty, followed by an “instrument petting zooâ€? where young audience members can try out a violin, cello, double bass and piano. The Hudson Opera House is located at 327 Warren Street in Hudson. For more information, call (518) 822-1438 or visit http://hudsonoperahouse.org.

Gallery Lev Shalem in Woodstock presents children’s art show The work being shown right now at Gallery Lev Shalem is more than just a children’s art show; it’s an expression of their personal sacred spaces. The artwork is by children of the Children of the Family School of the Woodstock Jewish Congregation’s Makom Kodesh Project. The opening reception takes place this Sunday, May 3 from 12 noon to 2 p.m., and the exhibit runs through May 25. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gallery Lev Shalem is located at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation at 1682 Glasco Turnpike in Woodstock. For more information, call (845) 679-2218 or visit www.facebook.com/gallerylevshalem. TUESDAY, MAY 5

Athletic Recruit Day at SUNY-Ulster For those of you with family members interested in learning more about pursuing athletics while studying at SUNY-Ulster, Athletic Recruit Day takes place on Tuesday, May 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Senate Gymnasium at the college. Speakers include the director of admissions, college athletic director and head and assistant coaches for the men’s and women’s programs. SUNY-Ulster is located at 491 Cottekill Road in Stone Ridge. For more information, call (845) 687-5000 or visit www.sunyulster.edu. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6

Acapellooza concert at Bethel Woods I like smart, clever arrangements of a cappella music – performances where the musicians sing without us-

ing instruments – so I was delighted to discover a student Acapellooza concert taking place this Wednesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. at the Event Gallery at Bethel Woods. Performers include the Eldred Central School District’s Eldred Key Elements; the Roscoe Central School District’s Ros-ca-ppella; and the Cornwall Central School District’s all-male ensemble, Treble in Paradise, and all-female ensemble, the Love Notes. Admission is a suggested donation of $5, which goes to local charities. Bethel Woods is located at 200 Hurd Road in Bethel. For more information, call (845) 456-1100, extension 5027, or e-mail glodichj@eldredcsd.org. Â

Trans* Allyship workshop at LGBTQ Center in Kingston For anyone who wants to learn to be a better ally to trans* individuals and communities, check out the Trans* Allyship workshop taking place this Wednesday, May 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center. This workshop is free and open to the public and covers some transgender basics, but is mostly about supporting trans* people. The use of trans* (with an asterisk) represents people of transgender experience and all other gender nonconforming identities. The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center is located at 300 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 331-5300 or visit http://lgbtqcenter.org/trans-allyship. THURSDAY, MAY 7

Playback Theatre with an Earth theme at Deyo Hall in New Paltz Earth Day was marked with multigenerational litter cleanups, trail maintenance and tree-plantings, so how about a fresh way to connect to each other and our Earth: sharing personal stories around environmental themes? On Thursday, May 7 at 8 p.m. at Deyo Hall, next to the Rail Trail, schoolaged children and adults of all ages are invited to Earth Calling, an event hosted by the Hudson River Playback Theatre (HRPT). Audience members share experiences, thoughts and feelings, and the HRPT troupe brings the stories to life through movement, dialogue and music. Earth Calling is open to the public and admission is by donation. Deyo Hall is located at 6 Broadhead Avenue in New Paltz, off Huguenot Street. For more information, visit www. hudsonriverplayback.org.

Learn about youth exchange student program at Italian Center in Poughkeepsie Want to spark your teen’s curiosity about being a foreign exchange student? Or to consider hosting one for three or four months? On Thursday, May 7 at 7 p.m., you can meet Edoardo Filigheddu, a Sardinian youth exchange student from Italy studying at Arlington High School in LaGrange. The meeting takes place in the History Room at the Italian Center, located at 227 Mill Street in Poughkeepsie. Edoardo will share information about his home in Sardinia, his experiences as a youth exchange student and how this year has influenced his life. For more

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Sing along with the Muppet Movie at Sugar Loaf How many times do you compare today’s family television shows to the ones that you grew up with? Surely the Muppets get a nostalgic reference during those “We only had three channels!� conversations. Help the next generation cultivate its own kinship with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and the rest by brushing up on your “Rainbow Connection� and attending Heather Henson’s “Sing along with The Muppet Movie.� Henson shares, “Singalongs allow me to connect with the work of my father. I can work with my Dad’s material. I can put a new spin on it, but it’s still his stuff, intact. And it gives me an opportunity to watch them and over again!� During the movie, families are encouraged to yell out famous lines, blow bubbles, dance in the aisles and sing along with the IBEX Puppetry Sing Along Crew to this 1979 film that’s even listed in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.� My daughter and I just discovered this performance space, and we can’t wait to go back! “Sing along with The Muppet Movie� takes place on Friday, May 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center. This cost is $15 to $20 and includes a goodie bag for each attendee. The Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center is located at 1351 King’s Highway in Sugar Loaf. For tickets or more information, call (800) 745-3000 or visit http://tinyurl.com/ muppetmoviesingalongatslpac.

Autism workshops at Center for Spectrum Services in Kingston This list of May workshops offered by the Center for Spectrum Services sounds ideal for families, friends, educators, coaches and caregivers: “Enhancing Communication through Play and Natural Context� on Thursday, May 7 from 4 to 7 p.m.; “The Wisdom of Sensory Processing and Visual Learning Strategies� on Wednesday, May 13 from 4 to 7 p.m.; and “Using Verbal Behavioral (VB) Strategies to Enhance Learning and Improve Behavior� on Thursday, May 21 from 4 to 7 p.m. Workshops are free for family members of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their respite providers; and $40 for per workshop, or $100 for all three, for other interested professionals and paraprofessionals. The Center for Spectrum Services is located at 70 Kukuk Lane in Kingston. For more information or to register, call (845) 336-2616 extension 110, e-mail kbark@centerforspectrumservices.org or visit http://centerforspectrumservices.org. To learn about the workshop presenters, visit http://centerforspectrumservices.org/ images/pdf/spring_2015_bios.pdf.  – Erica Chase-Salerno Erica Chase-Salerno geocaches in New Paltz, along with her husband, Mike, and their two children: the inspirations behind hudsonvalleyparents.com. She can be reached at kidsalmanac@ulsterpublishing.com.

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8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-6795906, x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz. 9:30AM-10:30AM Senior Fit After 50 with Diane Collelo. Three-part class offering movement for balance and breath, weight-training for bone health, and mat work for flexibility and core. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Town Hall, Woodstock. 10AM-11:30AM Parkinson’s Dance & Exercise Class. Led by Anne Olin. For people with PD & other neurological disorders. Groups are challenging, creative and fun! Info: 845-679-6250. $12 for one or $22 for two. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave, Kingston. 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 Broadway, Tivoli, $1.

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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.

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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.

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6PM-8PM Goat Pasture Management Workshop. Reg reqr’d. Info: 845-340-3990 ext. 311 or email cad266@cornell.edu. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston, $10. 6:30PM-8:30PM Hudson Valley Farm Hub and Local Economies Project. Community Update Meeting. The evening will include presentations on LEP’s local food and agriculture funding, plus an update on its land-based project, the Hudson Valley Farm Hub, a new center for farmer training and research. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.hvfarmhub. org or 845-331-5500. SUNY Ulster, Vanderlyn Hall, Student Lounge, Stone Ridge. 6:30PM Family Movie: The Imitation Game (PG-13). Info: 845-657-2482. Olive Free Library,

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.

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1PM-4PM Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Most players are elementary and intermediate players. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Rescue Squad Bldg, Rt 212, Woodstock.

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4PM-5PM Meditation Group Practice every Thursday. Walk-ins welcome. Chairs and cushions provided. 30 minute seated meditation followed by 15 minute walking meditation and open discussion. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 3 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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5:30PM-7PM GCC Day 9: Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants of Rosendale. ID and Foraging Walk, followed by celebration at Creative Co-op. Info: cbcofrosendale@gmail.com, 845-527-5672. Rosendale.

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6PM A Holocaust Survivor’s Testimony with Tibor Spitz. Tibor Spitz survived the Holocaust in Slovakia. Although never placed in a concentration camp, he and his family hid in the forest to escape persecution. Out of a large family only six

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5:30PM-7:30PM Spring Soiree & Fine Art Silent Auction. A Fundraiser for the Rosendale Democratic Committee. Light Fare, Cash Bar. Info: 845-901-1584, info@rosendaledemocrats.com, or www.rosendaledemocrats.com. 1850 House Inn & Tavern, 435 Main St, Rosendale.

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premier listings Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Free Bike Safety Clinic (5/1, 3:30pm). Part of Women’s Woodstock Grand Prix Event. Participants will be awarded a helmet after safe completion of the skill drills. Overlook Mountain Bikes, Woodstock will be handling all Bicycle Inspection as well as any necessary adjustments and/or repairs. Followed by Race Registration at 5:30pm. Woodstock Fire Department 242 Tinker St, Woodstock. Women’s Woodstock Grand Prix Pre-Race Community Dinner (5/1, 6-8pm). Dinner $12, payable at the door(cash only please)Seating is limited!Info: www.wwcgp.weebly.com to RSVP for the event.Event is assisted by Colavitabrand products.All proceeds of the night pre-race dinner will go to benefit the Woodstock FireDepartment. Woodstock Fire Department 242 Tinker St, Woodstock. 3rd Annual Women’s Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix Race Day and Family Fun Ride (5/2, 9am). Traveling through Woodstock, Saugerties, and Phoenicia. Hosted by the Woodstock Fire Department. Line- up: 9am Gran Prix Racers; 9:30am Family Fun Ride. fRace followed by an Awards Ceremony & Block Party. Grand Prix Race, prize purse, license requirements and race cost and First Annual Family Fun Ride Registration is available at www.bikereg.com. Registration and race number pick up will be available at 5:30pm during Race Registration and at the Pre-Race Dinner (5/1, 6-8pm) at Woodstock Fire Department, 242 Tinker St , Woodstock, as well as day of event starting at 6:30am at 20 Mountainview Ave, Woodstock. This is a one-day competitive cycling event consisting of 2 Women’s Only bicycle races on a national caliber course. First Annual Family Fun Ride is presented by Esopus Strength and Fitness. Ride out time: 9:30am (Weather Permitting), starting and ending right in the heart of Woodstock. A totoal of 6.2 miles. $10/adults, free/12 & under. Register early - Field limit to 200 riders. Limited scholarship entries are available upon request

and are under written by the Bernard Family.T-shirts: Children age 12 and under will receive a complementary event T-shirt. For more information and ride map visit:www.WWCGP. weebly.com. Parking and Festivities located at 20 Mountainview Ave Woodstock. Overflow parking will be available at theRock City Road Parking Lot. Breakfast at Oriole 9 (5/2, 6am) for Women’s Woodstock Grand Prix & First Annual Family Fun Ride Racers. Oriole 9 has generously agreed to openand offer a range of amazing breakfast items for racers. Cost will vary depending on what is ordered. Oriole 9, Tinker St, Woodstock. Women’s Woodstock Grand PrixAwards Ceremony & First Annual Block Party (5/2, 1pm). Emceed by the one and only Dan Reinhard from WKNY! Not up to competing? Please come out and support these amazing athletes as they take on the Catskills! Followed by First Annual Block Party! Grills provided and food served by the Woodstock Fire Department. There will be music and vendors to peruse at your leisure.Check out all the amazing shops and restaurants right in the heart of Woodstock! Part of the race proceeds will go to benefit: Raising Hope - Women mentoring women to success. See story in the Woodstock Times for Road Closures for this event. Rhythm & Jazz (5/2, 7-10pm) featuring: Matthew Fink - guitar, Pete Levin - keyboard, Mark Usvolk - bass, & Tony Jefferson - drums. No cover charge. Wed Night - Mexican;Thurs - Gourmet Pizza;Fri - Duck; & Alt. Sat - Live Jazz & Smoked Ribs.Lydia’s Cafe & Bar, 7 Old Rt 209 , Stone Ridge, 845-6876373. Register Now! Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation ( 5/6,5:306:30pm) .A small group led by Frayda Kafka, certified therapeutic hypnotist. $25;free if you are employed by The Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley.

Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 7PM Grow Like A Pro - All About Lilies with Master Gardener Philomena Kiernan. Info: 845-889-4683 or www.staatsburglibrary.org. Staatsburg Library, 70 Old Post Rd, Staatsburg. 7PM Live @ the Falcon The Trapps. Carl Mateo Opens. Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7 PM-9 PM Japanese Movie Night: ‘Vexille’ Anime. Directed by Fumihiko Sori, story by Haruka Handa. Info: www.GKnoodles.com or 845-255-8811. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz, free. 7PM “Solar Connection” ? (How God’s Power Can Light Up Your World). What would happen if all the area houses of worship converted to solar power? Info: 845-626-4804. St. Joseph’s Parish Center, 34 South Chestnut St, New Paltz. 7PM-9PM Trivia Night with Paul Tully and Eric Stamberg. Last Thursday of every month. Info: 845-687-2699. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls. 7:30PM “Astronomy Night” Held on the first and third Thursday of each month that the university is in session. An indoor planetarium show, followed by telescope viewing if the sky is clear. Info: 845-257-3818 or www.newpaltz.edu/planetarium/shows.htmlSUNY New Paltz, Coykendall Science Building, John R. Kirk Planetarium, New Paltz. 7:30PM-9:30PM Life Drawing sessions. Tuesday and Thursdays, on going. No registration required. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $15. 7:30PM A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. A musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Directed by Jessica Rothman and music direction by Julian Baker. Info:www.90milesoffbroadway.com or 845-2569657. New Paltz High School, 130 South Putt Corners Rd, New Paltz, $15, $12 /senior/student. 7:30PM-9:30PM Tango Intensive for Beginners with Nina Jirka (4/30 & 5/1). In this intensive basic class series, Nina will create a supportive and relaxed atmosphere for beginner students to lean and enjoy the dance of tango. Info: 845-255-1559 orwww.unisonarts.org. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz. 8PM An Evening w/The Five Points Family. The Five Points Band, Robin The Hammer, and Sweetbryar Band. Info: 845-679-4406 Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $5. 8:30 PM Bluegrass Clubhouse with Brian Hollander, Tim Kapeluk, Geoff Harden, Fooch,

Sponsored by the HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley. Open to everyone. Health Alliance, 80 Mary’s Ave. Kingston . To register: Call Doris 845-3392071 or email: Doris.Blaha@hahv.org, www.CallTheHypnotist.com. “Write Saturday,” A Writing Workshop on (5/30, 9 am to 3 pm). Devote a full day to Writing withPoet and Educator, Kate Hymes. The full day gives writers extended writing and response times. A “Write Saturday” is a great way to experience a Wallkill Valley Writers workshop for the first time. Kate also offers weekly writing workshops in New Paltz. Info: www. wallkillvalleywriters.com. Kate has over twenty years teaching experience at local colleges and community colleges, and over ten years leading writing workshops that follow the priciples of the Amherst Writers and Artists method. Info: www.amherstwriters.com. The event will take place in Accord, in a private home location to be disclosed upon registration. The cost for the workshop is $75. A $35 deposit will reserve a spot. Please contact Kate Hymes at khymes@wallkillvalleywriters.com to register. Contact Kate Hymes, khymes@wallkillvalleywriters. com or 845-255-7090. Sculptors Call: 3rd Annual Sculpture Expo 2015. Dutchess County seeks outdoor, large-scale sculpture. Find information and entry forms online at www.rhcan.com or contact sculptureexpos@gmail.com or call 845-704-2557. Submission deadline is 5/1. Children’s Call for Performances of A Midsummer Night’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 Arts Center in Albany. Info: artisticstaff@ajkunbt.org or 646-368-9800. Albany. Volunteers Wanted! Looking for Citizen Scientist Volunteers to assist the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt parks this

Eric Weissberg and Bill Keith. Info: 845-6793484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 9PM Special RnR Resort Pre-Party. Featuring live music from The Werks, After Funk & Cosmal. The show is free for weekend ticket holders or $10 at the door. Oasis Café, 58 Main St, New Paltz.

