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A miscellany of Hudson Valley art, entertainment and adventure | Calendar Ca l e n da r & Classifieds | Issue 30 | July 23-30 Inside Let the mountains ring: Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice to feature Frederica von Stade | Ulster County Fair Ultimate Comic Book Trade Show at Civic Center | Dutchess Dragon Boat Race | Help determine what the Kingston Greenline will look like | Mary Louise Wilson talks about her new book | The Best Guitarist in the World is at Bearsville | Kids’ Almanac | A new Ice Age?

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1. Enter the dragons Dutchess Dragon Boat Race returns to Poughkeepsie waterfront on Saturday We all know that most dragons fly. Some, however, glide along the top of the water with great speed and accuracy, as if driven by an ancient necessity to appease the gods or confuse the fish or simply prove their superior strength. I refer, of course, to the tradition of dragon boat racing, a Chinese sport that has teams of synchronized rowers competing in long, flat-bottomed boats, urged on by the rhythm of an onboard drummer. Originating as a communal attempt to placate uncontrollable circumstances, such as the ever-changing weather’s effects on crops, dragon boat races have become a vehicle for cultural community-building. And the dragons return to the Poughkeepsie waterfront this Saturday, July 25 for another go at the river! The second annual Dutchess Dragon Boat Race and Festival begins at 9 a.m. at the Hudson River Rowing Association Community Boathouse, where a ceremony to awaken the dragon will kick off the Asian Cultural Festival onshore and start the races in the water. Visitors can come as early as 8 a.m. to watch the pre-race activities and get a good look at the decorated long boats. While the races start, the daylong festival will begin with live music and dance performance, demonstrations, food vendors, art and artisans for attendees until 3 p.m. Master Kwan brings the Lion Dance to the Festival for the second year, featuring dances from the young performers of the Waist Drum Dance Team from the Mid-Hudson HuaXia Chinese School, where local children learn of the rich Chinese traditions and culture. Armof-the-Sea Theater will present a live performance of Hook, Line and Sinker: Fishing the Hudson River at 11 a.m. Using the power of mask and puppetry, the program peers beneath the surface and explores the Hudson’s dual identity as prolific natural ecosystem and PCBcontaminated Superfund site. The visually charged show features live music and a bevy of low-tech special effects that reveal the river’s complex inner life. Live music performance will be provided by Gamelan Djam Gong, Bill Ylitalo’s avantgarde gamelan group that plays a unique blend of traditional and contemporary

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music inspired by the Indonesian isles. Me a n w h i l e , a r t i s t s w i l l b e demonstrating traditional arts such as Yan Lyu’s multiple-color printmaking using carved woodblocks and printing on rice paper. Other traditional Chinese crafts will include paper-folding and calligraphy, and children will enjoy the dragon face-painting. Chinese food arts will be demonstrated for all to see how to make dumplings, spring rolls and other Chinese delicacies. Master Kwon will be performing Kung Fu, and there will be Chinese yo-yo demonstrations. Rain or shine, the race and Asian cultural festival promise a day of fun and amazement. Sponsored by Dutchess Tourism, all proceeds from the race entrance fees will benefit Arts MidHudson (www.artsmidhudson.org) and the Miles of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation (www.milesofhope.org). – Ann Hutton Dutchess Dragon Boat Race/Asian Cultural Festival, Saturday, July 25, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., free, Hudson River Rowing Association Community Boathouse, 270272 North Water Street, Poughkeepsie; www.dutchessdragonboat.org.

2. New paintings by Christie Scheele on view in Rhinebeck Painter Christie Scheele has been perfecting her art for the quartercentury that she has lived in the deep Catskills. Her new solo exhibit at the Albert Shahinian Gallery in Rhinebeck represents her 16th year with the noted gallerist. The artist’s “Contours/Distillations” show features the carefully abstracted landscapes for which she is known: ocean marshlands, vast skies and subtle horizon lines, misty mountains and dusky visions where car lights rise like epiphanies. Her work with colors and tone, shapes and mood has intensified over the years. Every piece shows the long time that she spends getting each bit right. It’s all about the

lessons in what we see, and how we see. “Delving further into the less-is-more discussion, I think that less is different,” Scheele writes about her new show. “If there are many details to look at in a painting, they tend to compete for attention, creating an experience that remains purely visual or intellectual without going deeper. With fewer elements and more open space, both the emotional and formal content have enormous impact, often visceral. At the same time what is there has to hold up under analysis, as there is no hiding.” Scheele’s one of our region’s staying powers, a major artist of the Hudson Valley and Catskills. The show’s opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. – Paul Smart Christie Scheele’s “Contours/Distillations” exhibition at Albert Shahinian Fine Art, July 25 through September 20, Opening Saturday, July 25, from 5 to 8 p.m., artist talk at 2 p.m. on Sunday, August 2, 22 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, (845) 876-7578, www.ShahinianFineArt. com or www.christiescheele.com.

3. Lecture on FDR & Huguenots on Saturday in New Paltz The myriad ways in which a personal relationship with history can shape the politicized destinies of nations comes into play this Saturday, July 25, when Historic Huguenot Street (HHS) presents a talk on a 1942 visit to New Paltz by then-president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his guest, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (pictured above). Originally given by HHS director of strategy and historic i-nterpretation Thomas Weikel as part of a new Hyde Park “Fireside Chat” series last March, the thesis is that FDR, a descendent of New Paltz patentee Antoine Crispell, had long based much of his socially-minded worldview on his sense of heritage, which in turn shaped the decisions that he

made to get us out of the Great Depression, and then fight World War II, based on grand ideals and the creation of a different federal government role. – Paul Smart “FDR & His Connection to New Paltz Huguenots” lecture, Saturday, July 25, 4 p.m., $15/$12, Historic Huguenot Street’s Deyo Hall, 6 Broadhead Avenue, New Paltz; (845) 255-1660, www.huguenotstreet.org.

4. Red Hook’s Sculpture Expo at Elmendorph Inn spotlights history of ice harvesting As a part of Red Hook Community Art Network (RHCAN)’s Sculpture Expo 2015, local history buff Larry Thetford and metal sculptor Conrad Levenson will be at the Elmendorph Inn in Red Hook on Thursday, July 30, to talk about ice harvesting on the Hudson River and at other bodies of water in New York. “Intersection of Art and History: Ice Harvesting in the Hudson Valley” will explore the brief period of time when the cutting of chunk ice for the preservation of foodstuffs flourished in the region, only to be cut short with the invention of electricity and refrigeration around 1910. Thetford, who lives in Upper Red Hook, says that harvesting ice was once a big local industry, one that employed farmers, bricklayers and other laborers whose regular employment was restricted to good weather. His extensive research into the economic impact that ice harvesting had on the area indicates there were literally thousands of workers up and down the Valley, and at least 75 icehouses along the Hudson River. “The industry thrived for 60 or 70 years,” he says. “Ice was abundant, free and nature-made. It was magical. But when it stopped abruptly after 1910, there was a ripple effect on the economy; the loss of jobs for icecutters affected everyone. The people who worked where ice was stored, the drivers

of horse-drawn wagons, the toolmakers and suppliers – everyone.” Instrumental in managing the history gallery at the Elmendorph, Thetford has responsibility for exhibiting artifacts, photographs and other materials. To augment this RHCAN event, the exhibit includes antique tools, such as plows, pulls/pikes, axes, pry bars and a model of the process of cutting ice on the river – known as the icefield – and moving it through an open channel by pulling horses, to where it was cut and stored in the icehouse. He has also invited Germantown resident Jim Haroldson, who at 90 years old is thought to be the last living person to have worked in an icehouse on the Hudson River. The art of harvesting ice is one thing; taking the rusted tools of the industry and turning them into art is the domain of one-time architect Conrad Levenson. He uses found scrap materials to build sculptures. “The first piece I found at a barn sale. I wasn’t looking for ice saws – but they’re not like any other kind of saw. They’re long and heavy with an offset handle, very dramatic-looking. You think about these things and their potential – not just their shape but that they’re flexible, dynamic, they move in the breeze. I wanted to capture that energy.” For more than a decade he has created outdoor pieces and series of sculptures that experiment with form and movement. One, titled Commotion, is four equally spaced vertical blades with steel spheres on the top of each one, “so when the wind blows they bang into each other and make this music. I’m not done yet. I’m testing the limits of extracting this embedded energy of old objects relegated to the junkheap. I salvage a lot of abandoned stuff. You study it and tease out its story – I’m like a storyteller, giving the material new form and meaning. My sculptures force people to think of the past.” Sculpture Expo is a public art exhibition of large-scale outdoor sculpture, a community arts project that includes

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ary Louise Wilson: She’s an actor you’ve probably seen often, and still might not know her by name. On Broadway, she was Big Edie in Grey Gardens, for which she received a Tony Award. She got an Obie for her work in Amy Herzog’s 4,000 Miles at Lincoln Center, and a Tony nomination for her rendition of Fraulein Schneider in the Broadway revival of Cabaret, to cite just a few of her stage credits. Recent television appearances include roles in Mozart in the Jungle, Devious Maids, The Sopranos, Louie C. K. and Nurse Jackie. In film, she has appeared in Nebraska, The Humbling, Step Mom, Klute, Green Card, She-Devil, Pet Sematary, Zelig and The Money Pit. In the 1990s Wilson co-wrote (with Mark Hampton) the one-woman play Full Gallop, in which she portrayed fashion icon Diana Vreeland, and for which she won an Obie and the Drama Desk Award. Most recently, Wilson was Leticia Primrose in On the Twentieth Century at the Roundabout Theatre Company. The play only closed a week ago, and when asked if she ever considers retiring, she says, “I think about retiring all the time. And then I get a job. I can’t retire. You don’t call your agent and say, ‘Don’t call me anymore.’ No matter how fed up with it or tired of it you think you are, there’s this thing in you that will always want to be acting. I joke about the fact that I say I want to retire, then a phone call comes and this snake comes out of my mouth and says, ‘What time? Where?’” At 83, Wilson hardly seems to be slowing down, much less calling it quits. And now she has written a memoir: My First Hundred Years in Show Business. The title obviously stretches things a bit, although a lifelong career onstage and in front of the camera might certainly feel like a century when all the miles schlepping to casting calls and meetings and rehearsals and auditioning for commercials and flying across the country and so on get added up. Her story is humorous and painful and informative in turns. Learning early on to get attention by being funny, Wilson steadfastly gravitates to the spotlight where the laughs are, all the while indulging in her own interior monologue of self-doubt and remorse. She describes her desperation to land roles and her concurrent abhorrence of many of those same opportunities, realizing at last how self-sabotaging her own uncertainties are. She cries openly and in public when frustration gets the best of her. Wilson writes: “I have always had a quarrel with show business; always wanting to run from it, but needing it, needing to be wanted somewhere. My first response to any job offer is invariably ‘No’.” And during one long-running play, “Every day on the way to the theater, I remind myself how great it was to have steady work, but every day as I stepped through the stage door, I entered a decompression chamber.” At the same time she admits that her rather solitary life is salved by the work. “I’m in the theater to hang out with actors. I go to the theater to see actors. They amaze me. They thrill me.” My First Hundred Years eschews strict chronology, yet weaves a delightfully comprehensible narrative that takes the reader from Wilson’s intense childhood home through her forays into life in New York City, her jobs and flops and many living quarters and the long stretch of barely uttering whole sentences in a string of negligible parts. The book is punctuated with straight-arrow truths regarding the business: “If you play a despicable character, you should prepare to be treated despicably.” And “The farther away the cast gets from home, the more they start sleeping around. You fall into bed with people you wouldn’t ordinarily throw sticks at.” She writes that the original idea for the book was to chronicle the evolution of Full Gallop, which purpose is interspersed throughout. You get a long-drawn-out recounting of how a play is developed and tested on way-Off-Broadway stages and rewritten and pitched to potential backers and rewritten again and again. It sounds like endless labor, with the actual birth shimmering in some unknown future with no delivery date. She writes, “The fact is, if you never want to hear from somebody again, send them your play.” Stardom arrives at last when Full Gallop is a hit. Wilson is 60 years old. She accepts the much-deserved approbation that she receives and says, “It was okay for me to be the star when I was the only one onstage.” But she’s thrown into publicity events, fashion-show appearances, and suddenly she’s seen as an authority on acting and is asked to give a drama-school graduation address. “I didn’t enjoy these occasions. What could I tell them? ‘Don’t do it’?” My First Hundred Years is an engaging read, one that imparts a tenuous sense of hope regarding the possibility of continued work and fulfillment for those of us aging out of most career endeavors. About her story possibly inspiring younger women,

tours, talks, workshops and related events over a period of six months. Levenson, who has been creating art for more than 40 years and is exhibiting eight of his own works, has been involved with the event since its inception three years ago. He says that the number of artists and works being shown has more than doubled since the beginning, expanding the opportunity for artists to get public recognition in a very community-based way. This year 18 pieces are being shown in and around Red Hook, covering approximately a half-mile radius from the center of the village. Exhibition brochures and maps are available to guide pedestrians along the sculpture route. All events are open to the general public at no charge. “Intersection of Art and History: Ice Harvesting in the Hudson Valley” is sponsored by the Red

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she says, “Younger people don’t seem to give a damn about anything further back than 2010; they’re not interested in the past. Although, I’m in this show now, and there are lots of young people in it; some even bought the book.” Later, when the subject of young actors comes up again, she says, “I talk about young people not being interested in older ones, but I definitely do have a cutoff limit.” About how she came to be in Marbletown: “I had a friend in Woodstock, and househunted in the whole area. I love this old farmhouse; it had not been improved and nothing new had been done to it. It’s very simple. I like where it is, because there are stone houses here mixed up with trailers.” Asked if she had advice to people just coming into the business, any little tidbit: “It’s important to have something else you love to do, because you can’t do your work unless you’re invited, you know what I mean? You can do a one-person show, like I did. I was very lucky with my subject matter.” My First Hundred Years ends with a Who’s Who index of people whom she has encountered over the decades, and Wilson acknowledges co-members in her imagined “Character Actors’ Club” of people whose names may also not be familiar to the general public. It is a gracious gesture, and she hopes that no one is offended for showing up (or not showing up) on the list. Wilson will appear with WAMC’s Joe Donahue at the Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff on Monday, July 27 at 7 p.m., where they’ll talk about her new memoir, playwriting, her passion for gardening and her extensive career in film and on Broadway. (A portion of this evening’s event will be recorded for later rebroadcast.) She’ll also be at Inquiring Minds in New Paltz on Friday, August 28 at 7 p.m. “Right now my future goal is a hammock – this fabulous Mexican hammock on my porch – and I can’t wait to get there.” – Ann Hutton Oblong Books presents Mary Louise Wilson with Joe Donahue, Monday, July 27, 7 p.m., $10, Morton Memorial Library, 82 Kelly Street, Rhinecliff; (845) 876-0500, www.oblongbooks.com.

