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Historic House Tour to highlight Lattintown, Milton and Marlboro architectural gems The Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT) will feature the Marlborough region on its fifth annual Historic House Tour next Saturday, May 30 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. “Houses on the Land: The Fruits of Marlborough from the Highlands to the Hudson” will take tourgoers on a self-guided journey through the hamlets of Lattintown, Milton and Marlboro, highlighting the area’s rural roots, riverside communities and generations of farmers and fruit-growers. Eight private homes and farmsteads will open their doors to the public, most of them for the first time. The tour also includes access to the 1858 Christ Episcopal Church, the 301-year-old Gomez Mill House and the 1883 Milton-on-Hudson train station, where the tour begins. The day will end with an informal wine reception for tourgoers, held at a private residence from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Each of the homes will have docents on hand. The specific destinations won’t be revealed until the day of the tour.

The Milton-on-Hudson train station at 41 Dock Road will be the starting point for all tourgoers, whether they’ve prepurchased tickets at www.wallkillvalleylt. org for $35 (before May 29) or waited to buy them on the day of the event for $40. Members of the WVLT receive a $5 discount in either case, and the ticket price includes admission for all to the wine reception after the tour. Advance purchase is recommended, as space is limited and the tour sells out quickly. Tickets may be picked up on the day of the tour between 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the train station.

Maps and detailed descriptions of the properties will be provided there, along with a suggested navigation route, but visitors are free to choose their own path.

Proceeds from the tour benefit the nonprofit Wallkill Valley Land Trust (WVLT), which has conserved 29 public and private parcels of land totaling approximately 2,000 acres since the

organization was formed in 1987. Its efforts include conservation of the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and the Rosendale Trestle. Represented in the towns of New Paltz, Gardiner, Shawangunk, Rosendale, Esopus, Lloyd, Plattekill and Marlborough, the WVLT chooses one of these regions every year to spotlight in its annual Historic House Tours.

– Sharyn Flanagan WVLT’s Historic House Tour of Marlborough, Saturday, May 30, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m., reception, 4:30-6 p.m., $35/$40, Milton-on-Hudson train station, 41 Dock Road, Milton; (845) 255-2761, www. wallkillvalleylt.org.

And gardeners can lead these changes, quietly, plant by plant, plot by plot, until they’ve shifted the entire landscape that we all inhabit.

Consider the work of Lynden B. Miller, who gives a lecture on June 7 all about the designer whom she considers her own inspiration and mentor, Beatrix

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Gardens can change communities, even ones as large as New York City.

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Valley Energy welcomes Michael Vertetis as their new General Manager. Michael has spent his whole life in Columbia County, presently lives in Greenport with Denise his bride of 42 years. They have one son and a beautiful granddaughter. Mike has been involved and active in the local community; he was Chairman of The Hudson Development Corporation, the Hudson Planning Board, the Hudson Development and Planning Agency, President of the City of Hudson Common Council. He presently serves on the board of directors of the Columbia Economic Development Corporation. Mike has been a volunteer firefighter for the City of Hudson for over 40 years.

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Farrand, at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor Center on the grounds of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Historic Site, Presidential Library and Museum. A reception follows in Farrand’s crowning achievement next door at Bellefield.

Miller first gained notice by bringing back to life the then-forgotten

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4 Conservatory Garden in Central Park back in the early 1980s, when the City’s parks had dangerous reputations. From that first success, the classically trained painter and horticulturist moved on to Manhattan’s Bryant Park, Hudson River Park, the Park Avenue Mall, the Museum of Modern Art gardens, a British Garden in Hanover Square, Fort Tryon Park and the new Battery Park City development, and later to the New York Botanical Garden and the campuses of Columbia, Princeton and Stony Brook Universities.

Her book Parks, Plants and People: Beautifying the Urban Landscape won the 2010 American Horticultural Society Book Award, and Miller now teaches at New York University and Columbia. Her motto is, simply put, “Make it gorgeous and they will come. Keep it that way and they will help.”

Farrand, whom Miller’s talk next Sunday will honor within the best-kept example of her early gardening style (created to match a McKim, Mead & White mansion), was a niece of Edith Wharton and years-long friend of Henry James who started in her field before women were actively accepted into it, forcing her to design privately at first, and often with partners. Eventually, her long career would result in the design of some 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses and even the White House. She, like Miler after her, was also one of the key landscape designers for a host of major college campuses, including Yale and Princeton, as well as one of the founding 11 members (and the only woman) of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

A reception and garden party will follow the Wallace Center lecture in the historic Farrand Garden at Bellefield, featuring an heirloom plant sale of prized cultivars from the garden, a garden boutique by the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Historical

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Pride on parade Pride Week events culminate in June 7 march & festival in New Paltz

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illage of New Paltz mayor Jason West – who famously kick-started the local Gay Pride movement during his first term by performing same-sex marriages of debatable legality – is about to leave office again, but gay rights activists have plenty of other things to celebrate at the moment. Expect a lot of love for all things Irish to be on display at the Pride March and Festival in New Paltz on Sunday, June 7, in honor of last week’s plebiscite that came down solidly on the side of letting gay and lesbian couples marry in that country.

Though the event was originally inspired by New Paltz’s brief stint as the same-sex-marriage capital of New York State – and the subsequent angry antics of protestors who flocked to town – the Pride March has taken on a countywide life of its own and expanded to a week’s worth of celebrations, performances, workshops, teach-ins and panel discussions. The Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center in Uptown Kingston has become the epicenter of the activities earlier in the week, but it still all culminates in New Paltz on the second weekend.

For $25, you can obtain a Pride Pass that’ll get you into all the events that have an entry fee.

Hudson Valley Pride Week 2015, whose theme is “Transforming Lives for a New Decade,” begins this Saturday, May 30 on a serious note with Family Pride Day. Workshops on adoption and foster parenting for same-sex couples will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the LGBTQ Center, located at 300 Wall Street. On Tuesday, June 2 at 7 p.m., the Center will host a panel discussion titled “Building Bridges to Transform Lives,” featuring So Brown, Cheyenne Schoonmaker, Vanessa Shelmandine, Ken Walsh and Greg Whelan.

On Wednesday beginning at 8:30 p.m., the Anchor on Broadway in Kingston hosts Pride Week Open-Mic Night. On Thursday at 7 p.m., the Center will screen the film Pride, concerning a group of lesbian and gay activists who help families affected by the British miners’ strike. On Friday at 7 p.m., it’s time for the traditional Teen Dance at the Center, inviting gay, lesbian, transgendered and allied youth ages 13 to 18.

Events on Saturday, June 6, begin in Kingston with a Board of Directors’ meeting and reception at the Center from 6 to 7:30 p.m., honoring Retts Scauzillo as Grand Marshal for the Pride March and Gene Knapp as Volunteer of the Year. Then the action shifts to Novella’s in New Paltz, where the Pride Party gets underway at 8:30 p.m. with Deejay PrePhab spinning the platters.

JULIE O’CONNOR | ALMANAC WEEKLY Beginning at 9 p.m. there will be live cabaret performances featuring Lady Alchemy, the Queen City Dancers, Kingston’s Very Own Lady Esther Gin, New Paltz mayor Jason West, standing in the Bear Donna, the Drag Brigade and Retts Scauzillo channeling Frank Sinatra. Peace Park by Village Hall, moments before the now-historic same-sex marriage ceremonies on Admission costs $20, or $10 with student ID. February 27, 2004.

Pride Week winds up as always with the Pride March and Festival on Sunday, June 7. Marchers, many of them imaginatively costumed, will gather at 12 noon at the New Paltz Middle School and step it off down Main Street at 1 p.m. sharp, headed for Hasbrouck Park. There, the Festival will follow until 4 p.m. with food, vendors, family activities, singers So Brown and Mike Hamel and deejaying by John Martin. Those who still aren’t done partying by that point can convene at Bacchus afterwards for a special Pride Week Happy Hour.

For more information about the schedule and entry fees, or to purchase a Pride Pass or Pride 2015 tee-shirt, visit http:// lgbtqcenter.org/events/pride-march-and-festival.

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Lynden B. Miller lecture on Beatrix Farrand, Sunday, June 7, 2-4 p.m., $40, Henry A. Wallace Center, FDR Historic Site, 4097 Albany Post Road (Route 9), Hyde Park; (845) 224-6198, www.beatrixfarrandgardenhydepark.org.

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Olana curator to talk about Jervis McEntee on Friday in Kingston The Friends of Historic Kingston hosts Jervis McEntee Conversations, a series of informal talks held on Fridays at 12 noon to complement its gallery exhibit, “Jervis McEntee: Kingston’s Artist of the Hudson River School.” The 30-minute talks highlight various aspects of the artist’s life and work.

This Friday, May 29, associate curator of Olana Valerie Balint will give a talk titled, “A Pair of Capital Fellows: The Church and McEntee Friendship.”

Seating is limited, and donations are always welcome. For more information on these noontime talks or the

McEntee exhibition, visit www.fohk.org.

Signup for Rondout Rep summer youth Shakespeare The Rondout Repertory Theatre Company is holding its Improv Games & Registration Day for the 2015 Summer Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado about Nothing on Saturday, June 6 at 11 a.m. at the Creative Co-Op, located at 102 Main Street in Rosendale. Youth ages 10 and up can register. Visit http://rondoutrep.com for tuition info and rehearsal and performance dates. Contact stephanie@rondoutrep.com to reserve your spot.

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5 life through its “street of churches,� old immigrant enclaves and once-thriving business climate, take place the last Saturday of the month  through October, starting at the Ulster County Visitors’ Center at 20 Broadway.

Walking tours of the 1658 Stockade National Historic District take place the first Saturday of each month, starting at the Friends of Historic Kingston Gallery at the corner of Wall and Main Streets in Uptown Kingston, and include a tour of the 1812 Johnston House and its collection of 18th- and early-19thcentury furnishings and decorative arts.

They’re great ways of accessing history, and today’s vibrant mix of past and present here in the Hudson Valley. – Paul Smart Kingston Walking Tours: Rondout, last

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VAL-KILL PICNIC AND SQUARE DANCE WITH JAY & MOLLY

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he Eleanor Roosevelt Val-Kill Partnership and the National Park Service host the third annual Val-Kill Picnic and Square Dance on Saturday, May 30. The Chefs’ Consortium will once again serve up some boutique traditional Val-Kill Picnic fare, augmented by local farms. Period music is provided by the nationally celebrated local legends Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. Square dancers of all abilities and ages are welcome.

Kids’ activities include Val-Kill Industries demonstrations, face-painting and projects of Val-Kill’s new Junior Ranger program. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7 for children. Family packages are available as well. Tickets must be reserved in advance and are available at www.honoringeleanorroosevelt.org. The Picnic takes place on the grounds of the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site (Val-Kill), located at 56 Valkill Park Road in Hyde Park.

Friends of Historic Kingston walking tour season begins Kingston is a great walking city. You need decent shoes, good balance and a wary eye because of the preponderance of old bluestone sidewalks everywhere: a testament to the region’s role as the origin site for similar bluestone sidewalks all over our hemisphere, from New York and Boston to New Orleans and Buenos Aires. But the benefits are legion; and we’re not just talking healthy heart rates here.

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What better way to take advantage of all this than the series of walking tours that the Friends of Historic Kingston offer up each spring, summer and fall, starting with an amble about the Rondout this Saturday, May 30?

The downtown walks, with a knowledgeable guide bringing the Rondout’s rich waterfront history to

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KEEGAN ALES IN KINGSTON HOSTS PASTAPALOOZA

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ccording to the Online Slang Dictionary (American, English and Urban Slang), the word -palooza is a suffix applied to any other term to indicate that an event is rife with that first word. So, a pastapalooza would be an all-you-can-eat-and-more event at which there is plenty of pasta – which is exactly what’s happening this Sunday at Keegan Ales: a blowout pasta dinner with a variety of sauces and accompaniments, all to benefit the Caring Hands Soup Kitchen.

The idea was conceived by Rhona Schiffres and the other folks who regularly work the kitchen, including Dave Cobey, John Brown and of course, the reverend Darlene Kelley of the Clinton Avenue United Methodist Church. That’s where the Soup Kitchen is housed, where people can come (the only place they can come in Kingston) for a free hot meal five days a week and lunch on Sunday. With a mission to lift the community by providing these basic needs, Caring Hands also runs a food pantry and emergency warming center for Ulster County: no small tasks, and even though the frigid weather has passed us by, the need to keep folks well-fed is still paramount.

Thus, the entire community is invited to come to a fundraising dinner, to eat your fill of deliciously sauced pastas, all generously donated by local eateries like Little Italy, Rene’s Bistro, Stella’s, Dominick’s, Christina’s, Savona’s Trattoria, Ship to Shore, the Steel House and others including the ever-gracious Diane Reeder. A silent auction of gift cards will be held, with donations from Lekker and the Roost in Stone Ridge, the Publik House in Ellenville, J. K. Wine and Liquor, Kingston Candy, Pawprints and Whiskers, the Egg’s Nest in High Falls, Hannaford Supermarket and many more.

Schiffres emphasizes how much this community is appreciated, especially Kingston Nissan for its sponsorship of the awesome and talented deejay Van Richie from WGNY Fox’s Oldies Morning Show, who will be managing the music at Keegan’s. “We give our deepest thanks for everyone’s donations to make PastaPalooza possible. People have been very generous. All funds raised go to renovations of the kitchen and eating space – we got brand-new ovens in February! – and to buying food. No one gets turned away at Caring Hands. All donations are greatly appreciated and tax-deductible.�

Dinner includes breads, salads and desserts. Keegan Ales will provide a cash bar. Good space, good food, good cause: Be there. – Ann Hutton PastaPalooza, Sunday, May 31, 4-7 p.m., $12, Keegan Ales, 20 St. James Street, Kingston; (845) 331-7188, www.facebook.com/caringhands.soupkitchen.3.

Saturday of month, 1 p.m., 20 Broadway, Uptown, first Saturday of month, 2 p.m., Friends of Historic Kingston, Wall/Main Streets, $10/$5; (845) 339-0720, www. fohk.org.

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he Republic of Myanmar, also known at Burma, shares its borders with parts of Thailand, Laos, China, Bangladesh and a nearly disconnected strip of India. It’s a long way from the Hudson Valley, yet a photographer from Saugerties, Ken Dreyfack, was compelled to go there to record the lives of ordinary people. He talks about Myanmar’s recent troubled history and hopes that his photographs convey “at least a hint of recent brutalities and the long-stifled aspirations� of its citizens. “The country had been closed off to the rest of the world for decades until only a few years ago, when its authoritarian military regime began a partial liberalization.

I had been told that, with an opportunity to encounter foreigners for the first time in a generation, the people of Myanmar were eager to welcome and engage with travelers from abroad. I wanted to seize this window of opportunity, before foreign investment transformed the country into a ‘modern’ Asian nation – or before the regime reversed course and again shut off Myanmar from the rest of the world.� His resulting efforts will be shown in the exhibit “Faces of Myanmar� at the Mary Wojtecki Rotunda Gallery in the Adriance Memorial Library in Poughkeepsie.

Born in New York City, Dreyfack spent 30 years in France and has lived in the Hudson Valley since 2008. He received formal training in the art and technique of photography at the International Center for Photography in New York, the Silvermine Art Center in New Canaan, Connecticut and the Center for Photography in Woodstock, and has studied with masters such as Dan Burkholder and Harvey Stein. His work has been selected for juried exhibitions in Vermont, Maryland and New York since 2013. “Faces of Myanmar� is his first solo show.

For nearly a month late last year, Dreyfack toured the cities and countryside of Myanmar to meet and take pictures of the ethnically diverse population and capture the essence of their lives at this crucial point in history. He photographed street-market settings and scenes of fishermen at the mist-laden Inlay Lake.

He caught faces on the other side of the lens, worn expressions of hope for an unknown future.

The exhibit will include more than three dozen black-and-white images offering the world a rare look at the Burmese people today. “I was fortunate to be able to discover Myanmar during this time,� he says. “It seems that the verdict is still out, but whatever happens, the current situation does not seem sustainable.�

The exhibit can be viewed from May 30 through June 28 during regular library hours. – Ann Hutton “Faces of Myanmar� opening reception, Saturday, May 30, 3-4:30 p.m., free, Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie; (845) 485-3445, http://poklib.org/wojtecki-gallery-faces-of-myanmar, www.kad.photo.

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The Inferno of loss Joseph Luzzi discusses In a Dark Wood at Oblong Books in Rhinebeck this Saturday

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oseph Luzzi, who holds a doctorate from Yale University, has been teaching and writing about Dante Alighieri for more than 20 years. He is even a former council member of the Dante Society of America, founded in 1881 by Dante’s first American translator, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. But when Luzzi experienced a personal tragedy, the Divine Comedy became more than an object of mere academic interest. How the poem helped him heal is the subject of Luzzi’s new memoir, In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me about Grief, Healing and the Mysteries of Love.

Luzzi’s first memoir, My Two Italies, represented a departure from the scholarly writing in which he had hitherto specialized, and it showcased Luzzi’s wonderful talents as a writer and storyteller. Indeed, from the opening chapter, in which he recounts the death of a pet related to the peasant mentality of his parents – immigrants from Calabria who raised their family in Rhode Island – the book is a page-turner. Now a professor of Italian at Bard, Luzzi lived in Florence as a college student, beginning his lifelong immersion in the “other Italy� – the world of Dante and the Renaissance, the high culture of Brunelleschi, Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo – that was in part intended as a permanent upgrade from his poor southern-Italian roots. Luzzi follows up that marvelously written meditation on his fascination with the high-culture Italy of the north and the lowbrow Italy of the south – a tradition that brought The Godfather and The Sopranos and the gold chains of working-class Italian Americans – with an up-close-and-personal immersion in the Divine Comedy itself.

The impetus was the death of Luzzi’s pregnant wife, Katherine Mester Luzzi, in a car accident in Rhinebeck. Shortly before she died, she was delivered of a child, and while grieving for his wife and caring for Isabel, his infant daughter, Luzzi found solace in the poem that he had studied all of his adult life. In a Dark Wood has received rave reviews for its blend of personal and scholarly insights: “Luzzi honestly grapples with profound questions about being a man and father in a very literary and very personal work,� writes Publishers’ Weekly. Rebecca Mead, author of My Life in Middlemarch, called it “a powerful consolation – even salvation – that

art activities in their galleries all afternoon.

For free! The idea is simple: to undertake creative projects reflective of the shows on the wall. And it’s not just for the kids.

Among the key exhibits to be interacted with are a regional overview show at WAAM, “Far & Wide,� along with Lynn Herring’s interactive and conceptually astute Facebook takeoff, some Forest Voodoo pieces and a historic overview of the museum’s collection and town’s heritage in the Association’s Towbin Wing. The Guild’s Kleinert/James Arts Center is filled with clifflike sculptures manufactured by legendary nonagenarian sculptor Manny Bromberg, while the Center for Photography hosts both an overview of “Photography Now� and a photodocumentary piece on homeschooling.

In other words, there’s something for everyone – and Woodstock outside, full of restaurants, shopping and good

old people-watching and hanging-out potential. – Paul Smart

Author and Bard professor Joe Luzzi

an engagement with great literature can supply.�

Luzzi will launch In a Dark Wood at Oblong Books & Music, located at 6422 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck, on May 30 at 7 p.m. with a discussion about the book. He’ll also answer questions from the audience and sign copies. – Lynn Woods In a Dark Wood signing with Joseph Luzzi, Saturday, May 30, 7 p.m., free, Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck; (845) 876-0500, www.oblongbooks.com. Please RSVP at rsvp@oblongbooks.com.

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Ratboy, Jr. unveils career-defining record this Saturday in New Paltz

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he credit list on Ratboy, Jr.’s Hamster Pants – a dense block of titles, names and digits that dominates half of the digipak’s interior – speaks to the new CD’s epic, crafted and hyperdetailed quality. For the latest chapter of their 20-year creative partnership, Timmy Sutton and Matty Senzatimore solicited contributions from players all over their spheres of musical connection and, working with producer and multi-instrumentalist Dean Jones, choreographed them into something like the kindie-rock equivalent of Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand.

Hell, even I am on a track. On the hilarious Senzatimore rock anthem “Ground Food,” I found a 12-string guitar part that I mailed in woven into some delicate, sympathetic counterpoint with Marco Benevento’s piano, as if I had known that it would be like that when I played it. There’s a new detail or three around every corner, and so many instruments, synth warbles and human voices entering the conversation at all times that it is actually rather amazing how lucid and coherent the arrangements remain through it all. But that is the Grammy-winning Jones’s calling card: a rare balance of vivid imagination and unerring taste.

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partners in rock, bassist Jason Brunka and guitarist Geoff Gersh, form the core of the ensemble. Over alternately folky, power-rock and funky acoustic/electro grooves come keyboard cameos from Benevento, a number of outrageously hip saxophone arrangements from the great Shane Kirsch and vocals, vocals and more vocals, including a generous helping of vocalizing from Sutton’s family and from his students at the Woodstock Day School. Nowhere is the record’s Baroque, maximalist impulse more obvious than in its elaborate, contrapuntal, wall-to-wall vocal arrangements.

Many songs feature loose and goofy back-and-forth dialogues between Senzatimore and Sutton. Their easy, selfeffacing rapport, along with the comedicbut-substantial arrangements, remind me quite a lot of Flight of the Conchords.

Ratboy, Jr.’s take on kids’ rock has always been surreal and absurdist more than moralistic and didactic. Only a handful of songs deliver directives or injunctions of any kind. Two calls to hygienic awareness, “Sponges” and the aforementioned “Ground Food,” sound like they might be angling subtly for some Department of Public Health grant funds, but that is about as pedantic as it gets here.

The rest of this delightful record says,

over and over, in an outlandish rainbow of musical and lyrical ways, “Use your imagination.” Don’t ask why or what for.

The point is a roomful of hamsters, dude, not why there is a roomful of hamsters.

In a rare full-band show, Ratboy, Jr. celebrates the release of this careerdefining record with a performance and barbecue on Saturday, May 30 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the pavilion at the Rock and Rye Tavern, located at 215 Huguenot Street in New Paltz. Admission costs $5. Family-friendly? Duh. For more information, visit www.ratboyjr.com.

– John Burdick Ratboy, Jr. Hamster Pants CD release performance/barbecue, Saturday, May 30, 12-2 p.m., $5, Rock & Rye Tavern, 215 Huguenot Street, New Paltz.

Creative Music Studio’s Spring Workshop begins June 8 in Big Indian

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FREE PUBLIC EVENT The Ecology of Lyme Disease Dr. Richard Ostfeld Friday, May 29 at 7 p.m.

Cary Institute disease ecologist Dr. Richard Ostfeld has been investigating how environmental conditions influence the spread of tick-borne illness for more than twenty years. Learn why white-footed mice make bad neighbors and how predators, biodiversity, development, and climate change all play a role in setting the stage for Lyme disease risk.

Ostfeld is currently field-testing a vaccine for mice, with the goal of minimizing Lyme disease transmission to people.

The event, free and open to the public, will be held in the Cary Institute auditorium.