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May Day - Annual Georgian Feast, Mummers Play, Maypole Dance, and celebration of the beginning of the harvest season. Info: cbcofrosendale@ gmail.com, 845-527-5672. Whirligig Farm, 1375 Hurley Mountain Rd, Hurley. Rock N Roll Resort v5: Electric Avenue (5/15/3). Three stages and a talented bill of established favorites plus up-and-coming acts from around the Northeast with non-stop music and activities all weekend long. Info: www.rocknrollresort.com or845-626-8888. Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, 400 Granite Rd, Kerhonkson. 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. 11AM-4PM Jervis McEntee: Kingston’s Artist of the Hudson River School Exhibits through 10/31. Fridays and Saturdays from 11 am to 4 pm. Info: 845-339-0720 or online at www.fohk.org. Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery, corner of Wall & Main sts, Kingston. 11:30AM-4:30PM Past Life Regression and Private Angelic Channeling sessions with Margaret Doner. First Friday of every month. Please call Mirabai to reserve appointment. $125 for 90 minute session. 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 12PM Hudson Valley Fair. $3.50/pp with twofor-one admission discounts available online & $20/unlimited rides wristbands. Featuring the Fearless Flores Thrill Show from America’s Got Talent, award-winning illusionist Lance Gifford, a LasVegas hypnotist show, Banana Derby, carnival midway, petting zoo. Camel& pony rides. Shows free w/ admission.Web: www.hudsonvalleyfair. com. Dutchess Stadium, 1500 New York 9D, Wappingers Falls. 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,

April 30, 2015 summer in the study of mercury in dragonfly larvae. Dragonfly larvae are currently being sampled for mercury levels in many national parks. Mercury is a toxic pollutant that can harm human and wildlife health, threatening the natural resources the NPS is charged with protecting.Info: www. nature.nps.gov/air/studies/air_toxics/ dragonfly/index.cfm. For more information please contact Susanne Norris @ 845-229-6873 or email susanne_ norris@nps.gov. 2015 Riverkeeper Sweep (5/9). The fourth annual day of service for the Middle Hudson Valley Region, including Putnam, Orange, Ulster and Dutchess. Thousands of volunteers will help clean up shorelines, plant trees and maintain wildlife in more than 100 locations. Register for one of over 30 local cleanups in the MidHudson region by going to riverkeeper. org/sweep and selecting the location nearest you. Tango Intensive with Nina Jirka (4/30-5/3). Please check website for exact times. Info: 845-255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org. Unison Arts Center, New Paltz, $15 /per session. Submit Now! Fall for Art Juried Art Show, Sale and Cocktail Party. Deadline 4/30. Applications available at www.fallforart.org. Kingston. Decorative Art Class for Kids: Painting, Collage and More. 6-session Decorative Art Class for Kids, taught by Anna Darovsky, beginning Wed May 6th and running through June 10th from 3:45-4:45pm. Pre-registration is required Info: 845-255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $120. Hudson River Exchange has opened applications for Annual Summer Market, taking place June 27th & 28th. Applications found on www. hudsonriverexchange.com. Final deadline is May 15th with notification sent out May 19th. Henry Hudson Riverfront Park, Hudson. Call for Art - 9th Annual Big Read Teen Art Contest. Mid-Hudson Valley high school students are invited to enter. Deadline: 5/ 27, Artwork must be inspired by themes from this year’s Big Read book selection, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Info:

$1 donation requested. Fire House, Woodstock. 12:30PM-6:30PM Tarot and Spirit Guidance with Maureen. Every Friday. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /45minutes, $30 /25 minutes. 3:30 PM Free Bike Safety Clinic . Part of Women’s Woodstock Grand Prix Event. Participants will be awarded a helmet after safe completion of the skill drills. Overlook Mountain Bikes, Woodstock will be handling all Bicycle Inspection as well as any necessary adjustments and/or repairs. Followed by Race Registration at 5:30pm.Woodstock FireDepartment , 242 Tinker St, Woodstock. 4PM-6:30PM Student Research Symposium. The Symposium is a presentation and recognition of graduate and undergraduate student scholarship. Info: 845-257-3776 or www.newpaltz.edu/ research/srs. SUNY New Paltz, Student Union Building, New Paltz. 4 PM Bard Math Circle. Featuring puzzles and games, hands-on projects, and engaging math problems. Meets on the 1st Friday, 4pm. Info:bardmathcircle.org. Tivoli Library, Tivoli. 4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 246-4317, x 3. 5PM-7PM Opening Reception: Rejuvenation! Artwork by Rhinebeck Central School District Students. Students from grades K through 12 will present a body of work containing a variety of media used in their academic classes. Exhibits through 5/29.Montgomery Row Second Level, 6423 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck. 5:30PM-8PM Woodstock’s Women’s Grand Prix Registration & Pre-Race Community Dinner. Registration from 5:30-6pm. Followed by PreRace Community Dinner 6-8pm. Admission $12, payable at the door(cash only please)Seating is limited!Info: www.wwcgp.weebly.com toRSVP for the event.Event is assisted by Colavitabrand products.All proceedswill benefit the Woodstock Fire Department. Event held at The Woodstock Fire Department, 242 Tinker St, Woodstock. 6PM First Friday Potluck Party at Bob Shepard Highland Landing Park. Sponsored by the Highland Landing Park Association to kick off a new policy of keeping the park open until 10:30 pm. Bring a dish to share and your own beverage (non-alcoholic only).Info: 845- 255-7742 or www. highlandlandingpark.org. Bob Shepard Highland Landing Park, Highland. 7PM-8:30PM Voices From Gaza. Jo Salas, cofounder of Playback Theater discusses a Playback Theatre performance in Ramallah. Info:

www.poklib.org.Adriance Library, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie. Audition Notice: Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow.” On May 4, 5, & 6 from 7 - 9 pm Six men and six women of various ages are needed for the roles. Info: www.coachhouseplayers.org. Coach House Players, 2 Augusta St, Kingston. 2015 Catskills Singing Schools. Singing school is Monday through Friday, starting 4/26. With a pot luck, graduation & community singing held on each Saturday starting at 5 p.m. Participants will receive a free copy of The Sacred Harp tunebook. Andes Presbyterian Church, Andes. 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. 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: $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. Register Now. Social Skills Training for Kids 7-17. One hour on Saturdays from 5/ 18- 5/9. Kids learn to: Speak so others will listen, make new friends, and read body language. Info: potential2success@gmail.com.

www.mideastcrisis.org. UU Congregation of the Catskills, 320 Sawkill Rd, Kingston. 7PM Lyme and Other Tick-borne Diseases Program. Featuring Dr. Brian Fallon of Columbia University. He will provide an overview of Lyme disease and bring the audience up-to-date on the latest advances in research and strategies for prevention. Regreqr’d. Info: www.reg.cce.cornell. edu/_210 Columbia-Greene Community College, Fine Arts Theatre, Hudson, free. 7PM 7PM Shakti and Shake – Have a glass of wine while you relax, take in the view and dance to the hypnotic grooves of Shaktipat – where the energy of the east mingles with vibrancy of the west. Donation. Iris Yoga Studio 238-1 Towpath Road Accord, Info: www.shaktipat.mfbiz.com or 845-687 -8707. 7PM Live @ The Falcon. Jenny Scheinman with Todd Sickafoose + The Tiny Resisters. Info: www. liveatthefalcon.com or 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM In Search of Lost Frogs. View some of the world’s rarest amphibians in this presentation by award-winning photographer Robin Moore. Info: www.caryinstitute.org. Cary Institute, 2801 Sharon Tpk, Millbrook, free. 7:30PM A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. A musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Directed by Jessica Rothman and music direction by Julian Baker. Info:www.90milesoffbroadway.com or 845-2569657. New Paltz High School, 130 South Putt Corners Rd, New Paltz, $15, $12 /senior/student. 8PM The Fantasticks. Half Moon Theatre Puts Its Unique Spin on the Longest Running Musical Hit. Culinary Institute of America is offering a $39 pre-theatre three-course menu. Info: CIA845-905-4533 or Half Moon Theatre- 845-7025379. Culinary Institute of America, Marriott Pavilion, 1946 Campus Dr, Hyde Park, $40, $35 /senior, $25 /under 18. 8PM Community Playback Theatre. Improvisations of audience stories. Info: 845-691-4118. Boughton Place, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland, $10. 8PM Full Simi Stone Band Show. Twin Danger Opening. Info: 845-679-4406 Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $20. 8PM Vassar College Jazz Ensembles. James Osborn, director. Info: 845-437-7294 or music. vassar.edu/concerts. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie. 8PM Fishbone. Info: 845-626-8888 or www.rocknrollresort.com. Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, 400 Granite Rd, Kerhonkson, $125. 8PM Julia Nichols & Naked. Info: 845-679-3484.

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April 30, 2015 Harmony CafĂŠ @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 9PM SmashCrashBash!! Born Loose and Wizard Sex. Info: 518-822-1913. The Half Moon, 48 S. Front St, Hudson, $6. 9PM Sean Rowe. Info: info@helsinkihudson.com or 518-.828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

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Rock N Roll Resort v5: Electric Avenue (5/15/3). Three stages and a talented bill of established favorites plus up-and-coming acts from around the Northeast with non-stop music and activities all weekend long. Info: www.rocknrollresort.com or845-626-8888. Hudson Valley Resort and Spa, 400 Granite Rd, Kerhonkson. Mid Hudson ADK: Wonder Lake & Laurel Pond Loop. 6+/- Miles. Moderate Pace Hike. Leader: Tom Buckley: TrailHikerTom@gmail.com. Email leader for directions and meeting time. Info: www. MidHudsonADK.org. Wonder Lake parking lot, Ludingtonville Rd, Holmes. Greene County Spring Classic. This Annual Spring Classic is a stop on the Anthem Sports Great American Cycling Series. Info & reg: www./tourofthecatskills.com/hunter-greene-c or 518-275-6185. 6AM Breakfast for Women’s Woodstock Cycling Grand Prix Race & First Annual Family Fun Ride Participants. Offering a range of amazing breakfast items for our racers. Cost will vary depending on what is ordered.Oriole 9, Tinker St, Woodstock. 7AM-12PM John Burroughs Natural History Society: Kenneth Wilson State Park. Trip leader Peter Schoenberger (pdsis@yahoo.com). For the start of neotropical bird migration. Info: www. jbnhs.org. Kenneth Wilson State Park, Parking Lot, Wittenberg. 8AM Birding on the Rail Trail! Join teacher and avid birder Chrissy Guarino and learn bird calls and identification. Bring binoculars if you have them. RSVP for meeting location and additional details. Call: 845-255-2761 or www.WallkillValleyLT.org. Rosendale Trestrel, Rosendale. $5. 8:30AM 3rd Annual Walkin’ The Dog Fundraising Event. Registration begins at 8:30am. Registration and sponsor forms can be picked up at library. Info: eltingdogwalk@gmail.com or 845-255-5030 or www.eltinglibrary.org. Gilded Otter Restaurant, Huguenot St, New Paltz. 8:30AM-4PM 15th Annual Women’s Health & Fitness Expo. Over 150 exhibits. 20 free health screenings (osteoporosis, blood pressure, glucose, depression, body fat). Seminars, workshops & fitness demos and “The Doctor is In� booth. Info:www.womenshealthexpo.com Miller Middle School, 65 Fording Place Rd, Lake Katrine. 9AM 3rd Annual Women’sWoodstock Cycling Grand Prix Race Day and Family Fun Ride. Traveling through Woodstock, Saugerties, and Phoenicia. Hosted by the Woodstock Fire Department. Line- up: 9am Gran Prix Racers; 9:30am Family Fun Ride. fRace followed by an Awards Ceremony & Block Party. Grand Prix Race, prize purse, license requirements and race cost and First Annual Family Fun Ride Registration is available at www.bikereg.com. Registration and race number pick up will be available at 5:30pm during Race Registration and at the Pre-Race Dinner (5/1, 6-8pm) at Woodstock Fire Department, 242 Tinker St , Woodstock, as well as day of event starting at 6:30am at 20 Mountainview Ave, Woodstock. This is a one-day competitive cycling event consisting of 2 Women’s Only bicycle races on a national caliber course. First Annual Family Fun Ride is presented by Esopus Strength and Fitness. Ride out time: 9:30am (Weather Permitting), starting and ending right in the heart of Woodstock. A totoal of 6.2 miles. $10/adults, free/12 & under. Register early - Field limit to 200 riders. Limited scholarship entries are available upon request and are under written by the Bernard Family.T-shirts: Children age 12 and under will receive a complementary event T-shirt. For more information and ride map visit:www.WWCGP. weebly.com. Parking and Festivities located at 20 Mountainview Ave Woodstock. (Overflow parking will be available at theRock City Road Parking Lot). Don’t forget to check out the Bike Safety Workshop, 5/1 3:30pm; Pre-Race Dinner, 5/1, 6-8pm; & Breakfast at Oriole 9, 5/2,6am.

9AM Mountain Top Historical Society will be staging groups of willing workers around the campus to clear the cobwebs and clutter of winter. A thorough cleaning needs to be done in the Visitors’ Center, in the Train Station, and around the grounds. Info:www.mths.org or 518-589-6657. Mountain Top Historical Society, 5132 Rt. 23A, Haines Falls. 9AM-12PM The Sixth Annual Kingston Clean Sweep. Volunteers will pick up litter lying along the “Kingston Corridor� from the railroad crossing on Washington Avenue through the uptown business district, down Broadway to the Rondout waterfront.Info: 845-339-0720, or patriciamurphy@hvc.rr.com. Kingston. 9AM Saugerties’ Christian Meditation. Meets every Saturday, 9-10:30am. All welcome. No charge. 845-246-3285. Trinity Episcopal Church, Rte 9W, Saugerties. 9:30AM First Annual Family Fun Ride. Presented by Esopus Strength and Fitness. Ride out time of 9:30am (Weather Permitting).The family fun ride starts and ends right in theheart of Woodstock and is 6.2 miles.Sign up to ride on BikeReg - www. bikereg.com); or in person at the Pre-Race Dinner on 5/1, or the morning of therace starting at 8 am.10 per individual, children 12 andunder free. Limited scholarship entries are available upon request and are underwrittenby the Bernard Family.T-shirts: Children age 12 and under will receive a complementary event t-shirt!!!!Block Party to commence immediately afterracers finish!For more information and ride map please visit:www.WWCGP.weebly.comParking and Festivities located at:20 Mountainview Ave Woodstock, NY 12498(Overflow parking will be available at the Rock City Road Parking Lot). 9AM-2PM Cornwall Lions Health & Wellness Fair. Free blood pressure, vision, hearing, and dental health screenings will be given. Topics covered will be heart health, diabetes, back problems, behavior modification, and strokes, to name a few. There will also be a yoga demonstration & a cooking demonstrations that will be offered, too. For a full schedule: www.cornwalllions.com/ events. Munger Cottage, Cornwall. 9:30AM-11AM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Saturday, 9-10:30am. Everyone welcome. Info: 845-679-8800. St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church (the A-Frame), 2578 Rte 212, Woodstock. 10AM-3PM Hudson Valley Farmers’ Market Sponsored by Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest. Info: www.greigfarm.com/hudson-valley-farmersmarket.html. Greig Farm, Pitcher Ln, Red Hook. 10AM-12PM Knitting Group. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 687-7023. 10AM-5PM Historic Huguenot Street 2015 Spring Season. Grand Opening will feature a variety of free activities for all ages across the National Historic Landmark District, including live music, colonial games, and historic vignettes performed throughout the day. Info: www. huguenotstreet.org. Historic Huguenot Street, 81 Huguenot St, New Paltz. 10AM-2PM Volunteer Weekend Workday & I Love NY Park Day. Help remove exotic bush honeysuckle so native plants can flourish again. After lopping the honeysuckle. Contact Anthony Coneski, 845-473-4440 Ext. 273, or www.scenichudson.org.