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July 23, 2015 a playlist of pyrotechnic YouTube videos to convince you of it. They don’t exist, nor should they. Perhaps you’d be happier with some six-year-old “blues prodigy” doing a real swell Bonamassa impersonation, or the Suzuki Method girl who shreds a Flying V at impossible BPMs? Is that how you will find your next Lama? (Come to your senses: Please stop spreading those horrible memes. If it is too late for you, do it for the children, for those poor young “mindblowing virtuosos.” Let them take their lumps playing real music with real people, and maybe save them from the life of the one-trick circus freak who has to be the center of attention or nothing at all. Would you want that kid playing on your song? Thought not. More often than not, musical greatness lies in sublimating the self, not glorifying it. /rant) Enter Blake Mills, again. You’d want him to play on your song. You’d probably want him to arrange, produce and write it too. But to appreciate the scope of this guy’s talent, you really need to sample a broad cut of the all the diverse music in which he has been involved. Some of it is roots/

rock and country, some electropop, some prog/folk, some Afro-Cuban. It’s a slow burn, this epiphany, but when you find yourself asking, “Sh*t, who’s playing that?” (“Who arranged that?” “Who produced that?”) and the answer comes back “Blake Mills” time and time again, the light dawns. You don’t waste a second of your precious time worrying about his incendiary chops; you just gasp at the imagination, beauty and range of his ideas and his heartbreaking tone, feel and control, and how, from the guitar chair, he makes everything better, he makes everything happen. This is a master – a Lama, in fact – possessed of authentic values and a preternatural maturity. There is one shortcut to appreciating Mills’s genius, though you might have missed your chance. You had to see him live with Fiona Apple on one of their recent co-headliner tours. Words cannot describe how breathtakingly exquisite his accompaniment was on those dates, and that is not something that I am in the habit of saying, for if I were I’d be out of a job. Don’t take my word for it; take the word of Lucinda Williams, Jesca Hoop, Neil

This is a master – a Lama, in fact – possessed of authentic values and a preternatural maturity.

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at the 84TH ANNUAL WOODSTOCK LIBRARY FAIR SATURDAY JULY 25TH 10 AM - 4 PM LIVE MUSIC ALL DAY, WITH DANCE FLOOR!

Diamond, Alabama Shakes, Diana Krall, Connor Oberst, Norah Jones, Kid Rock, the Avett Brothers, Lucius, Ozomatli, Eric Clapton, Dawes, Julian Casablancas, Weezer, Jenny Lewis, Bruce Hornsby, Joshua Radin, Jeff Bridges and Lisa Marie Presley. Better yet, do me a favor and don’t even take their word. I have done a grave disservice to Blake Mills in this article. At the Bearsville, he won’t be sticking his extraordinary guitar-playing in your face; he never does, in fact, but this A+-list player/producer, whose batphone never stops ringing, has chosen the rough road of the roots singer/songwriter in a vastly oversaturated market. Start your journey with his solo album Heigh Ho. Over the course of its 12 exquisitely written, arranged and produced chamber/roots tracks, you will have your Blake Mills moment; I guarantee it. Blake Mills performs at the Bearsville Theater on Friday, July 24 at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $18 in advance, $20 on the day of the show. For more information, visit www.bearsvilletheater.com. The Bearsville Theater is located at 291 Tinker

Blake Mills w/Sam Outlaw, Friday, July 24, 9 p.m., $18/$20, Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker Street, Woodstock; www. bearsvilletheater.com.

Live music weekends at Tillson’s Rail Trail Café

The Rail Trail Café, on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail, one mile south of Rosendale Trestle at 310 River Road Extension in Tillson, is co-owned by a remarkable musician: the drummer

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Friday July 24 7 pm

Actors & Writers In the tradition of Maverick’s theatrical heritage, an evening of short plays written by members of the company. Maverick tickets are not valid for this event. Admission is by donation.

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CARLOS CHÁVEZ and His World

This year, the Bard Music Festival turns to Latin America for the first time and presents two extraordinary weeks of concerts, panels, and special events that will explore the musical world of the most eminent Latin American modernist composer, Carlos Chávez.

weekend one August 7–9

The Musical Voice of Mexico A survey of Chávez’s Mexican musical heritage from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, Weekend One explores Chávez’s world with orchestral and chamber concerts, and preconcert talks about topics ranging from revolution and anti-fascism to the Parisian influence on his compositions. Program Five, “Music, Murals, and Puppets,” celebrates the rich tradition of puppet theater in Latin countries.

weekend two August 13–16

Mexico, Latin America, and Modernism Exploring the relationship of the Latin American musical scene to that in the United States, offerings include a percussion extravaganza, a program exploring sacred and secular choral music, and a concert devoted to celebrating Chávez’s experience in New York, with music by Copland, Cowell, Nancarrow, and others. Tickets, starting at $25, on sale now!

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Brian Farmer. It is no surprise that the Café’s ultra-stocked summer program of live music fills most Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays well into October. Besides leaning toward the acoustic and family-friendly, the booking is astonishingly diverse, featuring the world music of Farmer’s former Futu Futu bandmate Joakim Laerty (August 28), the cabaret fusion of Caprice Rouge (August 7), the exquisite songwriting and banjo-playing of Kelleigh McKenzie (September 6) and the expansive world jazz of Farmer’s own Big Sky Ensemble (September 25). That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Showtimes vary. Visit www. railtrailcaferosendale.com for the entire program, or call (845) 399-4800. – John Burdick

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orld music” is what we call it when nonWestern music – popular or serious – is either served alongside or intertwined in a fusion with Western music. Elsewhere, it is just called music. Cultural myopia to be sure, and we should probably just drop the genre descriptor entirely; but it won’t go away that easily. Just ask “alternative” or “pop” if you can tell them apart. Steve Gorn is a heavy in the music world of world music. His bansuri bamboo flute is featured on the 2011 Grammy-winning recording Miho: Journey to the Mountain with Dhruba Ghosh and the Paul Winter Consort, as well as the Academy Award-winning documentary film, Born into Brothels. He has performed Indian classical music and new American music on the bansuri bamboo flute in concerts and festivals throughout the world. On Saturday, July 25 at 8 p.m., Steve Gorn joins with vocalist Samarth Nagarkar for a program of Indian classical music at the Maverick in Woodstock. Also in the ensemble are tabla player Ray Spiegel and Rohan Prabhudesai on harmonium. Tickets cost $40 and $25 and are available at www.maverickconcerts.org. The historic Maverick concert hall is located at 120 Maverick Road in Woodstock. – John Burdick

Gardiner’s Village Market hosts Big Joe Fitz & the Lo-Fis

The Village Market and Eatery in Gardiner welcomes the one of region’s eminent blues interpreters and curators, Big Joe Fitz and the Lo-Fis, on Saturday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m. Fitz is an effortless singer, and his band is always the A-list cats: bassist Robert Bard, guitarist Mark Dzubia and one of several highly credentialed drummers including Eric Parker and Chris Bowman. Fitz’s repertoire is that of a scholar, but his ultra-smooth delivery is anything but academic. The Village Eatery is located at 125 Main Street in Gardiner. For more information, call (845) 255-1234 or visit www.villagemarketandeatery.com. – John Burdick

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Arlington High School hosts Music & Drama Reunion on Saturday Alumni take the stage at Arlington High School on July 25 for Under the Dome: An Arlington Music and Drama Reunion. Musicians from bands familiar to local audiences in the 1980s will be reconnected in groups like Davy and the Seniors (playing ‘50s doo-wop) and Rivendell (playing progressive rock). And Rivendell member Fred Boak, a 1980 Arlington grad who grew up living across from

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the high school and now lives on Cape Cod, decided to take it a step further and create a multigenerational jazz combo especially for the event. “Under the Dome” refers to the Arlington High School auditorium, now called the William J. Sweeney Performance Hall, which has been home to Arlington student musicians and actors for decades. Tickets cost $15 at the door. The show begins at 2:30 p.m. For information, call (845) 891-4509 or visit www.facebook.com/ arlington.dome.reunion.

Iberian-style piano and song in concert at Altamura Center for the Arts in Round Top

Sunday, July 26 at Round Top. Spotlighting the talents of piano soloist Cristina Altamura (above), mezzosoprano Anna Tonna and Spanish dancer Anna de la Paz and accompanied by Sassron Chung, the afternoon program will include hauntingly beautiful Iberian melodies and dance in “Piano Virtuosity: A Snapshot from Three Centuries,” including pieces sung in Italian, Spanish, French and Latin; and “España alla Rossini,” 19thcentury Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini’s chamber music songs, some of which were dedicated to Spanish nobility and personalities of the times, such as the Spanish queens Maria Cristina and Isabel II.

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Cristina Altamura is said to bring the excitement of a rising star with the sophistication of a seasoned artist to the concert hall. Her background includes training at the Joffrey Ballet School, and she is known for her innovative, out-ofthe-box programming, such as a project fusing Bach with cutting-edge break dance. The only American musician to have been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Italy in 1997, Altamura will illustrate the evolution of preludes and etudes from the Baroque through the 20th century, including brief snapshots of

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historical marker in West Park to be dedicated August 3 The Klyne Esopus Museum and the Town of Esopus will dedicate a new roadside historical marker on Floyd Ackert Road in West Park to commemorate Sojourner Truth’s walk from slavery into freedom. The marker reads: WALK TO FREEDOM IN OCT 1826 SOJOURNER TRUTH WALKED THIS ROAD FROM WEST PARK TO RIFTON LEAVING SLAVERY BEHIND FOR A LIFE OF FREEDOM The marker was erected with a grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation of Syracuse. This is the second Sojourner Truth marker in the Town of Esopus sponsored by a Pomeroy grant; the first is on Broadway in Port Ewen at the site of a tavern where Truth worked as a young slave girl. The fact that Truth was born in the Town of Esopus and lived here for the first 30 years of her life in slavery is often passed over by historians. The roadside markers and the statue of her in Port Ewen remind people that she was indeed “a daughter of Esopus,” with her roots in the Hudson Valley. The Pomeroy Foundation, through its Historic Roadside Marker Program, has as its goal helping local communities to promote historic tourism and historic preservation. Since it began in 2009, it has funded more than 230 markers in 26 counties in New York State. A ceremony unveiling the marker will be held on Monday, August 3 at 12 noon at the site on Floyd Ackert Road and Park Lane in West Park, hosted by Rosane Balisteri, president of the Klyne Esopus Museum, trustees, Anne Gordon, Ulster County historian, and Dan Terpening, Town of Esopus historian. The public is welcome to attend. For more information contact Anne Gordon at (845) 419-5137 or pasaran@msn.com.

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he gritty soul interpreter Bettye LaVette turns everything she touches into Bettye LaVette. On her exceptional 2015 effort Worthy, Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones and many more are taken down to the LaVettory and LaVettized. Songwriter/producer Joe Henry – who holds a PhD in keeping it real – manned these sessions, and the record sounds fantastic, slightly browned in the pan but nowhere near overdone. Our region falls within LaVette’s geographic popularity belt, and she is a favorite at Club Helsinki in Hudson, where she returns on Friday, July 24 at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $55 and $37. Club Helsinki is located at 405 Columbia Street in Hudson. For tickets and more information, visit www.helsinkihudson. – John Burdick

background information about the unique compositional features and pianistic challenges of the works that she’ll perform. As Fulbright Scholar to Spain, Anna Tonna’s distinguished international career as an operatic mezzo-soprano has been dedicated to the music of Spain and Latin America. Tonna’s program presents a wide range of Rossini songs that were influenced by Spanish dance, rhythms and an artform then known as escuela bolera, a fusion of popular dance and classical ballet. The Center’s founder, Carmela Altamura, says, “These performances are a window into what inspired composers from different countries, backgrounds and interests. Not only is the music gorgeous, fun and spectacular, but so

are the performers.” A luncheon will be served at 1 p.m. with a homemade entrée and salad, ending with pastries from Hartmann’s and, Altamura claims, “the best cup of cappuccino this side of the Big Pond.” The Summer Performance Series at Round Top continues with D. Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto (The Clandestine Marriage), a fully staged, hilarious comedy opera with orchestra directed by Francesco Santelli on Sunday, August 23; and the comedic Lovers & Other Strangers, a short play by Joe Bologna and Renee Taylor to be staged on Saturday, August 29. – Ann Hutton “Piano Virtuosity: A Snapshot from Three Centuries”/“Spain alla Rossini”

with luncheon, Sunday, July 26, 1 p.m., $45/$25, Altamura Center for the Arts, 404 Winter Clove Road, Round Top; (518) 622-0070, www.altocanto.org.

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Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice features Frederica von Stade, American music and several premieres

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hen founders Maria Todaro, Louis Otey and Kerry Henderson first launched the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice in 2009 as a fundraising event to build a playground, they called it “Opera under the Stars.” As it turned out, the only stars on view were onstage; it thundered and rained, but an audience of 500 demanded an encore. The unexpectedly large turnout got the three opera singers thinking that this gathering might have legs, and in a mere six years the Festival has turned into a spectacularly successful ongoing cultural extravaganza in the heart of the Catskills. It returns this week, from July 29 to August 2, with an eclectic array of offerings that celebrate nearly every conceivable aesthetic application of the human voice. While the organizers’ stellar connections

within the opera world make it possible to lure top names in that field to Phoenicia for the Festival – the great mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade headlines this year – it’s the diversity of the performances, lecture/demonstrations and panel discussions that make the event so appealing to so many. Even those with a low saturation level for voices raised in the operatic style can always find something here that will intrigue and gratify. The five-day Festival is jam-packed with such tidbits as workshops on Appalachian shape-note singing, Inuit throat singing and other forms of indigenous vocal music of North America and Hawaii, demonstrations of ventriloquism and the glass armonica (invented by Benjamin Franklin), gospel, barbershop, pop and chamber concerts. The Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice kicks off on Wednesday

evening with a tribute to Broadway and the American Songbook titled “Voices of Distinction: Red, White and Blues!” There’ll be jazz from Jack De Johnette and Sheila Jordan, a piano rendition of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue by Justin Kolb and lots more. On Thursday there’s live theater, including a concert performance of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, starring Tony nominee Ron Raines and former Miss America Susan Powell, as well as Souvenir, Stephen Te m p e r l e y ’s play about the famously bad singer Florence Foster Jenkins. The world premiere of Robert Manno’s opera about Dylan Thomas, Do Not Go Gentle: The Last Days of Dylan and Caitlin, is scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Two performances of Gian Carlo Menotti’s one-acter The Medium happen on Friday and Saturday, and Carlisle Floyd’s operatic adaptation of Steinbeck’s Of Mice

and Men on Saturday night. Von Stade and Peter Schickele will be among the celebrity participants in a vocal tribute to contemporary composers on Friday night titled “American Classics: Live and in Person,” which will feature premieres of two works by Robert Cucinotta and Tom Pasatieri. The venues for these varied events, all within easy walking distance of one another, include the Festival Stage, P h o e n i c i a Pa r i s h F i e l d , the Phoenicia United Methodist Church, the St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, the Shandaken Theatrical Society Playhouse and Mama’s Boy Coffeeshop. Admission is free to a few events; ticket prices otherwise range from $5 to $75 each, with a $170 Da Capo Pass getting you into all main stage events. To see the full schedules or purchase tickets, call (845) 586-3588 or visit www.