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The Creative Music Studio’s workshops have been bringing the premier names in jazz, experimental and world music to Woodstock since CMS was founded by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman in the early 1970s. The visiting teachers are called “guiding artists”: a term that both celebrates the distinction of the workshop leaders and highlights CMS’s truly collaborative model of mentor-

ship, a conscious deemphasizing of celebrity and authority and the easing of the structural boundaries between teachers and students.

Still, the names do glow like heck for anyone who knows half a thing or two about jazz, and especially about the avant garde tradition. Guiding artists in 2013 and 2014 included the great composer and reed player Henry Threadgill, the legendary New York trumpeter Dave Douglas, keyboard whiz John Medeski, experimental pianist and longtime area resident Marilyn Crispell and a stellar variety of jazz and global musicians worthy of CMS’s reputation as one of the world’s greatest incubators of liberated music.

“Jazz” and “world” and even “avant garde” are coarse terms of convenience for people like me. CMS stringently avoids using them. In its promotional literature as in its workshops, CMS avoids explicit reference to any styles, traditions or commercial categories, favoring instead carefully worded affirmations of universal musical values: “active listening,” “personal expression,” “improvisation,” “exploration.”

Musicians of all experience levels and even non-musicians are encouraged to share in CMS’s celebration of the musical impulse, and to interact musically and personally with guiding artists and other workshop participants in an intimate natural setting.

This year’s guiding artists include the Chicago-born, half-Iraqi composer and multi-instrumentalist Amir El Saffar (pictured), whose robust fusion of Middle Eastern, classical and jazz found brilliant expression on 2011’s Inana. Trumpeter Steven Bernstein is a man who has had several distinct careers, one as a regular in Levon’s big band and related projects, another as the leader of Sex Mob and as one of the wilder musical wits of the downtown scene that gave us John Zorn, Bill Frisell and the rest of the radical New York confusionists who so enlivened the ‘90s. One of percussionist Warren’s Smith first serious recording sessions was a date with Miles Davis in 1957, which was not a bad year to be playing with Miles. Smith has gone on to support a wild diversity of legends: Charles Mingus to Janis Joplin; Van Morrison to Anthony Braxton. Talk about the universal musical impulse!

CMS workshops are immersive and holistic, integrating meditation, body awareness sessions and group meals into

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– John Burdick CMS Spring Workshop, June 8-12, Full Moon Resort, 1 Valley Road, Big Indian; www.creativemusicfoundation.org.

Martin Sexton plays Helsinki Hudson Martin Sexton is something like the poster child for the AAA (Adult Album-oriented Alternative) career: a troubadour with a long and prolific career in studio and onstage and a fiercely loyal following that is especially thick in areas served by songand roots-oriented stations like our own WDST and WKZE. He has made albums that flat-out rock (1998’s The American, 2010’s Sugarcoating) and even more albums that ruminate and reflect, including 2008’s live and bluesy true solo album Solo.

An utterly seasoned, reliable and inspired live performer, Martin Sexton brings it back to Club Helsinki in Hudson on Friday, June 5 at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $55 and $45 and are available at www. helsinkihudson.com. Club Helsinki is located at 405 Columbia Street in Hudson.

– John Burdick

Beacon’s Towne Crier presents flamenco with Ottmar Liebert & Lune Negra this Sunday Ottmar Liebert has said that “Flamenco is a music both romantic and dangerous; it is an attitude as much as it is a musical genre.” Liebert’s own adaptation of flamenco’s essence is

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booth soothing and audacious, a wildly popular modernizing of flamenco’s fire and its calm.

Ottmar Liebert and Lune Negra perform at the Towne Crier Café in Beacon on Sunday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $30 in advance or $35 at the door. The Towne Crier Café is located at 379 Main Street in Beacon. For more information, call (845) 855-1300 or visit www.townecrier.com.

Slide Guitar Summit with Arlen Roth & Cindy Cashdollar this Friday at Marlboro’s Falcon Guitar great Arlen Roth, the “Master of the Telecaster,” will present a Slide Guitar Summit with Cindy Cashdollar this Friday, May 29 at the Falcon in Marlboro.

Roth has been ranked amongst the most influential guitarists of the last century; his version of “When a Man Loves a Woman” was called “likely the most intense workout ever recorded on a Telecaster” by Guitar Player Magazine.

He was Ralph Macchio’s guitar tutor for the film Crossroads, and he has played with Ry Cooder, Levon Helm, Phoebe Snow and Bob Dylan, among others, and garnered four Grammy nominations for his latest release, All Tricked Out! Austin-based Dobro and steel guitarist Cindy Cashdollar’s career has taken twists and turns that have led her to work with leading artists in various genres, including Ryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Dave Alvin, Rod Stewart, Asleep at the Wheel, Marcia Ball, Jorma Kaukonen, Leon Redbone, BeauSoleil, Daniel Lanois, Redd Volkaert and Peter Rowan. Her unerring ability to complement a song or step out with a tasteful, imaginative and exciting solo – and do it in so many musical genres – has made her one of the most indemand musicians on the American rootsmusic scene. She was inducted into the Texas Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 2011, the first female to be inducted.

The Falcon is open for dinner and drinks from 5:30 p.m., with opening acts taking the stage at 7 p.m. and main acts at 8 p.m. Per usual at the Falcon, there is no cover charge for any of these shows, but generous donation is encouraged.

The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, call (845) 236-7970 or visit www. liveatthefalcon.com.

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Four-time Grammy Award nominee Femi Kuti – son of the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, whose name was nearly synonymous with “Afrobeat” – brings his genre-defining and genre-defying band Positive Force to Club Helsinki in Hudson on Saturday, June 6 at 9 p.m. Femi preserves and extends on his father’s legacy, melding African rhythms and raw energy with hornlaced funk and profound social and political affirmations and the message of resistance.

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Gene Ess plays Marlboro’s Falcon Jazz guitarist Gene Ess’s reputation-making, all-original 2008 release Modes of Limited Transcendence established Ess’s default style as something both brainy and agreeably easygoing. The sound and ensemble interplay were light, spacious and empathic, the compositions lucid but not without a fair share of structural trickery and ambition. Sometimes Ess favors a purebred, round jazz tone, other times a little grit, but nothing too extreme. On A Thousand Summers, Ess teamed with vocalist Nikki Parrott on a natural collection of ballads and standards.

When Ess appears at the Falcon on Tuesday, June 4, it will be with his band Fractal Attraction, celebrating its new release, the Joseph Campbell-themed Eternal Monomyth. Idiosyncratic guitarist Attila Vural opens. The music begins at 7 p.m. Per usual at the Falcon, there is no cover, but generous donation is the norm.

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Popa Chubby plays Marlboro’s Falcon The ever-popular blues road dog and Stratocaster-wielder Popa Chubby makes a stop at the Falcon in Marlboro on Wednesday, June 3 at 7 p.m.

Chubby’s core sound comes from some combination of Hendrix, Sly Stone and Chess Records blues and its descendants, so it may come as a surprise to some that one of Popa Chubby’s first big gigs was backing Richard Hell. 2014’s I’m Feeling Lucky: The Blues According to Popa Chubby has a swirling, jangling psychedelic quality that would not sound out of place on a late-‘60s Dylan album.

There is no cover at the Falcon, but generous donation is encouraged. The Falcon is located at 1348 Route 9W in Marlboro. For more information, visit www.liveatthefalcon.com.

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The three-day event offers oenophiles and casual imbibers alike a multisensory experience of wine-tastings and cuisine pairings along with seminars and chef demos conducted by leading luminaries of the wine and culinary worlds. There will be silent and live auctions, topnotch celebrity presenters and – new this year – a fashion show with Italian and French fashion houses putting together a runway show.

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The Festival opens on Friday evening, May 29 with the Wine & Food Gala. The cost is $135. The cocktail hour beginning at 5:30 p.m. will feature high-end domestic and imported wines along with a variety of international food stations, followed by a sit-down dinner at 7:30 p.m. with cuisine prepared by Mohonk chefs. The Gala will be accompanied by live jazz from the Woodstock-based Lindsey Webster Band and a silent auction benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Saturday will bring the Grand Tasting event from 12 noon to 5 p.m. and the Red Carpet Cru Tasting (of the highest-end wines) from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Admission costs $75 for the former and $120 for the latter, which includes the Grand Tasting as well. The events will be held indoors in three large rooms at Mohonk, including the main dining room. A live auction benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will be held that afternoon, along with a

mixology demonstration, and Saturday is the day for the fashion events. A photo shoot with Vogue photographer Max Soly will follow the fashion show, and there will even be a “made-to-measure” tailor on hand should one wish to order a bespoke suit.

Awards and medals for wine producers will be given out on Saturday evening at a private for-the-trade event.

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“We tried to pick out the best of the good things we found in other festivals to bring to ours,� says Sam.

Celebrity chef presenters include Martha Stewart (above) Rose Levy Beranbaum – “Diva of Dessertsâ€? and three-time winner of a James Beard Award – and Sara Moulton (below), who was a protĂŠgĂŠ of Julia Child. Moulton is the founder of the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance, executive chef of Gourmet magazine and the host of several Food Network programs.

to Almanac Weekly readers: The first 50 people who enter the promo code “almanac� while ordering online will be able to purchase two tickets for the price of one for Sunday’s admission.

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A special promotion is being offered to Almanac Weekly readers with admission. The seminars offered both Saturday and Sunday cost $30 each to attend, including the presentation by headliner Martha Stewart on Saturday.

Following her noon seminar, the bestselling author, television show host and founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia will be available for a booksigning and meet-and-greet.

Celebrity chef presenters include Rose Levy Beranbaum – “Diva of Dessertsâ€? and three-time winner of a James Beard Award – and Sara Moulton, who was a protĂŠgĂŠ of Julia Child. Moulton is the founder of the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance, executive chef of Gourmet magazine and the host of several Food Network programs. Local chef Marcus Guiliano of Aroma Thyme Bistro will also present demonstrations, along with Lou DiPalo speaking on wine and cheese and Italian chef Rosanna di Michele.

Wine experts presenting seminars include Kevin Zraly, former wine director

for Windows on the World, and Michael Weiss, Steven Kolpan and Mile Rupcic, covering topics from the wines of New

York State to how to pair food and wines to a comparison of the wines of Croatia and Italy.

The Wine and Food Festival of New Paltz is organized by Yugoslavian natives Dushka and Sam Ramic, residents of New Paltz since the ’90s and co-owners of two wine-related businesses in town.

The first, Wine Worldwide, Inc., imports Mediterranean wines from small- and medium-sized producers, with an emphasis on Italian selections. The other company, International Wine Masters, was formed to offer tastings, seminars and other events for wine professionals who retail their product. More than 700 wines are expected to be offered at the festival, with producers coming in from all over the world. “They’re flying in from Italy, from Chile, from Croatia... just for this event,� says Dushka.

In creating the Wine and Food Festival of New Paltz – last year’s event was the inaugural outing, and the intention is to maintain an annual festival – the

its competitors, say the Ramics, is its picturesque location at the 1869 Mohonk Mountain House. Other wine and food festivals are generally held under simple arrangements of tents or in a convention center, Sam adds, noting that along with providing a spectacular scenic backdrop for the event, the Mohonk grounds will be open for the day to those admitted to the Festival, allowed to come and go freely from one to the other.

And while the couple’s wholesale business focuses on imported wines, the Ramic’s objective with the festival is to support the local wineries, too, and help other local businesses like their own to thrive. “We want to support them,� says Sam. “This is a way of giving back to the community, to the local wine-growers and purveyors and restaurateurs who are helping us, from all around the area. We work with international people, but we try to make it local as much as it can be.

It still comes down to local businesses, local consumers. Why send the money somewhere else when it can stay right here in this great place?� – Sharyn Flanagan Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz, May 29-31, Wine & Food Gala, Friday, 7:30 p.m., $135; Grand Tasting, Saturday, 12 noon-5 p.m., $75; Red Carpet Cru Tasting/Grand Tasting, Saturday, 1-5:30 p.m., $120; seminars, Saturday/Sunday, $30, Mohonk Mountain House, 1000 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz; (646) 527-9500, www.internationalwinemasters.com.

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A major part of this hot-button controversy is the belief that some college administrators are burying the assault statistics on their own campuses. Critics

The Hunting Ground uses ďŹ rst-person interviews with many victims of campus sexual assault who had the courage to give up their anonymity, but the central story focuses on Annie E. Clark and Andrea Pino, who banded together to take action when they discovered that they both had been raped at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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assault who had the courage to give up their anonymity, but the central story focuses on Annie E. Clark and Andrea Pino, who banded together to take action when they discovered that they both had been raped at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since the motivation of higher education officials trying to cover up the problem is primarily financial, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an inspired bit of poetic justice that Clark and Pino decided to fight back in the same vein: In 2013 they filed a Title IX complaint against the university with the Department of Education â&#x20AC;&#x201C; meaning that UNC could lose federal funding if it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t clean up its act. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their voices underscore that publicly talking about rape isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just an act of political radicalism, but also a way for survivors to reclaim their lives,â&#x20AC;? Dargis wrote of the pair of young activists.

What with all the furor these days about TV shows and movies that use rape as a convenient plot device without following up with thoughtful examination of its long-term ramifications for the affected characters (Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m lookinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at you, Dan Weiss and David Benioff ), itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vitally important to hear from people who have had such horrific experiences in real life and used them to fuel positive change.

The Hunting Ground will be shown this weekend at both Upstate Films venues: at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 30 at the Woodstock theater and at 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 31 in Rhinebeck. And both screenings will be followed by an audience discussion with Tara Sanders, upstate New York program director for the organization Exhale to Inhale, which advocates the â&#x20AC;&#x153;grounding practice of yogaâ&#x20AC;? to heal and empower survivors of

domestic violence and sexual assault.

Tickets for the screening and talk cost $11 general admission, $9 for seniors and students and $7 for Upstate Films members and kids under age 16. For more information, visit http://upstatefilms.org/ special-events. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Frances Marion Platt The Hunting Ground screening/talk with Tara Sanders, Saturday, May 30, 1:30 p.m., Upstate Films Woodstock, 132 Tinker Street, Sunday, May 31, 8 p.m., Upstate Films Rhinebeck, 6415 Montgomery Street, $11/$9/$7; (845) 679-6608, (845) 876-2515, http://upstatefilms.org.

Race to nowhere Mad Max: Fury Road is just plain silly â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and not in a funny way

I never imagined that I would enjoy reading a Western until I encountered Larry McMurtryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lonesome Dove, and it quickly became one of my favorite novels. In cinema as in literature, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing, generally speaking, to try to keep an open mind about genre and its limitations. Sometimes something that you think is all wrong for your personal tastes will turn out to be a thrilling, mind-expanding new discovery. Other times, however, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re better off going with your gut first impression.

One of those what-was-I-thinking experiences just happened to me at the movies last week. I saw one of the early films in the Mad Max franchise long, long ago, and wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intrigued enough to follow up with another. More recently I watched the trailer for Mad Max: Fury Road, the latest installment in Australian director

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Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in Mad Max: Fury Road

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Grrrls to the front Woodstock’s G olden Notebook hosts riot grrrl-themed readings, performance & zine workshop this Saturday

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ack in the early 1990s, a mass of angry young women converged: fans of the sounds of punk and hardcore music who wanted the lyrics (and the attitudes of male musicians) to be less misogynistic, to reflect female lives and concerns. They also wanted to be able to surf a mosh pit at a concert without getting groped. The result was an alternative cultural movement that came to be known as “riot grrrl.”

Fueled by a do-it-yourself ethos in which riot grrrls publicized gigs and discussed issues like sexual violence and gender-based double standards in self-published zines, this phenomenon happened mainly in the Pacific Northwest and Washington, DC, headlined by bands like Bikini Kill and Bratmobile.

Things are about to heat up again, if the women visiting the Golden Notebook bookstore in Woodstock this Saturday have anything to say about it. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sara Marcus, author of Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution, Jacinta Bunnell, author of The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book, and local riot grrrl-inspired band UV! will present a day of feminism, zinemaking, coloring books, creativity and live music.

Attendees are encouraged to bring written ideas, collage materials, photos and/ or magazines for a hands-on workshop in which you will create a zine of your very own to take home. Marcus and Bunnell will read from their work, and UV! will rock out.

A $5 donation is suggested for those wishing to participate in the zine-making workshop. For more info, e-mail jackie.goldennotebook@gmail.com or check out Culture Is What We Make It: Sara Marcus, Jacinta Bunnell and UV! on Facebook.

– Frances Marion Platt “Culture Is What We Make It” with Sara Marcus, Jacinta Bunnell & UV! Saturday, May 30, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., $5, Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker Street, Woodstock; (845) 679-8000, jackie.goldennotebook@gmail.com, http://goldennotebook.com.

George Miller’s iconic post-apocalyptic action movie series, and said to myself, “Okay, I don’t need to see that; I’ve pretty much seen the whole thing right there.

It’s not like there will be any real story or character development.”

Would that I had listened to my wiser inner voice. Suddenly the Internet was filled with chatter about how the Men’s Rights Movement was up in arms about Fury Road, with spokesmen ranting about how the movie was a castrating, man-hating feminist diatribe. There are women in it who fight better than men (shock! horror!). Of all people, Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues, had been brought in as a script consultant.

Really? This I had to see.

Dear Reader, I wish that I could bring you the happy announcement that Fury Road is a great flick that’s going to rewrite the playbook for future big-budget action movies so that female empowerment is a given. Sadly, I cannot. The Eve Ensler rumor is true, Charlize Theron’s character Furiosa is a certified badass and there is a sort of muted theme that in women lies the potential salvation of the nuclearwasted world. But the movie is, in a word, ridiculous.

On one level, Mad Max: Fury Road is an action-movie-lover’s wet dream.

There’s a little intro where Max (Tom Hardy) is taken captive by the baddies – pasty-faced clones in perpetual need of blood transfusions known as War

good onscreen, in a Steampunk sort of way; but I found myself unable to stop wondering why the bad guys’ junker vehicles never seemed to break down or run out of gas, or why people in a subsistence economy would shoot scarce ammunition into the air in a fit of pique, or pour immense quantities of precious fresh water onto the ground.

None of Fury Road makes any sense, and its over-the-top absurdity strains for humor without ever getting there. I often laughed aloud during the movie, but it was laughing at, not laughing with. The absolute worst was the guy mounted to the front of a pursuit vehicle with cheesylooking CGI flames shooting out of his electric guitar. Inexplicably, the camera loves him. He must’ve turned up five or six times. Where does the electricity come from? Just don’t even ask.

As it turned out, I was right the first time: If you’ve seen the trailer, you’ve seen the movie – except for the badass battling grannies. Not worth the price of admission, but they were rather cool.

– Frances Marion Platt

Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues, was brought in as a script consultant.

Really?

To read Frances Marion Platt’s previous movie reviews & other film-related pieces, visit our Almanac Weekly website at HudsonValleyAlmanacWeekly.com and click on the “film” tab.

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Sara Marcus, author of Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution, Jacinta Bunnell, author of The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book, and local riot grrrl-inspired band UV! will present a day of feminism, zine-making, coloring books, creativity and live music on May 30 at the Golden Notebook in Woodstock..

Boys – and we get a quick tour of the canyon headquarters of chief baddie Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and his lieutenants, whose character flaws are signaled by their Felliniesque gross physical deformities. (That’s about the level of allegorical subtlety that you can expect from the whole rest of the movie.) At the very end, there’s a brief coda that sets us up for a sequel or six.

In between, the movie is one long car chase through the desert. Picture the scene of Indiana Jones dragged under the truck being stretched out to a full two hours – or a live-action Road Runner feature, with equally flat-looking backdrops – and you’ll get the idea. Lots of bucks were dropped on vehicular special effects, and admittedly there are a few details that look pretty cool – notably the use of long bendy poles mounted on pursuit vehicles, from which aerialists recruited from Cirque du Soleil dive into Furiosa’s War Rig to hack ’n’ slash at the good guys.

Audiences who love things that crash, burn and blow up so much that they ask no more in the way of plausibility, compelling story or dialogue will perhaps be satisfied by Fury Road. Those of us who value performance will not, as there is almost no acting to speak of. Hardy’s lines consist almost exclusively of grunts.

Theron, a fine actress, makes a game effort to bring some humanity to her character – a trusted officer who is fleeing her captor/ employer with a runaway truckload of his gorgeous brood-mare wives – but is working in a vacuum.

The rescue mission and its destination are where the arguable feminist themes come in. Furiosa and her charges are headed for a haven that she remembers from her early childhood called the Green Place. There we will eventually meet a clan of wise, tough old broads (the Vuvalini, according to the credits) who are presumably meant to evoke the Council of Grandmothers of some Native American culture – although they have demonstrated little success as stewards of the Earth, and have no tribe left to seek their guidance. However, they’re surprisingly good at hand-to-hand combat, and that’s about the most fun thing to watch here.

Fans of the earlier Mad Max movies will be at some advantage, in that they may already have some familiarity with the names and cultures of the various bands of grungy desert denizens here depicted.

I was utterly baffled, and came away at the end fairly sure of the names of only three of the characters (Max, Furiosa and the War Boy red-shirt called Nux). The automobile-worship and other aspects of repurposed technology found herein sometimes manifest as props that look

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Growing paints Carol Pepper-Cooper retrospective opens this Saturday at Doghouse Gallery in Saugerties

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t’s good to take stock of what you’ve accomplished – to note where you’ve been and consider how you got here. When Carol Pepper-Cooper looks back at her long engagement with artmaking, she sees her starts and stops, her changes in style and intensity. With no excuses – life simply intervenes and choices are made – she can now see the thread of artistic sensibility tying it all together. She has studied under many masters and exposed herself to a variety of media, yet her primary commitment to color, shape and context is still the same. And she’s not done yet.

“Growing!” is a retrospective solo show of Pepper-Cooper’s work, some of it dating back to 1957 when she was at Radcliffe College, where she earned a degree in English. Not yet a serious art student, she admits that dabbling in paint was “visual rumination” then. “I talk about my life as running to and from art. When I was 5, I remember doing a drawing and being praised for it. And that made a big impression on me. I’m sure I was praised for other things, too. Already, drawing mattered to me, but to find out that one could actually be praised…that was, well!

By third grade, I announced that I wanted to be an artist.

“And at that time – it’s changed some now – the visual arts were not important.

But somehow I clung to the idea of being an artist. I went to Harvard because I appreciated the life of the mind and wanted that kind of education as well.

Every summer I took an art class. In my junior year, I went to the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Maine, and I was practically the only non-art student there. It was fascinating to me to be around people my age who were very serious about art. I don’t remember them ever teaching anything; there weren’t classes. I never showed anything of what I was doing, but I was imbibing the attitude that the other students had.

Carol Pepper-Cooper, For Eleanor, oil 14” X 11”

When I graduated the next year, it was very clear that I wanted to go on to art school.”

Instead, she got married immediately, and after a brief stint of painting sets at the Berkshire Playhouse, she moved to Illinois, where her husband was finishing his doctoral degree. Living in the Midwest was an eye-opener in many ways, not the least of which was enduring housing discrimination. Jews were not greatly welcome in the staid neighborhoods of Champaign-Urbana in the 1950s and ‘60s. Pepper-Cooper began to draw during her “off time” there, and accumulated a body of work that she could show when applying to the Pratt Institute, where she earned her MFA in both Painting and Drawing.