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10AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Hypertufa Planter Workshop for Adults. Hypertufa is an artificial stone recipe that is easy to make and replicates real Tufa rock, which is very porous sandstone. Info: www.hhnm.org or 845-5345506 x204.Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall, $25. 10AM-5PM The Gardiner Open Studio Tour (GOST). Artists Host Visits to Their Studios. Info: www.gostartists.org. Gardiner. 10:30AM-1:30PM Teen Geek Here to Help! Do you have questions about how to operate your NOOK, iPod, iPad, Kindle, laptop, or other electronic device? Bring it in to the library and one of our trained “Teen Geeksâ€? will help you! Info: 845-757-3771 ortivoliprograms@gmail.com. Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free. 10:30AM-11:30AM Silent Vigil for Global Peace & Non-Violence. Sponsored by The Kingston Women in Black. Meet outside Cornell St PO, Kingston, 845-339-0637. 10:30AM Ride for Paws & Claws - UCSPCA BeneďŹ t Ride Through Scenic Ulster County. Registration 9-10am. Kickstands up at 10:30am. Starting at Woodstock Harley-Davidson, 949 State Rt 28, Kingston. Ending at Hurley Mountain Inn, 106 Old Rt 209, Hurley. $20/per bike or car. Monetary & animal food donations appreciated. Info: 845-331-5377, x 211 or 845-399-1881. 11AM Historic Huguenot Street to Honor First Responders. Hosting a picnic in honor of the brave work of New Paltz first responders from the Police Department, Fire Department, and Rescue Squad. Info: Info: www.huguenotstreet.org. Deyo House, Lawn, New Paltz. 11AM-5PM “Transfourming Sorrowâ€?: Centennial Commemoration Of the Armenian Genocide (1915-2015). Multimedia installation by artist Kardash Onnig, will pay tribute to the decimation of the Armenian population. Info: transfourmer@ gmail.com orwww.KardashOnnig.com. 76 Halas Lane, Stanfordville.

11 AM Opening Day for the Season u n t i l S u n d a y, N o v e m b e r 1 , 2 0 1 5 Lighthouses of the Hudson 2015 exhibit sponsored solely by Rondout Savings Bank.Permanent collections and other refreshed exhibitions on view. Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston. Located in the historic waterfront district of downtown Kingston Cost: Adults $7; Seniors 65+ and Students (4-18) $5; Family Rate $20; HRMM members and children under 4 Free; HRMM is a Blue Star Museum free admission to active military and their families (present ID card).Info: www.hrmm.org or call 845-338-0071. 11AM-3PM Family Music Festival. Live musical performances by Dog on Fleas, Fuzzylollipop, and Bright the Day, fabulous storytelling by puppeteer Grian McGregor, and delicious food, activities. Benefit Crossroads Springs Africa. Info: 845-2550051. Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Paltz, $12, $5 /child, $40 /family. 11AM Author Event: Geoffrey C. Ward, bestselling author and co-writer of the recent Ken Burns PBS documentary, The Roosevelts: An intimate History. A fundraiser for Wilderstein Historic Site. Res reqr’d. Info: 845-876-4818. Rhinebeck, $75. 12PM HV Garden Fair. A one day celebration of gardening in the Hudson Valley - Garden Fair features local and specialty garden vendors, free demonstrations. Pre-registration advised. www. hvgardenfair.com/buy-tickets/ Montgomery Place, Red Hook.

10AM-1PM Saturday Life Drawing. This class meets every other Saturday. Please check website for dates. Info: 845-255-1559 or www.unisonarts. org. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $20.

12PM-5PM Pete Seeger’s Birthday Celebration and Music Festival ( 5/2 & 5/3). Memorial Park, between Route 52 and Beacon High School.,

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 Story’s Nursery Annual Open House. Info: 518-634-7754. Story’s Nursery, 4265 Rte 67, Freehold.

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12PM Hudson Valley Fair. $3.50/pp with twofor-one admission discounts available online & $20/unlimited rides wristbands. Featuring the Fearless Flores Thrill Show from America’s Got Talent, award-winning illusionist Lance Gifford, a LasVegas hypnotist show, Banana Derby, carnival midway, petting zoo. Camel& pony rides. Shows free w/ admission.Web: www.hudsonvalleyfair. com. Dutchess Stadium, 1500 New York 9D, Wappingers Falls. 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-7PM 25th Annual Beltane Festival. Musicians, singers, dancers. Vendors and artisans. Puppets, jugglers, clowns. Info: www.symbolicstudies.org. Center for Symbolic Studies, Stone Mountain Farm, New Paltz, $15, $5 /senior/teen/ over 10. 1PM Wild Saturday at Woodchuck Lodge. “The Magic of Nature, � a music and story program

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26 for families, with McKenzie Willis, author of Tales of the Rainbow Forest. Bring lawn seating. Indoors in case of rain. Info: 845-688-5092.www. woodchucklodge.org. Woodchuck Lodge, 633 Burroughs Memorial Rd, Roxbury. 12PM-3PM Ramp Festival. Ramp dishes by genius chefs, rockabilly, honky-tonk live bands, environmentally-conscious powerhouse organizations. During the festival, rampswill be at the center of original dishes created by top chefs. Info: www. rampfesthudson.com.$35/$30 in advance/$10 children 518- 822-1050.Basilica Hudson 110 Front Street, Hudson Hudson . 1PM Women’s Woodstock Grand PrixAwards Ceremony & First Annual Block Party. Emceed by the one and only Dan Reinhard from WKNY! Followed by First Annual Block Party! Grills provided and food served by the Woodstock Fire Department.There will be music and vendors to peruse at your leisure.Check out all the amazing shops and restaurants right in the heart of Woodstock! Part of the race proceeds will go to benefit: Raising Hope - Women mentoring women to success. See story in the Woodstock Times for Road Closures for this event. 1PM Art Hour with Christian. Info: 845-6887811. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. 1:30PM Senior Recital: Sam Plotkin, composition. A program of original works. Info: 845-4377294 or music.vassar.edu/concerts. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie. 1:30PM-4PM Family Day. An afternoon of handson activities, including mandala-making, inspired by the Embodying Compassion exhibition. Free. Drop-ins welcome. Best suited for children ages 5-10. Info: 845-437-5632 or visit fllac.vassar.edu. Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 1:30PM-3PM LEGO Club. Ages 4 to 14. Are you a LEGO- Maniac? Bring your imagination. They’ll bring the Legos. Registration Required. Info: 845-679-6405 or www.whplib.org. West Hurley Public Library, 42 Clover St, West Hurley. 2PM Free Meditation Instruction. On-going every Saturday, 2pm in the Amitabha Shrine Room. 60-minute class requires no previous meditation experience. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-679-5906, 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 2PM-3PM Free Tours of the Woodchuck Lodge. Info: 845-688-5092. www.woodchucklodge.org. Woodchuck Lodge, 633 Burroughs Memorial Rd, Roxbury, free. 2PM 5th Annual Volunteer Fair. Not-for profits in the greater Newburgh area are encouraged to participate. There also will be tours of the Hasbrouck House, which was used by General and Mrs. Washington during the Revolutionary War. Info: 845-562-1195. Washington’s Headquarters, Poughkeepsie. 3 P M - 5 P M Closing Event: Gregory Amenoff:Selected Prints 1983-2013 . Solo Exhibition. Cross Contemporary Art,81 Partition St, Saugerties, 845-399-9751. 3PM Samuel Reifler Reads Selections from his new works. Info: 845-876-2903 or www.morton. rhinecliff.lib.ny.us. Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinecliff. 4PM Senior Recital: Regina Krawiec, soprano. Assisted by David Alpher, piano. Info: 845-4377294 or music.vassar.edu/concerts. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie. 4PM-7PM Taco De Mayo Dinner. Tacos, taco bowls, Nachos, dessert and beverage included. Take outs available. Info: 845-331-7099. United Reformed Church, Bloomington. 4PM-7PM The Equis Art Gallery Kentucky Derby Party and Fundraiser. Info: www.equisart.com. Equis Art Gallery, 7516 North Broadway, Red Hook. 4:30PM-6PM Ziti Supper. Two seatings, one at 4:30 & 6pm. Info: 845-255-5098. St. Andrew’s Church, corner of Main Street and North Oakwood Terrace, New Paltz, $12 /adults, $5 /12 & under, free /4 7 under. 5PM-8PM Uptown Kingston’s First Saturday Art Walk. live music, open studio tours, theatrical performances, historical reenactments, arts & cultural activities. Info: kingstonhappenings. org. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston, 5PM-8PM Opening Reception: “Gridspace.” New works by Donise English, Ingrid Ludt, and Lesley Wamsley. KMOCA’s regular hours are Saturdays 12-4, or by appointment.Kingston Museum of Contemporary Arts, 103 Abeel Street, Kingston. 5PM-9PM Open for Kingston’s “First Saturday” citywide Arts walk. Info: 845-340-0501. Little

Shop of Horses, 37 North Front St, 2nd Floor, Kingston. 5PM-7PM El Primer Abrazo: Kico Govantes Solo Show” Searches for Meaning and Connection Gallery Hours: M-F 10-5, Sat. 12-5. free, www. greenearts.org, 518-943-3400. GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main St, Catskill. 5 PM Woodstock Library Forum. “Animal Avatars” A Reading by Patricia Eakins, novelist; Bertha Rogers, poet; John Miller, Naturalist. Info: 845-679-2213. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock, free. 5PM Book Signing: Alice Eve Cohen, author of “The Year My Mother Came Back.” Info: 845-679-8000 or www.goldennotebook.com. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock. 5PM-8PM Opening Reception: “Reflection.” Watercolors by Krista Morris. Exhibits through 5/30. Info: 845-338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, Duck Pond Gallery, Port Ewen. 5PM-8PM Art Show Opening: The Art of Assemblage Artist Jim Hirsheimer. His work beautifully showcases his love and appreciation for found objects, vintage materials and bona fide antiques. Refreshments and light fair will be served. 845-331-3902 or ilneantiques@gmail. com. Milne At Home Antiques, 81 Broadway, Kingston.

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7:30PM Community Orchestra Concert. Noted Middletown pianist Gregg Michalak will join the SUNY Orange Community Orchestra for its annual Spring concert. Info: 845-341-4787. Paramount Theatre, Middletown, $10. 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. 7:30 PM -10:30 PM Hudson Valley English Country Dance .Lesson at 7pm. Caller: Patricia Evans. Band: Tiddley Pom: Sue Polansky, clarinet, Katie Jeannotte, piano, Stewart Dean, concertina, and other local musicians. $10/$5 students with ID 845-338-3777. Reformed Church of Port Ewen 160 Salem Street, Port Ewen . 8PM Green Goats Jam • Neighbors Helping Neighbors Rebuild. Info: www.helsinkihudson. com or 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson. 8PM Kim and Reggie Harris. Info: 845-2551559 or www.unisonarts.org. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $24, $12 /student w/ID. 8PM Cinco De Mayo Dance Party w/ Mambo Kikongo. Info: 845-679-4406 Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $20.

5PM-7PM Centerville Fire House’s Spring Roast Beef Dinner. Serving Family Style. Take Outs Available. Info: 845-246-5223. Centerville Fire House, Rt. 212, Saugerties, $12, $8 /under 13, free /under 5.

8PM Bard College Conservatory Orchestra. Final concert of the season. Conducted by Leon Botstein, Music Director. Info: www.bard.edu. Bard College, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-onHudson, $20, $15.

6PM Get Your Pete On. The annual Pete Seeger Song Night. . Veggie Pot Luck. Gardiner Library, Gardiner.

8PM Hudson Valley Philharmonic. Brahm’s Requiem. With the Vassar Choir, Capella Festiva and soloists. Christine Howlett, Choral Director. Info: 845-473-2072 or www.bardavon.org. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, $55, $32.

6:30PM -9PM Kitchen Ecosystem Dinner. Valley Variety is collaborating with Eugenia Bone on a 4-course dinner that highlights the theme of her recent book, The Kitchen Ecosystem. 518-8280033.Valley Variety, 705 Warren St, Hudson. 7PM Dan Rothstein and Friends. A night of jazz guitar and more. $12/$10 students and seniors .518-828-1481. Columbia-Greene Community College 4400 Route 23, Hudson. 7PM-8:30PM Full Moon Gathering.This month we welcome both men and women to our Full Moon Circle. We are a non-denominational group, with our foundation rooted in honoring the Mother Earth and the light of the Goddess within each of us. We experience the support of the groups loving energies in a healing, empowering and insightful manner. $10 845-473-2206. Dreaming Goddess 44 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie . 7PM Live @ The Falcon. Rana Santacruz. Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM The Gemini Series. “Dan Rothstein and Friends.” A night of jazz guitar and more. Info: 518-828-4181. SUNY Columbia-Greene, Arts Center Theater, Hudson, $12, $10 /student/senior. 7PM-10PM Rhythm & Jazz. Featuring Matthew Fink - guitar, Pete Levin - ketboard, Mark Usvolk - bass, Tony Jefferson - drums. Wed Night Mexican;Thurs - Gourmet Pizza;Fri - Duck; & Alt. Sat - Live Jazz & Smoked Ribs. Info: 845-6876373. Lydia’s Cafe & Bar, 7 Old Route 209, Stone Ridge. 7PM-9PM 1st Fridays: Star Nation Sacred Circle. Meets every 1st Friday, 7-9pm. A positive, not for skeptics, discussion group for experiencers of the paranormal. Open to all dreamers, contactees, abductees, ET Ambassadors. Info:www.SymbolicStudies.org. Center for Symbolic Studies, 475 River Rd. Ext, Tillson. 7PM Book Signing: Clark Strand, author and Will Lytlle, Illustrator: “Waking Up To The Dark: Ancient WisdomFor A Sleepless Age.” Hosted by The Golden Notebook. Info: 845-679-8000 or www.goldennotebook.com. Kleinert/James Performing Arts Center, Woodstock. 7 PM Old Chatham Quaker Meeting. “My So-Called Enemy” Free dinner at 6pm. Info: 518-766-2992 or www.oldchathamquakers.org. Old Chatham Quaker Meetinghouse, 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham. 7PM Live @ The Falcon. Rana Santacruz. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7:30PM A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. A musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Directed by Jessica Rothman and music direction by Julian Baker. Info:www.90milesoffbroadway.com or 845-2569657. New Paltz High School, 130 South Putt Corners Rd, New Paltz, $15, $12 /senior/student.