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ers, who serves as the group’s artistic director. The quintet will be lead by organist Ben Woodward and accompanied by soprano vocalist Catharine Rogers for a performance of compositions by Bach, Quantz and Vivaldi. Woodward is the artistic director of the Fulham Opera. He will be giving a free lecture about Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Mountaintop Library on Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m. Rogers is a lyric soprano from London and has performed with the English National Opera, Scottish Opera and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. The free chamber series will continue on August 9 with a performance of the Bartók Quintet by the Attacca Quartet with 23Arts artist-in-residence Tanya Gabrielian, and again on August 23 with a performance of works by composers Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen by acclaimed Danish vocalist Thomas Storm and Gabrielian. For further event details, visit www.23arts.org.

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Riverfront Park hosts Beacon Jazz Festival this Saturday In the past few years, Beacon has successfully extended its reputation as a cutting-edge art town to music as well: roots and folk at the Towne Crier, jazz at Quinn’s, chamber music at the Howland, the global purview of Riverfest and now the well-stocked Beacon Jazz Festival on Saturday, July 25 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at the Pete and Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park. Being Beacon, the avant-garde is privileged and showcased with some legendary talents. Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso co-founded Woodstock’s Creative Music Studio and will here be performing together, only weeks after the death of the other CMS co-founder, Ornette Coleman. Son of Goldfinger is an exceptionally promising collaboration between the New York City

experimental jazz stalwart Tim Berne, the cutting-edge, sound-mangling guitarist David Torn and drummer Ches Smith. Other headliners include George Coleman, Jr.’s Rivington Project, the International Brass & Membrane Corps and Mike Dopazo & the HV All-Stars. Tickets for the Beacon Jazz Festival cost $45 per person, with $65 special VIP tickets allowing early admission, a free tee-shirt, event glass and totebag, along with related merchandise. For this inaugural, intimate event, admission will be limited to 1,500 attendees. Tickets and further details will be available at beaconjazz.com.

Marcia Ball plays Beacon’s Towne Crier this Friday Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man: The title alone tells you quite a bit about Marcia Ball’s music, does it not? And the title tracks confirms it all. There’s Western swing in there, some zydeco, some boogie-woogie blues and a groove that had to be invented just for this occasion, both familiar and foreign, belonging to a geography that exists

only in sound and not in space. Ball’s boisterous and sprawling Southwestern sound is great on record, but really kills live. Catch this breakout star of the roots genre at the Towne Crier Café in Beacon on Friday, July 24 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost $45 in advance, $50 at the door and are available at www.townecrier.com. The Towne Crier is located at 379 Main Street in Beacon. – John Burdick

New Baroque Soloists perform this Sunday at All Souls Church in Tannersville The 23Arts Initiative’s free chamber series will continue on Sunday, July 26 at 11:30 a.m. with a performance by the New Baroque Soloists at the beautiful stone All Souls Church in Tannersville. The group is comprised of oboist Amanda Hardy of the Portland Symphony Orchestra, violinist Derek Ratzenboeck of the New York City Ballet Orchestra, cellist Mihai Marica of the Amphion String Quartet and trumpeter Douglas My-

The Hudson Valley abounds in foods and fun, not the least so when growers and vendors come together to celebrate their products. And this weekend is no exception—in fact, the exceptional Bounty of the Hudson Wine & Food Festival may be the best thing going. This Saturday and Sunday, July 25th and 26th, all fourteen wineries from the Shawangunk Wine Trail, along with other select wineries from the Valley, will gather in Marlboro at Benmarl Winery to offer tastes of the most delicious wines of the region. Each day from noon to 5 p.m., visitors to Benmarl can meander through this 20th annual festival to sample the variety of wines offered, along with locally produced cheeses, honey, baked goods, and the best of the Valley’s fresh local produce. Food vendors and specialty Food Trucks will also be on hand serving up a delectable repast. With more than forty food, beverage, and arts vendors in all on the premises, the true bounty of the Hudson Valley will be showcased for visitors from all over the state. Can you think of a better way to spend an afternoon? Bring a blanket or chair and relax on the lawn while grooving to live music all day, such as the soulful voice and R & B sounds of The Lindsey Webster Band on Saturday and the award-winning country rock music of Thunder Ridge on Sunday. This rain-or-shine event is the ideal opportunity for visitors to have a safe, enjoyable experience while becoming familiar with local vintners and distilled spirits makers. The producers suggest that attendees take the entire afternoon for the tasting, and eat and drink water or coffee frequently. Please note that it is illegal for wineries to serve any visibly intoxicated person, or for outside alcoholic beverages to be brought onto the property. Event staff reserves the right to refuse service to anyone at any time. Come to Marlboro and enjoy the event responsibly. A one-day tasting ticket, good for either Saturday or Sunday, is $28 purchased in advance online. A limited number of tickets will also be available at the gate for $38, so reserving your admittance in advance is a wise move. A tasting ticket includes a complimentary souvenir Shawangunk Wine Trail wine tasting glass. (The general admission ticket for designated drivers is now sold out, according to bountyofthehudson. com.) Your food and other purchases are optional and additional to the ticket price. All attending must be 21 years of age and valid ID is required for admission. Sorry, no kids or pets. -- Ann Hutton Bounty of the Hudson Wine & Food Festival, Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and 26, noon to 5 p.m., $28/$38, Benmarl Winery located at 156 Highland Avenue, Marlboro; 845 256-8456, www.bountyofthehudson.com.

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Dragon Boats. scavenger hunts, comic book expo, new High Ridge Children’s Choir & Alice turns 150 Local hunts and hikes Want an easy hook to help discover new places in our area? Try a local scavenger hunt! ULSTER COUNTY

Are your kids hooked on Ratboy, Jr.’s “What Does the Farm Do?” song? Or are they curious about farm-to-table food in their school cafeterias? Get your free Stick to Local Farms map from a list of participating Rondout Valley farms, and get a sticker for each farm you visit. Collect ten stickers to receive four Homegrown Mini-Golf

passes and a Stick to Local Farms cookbook (a $25 value!). Collect 25 stickers to receive a fancy, sparkly completion sticker and a market basket of farm treats and products! For more information, visit www. stick2local.com. Love to walk around Ulster County? You can get a free sew-on patch for doing just that! Simply complete any five walks from the 27 trails listed in the Esopus Explorer Walking Program. All of the walks are free, great for all ages and a fun way to discover new spots that you may not have seen before. For more information and a downloadable map, visit www.esopus. com/feature/esopus_explorer.pdf. DUTCHESS COUNTY

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plies last), and after 18 stamps in Millerton or 20 in Rhinebeck, you qualify to enter a drawing for a set of Waldo books and other prizes. The hunt culminates in a Great Waldo Celebration and Prize-Drawing Party on Friday, July 31 from 4 to 6 p.m. at your local Oblong store: 26 Main Street in Millerton or 6422 Montgomery Street in Rhinebeck. For more information and a list of participating businesses, visit www.oblongbooks.com/event/whereswaldo-local-2015-scavenger-hunt.

State? That the town of LaGrange was originally named Freedom? You can learn more of these Dutchess County nuggets from your free Dutchess County Passport, available at clerk’s offices at municipal halls throughout Dutchess County; and after you’ve visited that village, town or city, you can get your passport stamped at the clerk’s office, too. Perfect for local history buffs! For more information and a downloadable passport, visit http:// dutchesstourism.com/passport.

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ave you and your crew seen an Arm-of-the-Sea Theater oversized puppet production? Whether you live here or are visiting or somewhere in between, Arm-of-the-Sea is a local staple that entertains while educating audiences about Hudson River environmental issues. You can catch a free performance this Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m. at the Kiersted House lawn of the Saugerties Historical Society (rain date Sunday, July 26); just bring your lawn chairs

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Hamilton on recordings, performances and student recitals. She is highly disciplined, professional and great with kids. When I pitched the idea to her and she was enthusiastic, I knew it was time to go ahead with the plan. Sheila Hamilton: When teaching music classes which involved a lot of singing with children, I found my mood drastically changed over the summer when we were on break. I finally realized that not singing was making me depressed! And sure enough, there are studies showing that group singing has positive physical, emotional, cognitive and social benefits. If you look at cultures where musicmaking is historically a group activity, you see more social inclusion, acceptance, collaboration, cooperation‌the list goes on and on. We don’t have this in our culture unless we create it ourselves, and forming a choir is a great way to accomplish this. How did you determine the age range and where to have it?

SF: We wanted the children to be of an age where they could focus for an hour. Although there are some children that might be ready earlier than age 7, this is also around the time children are ready for music literacy. And if we get them young, we catch them before they have too many bad habits! We are hoping to reach the preteens so our older children can mentor the younger members and we can delve into some more sophisticated choral works. SH: The leadership at Redeemer Lutheran is highly supportive of the arts programs in New Paltz, both performing and visual, and they are expanding their facilities to accommodate the endeavors of organizations such as the High Ridge Choir. They also have the facilities: pianos, performance space and smaller classrooms for sectional rehearsals. How did you get into music yourselves? Did you grow up doing music? SF: Around third 3rd grade I realized I was blessed with a vocal instrument. It was a

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very powerful feeling getting up in front of others to sing. People wanted to know how such a big voice came out of such a small and quiet child. In high school I had a very special music teacher/choir conductor who opened new worlds of music from the Western classical traditions as well as music from the American songbook. He provided me with many opportunities to sing as a soloist, but also knew how to distribute the limelight. In this way he taught me humility. From there, I went on to Indiana School of Music to study vocal performance. I found this life a bit narrow and reached out to study traditions from other cultures, particularly West Africa and the Caribbean. During my studies I worked with CASYM: the Caribbean Arts & Sports Cultural Movement in Brooklyn, and learned how to play steel pan. After college I moved to New York City, where I lived for about 16 years. It was there that I met my current mentor and teacher, Nikolai Kachanov, who conducts the Russian Chamber Choir of New York, in which I was a member for

many years. I continue to work on my voice and conducting with him. He truly understands the science behind sound, so I have also started to approach my music with this sense of discovery and exactness. SH: I grew up in Cleveland in a family of classical musicians. All the kids had to study two instruments! Singing was something I always did on my own and for fun with friends. In high school I played piano and guitar, so my friends who sang recruited me to accompany them. We used to play through song after song for hours sometimes: popular, oldies, classical. We didn’t need our parents to organize this for us, and we were not working towards any performances; we were just having fun and it was energizing. As a result, we all got a lot better at singing, and I got to be a pretty good guitarist and sight-reader. What are your favorite instruments to play/hear? What are your favorite songs? SF: I love almost any instrument played musically! There’s nothing worse than hearing someone who adds nothing of themselves in a performance and just goes through the motions. That said, the cello is hauntingly beautiful, the violin sings to your soul and there’s nothing like hearing Chopin’s Nocturnes on the piano. I also love the djembe and many West African folk tunes. (And R & B just makes me happy). Do you think music is important to children? If so, why? What about kids who can’t carry a tune? How can families support them? Do you take them into your group? SF: Music-making should be recognized as a basic life skill like walking or talking. Moreover, the ability to participate in music is perhaps the most integrating capacity we have. It requires the coordination of all the senses, emotion and energy. If a child has a hard time

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finding a pitch, it is usually because they have not had enough exposure. The brain needs time to discern between the different frequencies of each note. That can be taught. Then the muscles need to be developed enough to replicate the pitch the brain is telling them to sing. This can also be learned over time. We want to include any child who really wants to sing. However, they may need to work a bit on the side at home or in a private lesson if they need to catch up to the group as a whole. SH: What I’ve observed in my years of teaching is that parents who are embarrassed about their own singing pass this self-consciousness onto their children. It’s those students who have a

tougher time carrying a tune, because they have taken the lead from their parents and have essentially been discouraged from singing and experimenting on their own. If you are guilty of this, you might justify it in that your child isn’t destined to be a singer. However, singing is the art of reproducing sounds. This skill is transferable to other disciplines such as learning a foreign language and any other profession involving communications and speech. Bottom line is, I don’t believe in “tone-deaf ” because I have yet to come across a student who couldn’t overcome this lack of being able to reproduce pitch by simply doing more of it. What are three emphases you focus on in your music teaching for children?

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SF: Creating an atmosphere of play and silliness is key to working with children successfully. They need to feel it’s okay to make mistakes. Otherwise they will not progress. Competition can also inspire

learning, too, if it is done with good humor. Once the atmosphere is set, I work on the tonal and rhythmic components. When they are young we must work with them until they can sing a song in tune

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unassisted and to a correct rhythm. This has also been called “breaking the code.� With any language there is much time spent breaking the code before you can talk about fluency. As they progress as music-makers, the world of music is their oyster. I try to provide repertoire that inspires the children. In a choir they may not love everything, but if our repertoire is diverse enough, it will hopefully hook in each child. At this point we can start to get into the fun of dynamics, phrasing and all those other wonderful musical components which help us ultimately

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What will a typical rehearsal look like? SF: One hour a week is not much! We will do some fun vocal and rhythmic exercises; a lot of call-and-response. In the beginning we will be assessing the level of the participants and where we need to go. We’ll work on healthy vocal placement and balance within the choir. We’ll work on grounding the members in a particular key, so if they get lost in a piece they can find their way back. We will present our repertoire to the children. Give them a chance to take bite-size pieces out of each work as we go. We’ll work in smaller groups and come together to show what we’ve done. Anything else readers should know/do/be aware of if they are interested in joining? SH: I am coming across voice students at a younger age who have vocal damage from forcing the voice. Unfortunately, most mainstream singing you hear involves hurting the voice to some degree. Children are imitating this now. If nodules develop (and they do), often surgery is needed and you risk losing some or all of your singing and speaking voice! I have seen this in college students and adults. The best way to avoid this is to learn to use your voice correctly from a young age. – Erica Chase-Salerno Erica Chase-Salerno believes in impossible things in New Paltz, along with her husband, Mike, and their two children: the inspirations behind hudsonvalleyparents.com. She can be heard on 100.1 WDST on Friday mornings and reached at kidsalmanac@ulsterpublishing.com.