She talks about the balance between introspection and responding to exterior cultural influences. “Drawing takes hours and hours of studying a model; I’m sure that’s buried somewhere, how to focus

and how to look. But at Pratt, Abstract expressionism ruled the day. Although I didn’t go totally non-objective when I was there, that attitude was very much in the work. Once I moved away from school, I could figure out what my interests were.”

But once again, other opportunities emerged, and she went into academia, first establishing the Art Department at St. Ann’s Lower School in Brooklyn Heights and then becoming a college dean. Oh, and having babies: two. “It wasn’t until I moved with my family to the Hudson Valley in 1974 that I decided it was time to stop being a ‘closet artist.’”

Tentatively showing her work and immersing in the local art scene brought on awards and citations that confirmed her calling – until, that is, she suddenly took up the study of Psychology and headed a tutoring program at SUNY-Ulster. When that program closed, Pepper-Cooper’s life took a turn once again: back to making art

“I’m trying to make the invisible visible.”

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full-time. “It took me until the mid-‘80s before I said, ‘What am I running away from?’ Instead, I ran towards it. It feels good to run towards what you really love.”

Pepper-Cooper’s work sometimes relates directly to what’s happening in the world – for example, when she and her husband went to the March on Washington. “I stood in this crowd of thousands,” she says. “And I did a number of pieces that reflected that experience. Recently, I was given a commission to design three sevenfoot stained glass windows for Temple Emmanuel on Albany Avenue. I was told that it couldn’t be representational, but that each one had to include music, light and justice. So I had to decide how to suggest those themes without figures.

The rabbi told me she didn’t want red, which is a color I like a lot.”

In fact, red dominates much of the work that Pepper-Cooper has produced over the years. Bright colors define the space and hold the eye of anyone brave enough not to look away. She talks about dreaming her way into a painting – not a nighttime sort of dreaming; rather a state of mind disengaged from realism. “I’m trying to make the invisible visible. That’s why I’m not interested in producing something realistic; you can just use a camera for that!”

She points to a piece titled Portals and indicates how a seeming landscape is cut off with geometric streaks of blue coming down out of the sky. “When you look at it, you’re not sure what it is. I was trying to have an ambiguity, even though it’s not a non-objective piece. That thread of interest is in many of my works. The more recent work is more contemplative than my older work.”

Mounting a retrospective of this size, covering multiple decades, is a daunting task. The exhibit will fill all three rooms of the Doghouse Gallery in Saugerties with paintings that range from her earliest endeavors up through 2015. Now in her 70s, Pepper-Cooper is on the verge of a new direction, creatively speaking. It seemed the right time to show how her work has developed over the decades. “If not now, when?” she asks.

“This is a big show. The bottom floor will have the earliest work and a smattering from every decade. One room will be the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s. One room will be my recent work, from 2013 to ‘15. I realized I’m going to change the work, so this seemed like a good point to exhibit what I’ve done up to this point.

“The question was whether the collection would look like it was done by a whole lot of people or whether it would look

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RICH COROZINE ART OPENING AT WIRED GALLERY

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bout a year ago, the New Paltz painter, playwright, journalist and pan-generational scenester Richard Corozine found himself on the steps of his 70s with pneumonia and a badly injured back. It was an â&#x20AC;&#x153;ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going out like thisâ&#x20AC;? moment for the artist who had, in his own words, been muddling along for a few years regarding art and productivity. Forthwith, the ailing Corozine began waving his paintbrush, swiftly and with a fresh discovery of purpose. A single cycle of seasons later, the healthy Corozine is beginning to show the remarkable output of his invigorated year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meetings with the Remarkableâ&#x20AC;? is a 17-painting autobiographical series, 11 of which have been selected for exhibition at the Wired Gallery in High Falls in June.

The series is not to be confused with Gurdjieff â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Meetings with Remarkable Men and has no intended connection to the famous mysticâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, though Corozineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sequence does share some of its far-flung exoticism and its spirit of pursuit: the sense that the finest mysteries are the most remote and occluded in space Richard Corozineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ba-Ba the Car & Me, Peekskill, Summer 1965 and in time, the ones that resist easy discovery or remembering.

While the seriesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; title and its premise might seem to suggest simple documentation, a gallery of eminent subjects in action, these paintings are rich in elements of slippery fantasy, symbolic play, narrative suggestion and routine violations of realism as they depict the painterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defining encounters and experiences at home and across the globe. Corozine himself appears in most of them: the figure of a disheveled, mustachioed witness to or participant in all manner of Beat-flavored adventure, illuminated memory and hallucination.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a delightfully eventful compositional madness throughout â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meetings with the Remarkable,â&#x20AC;? an intuitively distorted sense of space, time and place and a bewildering, strange cast of primary and incidental characters, some human, some animal, some history and art itself. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that penguin doing on the road? What is that bed floating on? Who is that naked dwarf standing on the Peekskill phone book? Why is that naked woman straddling a calf (non-sexually)?

The titles really help. In a rigidly consistent form, each title provides the paintingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subject, a hint about its theme and the date and location. Some titles sound like the purely functional, compressed text found on the back of family photos, some like the synopsis of a William Burroughs yage dream: Mom and Me: Home, 1950; Frenchie, Wren and Me: The Casbah, Tangier 1968; Bobby the Dwarf and Me: The Passion, Peekskill 1960. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meetings with the Remarkableâ&#x20AC;? has the invented-world, immersive coherence of an album done in an intensive, fevered blush of inspiration. It is clear that Corozine worked hard on the series, but there is also the sense that the real work was already done, in the life that produced the subjects: reading the good stuff, going to the out of-the-way places (John Willy the Boatman and Me: To the Blaskets, 1971), getting to the bottom of the places and the people you are from and then letting them all speak to each other in a tongue that even the artist doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fully understand.

Corozine studied art at SUNY-New Paltz and the School of the Visual Arts. He has shown at various New York City spaces (Sid Deutsch Gallery, Henrika Manes Gallery, Allen Frumkin Gallery, Marian Goodman Gallery, Hansen Gallery, James Yu Gallery) and locally at SUNY-Ulsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Muroff-Kotler Gallery.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;Meetings with the Remarkableâ&#x20AC;? will open at the Wired Gallery on Saturday, May 30 with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. The show will be on view through Sunday, July 5.

The Wired Gallery is located at 11 Mohonk Road in High Falls. For more information, visit www.thewiredgallery.com.

Opening simultaneously with the Wired Gallery exhibit will be a group show featuring ten Wired Gallery Online artists at Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty, located at 3656 Main Street in Stone Ridge. Wired Gallery Online is an online gallery managed by the Wired Gallery, which gathers works by select mid-Hudson Valley artists. The Coldwell Banker show includes works by Alix Ankele, Joan Barker, Jane Bloodgood-Abrams, Mary Anne Erickson, Kari Feuer, Robert Hite, Judith Hoyt, Warren Hurley, Kathleen McGuiness and Marilynn Rowley. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; John Burdick

Who is that naked dwarf standing on the Peekskill phone book?

15 or culture have affected what she does, she refers again to the overall movement of her own visualizations. A large body of work like this affords such an assessment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My MFA work [done in 1965], for example, was more figurative, very bright and in your face, hard-edged. Now my paintings are much more layered â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that is, with many layers of color. As far as being affected by trends or the culture, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m aware of whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on outside of Ulster County, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure influences have crept into my head, but I would be hard put to say how. I think the fact that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m working completely non-objectively right now is one thing. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going on in New York now. Trends come and go.â&#x20AC;?

She credits teachers like Nicholas Buhalis, who gave her a structure to work in when she returned to painting. And Meredith Rosier â&#x20AC;&#x153;really opened her upâ&#x20AC;? by suggesting provocative exercises and homework. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Often itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a word, and we make a drawing based on that word.

She has us explore different concepts.

Along with that, every class has an hour of library time â&#x20AC;&#x201C; something she wants to teach us about in books and magazines.

She recognizes each of us as an individual.

She encourages each of us to find our own style.â&#x20AC;?

Named Distinguished Artist of 2014 by the Art Society of Kingston, PepperCooper continues to grow as an artist. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been doing pastels recently, and I want to get back to oil painting or work more with ink. There are many things Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to try. I want to say something about getting older and finding out that you can still do it: Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in your 70s, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re even getting better! This next phase Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going into â&#x20AC;&#x201C; I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait. I want to encourage other older people to take chances. I have been lucky to lead a very full life, a life outside the arts. But now I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be diverted from the art at all.â&#x20AC;?

Pepper-Cooperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retrospective will be exhibited through June 28. The Doghouse Gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day and by appointment at (845) 246-0402. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ann Hutton â&#x20AC;&#x153;Growing! A Retrospective of 60 Years of Art by Carol Pepper-Cooper,â&#x20AC;? opening reception, Saturday, May 30, 4-7 p.m., Doghouse Gallery, 429 Phillips Road, Saugerties; (845) 246-0402, www. pepperPepper-Cooper.com.                                                  Â

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like one personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. There are some people whose work has not changed over a long period of time. My work has really changed over the years. For many decades it was more representational, although not realistically so. But Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not drawing

a figure right now. So immediately thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a difference. I think that the forms, the rhythms of that thread, are still there for the perceptive eye.â&#x20AC;?

Pepper-Cooper describes â&#x20AC;&#x153;moving space around, and playing with the ambiguity of

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Check out bulbs abloom at Orange County Arboretum When you are looking for a beautiful, vibrant, colorful outing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a manageable size for the youngest and oldest family members, you should consider a visit to the Orange County Arboretum. The pathways are flat, wide and easy to navigate, the gardens are well-groomed and benches abound. One fantastic element is the majestic granite orb, memorializing Orange County residents who perished in the 9/11 tragedy.

This week, bring your camera and make a visit to the Arboretum to see the amazing array of 34,000 blooming bulbs, and when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready for a change of pace, visit the playground on the other side of the park. Check out the Arboretum website to register for terrific upcoming childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s events too, such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Honeybees for Kidsâ&#x20AC;? on June 6, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Intro to Geocachingâ&#x20AC;?

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parent and child. For those who are not used to camping, events like this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Campout at the Outdoor Discovery Center at the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum are a terrific gateway to try it because of the structure and support that they offer.

On Friday, May 29 at 6 p.m., join the Family Campout for fun and sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;mores around the campfire and a light breakfast snack the next morning. Bring your family, tent and sleeping bags, and enjoy the adventure together!

The cost is $20 per person, $12 for children under age 5. Prepaid registration is required. The Outdoor Discovery Center is located on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road. For more information or to register, call (845) 534-5506 or visit http://hhnaturemuseum.org.

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The Orange County Arboretum is located in Thomas Bull Memorial Park, on Grove Street in Hamptonburgh. For more information, call (845) 615-3830 or visit http://orangecountyarboretum.org.

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Family Campout at Hudson Highlands Nature Museum in Cornwall I recommend family camping, because when we sleep outdoors, I believe that important connections with nature are made deep inside of us, while strengthening bonds between

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Ratboy, Jr. plays Rock & Rye Tavern in New Paltz If you have children, grandchildren or any young friends between 1 and 8 years old, you should definitely pick up a few copies of Ratboy, Jr.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new album, Hamster Pants: one for your family and a pile to keep on hand to give as gifts. Clever lyrics mixed with great music mean that your kids will enjoy it, and so will you!

This third release by Ratboy, Jr. reminds me of the conversations that I have with my kids when we share what we see, as we gaze up at the clouds in the sky: lighthearted, random, tender, sweet and funny. The title track is a terrific example of this whimsy: â&#x20AC;&#x153;grab your hamster pants...for the big hamster dance...in the middle of Hamsterdamâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? and these amusing lyrics are paired with a terrific groove that has you tapping right along to the beat. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this magical chemistry that makes me put the wonderful and nonsensical song, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sponges,â&#x20AC;? on repeat while Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m driving: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even Billy Ocean gets his sponges from the ocean,â&#x20AC;? or marvel at the number of rhymes needed for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Marian the Barbarian Librarianâ&#x20AC;? (despite pressure for her to become a veterinarian). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sleep Like Oneâ&#x20AC;? is an excellent tune that combines a happy, end-of-beach-day exhaustion with natural hard limits to parental knowledge, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna sleep like a jellyfish tonight...I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how a jellyfish sleeps at night, but youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna sleep like one tonight.â&#x20AC;?

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Hamster Pants is available for $9.99 as a download or $12 as a CD at www.cdbaby. com/artist/ratboyjr. Or bring the kids and pick some up in person at the Rock and Rye Tavern this Saturday, May 30 at 12 noon for a live performance by Ratboy, Jr. along with Dean Jones, Geoff Gersh, Jason Brunka and more. Admission costs $5 per person, and this event runs rain or shine.

Rock and Rye Tavern is located at 215 Huguenot Street in New Paltz. For more information, visit http://ratboyjr.com and www.facebook.com/ratboyjr.

FamJam at Hasbrouck Park in New Paltz Listen to some great music this weekend, all while supporting a local charity! On Saturday, May 30 from 1 to 5 p.m., gather up your lawn chairs and blankets and head over to FamJam at Hasbrouck Park in New Paltz.

Musical entertainment includes Sean Schenker and members of the Trapps, New Paltz Rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ashes of the Phoenix, Me & My Ex, Cave Talk and Ilk. Cotton candy will be available, as well as face-painting, balloon animals and more.

The suggested donation is $5, and nonperishable foods and clothing donations will be accepted as well.

All proceeds benefit Family of New Paltz. Hasbrouck Park is located on Mohonk Avenue in New Paltz. For more information, look for FAM JAM on Facebook or visit www.facebook.com/ events/1602454223368625.

Center is located at 300 Wall Street in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 331-5300 or visit http://lgbtqcenter. org.

Riot Grrrl-themed event at Woodstockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Golden Notebook Here is a not-to-miss event this weekend! Check out â&#x20AC;&#x153;Culture Is What We Make It,â&#x20AC;? with Sara Marcus, Jacinta Bunnell and UV, a local Riot Grrrlinspired band. On Saturday, May 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Golden Notebook Bookstore, youth ages 13 and up and their families can enjoy a day of feminism, zine-making, coloring books, creativity and live music.

Sara Marcus is the author of Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution. Jacinta Bunnell just released The Big Gay Alphabet Coloring Book. The suggested donation is

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The Golden Notebook Bookstore is located at 29 Tinker Street in Woodstock.

For more information, e-mail jackie. goldennotebook@gmail.com. To learn more about the presenters, visit www.girlstothefront.com and http:// queerbookcommittee.com.

required. The Trailside Zoo is located at Bear Mountain State Park, at 55 Hessian Drive in Highland Falls. Parking costs $8 per vehicle, and the suggested admission to Trailside is $1. For more information or to register, call (845) 786-2701, extension 293, e-mail emma.congalton@parks. ny.gov or visit www.trailsidezoo.org. Â

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Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that I learned recently from Peter at Frost Valley YMCA: Mosquitoes are pollinators!

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Family Pride Day at Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center Family Pride Day on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center provides an opportunity to learn how to become a foster parent of an LGBTQ child or to get support if you already are a parent. Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities will be available as well. The workshop â&#x20AC;&#x153;Finding Children Homes in the LGBTQ Communityâ&#x20AC;? takes place at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and explores requirements, myths and facts about becoming a foster or adoptive parent, as well as providing respite for those unable to foster or adopt.

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or a simple, lovely seasonal festival for children, visit the second annual Spring Faire at the Primrose Hill School this Saturday, May 30 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Highlights include hayrides, farm animals, puppet shows, music and dancing with the Vanaver Caravan and more. Admission is free to this event.

The Primrose Hill School is located at 23 Spring Brook Park in Rhinebeck. For more information, call (845) 876-1226, e-mail info@primrosehillschool or visit www.facebook.com/primrosehillschool or http://primrosehillschool.com. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Erica Chase-Salerno

alumni that I wanted to be sure you all know about this weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center benefit at SUNY-New Paltz.

This event takes place on Saturday, May 30 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Elting Gym and features special guests Story Laurie and Dog on Fleas and lots of kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities. The suggested donation is $15 per family, $5 per person;

children 2 and under get in free.

SUNY-New Paltz is located at 1 Hawk Drive in New Paltz. For more information, call (845) 257-2910. To learn more about the entertainment, visit www.storylaurie. com and http://dogonfleas.com.

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The Marbletown Community Center is located at 3564 Main Street in Stone Ridge. For tickets or more information, visit www.facebook.com/sageartsorg.

“Discover DiSuvero” at Storm King Art Center Storm King Art Center is such an epic outdoor contemporary sculpture museum, and finding ways to engage my children there makes it a positive experience for everyone. On Sunday, May 31, your family can participate in this weekend’s youth program, “Discover DiSuvero.” The program takes place at 1 p.m. and is included in the price of admission. Admission costs $15 for adults, $12 for seniors aged 65 or older with identification, $8 for children aged 5 to 18 and students with identification and free for children aged 4 and under. Storm King Art Center is located at 1 Museum Road in New Windsor. For more information, call (845) 534-3115 or visit www.stormking.org.

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For more information or to register, call (845) 876-8403 or visit http:// ramapoforchildren.org.

Ashokan Center hosts Camp Whirligig Camp Whirligig is a new music and dance camp at the Ashokan Center for families living with autism. The camp

takes place from Friday to Sunday, August 28 to 30, and space is limited to ten families. Each family is provided with a personal guide to help things run smoothly for the family. The program is geared for children from ages 4 to 14, and children under 4 require parental supervision at all times. The cost is $350 per person plus lodging.

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Congratulations to our area’s young Scrabble nationwide championship winner! Noah Kalus of New Paltz and his partner beat out 55 other Scrabble teams!

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Ride the Ridge to benefit High Meadow School in Stone Ridge this Sunday Check your tire pressure and lubricate your derailleur! It’s time to get out and Ride the Ridge for the benefit of the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at the High Meadow School in Stone Ridge. With a choice of four routes of varying degrees of challenge that all start and end at the school on Main Street, everyone can join in the bicycling fun. Each non-competitive ride will be supported by sag wagons, directional signs and strategically located food and water stops, with a generous lunch awaiting each rider at the finish line.

In years past, up to 400 bicyclists have pedaled around the region in support of High Meadow’s PAC. With all the volunteer support staff and participation from local businesses, and non-riding family members and spectators as well,

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the attending crowd could swell to 500 or more, which makes the event the biggest annual fundraiser for the school that has served children and families in the community for more than 30 years.

Cycling enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels will find a ride that fits their speed from one of four routes. The 50-mile Bud Clarke Memorial Shawangunk Ridge Ride is named after the late event founder and is meant for expert riders who want to push their limits. They’ll tackle the ascent up the West Trapps of the ‘Gunks ridge at Minnewaska State Park, from which the views of the Catskills Mountains and Hudson Valley are rather spectacular. The thrilling descent – we’re talking about

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Dutchess Stadium is located at 1500 Route 9D in Wappingers Falls. For more information, call (845) 838-0094 or visit www.facebook.com/hvfamilyfest or www. hvrenegades.com.

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speeds up to 50 miles per hour – returns riders to the Wallkill River and back to Stone Ridge.

A 30-mile Countryside Ride, also for more advanced riders, will loop around many of the historic houses of the region and journey along the Wallkill past the stone Gatehouse to Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz before returning to Stone Ridge. The 11-mile Intermediate Scenic Ride, a shorter-but-no-lesschallenging route, will take cyclists along the Rondout Creek past remnants of one of the segments of the historic Delaware & Hudson Canal and uphill for glimpses of the majestic Mohonk Mountain House atop the ridge.

Parents and children will enjoy a fivemile Family Ride down Main Street and through the scenic back roads and neighborhoods of Stone Ridge. With long flats and gentle slopes, the route is plotted for safety. Parents can guide their kids in learning to ride in line and share the road with monitored automobile traffic. All children under age 13 must be accompanied by a registered adult rider.

The four rides have staggered starts ranging from 8:30 to 11 a.m. The registration fee for adults is $40 in advance, $20 for children under age 13, $40 for a Family Ride (one adult and one child, including a child-sized tee-shirt, $48 for same-day registration.

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8AM Rip Van Winkle (RVW) Hike: Balsam (3600‘). Moderate + hike. 5 miles, 5 hours. For more information call: 845-246-8074. Shandaken.

Silence. The Veterans and Service Members in our community, and will provide information about the new statewide SAGEVets network. Info: 845-331-5300. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston.

8AM-4PM HITS-on-the-Hudson II. Info: 845-2468833; www.hitsshows.com/saugerties-ny/ saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Extension, Saugerties, free.

8:30AM Community Conversations. Best practices in responding to mental health crises in our community. Meet and learn about Ulster County’s new Mobile Mental Health Team. Panel Discussion with viewpoints. RSVP 845-340-4174 or email: acor@co.ulster.ny.us. BOCES Conference Center, 175 Rt 32 N, New Paltz.

7PM-9PM Japanese Movie Night: Buddha 2: Owarinaki tabi. Info: www.GKnoodles.com or 845-255-8811. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz, free.

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 Rt 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-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.

12:15PM-12:45PM Uptown Fine Arts Music Series: Adelaide Roberts, 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, Main St, Kingston, free.

1PM-4PM Senior Duplicate Bridge with John Stokes. Woodstock Bridge Club offers a short lesson and a game of Duplicate Bridge. Most players are elementary and intermediate players.

Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Rescue Squad Bldg, Rt 212, Woodstock.

4PM-5PM Meditation Support Group. Meets every Thursday. Walk-ins welcome. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $5.

4:30PM Calling All (Mine)Crafters. Build new worlds and solve problems at 4:30 pm every other Friday. Info: www.redhooklibrary.org or 845-758-3241. Red Hook Public Library, 7444 S. Broadway, Red Hook.

5PM “Casually Constructing Computers” Technology Operations Manager at Mid-Hudson Library System has been building computers since he was 13 and will share his expertise. Registration is required. Info: 845-758-3241 or www. redhooklibrary.org. Red Hook Public Library, Red Hook.

5PM Future Voices-High School Art from Ulster County. Ulster County high school students exhibit art work selected by their teachers in this diverse exhibit. Exhibits through 6/11.

Info: trottl@sunyulster.edu. SUNY Ulster, Muroff Kotler Visual Arts Gallery, Stone Ridge.

5:30PM Understanding Your Blood Pressure and Cholesterol. Speaker: Dr. Lee Isabell of Health Quest Medical Practice’s Kingston primary care office. Info: www.healthquest.org. Hudson Valley Mall, Community Room, Kingston.

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 Hudson Valley Playwrights. Every Thursdays. A creative venue for local playwrights to develop new 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-9PM Celebration of Women Mentors.

Hosted by Raising Hope, c/o United Way of Ulster County. Honors ceremony and silent auction. $70/pp, $130/couple. Wiltwyck Golf Club, 404 Steward Ln, Kingston. Tix: www.raisinghopeulster.org.

7PM-8:30PM Meeting of Middle East Crisis Response. A group of Hudson Valley residents joined together to promote peace and human rights in Palestine and the Middle East. Info: 845-876-7906 or www.mideastcrisis.org. Woodstock Public Library, 5 Library Ln, Woodstock.

7PM Trivia Night with Paul Tully and Eric Stamberg. Info: 845-687-2699 or www.highfallscafe.com. High Falls Cafe, The Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

7PM-8:30PM Honoring Those Who Served in

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7PM-9PM The Trapps @ Water Street Market.