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8PM The Fantasticks. Half Moon Theatre Puts Its Unique Spin on the Longest Running Musical Hit. Culinary Institute of America is offering a $39 pre-theatre three-course menu. Info: CIA845-905-4533 or Half Moon Theatre- 845-7025379. CulinaryInstitute of America, Marriott Pavilion, 1946 Campus Dr, Hyde Park, $40, $35 /senior, $25 /under 18. 8PM Jessy Carolina & The Hot Mess. Info: 845-658-9048. The Rosendale Café, 434 Main St, Rosendale, $10. 8PM Mister Kick. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 8PM Jaybird Street, A Trio of J’s, Headlining vocalist Judy Pitel, JoAnn Chmielowski, pianist/ vocalist and Joe Chmielowski, guitar and vocals. An evening of hits of the 60’s and 70’s with heartfelt harmonies. Info: chmusic2me@yahoo.com. The Gallery, 128 8PM The Kurt Henry Band. Info: 845-687-2699 or e-mail highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

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The 20th Annual Kingston CROP Hunger Walk - helping end hunger one step at a time. Info: 845-338-8930 or redeemerny@hvc.rr.com. Donations to the CROP Walk can be made online at crophungerwalk.org/KingstonNY. Redeemer Lutheran Church, 104 Wurts St, Kingston. 7:30AM-12PM John Burroughs Natural History Society: Spring Birds and Wildflowers With the Esopus Creek Conservancy. A guided nature walk in woodlands and wetlands in the Town of Saugerties. field trip leader, Steve Chorvas ( schorvas@gmail.com ). Info: www.jbnhs.org. Saugerties Village Beach, Parking Lot, Rte. 9W, Saugerties. 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. 9AM-4PM Jewish Congregation of New Paltz Annula Yard Sale. Something for everyone! 30 North Chestnut St, New Paltz. 9AM-3PM Bark For Life of Ulster. For more information on how to participate or donate please click on the link below.http://main.acsevents. org/site/TR/RelayForLife. Kiwanis Ice Arena, Saugerties. 9AM 600 Will Walk To Create a World Free of MS. Visit walkMS.org to register as a participant or volunteer, or call Kevin Connors at 518-4640112 ext. 70402 or email Kevin.Connors@nmss. org. Culinary Institute of America, 1946 Campus Dr, Poughkeepsie, 10AM-4PM Spring Plow Day. Teams of horses, oxen and mules, in the fields will demonstrate traditional plowing methods. Featuring draft horses, craft, woodcarvers, stained glass, tack and riding gear, soaps, T-shirts, equine real estate, 4-H kids’ crafts Lunch will be available for purchase through two local fire companies and a first aid squad. Free, donations accepted. Saunderskill Farm, Accord. 10AM-5PM Mother’s Day Madness Craft & Vendor Sale. This event raises money to support student leadership programs. Shop local for mother’s day and see great gift items from local crafters, artists, and vendors. 845-677-4210. Millbrook Middle School 43 Alden Place, Millbrook. 10AM - 3PM Screeching Owl. Once a month, gather in the forest to play games, tell stories around the fire, craft, track, build and so much more. Children walk away from Screech Owl feeling at home in nature and at home in them-

selves. Staff is filled with seasoned teachers and naturalists who meet children where they are and help them to find harmony and joy both in the group and in the forest. $225/financial aid available 845-256-9830. Wild Earth 29 South Chestnut Street Suite 201, New Paltz. 10AM - 12PM Spring Sprint 5K Trail Run. While competing for medals on one of the toughest 5k courses in the Mid-Hudson Valley, runners will be rewarded with magnificent views of the Hudson River and Louisa Pond. 845- 473-4440, x 273. Shaupeneak Ridge 9W, Esopus. 10AM-5PM The Gardiner Open Studio Tour (GOST). Artists Host Visits to Their Studios. Info: www.gostartists.org. Gardiner. 10AM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon. The Saints of Swing. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 10AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Toads! Learn fascinating facts about the habits and life cycles of these amphibians. For adults with or without children ages 5 and up. Info: www. hhnm.org or 845-534-5506 x204. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $7, $5 /child. 10AM Story’s Nursery Annual Open House. Info: 518-634-7754. Story’s Nursery, 4265 Rte 67, Freehold. 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. 11AM-12:30PM 2nd Annual Ballet Master Class Series. Advanced Level Class. Garielle Whittle, formerly of New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet, currently teaching private lessons and at Manhattan Youth Ballet, will be teaching. Level placement, reservations and inquiries call 845-255-0044. Class sizes are limited. New Paltz School of Ballet, 1 Bonticou View Dr, New Paltz, $20. 11AM Annual Spring Brunch – Miles of Hope. To fund support programs for people affected by breast cancer in the Hudson Valley. Info: 845-2642005 or www.milesofhope.org. Grandview, Poughkeepsie. 11AM-3PM Free Tours of the Woodchuck Lodge. Info: 845-688-5092. www.woodchucklodge.org. Woodchuck Lodge, 633 Burroughs Memorial Rd, Roxbury, free. 12PM-5PM Pete Seeger’s Birthday Celebration and Music Festival ( 5/2 & 5/3). Memorial Park, between Route 52 and Beacon High School., Beacon. 12 PM Wiltwyck’s Annual Spring Brunch. Hosted by the Ulster County Democratic Committee. Guest of honor is Eli Basch, Esq. Senior Partner at Basch & Keegan, LLP. RSVP. Info: 845-594-4512 or Ashley.dittus@gmail.com. Wiltwyck County Club, Kingston, $250, $100, $50. 12PM Hudson Valley Fair. $3.50/pp with twofor-one admission discounts available online & $20/unlimited rides wristbands. Featuring the Fearless Flores Thrill Show from America’s Got Talent, award-winning illusionist Lance Gifford, a LasVegas hypnotist show, Banana Derby, carnival midway, petting zoo. Camel& pony rides. Shows free w/ admission.Web: www.hudsonvalleyfair. com. Dutchess Stadium, 1500 New York 9D, Wappingers Falls. 12PM-3PM Opening Reception: The Children’s Art Show. The show presents the artwork of the children of the Children of the Family School Woodstock Jewish Congregation’s Makom Kodesh Project. Exhibits through 5/25. Info: 845-6792218, 845-679-4937 or wjcarts@gmail.com. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, Gallery Lev Shalem, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock. 12:30PM-1:45PM Free Nonviolent Communication (NVC) Practice Group. Learn to communicate more compassionately with yourself and others. Info: 914-584-9593. Flatbush Reformed Church, 1844 Rt 32, Saugerties. 12:30PM-2PM Cha Cha - Learn to Dance in a Day Workshop with Linda and Chester Freeman $25 preregistered per person. No experience or partner needed. For more information visit www. got2lindy.com or 845-236-3939. APG Pilates, APG Pilates, Newburg. 1PM-2PM Silent Peace Vigil by Woodstock Women in Black. Village Green, Tinker St, Woodstock, 679-7148 or rizka@hvc.rr.com. 1 PM Writers in the Mountains presents “Writing Fiction Today: Literary vs. Genre Fiction Real Distinction or No Difference At All.” Featuring Moderator Jenny Milchman leads a conversation with panelists Elizabeth Brundage, Peter Golden, and Alison Gaylin. Info: 845-6798000 or www.goldennotebook.com. The Golden Notebook, Tinker St, Woodstock. 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. 1:30PM-3PM 2nd Annual Ballet Master Class Series. Intermediate Level Class. Garielle Whittle, formerly of New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet, currently teaching private lessons and at Manhattan Youth Ballet, will be teaching.Level placement, reservations and inquiries call 845-255-0044. Class sizes are limited. New Paltz School of Ballet, 1 Bonticou View Dr, New Paltz, $20.

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Holly jolly High Falls D & H Canal Museum reopens this weekend with Romeo Muller exhibit

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he D & H Canal Museum, located at 23 Mohonk Road in High Falls, officially opens for the season on Saturday, May 2, its exhibits freshly spruced up. The featured show for 2015, to be unveiled on opening day, will focus on the life and career of an illustrious High Falls resident who died in 1992: Romeo Muller, a highly successful screenwriter best-known for his long collaboration with TV producers Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass. Among Muller’s many products for the Rankin/Bass animation shop were what Wikipedia terms “the most popular holiday television special of all time,” Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), as well as Frosty the Snowman, Return to Oz, Puff, the Magic Dragon, The Wind in the Willows and the cartoon version of The Hobbit. By all accounts, Muller was a larger-than-life local character in High Falls, known for tooling around town in his red Cadillac convertible. It is rumored that the whereabouts of the classic car have been identified and that it might put in an appearance at the exhibition. The D & H Canal Historical Society’s long-running Sunday Flea Market returned to Grady Park on Route 213 in the heart of the High Falls hamlet on April 12. Tickets are now on sale, at $35 apiece, for the organization’s annual Mothers’ Day Gala Dinner, to be held on Friday, May 8 at the Rondout Golf Club in Accord. To

Romeo Muller was a highly successful screenwriter, best-known for his long collaboration with Rankin and Bass.

1:30PM-6:30PM Tarot and Psychic Readings with Sarvananda. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 3 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 2 PM -5 PM Introduction to Spiritual Soul Writing with Valerie Stiehl. Awaken to your authentic self as you learn to transmit messages and guidance from your guides on to the page. Please bring a new journal to begin the journey of deep spiritual awakening. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 3 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30. 2PM Open Mic. With featured performer John & Nancy DeNicolo and Friends. Sign-up and preshow (featuring Never2Late) at 1:30. Open mic begins at 2pm. Info: 845-229-7791 Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park. 2PM The Rock Project. 6 readers tell their stories about the songs that changed their lives, followed by renditions of the music by the Paul Green Rock Academy kids! Will start with a silent auction. Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/1364999. SUNY Ulster, Quimby Theatre, Stone Ridge. 2PM First Sunday Free Gallery Tour with Guest Educator Kevin Cook. Info: 845-437-5370 or www. vassar.edu. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, free. 2PM The Fantasticks. Half Moon Theatre Puts Its Unique Spin on the Longest Running Musical Hit. Culinary Institute of America is offering a $39 pretheatre three-course menu. Info: CIA- 845-9054533 or Half Moon Theatre- 845-702-5379. CulinaryInstitute of America, Marriott Pavilion, 1946 Campus Dr, Hyde Park, $35, $25 /under 18. 2 PM-4 PM Casper Creek Clean-Up. Vassar Sustainability invites members of the community to bring Earth Month to a conclusion by participating in a clean up of the Casperkill Creek. Info: www.sustainability.vassar.edu or 845-437-7035. Vassar College, Poughkeepsie. 3PM The West Point Trombone Ensemble. The West Point trombones will be joined by the renowned Juilliard Trombone Choir under the direction of John Rojak, trombonist and professor at the Juilliard School. Info: 845-938-2617 or www.westpointband.com. West Point, West Point Cadet Chapel, West Point, free. 3PM Collegium Musicum. The university ensemble for early music presents an afternoon of music from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/music or 845-257-2700. SUNY New Paltz, Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall, New Paltz. 3PM Lecture on Covered Bridges of the MidHudson Region SUNY Professor Emeritus Ronald G. Knapp will speak. Info: www.ulstercountyhs. org or 845-338-5614. Bevier House Museum, 2682 US Hwy 209, Kingston, $7. 3PM Vassar College and Community Wind Ensemble. James Osborn, conductor. Info: 845-437-7294 or music.vassar.edu/concerts. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie. 3PM Benjamin Beirs, Guitarist, Composer. Info: 845-876-2903 or www.morton.rhinecliff.lib.ny.us. Morton Memorial Library & Community House,

Trains were one of Romeo Muller’s passions, and he built a large track in his High Falls home.

purchase tickets, contact board member Alice Schoonmaker at (845) 626-7103. Other events planned for the museum’s summer/fall season include a lecture by Vernon Benjamin titled “Revolutionary Thinking: The Creation of D & H” on Friday, June 12; free tours of the nearby Five Lock Walk on Sundays, June 21 and September 13 and 20; and a Bel Canto Concert on a date in August to be announced. Museum hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays only, from May through October. Docent tours are scheduled for 11:30 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. Admission costs $5 for adults, $3 for children. For more details on the schedule of upcoming events, membership and volunteering opportunities and other information, call (845) 687-9311 or visit www.canalmuseum.org. – Frances Marion Platt Romeo Muller exhibition opening, Saturday, May 2, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., $5/$3, D & H Canal Museum, 23 Mohonk Road, High Falls; (845) 687-9311, www.canalmuseum. org.

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3PM Mozart & Friends: Musical Wonderland. Reservations are strongly encouraged. Spanning more than 200 years of music with selections from Mozart to Rodgers and Hammerstein, kids are also invited to a free instrument petting zoo following the concert, which is free and open to the public, on Sunday, May 3 at 3pm. For information or to make a reservation, call 518- 822-1438 or visit hudsonoperahouse.org.Hudson Opera House, Hudson.

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.

4PM-6PM 25th Gala Anniversary Art Show/ Reception. Featuring the works of the students of the Kristy Bishop Studio. Featuring an awards ceremony at 5 pm. 125 works of art by all ages and instructor will be displayed through June. Daily hours: 11 am - 9 pm. FMI: KristyBishopStudio. com 845-246-8835. Dutch Ale House, 253 Main Street, Saugerties. 4PM Book Reading: Douglas Nicholas. Author of Throne of Darkness, the latest novel in his dark fantasy series. Info: 845-255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz. 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. Community Center, 56 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 4:30PM A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. A musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Directed by Jessica Rothman and music direction by Julian Baker. Info:www.90milesoffbroadway.com or 845-2569657. New Paltz High School, 130 South Putt Corners Rd, New Paltz, $15, $12 /senior/student. 7PM An Acoustic Evening with Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt . Info: 845-339-6088 or www. bardavon.org. Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston, $85 /golden circle, $60.

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. Info: ssipkingston.org. Olympic Diner, Washington Ave, Kingston.

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7PM Live @ The Falcon. The John Raymond Quartet, featuring the legendary Billy Hart! Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

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8PM Michael Goss & Anne. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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7AM-12PM John Burroughs Natural History Society: Spring Migration at Peach Hill. Trip leader Jess Prockup (procolinos@gmail.com .) Info: www.jbnhs.org. Peach Hill, Parking Lot,

11AM-7PM Shamanic Spirit Doctoring with Adam Kane. First Monday of every month. Call Mirabai to schedule an appointment. Info:

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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.

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7PM House Concert! Featuring Grey Larsen & Cindy Kallet. A night of Folk, WOrld, Irish & Original Works. Free, donations appreciated. Photosensualis (the Old Kenco Building), 70 Rock City Rd, Woodstock.Email: photosensualis@mac.com.