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kets, the whole jig. Every time I lost an eyelash or blew on those dandelion puffball things to make a wish, I thought, “I NEED A PET DOLPHIN. NEED! UNIVERSE, PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN! I WILL LOVE HIM AND KEEP HIM IN A BIG TANK IN MY ROOM AND I WILL NAME HIM FREDDY McSTUFF!�) The vacation was awesome. The hotel had a bunch of lizards lying around and a nice pool. We visited some Mayan temples and paraded around cute marketplaces. One day, on the tour bus, this little kid was screaming to his parents in the back of the bus, saying that he wanted to go swimming with the dolphins. Apparently he saw an advertisement for an organization that made that possible. Anyway, I thought, “Wow. This kid is annoying.� I was minding my own business, and then my Grandma turns to me, and she says, “Hey, Jordan.� “Yes?� “Did you hear that kid?� she asked. “How could I not?� I replied. Then she announced, “Jordan, we are going to that place that lets you swim with the dolphins!� And I practically burst with happiness: “OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS ARE YOU SERIOUS YOU JUST MADE MY LIFE PERFECT. OMG DOLPHINS ARE BAE!� The next day, we got to the dolphin farm. I was so excited, I was jumping up and down when they were giving us safety instructions. The instructor shared, “Now, kids. You might notice the dolphins have some scratches on their heads. That’s okay. They get those when they play with each other.� I thought, “What? Dolphins are beautiful, majestic creatures. They do not have scars. They are flawless.� As soon as the lady finished speaking, and I felt like, “YES! LET THE DOLPHIN GAMES BEGIN!� They gave us very uncomfortable life jackets, and we got into the pool. The first surprise was the seaweed. To make the pool a better environment for the dolphins, they planted real seaweed at the bottom of the pool, and that aquatic grass was getting WAY too touchy-feely, grabbing my toes and floating around my legs. Mind you, this was a time in my life when I was still afraid of the dark, and the seaweed had collected in a black void, right below my small little feet. As soon as they let the dolphins out, I was terrified. These dolphins were ninjas! They swam around us like we didn’t even exist! And then I saw the scars on their heads. OH! THAT WAS IT! They were gnarly and long and deep and scarier than any seaweed I would ever see! I started to panic. The instructors told us not to move at first, so we didn’t startle the GINORMOUS, BATTLE-SCARYIELDING AQUATIC BEASTS, so I couldn’t really do anything. My cousin and sister, who were in the pool with me, noticed my expression of pure terror, and notified the people in charge, who told me to swim out of the pool, and I thought, “WHAT? YOU WANT ME TO SWIM, ALONE, PAST THE FIELD OF AQUATIC BEASTS TO MY FREEDOM? YOU ARE NOT GOING TO AIRLIFT ME OUT?� I was not getting airlifted out. Frankly, everyone was done with my weirdness. And that is the story of how I realized dolphins were not my favorite animal. It has a happy ending, though. The instructors brought me to a pool where

Foraging expert Dina Falconi at wild edibles event in Kingston Curious about the growing interest in foraging? Wondering how to prepare and store wild edibles once they’ve been harvested? Have questions about what’s growing in your own backyard? Join the Kingston Land Trust and Kingston Wine Company on Wednesday, July 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. as they host the Marbletown herbalist, author and foraging expert Dina Falconi. The event will feature Falconi’s beautiful botanical field guide and wildfood cookbook, Foraging and Feasting, a culmination of 30 years of experience foraging in the Hudson Valley. It’s illustrated by the well-known botanical illustrator, Wendy Hollander from Accord. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing. Michael and Theresa Drapkin, owner of the Kingston Wine Company, will create a special summertime wildherb-infused cocktail for this event, which is free and open to the public. The Kingston Wine Company is located at 65 Broadway in Kingston. For more information, call (845) 340-9463 or visit www.kingstonwine.com. The Kingston Land Trust and the City of Kingston are working together to transform the city’s abandoned railroad corridors into a system of linear parks, dubbed the Kingston Greenline, that would connect the City’s neighborhoods and link to the emerging countywide trail system. For more information on the Kingston Land Trust, call (845) 877-LAND (5263) or visit www. kingstonlandtrust.org.

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GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Grab the umbrella – It’s raining hardy kiwifruits!

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y ducks told me that the hardy kiwifruits were ripe. No, they’re not trained to give a specialized “hardy kiwifruit ripe” quack. Instead, they’ve taken to hanging out beneath the vines to scoop up dropped fruits. No training needed for this. Those dropped fruits are one reason that these vines – Actinidia kolomikta – are not as popular for fruit as another species, Actinidia arguta. Ripening and dropping are fast in the heat of July.

Disease, wounds and decay also stimulate ethylene production, which is why “One rotten apple spoils the barrel.” Arguta kiwis ripen in late summer and early fall, and possibly cling to the vines more reliably then, because cooler weather slows ripening. Not that either of the fruits is wellknown. Both are cousins to the fuzzy kiwis (A. deliciosa) ubiquitous in supermarkets. Both hardy kiwis differ from the fuzzies in being cold-hardy (only to zero degrees Fahrenheit for the fuzzy, as compared to minus-30 degrees for A. arguta and to minus-40 for A. kolomikta), grapesized, with smooth, edible skins and better flavor than the fuzzies. In addition to ripening earlier and dropping more readily, kolomikta kiwis differ from arguta kiwis in coming into bearing much sooner, often in their second year, and growing much less rampantly. Argutas are hard vines to tame. Ornamental vines of both species gracing historic gardens for decades before their fruits were noticed and appreciated is testimonial to their beauty. Kolomikta’s leaves are brushed silvery-white with random pink blushes. Back to harvest: Harvest from the ground is unfeasible, because the green fruits are too hard to find among the blades of green grass – and unhealthy because of all the processed kiwifruits (poop) that the ducks eject at their far end as they gobble up the berries. A groundcloth to catch the berries would become similarly soiled unless I went to the trouble of spreading it, shaking the vines, then gathering up the cloth after gathering up the fruits. Instead, I’ve taken to walking beneath the vines with a large umbrella, upturned, and shaking portions of the vines right above the umbrella. Ripe fruit drop into the waiting “funnel.” Sure, many fruits are lost, but the vine bears more than enough to share with the ducks, who can enjoy the missed fruits. Like apples, bananas and avocados, kiwifruits of all stripes are climacteric fruits. Instead of steady ripening, climacteric fruits, just before they are ready to eat, go through a burst of ripening, with sugar levels and carbon dioxide production all of a sudden rapidly increasing. Fruit quality begins to decline right after this burst. Ethylene, a simple gas that is a

naturally occurring plant hormone, also spikes during this burst. And ethylene further accelerates ripening, which increases ethylene production even more, which increases ripening even more, and… Disease, wounds and decay also stimulate ethylene production, which is why “One rotten apple spoils the barrel.” If picked when sufficiently mature, but not dead-ripe, kiwifruits store well for a few weeks. They’ll ripen during storage – slower under refrigeration, faster at room temperature. From experience, I know that “sufficiently mature” for kiwis is when the first fruits start ripening. So, in addition to my umbrella harvesting, I’m harvesting a bunch of the unripe fruits and refrigerating them to extend their season. Don’t worry; there will still be plenty for the ducks.

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Lee has taken to walking beneath the kolomikta kiwi vines with a large umbrella, upturned, and shaking portions of the vines right above the umbrella for better harvesting.

The problem is that those chains of tubers spread to make more chains of tubers, which in turn do likewise, ad infinitum. The vines now creep over almost every plant in that bed, but rarely get enough space to themselves to make tubers anymore. No matter; they didn’t taste that good anyway. I wasn’t as foolish as might seem, planting groundnut in that flowerbed. Twenty years ago that flowerbed wasn’t a flowerbed, but just a place for interesting plants in my then-small garden. – Lee Reich

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Every time I walk back to the kiwi vines, I pass a perennial flowerbed – or at least, what was supposed to be a flowerbed and now is bordering on half-flowers and half-weeds. The major two weeds, I admit, are my own doing. The first of these weeds is dayflower, which arrived here with some bee balm plants from a friend. It’s actually a pretty plant with small blue flowers, and it’s easy and satisfying to pull out – to a point. The other weed, groundnut (pictured above), was a deliberate planting, by me, about 20 years ago. It seemed interesting, bearing edible, golfball-sized tubers that string along underground like beads. Groundnut reputedly is the food that got the Pilgrims through their first winter. Occasionally the plant, a vine, flowers, bearing chains of pale chocolate-colored blossoms. Do I remember them smelling like chocolate also? Perhaps. With all the other vegetation in the bed, the plants haven’t flowered in a long time.

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neglected operatic works, give them a rousing full staging during each year’s Bard SummerScape culturefest and then (hopefully) watch the rest of the musical world begin to add the rediscovered pieces to their repertoires. This year’s entry in that “lost masterpieces” department is an epic work that Botstein has championed for a long time, giving it its US orchestral premiere with the ASO in 2007: Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers (1902-04). It’s a tragic tale of illicit love, religious fanaticism and betrayal in 19thcentury Cornwall, where desperately poor people in isolated coastal communities deliberately lured passing ships onto the rocks to murder their crews and plunder their cargoes, all ostensibly for the glory of God. In these days when fundamentalists of many persuasions play a disproportionate role in national and world politics, it’s a theme that should continue to resonate. But mostly it’s the strength of the music that Botstein champions: “The entire opera is shaped by a powerful display of orchestral writing, memorable motivic recurrences and a brilliant use of chorus; the final scenes of Acts 1 and 3 are…on a par with the finest moments in the operatic repertory,” he writes, terming The Wreckers “Smyth’s finest achievement.” Aside from being the only female composer ever to have one of her works (Der Wald) performed by the Metropolitan Opera, Dame Ethel Smyth was quite the feisty character. She had to battle a disapproving military father to pursue

Portrait of composer Ethel Smyth, 1901, by John Singer Sargent. Smyth had to battle a disapproving military father to pursue her musical education, but managed to meet Dvorák, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Clara Schumann while studying in Leipzig. Upon her return to England she got deeply involved in the movement for women’s suffrage, joining the Women’s Social and Political Union and composing its anthem, “The March of the Women.”

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shrink on Louie. – Paul Smart Moon over Buffalo with Denny Dillon, Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m., through August 2, $39, Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal Street, Ellenville; (845) 647-5511, www.shadowlandtheatre. org.

Singin’ in the Rain on stage in Rhinebeck For a movie musical, Singin’ in the Rain – on stage in its 1980s Tony Award-winning theatrical incarnation at the Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck – didn’t have the most auspicious beginnings. Most of its songs by Nacio Herb Brown and lyricist Arthur Freed (who also produced) had been heard in previous shows and films. When released, the picture received ho-hum reviews and few awards. But then it took off, first as the acknowledged best of all Hollywood musicals and then, after a musical adaptation caught fire in London and then, via Twyla Tharp, on Broadway. Sure, we all know the title song, “Good

Morning” and the effervescent “Make ’Em Laugh,” which rocketed Donald O’Connor to stardom. But what about the sole bit of lyric-writing in the work by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, “Moses Supposes”? It got at least my kid and all his pals into weird language early on. – Paul Smart Singin’ in the Rain, July 24-August 16, Fridays/Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 3 p.m., $27/$25, Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck; (845) 876-3080, www.centerforperformingarts.org.

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Louis Otey plays the role of Pascoe in Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, which will be performed at Bard SummerScape from July 24 through August 2. Otey is also one of the founders of the Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice.

her musical education, but managed to meet Dvorák, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Clara Schumann while studying in Leipzig. Upon her return to England she got deeply involved in the movement for women’s suffrage, joining the Women’s Social and Political Union and composing its anthem, “The March of the Women.”

Dame Ethel Smyth is the only female composer to have one of her works performed by the Metropolitan Opera Eminent conductor Sir Thomas Beecham reported watching a crowd of suffragettes chorusing the song outside Holloway Prison while Smyth conducted by lustily banging a toothbrush on the windowsill of her cell; she had been jailed for her part in a campaign organized by Emmeline Pankhurst to smash the windows of politicians who opposed women’s suffrage. Later in life Smyth began losing her hearing and switched from musical composition to writing many volumes of memoirs. A mostly lesbian bisexual, she purportedly fell in love with Virginia Woolf; it was unrequited, but the two became friends. Smyth favored “mannish” tweeds, smoked cigars and played a mean game of golf. By the time her contributions as a composer received the acclaim that they deserved, with a royal command performance at Albert Hall on her 75th birthday, she was entirely deaf. One of her lifelong regrets was that Gustav Mahler had been sacked from the Vienna State Opera just as he was considering premiering The Wreckers in 1907. By the 1970s, she was honored as the subject of one of the 39 place settings commemorating key women in history in Judy Chicago’s iconic feminist sculpture The Dinner Party. But still, her great works are very rarely performed. Clearly, Smyth is a composer whose work is overdue for some rediscovery, and Bard will be doing its part with five performances of her masterpiece

beginning this Friday: the first time ever in the US that The Wreckers will receive a full staging. It’s also the first time a Bard Summerscape opera has been performed in English. It’s a historic occasion that serious music-lovers will not want to miss. Thaddeus Strassberger conducts; the main cast members are Katharine Goeldner as Thirza, Neal Cooper as Mark, Louis Otey as Pascoe, Sky Ingram as Avis, Dennis Petersen as Tallan, Michael Mayes as Lawrence, Kendra Broom as Jack and Peter Van Derick as Harvey. The Wreckers will be performed by the ASO, conducted by Leon Botstein, in the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts’ Sosnoff Theater beginning at 7:30 p.m. the next two Fridays, July 24 and 31, with 2 p.m. matinées on Sunday, July 26, Wednesday, July 29 and Sunday, August 2. Ticket prices range from $20 to $95 and can be reserved by calling the Fisher Center box office at (845) 758-7900 or visiting https://fishercentertickets.bard.edu. – Frances Marion Platt Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers, Friday, July 24/31, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, July 26/ August 2, Wednesday, July 29, 2 p.m., $20-$95, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson; (845) 758-7900, https://fishercenter.bard.edu.

Denny Dillon stars in Moon over Buffalo at Shadowland The Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville continues what’s turning into a great season with the actress Denny Dillon appearing in Ken Ludwig’s farce, Moon over Buffalo, through August 2. A love letter to the theater, this hilarious treat explodes with the escapades of a couple of still-ambitious has-beens given one last chance at their wildest dream: stardom. Moreover, it’s a chance to catch the great Dillon – who also makes art and runs Stone Ridge’s Drawing Room Gallery – in action. She started off young in Saturday Night Fever, was a Saturday Night Live cast member and has built up a memorable career with cameos everywhere, including a stint as a scary

Faithfully adapted for the stage from “The Greatest Movie Musical of All Time” by Broadway legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green from their original screenplay, Singin’ In The Rain is filled with hilarious situations, snappy dialogue, and a hitparade of unforgettable songs. Sing along to your favorites, including “Make ‘Em Laugh,” “Good Morning” and the title song. Directed and choreographed by Kevin Archambault, produced by Diana di Grandi for Up In One Productions.