Summer Concert Series Kick-Off! Downtown New Paltz. Free.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Split Bill: Jeff Wilkinson & the Shutterdogsand Jenn Clapp. Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

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

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

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

7:30PM An Evening with The Bennett Jazz Ensemble. Jazz Students From The Reginald R. Bennet Inermediate School Will Be Performing. Proceeds Will Go Toward Jazz Workshop And Concert Opportunities For The Bennet Jazz Ensemble.Tickets: $20 Adults / Students free.

The Bearsville Theatre, Tinker St, Bearsville.

7:30 PM -9:30 PM Life Drawing Sessions.

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

8PM Steve Forbert. Info: www.helsinkihudson. com or 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

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

Friday

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Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz (5/295/31). Martha Stewart, Sarah Moulton and other celebrities will be presenting. Chefs will be giving cooking demos. Vendors include local restaurants and domestic & international wineries. Check the website for the list of times and admissions.

Mohonk Mountain House, 646- 527-9500 or www.internationalwinemasters.com, New Paltz.

8AM-4PM HITS-on-the-Hudson II. Info: 845-2468833; www.hitsshows.com/saugerties-ny/ saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Extension, Saugerties, free.

9:45AM-10:45AM Senior Chi Kung with Corinne Mol. Meditative, healing exercise consisting of 13 movements. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older for a $1 donation. Town Hall, Main Room, Woodstock.

11AM-4PM Historic 1812 House Tour View the private collection of 18th and early 19th century furnishings and decorative arts of noted antiquarian Fred J. Johnston in eight elegant room settings he designed in his former home and showroom. Fee: $5 /adult; $2/16 & under.

Friends of Historic Kingston, corner Wall-Main St, Stockade District of Kingston. Info: 845-3390720 or www.fohk.org.

12PM Charles Dickens Book Club: “The Old Curiosity Shop.” Info: 845-229-779. Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park.

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 Co #1, Rt 212, Woodstock.

12:30PM-6:30PM Tarot and Spiritual Guidance with Maureen. Every Friday. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100.

Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /45 mintes, $30 /25 minutes.

4PM-8PM Friday Night at the Museum. Kick off the weekend with complimentary wine while exploring the DuBois Fort and our new Museum Shop. Evening tours available. Info: 845-2551889. Historic Huguenot Street, 81 Huguenot St, New Paltz.

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

5PM-7PM The Friends’ Spring Book Sale. Also held on 5/30 and 5/31 from 9-4pm. A $4 bag sale of the remaining books on 5/31. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

6PM Mooney’s “Fabulous Friday Antique Auction.” Selling over three hundred high end antique and collectivle items to the highest bidders. View online: www.mooneysauction. com. Viewing 10am - 5pm, Thursday, May 28 and 8am to the start of the auction 6pm , today, Friday, May 29th - day of the auction! Can’t make the sale, leave a bid or bid live by phone! If you have one item or an entire estate that you want to sell or consign, give a call or email at mooneysauction @mail.com. Mooney Auction,Route 145, East Durham, 518-634-2300.

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

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Arlen Roth Band with special guest Cindy Cashdollar. Info: 845-2367970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Friday Night Jazz! New York City saxophonist Al Guart leads ensembles comprised of the best Hudson Valley Jazz musicians. Our rotating roster of performers includes pianists John Esposito and Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh and Peter Einhorn, bassists Lew Scott and Rich Syracuse. Other talented local musicians regularly sit in with the band. No cover, no minimum. Kindred Spirits is located at 334 Rt 32A in Palenville. Info: 518- 678-3101.

7:30PM Fifth Friday Dance with Crazy Feet.

7:30pm Lesson. 8pm Dance. Info: 845-255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $15.

8PM Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $39.

845-647-5511 & www.shadowlandtheatre.org.

9PM Daddy Long Legs with special guests The Schoemer Formation. Info: 518-822-1913 The Half Moon, 48 S. Front St, Hudson, $5.

8PM Shorty King’s Rhythm Revue. La Puerta Azul, 510 Rt 44, Millbrook. Info:www.lapuertaazul.com.

8PM Pitchfork Militia. Info: 845-679-3484.

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

9:30PM-11:30PM Music and Pizzawith The Kurt Henry Band Catskill Mountain Pizza, 51 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

Saturday

5/30

Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz (5/295/31). Martha Stewart, Sarah Moulton and other celebrities will be presenting. Chefs will be giving cooking demos. Vendors include local restaurants and domestic & international wineries. Check the website for the list of times andadmissions.

Mohonk Mountain House, 646- 527-9500 or www.internationalwinemasters.com, New Paltz.

Headwaters History Days (5/30 -5/31 & 6/ 6 & 6/7). Events, exhibits, open houses and activities celebrating the history, culture, folklife and landscape of the Central Catskills. Info: www. headwatershistorydays.org.

7AM John Burroughs Natural History Society Birdwalk. Trip leader Mark DeDea .This will be a short walk and great way to start your weekend allowing time for plenty of other outdoor activities. Info: www.jbnhs.org. Woodstock LandConservancy’s Thorn Preserve, 55 John Joy Rd, Woodstock.

8:30AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Birding Program and Breakfast with the Bakers. Enjoy a birding presentation highlighted by David’s amazing photography. Venture out with the Bakers n search of some of the more than 50 species that have been sited on themuseum’s property. Info: 845-534-5506, x 204. Hudson Highlands Nature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Muser Dr, Cornwall, $7.

8:30AM Free Rabies Vaccination Clinic. No appointment necessary. Bring your animal’s last rabies history certificates. Dogs must be on a leash and cats and ferrets in a carrier. Sponsored by the Ulster County Department of Health. Kingston Animal Hospital, 456 Albany Ave, Kingston.

9AM-2PM Kingston Farmers’ Market. The Market will continue, rain or shine, every Saturday, j9am-2pm through 11/22. Live acoustic compositions from musician Bob Cage. Over 30 vendors offering fresh fruits and vegetables, organic and natural meats, a wide assortment of cheeses, wine, breads and other baked goods, honey & fresh-cut flowers. The Kingston

Farmers’ Market,Wall Street between Main & John Streets in the Historic Stockade District of Uptown Kingston.

9AM-3PM Writing Workshop: “Write Saturday.” New Paltz/Accord: Poet and educator Kate Hymes will teach a full-day “Write Saturday,” a writing workshop.The full day gives writers extended writing and response times. Amherst Writers and Artists Method: The AWA method has been used successfully with experienced writers as well as beginners, writers who have confidence as well as those who are uncertain. Kate also offers weekly writing workshops in New Paltz. Information & registration: www.wallkillvalleywriters. com. 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.

9AM-4PM The Friends’ Spring Book Sale (5/30 & 5/31). $4 bag sale of the remaining books on 5/31. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

9AM-4PM Heroes Bike Run. Benefit for the Wounded Warrior Project. Registration and breakfast begins at 9AM. A variety of food, soft drinks and music from our live DJ. Info: 845-6159084 or www.bbggadv.com/HeroesBikeRun. Thomas Bull Memorial Park, 211 State Route 416, Montgomery, $40 /single rider, $55 /double riders.

9AM Saugerties’ Christian Meditation. Meets every Saturday, 9-10:30am. All welcome. No charge. 845-246-3285. Trinity Episcopal Church, Rte 9W, Saugerties.

9AM-4PM St. Peter’s Spring Flea Market, Plant & Flower Sale. Lots of new herbs and indoor/ outdoor plants. 20 different vendors. Everything from new to vintage. So many treasures. Plus: $5 Bag Sale at 2 pm at the St. Peter’s Tables of Treasures. Info: 845-687-7735. St.Peter’s, Route 213 & Keator Ave, Rosendale.

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 Walk n Talk Series: History Walk with Karen Gell. This walk will reveal a brilliant history which includes Alexander Hamilton and George Washington, on the very grounds where founding principals were created, Denning’s Point. Pre-register at www.bire.org/events. CEIE at Denning’s Point, 199 Denning’s Ave, Beacon.

10AM-1PM Family Pride Day. There will be a workshop by Berkshire Farms Center at 11 am and 1 pm: Finding Children Homes in the LGBTQ Community. There will also be a workshop by Spence-Chapin at 12 pm: Adoption in the LGBTQ Community. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston. Free.

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.

10AM-3PM Hudson Valley Farmers’ Market Sponsored by Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest.

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

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-11:30AM Minnewaska Preserve: Birding Basics: Spring Birds. This program will focus on basic identification tips and advice on binoculars.

Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752.

Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Nature Center, Gardiner, $10 /car.

10AM-4PM The Garden Conservancy’s Open

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windows by MarcChagall. Info: 845876-4030 Starr Library, 68 W Market St, Rhinebeck, $60.

premier listings Contact Donna at calendar@ulsterpublishing.com to be included Sunshine Day Event (6/7, 10am).

Proceeds to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, Malden West Camp Fire Dist. & The Alex fund. 50/50 Raffle. Raffle Prizes. Bake Sale. Activities for kids. Bee Bee the Clown & Megs Funky Faces. Vendors. Home-made baked goods. Info: 845-337-4569.

Malden West Camp Fire House, 139 Malden Tpke, Saugerties.

door. Events are nourishment for the soul, filled with messages of hope, healing intent, wondrous music and information about real healing you will never hear from your doctor. PDF download of Soul Traveler – Healing Journeys at www.misevis.com or email your request to kevin.m@castlemtn. com for the free mp3 of Prelude. Tix & Info: 607- 652 -3387.

Rondout Repertory Theatre Company is holding their Improv Games & Registration Day for the 2015 Summer Shakespeare in the Park production of “Much Ado About Nothing” on Saturday, June 6 at 11am, Creative Co-Op, 102 Main Street, Rosendale. Ages 10 & up. Visit RondoutRep.com for tuition, rehearsal, and performance dates. Contact Stephanie@RondoutRep.com to reserve your spot.

Catskill Mountain Foundation presents the following events: Lecture: “Clara and Robert” with Dr. Jeffrey Langford and Dr. Joanne Polk- 6/6 @ 2:30pm Piano Performance Museum Doctorow Center for the Arts 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter; Keigwin & Company Dance That Hits Your Pleasure Receptors Larry Keigwin, choreographer -6/6 @ 7:30pm Orpheum Film & Performing Arts Center 6050 Main Street, Village of Tannersville; & Berkshire Bach Ensemble. A Catskills Debut Featuring World-Renowned Harpsichordist Kenneth Cooper -6/13 @ 8pm Doctorow Center for the Arts 7971 Main Street, Village of Hunter.

Tickets & info: www.catskillmtn.org or 518-263-2060.

Exhibit: Linear Life, featuring the work of Sheri Warshauer and Irwin Berman. Exhibit will display thru 7/19.

Open Monday through Saturday from 11am - 5pm, Sundays from 12- 5pm, closed on Wednesdays.WFG Gallery,31 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, 845-6796003.

To Save a Million Lives with Kevin Misevis, Chi Gung (Qi Gong) pianist, channel and author is giving a series of five healing music concerts and lectures on healing cancer and chronic dis-ease at the Foothills Performing Arts Center on 7/3, 9/5, 10/17 and 11/28/15.Misevis is also giving to anyone with cancer a PDF download his book Healing Journeys and an MP3 of his Chi Gung healing music CD Prelude absolutely free, no strings attached. Kevin Misevis is a Chi Gung (Qi Gong) pianist, channel and author who lost his seven-year-old boy Rajah to brain cancer in 1991. Misevis’ continuous research and dedication allowed him to rid his body of cancer in six months in 2007 and put a 2010 and 2012 tumor into remission in six months, without surgery, drugs, radiation or chemo. Tickets $20/adv $25/

Mooney’s “Fabulous Friday Antique Auction.” Selling over three hundred high end antique and collectivle items to the highest bidders. View online: www.mooneysauction.com. Viewing 10am - 5pm, Thursday, May 28 and 8am to the start of the auction 6pm , today, Friday, May 29th - day of the auction! Can’t make the sale, leave a bid or bid live by phone! If you have one item or an entire estate that you want to sell or consign, give a call or email at mooneysauction @mail. com. Mooney Auction,Route 145, East Durham, 518-634-2300.

Sign -up Now! Broadway Bus Trip (6/10, 2pm). The Ellenville Regional Hospital Auxiliary is hosting a fundraising trip to see the Broadway musical “Kinky Boots”, 6 Tony awards and best musical of the year. Tickets cost $150 for orchestra seats and bus transpor-

Days Program. Explore Twin Brook Farm in Ulster Park, open to the public for self-guided tours to benefit the Garden Conservancy. Info: www.opendaysprogram.org. Twin Brook Farm, Ande & Peter Rooney’s Garden, 47 Union Center Rd, Ulster Park, $10, free /12 and under.

10AM-12PM Ikebaba Lesson. Flower Arrangement Lesson, instructor: Suzumi Adams, reservation required by Friday 12 noon. Info: www.

GKnoodles.com or 845-255-8811. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz, $25.

10AM -12PM Death Cafe. We will talk about our experience and curiosity around death and dying.

There is no agenda, simply an open conversation in a casual, confidential and safe space.

No reservations needed.No charge, donations accepted for the Circle of Friends for the Dying, the first Comfort Care Home for the Dying in the Hudson Valley. Starr Library, 68 West Market Street, Rhinebeck.

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

10:30AM-2PM “Telling Your Story, Telling Your Truth, “ Writing Workshop Everyone has a story, what story is inside of you? Learning how to put the words down. Pre-registration required, limited to 12. Led by bestselling author Jenny Milchman. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

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-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 Geeks” will help you! Info: 845-757-3771 or tivoliprograms@gmail.com.

Tivoli Free Library, 86 Broadway, Tivoli, free.

11AM-4:30PM Houses on the Land: Fruits of Marlborough from the Highlands to the Hudson.

Explore the rich, enduring cultural history, architectural traditions and agricultural heritage of Marlborough’s hamlets. Info: www.WallkillValleyLT.org or 845-255-2761. Milton-on-Hudson Train Station, 41 Dock Road, Milton.

11AM-4PM Historic 1812 House Tour – View the private collection of 18th and early 19th century furnishings and decorative arts of noted antiquarian Fred J. Johnston in eight elegant room settings he designed in his former home and showroom. Fee: $5/ adult; $2 /16 & under.

Friends of Historic Kingston, corner Wall-Main St, Stockade District of Kingston. Info: 845-3390720 or www.fohk.org.

11AM-3PM “Culture Is What We Make It, Yes It

tation. Pickup areas are Middletown, Ellenville, Wurtsboro and Kerhonkson.

Tix & Info: 845-434-2665.

Register Now! Summer Theatre Institute. The Institute is for students interested in learning more about theatre performance and production.

Info: 845-339-2025 or www.sunyulster.edu/SI. SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, $450.

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. Info: 845-343-1000. taraspayneuter.org.

Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinics for Dogs: by appointment only every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at TARA’s stationary clinic in Middletown.

Males $120 and up; Females $150 and up; rabies vaccine included. 845-3431000. tara-spayneuter.org.

Sign Up Now! Bus Trip to Kykuit & Union Church of Pocantico Hills on 6/18. Registration ends 5/22. Kykuit is the hilltop home of 4 generations of Rockefellers. Union Church of Pocantico Hills contains a stained glass window by Henri Matisse and 9

Is.” Sara Marcus, Jacinta Bunnell, and UV. In this hands-on workshop, you will create a zine of your very own to take home. The Golden Notebook, 28 Tinker St, Woodstock.

11:30AM-12:45PM “Tail Waggin’ Tutors. “ Each reader signs up for a 15 minute session of reading to a trained dog, certified by Therapy Dogs International. Info: 845-255-1255 or www.gardinerlibrary.org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike, Gardiner.

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-1:30PM Pet Fashion Show . Dogs from three area animal welfare organizations will don the runway in the first-ever Fashion Faux Paws Doggie Fashion Show and Adoption Event.

Pets Alive, one of the oldest and largest no kill animal rescue and advocacy organizations in the United States, has teamed up with PetSmart, the Humane Society of Walden, and the Humane Society of Middletown to bring this event to the public. Adoptions will be available until 3pm.

PetSmart, Dunning Farms Shopping Center, 88 Dunning Road, Middletown.

12:30PM-6:30PM Tarot Readings with Stephanie. Every Saturday. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /30mintes, $25 /15 minutes.

1PM-5PM Tennessee Beer BBQ. Menu: Pulled Pork and Ribs. RSVP by May 28th. Call Anita at 845-331-1869. Kingston Elks Lodge, 143 Hurley Ave, Kingston, $15.

1PM-4PM Family Day. with Hands-on Art Activities at CPW, WAAM, and Byrdcliffe. Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St, Woodstock, free.

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

1PM-4PM 3rd Annual Val-Kill Picnic & Square Dance! Food, drinks, local beer, music. Square dancers of all abilities and ages welcome. Period music by Jay Ungar & Molly Mason. Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, (Val-Kill), 56 Valkill Park Rd, Hyde Park.

1PM-4PM Annual Children’s Art Show. An afternoon of face painting, story telling,an art table, hula hoops and refreshments. The show is free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome.

Show will run thru 6/13. The Unframed Artists Gallery,173 Huguenot St, New Paltz. Regular

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Volunteers Needed! Are you interested in learning more about the history of the oldest house in the Hudson Valley? A meeting with coffee and refreshments will be held on 5/30, 10-11:30am to discuss volunteering at the Bronck Museum. On 6/13, 9:3011:00am, both new and returning volunteers will have an opportunity to accompany Curator Shelby Mattice on a Tour through the Museum with special attention to the recent changes in the 1663 House and the West Wing.

Bronck Museum, intersection of Pieter Bronck Rd and CR 42 , Town of Coxsackie. Info: gchistory.org.

Writing Workshop: “Write Saturday,” ( 5/ 30 from 9 am - 3 pm). New Paltz/Accord: Poet and educator Kate Hymes will teach a full-day “Write Saturday,” a writing workshop.The full day gives writers extended writing and response times. Amherst Writers and Artists Method: The AWA method has been used successfully with experienced writers as well as beginners, writers who have confidence as well as those who are uncertain. Kate also offers weekly writing workshops in New Paltz. Information & registration: www.wallkillvalleywriters.com. 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.

Submit Now! Wordscape @ Clermont: A Poetry Trail. A community arts project which will be up throughout the month of June. The only limitation is that they fit on a surface no larger than 8” x 10”. Info: 518-5376622 or fofc@gtel.net. Clermont State Historic Site, 87 Clermont Ave, Germantown.

Sign Up Now! Writing Into History - A Young Writers’ Program. For ages 12 to 16. 7/ 20-7/24, 9am-3pm. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/hvwp/summercamps. Scholarships are available 845-257-2847. Roosevelt-Vanderbilt Historic Sites, Hyde Park, $295.

Register Now! New Genesis Day Camps. In 2015, the camps are offered for three age groups: 7-12 years (Jun

hours are 1 to 5pm, Saturdays and Sundays and by appointment. Info: 845-255-5482.

1PM The First Walking Tour of the Rondout National Historic District. Offered by Friends of Historic Kingston. Departing from outside the Ulster County Visitors Center, 20 Broadway. Tour guide: Pat Murphy.$10/adult and $5/16 & under.

Some uphill walking is involved.For information, call Info: 845-339-0720; www.fohk.org.

1PM-4PM Tours of 1828 Stone House part of Headwaters History Days. Tours today and 6/7. Ginny Scheer, folklorist for Catskills Folk Connection, will offer tours of the Walter Stratton House at 3217 New Kingston Mountain Road, just off Lower Meeker Hollow Road, Roxbury.

Info: www.headwatershistorydays.org.

1:30PM Screening: In Person. A documentary exposé about the huge yet hidden problem of sexual assault on college campuses nationwide.

Tara Sanders, Exhale to Inhale’s program director for Upstate New York. Exhale to Inhale’s mission is to empower survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to heal and reclaim their lives through the grounding practice of yoga.

Tickets: $11 Adults / $9 Seniors and Students / $7 Members and Kids under 16. (US/2014/dir

by Kirby Dick). PG-13/90 mins. Upstate Films, 132 Tinker St, Woodstock.Info: 845-679-6608.

2PM Opening Reception: Artist Laura Summer.

An exhibit of her paintings. A talk, music and refreshments. Info: 518-392-2760, x104. Breezeway Art Gallery, 2542 Route 66, Chatham.

2PM-4PM Family Benefit for the Children’s Center Featuring Dog on Fle as and Story Laurie.

Children 2 and under are free. Face painting, photo booth, arts and crafts, bake sale, 50/50 raffle. Info: 845-257-2910. SUNY New Paltz, Elting Gym, New Paltz, $5 /individual, $15/family.

2PM Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $34.

845-647-5511 & www.shadowlandtheatre.org.

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.

3PM-4:30PM Opening Reception: “Faces of Myanmar.” Featuring the works of a Saugertiesbased photographer Ken Dreyfack. Adriance Memorial Library, Mary Wojtecki Rotunda Gallery, Poughkeepsie.

3PM Commencement Concert -Vassar College Orchestra. Presented by members of the music department faculty.Info: 845-437-7294 or music. vassar.edu/concerts. Vassar College, Skinner Hall

29-July 12), 12-14 years (July 13-26), and 14-17 years (July 27-August 9). For more information, visit www.newgenesisproductions.org. New Genesis Productions, West Shokan.

The 6th Annual Fur Ball Masquerade (6/13, 5-10pm). Hosted by Pets Alive.

A festive night of food and cocktails, dancing, and a silent and live auction.

All net proceeds from this event will support the hundreds of animals at Pets Alive. For those who cannot attend will be able to participate online: petsalive. org/furball2015. Trump National Golf Club, 339 Pines Rd, Briarcliff Manor.

Headwaters History Days! The first of two weekends of local history events, exhibits, open houses and activities will be held this weekend, 5/30 & 5/31, in several communities in the Central Catskills.Headwaters History Days invites visitors to explore 16 historic sites across two counties from Andes to Olive. Activities will continue 6/6 & 6/7. Visit www.headwatershistorydays for a schedule, site descriptions and a map.

Open Call For Shakespeare Performers at Rosendale Theatre 6/6. Get out your sonnets, scenes, soliloquies, songs, brush up your Shakespeare, and polish off your skits, Rosendale Theatre announces its first annual Shakespeare Slam to take place in August. Auditions for the Slam will be held at Rosendale Theatre on Saturday, June 6 at 10am.

Seeking all types of people of all ages and backgrounds. Info: marylois@ gmail.com or call 201- 724-8505.

Sign Up Now! Ellenville Regional Hospital Auxiliary fundraising trip to see the Broadway musical “Kinky Boots”, 6 Tony awards and best musical of the year on 6/10. Info: 845-4342665. Ellenville, $150.

Workshop Registration Open for 2015 Summer/Fall Classes. Info: info@cpw.org or 845-679-9957. Center for Photography at Woodstock, 59 Tinker St, Woodstock.

Hydrant Flushing - Saugerties. June 1 through June 13. This may result in discolored water. The work will continue through June 13 with most of the work being done during evening hours.

Problems may be reported to the town at 246-8671 or the village at 845-2462321, x 5.

of Music, Poughkeepsie.

3:30PM Talk: Objects and Memory by Jonathan Fein,filmmaker and historian Fein will share excerpts from and material captured in the making of his award-winning documentary.