8PM Great Lake Swimmers. Rootsy Americana sound. Info: www.helsinkihudson.com or 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

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 House, Woodstock.

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1218. Woodstock Reformed Church, 16 Tinker St, Woodstock, free.

brary.org. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin, Kingston.

12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting. Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333.

7:30PM Sufi Healing Circle. Led by Amina al-Jamal from CA. Open to divine love, and invite deep personal healing and peace, through Sufi sacred chant. Beginners are welcome. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.SufiCenter.org or Laila@SufiCenterNortheast.org. Sufi Center, 430 Abbey Rd, Mount Tremper.

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.

12:30PM-6:30PM Tarot and Crystal Healing sessions with Mary. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 3 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 1PM 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. St. John’s Community Church, West Hurley. 3PM-5PM Math Help with Phyllis Rosato. All ages Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Public Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. 3PM-4:30PM Reader’s Theater. An activity in which students, while reading directly from scripts, tell a story in a most entertaining form, without props, costumes, or sets. (For tweens in grades 4 and up.) Info: www.stoneridgelibrary.org or 845-687- 2044. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Rt 209, 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, Maverick Rd & Rt 28, Glenford. 4:30PM League of Extraordinary Readers. A monthly author event series for kids ages 8-12. Michael Northrop. The author of TOMBQUEST Book #2: Amulet Keepers. RSVP Requested: RSVP via rsvp@oblongbooks.com. Info: 845-876-0500. Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck. 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. Morton Memorial Library, Gardiner. 6PM-6:30PM Free Open Meditation. Meets Mon-Fri, 6-6:30pm. No particular tradition or practice. Not a ‘class’. All are welcome. Just a time to join with others to meditate together. Interfaith Awakening (the little yellow house), 9 Rock City Rd, Woodstock. 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 allvoice 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.

8PM Mike Dopazo & Friends. Donations for the musicians are requested. Quinn’s, 330 Main St, Beacon.

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6AM-12PM John Burroughs Natural History Society: Warbler Walk #1. Contact trip leaders: Carol Weber at carolorganistin@gmail.com or 914 388-1569; and Gerhard Patsch at gerapa2001@ yahoo.com. For more info: www.jbnhs.org. Village of New Paltz, Parking Lot, New Paltz. 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, 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. 9:30AM-11:30AM Dutchess Tourism Plans Brochure Exchange. The host sponsors are the Hudson Valley Renegades and Dutchess Stadium, their home and a Dutchess County Park. The Dutch, 1500 Route 9D, Fishkill, free. 10AM Preschool Story Hour. Info: 845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan, free. 10AM The Country Scrappers & Stampers Meeting. Meets every Tuesday. Come for the whole day or drop by for an hour or two. New members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Call 845-744-3055 for more information. Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1 Marl Rd, Walker Valley. 10AM-2PM Catskill Regional Invasive Species Partnership (CRISP) is co-hosting an imap invasives training. Learn how to use the database, meet other volunteers, and learn how to identify the Catskills’ most common invaders. Please bring a bagged lunch. Info: 845-586-2611 or mmarquand@catskillcenter.org. Ashokan Center, 447 Beaverkill Rd, Olivebridge. 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.

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-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 6PM-8PM Athletic Recruit Day Talk to our Director of Admissions, the College Athletic Director and the Head and Assistant Coaches of our men and women’s programs. Reg reqr’d. Info: www. sunyulster.edu/visit. SUNY Ulster, College Lounge, Stone Ridge. 7PM-8:30PM Singing Just for Fun! New Paltz Community Singers. Everyone welcome, everyone gets to choose songs. Going 20+ years. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 7-8:30pm. Info: genecotton@gmail.com. Quaker Meeting House, 8 N. Manheim Blvd, New Paltz. 7PM Open Mic. Info: 845-246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties. 7PM-9PM Audition: Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow.” On May 4, 5, & 6 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Six men and six women of various ages are needed for the roles. Info: www.coachhouseplayers.org. Coach House Players, 2 Augusta St, Kingston. 7PM Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis Cinco de Mayo Celebration. Info: 845-687-2699 or e-mail highfallscafe@earthlink.net. High Falls Cafe, Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls. 7PM-8:30PM Weekly Opportunity Workshop . Meets every Tuesday night, 7pm-8:30pm.Free to attend: learn how to help the environment, raise funds for non-profit organizations, and save money over time! Novella’s, 2 Terwilliger Ln (across from Super 8), New Paltz. 7 PM -9 PM Open Mic. On-going, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 200 Main St, Saugerties, 246-5775. 7PM-10PM Jazz Jam. Every Tuesday, 7-10pm. 452-3232. The Derby, 96 Main St, Poughkeepsie. 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 or yarn.witch@gmail.com. Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly St, Rhinebeck.

7PM Live @ The Falcon. Griffin House - Opener: Sam & Margot. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

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.

7PM-9PM Audition: Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow.” On May 4, 5, & 6 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Six men and six women of various ages are needed for the roles. Info: www.coachhouseplayers.org. Coach House Players, 2 Augusta St, Kingston.

12PM-6PM Spirit Guide Readings with psychic medium Adam Bernstein. First Tuesday of every month. Call Mirabai for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 3 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /1 hour, $40 /half hour.

7PM Punishment Enough, presented by David Miller, who will discuss the history and evolving philosophy of NYS prisons. Based on his book, Punishment Enough: A different approach to doing time. Sponsored by the Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society. Info: 845-2557742 or www.tolhps.org. Vineyard Commons, Theater/Meeting Room in Building 6, Highland.

2PM-6PM Calvin Alfaro. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

7:30PM Spring Pops Concert.Symphonic Band Concert. Johnny Karas, lead vocalist and tenor saxophonist for Jimmy Sturr and His Orchestra, will join the SUNY Orange Symphonic Band. Info: 845-341-4787. Paramount Theatre, Middletown, $10, free /student w/ID, free /military w/ID.

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 Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free

8PM Open Mic Nite Join host Ben Rounds and take your shot at becoming the next Catskills Singing Sensation! No cover. Tuesday is also Burger Night at the Cat – only $8. Info: 688-2444 or www.emersonresort.com. Catamount Restaurant, Mt. Pleasant.

4PM Reading to Lola. Join Lola for some special St. Patrick’s Day fun. Reading to Lola takes place on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through the end of May. Info: www.kingstonli-

8PM The Choral Ensembles. The Choral Ensembles, under the direction of Professor Edward Lundergan, presents a concert of Baroque master-

7PM Open Poetry. Featured reader: Leslie Gerber. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 7:30PM Find Peace - Learn to Meditate. Sponsored by the Sri Chinmoy Centre. Info: 845-797-

7:30PM-9:30PM Life Drawing sessions. Tuesday and Thursdays, on going. No registration required. Info: www.unisonarts.org or 845-255-1559. Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $15.

April 30, 2015 works. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/music or 845-2572700. SUNY New Paltz, Nadia & Max Shepard Recital Hall, New Paltz.

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Free Hypnosis Weight Control Workshop. Led by Fra1yda Kafka, certified hypnotist. This workshop will be given on the first Wednesday of every month in 2015 from 7pm-8pm. Registration a must: Call Doris 845-339-2071 or email: Doris. Blaha@hahv.org, Reuner Cancer Support House, 80 Mary’s Ave, Kingston. 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 Woodstockresidents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Fire Co. #1, Rt 212, Woodstock. 9AM-5:30PM 2015 Hudson River Symposium: Seeing the Hudson River in the 21st Century. This symposium will introduce participants to the ongoing environmental observing systems operating in the Hudson River watershed and estuary.Info: www.hres.org; chuck.nieder@dec. ny.us. SUNY New Paltz, Student Union Building, New Paltz. 11 AM Knitting Circle. Wednesdays. Info: 845-657-2482. Olive Free Library, Rt 28A, West Shokan, free. 12PM Woodstock Senior Citizen Club. The speaker is Kelly McMullen from the Office for the Aging. Info: 845-679-8537. Woodstock Fire Co #1, Route 212, Woodstock. 12PM-6PM Soul Listening Sessions with Kate “Anjahlia” Loye. First Tuesday of every month. First Wednesday of every month. Call Mirabai for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 3 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /1 hour, $40 /half hour. 12PM Rotary Club of Kingston Meeting. Fellowship, lunch, and an informative and interesting presentation from a guest speaker. Meets every Wed at 12noon. Web: www.kingstonnyrotary.org. Christina’s Restaurant, 812 Ulster Ave, Kingston. 12PM-3PM Art Reception: SUNY Ulster Fine Art students display their drawings, paintings, photography, ceramic sculpture, printmaking, fashion design. Info: trottl@sunyulster.edu or www.sunyulster.edu. SUNY Ulster, Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Center, Stone Ridge. 1 PM Kingston Community Singers Open Rehearsals. Old Dutch Church, Wall St, Kingston, 845-339-0637. 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 -6:30 PM Register Now! Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation.A small group led by Frayda Kafka, certified therapeutic hypnotist. $25;free if you are employed by The Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley.Sponsored by the HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley. Open to everyone. Health Alliance, 80 Mary’s Ave. Kingston . To register: Call Doris 845-339-2071 or email: Doris.Blaha@ hahv.org, www.CallTheHypnotist.com. 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-7:30PM Creative Seed Support Group. For artists to voice their works inprogress in a supportive environment. For Songwriters, Playwrights & Actors.Held by Patrice Blue Maltas, Actress, Playwright, Musician and founder of Blue Healing Arts Center. Meets Wednesday nights, 6-7:30pm. Info: Patricebluemaltas@gmail.com or www.bluehealing.co. Blue Healing Art Center, 107 Mill Hill

legals LEGAL NOTICE COUNTY OF ULSTER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTING PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO. 1 OF 2015 A Local Law to Authorize the Sale and Use of Sparkling Devices NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the County Executive of Ulster County, in the Ulster County Office Building, Legislative Chambers, 6th Floor, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York, on the 5th day of May, 2015 at 10:15 A.M. on the following local law: Proposed Local Law No. 1 of 2015, a Local Law to Authorize the Sale and Use of Sparkling Devices The local law is available for inspection by the public, during regular business hours, in the office of the County Executive, 244 Fair Street, 6th Floor, County Office Building, Kingston, New York, and can also be viewed on the County’s website at the following web address: http://ulstercountyny.gov/sites/default/files/ Proposed%20Local%20Law%20No.%201%20 of%202015.pdf All interested parties shall have an opportunity to be heard on said local law at the time and place aforesaid. DATED: April 30, 2015 Kingston, New York Michael P. Hein County Executive

LEGAL NOTICE COUNTY OF ULSTER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTING PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO. 2 OF 2015, A Local Law Requiring that the County of Ulster be Reimbursed for the Cost of Medical or Dental Services Provided to Inmates at the Ulster County Jail from any Third Party Coverage of Indemnification Carried by an Inmate NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the County Executive of Ulster County, in the Ulster County Office Building, Legislative Chambers, 6th Floor, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York, on the 5th day of May, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. on the following local law: Proposed Local Law No. 2 of 2015, a Local Law Requiring that the County of Ulster be Reimbursed for the Cost of Medical or Dental Services Provided to Inmates at the Ulster County Jail from any Third Party Coverage of Indemnification Carried by an Inmate The local law is available for inspection by the public, during regular business hours, in the office of the County Executive, 244 Fair Street, 6th Floor, County Office Building, Kingston, New York, and can also be viewed on the County’s website at the following web address: http://ulstercountyny.gov/sites/default/files/ Proposed%20Local%20Law%20No.%202%20 of%202015.pdf All interested parties shall have an opportunity to be heard on said local law at the time and place aforesaid.

DATED: April 30, 2015 Kingston, New York Michael P. Hein County Executive LEGAL NOTICE COUNTY OF ULSTER NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTING PROPOSED LOCAL LAW NO. 14 OF 2014 A Local Law Establishing a Tobacco Retail License and Reducing Youth Exposure to Tobacco NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the County Executive of Ulster County, in the Ulster County Office Building, Legislative Chambers, 6th Floor, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York, on the 5th day of May, 2015 at 10:30 A.M. on the following local law: Proposed Local Law No. 14 of 2014, a Local Law Establishing a Tobacco Retail License and Reducing Youth Exposure to Tobacco The local law is available for inspection by the public, during regular business hours, in the office of the County Executive, 244 Fair Street, 6th Floor, County Office Building, Kingston, New York, and can also be viewed on the County’s website at the following web address: http://ulstercountyny.gov/sites/default/files/ Proposed%20Local%20Law%20No.%2014%20 of%202014.pdf All interested parties shall have an opportunity to be heard on said local law at the time and place aforesaid.

DATED: April 30, 2015 Kingston, New York Michael P. Hein County Executive 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, PO Box 1800, Kingston, NY on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 2:00 PM for Mt. Marion Bridge Truss Installation, BID #RFB-UC15-143C. Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address or on our website at www. co.ulster.ny.us/purchasing. Marc Rider, Ulster County Director of Purchasing LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO VENDORS: Sealed proposals will be received, at the Ulster County Purchasing Department, 3rd Floor, 244 Fair St, Kingston, NY 12401on or before Friday May 29, 2015 by 5:00pm for RFP-UC15-030 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION PLAN - UPDATE Specifications and conditions may be obtained at the above address, the New York State Contract Reporter or the Empire State Purchasing Group website. Marc Rider Ulster County Director of Purchasing

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April 30, 2015 Rd, 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.

balance and breath, weight-training for bone health, and mat work for flexibility and core. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Town Hall, 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, Woodstock.

10AM-4PM 4th Annual I Love My Park Day. Volunteers will clean up park lands and beaches, plant trees and gardens, restore trails and wildlife habitat, remove invasive species. Reg reqr’d. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, New Paltz.

6PM-8PM An Impromptu Glorious Chorus. Vocal workshop/community sing w/Elise Witt. Please pay what you can (generously) afford. To register: emworld@mindspring.com More info: www.EliseWitt.com. Sustainable Living Resource Center, 150 Cottelkill Rd, Cottekill.

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. $12 for one or $22 for two.. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave, Kingston.

6PM-7:30PM Theological Explorations of Love & Lust: Prof. Shannon McAlister. The Seven Virtues and the Seven Sins in Christian Theology. Info: 914-788-0100 or www.hvcca.org. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main St, Peekskill.

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 Broadway, Tivoli, $1.