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ometimes an “easy,” accessible, oft-produced play can be a director’s greatest challenge: How do you transcend familiarity? How do you make a new production special without getting so gimmicky that all the audience will ultimately remember are the gimmicks? Shakespeare companies face this problem all the time. A certain notorious 1980s Shakespeare in the Park production of The Tempest springs to mind: People tend to recall it as “the one with the sumo wrestler and the helicopter and W. C. Fields and Mae West” rather than “the one where Raul Julia was so terrific as Prospero.” Of all the Bard’s canon, the play that most of us have seen most often is undoubtedly A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Fantastic and funny and family-friendly, it’s a lightweight staple of outdoor summer festivals. Many elementary school kids get their first thespian experience enacting one of the “rude mechanicals” in a standalone version of the Pyramus and Thisbe play-within-a-play. Dream can be described with equal validity as “beloved” and “done to death.” So if you decide to put it on yet again, you’re probably either a neophyte launching a new community theater company or a consummate professional supremely confident in your ability to make it feel fresh and thrill your audience with rediscovery of its essential magic. So a tip of the hat is due to the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF), which is offering an audacious new production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream this summer under the direction of Eric Tucker, running in repertory with The Winter’s Tale and The Arabian Nights. Tucker’s spin on the challenge is to cast only five actors to play the 21 named parts. And what actors they are: longtime HVSF stalwart Nance Williamson, comic genius Jason O’Connell, Mark Bedard, Sean McNall and Joey Parsons. All are especially gifted at stage movement, adeptly employing body language to slide from one role to another in an instant. They have no costume changes to rely on beyond basic gymnastics togs, no props, no scenery (except for the stunning Hudson River backdrop at Boscobel, which certainly supplies the requisite magical setting). Mostly they vary their voices to distinguish between characters, especially when playing two or more in a particular scene. For example, when McNall has to show Demetrius conversing with Theseus, he has the former speaking in Spanglish. The company takes a lot of such liberties, leaning heavily in the direction of a broad comedic approach to the material, even in the more dramatic passages. Sometimes this works wonderfully; sometimes it doesn’t. Williamson strikes just the right note of awkward, lovelorn, woebegone ditziness as Helena, a role that can come across as

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Rosendale Theatre screens National Theatre’s Man and Superman on Sunday The Rosendale Theatre presents a showing of the National Theatre’s London production of Man and Superman. Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient,

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a bit whiny in less skilled hands. When O’Connell has Bottom play Pyramus in the voice of Marlon Brando playing Stanley Kowalski, it’s funny the first time, because O’Connell is an extremely funny guy; the second or third time, not so much. But he redeems himself by his contortions trying to appear stooping as Puck and supine as Bottom simultaneously when magically removing his own imaginary ass’s ears. One minor stroke of directorial brilliance was to interpret Snug the Joiner literally, with Bedard and Williamson playing conjoined twins speaking Snug’s lines in hilariously creepy unison. Together they got the most laughs of the whole evening. It’s a zany, fun-filled performance that will delight all whose appetites for this particular play have become somewhat jaded. Because of the rapid switches between characters, it’s not the optimal production for introducing small children or other rank neophytes to A Midsummer Night’s Dream; they will likely find themselves somewhat confused a good deal of the time about who is doing or saying what to whom. But with a cast this versatile, if you already have a basic sense of which character gets which line, you’ll enjoy this version tremendously. Without resorting to the extremes of helicopters and sumo wrestlers, it’s not quite like any interpretation that you’ve seen before. So, mission accomplished. Remaining performances of Dream will take place in the big white tent on the Boscobel lawn on July 25 and 31 (Teen Night) and August 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 25 and 28, with shows starting at 7:30 p.m. The grounds open two hours earlier if you’d like to picnic; there’s a nice little café right next to the theater tent. Ticket prices vary widely based on date, location and seating. For more information or to order tickets, call the box office at (845) 265-9575 or visit www.hvshakespeare.org. – Frances Marion Platt Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream, July 25-August 28, Boscobel House & Gardens, 1601 Route 9D, Garrison; (845) 2659575, http://hvshakespeare.org.

Priya Parmar reads at Hammertown in Rhinebeck on Saturday

Bloomsbury: The term sings for those who can imagine the London neighborhood during its early-20thcentury literary and social heyday – especially if they’ve read Virginia Woolf or the biographies about her and her equally intelligent and fascinating sister Vanessa Bell and their

bright and revolutionary set. A recent novel by Priya Parmar, Vanessa and Her Sister, captures the lives that the two sisters and their brothers lived after selling their family home to move to what was the hipster locale of its day. Marriage was part of the day’s social structure; and yet the Bloomsbury crowd opened theirs, and made art of many aspects of their lives. Parmar (pictured above)splits her time between Hawaii and London, but as a family friend of Hammertown’s owner Joan Osofsky, she was persuaded to give a special reading in our neck of the woods. It’s sponsored by Oblong Books, and it will take place at Hammertown in Montgomery Row in Rhinebeck on Saturday, July 25, at 4 p.m. Priya Parmar reads from Vanessa and Her Sister, Saturday, July 25, 4 p.m., free, Hammertown, 6420 Montgomery Street, Rhinebeck; (845) 876-1450.

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Bulldozed beauty Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Renewal screenings at D&H Canal Museum in High Falls & Mint in Kingston

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he final fundraiser and screening of Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal will be take place on Thursday, July 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mint Restaurant, located at 1 West Strand on the Kingston waterfront. Tickets cost $20. The event will kick off with an art sale of small works by some of the area’s top artists. They include Staats Fasoldt, Susan Spencer Crowe, Jan Harrison, Julie Hedrick, Ray Curran, Claire Lambe, Rebecca Sickler and Michael Lalicki. Most works will be priced around $100; artists will receive a 30 percent commission, with the remaining money going to the Lost Rondout project. There will be complimentary appetizers and a cash bar. Screening of the film, which chronicles the destruction of much of the downtown Kingston known as the Rondout by urban renewal in the late 1960s, will begin at 8:15. Though still a work-in-progress, the version of the film shown at Mint will contain new information and be nearly complete. Film creators and directors Stephen Blauweiss and Almanac Weekly’s own Lynn Woods have interviewed more

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than 40 people to tell the story of how the pre-urban-renewal community downtown was lost, the urban renewal project itself (why it happened and how it reflected the national trend), the impact on the displaced people, the area’s slow recovery and the legacy of urban renewal today (with an example of a very different approach to planning). Complementing the stunning slides of Gene Dauner, who took nearly 1,000 photographs of the area before it was torn down, are images by other photographers, plus family photos and archival footage from a 1969 IBM recruitment film. Shown for the first time will be Bob Haines’s movies of the actual demolition. The film is approximately one hour and 15 minutes long. Kingston composer and musician Peter Wetzler has been commissioned to write and perform the score, of which there are fragments in this version. By mid-fall, Lost Rondout will be completed. The film will officially premiere in November, although there will be two screenings in October. The version of the film shown at the Mint will also be screened at the D & H Canal Museum, a former 1880s

Episcopal church, on Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m. The D & H Canal, which operated from 1828 to 1898, transformed the Rondout from a sleepy landing to a boomtown. The exhibits at the museum, which include models of the canalboats and the locks as well as a recreated canalboat cabin and ephemera related to this important chapter of the history of Ulster County. Tickets cost $5. Blauweiss and Woods are close to achieving their goal of raising $6,000, which cover most of their out-of-pocket expenses, including commissioning

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ONE CAN EVEN RENT a bicycle on the grounds

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HIlltop view of the Storm King Art Center

Functions following forms Check out the new events & programs at Storm King Art Center, one of the world’s best sculpture parks

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n a recent visit to Storm King Art Center in Orange County’s Mountainville, I stood at the summit of the outdoor sculpture park looking down at the fields against the backdrop of the Hudson Highlands, absorbing the sight of the monumental works of art in the distance, seemingly dwarfed in the vastness of the setting. Although “setting” is not, perhaps, the correct word to use; that implies something waiting for adornment. And from the Art Center’s inception half a century ago, the intention was always to integrate the sculpture with the landscape and sky into a unified experience. One can’t fully appreciate either the art or the landscape in this location without considering the partnership of one with the other. Works of art at Storm King were never just plunked down wherever there was room to put them. Each piece was – and still is – carefully sited in its location, the landscape frequently altered to enhance or accommodate the piece. Some of the works are site-specific, like Andy

Goldsworthy’s fascinating serpentine Storm King Wall out at the farther edges of the property. And in the same way that we make a space our own when we move into it, so do the works here seem to do so.

Artworks installed at Storm King occupy their piece of the land as if they grew there. But grounded in their environment as they are, the sculptures relate just as strongly to the sky. (As John Lennon wrote, “Look up in the sky...which extends to the ground. We are all part of the sky, more

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so than of the ground.”) When a massive stabile by Calder is installed outside a public place or a museum building, the sightlines end there. At Storm King, the sheer extent of the land – more than 500 acres – allows for a generosity of space around even the largest works, their forms creating negative space beautifully delineated against endless sky. All of that room to breathe, however, means that visitors have to make an effort to see it all. Five hundred acres is a lot of ground to cover. It’s worth it, but the visitor shouldn’t expect this to be a passive experience in terms of the exertion required, in the way of traditional museums that one can explore by slowly strolling through. When I worked in the visitors’ center at Storm King Art Center for two seasons more than a decade ago, the only thing we heard more than “This place is incredibly beautiful” was “Why didn’t anybody tell us we were going to be doing so much hiking?” It was fairly predictable on any given day that at some point in the afternoon, people would come through the doors of the Normandy-style château that serves as visitors’ center, gallery space and museum shop (the only indoor space at Storm King, and thus the only heated or air-conditioned area) and sort of collapse on the counters from their exertions while making this query of us. Clearly some preparation would have been helpful. So when my editor at Almanac Weekly asked me if I’d like to write about the new events and programs that the Art Center is doing these days, I thought that it might be useful to preface that with some recommendations. After all, what good is

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tram that takes visitors out to the nether regions. One can even rent a bicycle on the grounds, although not all of the works will be accessible that way. (Personal bikes

Thursday, July 30 and Thursday, August 27 are free admission days for all visitors

Join artists Alan and Michael Fleming on an imaginative exploration of Storm King this Saturday, July 25 at 2 p.m. Alan and Michael are identical twin brothers who have been working together since 2005, creating collaborative performance, sculpture and video works. (Photo by Daniel Shea)

personal experience if not to learn from? Dress for a hike, not for a stroll. Wear the right shoes. (We just used to shake our heads when we’d see a woman clipclopping up the path wearing heels.) Wear a hat, and use sunscreen; there’s not a lot of shade. You’ll be in full sun much of the time. Bring bottled water along. There are paved and gravel paths, but there is also a great deal of hillside, and fields of long grasses to tromp through. The landscape at Storm King Art Center has been molded and shaped, but there is some wildness still. Those visitors were right: The place is incredibly beautiful. Just plan ahead and expect to take an active part in your experience. Storm King is fascinating to visit in the rain, too, assuming that one is prepared for it. One of the pleasures of working there was the opportunity essentially to live with the art five days a week for seven months at a time; seeing the works in all types of weather and the changing seasons revealed something different with each change of light and conditions. Gloomy days create nuances in works not seen in the starker shadows of bright sunny days. (The Art Center is closed from December through March, but membership brings the perq of a special members-only winter walk.) And the person not particularly interested in 20 th- and 21 st-century sculptural works can enjoy the day there on a different level, as simply a beautiful park in which to have a picnic or let the kids run around. There’s a certain kinship to Innisfree Garden in Millbrook, in that one can’t take it in with a glance; walking through it greatens your perceptions, and

it’s a process of exploration to experience it. The Art Center has made huge strides in terms of assisting visitors in getting around the place since I worked there; it now has an elevator up and down the steep hillside and a continuously running

aren’t allowed, for liability reasons.) But I digress. If my editor hasn’t already taken the virtual red pen to my musings, she’s probably asking herself, “When is she going to get to the events and programs?� So here are a few highlights coming up this summer, all included with the price of admission: Thursday, July 30 and Thursday, August 27 are free admission days for all visitors. The regular cost of admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $8 for students with ID and free for kids age 4 and under and for members. Saturday, August 29 will be the next Moonlit Walking Tour at 8 p.m. Explore the phosphorescent qualities of Hills and Clouds by Lynda Benglis, part of this season’s special exhibition. The after-

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hours walk requires an RSVP by August 26 to moon@stormkingartcenter.org. The walk is 45 minutes to an hour in length and covers a distance of two miles over uneven terrain, long grass and wet ground. The Art Center suggests bringing flashlights and bug spray and wearing proper shoes and light-colored clothing. Strollers are not allowed, due to the terrain. Required check-in begins at 7:45 p.m. Every Saturday through September, outdoor yoga sessions are offered on the hilltop by the columns at 10 a.m. Bring your own mat; beginners are welcome. The Outdoor Concert Series on Sundays at 2 p.m. showcases Lee Ranaldo (a founding member of Sonic Youth) and Kevin Morby on Sunday, August 9. The Feelies with special guests Alex Bleeker and the Freaks will perform on Sunday, September 20. Beer is provided by the Brooklyn Brewery. The weekends bring a range of family programs. Saturday afternoons at 1 and 2 p.m., beekeeper tours take participants out to Peter Coffin’s 2012 work, Untitled (Bees Making Honey), where one can learn about the ways that honeybees make use of sunlight and take home a sample of local honey. Space is limited on each tour. The next event takes place on Saturday, July 25. “Wanderings and Wonderings� is a series of artist-led tours for kids held on various Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 25 will find collaborative performance artists Alan and Michael Fleming, identical twins, leading an imaginative exploration of Storm King. Sunday, August 2 at 2 p.m. will feature artist Amy Beecher leading the tour. On Sundays at 1 p.m., hands-on programs for children and families are offered. On Sunday, July 26 at 1 p.m., kids age 4 and older can explore how to emulate the work of artists Alexander Calder and Alexander Liberman by using colorful card stock to transform flat shapes into sculptural forms. And on Sunday, August 2 at 1 p.m., the Art Center will offer a family field sketching event. Other special events include birdwatching, conversations with artists, poetry readings and traditional guided tours. Call (845) 534-3115 or visit www. stormking.org for details. – Sharyn Flanagan Storm King Art Center, 1 Museum Road, Mountainville, (845) 534-3115; www. stormking.org.