Info: www.headwatershistorydays.org. Historical Society of Middletown, 778 Cemetery Rd, Margaretville.

4PM-7PM Opening Reception: Retrospective.

Featuring 60 years of work by artist Carol PepperCooper. The show includes more than 70 works of art. Exhibits through 6/28. Info: 845-2460402. The Doghouse Gallery, 429 Phillips Rd, Saugerties.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: Meetings with the Remarkable. Featuring works by Richard Corzine, artist. Corozine has been working the last year on the Meetings with the Remarkable series to pay homage to people and events that have influenced his life, from his parents to Ba-Ba the Car and Bobby the Dwarf. 11 paintings from the series have been selected for this exhibit. Show will run thru 7/5. Info: 682-564-5613. Event held at the Wired Gallery, 11 Mohonk Rd, High Falls; Also, opening simultaneously with the Wired Gallery exhibit will be a group show featuring 10 Wired Gallery Online Artists at Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty (3656 Main St., Stone Ridge.

5PM-9PM Chaplin Closing Party & Film. Info: 845-340-0501. Little Shop of Horses, 37 North Front St, 2nd Floor, Kingston.

5PM Barefoot Dance Center to host Annual Student Dance Concert. McKenna Theatre, SUNY New Paltz Campus, New Paltz. Tickets at the door: $12 adults/$6 kids & teens (free 3 years & under).

5 PM -7 PM Artist’s Reception: “A Shared Passion” celebrates the landscape of the Hudson Valley, with pastels by Marlene Wiedenbaum, PSA, and oil paintings by James Coe . Wine and cheese will be served. The show runs thru 7/11.

Gallery hours: Monday 11-5:30; Tuesday-Friday 10-5:30; Saturday 10-5; Sundays by appointment.

Info: 845-255-1241. Mark Gruber Gallery, 17 New Paltz Plaza, New Paltz.

5PM-8PM Opening Reception: Modes of Devotion. Featuring paintings by Shinso & Joan Monastero. Special guest: Linda Montano.

Exhibits through 5/31. The Storefront Gallery, 93 Broadway, Kingston.

5 PM -7 PM Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser.

Proceeds benefit the Youth Summer Mission Trip.

Info: 845-246-7802. Saugerties United Methodist Church, 67 Washington Ave, Saugerties.

6 PM-8 PM Music in The Woods: Cleoma’s Ghost. Featuring award- winning vocalist Elizabeth Lewis performs Old Time and Traditional

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May 28, 2015

NIGHT SKY

Tying it all up with strings – or spring

M

aybe everything is a single entity – and not just in an Eastern sense. Perhaps in physics we need only find how exactly the four fundamental forces and the three fundamental particles interrelate, and how they got that way.

Einstein, whose relativity theory of 1905 turned mass and energy into a single interchangeable amalgam, spent the rest of his life hunting unsuccessfully for a Grand Unified Theory that would unite these with everything else, including the most elusive: gravity. Soon after, quantum mechanics showed how objects behave in the submicroscopic realm, and this ignited a race to unify quantum mechanics with relativity: a quest that continues to this day.

It was a heady hundred years, from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centuries. But then, further progress in fundamental physics pretty much ground to a halt.

Brilliant minds kept hunting for the Holy Grail, but it was nowhere to be found. In the closing decades of the 20th century came string or superstring theory, or M-theory. Several physicists, using advanced mathematical ideas, showed that at least three of the four forces could emerge if, in the realm of the super-tiny

Cajun with Roger Weiss on fiddle and vocals.

Rail Trail Cafe, River Road Ext, New Paltz. Info: 845-399-4800.

6 PM -8 PM Opening Reception. Featuring a medley of exhibitions for the Main Galleries, Sculpture Garden and Carriage House. In celebration, the gallery will have five solo shows (sculpture, painting, drawing, photography and mixed media/installation). The work will be on display through 6/2. John Davis Gallery,361 1/2 Warren St, Hudson.

6PM Gilles Malkine and Mikhail Horowitz, “Filled to the Guild:” A Performance to Benefit Byrdcliffe’s Programming. RSVP. Info: www. woodstockguild.org or 845-679-2079. A beautiful private Woodstock home, Woodstock, $75 / includes dinner.

6PM-8PM Opening Reception: “Wild Places-The Beauty of a Land Untamed.” Works by by artist Tarryl Gabel and photographer Gregory Martin.

Exhibits through 6/21. Info: www.tivoliartistscoop.com or 845-757-2667. Tivoli Artists Gallery, 60 Broadway, Tivoli.

6PM Memorial Day Observance. Saugerties American Legion Post 72 will conduct a Memorial Day service on the traditional day, Friday, May 30, on the Post grounds.Saugerties Community Band will play several selections one half-hour before and during the service. Following the ceremony, refreshments will be served in the Banquet Hall and the Military Museum will be open for guided tours.Info: 845-246-6769.

6:30PM Laura Ludwig presents Poetry and Performance Art. Info: 845-246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Jim Weider’s Project Percolator - Opener: Holly & Evan. Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM-9PM Jazz, Blues and Funky Stuff. Every Saturday, 7-9pm. Info: 845-255-1234 or www. villagemarketandeatery.com. Village Market & Eatery, Main St, Gardiner.

7PM Book Reading: Joseph Luzzi. Author of “In a Dark Wood: What Dante Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and the Mysteries of Love.” Info: 845-876-0500. Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck.

7 PM-10 PM Duo Radix: Bass Living Room

– a trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion times smaller than an atomic nucleus – reality consisted of one-dimensional strings. Depending on how they connected or looped, the basics of the universe could be united.

Except it didn’t work – not in our reality, anyway. To make it happen on paper there needed to be eight new dimensions, each with specific mathematical properties.

The problem with this was obvious from the start: There is no hint that any of these dimensions actually exist. Neither our senses nor our instruments suggest their reality. Worse, if they did exist, no observation or experiment could possibly detect any of them. Thus, string theory is nonfalsifiable – meaning that you can’t devise a test that can prove it right or wrong.

Okay, maybe the individual dimensions cannot be tested. But perhaps string theory’s overall thesis can come up with a testable prediction. Again (sigh), when it did so, the results of string theory’s predictions were off by 100 orders of magnitude. But the theory’s champions always had an easy “out”: Just change the value of one or another of those dimensions and you could force any result to fit.

As the years of our new 21st century advanced, it became increasingly obvious

Concert . Creative co-op, 402 Main St, Rosendale .$10 min donation, includes light fare. BYOB. 7PM Saturday Night Jazz! New York City saxophonist Al Guart leads ensembles comprised of the best Hudson Valley Jazz musicians. Our rotating roster of Jazz musicians includes pianists John Esposito and Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh and Peter Einhorn, bassists Lew Scott and Rich Syracuse. Other local musicians sit in with the band. No cover, no minimum. Kindred Spirits is located at 334 Rt 32A in Palenville. Info: 518-678-3101.

7:30 PM Saturday Night Live Music: Noe Dinnerstein-sitar. Second set: 9PM. Info: www.

GKnoodles.com or 845-255-8811. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz.

7:30PM Flying Cat Music presents Hannah Shira Naiman in Concert.$15 admission or $12 with RSVP to flyingcatmusic@gmail.com.Empire State Railway Museum, 70 Lower High Street, Phoenicia. Info: 845-688-9453.

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

8 PM Astronomy Walk with Mid-Hudson Astronomy Association. Join Dr. Willie Yee, president, and Joe Macagne, vice president of the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association for a presentation and 21st Century exploration of the night sky at Olana. Info: www.olana.org. Olana, Hudson.

8PM Classical Music with Rene Izquierdo & Carlo Aonzo. 7:30pm Lesson. 8pm Dance. Info: 845-255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $24.

8PM Amy and Leslie. Info: 845-658-9048. The Rosendale Café, 434 Main St, Rosendale, $20.

8PM Jimmy V’s Billion Dollar Bash with Rich Pagano Tony Garnier & Ed Alstrom . Tickets at Levonhelm.com. The Barn, Woodstock.

8:30PM The B Boyz. Featuring Tom, Benni, Barry, Mark, Peter, Mike, and Barry. Originating in the Hudson Valley this seven piece band features a boogie-down horn line. Info: 845-6872699 or www.highfallscafe.com. High Falls Cafe, The Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

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EINSTEIN, whose relativity theory of 1905 turned mass and energy into a single interchangeable amalgam, spent the rest of his life hunting unsuccessfully for a Grand Unified Theory that would unite these with everything else, including the most elusive: gravity. that the string business was leading nowhere. String theorists predicted that there are ten-to-the-500th-power ways that reality can manifest –a vagueness that made most physicists throw up their hands and consider it useless.

They scoffed at string theory’s bottom line, which basically says that anything is possible, since a “theory of anything” actually explains nothing.

And that’s the current state of affairs in our search for a Grand Unified Theory. It dead-ended before the Second World War, though this fact has taken some decades to sink in.

5/31

Wine & Food Festival of New Paltz (5/295/31). Martha Stewart, Sarah Moulton and other celebrities will be presenting. Chefs will be giving cooking demos. Vendors include local restaurants and domestic & international wineries. Check the website for the list of times andadmissions.

Mohonk Mountain House, 646- 527-9500 or www.internationalwinemasters.com, New Paltz.

Headwaters History Days. May 30 & 31. June 6 & 7. Events, exhibits, open houses and activities celebrating the history, culture, folklife and landscape of the Central Catskills. Info: www. headwatershistorydays.org.

8AM-4PM HITS-on-the-Hudson II. $75, 000 Horseware Ireland Grand Prix . All proceeds from the gate go directly to Family of Woodstock. Info: 845-246-8833; www.hitsshows.com/saugertiesny/saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Extension, 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 The Friends’ Spring Book Sale (5/30 & 5/31). $4 bag sale of the remaining books on 5/31. Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

9AM-10AM Breakfast with Youku. Reg reqr’d.

Info: www.GKnoodles.com or 845-255-8811.

Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz, $10.

9 AM-3 PM Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Renewal Course Preregistration and payment are required. Info: 845-475-9742.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Poughkeepsie, $150.

9:30AM 22nd Death Café. Death Café is not a bereavement support group, it is a place to freely talk about dying and death and related issues.

Info: info@cfdhv.org. Rosendale Café, 434 Main St, Rosendale.

10AM Walking Tour of the Hamlet of Roxbury.

This 40-minute tour, led by Carolyn Faracci, Roxbury Town Parks Coordinator, will cover a fair portion of the Main Street Historic District.

Info: www.headwatershistorydays.org. Gould

Ah, but maybe we’re overthinking everything. Perhaps we need only look around. Now, during the magic of spring, unity feels so close, doesn’t it?

Interrelatedness truly seems hidden in plain sight. It makes one recall the famous quantum physicist Erwin Schrödinger, who liked to say, “The plurality that we experience is only an appearance, it is not real.”

– Bob Berman Want to know more? To read Bob’s previous “Night Sky” columns, visit our website at www.hudsonvalleyalmanacweekly.com/category/columns/night-sky/.

Church, in the back, Main St, Roxbury.

10:30AM-2PM 5th Sunday Omelet Brunch. $7/ adults, $3.50/5-10 yr olds, free/5 & under. Lloyd United Methodist Church, 476 New Paltz Rd, Lloyd.Info: 845-255-8058.

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

10:30AM-12PM Minnewaska Preserve: The Bear Necessities! Learn all about black bears.

This program is recommended for children five to eight years old, accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18. Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Nature Center, Gardiner, $10 /car.

11AM-4PM Local Artisan and Farm Shop.

Locally roasted coffee, local hand crafted wines, florist style flowers, basil, kombucha, soaps, and more. Info: cbcofrosendale@gmail.com. Creative Co-op, 402 Main St, Rosendale.

11 AM- 4PM Hungry For Music -gently used instrument drive/ drop off location . Creative Co-op ,402 Main St, Rosendale hunbgryformuic@att.net.

11AM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon: Pete Levin.

Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com.

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

11AM Walking Tour of the Village of Fleischmanns. A stroll down Main Street and stories of when this was a busy tourist town, with John Duda. Info: www.headwatershistorydays.org.

Greater Fleischmanns Museum of Memories, 1017 Main St, Fleischmanns.

11AM-1PM Rhinebeck Farmes Market. Terry Walters is at the forefront of the clean eating lifestyle movement and is dedicated to sharing her knowledge and passion to eat clean and live well. Info: 845-876-0500. Rhinebeck Farmers Market, 61 E Market St, Rhinebeck.

12 PM-4 PM The 5th “Love It or Swap It” Women’s Clothing Swap to benefit Sinterklaas.

Info: sinterswapstore@gmail.com. Primrose Hill School, 6571 Springbrook Ave, Rhinebeck, $20.

12PM Jazz at the Falls: Featuring Greg Glassman & Friends. Info: 845-687-2699 or www.highfalls-

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GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

New beetle threatens lilies & fritillarias

Ande and Peter Rooney’s Twin Brook Farm in Ulster Park will be open on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., as part of the Open Days program of the Garden Conservancy.

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OPEN DAYS PROGRAM FEATURES TWIN BROOK FARM Red lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) on fritillaria

T

he turds on my crown imperial plants were unwelcome, but no surprise. I’d been forewarned that the red lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii) was in the area. Finally, it found my garden and my crown imperials.

For a relatively mobile insect, the beetle was surprisingly slow in its arrival. This native of Europe made its North American debut in Montreal in 1945 and its entrance stateside in 1992, in Massachusetts. Since then, it has spread. Gardeners are on alert

Come on, New York: Let’s get some parasitoids. for the beetle as far away as the Pacific Northwest since its sighting near Seattle in 2012.

Those turds that I saw actually are turds: the beetle larvae’s excrement, piled on their backs as they feed. Perhaps the greenish-brown slime that hides the red larvae will not make the larvae unappetizing to my ducks or chickens.

Those larvae are hatchlings from eggs that adult beetles laid a few weeks ago.

After a few weeks of feeding, the larvae will pupate. New emerging adults will feed until making their way to their winter homes in fall. The worst culprits, in terms of plant damage, are the larvae.

There are many ways to skin a cat and many ways to deal with red lily beetles, none of which need involve highly toxic pesticides. Easiest, of course, would be to avoid growing susceptible plants.

Mostly, the beetles’ fare are lilies (Lilium

cafe.com. High Falls Cafe, The Stone Dock Golf Club, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

12:30PM-2PM Rumba- 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, Newburgh.

12:30PM-6:30PM Tarot Readings with Sarvananda. Every Sunday. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /30mintes, $25 /15 minutes.

1PM-6PM Benefit for Mike Lore. Info: 845-6793484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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

1PM-3PM Pallet Puppet Theatre offers Spanish

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species, which do not include daylilies) and Fritillaria species, which include crown imperials. Susceptibility varies among lily species, with Asiatic hybrids the most vulnerable and some Oriental hybrids more resistant. Lilium henryi “Madame Butterfly,” Lilium speciosum “Uchida” and Lilium “Black Beauty” are among the most resistant.

Because I’m already growing lilies and fritillarias, I might opt for the wait-andsee approach, hoping for the chickens or ducks to take care of the problem. Or take the mano-á-mano approach, regularly inspecting plants to pick off eggs, larvae (yuck) or adults by mano. A container of soapy water held under a leaf is useful for handpicking adults, because they drop soilward when disturbed – also emitting a defensive chirp or squeal.

Neem is a relatively nontoxic (to humans) pesticide and deterrent extracted from (you guessed it) the neem tree, in India. It’s effective if sprayed on very young larvae. I have too many crown imperial plants scatted about to spray easily.

Best of all would be to find some natural controls, and they have been found. Three species of parasitoid wasps (Lemophagus errabundus, Diaparsis jucunda and, especially, Tetrastichus setifer) have proven effective. Releases have been made in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine and Connecticut. Come on, New York: Let’s get some parasitoids.

Moving on to another monocotyledonous plant, this one with no pest to speak of: ornamental onions, which also go by their botanical name, alliums. (“Monocotyledonous,” what a mouthful! This refers to the plants’ leaves, or cotyledons, which function either as seed leaves or as storage

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.

1PM-5PM Sixth Annual Music & Merriment Festival. A benefit for the Family of Woodstock.

Musical performances by Mountaintop parent songwriters, Neil Rosen and Rachel Loshak, Square Dancing, with a puppet show by The Niddle Naddle Puppeteers. Info: 845-389-7322 or www.mountaintopschool.com. Mountaintop School, 68 Band Camp Rd, Saugerties.

2PM Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $34.

845-647-5511 & www.shadowlandtheatre.org.

2 PM Concert: Vito Petroccitto & Frank Murasso. Info: 845-229-7791. Hyde Park Free Library, 2 Main St, Hyde Park.

2PM Lost Towns of the Pepacton Reservoir and the Railroad that Served Them, by John

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h give me a home, where the buffalo roam…” No, I don’t want buffalo on my farmden, but others beg to differ. And you can visit them (bison, actually), on May 30 at 45 Union Center Road in Ulster Park, at Twin Brook Farm. You can see more than just bison there, because the farm – named after two streams that feed cascading ponds – is a series of perennial gardens set against a natural landscape of fields, forest, rock ledges, ponds, springs and waterfalls. Water, wind and birdsong all make their contributions to the gardens’ atmosphere.

Shrubs, trees, sculpture and seating terraces further anchor each garden area into the landscape.

Ande and Peter Rooney’s Twin Brook Farm is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of the Open Days program of the Garden Conservancy, which benefits from the $10 admission. Other gardens are open through summer and into fall. For more information on dates and gardens, see www.opendaysprogram.org.

– Lee Reich

structures. Monocots are one broad group of flowering plants; dicots, with two seed leaves, are the other broad group.)

Last fall I reported on my planting of Allium giganteum “Ambassador,” which makes volleyball-sized heads of purplishblue flowers, and A. hollandicum (or A. aflatuensis) “Purple Sensation,” bearing similar flowers in tennis-ball-sized heads.

Both are nice plants for flowerbeds; but, as I reported, I wanted to see if they would naturalize in my south meadow.

Early on, this spring, the experiment seemed a success. The broad, green, strappy onion leaves unfolded, drinking in sunlight, before the surrounding grasses and other meadow plants had hardly budged. As warmer weather moved in, surrounding vegetation grew more boldly, soon beginning to get the upper hand on the onions.

Then the onions – the smaller “Purple Sensation” onions – began to bloom. The blue heads were lost, at first, in the sea of dandelions, orchard grass, goldenrod and other plants coming on strongly.

But “Purple Sensation” heads evidently weren’t yet at their peak. They came

Duda. It will describe the Delaware & Northern Railroad that ran from 1907 through the 1940s, connecting Margaretville to East Branch. Info: www.headwatershistorydays.org. Skene Memorial Library, 1017 Main St, Fleischmanns.

3PM-6PM Edwardian Great Lawn and Porch Party Enjoy Edwardian picnic fare and sparkling beverages by Bruno’s. Music: The Blackiston Twins on keyboards. Silent Auction.

Benefit: Restoration of 1903 Clinton Crane, Sloop Eleanor. Info: www.hudsonriverhistoricboat.org or 518-828-7884. Rokeby Estate, 845 River Rd, Barrytown, $75.

3PM Objects and Memory. Director Jonathan Fein Screens His Documentary. This film examines how humans preserve the past through the accumulation, cataloguing and display of physical things. Info: www.ulstercountyhs.org. Bevier House Museum, 2682 Rt 209, Stone Ridge.

4PM-6PM Music in The Woods: Rich Hines and The Hillbilly Drifters. Rail Trail Cafe, River

increasingly into focus as the heads continued spreading their starbursts of blue blossoms. “Ambassador,” as I write, has still to show its heads.

Flowers are prepackaged within fallplanted bulbs. The true test will be whether or not the alliums bloom as strongly, or at all, next spring. Perhaps the “Ambassador” bulbs will even multiply, as they have in the less competitive terrain of the flower garden.

This year, my farmden is taking a rest from the Open Days program. But on that same day, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., I will be offering some of the plants that I cultivate at my annual Plant Sale. I’ll have nutritious and flavorful blackcurrants, white alpine strawberries, cold-hardy passionfruit, two-crop figs and much more. E-mail garden@leereich.com for more information and the plant list.

– 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.

Road Ext, New Paltz. Info: 845-399-4800.

4PM-7PM Benefit Concert To Celebrate. The Lives Of Local Elders In Song. Proceeds will fund a SageArts effort at Thompson House, a local nursing home in the Hudson Valley. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St, Stone Ridge, $20, $10 /elders/children.

4PM-6PM Singing With Our Hands: A Time Travel Journey for All Ages. Into Rosendale’s Past, with drum songs, stories, and Native American hand signing. Evan Pritchard, will communicate by Lenape hand sign language and spoken phrases, signing the lyrics to ancient songs. Info: 845-266-9231 or evan.pritchard7@gmail.com.

Sustainable Living Resource Center, 150 Cottekill Rd, Cottekill, $20, $10 /child.

4 PM -6 PM Opening Reception: “Brush & Hammer” Works by Elizabeth Rosen. Exhibits through 7/5. Info: 845-255-1559 or www.unisonarts.org Unison Arts Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz.

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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.

Morton Memorial Library & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinebeck.

4PM-7PM Pasta Palooza. Hosted by Keegan’s Ales. All you can eat pasta and sauce. Sauces donated by local eateries. With salad, breads and desserts. Proceeds to benefit The Caring Hands Soup Kitchen. Cash Bar. Silent Auction. Music provided by DJ Van Richie. Info:845-331-7188.

Keegan’s Ales, Kingston, $12.

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.

5PM “Pillows and Books” Poetry and Prose - Anything Goes! 51 Old Co Rd 1, Kingston 845-389-6865. Free/donation.

5PM Learn to Dance Rumba Workshop with Linda and Chester Freeman. 5-6:30pm. $25 preregistered per person. No experience or partner needed. APG Pilates, 87 Liberty Street, Newburgh. For more information visit www. got2lindy.com or 845-236-3939.

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

8PM Rick Altman Trio. Info: 845-679-3484.

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

8 PM Screening: In Person. A documentary exposé about the huge yet hidden problem of sexual assault on college campuses nationwide.

Tara Sanders, Exhale to Inhale’s program director for Upstate New York. Exhale to Inhale’s mission is to empower survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault to heal and reclaim their lives through the grounding practice of yoga.

Tickets: $11 Adults / $9 Seniors and Students / $7 Members and Kids under 16. (US/2014/dir

by Kirby Dick). PG-13/90 mins. Rhinebeck, 6415 Montgomery St/Rt 9, Rhinebeck. Info: 845-8762515.

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Hydrant Flushing - Saugerties. June 1 through June 13. This may result in discolored water. The work will continue through June 13 with most of the work being done during evening hours. Problems may be reported to the town at 845-2468671 or the village at 845-246-2321,x5.

Lloyd Police vs. Lloyd Business Owners in a charity softball game. All proceeds go to benefit the Sara Strong Foundation. Tony Williams Field, Lloyd.

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

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

Town Hall, Main Room, Woodstock.

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

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

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

10AM-12PM Senior Drama with Edith LeFever.

Comets of Woodstock focuses on improvisation, acting exercises, monologues & scenes. Interested seniors are welcome to sit in. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested.

Fire Co #1 Rt 212, Woodstock.