6PM How to Get Started Kayaking: Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) trip leader Don Urmston will tell you how to get started, what gear you’ll need, where to go paddling, where to meet other paddlers. Info: Mrurmston@gmail.com orwww. kayaknut.blogspot.com or 845-457-4552. Grinnell Library, 2642 East Main St, Wappingers Falls, free. 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 thisintroduction, all are welcome if you attend or not. RSVP. Flowing Spirit Healing, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free /donations welcome. 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 who would like to start such a practice. Q&A to follow. Flowing Spirit Healing, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free /donations welcome. 7PM Live @ The Falcon. John Abercrombie/Rob Scheps Quartet. Info: www.liveatthefalcon.com or 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM “Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism” Class. Info: 845-679-5906, x 1012 or jan@ kagyu.org. On-going every Wed, 7pm. This free 90-minute program includes 30 minutes of Quiet Sitting Meditation followed by one of eight lectures on the history, practices and principles of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. 8 wk curriculum. Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock, free. 7PM-11PM Rosendale Chess Club. Free admission-no dues. On-going every Wed, 7-11pm. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 7PM-9PM Audition: Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow.” On May 4, 5, & 6 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Six men and six women of various ages are needed for the roles. Info: www.coachhouseplayers.org. Coach House Players, 2 Augusta St, Kingston. 7PM Follow the River Lecture and Film Series presentations will focus on regional lighthouses. Esopus Meadows Lighthouse President Barbara J. Ralston will present the first lecture of the season: Scrape & Paint: The Story of Saving Esopus Meadows Lighthouse. Ralston’s presentation will be held in the Kingston Home Port and Education Center at the Hudson River Maritime Museum, 50 Rondout Landing, Kingston. For more information, visit www.hrmm.org or call 845-338-0071,x 15. 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. 7:30PM Spring Concert. The Community Band, directed by Izzo, and Jazz Ensemble, directed by Earley, will perform. Info: 845-687-5262. SUNY Ulster, Quimby Theatre, Stone Ridge. 7:30PM 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 four-part harmony. Guests are always welcome. Sight reading not required. Info: wwwnewyorkerschorus.org. St. Andrews Church, 110 Overlook St, Poughkeepsie. 8PM Hickory Smoked. Info: 845-679-3484. 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: 679-7969. Catskill Mountain Pizza, Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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8:30AM-9:30AM Free Daily Silent Sitting Meditation. On-going every Morning, seven days a week, 8:30-9:30am in the Amitabha Shrine Room. For info contact Jan Tarlin, 845-6795906, x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz. 9:30AM-10:30AM Senior Fit After 50 with Diane Collelo. Three-part class offering movement for

10AM-5PM John Ruppert’s Yellow Orb/Homage to Van Gogh. Continues through May 31. Info: 914-232-9555. Katonah Museum of Art, 134 Jay St, Katonah. 12:15PM-12:45PM Uptown Fine Arts Music Series: Monte Stone, Vocals/Ken Walsh, Piano. 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-6:30PM Conversation with Angels: Channeled Messages with Dror Ashuah. The energy of the planet is rapidly shifting and the angels point us to move with joy, peace, balance and love into the next step of planetary evolution. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 3 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $25. 1PM-3PM Minnewaska Preserve: Homeschooler Program. Beautiful, Beloved Birds. Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Gardiner, $10 /per car. 1PM-4PM Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Most players are elementary and intermediate players. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. 1PM-4PM Developing Job Search Skills: Individual, half-hour Sessions with representatives from Dutchess One-Stop. Walk-ins welcome, but to schedule a specific appointment, contact Meghan Amara at 845- 249-4643. Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park. 1:30PM Hurley Senior Citizens Meeting. John Gill, formerly of Gill’s Farms, to speak on the Farm Hub program which now replaces the sweet corn fields of Hurley Flats. Short business meeting and refreshments to follow. Hurley Reformed Church, Schadewald Hall, Hurley. 4PM-5PM Meditation Group Practice every Thursday. Walk-ins welcome. Chairs and cushions provided. 30 minute seated meditation followed by 15 minute walking meditation and open discussion. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 3 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 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. 6PM-8PM Conversation with Angels: Channeled Messages with Dror Ashuah. The energy of the planet is rapidly shifting and the angels point us to move with joy, peace, balance and love into the next step of planetary evolution. Info: 845-6792100. Mirabai, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $25. 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: Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) trip leader Don Urmston will tell you how to get started, what gear you’ll need, where to go paddling, where to meet other paddlers. Info: Mrurmston@gmail.com or www. kayaknut.blogspot.com or 845-457-4552. Warwick Library, One McFarland Dr, Warwick, free. 7PM Monthly Meeting of Noi Italiani D’Oggi. Speaker: Edoardo Filigheddu, who is a Sardinian Youth Exchange student spending this academic year in the USA under the auspices of the Rotary District 7210 Youth Exchange Program. Info: www.nido-us.org. 7PM-8:30PM Free Holistic Self-Care Class. “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for SelfCare:You Can’t Stop the Waves but You Can Learn How to Surf ” with Stephanie Speer, M.A. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St, Stone Ridge. 7 PM-9 PM Thursday Japanese Free Movie Night. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles. com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz. 7PM-8PM Opening Reception: Historic Bridges of the Hudson Valley Exhibit. The inaugural installation of the Traveling Museum Project on Hudson Valley Bridges during the month of May. Joseph Ruggiero, Executive Director of the NYSBridge Authority, is the guest speaker. Info: www.poklib.org or 845-485-3445 X 3702. Adriance Memorial Library, Mary Wojtecki Rotunda Gallery, 93 Market St, Poughkeepsie. 7PM Cafe Singer Showcase. Hosted by Barbara Dempsey and Dewitt Nelson. The artists featured this week are Phil Rose, Gille Malkine, and The Virginia Wolves. Info: 845-687-2699 or e-mail

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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. 12PM Hudson Valley Fair. $3.50/pp with twofor-one admission discounts available online & $20/unlimited rides wristbands. Featuring the Fearless Flores Thrill Show from America’s Got Talent, award-winning illusionist Lance Gifford, a LasVegas hypnotist show, Banana Derby, carnival midway, petting zoo. Camel& pony rides. Shows free w/ admission.Web: www.hudsonvalleyfair. com. Dutchess Stadium, 1500 New York 9D, Wappingers Falls. 12PM Mystery Book Discussion: “Death at the Black Bull” by Frank Hayes.. Info: 845-229-7791 Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park.

6PM-8PM The Language of Landscape: Simplicity, Scale & Structure. Lecture by James Doyle, and Kathryn Herman. Info: www.Boscobel.org or 845-265-3638. Boscobel, Route 9D, Garrison, $20. 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. Pine Hill Community Center, 287 Main St, Pine Hill, free. 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. 6:30PM Heather Henson’s “Sing Along With The Muppet Movie.” Info: www.sugarloafpac. org. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, Sugar Loaf, $20, $15. 7PM Book Reading: Nicole Quinn. Author of It’s a Nightmare, the latest novel in her Gold Stone Girl series. Info: 845-255-8300. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 6 Church St, New Paltz. 7PM Poetry Reading: Rich Parisio reads poetry from his award-winning chapbook, The Owl Invites Your Silence. Info: 845-246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties. 7PM Live @ The Falcon. Ari Hest ‘Shouts and Whispers’ - Opener: Aaron Zimmer. Info: www. liveatthefalcon.com or 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 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 a light dinner buffet withdesert 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 2015 Soundout Concert. Celebrating The Music of Neil Young to benefit the Woodstock Day School. Hosted by Happy Traum. Info: www. radiowoodstock.com. Bearsville Theater, Rte 212, 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 donation requested. Fire House, Tinker St, Woodstock.

8PM The Fantasticks. Half Moon Theatre Puts Its Unique Spin on the Longest Running Musical Hit. Culinary Institute of America is offering a $39 pre-theatre three-course menu. Info: CIA845-905-4533 or Half Moon Theatre- 845-7025379. Culinary Institute of America, Marriott Pavilion, 1946 Campus Dr, Hyde Park, $40, $35 /senior, $25 /under 18.

3PM-8PM Graphic Desugn Thesis Show 2015. Thesis projects and portfolios. Info: www. newpaltz.edu/art or 845-257-3830. SUNY New Paltz, Student Union, Mutli-Purpose Room, New Paltz, free.

8PM Vassar College Orchestra. Eduardo Navega, conductor. Info: 845-437-7294 or music.vassar. edu/concerts. Vassar College, Skinner Hall of Music, Poughkeepsie.

3PM 29th Annual Marist Silver Needle Fashion Show. Info: 1-800-745-3000, or www.Ticketmaster.com. Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, $25, $15. 4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 246-4317, x 3.

8PM Billie Holiday Centenary Tribute. The Aaron Diehl Trio, featuring Cecile McLorin Salvant. Info: 845-758-7900. Bard College, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, $45, $25. 9PM Heather Maloney, Singer-songwriter Will Dailey will open. Info: 518-828-4800 or www. helsinkihudson.com. Club Helsinki Hudson, Hudson.

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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 917-7215476.

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 LANDSCAPERS, GARDENERS WANTED. Experience necessary. Full-time or part-time. Trustworthy, reliable, strong with endurance. Own transportation. Would primarily work in Woodstock area. Email experience to hire12498@gmail.com (put landscaper/gardener in subject line) or call 845-679-7377. Busy landscaping company in New Paltz currently hiring for gardening, stone work and labor positions. If you are reliable, motivated and experienced send resume to keir@bloomfinegardening.com ASSISTANT COOK/PREP COOK. Must have experience w/knife skills. Open kitchen concept. Must have professional attitude & reliable. Good pay. (845)656-8388. 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 you’re interested in contributing to our mission by humanely trapping feral cats to have them spayed/neutered, “TNR”, please call (973)713-8229.

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COOK. Experienced with crepes and menu design. New Paltz Area. 845-664-0493 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. Must have car. 845-688-3052. No calls before 9 a.m. or after 8 p.m. Groundskeeper/HANDYMAN, PartTime, Woodstock. 2-3 days, flexible hours. Gardening, clean-up, stonework, painting, basic carpentry. Must be responsible, strong; experienced with chainsaw, 32 ft extension ladder. Need own vehicle. Call or text: 845-901-0553.

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Stormville, NY - Lily Transportation is looking for CDL A drivers for our flatbed operation in Stormville. Make daily deliveries Mon-Fri (Saturdays available). Excellent pay and benefits, paid vacation time, safety bonus programs, and meticulously maintained late model equipment. For more info call Andre at: 845-221-6863. Apply at www.lily.com/drive New Paltz preschool seeks NYS CERTIFIED TEACHER for full-time position. Must have early childhood experience. Also available, PART-TIME ASSISTANT TEACHER position. Contact Kim at Bright Beginnings, 845-256-9657 or email: BrightBpreschool@aol.com EXPANDING HOUSE CLEANING COMPANY seeks conscientious, reliable, hardworking, fun individuals. Serious inquiries only. Please call 845-853-4476. Send resume to info@welcomehomecleaners.com LANDSCAPE LABORER for lawn maintenance company. Experience necessary with landscaping equipment. Must be drug-free & have valid driver’s license. Call (845)2460225. BAKERS ASSISTANT NEEDED w/previous baking experience; cakes, pies, cheesecakes and breads. Must have attention to detail and able to read recipes. 3 days a week in Phoenicia. Call Gies 845-616-8959. UPSCALE SALON, KINGSTON. 2 stations available, hair stylists with followings. Hiring or chair rental option. Call 1-914388-0243 PART-TIME (17.5 hours a week) CLERK POSITION available at Woodstock Library. Must be available for late afternoon, early evening and Saturdays. $12/hr. Position available immediately. Must be comfort-

New Paltz Community-- this App’s for You! Hugies & Hipsters * Pub Owners & Pub Crawlers * Dentists & Patients * Shoppers & Shops * Chefs & Diners * Baristas & Coffee Lovers... Get Connected! Find us at: https://newpaltz. mycityapp.mobile Local businesses– contact us for our annual ad rates- 845-527-4100. DEAR BUSINESSMAN/WOMAN- We at Hardscrabble Flea Market & Swap Meet would like to congratulate you on being picked from over 100 businesses in your field. We believe we can help each otherWe have a swap meet every Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holy Cow Shopping Center, in addition to a flea market/garage sale. We find that when business people set up a table w/ business cards & flyers or “show how to do” projects it will definitely increase your business (and mine). It’s a great way to introduce your business to new/old customers. And, if you have leftover merchandise you’d like to sell- this would be a perfect way to unload it. Please give John a call for more details- (845)758-1170. Spots are $12-$35. GOT STUFF TO SELL? Looking for partnership in joint venture- flea markets, EBay, Craig’s List, etc. Call (845)943-5904, leave message. Full Service Restaurant/Bar. 140 seats, outside bar. Open and operating. Retreat/ Camp/School/Religious Services 9000 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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LOOKING FOR PRIVATE DUTY. Live in or out. 25 years experience with Dementia, Alzheimers, terminally ill & disabled clients. Excellent references. Call Dee @ 845-3991816 or 845-399-7603.

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OPEN HOUSE: 55 Overlook Drive, Woodstock, Sunday, May 3, 12-3 p.m. Only corner property available. Charming 3-bedroom, 2 bath, 1225 sq.ft. 1 level. Open living, wood beams, stone fireplace, bay window, skylight in kitchen, sliders to patio w/roof. 2 miles from town. Peaceful neighborhood. HUGE separate garage w/electric. $212K. 917-669-8137.

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BEAUTIFUL LAKE GEORGE SUMMER HOME, located on the north end of the Lake, 66 plus feet of Lake Front comes with this home. Watch the sun set from your expansive deck which encompasses 2/3 of this home. Three bedrooms, living room, dining

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C Country home or full time residence, the choice is yours.This pristine 5 BR home is privately si situated on over 2 beautifully landscaped a acres with gorgeous year round mountain views from almost every room. Large picture windows throughout the downstairs allow you to dine and relax overlooking this peaceful setting. The owners have lovingly cared for this comfortable home over the years and it shows. This home boasts a spacious entry foyer, a nice sized living room, a formal dining room and a large eat in kitchen with solid wood cabinets, a stainless steel refrigerator and an e entrance to a back deck. $319,000

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Naomi Castillo-Smith, Lic. Assoc. Broker Mobile: 845-389-6528 24 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY 12498

Be The First To “Spring” Into The Market OPEN HOUSE – SUNDAY – 5/3/15 – 12:30 – 3 PM 1125 Wittenberg Rd, Woodstock HISTORIC WOODSTOCK - Absolutely enchanting, very early (c.1770) Woodstock home on 6.8 magical acres with sweeping meadows, stream & views. Incredible original charm & detail – wide floor planks, massive doors, fireplace in DR & country kitchen, beamed ceilings, secret staircase, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, inviting summer sleeping porch o’looking nature’s bounty. Over 2200 SR of amazingly intact history.........$575,000 Route 212 through Woodstock, Left onto Wittenberg Road. At the end of the road, bear right (continuing on Wittenberg Road). House on Left.

Joan Capria, Assoc. R.E. Broker Mobile: 845-417-8550

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24 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY 12498 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. 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. SEASONAL RIVER VIEWS, building lot, $89,000 or brick ranch $239,000- 2-bedroom, 2 bath, bluestone stairs, 2 paved driveways. 192 Tilden St., Port Ewen. 845853-5583 ULSTER COUNTY MORTGAGE RATES Mid-Hudson Valley FCU 800-451-8373 30 Yr Fixed 15 Yr Fixed 10 Yr Adj

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OUTSTANDING OLIVE! Perched on a private hillside w/lovely mountain views on 3 acres w/state land as your neigh-

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bors, this contemporary has a light & sunny open floor plan w/vaulted ceiling, skylights, & fireplace in the cozy living room. The country kitchen has steel appliances & a 4-seat breakfast bar. The 3+ bedrooms, 1.5 bath house is surrounded by a large Trex deck & beautiful grounds. The finished basement has a TV rec room & 2-bedrooms for extra guests. MAJOR PRICE REDUCTION now only $264,000. Richard Miller, Win Morrison Realty (845)389-7286.