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Happy trails to you Kingston Land Trust seeks community input for Greenline design

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ver the past 50 years, America has been radically reengineered for the car. Expressways, massive suburban sprawl and parking lots have fragmented and attenuated the old urban fabric of gridded streets and sidewalks where kids once played freely outside and people walked to work and school. We’re now paying a stiff price for all this “progress”: The national child obesity rate is off the charts and the nation suffers 365,000 estimated annual deaths related to inactivity and poor nutrition – morbidity causes second only to tobacco. Rail-trail advocates argue that the solution isn’t just creating more recreational facilities and once-a-year “walk to school” days, but reconfiguring the transportation pathways in our towns, cities and countryside so that bicycling and walking become as routine as getting into the car – and hopefully replace those motorized sets of wheels much of the time. Such an initiative is underway in Kingston, where the Kingston Land Trust, the Cornell Cooperative Extension and the city’s Economic Development Office have launched the Kingston Greenline, an emerging bikeand pedestrianfriendly network of trails and streets that eventually could link the inner city to the rail trails in Hurley and Rosendale. “In Kingston there’s a unique opportunity because the rails converge. We could become the nexus for a trails and transportation network,” said Tim Weidemann, co-chair of the Rail Trail Committee at the Kingston Land Trust (KLT). In the past five years, the notion of rail trails as “linear parks

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offering recreational opportunities for the community has been expanded to interconnect them, which increases the tourism draw, because long-distance trails support bike-touring vacations,” he e xplained. Such connections also provide communities with “nonmotorized transpor tation routes, which are safe and accessible and therefore encourage people to make trips on foot or by bike.” The first phase of the Greenline is Kingstoncentric; it’s Ulster County’s first in-city trail. The 1.5-mile former rail line starts on East Chester Street, a block or so from Broadway, and gently descends, at a very walkable three-degree grade, towards the Rondout Creek waterfront. The city’s acquisition of $1.6 million in

“In Kingston there’s a unique opportunity because the rails converge”

grants is funding not only the design and buildout of the trail, but also a “Complete Streets” treatment of a small area of Midtown that connects to the trail. This extension will create a transition from the traffic-free trail to the district’s mostly bleak trafficked streets. Converting rails to trails within the city limits is “challenging,” Weidemann said, given the urban environment and the fac t that portions of the rail corridors have disappeared entirely. By installing bike lanes and pedestrian-friendly amenities such as benches, plantings, improved crossings and sidewalk cafés on adjacent streets, those gaps can be bridged and the trail in essence extended to areas where there are stores, loft buildings, post offices,

schools and other destinations that will encourage more daily, routine usage. As the hub for five railroads (one of which, the CSX freight line, is still functioning), Kingston was once a bustling transportation center. Tourists disembarked from h u g e Hu d s o n River dayliners to board trains taking them to hotels in the Catskills. Coal, bricks and other materials moved in and out of the city on railcars and barges, and people crossed the river by ferry to Rhinebeck. Weidemann got interested in creating a rail trail when he and his wife were working as caretakers at a church in Kingston’s Rondout section. One day he discovered an abandoned train tunnel located just down the hill. Built in the

Volunteers have lugged out tons of debris and trash (and continue to clean up the railbed)

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A coming Ice Age? The latest climate idea

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ou’ve seen the headlines: Researchers just developed a new mathematical model that purportedly predicts the Sun’s future behavior. They conclude that the strange solar activity of the past 17 years will continue and even deepen. As a result, they say, we’re entering a “Maunder Minimum�: a prolonged period of reduced sunspot activity that will produce a global cooling in the decades ahead. But hold on. Not so fast. Some solar experts disagree. Indeed, scientists don’t even agree about what’s really unfolding with climate change. The most sophisticated satellites show a 17-year-long flatness in global air temperatures: no warming since 1998. Indeed, in 2013, The New York Times said, “The global warming crowd has a problem. For all of its warnings, and despite a steady escalation of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, the planet’s average surface temperature has remained pretty much the same for the last 15 years.� Nobody knows why. It defies all the sharply upward computer models. A few months ago, a research team found a way to make that flatness turn into a temperature rise by using shipboard measurements that had been considered unreliable. But many aren’t buying that sudden revision. So is it the Sun? Or is something else at play? Superimposed on that, the eastern United States has been gripped by a cooling trend. We all remember the last two winters as being unusually cold. But the summers too have been chilly. Last week, the National Weather Service in Albany reported:

The only certainty is that carbon dioxide levels have increased from 280 parts per million to 400 in the last century-and-a-half.

“We have not hit 90 degrees at any of our climate locations this year. Here are the dates of the last 90+-degree day: Albany, NY: July 23, 2014 Glens Falls, NY: July 23, 2014 Poughkeepsie, NY: September 6, 2014 Bennington, VT: September 11, 2013 Pittsfield, MA: September 11, 2013.�  Yet even that means little. The only certainty is that carbon dioxide levels have increased from 280 parts per million to 400 in the last century-and-a-half. At the same time, global temperatures have risen about one-and-a-half degrees Fahrenheit. The increase has been irregular. Temperatures went down from 1880 to 1910, then up until around 1940, then stayed level or slightly declined for nearly 40 years. Then in the late ’70s they went up for 20 years, until 1998, and seem to have been level or nearly so for the past 17 or 18 years. No model can explain this. Obviously, something else is going on that we haven’t yet grasped. Prudence would dictate that we not mess with our Mother Earth, and that we decrease our use of carbon fuels. Happily, we’ve started to do that – at least in Europe, the US and Canada. Coal is the worst emitter, and it has gone from supplying half our electrical generation a decade ago to 40 percent now. Natural gas helps. Nuclear would be too costly and people are afraid of it. Solar is booming, and this could make a big change.

1860s, it “was this amazing treasure that needed attention,� he said. Weidemann joined the KLT and a group of other enthusiasts who began lobbying for the conversion of the in-city rail line into a trail. A grant from the Hudson River Greenway paid for the initial feasibility study, after which Gregg Swanzey, Kingston’s director of E c o n o m i c Development and Strategic Pa r t n e r s h i p s , obtained $1 million in funding from a variety of grant sources. The sale of the steel rails for $90,000 to the Iron Horse Preservation Society, which removed them along with the ties, covered the cost of grading the trail last fall. Volunteers have lugged out tons of debris and trash (and continue to clean up the railbed). The additional $600,000 in funding are being channeled through the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Complete Streets program. Saratoga Associates, a landscape

architecture, architectural, planning and engineering firm, has been retained to design the trail, including lighting for the 250-foot tunnel, six street crossings, pocket parks, fencing and amenities such as benches, signage and plantings. KC Engineering and Land Surveying will do the civil engineering and Hone Strategic, LLC is serving as the liaison with city officials and community stakeholders. S a r a t o g a Associates, KC Engineering and Hone Strategic will present preliminary design alternatives and get public input at a Community Design Workshop for the trail’s Midtown and Rondout sections on Monday, July 27 at Immanuel Lutheran Church, located at 22 Livingston Street. There will be sessions from 3 to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. (with pizza and refreshments from 5 to 6 p.m.) and a visit to the nearby Hasbrouck Tunnel, which is part of the route for the trail. Construction blueprints for the design will go out to bid

Still to be determined is whether to pave the surface with asphalt, which makes it easier to navigate with wheels, or stick to stone dust, which has a more natural look and costs less to maintain

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What lies in store can be anything from a minor global effect to which we can adapt to a far more worrisome climate change. The Sun may help us out, or it may not. Currently we don’t adequately know how our planet is reacting to the ever-rising CO2, which now constitutes 1/25th of one percent of our air. That the sea is warming is confirmed by measurable sea-level rises, which average one-and-a-half inches per decade. This is mostly due to the simple fact that heated water expands. Maybe we should be a bit skeptical of doomsday predictions, given the unrelenting media fascination with them. Thus we could regard the current “Mini-Ice Ageâ€? scare as merely the Armageddon du jour. It’s actually a recycled fear, since global cooling was a mainstream concern in the 1970s. Scientists who say “I don’t knowâ€? get very little press, while worrisome predictions create headlines. It’s not just New Age scares like 2012’s Maya Calendar Armageddon that get widespread attention; science creates plenty of its own frightening forecasts. Earth’s citizens were predicted to endure famine in the 1980s, run out of oil in the 1990s, use up vital metals like copper by the 1990s and have computers wreak worldwide havoc in 2000, Ă la Y2K. Healthwise, a new predicted pandemic obsesses the media every two to three years. Just a few months ago, CNN’s top story was “Are we ready for the next global epidemic?â€? Last fall it was the Ebola virus, when the Washington Post headlined “How Ebola Sped out of Control.â€? Now, a mere eight months later, Ebola worries have largely evaporated. The same thing happened with bird flu, swine flu, mad cow, SARS, West Nile virus and all the rest. With swine flu, a rushed-to-market vaccine killed far more people than the disease itself. This isn’t to say that there couldn’t be a sudden outbreak, like the way polio killed thousands in the 1950s; just that we’ve become jumpy and susceptible to handwringing. Is climate change merely the latest doomsday scare, whose effects may prove far less malignant than is commonly feared? Maybe. Still, prudence demands that we phase out carbon, no matter what. The issue is cost. Should everyone pay a carbon tax if they drive a gas-powered car – even if it takes $1,000 out of their pockets annually? For those already struggling financially, what constitutes too much sacrifice? Whose cost/benefit ratio should be trusted? Should a community like Woodstock consider itself carbon-neutral if it has enough trees to absorb every resident’s carbon output? Lots of questions; few easy answers. – Bob Berman Postscript: On Sunday and Monday afternoons, the National Weather Service Poughkeepsie station finally hit 90 degrees. (96 on Sunday and 92 on Monday), but our region’s other four stations have yet to hit 90. Want to know more? To read Bob’s previous “Night Skyâ€? columns, visit our Almanac Weekly website at HudsonValleyAlmanacWeekly.com.

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by the end of the year, with construction due to be complete by the end of 2016. Still to be determined is whether to pave the surface with asphalt, which makes it easier to navigate with wheels, or stick to stone dust (already applied on some sections), which has a more natural look and costs less to maintain. Another option to be considered is removal of a portion of the roof of the tunnel to bring in more natural light. (The oldest section of the tunnel, which is built of brick and has an arched ceiling, would remain intact.) The trail also crosses several trestles, including a high bridge over Route 9W, which might be covered in decking. While rail trails are usually located in verdant natural areas, the Kingston rail trail starts in Midtown and passes backyards in a former predominantly Polish neighborhood before curving around a low-income housing project and terminating at East Strand, near

the Hudson River Maritime Museum. With its low grade, the trail will be an appealing alternative to walking up the hill of lower Broadway and also enable residents from the city’s two housing projects in the Rondout to walk to Kingston High School on a mostly trafficfree thoroughfare, noted Weidemann. The Complete Streets portion of the plan would extend from the trailhead at East Chester to Cornell Street, with the exact route still to be determined. The area is anchored by the live/work lofts of the Shirt Factory and the soon-to-be opened Lace Curtain Mill artists’ housing project. The area will connect with the improvements planned for Broadway, the primary corridor that runs through Midtown and connects Uptown with the Rondout. A Community Design Workshop on Building a Better Broadway will be held on Thursday, August 6 at the Ulster Performing Arts Center at 601 Broadway,

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from 3:30 to 5 p.m. and from 6:30 to 8 p.m. VHB, UCTC’s design consultants, will present the current “preferred alternativeâ€? and get public feedback. At the other end of the trail, East Strand, which leads to Kingston Point Park and North Street, Delaware Avenue and Kingston Beach, will also get a bike lane or other Complete Streets treatment. This terminus is near the commercial area of the Rondout, enabling walkers and bicyclists to stop for a meal or drink. North Street connects to the site of the new AVR housing development, which will front a new promenade along the Hudson River, whose construction is to be jointly funded by AVR and the city. The promenade would constitute a significant addition to the bike path, and its views and cooling breezes will doubtless make it a popular destination. Seniors who no longer drive would have a safer route to Broadway and its drugstores, while

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Thursday

7/23

175th Orange County Fair (7/22-8/2). The rides! The midway! The music! The kettle corn! It’s all here once again! Mon-Fri 4-11pm, Sat-Sun 1-11pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown.845-343-4826, 845-343-4894, www. orangecountyfair.com. 8AM-5PM HITS-on-the-Hudson IV: AIG Grand Prix. World-class equestrian show jumping. Info: 845-246-5515 or www.hitsshows.com/saugertiesny/saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Ave Ext, Saugerties. 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-1:30PM Day of Mindfulness at Blue Cliff Monastery. mindfulness practice center in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Listen to a talk on mindfulness, practice walking meditation in the woods, and enjoy a mindful lunch. Info: www.bluecliffmonastery.org or 845-2131785. Blue Cliff Monastery, 3 Mindfulness Rd, Pine Bush. 9AM-11:15AM New Paltz Playspace. NPZ Town Rec Center, off of Rte 32, New Paltz. 9:30AM-11:30AM Arts and Crafts Master Class. “Creating Hand Made Cards” for Ages 55+ Create unique, personal handmade cards. Drawing, painting, collage, and writing materials supplied. Reg reqr’d. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free. 9:30AM-11:30AM Shandaken Seniors: Arts and Crafts Master Class “Creating a Memory Gift Box.” Ages 55+. Do you have a special memory to express or give to someone you love? Drawing, painting, collage. Must pre-register. Info: 845-688-7811. 48 Main St, Phoenicia. 9:30AM-10:30AM Senior Fit After 50 with Diane Collelo. Three-part class offering movement for balance and breath, weight-training for bone health, and mat work for flexibility and core. Open to Woodstock residents 55 and older, $1 donation requested. Town Hall, Woodstock. 10AM-11:30AM Parkinson’s Dance & Exercise Class. Led by Anne Olin. For people with PD & other neurological disorders. Groups are challenging, creative and fun! Info: 845-679-6250. $12 for one or $22 for two. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 207 Albany Ave, Kingston. 10AM-1PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Junior Naturalists: History Scavenger Hunt. 2-mile hike. Recommended for seven to twelve year old children, accompanied by a parent or guardian. Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State ParkPreserve, Nature Center, Gardiner, $10 /car. 10AM-11AM Learn to Use Craigslist. Learn to get the most out of this website service. Info: 845-679-6405 or whplib.org. West Hurley Library, 42 Clover St, West Hurley. 11AM New Paltz Chamber’s Golf Event & Networking Mixer. Golf Includes lunch sandwich, 9 holes of golf & cart, green fees, late afternoon meal, prizes and a networking mixer. Cash bar on and off the course. Dinner at 4pm. Info: 845-255-0243 or info@newpaltzchamber.org. New Paltz. 12:30PM-6:30PM Crystal Energy Readings with shamanic practitioner Mary Vukovic every Thursday and Monday at Mirabai. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /45 minutes, $30 /25 minutes. 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. 2PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $31, $14 /under 12. 3 PM -7 PM Arlington Farmers’ Market. 3pm-7pm. Thursdays, spring through fall corner of Raymond & Collegview Avenues, Poughkeepsie. 3PM Kingston YMCA Farm Project Farm Stand. Thursdays thru September. The Farm Stand/ Cornell Cooperative Extension will feature fruits and vegetables freshly harvested from the Farm. Info: 845-340-3990 or cad266@cornell.edu. YMCA Main Lobby, 507 Broadway, Kingston. 3PM-6PM Diana’s Fancy Flea Market. Pre-Sale Opening with Wine & Cheese. To Benefit Diana’s CAT Shelter. (Between Stone Ridge & High Falls.) The King Church, Rt. 213, High Falls, $10. 4PM-5PM Meditation Support Group. Meets at Mirabai every Thursday. 30 minutes seated meditation followed by 15 minutes walking meditation.