11AM-6:45PM Private Shamanic Doctoring Sessions with shamanic healer Adam Kane. 1st Monday of every month. Call for appointment.

Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $75 /one hour.

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

Mondays, on-going, No registration required.

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

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

12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting.

Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333.

12:30PM-6:30PM Crystal Consultations and Crystal Energy Sessions with Mary. Every Monday. Call for appointment. Info: 845-6792100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /45 minutes, $30 /25 minutes.

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

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

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.

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

6PM Lloyd Police vs. Lloyd Business Owners in a charity softball game. All proceeds go to benefit the Sara Strong Foundation. Tony Williams Field, Lloyd.

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

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

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

8PM Joe Fiedler Organ Trio. There is no cover charge but donations for the musicians are requested. Info: 845-202-7447. Quinn’s, 330 Main St, Beacon.

Tuesday

6/2

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.

10AM Preschool Story Hour. Info: 845-6572482. 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.

12 PM -6 PM Spirit Readings with psychic medium Adam Bernstein. First Tuesday of every month. Call for appointment. Info: 845-6792100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /half an hour, $75 /one hour.

5:15PM Tax-Free Retirement Income and Estate Planning Seminar. Presented by insurance agent Brittany Ferussi. For directions or further information call the library at 845-2551255 or visit www.gardinerlibrary.org. Gardiner Library, 133 Farmer’s Turnpike in Gardiner.

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.

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.

5:30 PM -8:30 PM 4th Annual Cosmos & Cupcakes for Causes - All proceeds benefit the Greater Hudson Valley Family Health Center, the Littman Cancer Center at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital and Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation. Info: 845-220-3152 orweb.orangeny.com/ events/Cosmos-Cupcakes-for-Causes Anthony’s Pier 9, New Windsor.

6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Center. 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 Highland Tuesday Nights. Upcoming fourweek series: June 2-23, June 30-July 21Beginner Swing Dance Class Sessions 6-7pm. No partner or experience necessary.nstructors Linda and Chester Freeman. $80 per person per series. For more info and to register visit www.got2lindy.com or 845-236-3939. Boughton Place, 150 Kisor Road, Highland.

6:30PM - 8:30PM ENJAN Meeting, Truthful Tuesdays. Creative co-op, 402 Main St, Rosendale. info: cbcofrosendale@gmail.com or 845-5275672.

7PM Panel Discussion: Building Bridges to Transform Lives. Featuring panelists So Brown, Ken Walsh, Vanessa Shelmandine, Cheyenne Schoonmaker and Greg Whelan.Free. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston.

7PM QSY Society Amateur Radio Club Meeting.

This month’s topic is Field Day prep. Info: 914-582-3744, n2skp@arrl.net or www.qsysociety.org. East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction.

7PM Book Signing: Matthew Thomas, author of We Are Not Ourselves. Info: 845-856-0500.

Oblong Books & Music, 6422 Montgomery St, Rhinebeck, free.

May 28, 2015

St, Saugerties, 246-5775.

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.

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 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 & Community House, 82 Kelly St, Rhinebeck.

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

8PM Norm Wennet. Info: 845-679-3484.

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

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.

Wednesday

6/3

8AM-4PM HITS-on-the-Hudson II. Info: 845-2468833; www.hitsshows.com/saugerties-ny/ saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Extension, Saugerties, free.

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

9:30AM Hudson Highlands Nature Museum: Spring Nature Strollers - A Hiking Group for Families with Young Children. Enjoy a hands-on fun nature lesson before heading out on the trails.

The trails are stroller and toddler friendly. Info: 845-534-5506 ext. 204. Hudson HighlandsNature Museum, Outdoor Discovery Center, Visitors Center, Cornwall, $5 /parent/child pair.

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

12PM The Woodstock Senior Citizen’s Club Meeting. Guest speaker Dr Jodi Friedman of Northern Dutchess Hospital will speak about “Balance.” Woodstock Fire Co #1, Rt 212, Woodstock.

12PM-6PM Soul Listening Energy Healing Sessions with Kate Loye. First Wednesday of every month. Call for appointment. Call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /half an hour, $75 /one 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.

1 PM Kingston Community Singers Open Rehearsals. Old Dutch Church, Wall St, Kingston, 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.

5:30 PM About Dementia: Get the Facts.

Speaker: Dr. Yul Rapoport of Health Quest’s Division of Neurology in Kingston. Early diagnosis could make a big difference. Find out more about prevention, warning signs and treatments.

Info: www.healthquest.org. Hudson Valley Mall, Kingston.

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

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

5:30PM-6:30PM Free Information Session.

Master of business administration degree program. They will provide an overview of the program and will offer academic advising to prospective students. Info: www.newpaltz.edu/ mba or 845-257-2968. SUNY New Paltz, van den Berg Hall, New Paltz.

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

For artists to voice their works inprogress in a supportive environment. For Songwriters, Playwrights & Actors. Led 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 Rd, Woodstock.

7PM-10PM Jazz Jam. Every Tuesday, 7-10pm.

452-3232. The Derby, 96 Main St, Poughkeepsie.

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.

7 PM-9 PM Open Mic. On-going, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 200 Main

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.

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

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

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

6:55PM-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-11PM Rosendale Chess Club. Free admission-no dues. On-going every Wed, 7-11pm.

Rosendale Café, Rosendale.

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 andprinciples of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

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

7PM-8PM Free Hypnosis Weight Control Workshop/Demonstration. Led by Frayda Kafka, certified hypnotist. Registration is a must: Call Doris 845-339-2071 or email: Doris.Blaha@ hahv.org, Reuner Cancer Support House, 80 Mary’s Ave, Kingston.Info: www.CallTheHypnotist.com. Everyone welcome!

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.

7:30 PM The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus. Meets every Wednesday night, 7:30pm. An evening of singing, fun & fellowship.A male a cappella group that sings in the American “Barbershop Style”of close fourpart harmony. Guests are always welcome. Sight reading not required. Info: wwwnewyorkerschorus.org. St. Andrews Church, 110 Overlook St, Poughkeepsie.

8PM Gus Mancini & Sonic Soul Band. 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 Company, 51 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

8:30PM Pride Open Mic Night. Musical acts, spoken word, comedy and drag performances welcoome. Free, donations welcome. The Anchor, Broadway, Kingston.

Thursday

6/4

Radio Woodstock 11th Annual Mountain Jam Fest(6/4 -6/7). Four-day festival at Hunter Mountain, packed with well known performers.

Info: 518-628-4423 or www.mountainjam.com.

Hunter Mountain, Rt 23A, Hunter.

8AM-4PM HITS-on-the-Hudson II. Info: 845-2468833; www.hitsshows.com/saugerties-ny/ saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Extension, Saugerties, free.

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.

8:30 AM -4 PM Entrepreneurial Women’s Conference “Own It!” A one-day conference for women entrepreneurs with nationally recognized speakers and hands on workshops, presented by local experts. Presented by The Darlene L. Pfeiffer Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at SUNY Ulster and the Small Business Developmental Center.

Info: 845-688-6041 or kolem@sunyulster.edu.

SUNY Ulster, College Lounge, Stone Ridge, $60/ door, $40/adv includes workshops, breakfast, lunch and networking.

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.

12PM-9PM Greek Festival. Traditional food, pastries, music, folk dancers, games. 12-9pm.

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, 2250 Goshen Tke, Middletown. 845-695-1976.

1PM-3PM Minnewaska Preserve: Homeschooler Program. Micro-Forest. Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska Preserve, Gardiner, $10 /per car.

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May 28, 2015 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.

1:30PM Hurley Seniors. Meet the first Thursday of the month. An interesting speaker, followed by a short business meeting and refreshments and social time. Plans for a trip to Mich.and Mackinaw Island on June 17-22. Info: 845-331-2919.

Hurley Reformed Church, Schadewald Hall, Hurley.

6PM-8PM GongSurrender Sound Bath with Kate Anjahlia Loye. A relaxing, uplifting evening of high frequency sound healing with alchemical crystal bowls and Gong toning with voiceactivated light codes. Bring pillow and blanket, if you wish to lie down. Info:845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 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-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Center. Meets every Thursday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala. org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

6:30PM Woodstock Transition Working Group Council Meeting. Woodstock Public Library upstairs, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock.

Public welcome! woodstocknytransition.org.

7PM Men’s Group presents a Special Screening of Pride. Based on a true story, a group of lesbian and gay activists help families affected by the British miners’ strike. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center, Kingston. Admission $5, or show your pride pass!

7PM Swingin Newburgh. Swing Dance at the Newburgh Brewing Company. Beginner swing dance lesson provided by Linda and Chester Freeman of Got2Lindy Dance Studios 7-7:30.

Swing Shift Orchestra plays by donation 7:309:30pm. Free. Swingin’ Newburgh will take place on the 1st Thursday of every month (except July) NEWBURGH 6/4, 7/9 & 8/ 6. Visit www.got2lindy. com for details. The Newburgh Brewing Company is located at 88 South Colden Street, Newburgh.

7:30PM-10PM Japanese Movie Night: “Godzilla Vs Mothra.” Japanese-American science fiction Kaiju film co-produced by Toho and American International Pictures. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles.com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz.

7:30 PM -9:30 PM Life Drawing Sessions.

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

Route 32, Saugerties, $12.

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

5PM-10PM Luau for Pride: Teen Dance (ages 13-18). Free admission. Hudson Valley LGBTQ Center, 300 Wall St, Kingston.

6PM-9PM Weekend Workshop:User-Friendly Judaism. (6/5-6/6) Introduction with Rabbi Jonathan, Rabbi Aura Ahuvia and LSI Staff.

Welcoming Shabbat around the dinner table pot luck and learn. Info: levshaleminstitute@ wjcshul.org or 845-679-2218. Woodstock Jewish Congregation, LEV SHALEM INSTITUTE, 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock.

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 845-4574552. Newburgh Library Annex, Newburgh Mall, Newburgh, 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 Newburgh Friday Nights! Upcoming four-week series: thru 6/5, 6/12-7/3, 7/10-7/31.

Beginner swing dance series 6:30-7:30pm, intermediate 7:30-8:30pm. No experience or partner needed. APG Pilates, 87 Liberty Street, Newburgh. $80 per person per series. For more information and to register visit www.got2lindy.com or 845-236-3939.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Alexis P. Suter Band Opener: Jim Hayes. Info: 845-236-7970 or www. liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM Friday Night Jazz! New York City saxophonist Al Guart leads ensembles comprised of the best Hudson Valley Jazz musicians. Our rotating roster of performers includes pianists John Esposito and Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh and Peter Einhorn, bassists Lew Scott and Rich Syracuse. Other talented local musicians regularly sit in with the band. No cover, no minimum. Kindred Spirits is located at 334 Rt 32A in Palenville. Info: 518- 678-3101.

8PM Community Playback Theatre Improvisations of audience stories of audience stories. $10.

Info: 845-691-4118. Boughton Place, 150 Kisor Rd, Highland, $10.

8PM Late Night Drifter. Info: 845-679-3484.

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

9PM Martin Sexton. Info: www.helsinkihudson. com or 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

9PM SmashCrashBash!! The Rats of New York and The Piggies. Info: 518-822-1913. The Half Moon, 48 S. Front St, Hudson, $6.

Saturday

27 (the A-Frame), 2578 Rte 212, Woodstock.

6/6

Radio Woodstock 11th Annual Mountain Jam Fest (6/4 -6/7) . Four-day festival at Hunter Mountain, packed with well known performers.

Info: 518-628-4423 or www.mountainjam.com.

Hunter Mountain, Rt 23A, Hunter.

Mid Hudson ADK: National Trail Day. Trail maintenance will be done on Long Path, AT Coordinator Tom Amisson. Info: www.MidHudsonADK.org.

Headwaters History Days(6/6 & 6/7). Events, exhibits, open houses and activities celebrating the history, culture, folklife and landscape of the Central Catskills. Info: www.headwatershistorydays.org.

10AM-5PM Country Living Fair (6/5-6/7). All exhibitions will be under cover in barns and tents.

Parking is free and plentiful. Held rain or shine outdoors.Info: facebook.com/countryliving or 866-500-3247. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6550 Spring Brook Ave, Rhinebeck, 10AM-4:30PM Life Drawing Intensive. Participants will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in drawing or painting for an entire day.

Registration is required. Info: www.unisonarts. org or 845-255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $45.

10AM-12PM Bicycle Rodeo. For kids up to 14 years of age. Bicycle helmets will be given away!

Free Bike Raffle for everyone who completes the safety course! Refreshments will be served. Info: 845-331-1869. Kingston Elks Lodge No. 550, 143 Hurley Ave, Kingston.

8AM John Burroughs Natural History Society: Bartholomew’s Cobble. Trip leader Maeve Maurer (maevemaurer@yahoo.com.) Pack a lunch and wear sturdy, comfortable shoes for hiking.

There is a $5 admission to the property. Info: www.jbnhs.org. Informal park and ride, Rt. 32, Kingston.

10AM-3PM Hudson Valley Farmers’ Market Sponsored by Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest.

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

8 AM Watershed Bird Walk. Dr. Kenneth Schmidt, an avian bird ecologist, will provide insight into resident and migratory birds and the science of soundscapes. Info: www.caryinstitute.org or 845-677-7600x121. Carey Institute, Millbrook, free.

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

8AM-4PM HITS-on-the-Hudson II. Info: 845-2468833; www.hitsshows.com/saugerties-ny/ saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Extension, Saugerties, free.

10AM-2PM 16th Annual Chamber Agricultural Awareness Tour. Include coach bus transportation and a boxed lunch. The tour will return to the Chamber for lunch at 1 pm. Space is limited.

Info: 518-828-4417. Columbia County Chamber, 1 North Front St, Hudson, $18.

9 AM Saugerties Lions Golf Tournament.

Includes greens fees, cart, continental breakfast, lunch, hors d’ oeuvres, refreshments on the course and prizes.. Info: 845-217-5150. Rip Van Winkle Golf Club, Palenville, $90.

10AM Walking Tour of the Hamlet of Roxbury.

This 40-minute tour, led by Carolyn Faracci, ill cover a fair portion of the Main Street Historic District. Info: www.headwatershistorydays.org Gould Church, in the back, Main St, Roxbury.

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

10AM-9PM Weekend Workshop:User-Friendly Judaism (6/5-6/6). Senior Scholar, Rabbi Jonathan Kligler and Rabbi Aura Ahuvia are leading the workshop which is open to Jews and nonJews, atheists and agnostics! Info: levshaleminstitute@wjcshul.org or 845-679-2218. WoodstockJewish Congregation, Lev Shalam Institute 1682 Glasco Turnpike, Woodstock.

9AM Annual Master Gardener Program Great Plant Swap and Sale. Plants to swap can be dropped off Sat.between 9am and 10am. Swappers return at 11am to swap vouchers for plants!

At 11:30am the swap will open to the public. Info: www.ulster.cce.cornell.edu/events or 845-3403990. Forsyth Park Pavilion, 157 Lucas Ave, Kingston.

10:30AM-11:30AM Silent Vigil for Global Peace & Non-Violence. Sponsored by The Kingston Women in Black. Meet outside Cornell St PO, Kingston, 845-339-0637.

9AM Mid Hudson ADK: Kayak Skills Session.

All Levels. Leader: Don Urmston: Mrurmston@ gmail.com or 845-549-4671 (before 9pm). Basic strokes, rescues & safety. Participants must preregister with leader. PFD required. Info: www.

MidHudsonADK.org. Plum Point, New Windsor.

10:30 AM Super Saturday: Robert Burke Warren. Uncle Rock’s Interactive Songs & Stories. Sing and dance along as Uncle Rock performs great, lively, original music. Info: 845-331-0507 ext. 7 Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St, Kingston, free.

9AM-10:30AM Woodstock: Christian Centering Prayer and Meditation. On-going, every Saturday, 9-10:30am. Everyone welcome. Info: 845-679-8800. St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church

11AM-4PM Playground Fundraiser - Toucha-Truck. Proceeds will benefit the replacement of equipment at Small World Playground.

8PM Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris. Following the show: Shadowland Illumination’ talkback with the cast, crew and Artistic Director Brendan Burke. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $39. 845-647-5511 & www.shadowlandtheatre.org.

7PM -8:30PM Free Holistic Self-Care Class.

“How to Heal with WHole Foods” with Lita Dwight. Marbletown Community Center, 3564 Main St. (Rt 209), Stone Ridge.

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

Friday

6/5

Radio Woodstock 11th Annual Mountain Jam Fest (6/4 -6/7).4-day festival at Hunter Mountain, packed with well known performers.

Info: 518-628-4423 or www.mountainjam.com.

Hunter Mountain, Route 23A, Hunter.

8AM-4PM HITS-on-the-Hudson II. Info: 845-2468833; www.hitsshows.com/saugerties-ny/ saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Extension, Saugerties, free.

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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.

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10AM-5PM Country Living Fair (6/5-6/7). All exhibitions will be under cover in barns and tents.

Parking is free and plentiful. Held rain or shine outdoors. Info: facebook.com/countryliving or 866-500-3247. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6550 Spring Brook Ave, Rhinebeck.

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 Co #1, Rt 212, Woodstock.

2:30PM-6:30PM Tarot Readings and Spiritual Guidance with Maureen. Every Friday. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-6792100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30 /25 minutes, $40 /45 minutes.

4PM-6PM Quarryville Methodist Church Ham Dinner. Cost is $12 and dinner is available for pick-up only. Info: 845-246-7708. Elks Club,

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11AM Rondout Repertory Theatre Company will be hosting an Improv Games and Registration Day in Rosendale in preparation for its upcoming Summer Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing. The improv festivities, designed for actors age 10 and up, will unfold at the Creative Co-Op at 102 Main Street in Rosendale. Visit RondoutRep.com for tuition, rehearsal and performance dates or email Stephanie@RondoutRep.com to reserve a spot.

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-5PM Retro Rally @ Cornell St. Studios 4th Annual Car & Motorcycle show!! Live music and entertainment, and great family fun! Please preregister your vintage vehicles by calling 845-5944428. Cornell St. Studios, Kingston, $10 /car, $5 /motorcycle.

1PM-4PM Thai & Lunch. “Godzilla Vs Mothra.”

Elizabeth & Youko invite you to a Thai Yoga session by donation & 10% discount on lunch.

Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles.com.

Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz.

1PM Slow Down Nature Walk. Violet Snow, herbalist and nature writer, will lead a leisurely walk in the vicinity of the Lodge. Participants will be guided to slow down, tune in and share their perceptions. Info: www.headwatershistorydays.org. John Burroughs’ Woodchuck Lodge, Roxbury.

2PM-4PM Byrdcliffe Guild Studio Tour. Start at the studio of Jeff Shapiro; then convoy to Tim Rowan’s studio at 3:pm. Registrants will be emailed the studio addresses before the scheduled visits. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.woodstockguild.org/ studiovisits.html / or 845-679-2079.

2PM “The Sleeping Beauty.” Poughkeepsie City Ballet’s production. This beautifully costumed storybook classic, staged by Artistic Director, Susan Olson Santoro, will delight young and old alike. Info: www.bardavon.org or 845-473-2072.

Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, $15, $12 /senior/student, $12 /veteran.

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.

2:30PM Lecture: “Clara and Robert” with Dr. Jeffrey Langford and Dr. Joanne Polk. Info: www. catskillmtn.org or 518-263-2060. Doctorow Center for the Arts, Piano Performance Museum, 7971 Main St, Hunter.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: Solo Exhibits at Wallkill River School. Wine and cheese reception.

Info: 845-457-2787 or www.WallkillRiverSchool. com. Wallkill River School of Art, 232 Ward St, Montgomery, free.

5PM-8PM Opening Reception: Spring Show.

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Exhibits through 6/27. Info: 845-338-5580. Town of Esopus Library, Duck Pond Gallery, 128 Canal St, Port Ewen.

July. No partner or dance experience necessary to attend. For more info visit www.got2lindy.com or call 845-236-3939.Also held on June 6, July 18, August 1.

5PM-7PM Opening Reception: Nurture Lover.

Featuring photos and video by 99 Hooker.

On display: June 5-7 & June 12-14 , Fridays & Saturdays 12-7pm, Sundays 12-4 pm Red Hook Community Arts Network Gallery and Artists Collective, 7516 N. Broadway, Red Hook.Info: Hooker99@aol.com.

8PM Black Mtn. Symphony. Info: 845-6793484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

6PM-8PM Opening Reception: “Earth Sky Dream. ” A group exhibit featuring artists Linda Newman Boughton, Chris Freeman, Laura Von Rosk, Bruce Murphy, Vince Vella and Jane Bloodgood-Abrams. Info: 518-828-1915. Carrie Haddad Gallery, 622 Warren St, Hudson.

6:30PM “The Sleeping Beauty.” Poughkeepsie City Ballet’s production. This beautifully costumed storybook classic, staged by Artistic Director, Susan Olson Santoro, will delight young and old alike. Info: www.bardavon.org or 845-473-2072. Bardavon, 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, $15, $12 /senior/student, $12 /veteran.

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 forSymbolic Studies, 475 River Rd. Ext, Tillson.

7PM Live @ The Falcon: Ed Palermo Big Band.

Info: 845-236-7970 or www.liveatthefalcon.com.

The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

7PM-9PM Jazz, Blues and Funky Stuff. Every Saturday, 7-9pm. Info: 845-255-1234 or www. villagemarketandeatery.com. Village Market & Eatery, Main St, Gardiner.

7PM Free Family Movie Night. Fazio’s BBQ and Farm Market, Route 55, Modena, free.

7PM Figures In Flight Modern Dance Concert.

The grand finale of the area’s professional modern dance company. Info: 845-750-4438. Quimby Theater, 491 Cottekill Rd, Stone Ridge, $20.

7:30PM-10PM Barbara Dempsy and Co. Blues, jazz, rock, pop standards. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles.com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz, $5 /suggesyed donation.

7:30PM Saturday Night Live Music & Noodles.

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

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

7:30PM Keigwin & Company Dance. Info: www. catskillmtn.org or 518-263-2060. Orpheum Film & Performing Arts Center, 6050 Main St, Tannersville.

7:30PM The 34th Asbury Short Film Concert.

An evening of internationally honored short films from the past and present! Guest Host-Actor/ Comedian Julie Novak! Info: 845-658-8989.or www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1438355.

Rosendale Theater, Main St, Rosendale, $12.

7:30PM -10:30PM Swing Dance. $10 admission includes basic lesson at 7:30 and a bonus move or performance at 9pm with instructors Linda and Chester Freeman. MAC Fitness, 743 East Chester (route 9W) Kingston. Swing Dance takes place on the 1st Saturday of every month except in

8PM Singer-Songwriter Kristin Hoffman with Multi-Instrumentalist Premik Russell Tubbs and special guest Seth Davis. Info: www.unisonarts. org or 845-255-1559. Unison Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Rd, New Paltz, $20.

8PM Bill Maher. For more than twenty years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. Info: 845-339-6088 or www.bardavon.org.

Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway, Kingston, $89, $54.

8PM Frank Vignola and Bucky Pizzarelli. Info: 845-658-9048. The Rosendale Café, 434 Main St, Rosendale, $20.

9PM Bibi Farber China Rose Presents “The Riverside Café.” Info: 845-876-7442. China Rose, 1 Shatzell Ave, Rhinecliff.