Full Service Restaurant/Bar. 140 seats, outside bar. Open and operating. Retreat/Camp/ School/Religious Services 9000 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.

3-BR HOUSE on 4 Acres. High Falls, private road, 1500 sq.ft. $329,000. 845-3895052, More info at: http://tinyurl.com/ o8y9jhx

1.59 ACRES in a beautiful Saugerties cul-de-sac. Minutes from Woodstock. BOH approved. $45,000. Call 516-7689885

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VERY HANDSOME FINDER’S FEE PAID (if it goes to closing!) PRIVATE BUYER (non-realtor) SEEKING PROPERTY to purchase, MUST HAVE NATURAL WATERFALL. 2-10 acres needed. Maybe subdivide? Can be either a vacant, SECLUDED parcel of land, OR property w/a house 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.

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What’s the love hormone? Oxytocin, better known as the love hormone, is what makes your heart melt in the face of kittens, puppies and those addicted to YouTube videos of laughing babies. A new study from UC Berkley shows that a kick of oxytocin does more than make you feel good – it slows down aging. Evidently oxytocin can repair injured and aging muscles in mice. Researchers’ believe that a daily dose could someday combat age-related disease like Alzheimer’s and type 2 diabetes. Until then a daily dose of cuteness is prescribed. I think that finding the right house may release some of that precious stuff, so call us right away before you get any older.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!!! Having a Westwood expert on your team can mean the difference between a good deal and a GREAT DEAL! Armed with selling and buying strategies honed over 35 years, our agents are uniquely qualified to get you to your Real Estate goal. Our winning combination of service, integrity and cutting edge technologies have resulted in decades as an industry leader. Trust your success to ours. IT WORKS!

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On 19.30 acres at the base of the Shawangunk Mountains with breathtaking views of the Millbrook and Shawangunk Ridge, the magnificent Catskills, and the valley below, there is a lovely 3,466 square foot split level 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths and 2 half bath ranch. The living room has a stone fireplace, the dining room has French doors and large atrium window. The family room has a wet bar and stone fireplace, woodstove, an office, eat-in kitchen with breakfast bar and sliders that lead to a deck, pool, pond with dock, gazebo, outdoor stone fireplace and much more! .......... $3,000,000

GUNKS AGAIN Totaling 40.7 acres, the Shawangunk Mountains are the back drop to this breathtaking property that consists of wooded and opened areas that enjoy amazing views of the Catskills and the valley below. Besides the 2 story farmhouse w/guest cottage on 15 acres, the property also includes a ranch on 10.75 acres, a bungalow on .90 acres and a 14.70 parcel of land, all on separate deeds. The meandering gravel road leads up to 3 levels of cleared and wooded areas; each with its own stocked pond and views of the Shawangunks or the Catskill’s. This other oneof-a-kind (business/residential) parcel is only ...... $2,000,000!

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WALK TO TOWN! - Superb 4.6 Woodstock acres with mountain views & a path to the POND. Rambling 2300+ SF one level features walls of windows, updated EI kitchen with island, 29’ living room with cozy fireplace, hardwood & ceramic floors, ensuite MBR w/ private screened porch, 2 add’l ensuite BRs, 25’ DR, office w/ sep. entrance, central AC, attached garage PLUS adorable privately sited cottage perfect for guests or AirBnB. UNIQUE! ..................................... $549,000

OH SO PRIVATE - Perfectly secluded off a quiet country road on 11+ acres abutting State Lands, this handsome wood sided country modern style home, with an airy open floor plan features double height LR with cozy woodburner, intimate DR opening to deck & breezy screened porch, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, soothing steam shower, den/home office, detached 1 car garage PLUS a sweet wildlife POND & deer fencing. .................................. $399,000

HISTORIC Check out this just listed 4 bedroom 1.5 bath, Historic Colonial on a double lot overlooking Cantine field in Saugerties; walking distance to the Village center and HITS. Although it needs some work, it is worth the effort, so add your own personal taste and finishing touches on this property with its massive rock outcroppings, set up on a little bluff overlooking the athletic fields. The home is built on a 3/4 acre lot located in the village. Although there is municipal water and sewer available at the roadway, the home has its own well and in-ground septic system. Call William “Chris” St. John for details ........$289,900

EAGLE’S NEST This ad is pitifully insufficient to describe this magnificent Hurley compound of homes totaling 7,000 sq. ft. with 7 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms on just under 20 lush private and peaceful acres in the heart of the Hudson Valley. It took over 5 years to construct this Post and Beam one-of-a-kind custom Country home. No detail was overlooked, no expense spared. Highlights include massive gourmet Chef’s kitchen with every amenity, vaulted ceilings, en-suite bedrooms, maid and au pair quarters with separate entrance, glorious dining room for elegant entertaining, wine cellar, and a 600 sq. ft. outdoor deck, guest house, studio, and workshop. Call Sandy Potter to get a full listing of this glorious property. $1,699,000

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Saugerties 845.246.3300

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LOVE OLD HOUSES? - Bring your own personal taste & style to this impressive c. 1840 clapboard colonial on 1.7 high acres with Hudson River vistas below. Abundant original charm & detail include 10’ ceilings, wide plank floors, 4 fireplaces, gracious center staircase, 23’ living room, formal DR, 4 generous BRs off lovely hallways, country style kitchen, den or home office, full basement & walk-up attic. Real showplace potential here! ...$359,000

OLD HURLEY CHARMER - Classic 1927 Cape has been smartly updated yet retains loads of original personality! Nicely flowing floor plan offers LR with handsome brick fireplace, formal DR, country style kitchen with cozy nook opens to enclosed porch, main BR with cathedral ceiling + 2 add’l BRs, lower level family space with add’l. fireplace, great deck o’looks fenced vegetable garden & the patio is perfect for BBQ! SO SWEET! .........................$189,900

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STORE FOR RENT on Tinker Street, next to cinema. 750 sq.ft. (former art gallery.) Great visibility, plenty of parking. Private bathroom, propane heat. $1300/month plus utilities. 845-853-2994. RETAIL STORE FOR RENT; 71 Main Street, downtown New Paltz. 2200 sq.ft. Absolute best location in town. Rent; $29/ sq.ft., 5-year lease. Owner 917-838-3124. Full Service Restaurant/Bar. 140 seats, outside bar. Open and operating. Retreat/ Camp/School/Religious Services 9000 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. KINGSTON OFFICE SPACE in Historic Stockade District. Charming convenient block perfect for professionals and creatives with great access to government, medical and cultural facilities as well as walking distance to dining and retail in Uptown. Private off-street parking. 100sf-1000sf. Inquire at 917-520-1282 NEW PALTZ: OFFICE SPACE available now. Close to Main St. $450/month plus heat. First month rent plus 1 month security. Call/leave mess. 845-594-4433. CHARMING BUILDING w/2 shops in center of Woodstock w/high visibility, outdoor display area and private off-street parking. $550 & $875 or $1350/month for both includes utilities. Call 845-679-5626, 7-11 p.m.

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MODENA: 3-BEDROOM, second floor, very large. Close to shopping. $1100/month includes heat & hot water. Available immediately. MSTA! Call Century 21 Alliance, Sam Slotnick, Licensed RE agent for showing, 845-656-6088. 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT; $750/ month plus utilities. Gardiner, No pets, 1 month rent & 1 month security. Call 845255-8696.

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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. HIGHLAND: 1-BEDROOM. End unit. Parking next to unit. Private, quiet neighborhood. On-site parking & laundry. Next to Lloyd Town Hall, near Rt. 9W. Minutes to Poughkeepsie Bridge, Metro North, Rt. 9 & hospitals. $875/month, heat & hot water included. 1 month security. Available immediately. (845)453-0047.

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Milton/Marlboro Rentals

MARLBORO; Looking for working/semiretired individual for spacious, sunny GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT. Open floor plan. Separate eat-in kitchen & washer/dryer. Heat & electric included. No pets. No smokers. References. Year lease. $850/ month. (845)489-5331, leave message.

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New Paltz Rentals

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)255-5319. 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. SOUTHSIDE TERRACE 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. 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. LARGE 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in heart of the village of New Paltz. Full eatin kitchen, full bathroom w/tub, LR, Porch. Heat, hot water, maintenance and garbage disposal included. $1050/month. Also: ROOM FOR RENT: $550/month plus security. Utilities included. BOTH: Walking distance to everything. (845)664-0493.

We have the highest average selling price in Ulster County*

WOODSTOCK MID-CENTURY MODERN

A true mid-century modern in the heart of Woodstock, an easy walk to the village and the Millstream, featuring the long lines and spaciousness of mid -century design. With its two additional fully-equipped buildings serving as living quarters (or studio or business space if you prefer), this is the perfect extended family compound or at-home business hub. The main house is a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom with mostly one-level living and the upstairs master suite boasts mountain views and 1 ,000 square feet of boudoir. Relax around the saline gunnite pool. Have guests or family stay in the 450 sq. ft. pool house, or else in the 800 sq ft. guest house that could easily convert to studio or ofďŹ ce space. Enjoy the entire 3,625 square feet of the main house for yourself. Though it has never been used as such, it does have extraordinary VRBO or Air BnB income potential. Property is on compact acreage and yet still enjoys enough privacy. If it is sleek mid -century you want, this is one of the very few on the market currently in the Hudson Valley $960,000 *According to MLS statistics to date for offices with 8 transactions or more in 2015.

lease. Discounts for early deposit. rohr321@ yahoo.com; 845-229-0024. HOUSE SHARE AVAILABLE. 1.5 miles from campus on Metro Bus route. Rent $575-$615/r/m. Includes everything. One house has 3 vacancies and one has 5. Email dietzrentals@hvc.rr.com for more info and appt to see.

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

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

Call 845-255-7205 for more information 2-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. 845-255-7187.

NEW PALTZ VILLAGE: 2-BEDROOM CONDO. 5 minute walk to Bus Station. Great condition. 1.5 baths. Monthly rent $1600 includes heat/water. 12-month lease. Not pet. No Smoking. Please email: condo. new.paltz@gmail.com

2 SUNNY APARTMENTS: 1-BR & STUDIO. 12 acres, classic farmhouse, 1 mile New Paltz. Front porch w/rockers, quiet apartment, high ceilings, hardwood floors, picture windows, laundry, garden. Steam heat, hot water, Wi-Fi, roses all included. $850/ month & $1025/month. Call 914-725-1461.

STUDENT RENTAL: 3-BEDROOM APARTMENT. $1350/month. Modern kitchen & bath. New Paltz Village. Call (845)304-2504.

BRIGHT and SUNNY 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Located on Church Street in New Paltz. Available 6/1. $1200/month. Call (845)213-8619.

Spacious Studio Apartment Full Kitchen. Quiet location. Huguenot Street. Walk to Village. $760/month includes heat and hot water. No pets. Available now.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Individual wanted. Quaint apartment in lovely contemporary home. Private setting. Separate entrance. Pond view. 5 minutes to town. Close to S.U.N.Y. Pets allowed. No smokers. $875/month utilities included. 1 month security. References. (845)255-2379.

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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. 914309-3513 (text or call). STUDENT RENTAL. SINGLE ROOM. Share modern kitchen & bath. $525/month. New Paltz Village. Call (845)304-2504. AVAILABLE SUMMER AND/OR SEPTEMBER. VARIOUS APARTMENTS. Located 49 & 21 North Chestnut Street. 1-year

2-BEDROOM APARTMENT in historic district available June 1st. Quiet building, off-street parking. $1150/month inc. heat, hot water, elec. No pets, no smoking. Subject to credit check. E-mail: apartment@ huguenotstreet.org for info. ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT. Looking for Mature Individual to rent new one bedroom apartment. Includes full size washer and dryer. No Pets and Non-Smoker. $1100/ month. All utilities included. 1st month, last month and security a must. Call Jody; 2554509 to set up an appointment. LARGE 2ND FLOOR 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT w/yard. Large eat-in kitch-

OPEN HOUSE 1 - 4 PM SUNDAY MAY 3rd 3 ELYSE DRIVE, NEW PALTZ

CLASSIC COLONIAL Upscale Tall Pines neighborhood. 2700 square foot 4 BR, 2.5 Bath home. Hardwood and ceramic tile ÀRRULQJ ; LQ JURXQG SRRO FDU DWWDFKHG JDUDJH ZRRGHG DFUHV RQ FXO GH VDF $449,000 Albany Post Road to Tall Pines Road to Luna Drive To Autumn Knoll to Elyse Drive.

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en, two off-street parking spots. No pets and no smoking. References required. $1200/month plus utilities. Security deposit $1,800. Call (845)781-8739

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Rosendale/Tillson/ High Falls/Stone Ridge Rentals

EXTRA LARGE 2-BEDROOM to SHARE. High Falls. Bedroom and side room available plus share kitchen, living room, bathroom, deck. Lots storage. $625/month plus reasonable utilities, security. 845-6872035. RIFTON: 1-BEDROOM PLUS. 1.5 baths. Lakefront duplex apartment. Beautiful setting. Totally renovated. New appliances. Washer/dryer. New carpeting, deck. No smoking. $850/month plus utilities. 2 months security & credit check required. Call Tom (845)658-8829. 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. $1000/month + utilities. (845)453-9247, marker1st@yahoo.com

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Saugerties Rentals

NICE 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in great location. Rent is $790/month plus utilities. First, last, security required. Call Phil 646-644-3648. 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.

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Woodstock/West Hurley Rentals

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. $875/month includes all utilities. No smoking. References. No pets. (845)679-9717. 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. Call 914-466-0910. 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 LOVELY, RENOVATED WALK-OUT STUDIO GARDEN APARTMENT. Close to Woodstock village. Attached personal 1-car garage/storage. Landlord provides all utilities, Wi-fi, washer/dryer, trash removal. outdoor patio, back yard, wooded tranquil setting. No pets, no smoking. First, last, security. Furnished/unfurnished. Short/longterm. $1150/month. Halter Associates Realty, ask for Marcia or Rich (845)679-2010. 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. MODERN STUDIO APARTMENT. Country setting, near Wilson State Park. Skylight, hardwood floor, private deck, mountain views, 5 acres, free wireless internet, quiet, seasonal laundry. $650/month plus utilities. Call 914-725-1461. CHARMING BUILDING w/2 shops in center of Woodstock w/high visibility, outdoor display area and private off-street parking. $550 & $875 or $1350/month for both includes utilities. 845-679-5626, Call 7-11 p.m. COZY 2-BEDROOM, ground floor, private entrance, picture window, big yard, 5 minute walk to Village Green. $1000/month plus utilities. Call 914-725-1461. EXTRA LARGE STUDIO. Nice, bright open space. Porch, full bath, laminate tiled floors, recently renovated. Decorative fireplace. $950/month includes heat, electric, trash, maintenance. 845-802-4777, licensed RE agent. SWEET 1-BEDROOM; recently renovated bath, pergo floors in LR, eat-in windowed kitchen. $800/month includes trash & maintenance. 845-802-4777. BEARSVILLE: 2-BEDROOM COTTAGE. Located in very quiet wooded area. Bright. Large kitchen. Wood floors. Woodstove. Well insulated. 1100 sq.ft. 4 miles Woodstock Center. $1100/month plus utilities. References & security. (845)679-6952.