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he Ultimate Comic Book Trade Show and Expo at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie on July 25 and 26 will be taken over by comic book, scifi and fantasy enthusiasts of all ages for two days of games, signings and general pop-culture geekery. Fans are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite character; but even if they don’t wear a costume, every ticketholder will be a bit of a hero. That’s because a portion of all ticket sales will go to support the Highland Public Library and its new building project. The convention is the brainchild of library director and longtime comic fan Julie Kelsall-Dempsey. As she explains, “I have always had an interest in graphic novels and comics. Several years ago I worked on a grant with the Highland Middle School to bring an illustrator down and have the students work on their own comics.” Over the years the library itself has hosted presentations from local authors and illustrators, so hosting a full-blown convention wasn’t that much of a stretch. “I always thought it would be cool if we could have a comic-con in the library,” Kelsall-Dempsey says. The community’s response was “phenomenal”; initial interest was so high that even before the first convention had been held last year, it had to be moved from its planned site at the library to the larger community room at the Highland Fire District. Unsurprisingly, the convention was a huge success. “I believe it was the first ever held in this area,” Kelsall-Dempsey recalls. This year’s convention promises to be even bigger. Having outgrown the Fire District’s community room, the library staff set its sights on the civic center. With a larger space requiring a larger staff and a larger payment up front, iHeartMedia stepped up to organize the event. “IHeartMedia has been very generous in the collaboration.” Kelsall-Dempsey explains. “They had the means and staff to do all the organizing and booking of really great guests.” The biggest guest this year promises to be Sam J. Jones, the star of the cult classic Flash Gordon, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year (younger audiences might be more likely to recognize him from the comedy Ted). In addition to Jones, confirmed signings include comics pros Todd Dezago (Perhapanauts, Sensational Spider-Man), Joe Sinnott (Fantastic Four, Avengers) and Fred Hembeck (Marvel Age), as well as acclaimed fantasy author C. L. Schneider (The Crown of Stones: MagicPrice). For attendees who prefer their celebrities with a little more horsepower, the iconic DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future will be displayed on Saturday, and the equally recognizable Batmobile driven by Adam West in the 1960s Batman TV series will take its place on Sunday. The cars’ sponsor, Friendly Ford, will also unveil a custom-designed Captain America Mustang on the last day of the convention. In addition to the cars and signings, local vendors will be on hand to allow fans to peruse their merchandise. The vintage shop Rosendale Retro will be on hand to offer ticketholders a journey through pop culture past. Ryan G. Browne of ZombiePetz.com will take care of all zombie-related needs; local artist Jim O’Riley and CarrieBerry Buttons will both be on hand to show off their portfolios. And of course, the October Country comic bookstore will be there, because what would a comic-book trade show be without comic bookshops? On the more playful side, there will be a cosplay contest for attendees who register online in advance and want to show their love for a character. The Dragon’s Den will also supply several tabletop, board, and video games for fans who wish to unwind or play with their friends. – Dave King

The DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future will be displayed on Saturday, and the equally recognizable Batmobile driven by Adam West will take its place on Sunday

Ultimate Comic Book Trade Show & Expo, Saturday, July 25, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, July 26, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie; www.highlandlibrary.org.

Walk-ins welcome. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $5. 4 PM-11 PM The Orange County Fair. Info: www.orangecountyfair.com or 845-343-4826 or 845-343-4894. Orange County Fairgrounds, 100 Carpenter Ave, Middletown. 5PM 12th Annual Mini Golf Tournament. Hosted by Kingston Sunrise Rotary Club. BBQ dinnner starting at 5 pm. Tee time: 4:30 pm or 6 p.m. Trophy presentation, players bags with a souvenir sports towel, raffles. Info: 845-242-2802 or rotaryminigolf@gmaIl.com. Ascot Park, 163 Esopus Ave, Kingston, $18, $12 /12 & under. 6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Meets every Thursday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 6:30PM Reading and Book Signing: Marc B. Fried. Author of Notes from the Other Side. Kingston Library, Kingston. 6:30PM Master Gardener Open House. Learn what is takes to become a Master Gardener Volunteer. Info: www.ulster.cce.cornell.edu/gardening/ become-a-master-gardener or 845-340-3990 ext. 335. Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, 232 Plaza Rd, Kingston. 6:30PM-9:30PM The Garrison’s Sweet Summer Series: Petey Hop and Gary King, Blues Trio. Info: 845-424-3604 The Garrison, 2015 US 9, Garrison. 7PM “Music in the Park”-Summer Concert Series- Lex Grey and the Urban Pioneers. Dutch-

man’s Landing Park, Catskill. 7PM-9PM Thursday Japanese Free Movie Night. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles. com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz. 7PM Jeff Wilkinson and his crackerjack band the ShutterDogs. Bring a lawn chair, a blanket, a picnic. Info: www.roxburyartsgroup.org or 607-326-7908 Veteran’s Memorial Park, Stamford, free. 7PM Actors& Writers: Evening of Short Plays written by members of the company. Info: www. maverickconcert.org. Maverick Concert Hall, 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock. 7PM-8:30PM Solarize Beacon + Educational Workshop. (with selected installers Apex Solar and NYS Solar Farm). Howland Library, 313 Main St, Beacon. 7:30PM Special Preview Performance: Footloose the Musical Special . Stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford. Info: 845-610-5900 or www.SugarLoafPAC.org. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Highway, Sugar Loaf. 7:30PM Shut Up and Look. A documentary about the private world and personal life of Richard Artschwager. Curator Patricia Phagan will introduce the film, which was produced by Morning Slayter and Maryte Kavaliauskas. Info: 845-4375632 or www.fllac.vassar.edu. VassarCollege, Taylor Hall, Room 203, Poughkeepsie. 8PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015

Season: The Light Years. A new play written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. Developed and directed by Oliver Butler. Info: 845-437-5599 or www.powerhouse@vassar.edu. The Powerhouse Theater, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, 8PM Our Country’s Good . Play by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Info: 845-679-0154. Byrdcliffe Theater, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd, Woodstock, $25, $20 /senior/student. 8PM The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Poking antic fun at the more ridiculous aspects of “show biz” and the corny thrillers of Hollywood’s heyday. A Comedy By John Bishop. Info: www.woodstockplayhouse.org/#! Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, $40 /golden circle, $36/ blue, $32/ green. 8PM Moon Over Buffalo. Classic comedy by Ken Ludwig. Info: 845-647-5511. Shadowland Theatre, 408 Main St, Ellenville, $39. 8PM-9:30PM Japanese Movie Night: “Barefoot Gen/”, Not recommended for young children. Directed by Mori Masaki, manga written by Keiji Nakazawa, screenplay by Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Koda, Yoshie Shimamura. Info: 845-255-8811. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz, free. 8PM 2015 Lobby at the Ritz Music Series. Mina Thomas, a trained Jazz/Gospel Singer, recording artist, actress, song-writer and spoken word poet. Info: www.safe-harbors.org, or 845-7841199. Lobby at the Ritz Theater, 109 Broadway, Newburgh, $20. 8PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic

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30 musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $34, $33. 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. 9PM Strand of Oaks. Info: 845-679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $15.

Friday

7/24

175th Orange County Fair (7/22-8/2). The rides! The midway! The music! The kettle corn! It’s all here once again! Mon-Fri 4-11pm, Sat-Sun 1-11pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown.845-343-4826, 845-343-4894, www. orangecountyfair.com. Tours of Historic Ship Kalmar NyckelA faithful re-creation of the original ship that brought the earliest settlers from Sweden a couple decades after the Mayflower. Guided deck tours and two-hour day tours of the Hudson River. “Pirate Day.” Newburgh Waterfront.302-429-7447, www. kalmarnyckel.org. Call For Entries: “PHOTOgraphy 2015” Submission Deadline Aug 7. Any Photography work created from original photographic process. For Prospectus and Entry form: www.rhcan. com or rhcanphoto@gmail.com. RHCAN, 7516 N. Broadway, Red Hook.

8pm. Admission $20 both/$15 one. Sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances. Info: www. hudsonvalleydance.org or 845 454-2571. The Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135 S. Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie. 7PM Arm of the Sea production of HOOK, LINE + SINKER, celebrates the timeless art of fishing while offering the low-down on eating fish from the Hudson at Saugerties Historical Society, Saugerties. Sponsored by the Saugerties Public Library, Washington Ave, Saugerties. Raindate: 7/26 @7pm.

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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

7PM A Very Short Intro to Wagner’s Ring Cycle (and How to Put it On!) Community Lecture. Info: www.23Arts.org. Orpheum Theatre, Tannersville, free.

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7PM Friday Night Jazz! New York City saxophonist Al Guart leads ensembles comprised of the best Hudson Valley Jazz musicians. A rotating roster of performers includes pianists John Esposito & Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh & Peter Einhorn, bassists LewScott & Rich Syracuse. Other musicians regularly sit in with the band. Info: 518- 678-3101. Kindred Spirits, 334 Rt 32A, Palenville. 7PM Actors & Writers: An Evening of Short Plays written by members of the company. Admission by donation. Info: 845-679-8217 or www.maverickconcert.org. Maverick Concert Hall, 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock. 7PM Screening of Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal. Tickets $5. The hour and 15 minute film, still a work in progress, includes much new material.D&H Canal Museum, 23 Mohonk Rd, High Falls.

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.

7PM No Theme Festival. An Exploration of Original Art, Dance & Theater. Each performance offers an entirely different program of cuttingedge new works. Info: 845-452-7870. CunneenHackett Theater, 12 Vassar St, Poughkeepsie, $15.

10AM-4PM Diana’s Fancy Flea Market. To Benefit Diana’s CAT Shelter. (Between Stone Ridge & High Falls.) The King Church, Rt. 213, High Falls.

7:30PM Opening Night! Footloose the Musical Special . Stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford. Info: 845-610-5900 or www. SugarLoafPAC.org. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Hwy, Sugar Loaf.

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.

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7PM Wagner’s Ring Cycle Wagner/Ring Cycle Discussion with Ben Woodward of Fulham Opera. Info: 518-589-5707. Mountain Top Library, Main St, Tannersville, free.

8AM-5PM HITS-on-the-Hudson IV: AIG Grand Prix. World-class equestrian show jumping. Info: 845-246-5515 or www.hitsshows.com/saugertiesny/saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Ave Ext, Saugerties.

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. Info: 845-339-0720 or www.fohk.org. Friends of Historic Kingston, corner Wall-Main St, Kingston, $5, $2 /16 & under.

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7:30PM Bard Summerscape: The Wreckers. Opera by Ethel Smyth. American Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director. Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger. Info: 845-758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard. edu/summerscape. Bard College, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, $25. 7:30PM Brad Paisley With Justin Moore and Mickey Guyton. . Info: www.bethelwoodscenter. org. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, 200 Hurd Rd, Bethel.

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10PM Lucid. Genre: rock. Age Limit: 21+. Info: 845-255-9800. Snug Harbor Bar & Grill, 38 Main St, New Paltz, $5.

Saturday

7/25

175th Orange County Fair (7/22-8/2). The rides! The midway! The music! The kettle corn! It’s all here once again! Mon-Fri 4-11pm, Sat-Sun 1-11pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown.845-343-4826, 845-343-4894, www. orangecountyfair.com. Warrior Dash. Participants will bound over fire, trudge through mud and scale over 12 obstacles during this extreme 5K. Info: www.warriordash.com or 518-734-4300Windham Mountain Resort, 19 Resort Dr, Windham. Gold Hope Duo. Call for time. Info: 845-8766992. Grand Cru Beer & Cheese Market, 6384 Mill St, Rhinebeck. 8AM-5PM HITS-on-the-Hudson IV: AIG Grand Prix. World-class equestrian show jumping. Info: 845-246-5515 or www.hitsshows.com/saugertiesny/saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Ave Ext, Saugerties. 9AM-2PM Hyde Park Farmers’ Market. Info: 845-229-9336. 4390 Rte. 9, Hyde Park. 9AM Rip Van Winkle (RVW) Hiking Club: Ferncliff Forest. Easy walk with Fire Tower: 3+ miles. Info: 845-758-6143 or www.newyorkheritage. com/rvw. Ferncliff Forest, Rhinebeck.

8PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015 Season: The Light Years. A new play written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. Developed and directed by Oliver Butler. Info: 845-437-5599 or www.powerhouse@vassar.edu. The Powerhouse Theater, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie,

9AM-1PM Pawling Farmers’ Market. Info:845855-0633. Charles Colman Blvd, Pawling.

8PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $34, $33.

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

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

9AM-3PM Dragon Boat Race and Festival. Info: www.dutchessdragonboat.org/. Hudson River Rowing Association Boathouse, Poughkeepsie.

4 PM-11 PM The Orange County Fair. Info: www.orangecountyfair.com or 845-343-4826 or 845-343-4894. Orange County Fairgrounds, 100 Carpenter Ave, Middletown.

8PM Singin’ in the Rain. Directed and choreographed by Kevin Archambault, produced by Diana di Grandi for Up In One Productions. Info: www.centerforperformingarts.org or 845-8763080. Center of Performing Arts, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, $27, $25.

9AM-1PM Millbrook Farmers’ Market. Info: 845-592-2945. Front St & Franklin Ave, Millbrook.

4:30PM-5:30PM Lego Club. All welcome. Children 7 and under must be with an adult. Duplos available for younger kids. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free.

8PM Our Country’s Good . Play by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Info: 845-679-0154. Byrdcliffe Theater, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd, Woodstock, $25, $20 /senior/student.

5PM Woodstock Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing. Performed by Bird-On-ACliff Theatre Company. Folding chairs or blankets are suggested. 45 Comeau Dr, Woodstock, free.

8PM Moon Over Buffalo. Classic comedy by Ken Ludwig. Info: 845-647-5511. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $39.

12:30PM Be Happy, Get Crafty! Drop by the library between 12:30 and 2:30 pm to create a craft to take home. Ages 6 and up. Info: 845-2464317 or saugertiespubliclibrary.org. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 12:30PM-6:30PM Soul Readings and Intuitive Guidance with psychic medium Maureen Brennan-Mercier. Every Friday at Mirabai. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-6792100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /45 minutes, $30 /25 minutes. 4PM Knitting Club “Knit Wits.” Saugerties Public library, Washington Avenue, Saugerties, 845-246-4317, x 3.

5PM-8PM Bill Ylitalo. Rail Trail Café, on Wallkill Valley Rail Trail one mile south of Rosendale Trestle, 310 River Road Extension, Tillson; 845399-4800 or www.railtrailcaferosendale.com. 5:30PM-7:30PM Singles Night - Meet & Weed Mixer. Want to visit the farm, get a tour, and meet some other seedy folks? Light refreshments provided. Bring your own picnic dinner to share at sunset and watch the fireflies come out. Register by email to erin@seedlibrary.org. Seed Farm, Accord. 6PM-9PM Opening Reception: “First Choices” Paintings by Ted Dixon. Exhibit through August 29. Info: 845-687-3114. Trans-n-Dance-n-Drum Gallery, 415 Main St, Rosendale. 6PM-9PM Jazz with Teri Roiger. No cover. Info: 845-687-9794. Lekker, 3928 Main St, Stone Ridge. 6:30 PM-7:30 PM Lego Club for ages 7 -12. Bring your creativity to the library and build! They supply the bricks. Info: 845-246-4317 or saugertiespubliclibrary.org. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 6:30PM-9:30PM Friday Blues Happy Hour: Abraham and Too Hot. (21+ please.) Uncle Willy’s Tavern and Kitchen, 31 North Front St, Kingston. 6:30PM Swing Dance Workshops with Professional Dance Instructors. 6:30-7:15pm and 7:15-

8PM Swing Dance to Gordon Au & the Grand Street Stompers. Beginner’s lesson 8-8:30pm ; Dance 8:30-11:30pm . Sponsored by Hudson Valley Community Dances. Admission $15/$10 full time students.Info: www.hudsonvalleydance. org or 845 454-2571. The Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, 135S. Hamilton St, Poughkeepsie. 8PM The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Poking antic fun at the more ridiculous aspects of “show biz” and the corny thrillers of Hollywood’s heyday. A Comedy By John Bishop. Info: www.woodstockplayhouse.org/#! Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, $40 /golden circle, $36/ blue, $32/green. 8:30PM Movies Under the Stars 2015: Beetlejuice (PG). Bring your chair or a blanket and don’t forget the snacks! Alcohol and tobacco are prohibited. Forsyth Park, Kingston, free. 9PM The Cagneys. Info: 845-229-8277. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 9PM Blake Mills. Info: 845-679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $20. 9PM Bettye LaVette. Info: 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson. 10PM-12:30AM Bard SummerScape 2015: After Hours with Justin and Friends: DJ Musty Chiffon. Info: 845-758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard. edu/summerscape Bard Spiegeltent, Annandaleon-Hudson.