9PM Femi Kuti & The Positive Force. Info: www.helsinkihudson.com or 518-828-4800.

Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson.

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Headwaters History Days (6/6 &6/7). Events, exhibits, open houses and activities celebrating the history, culture, folklife and landscape of the Central Catskills. Info: www.headwatershistorydays.org.

Radio Woodstock 11th Annual Mountain Jam Fest (6/4 -6/7). Four-day festival at Hunter Mountain, packed with well known performers.

Info: 518-628-4423 or www.mountainjam.com.

Hunter Mountain, Route 23A, Hunter.

8 AM -4 PM HITS-on-the-Hudson II. $100, 000 Purina Animal Nutrition Grand Prix. All proceeds from the gate go directly to Family of Woodstock. Info: 845-246-8833; www.hitsshows.com/saugerties-ny/saugerties-ny—2.

HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Extension, Saugerties, $5, free /child under 12.

10AM-2PM Rosendale Theatre’S Summer Flea Market. Every Sunday from June 6 - October 25. Info: 845-658-8348. Rosendale Theatre, Main St, Rosendale.

10AM-5PM Country Living Fair (6/5-6/7). All exhibitions will be under cover in barns and tents. Parking is free and plentiful. Held rain or shine outdoors. Info: facebook.com/countryliving or 866-500-3247. Dutchess County Fairgrounds, 6550 Spring Brook Ave, Rhinebeck, 10:30AM-12:30PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Center. 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 orwww. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale.

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

Personal and Collective Wellbeing through Voice, Music and a Vision for a better world.

Every other Sunday thru 12/20. Info: 914-3880632 or www.amymctear.com/events/. Unison Arts, New Paltz.

11AM-3PM Sunshine Day Event. Proceeds to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, Malden West Camp Fire Dist. & The Alex fund. 50/50 Raffle. Raffle Prizes. Bake Sale. Activities for kids. Bee Bee the Clown & Megs Funky Faces.

Vendors. Home-made baked goods. Info:845337-4569. Malden West Camp Fire House, 139 Malden Tpke, Saugerties.

11AM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon: Big Joe Fitz & The Lo-Fis. Info: 845-236-7970 or www. liveatthefalcon.com. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro.

11AM-5PM Old Fashioned Day. Rain or shine.

Displays of local history & memorabilia, demonstrations of ‘how it was done in the old days’, antique vehicles, entertainment, local vendors.

Info: 845- 744-2827. Walker Valley Fire Company, 3679 Route 52, Walker Valley, free 12PM-4PM 3rd Annual Community MultiCultural Block Party. Hosted by the Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History.

Showcase for area’s ethnic & traditional foods, dance & music groups. Info: www.rehercenter. org; 845-338-8131. T.R. Gallo Park, Rondout Waterfront, 1PM-2PM Silent Peace Vigil by Woodstock Women in Black. Village Green, Tinker St, Woodstock, 679-7148 or rizka@hvc.rr.com.

1 PM -3 PM 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.

1PM-3PM Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center’s Pride Festival. Info: 845-331-5300 or pride@lgbtqcenter.org. Hasbrouck Park, New Paltz.

2 PM -4 PM 9th Annual Bellefield Design Lecture and Garden Party. New York City Public Garden Designer, Lynden B. Miller headlines the event. Reg reqr’d. Info: www. beatrixfarrandgardenhydepark.org Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Henry A. WallaceVisitor Center and Bellefield, 4097 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, $40.

2PM Cemetery Tour: Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Led by Reverend Childs. Tours will take place rain or shine. Call FHK 845-339-0720 for more information. Mt. Zion Cemetery, South Wall St, Kingston.

4 PM-6 PM 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.

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.

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

legals LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Ulster County Personnel Officer will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, beginning at 11:00AM at the Ulster County Office Building, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York, in the Personnel Department’s Conference Room on the 5th Floor. The Public Hearing is being held for the purpose of amending the Ulster County Civil Service Rules and Regulations text and appendices.

A copy of the proposed amended text and appendices will be on view at that time.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Local Law, published herewith has been adopted by the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York on March 17, 2015, deemed approved by the County Executive on April 16, 2015, and filed with the State of New York on May 8, 2015, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such Local Law may be herinafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which said County is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violations of the provisions of the Constitutions.

DATED: May 28, 2015 Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Kingston, New York Ulster County Legislature Local Law Number 5 Of 2015 County Of Ulster A Local Law Establishing An Automatic Re-Canvassing Procedure In And For The County Of Ulster, State Of New York BE IT ENACTED, by the County Legislature of the County of Ulster, New York, as follows: SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND PURPOSE. The Ulster County Legislature hereby determines that it is appropriate and necessary

to adopt a Local Law requiring the automatic re-canvassing of all paper and optical scan ballots cast for a given contest provided that certain criteria as set forth herein has been satisfied.

The County of Ulster is authorized to enact a local law requiring an automatic recanvasing of the ballots cast in accordance with the New York State Election Law and New York State Municipal Home Rule Law. No provision of this Local Law is intended to supplant or contradict any provision of New York State Election Law. SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. COUNTY: County of Ulster, State of New York.

ELECTION: any primary, regular or special election for municipal office, or referendum held within the County of Ulster, State of New York.

MARGIN OF VICTORY: difference between the number of votes cast for the winner certified by the Ulster County Board of Elections and the next highest vote getter.

SECTION 3. REGULATION. Forthwith after a primary, regular or special election for municipal office, the Ulster County Board of Elections shall manually re-canvass all paper ballots for a given election where one person is to be elected in an election contest if the following criteria is met: The margin of victory is less than onehalf (1/2) of one (1) percent of the total votes cast, minus blanks and voids, in any particular contest where the total number of votes cast is less than 3,000; or The margin of victory is less than twotenths (2/10) percent of the total votes cast, minus blanks and voids, in any particular contest where the total number of votes cast is 3,000 or greater.

Forthwith after a primary, regular or special election for municipal office the Ulster County Board of Elections shall manually recanvass all paper ballots for a given election where more than one person is to be elected in a single election contest if the following criteria is met: The margin of victory between the candidate who won the election with the least votes and the candidate who won the election

with the most votes is less than or equal to one-half (1/2) of one (1) percent of the votes cast for the candidate who won the contest with the least votes.

Forthwith after an election or referendum wherein the difference between a “Yes” and “No” on a question was less than one-half (1/2) of one (1) percent of the total number of votes cast, minus blanks and voids, for a question but not more than two (2) thousand votes, the Ulster County Board of Elections shall manually re-canvass all paper ballots for the election.

An automatic re-canvasing as provided for in this Local Law shall only occur after the Board of Elections completes the canvassing and re-canvassing procedures, but prior to the certification of the original vote count in accordance with the New York State Election Law. The method of automatic re-canvassing as prescribed in this Local Law shall be in accordance with the New York State Election Law. Cost of Automatic Re-Canvassing: The cost of any automatic re-canvassing provided for in this Local Law shall be borne by the Ulster County Board of Elections.

The losing candidate in a contest that meets the criteria as set forth above may waive the automatic recount provisions of this local law by giving written notice to the Ulster County Board of Elections within five days after the certification of the election results.

SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY. If any part or provision of this Local Law or the application thereof to any person or circumstances be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part of the provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this Local Law or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances and the Ulster County Legislature hereby declares that it would have passed this Local Law or the remainder thereof had such invalid application or invalid provision been apparent.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the New York State Secretary of State.

Adopted by the County Legislature: March 17, 2015 Deemed Approved by the County Executive: April 16, 2015 Filed with New York State Department of State: May 8, 2015 LEGAL NOTICE SECTION I ULSTER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STONE RIDGE, NEW YORK NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Trustees of Ulster County Community College (in accordance with Section103 OF Article 5-A of the General Municipal Law) hereby invites the submission of sealed bids on PRINTING OF THE COLLEGE 2015 FALL SEMESTER NONCREDIT BROCHURES and the COLLEGE 2016 SPRING SEMESTER NONCREDIT BROCHURES. Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m. on June 8, 2015 at the Office of the Dean of Administration, at which time and place all bids will be opened and read.

Specifications and bid form may be obtained from the same office. The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject all bids. Any bid submitted will be binding for 30 days subsequent to the date of bid opening.

Dated May 22, 2015 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS: Sealed proposals will be received, at the Ulster County Purchasing Department, 244 Fair Street, 3rd Floor, Kingston, NY until Friday June 26, 2015 at 5:00 PM for RFP-UC15-028 OPERATION OF VENDING MACHINES IN VARIOUS ULSTER COUNTY BUILDINGS 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

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Interview Days — June 1st and 2nd We are seeking caring individuals for rewarding part-time, one-on-one positions, teaching daily living and community integration skills to chil-dren and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

After-school and weekend hours are available in Kingston, Highland, Marlboro, New Paltz, Clintondale, Rosendale, Olivebridge, Lake Katrine, Glasco, Hurley, Kerhonkson, Ellenville, Wallkill, Catskill, Cairo, and Saugerties...and more! A High School Diploma/GED is required, with an acceptable NYS Driver’s license and a reliable vehicle a must. Salary is $10.51 to $11.57 per hour, based on relevant experience and education.

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We have Jobs at Mohonk Mountain House, both Seasonal and Year Round Please look on-line and apply at MOHONKJOBS.com SHORT-ORDER COOK and DISHWASHERS. Diner experience. Part-time/Fulltime. Apply in person at College Diner, 500 Main Street, New Paltz.

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 917-721-5476.

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

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Class A CDL Drivers: Maybrook, NY Terminal. Home Most Every Night! 100% Paid Medical Benefits For You and Your Family!

Paid Holidays. Paid Floating Holidays. Paid Sick Days Apply at drive4yrc.com or call Mike at 855-378-4972 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.

Line Cook / Sous Chef; New Paltz Casual fine dining. Immediate opening for an EXPERIENCED LINE COOK/SOUS CHEF. Nights and weekends. Must be able to work on your own. Responsible and reliable. References required. $16/hr. 40 hrs/wk. Email your resume for consideration: cassmixer@gmail.com

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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.

DO YOU HAVE SPARE TIME to help out with cleaning & organizing? Rosendale area. Call (845)943-5904.

Woodstock Taxi needs a P/T-F/T DRIVER. Applicants must be very flexible as to availability. Driver scheduling changes daily.

Shifts will include weekday hours as well as on call weekend hours. Clean license & thorough knowledge of Woodstock and sur-

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rounding areas a must. Class E license (very easy to obtain) required. Local residency gets first consideration. During business hours, please call 679-TAXI.

DIANA’S FANCY FLEA MARKET: Nice Items Needed for Next Sale! Call Diana 626-0221. To Benefit Diana’s CAT Shelter in Accord.

EXPANDING HOUSE CLEANING COMPANY seeks conscientious, reliable, hardworking, fun individuals. Serious inquiries only. Please call 845-853-4476. Send resume to info@welcomehomecleaners.com

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P/T landscape helper/light carpentry/ some driving for Center in Bearsville NY. 20 hrs per week 15 per hour. Must have reliable transportation, references. Email bebird@aol.com or call 845-679-9764 for interview HANDYMAN: NEW PALTZ AREA. GOOD PAY for good work. Full or part-time, flexible hours. Landscaping, general house repair. Some experience, vehicle and good attitude necessary. Will train fast learner.

Reply: rohr321@yahoo.com TRUE VALUE of New Paltz seeking EXPERIENCED CASHIER PART-TIME. Must be available weekends. Call 255-8481, or send resume to: mben51@aol.com UPSCALE SALON, KINGSTON. 2 stations available, hair stylists with followings. Hiring or chair rental option. Call 1-914-3880243.

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FOSTER HOMES NEEDED FOR KITTENS AND PREGNANT CATS.The WOODSTOCK FERAL CAT PROJECT is a local not for profit organization committed to reducing future feral cat populations through spay/neuter. We often find orphaned kittens who need a loving home until they are old enough to be adopted. Some orphaned kittens are so young that they require bottle feeding. We affectionately call them “bottle babies”. We recently placed three pregnant cats in three wonderful homes. The cats gave birth and when the kittens are weaned (no longer nursing), we will look to find loving homes for the kittens and their mothers. If you are interested in fostering or would like to learn more about fostering, please call (917) 282-2018 or email DRJLPK@AOL.COM.

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DEAR BUSINESSMAN/WOMAN- We at Hardscrabble Flea Market & Swap Meet would like to congratulate you on being picked from over 100 businesses in your field. We believe we can help each other- We have a swap meet every Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at Holy Cow Shopping Center, in addition to a flea market/garage sale.

We find that when business people set up a table w/business cards & flyers or “show how to do” projects it will definitely increase your business (and mine). It’s a great way to introduce your business to new/old customers. And, if you have leftover merchandise you’d like to sell- this would be a perfect way to unload it. Please give John a call for more details- (845)758-1170. Spots are $12-$35.

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.

Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana at Bard College.

Watch this space for news of our upcoming summer workshops for beginners at Bard College TBA & our fall performance at Drum Boogie Festival 2015 in Woodstock, NY with the Gamelan Giri Mekar All-stars on Sat., Sept. 12 (Raindate Sun., Sept. 13). Check www.Drumboogiefestival.com for info. Stay tuned!

845 688-7090

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Stunning mountain views are everywhere you look from this lovingly restored farmhouse on almost 6 acres. This meticulously maintained home features a gourmet kitchen boasting red birch cabinetry with custom touches, a functional island, breakfast bar, newer appliances and ceramic tile floor. Relax in the library/family room, work in your office or create in the attached studio--perfect for artist or writer. There are gleaming wood floors throughout and a first floor bedroom. Anderson doors leads to the expansive deck w/ panoramic mountain views. Too much to list, call today!

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This 3 BR raised ranch is on the waters edge ge e with boat launch, in-ground pool & decking ng complete with sunsetter awning! It’s all about ut the view! Features include a Master en suite, 2 Jacuzzi tubs, hardwood flooring, kitchen w/ center island & skylights, and utility area.

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Doesn’t matter when or where. I drive the miles your way with smiles. Airport transportation starting at $50. 845-649-5350; stu@hvc.rr.com Look for me on Facebook.

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OPEN HOUSE Sat. 5/30 1-3pm Best of Both Worlds | New Paltz | $329,000 Spacious colonial; minutes to Mohonk & Minnewaska & more! On 3.2 acres, w/large open ůĂǁŶƐ Θ ƉůĞŶƟĨƵů ǁŽŽĚƐ͘ <ŝƚĐŚĞŶ ŚĂƐ ŐƌĂŶŝƚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌ ƚŽƉƐ͕ ĐŚĞƌƌLJ ĐĂďŝŶĞƚƐ͕ ŶĞǁ ĚŽƵďůĞ ŽǀĞŶ͕ ƌĞĨƌŝŐĞƌĂƚŽƌ Θ ƐƚŽǀĞ ƚŽƉ͘ Dir: take Thruway X 18 ;EĞǁ WĂůƚnjͿ͖ ŵĂŬĞ ůĞŌ ŽŶ ZƚĞ͘ Ϯϵϵ tĞƐƚ͖ ůĞŌ ŽŶ >ŝďĞƌƚLJǀŝůůĞ ZĚ͘ ƚŽ ηϳϰϴ ŽŶ ƌŝŐŚƚ͘

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OPEN HOUSE Sat. 5/31 11-4pm Pure Country Serenity | Round Top | $1,899,000 dŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĞƐƚĂƚĞ ĨŽƌ ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ůĂǀŝƐŚ ůŝǀŝŶŐ͘ ŽŵƉůĞƚĞůLJ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ͕ ƐŝƫŶŐ ĂƚŽƉ ůĂĐŬŚĞĂĚ DŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ŽŶ ϵϵ ĂĐƌĞƐ͘ ^ƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǀŝĞǁƐ͕ ƐƚƌĞĂŵƐ͕ ƉŽŶĚƐ͕ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ůĂǁŶƐ ǁͬůĂŶĚƐĐĂƉŝŶŐ͕ ƐĐƌĞĞŶĞĚͲ ŝŶ ƚƌĞĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĂůŬŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝůƐ͘ ^ĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ϰ ďĞĚͬϮ ďĂƚŚ ŐƵĞƐƚ ŚŽƵƐĞ ǁŽŶĚĞƌĨƵůůLJ ƌĞƐƚŽƌĞĚ ƚŽ ŝƚƐ original beauty.

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LOOKING FOR PRIVATE DUTY. Live in or out. 25 years experience with Dementia, Alzheimers, terminally ill & disabled clients.

Excellent references. Call Dee @ 845-3991816 or 845-399-7603.

CERTIFIED AIDE LOOKING FOR PRIVATE CARE for elderly.

10 years experience. Live-in or hourly.

References available. Ulster County area.

(845)706-5133

This absolutely adorable cabin in the woods on almost four acres is the perfect escape or comfortable easy living every day of the week.

Just spacious enough to be cozy, the living room stays nice and toasty in the winter with the help of the propane fireplace. Vaulted ceilings and wooden accents give this property the sought after log cabin allure. The second floor loft features a large open BR and den/dressing area. The kitchen offers plenty of counter space & room to work. $117,500

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STATELY BRICK COLONIAL

S Sprawling, immaculate brick Colonial in a ssought after area. This ideal & traditional home w will create many happy memories! Entertain & enjoy in the very large, eat in kitchen that op opens to the family room w/ wood burning fireplace, French doors leading to newly & beautifully renovated season sun room, formal dining & living room, and desirable master suite w/ dreamy walk in closet. Pleasantly sited on almost an acre w/ municipal water & sewer.

Two updated natural gas furnaces & central air units, full heated basement, alarm, pool, trex decking, 2 car garage & dishwasher. A Must see, call for more details! $429,000

Desirable Duplex | Kingston | $125,000 ŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚŝƐ ŽůĚĞƌ͕ LJĞƚ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĚƵƉůĞdž͘ ĂĐŚ ƐŝĚĞ ŚĂƐ Ϯ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵƐ ĂŶĚ ϭ ďĂƚŚ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ďĂƐĞŵĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŚĂƌĚǁŽŽĚ ŇŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽůŝĚ ǁŽŽĚ ĚŽŽƌƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŚŽƵƐĞ͘ tŝŶĚŽǁƐ ŚĂǀĞ ďĞĞŶ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞĚ ĂŶĚ Ă ŶĞǁ ŚŝŐŚ ĞŶĚ ŚĞĂƟŶŐ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ǁĂƐ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ĮǀĞ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ WƌŝĐĞĚ ƚŽ ƐĞůů͊

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

References. 845-235-6701.

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FANTASY LANDSCAPE OILS. Jonathan Wilner will be featured in the Solo Room of The Arts Upstairs Gallery, 60 Main Street, Phoenicia, NY from May 16-June 13. Opening will be on May 16 at 6 p.m. For gallery hours & directions call (845)688-2142 or email: info@artsupstairs.com

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Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana at Bard College. Watch this space for news of our upcoming summer workshops for beginners at Bard College TBA & our fall performance at Drum Boogie Festival 2015 in Woodstock, NY with the Gamelan Giri Mekar All-stars on Sat., Sept. 12 (Raindate Sun., Sept. 13). Check www.Drumboogiefestival.com for info. Stay tuned! 845 688-7090 TO ALL GARDINER PLAYHOUSE PRESCHOOL & CHILD CARE ALUMNI.... if you’d like to join us for our FAREWELL OPEN HOUSE on Sunday, 6/14, 1-5 p.m. at Majestic Park, Gardiner.... RSVP to theplayhouse30yr@yahoo.com or 845-255-6155.

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BEAUTIFUL LAKE GEORGE SUMMER HOME, located on the north end of the Lake, 66 plus feet of Lake Front comes with this home. Watch the sun set from your expansive deck which encompasses 2/3 of this home. Three bedrooms, living room, dining area, kitchen and full bath. 3 sliding glass doors looking directly to the lake. Basement for storage, all on 6/10 of an acre. As a bonus there is a commercial dock for your boat and others. Please call for more information and price 845-691-2770.

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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.

INCOME PROPERTIES FOR SALE. (Apartments & Commercial.) Top locations. Owner retiring after 40+ years. NEW PALTZ- 21 & 49 North Chestnut Street.)

Also, Dutchess & Westchester counties. Financing available for qualified investors.

Brokers welcome. Call Mr. Rohr (845)2290024 (mornings best.)

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.

FOR SALE BY OWNER: Large, Contemporary w/many recent updates in one of Gardiner’s most desirable neighborhoods.

Master suite on first floor w/closets galore.

Three more bedrooms upstairs. Sun Room brings unique qualities to home. Large deck off back, great for entertaining. Quiet block w/nice views of Ridge. Close to climbing and hiking. $375K. (845)256-0446. See details on forsalebyowner.com 3-BR HOUSE on 4 Acres. High Falls. Private! 1500 sq.ft., $329,000. 845-3895052, many details at: http://tinyurl.com/ o8y9jhx

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When I’m involved in a real estate transaction, I’ve learned that helping to do everyone’s job makes it move more smoothly. Our manager Mitch says, “Go the second mile and you’ll find far fewer traffic jams”, and I think he is absolutely right! The difference between a good real estate agent and a GREAT one is going to that second mile and doing much more than expected; that is its own reward, and a big bonus to you as a client. Napolean Hill said, “The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.” And as George Bush put it, “I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right.” I have no idea what the heck he was talking about, but I thought I’d mention it anyway.

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HISTORIC STONE - Masterfully restored circa 1790 “Thomas Chambers House” commands 31 acres of sweeping meadows w/ 800’ creek frontage in historic Kripplebush hamlet. Intact original charm, hewn beams & wide board floors- with all modern amenities. Gourmet kitchen w/ soapstone & SS appliances, open plan LR/ DR with cozy fireplace, 3 BRs, 2.5 baths, large period barn, organic garden PLUS IG saline POOL for summer fun! ......$735,000

SWEET RETREAT W/ STUDIO - A most enchanting wood sided country ranch on a quiet dead end lane. Proudly maintained, this charmer features LR with cozy brick hearthed woodburner, eat-in kitchen with new appliances & French doors to rear deck for summer dining, 2 generous bedrooms, 2 full baths, hardwood floors, den or handy home office, full basement, attached 1 car garage PLUS detached studio w/ heat, vaulted ceiling & skylights for your artistic endeavors.

Rustic acre with room to roam!............$279,000

LILACS, MAGNOLIAS AND BEARS...

Oh MY! A beautifully landscaped 1.5 acres of lilacs, magnolia, apple and pear trees, just a 3 minute walk to the Bear Cafe and the Little Bear restaurants in Bearsville! This exquisite Woodstock home is filled with sunlight; 3 bedrooms, sleeping loft, 3 full baths, a large living room, cathedral ceilings, skylight, fireplace and a wonderful artist studio. The large eat-in kitchen has numerous windows overlooking the huge wrap around deck. Under the nearly 400 square foot studio floor is a heated pool! Top this with a sparkling stream encircling the rear of the property, a garden shed, and a backup generator! Details are with Richard Miller! .........$380,000

PERFECT Just minutes from the Village of Lake Hill, you will find this charming 2 bedroom, 2 bath, one level home that lies near magnificent Cooper Lake. Fully renovated it’s a perfect full time or vacation home.