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West of Woodstock Rentals

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Vacation Rentals

WATER FRONT CONDO. Beautiful 2-bd/2 bath residence available December 2015. Located at Punta Rassa, Fort Myers FL. overlooking Sanibel Island. Rate $3600/ month + tax. Call 845-616-2745 for details. LOG HOME with all amenities, wonderful escape in woods yet 3 miles Woodstock: 2-bedrooms, 1.5 baths, eat-in kitchen, dinette, living room FP, cable, W/D. $275/ weekend, available longer. 718-479-0393 (no texting)

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Seasonal Rentals

5-BR ARTIST’S HOUSE AVAILABLE 7/18/22- 2 week minimum. 10 minute walk to center of Woodstock. Lg. windows w/beautiful mountain views, blue stone patios & gardens, huge LR w/cath. ceilings and 3 sofas, lg. fireplace, artistic touches, beautiful furniture and lighting. 5BR w/additional office room w/a pull-out couch. 2 baths w/ tubs, hot tub, dining room, laundry, eat-in kitchen w/pantry, original artwork throughout the house, WIFI, stereo system, a lg flat screen TV, upright piano, tons of charm and taste. Call (845)532-1249.

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Seasonal Rentals Wanted

Writer/Academic SEEKS SUMMER RENTAL for self and friendly, well-behaved dog, Memorial Day-Labor Day. Privacy, quiet important. Must be furnished and Internet ready. Simple, rustic OK. Local refs. available. E-mail: williver.hendry@gmail. com

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For Sale

GOT STUFF TO SELL? Looking for partnership in joint venture- flea markets, EBay, Craig’s List, etc. Call (845)943-5904, leave message. 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. MICRO FRIDGE/MICROWAVE COMBO. I am a graduating New Paltz student selling my fridge. Dimensions 45�H X 20�W X 20�D. Fridge has freezer compartment and a microwave on top, which can be separated. (516)547-2357. LAUNDRY CENTER FOR SALE. Frigidaire Laundry Center: washer & gas dryer. New last year, barely used. Will send photos. $900. Call John at 646-302-5835

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Tree Services

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

LAWLESS TREE SERVICE

April 30, 2015

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

914-388-9607 Getwood123@gmail.com We accept cash, checks, & credit cards.

www.getwood123.com You will not be disappointed!!

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Buy & Swap

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)3897286. 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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Auctions

2450 ROUTE 145 EAST DURHAM, NY

518-634-2300 CELL 518-653-9152

AUCTION TUESDAY MORNING MAY 5TH t ". “LAST CHANCE FOR BRIMFIELD� ANTIQUE AUCTION Selling over 300 high end antique and collectible items to the highest bidder.

WWW.MOONEYS.NET CHECK US OUT ON AUCTION ZIP

Al Cardamone, Appraiser & Auctioneer ~ Since 1978

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Vendors Needed

845-758-1170 ‡ Call John

Open Sat, May 2nd

Lake Hill: GROUND FLOOR STUDIO w/ bathroom. $550/month. Single person occupancy, includes electric, heat, gas stove, trash. On bus route. Security and references required. No pets/smokers. Call 845-339-2127.

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

Stop by AID TIBET THRIFT STORE. Spring & summer clothes. Sale on Winter clothes, winter coats. Art, CDs, fiction & non-fiction, tchochtkes, furniture. 7 days, 10 a.m-6 p.m. 875 Route 28, Kingston. 845383-1774. JEWISH CONGREGATION OF NEW PALTZ ANNUAL YARD SALE. 30 North Chestnut Street (Route 32 North). Sunday, May 3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Something for everyone! LARGE GARAGE SALE. 793 County Rte 6, High Falls. Sat, 5/2, Sun, 5/3; 9am-5pm. Lawn mower, leaf blower, iPhone 4, Garmin GPS, Cannon 40D, men’s extra-large shirts and jeans, canoe.

GLASCO

8th Annual Huge Neighborhood Yard Sale. “Many families�

6DW ‡ DP SP All streets in Glasco incl. down by river. Rain/shine.

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Counseling Services

MARKET &

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

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MOWER’S SATURDAY/SUNDAY FLEA MARKET; Maple Lane, Woodstock. Every weekend starting May 16. Antiques, collectibles, produce & Reusables. 845-679-6744. For brochure: woodstockfleamarket@hvc. rr.com GOOGLE US!

SHAMANIC PRACTITIONER‌ Space clearing, soul retrieval, shamanic extraction. Shamanic healing clears energy blocks in home or office. Retrieves life force lost through trauma or negative habits. Learn to work with your spirit helpers. MICHAEL BROWNSTEIN has trained with many practitioners including Michael Harner and Nan Moss. michael@laughingmountain.net (845)688-5249.

GARAGE SALE

Firewood for Sale

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Yard & Garage Sales

HARDSCRABBLE

Wanted: Vendors for May 9th Craft Fair at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, Woodstock, NY. Homemade / handmade. No resale. For more information, call Beth 845-338-0207.

STUMP GRINDING

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ESTATE SALE; Saturday, exactly 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Malden-on-Hudson, 1075 Main St., Snark sailboat, canoe, tournament size pooltable, snowboard, oak kitchen table, kitchen items, etc.

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

CERTIFIED ARBORIST • CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATES

SHOKAN APARTMENTS: $750/month2-BEDROOM w/ATTACHED GREENHOUSE, 720 sq.ft.; Also, $1200/monthLARGE 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 845-657-2490.

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Estate/Moving Sale

Fresh Produce and Plants

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Professional Services

FIRST 10 VENDORS set up this Saturday, GET Sunday 5/3 for $10

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.

EVERY SUN 8-6 pm March thru December

PRINTING AND COPYING, Business Cards, Fliers, Labels, Envelopes. All your printing needs. J&L Printing. 4 Cross Street, Saugerties, NY. 845-246-7809

All Vendors Wanted ‡ Spots start at $12 to $35

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Personal & Health Services

ULSTER COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE AGING; SENIOR NUTRITION/DINING PROGRAM. Operates Senior Dining Sites

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April 30, 2015 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 and 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.

mounting, light hauling/delivery, cleanouts. Second home caretaking. All small/ medium jobs considered. Versatile, trustworthy, creative, thrifty. References. Ken Fix It. 845-616-7999. NYS DOT T-12467

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

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

845-331-4966, 845-249-8668

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

COUNTRY CLEANERS Homes & Offices • Insured & Bonded

Excellent references.

Call (845)706-1713 or (845) 679-8932 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)514-2510.

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QUALITY • VALUE • RELIABILITY • SINCE 1980 • Int. & Ext. painting • Power Washing

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, PressureWashing, 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.

• Service Upgrades

• Roof De-Icing Systems

“ABOVE AND BEYOND” 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)3327577. Senior Discount. References. Free Estimates. GARY BUCKENDORF CUSTOM PAINTING. Interior/Exterior, color matching, wallpaper, plaster repair. MFA. Affordable Prices. Call Gary Buckendorf (917)5935069 or (845)657-9561. 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 are playing at 4 South Chestnut Street New Paltz on Show starts at https://www.facebook.com/theotherbrothers4

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

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EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN WITH A VAN. Carpentry, painting, flatscreen

1 Ridge Rd., Shokan, NY 12481

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AFFORDABLE Carpentry, Foundations, Flooring, Kitchens, Baths, Rental Rehabs, Roofs, Siding, etc... 845-684-7036. Free Estimates.

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Building Services

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, 845-3892549. D AND S IMPROVEMENTS: Home improvement, repair and maintenance, from the smallest repairs to large renovations. Over 50 years of combined experience. Fully insured. www.dandsimprovements. com (845)339-3017

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• LED Lighting

• Standby Generators

• Free Estimates

Plumbing, Heating, AC & Electric

Painting/Odd Jobs

Liquidation Sale

Plaster and concrete saints, angels, bronzes, weathervanes, cupolas, more

• Sheetrock & Plaster Repair

Multiple References Available Upon Request Licensed & Insured • ritaccopainting.com

AA Statuary & Weathervane Co.

www.stoneridgeelectric.com

Low-Rate Financing Available

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HANDYMAN, HOME REPAIR, Carpentry, Remodels, Installations, Roofing, Painting, Mechanical repairs, etc. Large and small jobs. Reasonable rates. Free estimates. References available. (845)616-7470. ALL MASONRY REPAIRS Excavation and Drainage Needs. Hudson Valley Mason Works offers services for Commercial & Residential Masonry, Design, Repairs, Excavation & Drainage for new & existing masonry. Brick, Block, Pavers, Stone, Walls, Walkways, Patios, Gardens, Chimney & Fireplace Veneer. Call us for your Free Estimate Today 845-883-0086 or 845-401-7787. Visit us on Facebook or www.HudsonValleyMasonWorks.com Handyman; Do you want it done or done correctly?18 years experience. Insured, reliable.Fix-it, patching, carpentry, redesign, counters, cabinets, windows, painting, molding. Call or text Christian (917)635-2076.

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STONEHENGE: STONE WALLS, PATIOS, walks, fences, decks, gates, gazebos, additions, ornamental pools, stone veneer, masonry needs. Tim Dunton (845)3390545.

Septic Systems • Drainage Driveways • Tree Removal Retaining Walls • Ponds

(845) 679-4742

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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

Landscaping Lawn installation Ponds Retaining walls Stone work ...and much more

Excavation Site work Drain ¿elds Land clearing Septic systems Demolition Driveways

Paramount Contracting & Development Corp.

William Watson • Residential / Commercial

SNOW PLOWING & SANDING

HNI Builders Professional Craftsmanship for all phases of construction

845.331.4844 HniBuilders.com Hugh@HniBuilders.com

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From Walls to Floors, Ceilings to Doors, Decks, Siding & More.

Reliable, Dependable & Insured Call for an estimate

845-688-7951

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Call William, for your free estimate (845) 401-6637

Field Mowing Reasonably Priced Quality Work

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RG COMPLETE LANDSCAPING & LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

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Pet Care

6444 Montgomery St. Rhinebeck, NY 12572

845.876.7074

PROJECT CAT is a non-profit cat RESCUE & SHELTER. Please help get cat off the streets & into homes. Adopt a healthy & friendly cat or kitten companion for a lifetime. High Falls/Accord area. (845)6874983 or visit our cats at www.projectcat. org

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SALES 8 am - 8 pm Monday - Friday • 8 am - 5 pm Saturday

In the Hudson Valley since 1935! 2015 Forester WE ARE YOUR COMMUNITY UNITY ER! MINDED SUBARU DEALER! • MANY CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED CARS TO CHOOSE FROM

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Quality service from the ground up

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Specializing in: Hardscape Tree trimming Fences Koi ponds Snow plowing

Benjamin Watson, Owner Phone: (845) 389-3028

RICK’S NATURAL GARDEN CARE. Let Rick help get your garden ready and keep it the way you want. Pruning, Planting, improvements, short- or long-term organic methods. Master Gardener Trained. (845)616-5410. HAVE YOUR GARDEN ROTOTILLED the Troy Built Way. Reliable, reasonable rates. Please call Paul 845-834-3692. PREMIUM BLACK TOPSOIL. Screened and mixed w/organic manure. Special garden mix, organic compost, stone, sand, fill and other products available. Lab tested w/ results provided upon request. NYS, DOT & DEP approved. Excellent quality. Any quantity. Loaded or delivered. 33+ years of service. 845-389-6989, 845-687-0030. EXPERIENCED AND CREATIVE GARDENERS. Planting and complete garden maintenance. Container plantings for home, business and events. 845-377-1143

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Spirituality

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN. (Never known to fail.) Oh, most faithful flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God. Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh Star of the Sea, help me and show me, herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth I humbly beseech you from the

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Want to help but can’t adopt a cat? Don’t forget about our Foster program! Visit our website, UCSPCA.org, for details 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.

• PLUS OVER 50 BRAND NEW SUBARUS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY!

Down to Earth Landscaping

Pet Sitting Playdates Dog Walking plus PETWATCH Loving Cat Care est. 1987 1987 est.

bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity. There are none that can withstand your power. Oh, show me herein you are my mother. Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3x). Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands (3x). Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances in my life you are with me, I want in this short prayer to thank-you for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you in eternal glory. Thank-you for your mercy towards me and mine. The person must say this prayer 3 consecutive days. After 3 days, the request will be granted. This prayer must be published after the favor is granted.

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(845) 679-2243 • laur50@aol.com PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN. (Never known to fail.) Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God. Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth! I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity. There are none that can withstand your power. Oh, show me herein you are my mother. Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3x). Holy Mother, I place this cause in your hands (3x). Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances in my life you are with me, I want in this short prayer to thankyou for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from you in eternal glory. Thank-you for your mercy towards me and mine. The person must say this prayer 3 consecutive days, the request will be granted. This prayer must be published after the favor is granted.

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Personals

”Nice Jewish Girl”, 60, petite, seeking male companion for occasional lunch out or movie. Need not be Jewish. Reply by mail: NJG, General Delivery, High Falls, NY 12440.

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Animals

FOR ADOPTION; TROUBLE... Would you be the one to give our cat, Trouble, a home? Our infant is allergic to our wonderful gray & brown tabby (striped) cat. TROUBLE is just the opposite of his name. He’s friendly, loving and a lap cat. This sweet boy has given us so much love since we adopted him 8 years ago. He doesn’t understand why he must now stay in the basement. He very much wants to be a part of a family. Trouble is neutered, up to date w/shots and litter pan trained. He weighs about 9 pounds. If you’re interested in giving Trouble a home, please call (917)282-2018 or email DRJLPK@aol.com DIANA’S FANCY FLEA MARKET: Nice Items Needed For Next Sale! Call Diana 626-0221. To Benefit Diana’s CAT Shelter in Accord. FOR ADOPTION - JACK and HARLEY. These year old boys are ready for their forever homes. They have come such a long way from when they were found as orphaned kittens. They’ve learned to trust and to know that people can be kind and loving. Both are neutered, litter pan trained and up to date w/shots. Jack, who’s very friendly, is black w/white markings (tuxedo). Harley is white w/black spots, BIG paws and a purr to match. He likes to be held. Jack and Harley are very bonded to one another. We want them to be adopted together. If you’d like to know more about these handsome boys, please call (917)282-2018 or e-mail: DRJLPK@aol.com FOR ADOPTION; TAZ... If you’re looking for a shadow, Taz, a long hair white male cat, might just be the companion you want. We think Taz is about 3-years old and is submissive to cats and kittens. He’s been neutered, up to date w/shots and is litter pan trained. This sweet boy is a lap cat, too. If you’d like his gold eyes to watch you as you love each other, please call (973)713-8229.

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.

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Vehicles Wanted

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

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Vehicles

2005 TOYOTA PRIUS HYBRID HATCHBACK 4 SALE. Great gas mileage, wellmaintained. Only 2 previous owners. Integrated GPS, leather seats, JBL speakers, clean title, no accidents. White exterior, dark grey interior. Call 718-687-3608 for test drive in Saugerties. Asking $6500 or best offer. 1967 HONDA DREAM MOTORCYCLE. Looks and runs great, all original with attached antique Indian saddlebags. Must see! $2,200 or best offer. 845-481-4643 or 845-248-2055-cell.

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