With lovely gardens and bluestone walking paths that have been a feature on the famous Woodstock garden tour. There’s a Master Suite, cathedral ceiling, private bath and adjoining Garden Room. The kitchen has a Stainless Steel Bosch Range and Stainless Refrigerator.

The Living Room has open beamed ceilings, a den/office, and a separate Artist Studio in a separate building with electric and propane heat. On the bus route! Call Ken Volpe ...............................$414,000

FREE HOME Here is an immaculate 2+ bedroom home with soaring cathedral ceiling, and the open feeling of a Soho loft. There are lovely waterfalls and tiered rock outcroppings that form a backdrop to this Woodstock treasure. Perfect as a weekend retreat or year-round home, 4 minutes to the Village. The kitchen has stainless appliances, the second floor has 2 bedrooms, a new high-end bathroom and a balcony with mountain views.Step into the finishable studio room that also houses the furnace and washer/dryer. The owners sometimes rent to guests using AirBnB and have literally covered the entire annual cost of the home plus expenses.Call Barbara Brandler ......................... $399,000

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WALK TO TOWN - It’s just a leisurely stroll to Woodstock center from this sunwashed wood-sided contempo on 1.5 acres with IG heated POOL for summer fun! Features include 23’ LR with cozy fireplace, cathedral beamed ceilings, eat-in kitchen , super “live-in” screened porch, 3 bedrooms incl. ensuite MBR loft with updated bath, hardwood & terrazzo floors, Bluestone patio invites yummy BBQ! First Offering! ................. $429,000

PARADISE FOUND - Fabulous end-of-road privacy on 13+ acres enclose this eye-catching Energy Star rated home with an “Arts & Crafts” flair. Solar & geo-thermal systems mean no fuel bills! Gracious 2300+ SF features a seamless open plan featuring HW & ceramic floors, handsome built-ins, custom kitchen w/ island, DR, 2 main level BRs & 2 upstairs, 2 full baths, lofty library & family/media space, breezy screened porch, fire-pit & fenced organic garden. Full bsmt. & carport, too! .. $595,000

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101.1 FEVER View the magnificent Berkshires and Catskill Mountains, bask in the serenity of your private spring fed Pond; views and tranquil environment are only the beginning of what is available to you on this HOT spectacular property on a 101.19 acre parcel in Coxsackie. Heat up in the Sauna then retreat and feel rejuvenated in the Jacuzzi that is part of your Master Bedroom Suite, which is also complete with a fireplace, a private bath and views. The Living room is complete with wood stove insert and glass door to view a crackling fire. Also, an Eat-in-kitchen with country cabinets and views. The Sauna is located in the lower level along with two bonus rooms for guests or study. Ask for Ken Volpe .........$349,000

Kingston 845.339.1144

Saugerties 845.246.3300

Woodstock 845.679.9444

Boiceville 845.657.4240

Woodstock 845.679.2929

Phoenicia 845.688.2929

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35 Lohmaier Lane, Lake Katrine NY 12449 For the connoisseur of historical homes who desire convenience, The Osterhoudt House is a stunning 1691 Dutch colonial nestled in a quiet suburban Kingston neighborhood. Considerable time, care and expense has gone into fully restoring this beauty, which retains all the features lovers of old Dutch stone houses want such as massive beams, wideboard ďŹ&#x201A;ooring, deep-set windows, a summer kitchen and original ďŹ replaces. As much scrupulous effort has been given over to completely updating this 3-bedroom, 2½ bath home for completely comfortable living .......................... $348,000

PRIME NEW PALTZ LOCATION Enjoy all the conveniences of village living just a stroll away from this lovingly maintained, immaculate and spacious brick country home. Life is easy while relaxing on the sunny porch overlooking gardens and pristine yard. This charmer is light and bright with 3 bedrooms on the upper level, wood ďŹ&#x201A;oors under carpeting on ďŹ rst level and a ďŹ nished lower level offering elegant study/den with ďŹ replace, family room, full bath and two additional den/study/sleeping spaces and a special bonus second kitchen! Here you have it all; possibilities are endless. Home has many updates: electric dog fence, new roof 2009, whole house generator. What a location! Just a stroll to the markets, shops, movie theatre, college and NYC bus and restaurants ..................................................................................... $375,000

COLUCCI SHAND REALTY, INC

Call Gail A. Short Licensed R.E Associate Broker 845-594-6849 Mobile

255-3455

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130 Esopus Ave, Kingston NY 12401 This lovingly restored stone house welcomes you. Three bedrooms, large country kitchen with nook, hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;oors and beautiful ďŹ replace in the living room. High ceilings, lots of light, wonderful ďŹ&#x201A;ow. Gorgeous stone enclosed front porch, perfect for dinners or just relaxing. Private back deck. Separate two car garage with water and electricity. Located on a quiet road but convenient to everything ............................................................................$275,000 Call Anne C. Rajs Licensed R.E. Salesperson 845-797-1034 Mobile

*According to MLS statistics to date for offices with 10 transactions or more in 2015.

HOUSE FOR SALE BY OWNER: Fleischmanns, N.Y. Main Street Investment Property. Lots of income potential. Zoned for mixed use for your commercial/residential vision. (5 minutes from Belleayre Mountain). $79,000. (845)586-6201, Leave message.

Upper Byrdcliffe CONVERTED BARN, southern exposure. Light, airy, rustic, spectacular creekstone fireplace. Solid mahogany floors, hand crafted doors, stairs. Wrap around deck. 3+ private acres. Owner, no brokers. $499K. 845-679-7884.

FOR SALE BY OWNER. Perfect weekender with best location in Woodstock.

2 brick fireplaces, horseshoe driveway, private and secluded. $235,000. 845-4176558. Further description, pictures and address at www.forsalebyowner.com Listing #21058879

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Land for Sale

1.59 ACRES in a beautiful Saugerties cul-de-sac. Minutes from Woodstock & NYS Thruway. BOH approved for 3-bedroom dwelling. $37,500. Call 516-7689885.

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Land & Real Estate Wanted

VERY HANDSOME FINDERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. CAN CLOSE IMMEDIATELY! Contact: sabe1970@yahoo.com.au w/photos/info. or call (518)965-7223.

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Commercial Listings for Sale

WINE AND SPIRIT SHOP. 6-years old.

Great location, Route 28. Excellent showcase for fine wines and spirit. No real estate. For sale by owner. 845-684-5383.

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Office Space/ Commercial Rentals

RETAIL STORE(S) FOR RENT; 71 Main Street, downtown New Paltz. 1100 sq.ft.

EACH. Absolute best location in town.

Rent; $2900/month each store. 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.

NEW PALTZ; PRIME LOCATION, totally refurbished. Ground floor, 1044 sq.ft.

Handicap accessible, plenty of parking.

Ideal for store, office, commercial. Call (845)255-1136.

DOWNTOWN NEW PALTZ RETAIL SPACE for rent. Heart of the village. Call Mary (845)417-7733.

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Gardiner/ Modena/ Plattekill Rentals

LOVELY OLD 3-BEDROOM , 1.5 bath Farmhouse with Barn on 6 acres in the Hamlet of Gardiner. Available June 1st. $1700/month. 1 year lease. Tenant pays all utilities. Ridgeline Realty 845-2558359 .

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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.

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT, HIGHLAND , in private home, private entrance. Quiet country setting. 3 miles from bridge and Thruway. Excellent condition, A/C. Reasonable rent for right person. References/security. No pets/smoking. Call 845-691-8479.

HIGHLAND: EXQUISITE 1-BEDROOM, private entrance, designer kitchen, granite shower, large entertainment living space. Near bridge. $1200/month plus utilities. Sam Slotnick, Real Estate Sales Agent, Century 21 Alliance, 845-656-6088. e-mail: samsk100@aol.com 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. $925/ month, heat & hot water included. 1 month security. Available immediately.

(845)453-0047.

GARDEN APARTMENT; 1-BEDROOM. 3 miles to Thruway & Bridge, 5 minute walk to Rail Trail. $750/month includes heat, hot water & off-street parking. First, last, 1 month security, references. No smokers/drugs/pets.

Small dog negotiable. (845)691-2021. $ 2,600/month. Gorgeous 4-bdrm, 2700+ sqft custom colonial home in safe & friendly Highland community.

Close to MHB & MetroNorth. Stevens Realty Group, 845.256.8868

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

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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.

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

We have, studios, one & two bedroom apartments, includes heat & hot water. (furniture packages available) Free use of the: Recreation Room, Pool, New Fitness Center & much more! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now accepting credit cards! Move in & pay your security and deposit with your credit or debit card with no additional fees!â&#x20AC;?

Call 845-255-7205 for more information COZY 2-BEDROOM CABIN in Gardiner/New Paltz, near the cliffs. New bathroom, kitchen & deck.

Woodsy, nice yard. $1100/month plus Ă&#x20AC;UVW ODVW VHFXULW\ 1RQ VPRNHU &DOO 'LDQH

Spacious Studio Apartment Full Kitchen. Quiet location. Huguenot Street.

Walk to Village. $760/month includes heat and hot water. No pets. Available now.

845-691-2878

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.

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.

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 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).

New Paltz Apartment. SUNNY, 3-BEDROOM APARTMENT available in National Historic Landmark District, near Rail Trail, Wildlife Sanctuary, community gardens and village center. Quiet, non-smoking building with off-street parking for 2 vehicles. Available July 1st. 1-year lease, 1 month security, background check required. $1600/month utilities included. One small pet may be considered w/additional security deposit. E-mail: apartment@huguenotstreet.org for additional information.

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.

GREAT SUNNY ROOM in a shared apartment on a quiet and private road in New Paltz. Available 6/1. $650/month includes everything- heat, hot water, electricity, DirecTV w/HBO, internet, garbage removal, and lawn care. Apartment is in an old farmhouse on a beautiful, spacious property w/ pond, trails, room to garden, and great neighbors. Ideal for mature college student, young professional, or single adult. Space is shared w/1 shy cat and single 36-year old woman. Please call Anna at (315)399-9650.

AVAILABLE SUMMER AND/OR SEPTEMBER. VARIOUS APARTMENTS. Located 49 & 21 North Chestnut Street. 1-year lease. Discounts for early deposit. rohr321@ yahoo.com; 845-229-0024.

AVAILABLE NOW! 2-BEDROOMS in large 3-bedroom 2nd floor apartment. Onsite parking, close to SUNY. Shared utilities.

No pets. No smoking. First month, 1 month security, references & lease. $600/month/ room. 845-255-7187.

2-BEDROOM, BRIGHT and updated, spacious apartment. Minutes from New Paltz, separate entrance, washer/dryer on site.

Large yard. Available 6/10. $1300/month plus utilities. 516-449-4934. $1,100/month. Lovely 1 bdrm, 1 ba Village of New Paltz condo. Walking distance to town. Includes all utilities except electric.

Stevens Realty Group, 845.256.8868 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT, big room, cathedral ceiling, living room, eat-in kitchen, full bath. Close to all shopping, Laundromat, supermarkets, etc. Driveway for parking. Available now. $900/month plus utilities. Call Rick 914-573-1252.

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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. 845-687-2035.

NEWLY RENOVATED UPSTAIRS 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT in Rosendale.

LR, extra room w/own entrance, new eatin kitchen w/view of water, full bath, new floors throughout. No smoking. 2 person max. $1000/month + utilities. (845)4539247, marker1st@yahoo.com HIGH FALLS; 3-BEDROOM, 2 BATH HOUSE for Rent. Spacious ranch (1800+ Sq.ft). Mountain views, deck, laundry room, finished basement suitable for gym or office.

Jacuzzi tub in master bath, gas â&#x20AC;&#x153;wood stoveâ&#x20AC;? and many extras. Convenient to everything. $1850/month plus utilities, oil heat. Security, first & last monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rent. Available June 1. Call 845-255-1229 leave message.

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South of Stone Ridge Rentals

KERHONKSON: 3-ROOM APARTMENT, furnished: $900/month, unfurnished: $800/month. Plus utilities. 1.5 months security, references. 973-493-7809 or 914466-0911.

Accord, NY; ďŹ rst ďŹ&#x201A;oor STUDIO BASEMENT APARTMENT for rent. Between New Paltz and Kingston. Beautiful, secluded house. Separate entrance, mountain views. Borders Minnewaska and Mohonk Preserves. 850 sq.ft., kitchen, full bath, wood burning stove. Fully furnished. $800/ month includes utilities. No pets. No smoking. Responsible adult(s). Call (732)8870848. Refer to www.vrbo.com, Listing #190682 for photographs.

ACCORD: Upper Whitfield Road location; COMFORTABLE, COZY 1-BEDROOM hideaway on 3 very quiet acres. $1100/ month-to-month. July 1 occupancy. Seasonal; July 1-September 8= 10 weeks possible.

Details call Sam Slotnick, Real Estate Sales Agent, Century 21 Alliance, 845-656-6088. e-mail: samsk100@aol.com

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Saugerties Rentals

SAUGERTIES VILLAGE 1-BEDROOM. Charming, spacious, quiet, parking. No smoking. $850/month plus utilities.

(845)453-1082.

SAUGERTIES AREA, near horses, skiing. 2-bedrooms, 2-baths, spacious country home, front porch, LR, computer room, very large eat-in kitchen/great room, knotty pine den/formal dining room, walk through closet. Edge of 100+ acre property. No smoking, no pets. $1,200/month plus utilities. 516-776-5305.

BEAUTIFUL HOME FOR RENT in the woods. Quaint 1-bedroom home w/loft located on 4 acres of land overlooking babbling brook. Newly renovated. Must see.

Contact Jane 845-548-7355. $1100/month.

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Woodstock/West Hurley Rentals

HUGE 1-BEDROOM DUPLEX APARTMENT in historic building in Woodstock Center. Full of character like a NY loft. Full bath, clawfoot tub. EIK kitchen. Parking off-street. For responsible, employed person w/recommendations, security. No smoking/ drugs/pets. $950/month includes all utilities. Stevens Realty Group. 845-256-8868.

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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.

Stevens Realty Group. 845-256-8868.

WOODSTOCK: 1-BEDROOM APARTMENTS. 5 minute walk to Village Green, Near P.O. and Sled Hill. Owner & caretaker on property. Off-street parking. Includes gas, electric, trash, snow removal. No drugs/ smoking/excess alcohol/pets. References.

Responsible persons w/steady income. First, last, security. 2nd FLOOR APARTMENT: $760/month; GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT: $785/month. 917-952-0698.

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.

WOODSTOCK/SAUGERTIES PRIVATE COUNTRY SETTING. Sunny 770 sq.ft. w/deck, eat-in kitchen w/breakfast bar, all new cabinetry & appliances. 2-bedrooms, 1 bath. Central air, D/W, W/D. 2 miles from Woodstock on 5 acres woods. $1050/month + utilities. First month, security. Good references. 647-272-4277.

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West of Woodstock Rentals

1-BEDROOM APARTMENT, CHICHESTER. Furnished/unfurnished. Newly redone, ceramic tile - kitchen and bathroom.

Large closets. Burgundy rugs. Maple kitchen cabinets. Mountain views, swimming hole nearby. $650/month plus utilities. 845750-1515.

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Vacation Rentals

VACATION IN WOODSTOCK in furnished 23 ft. Airstream, swim in non-toxic 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; pool, pet friendly. June-Labor Day. (845)246-9995.

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Senior Housing

READY NOW!

1 brm. apt. for senior 62 or older or handicapped/disabled Bright & clean Rent slides to income

845-688-2024

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For Sale

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.

GOT STUFF TO SELL? Looking for partnership in joint venture- flea markets, EBay, Craigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List, etc. Call (845)943-5904, leave message.

MEDIUM OAK HARDWOOD DINING TABLE; 72x48 wide w/2-self storing 20â&#x20AC;? leaves & lion claw feet & 6 Windsor chairs2 Captain, 4 regular. Call (845)255-8352.

PERENNIAL SHRUBS & PLANTS for sale..,. 623 Albany Post Road, New Paltz.

Open Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 5/29-5/31.

For other hours please call (845)532-9149.

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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.

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HAVE A DEAD TREE..... CALL ME! Dietz Tree Service Inc. Tree Removal, Trimming, Stump Grinding. Seasoned Firewood for Sale.

(845)255-7259. Residential, Municipalities.

MOVING SALE, SATURDAY, 5/30; 118 Beaverkill Road, Mt. Tremper 12457, 1 mile off Plank Road, bear right at fork. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Clothing, accessories, bedding, furniture, kitchenware, CDs, bicycles, books, toys, artwork, etc. NO EARLY BIRDS.

Firewood for Sale

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)389-7286.

OLD FURNITURE, CROCKS, JUGS, paintings, frames, postcards, glasswares, sporting items, urns, fountain pens, lamps, dolls, pocket knives, military items, bronzes, jewelry, sterling, old toys, old paper, old boxes, old advertisements, vintage clothing, anything old. Home contents purchased, (select items or entire estates purchased.) CASH PAID 6576252 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 FABULOUS FRIDAY ANTIQUE AUCTION MAY 29TH t 1.

Selling over 300 high end antique and collectible items to the highest bidder.

WWW.MOONEYS.NET $)&$, 64 065 0/ "6$5*0/ ;*1

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Vendors Needed

Estate/Moving Sale

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Yard & Garage Sales

MOWERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SATURDAY/SUNDAY FLEA MARKET; Maple Lane, Woodstock. Every weekend. Antiques, collectibles, produce & Reusables. 845-6796744.

For brochure: w o o d s t o c k f l e a m a r k e t @ h v c . r r. c o m GOOGLE US! DEER RUN ANNUAL MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE: Saturday, 5/30, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Rain Date: Sunday, 5/31. 20+ Families. Rt 32, Just north of the Quick Stop Deli.

GARAGE SALE: FRIDAY & SATURDAY, 5/29 & 5/30, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 25 Broadview Road, Woodstock. Household items, lamps, books, framed art, collectibles, sleeping bags, 78 vinyl, many $1 items.

HUGE MOVING SALE. Books, tools, clothes, jewelry, furniture, musical instruments, CDs, household items, much more. Priced to Sell! Saturday, 5/30, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Rain Date: 5/31. 53 Lower Brydcliffe, Woodstock.

YARD SALE: Saturday Only, May 30th, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 40 Marabac Road, Gardiner. Furniture, clothes, toys, household items, etc.....

Spring & summer clothes. Sale on Winter clothes, winter coats. Art, CDs, fiction & non-fiction, tchochtkes, furniture. AID TIBET THRIFT STORE. 7 days, 10 a.m6 p.m. VOLUNTEERS WELCOME. 875 Route 28, Kingston. 845-383-1774.

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Counseling Services

LAURIE OLIVER....

SPIRITUAL COUNSELING. Give the gift of wellness.

Make positive changes in your life through hypnosis. Smoking cessation * pain management * stress relief * past life regressions. Certified Hypnotist by NGH. Intuitive, sensitive guidance. Spirit communicator. Specializing in dealing with grief, stress, relationship issues, questions about your life past & current lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s path. Call Laurie Oliver at (845)679-2243. Laur50@aol.com SHAMANIC PRACTITIONERâ&#x20AC;Ś 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)6885249.

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MARKET & GARAGE SALE 845-758-1170 Â&#x2021; Call John

OPEN EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY 8-6pm March thru December Set up Saturday for $20 and get the next day for $10 All Vendors Wanted Â&#x2021; Spots start at $12 to $35

Every Sunday 10â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 20â&#x20AC;&#x2122; - $20 +(5Ĺ? +3Ĺ? $+,,%*#Ĺ? !*0!.Ĺ?Ä&#x2018;Ĺ? ! Ĺ? ++'Ä&#x152;Ĺ?

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Professional Services

GBM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC. Professional Moving and Delivery.

Residential/Commercial.

Local and N.Y.C. Metro areas. N.Y.S. Dot T 12467, Shandaken, N.Y. Call 845-688-2253.

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Art Services

OIL PAINTING RESTORATION. Cleaned, relined, retouched, refinished.

Also frames & wood sculptures repaired.

Call Carol (845)687-7813.

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Organizing/ Decorating/ Refinishing

Gutter Cleaning

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER/ HOUSEKEEPER. Help w/everyday problems, special projects; clutter, paperwork, moving, gardening & personal assistant. Affordable rates. Fully Insured, Confidentiality Assured. MargotMolnar. com; Masters Psychology, former CEO, Certified Hospice Volunteer. margotmolnar1@gmail.com (845)679-6242.

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Cleaning Services

CLEAN UPS, CLEAN OUTS. Indoor/ Outdoor. Junk & debris removal. Estates prepared for Moving and Sale. (845)6882253.

Services, Inc.

Free Estimates • Fully Insured

Chris Lopez • 845-256-7022 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 845-5948805.

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Painting/Odd Jobs

”ABOVE AND BEYOND” HOUSEPAINTING by Quadrattura, since 1997.

Interior/Exterior & Decorator Finishes, Expert Color Consultation, Plastering, Wallpaper Removal, Light Carpentry.

Add value to your home economically.

Environmentally conscious work done w/ old world craftsmanship and pride.

(845)332-7577. Senior Discount. References. Free Estimates.\

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May 28, 2015 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.

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

Call Chris 845-902-3020

**Estate, **Residential. **Free Estimates, Fully Insured.

Call 679-3879

Experienced- TROMPE O’LOEIL and FAUX FINISHING, 20 yrs. in Paris, and 10 yrs. locally. References and insured.

Call Casimir: 845-430-3195 or 845616- 0872.

COUNTRY CLEANERS

EXPERIENCED HANDYMAN WITH A VAN. Carpentry, painting, flatscreen mounting, light hauling/delivery, cleanouts. Second home caretaking. All small/ medium jobs considered. Versatile, trustworthy, creative, thrifty. References. Ken Fix It. 845-616-7999.

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Excellent references.

Call (845)706-1713 or (845) 679-8932

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FREE ESTIMATES, FULLY INSURED Accepting All Major Credit Cards

Contact Jason Habernig

845-331-4966, 845-249-8668

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HB Painting & Construction INC. *Painting: Interior/Exterior, Pressure-Washing, Staining, Glazing... *Construction: Home Renovations, Additions, Bathrooms, Kitchen, Doors, Windows, Decks, Roofs, Gutters, Tile, Hardwood Floors (New-Refinish), Sheetrock, Tape. Snowplowing. Call 845-616-9832.

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GARY BUCKENDORF CUSTOM PAINTING. Interior/Exterior, color matching, wallpaper, plaster repair. MFA. Affordable Prices.

Call Gary Buckendorf (917)593-5069 or (845)657-9561.

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ADORING, SECURE COUPLE longs to adopt your newborn. Secure life, forever love awaits your precious baby. Tina and Steve. 1-800-418-1595. Expenses paid.

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Animals

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

ROOSTERS FREE TO GOOD HOME. One red, 2 black and white with gold. All well-behaved (believe it or not!!!!) No soup pot callers, please. Call 845-3394546.

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. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to know more about these handsome boys, please call (917)282-2018 or e-mail: DRJLPK@aol. com FOUND DOG on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shady Curves,â&#x20AC;? on 212.No collar...Pitt Bull type, female, chunky, black, white underneath.... will be at the Saugerties Animal Shelter.

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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.

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Lost & Found

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Spirituality

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

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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.

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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.

Want to help but canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t adopt a cat? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. petâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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