9AM-1PM Millerton Farmers’ Market. Info: 518-789-4259. Main St (at Railroad Plaza), Millerton.

9AM-2PM Kingston Farmers’ Market. 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. Live music.Rain or shine. Info: 347-721-7386. between Main & Wall Streets, Kingston. 9:30AM-1:30PM Hands-on Boscobel in Support of Girl Scouts. Individual scouts and/or groups can register to attend. A variety of activities will be offered including a guided house tour, handson activities and all-day access to grounds and trails.Age: Under 12. Info:eglisson@boscobel.org or 845-265-3638 x132. Boscobel, 1601 Route 9d, Garrison, $8, $5 /scouts. 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. 9:30AM-4PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: High Point and Verkeerderkill Falls Hike at Sam’s Point. Five miles of challenging hiking on a rocky footpath with some steep, scrambling sections. Pre-registration is required by calling Sam’s Point at 845-647-7989. Sam’s Point, Cragsmoor. 9:30AM-11:30AM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: The Other Way to the Waterfall. 2.5 mile hike. Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Peter’s Kill Park Office porch, Gardiner, $10 /car. 10 AM-2 PM Saugerties Farmers’ Market Summer Fun Day! The Saugerties Farmers Market is celebrating summer with activities for children. Sprinklers, hula hoops, bubbles, Ivy VinePlayers puppets, face painting?. Sponsored by the Town of Saugerties. Info: 845-246-6491. 10AM-11:30AM Mix it Up! Ages 9 - 13. Painting, cutting, pasting, taping, scraping, and splattering are some of the methods that kids will use to

create works of art. Info: 518-822-1438 or www. hudsonoperahouse.org. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. 10AM-4PM Photographing the Nude in Nature with Dan McCormack Over four Saturdays this summer: July 11, 18, 25 and August 1 from 10am-4pm. Participants can sign up for a single session or for the entire series. Info: 845-2551559. Unison Learning Center, 68 MountainRest Rd, New Paltz, $150 /session, $450 /all. 10AM-4PM Diana’s Fancy Flea Market. To Benefit Diana’s CAT Shelter. (Between Stone Ridge & High Falls.) The King Church, Rt. 213, High Falls. 10AM -4PM Craft & Vendor Fair to benefit Sparrow’s Nest. Vendors, Unique Crafts, Concessions, Tricky Tray Raffle.Free Kid’s Crafts from 12pm 2pm.Free Entry!”Christmas in July Raffle”$100 Prepaid Visa Gift Card - Enter to win for just $2 a chance.Sparrow’s Nest is a local charity that provides meals to families whose caretaker is undergoing cancer treatment.For more information please call Sara 845-750-8976. 505 Boices Ln, Kingston. 10AM-5PM Old Time Fair. Featuring old fashioned fun at old fashioned prices as well as Miller’s Famous Chicken Barbeque. Held rain or shine. Info: www.timeandthevalleysmuseum.org. Time and the Valleys Museum, NYS Rt. 55, Grahamsville. 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. 10 AM -11 AM Wildlife Walk with Professor Justin Touchon: Frogs on the Preserve. Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve, Hooker and Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie. Info: 845437-7414; free. Join the Vassar Conservation and Environmental Engagement Cooperative for a free wildlife walk on the amazing amphibians of the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve with Biology Professor Justin Touchon. Meet in the main parking lot by the Poughkeepsie Farm Project and shuttle service will be provided out to the Collins Field Station. 10AM-5PM 84th Annual Woodstock Library Fair. Something for everyone! 845-679-2213. $2 donation.Books, food, rummage, raffle, children’s activities, livemusic all day, Woodstock’s biggest party for the entirefamily.Woodstock Library, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock. 10AM-5PM Solarize Woodstock at The Woodstock Library Fair. Q & A’s & free estimate. Info: Kirk Ritchey: kirk.ritchey@gmail.com. Woodstock Library, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock. 10AM-6PM Ultimate Comic Book Trade Show & Expo, The event will support the Highland Public Library. Info: http://www.ticketmaster. com/Iheartmedia-of-the-Hudson-Valley-Presents-tickets/artist/2137206 Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 10 AM Historical Walk Tour with Janine Fallon-Mower. $10 per person or free with the purchase of one of many choices of great local history books. Tours take place in July and August. Saturday Mornings at 10 am. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock. 10AM-4PM The Wawarsing Historical Society and Knife Museum. Open every weekend through Labor Day. Info: 845-647-7792 or 845-626-0086 or www.theknifemuseum.com. The Wawarsing Historical Society and Knife Museum, Old Napanoch School, Rt. 209, Napanoch. 10 AM-1:30 PM Beginning Reiki Level One Workshop. Reiki is a Japanese form of “laying on hands” healing that helps release problematic stress patterns while supporting deeper levels of natural health and joy. To register contact Michael 845-389-2431 emailmichael@whitecranehall. com more info www.whitecranehall.com. $60. Shirt Factory, 77 Cornell St, #116, Kingston. 10AM-12PM Knitting Group. Stone Ridge Library, 3700 Main Street, Stone Ridge, 845-687-7023.

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Register Now! 18 Annual Live, Laugh & Learn Day of Workshops(8/13). Presented by Michael P. Hein, County Executive and Ulster County Office for the Aging. Business Resource Center, 1 Development Ct, Kingston. Registration fee - $5 | Register by 8/3/15.For application or information call Ulster County Office for the Aging 845-340-3456. Compassion at the Time of Illness and Death. A Retreat 8/7-8/12 at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mt. Rd, Woodstock. 8/7, 7:-8:30 pm;8/8- 8/ 11, 9am-12pm & 2-5pm; 8/ 12, 9am-12pm & 2-3:30pm. Teachers: Lama Kathy Wesley, Lama Repa Dorje Odzer, and Jan Tarlin Buddhist teachings on the transforming power of compassion can help us throughout our lives, and especially at times of illness and death. This retreat will review Buddhist approaches to healing; coping with illness; and the stages of death and rebirth. The retreat is suitable for caregivers, for people who are themselves facing serious illness or death. Price: Full Retreat Registration $120. Meals and overnight accommodations available at KTD’s usual rates. For reservations or more information call 845-679-5906 x3. Sign-Up Now! The Vassar Brothers Medical Center Auxiliary is sponsoring a round-trip motor coach excursion to the Saratoga Races on Monday, Aug. 10. Reg req. Info: 845-297-1557. Poughkeepsie, $55. Sunflower Arts Festival (8/8, 10am til dusk). A one-day art, music, and community festival. A live art experience, where artists of all ages& capa-

bilities will turn blank canvases into an explosion of color & creativity. Live music & food. Admission is free, donation to St Jude’s appreciated. Info: 843-419-5219 or sunflowerartfestival. com. Tuthill House at the Mill, Gardiner. The Maritime Museum Meets Solarize Kingston(8/4. 6:30PM 8PM). Find out why a solar array on the roof of the Museum will allow for expanded programming in innovative ways. Solarize Kingston, a non-profit community program, is making solar electricity simpler and more affordable for homes and small businesses this summer. Meet the local companies who do the work, and get your questions answered. Folks from RUPCO will be present to answer your questions about low-cost financing which will likely result in monthly payments lower than your current utility bill. Free. For more info, call John Wackman at 646-302-5835 or go to www.SolarizeHudsonValley.org.Kingston Home Port and Education Center.Hudson River Maritime Museum,50 Rondout Landing, Kingston. The Beacon Sloop Club Annual Corn Festival (8/9, 12-5pm). .At Pete & Toshi Seeger Park, 1 Flynn Drive, Beacon. Fresh picked Hudson Valley sweet corn served hot with butter, cold sweet watermelon, corn salad, & made chili. Two solar music stages. Many free children’s activities, displays, food & craft vendors. Free Admission. Info: 845-838-9630, www.beaconsloopclub. org. The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (thru-9/1) presents in repertory: The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer

10:30AM-6PM River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home Free Shuttle (Saturdays, thru 10/31). For full details and schedule visit www.rivercrossings.org/directions Olana, 5720 St Rt 9G, Hudson, free. 10:30AM-12PM Read to Zoey! Come meet Zoey, a registered Reading Therapy toy poodle and Debbie Lee, her handler. Children can read aloud to Zoey to gain confidence and skills. .Info: 845-246-4317 or saugertiespubliclibrary. org. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 11AM-5PM Open Studios Tour 2015 ArtTour Margaretville-Roxbury. More than 20 artists have their studios Open to the Public at this time of the year. Info: www.AMROpenstudios.org or 607-3267662. Village of Roxbury. 11AM Silly Billy comic magician. Info: www. hudsonoperahouse.org. Hudson Opera House, 327 Warren St, Hudson. 11AM-4PM Summer at Slabsides. Slabsides open for tours. John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary, Slabsides, West Park. 11AM On Dylan, The Band, and the 60’s Folk Scene, Professor Louie with John Platania and Miss Marie, others. Mountaintop Arboretum, Tannersville. 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. Info: 845-339-0720 or www.fohk.org. Friends of Historic Kingston, corner Wall-Main St, Kingston, $5, $2 /16 & under. 11 AM -11:30 AM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Secrets of Minnewaska: Get to Know Your Park Preserve. An informative introduction to Minnewaska, including a short walk to points of interest in the vicinity of the Nature Center. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State ParkPreserve, Nature Center, Gardiner, $10 /car. 11AM Artists on Art - Special River Crossings Exhibition Tours (every Saturday thru 10/31). Featuring Shehbaz Safrani is a scholar-artist, independent curator, and lectures on art and art history; w/expertise in an expertise in 18-20th century American & EuropeanArt. Exhibits focus on specific rooms, landscapes, art, and objects of their choosing. Info: www.olana.org or 518-8281872. Olana, 5720 St Rt 9G, Hudson, $18 /pp, $12 /srs & students. 12PM-6PM Inaugural Beacon Jazz Festival. Celebrating the music, distilleries, artisan crafts and culture of the Hudson Valley. Info: www. beaconjazz.com. The Pete and Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park, Beacon, $45. 12PM-5PM 20th Annual Bounty of the Hudson Wine & Food Festival. (7/25-7/26). This two-day wine and food festival is a unique opportunity to enjoy side-by-side tastings of the Hudson Valley’s finest wines. Live music. Food trucks. Ages 21 and up to enter. Info:www.gunkswine.com. Benmarl Winery, 156 Highland Ave, Marlboro, $28, $10 /designated driver. 12PM - 5PM Bounty of the Hudson (7/25 & 7/26).

Night’s Dream, The Arabian Nights, An Iliad, The Tempest. Info: hvshakespeare.or 845-265-9575. Boscobel House and Gardens, 1601 Route 9D, Garrison. The Phoenicia Festival of the Voice (7/ 29 – 8/2). Featuring professional world-class Opera, Broadway, Choral, Early Music & Aboriginal singers in Phoenicia.For times and venues log onto www.phoeniciavoicefest.org. Ulster County Fair(7/28-8/2). Info: 845-255-1380 or www.ulstercountyfair. com. Ulster County Fair, 249 Libertyville Rd, New Paltz. Register Now! Philadelphia Trip (9/16-9/18). Sponsored by The Hurley Senior Citizens. 3 days and 2 nights. A couple of openings left.if interested call 845-331-2919. Hurley. Volunteers Needed: The Caring Hands Soup Kitchen od Kingston. They are in need of volunteers with a Pick up truck. The Volunteer will pick up donations from Hannaford’s on 9W in the Town of Ulster every Monday. Pick up is between 8-9 AM. Info: 845-331-7188. Caring Hands SoupKitchen, 122 Clinton Ave, Kingston. Sign-Up Now! Beginning Reiki Level One Workshop (7/25, 10am-1:30pm). Reiki is a Japanese form of “laying on hands” healing that helps release problematic stress patterns while supporting deeper levels of natural health and joy. To register contact Michael 845-389-2431 email michael@whitecranehall.com more info www.whitecranehall.com. $60. Shirt Factory, 77 Cornell St, #116, Kingston. Call For Entries: “PHOTOgraphy

Shawangunk Wine Trail wineries, top Hudson Valley food purveyors, farms, bakeries, wineries, and more come together to celebrate our Bounty with wine, food, and music. Tickets. 12-5pm. Info: 845-256-8456 or www.shawangunkwinetrail. com. 12PM Dragon Boat Race and Festival. HRRA Community Boathouse, 272 North Water St, Poughkeepsie.

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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.

Audition Notice: Sweeney Todd. Auditions to be held on 8/1, 1pm, 8/2, 7pm. Needed: Male and Female singers/actors/dancers ages 18 - 60. Prepare: 16 bars of a song from the show or in the style of the show. Bring sheet music in thecorrect key. Info: 845- 876-3080. The CENTER For Performing Arts, 661 Rte. 308, Rhinebeck.

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.

Local Podiatrist Collecting Shoes for a Honduras Missionary Trip. Dr. David D. Kim, a board-certified podiatrist with Hudson Valley Foot Associates (HVFA), is conducting a shoe drive for his annual missionary trip to Honduras. Dr.Kim will be departing 7/30 for the San Pedro area of Honduras, where he will be assisting area residents at a local clinic. Donations of new or lightly used footwear for children and adults, as well as school supplies and backpacks, are desperately needed. Donated items, including shoes, sneakers, slippers, sandals and non-insulated boots, as well as dental hygiene items such as toothpaste, toothbrushes and floss,can be dropped off to any HVFA office. Hudson Valley Foot Associates has offices in Kingston, New Windsor, Wappingers Falls, Hudson, Red Hook, Margaretville, Albany and West Coxsackie. HVFA will be accepting donated items until 7/24. For more information or directions to the nearest office,call HVFA’s toll-free hotline: 1-877-339-HVFA (4832). Low-Cost Vaccine Clinic: 10am-2pm, 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

5PM-8PM Opening Reception: Solo Exhibition: “Christie Scheele - Contours/Distillations”. Holdings Gallery: “Annual Summer Salon”landscapes, photography, works on paper & sculpture. Through 9/20. Info :845-876-7578 or www.ShahinianFineArt.com. Albert Shahinian FineArt, Upstairs Galleries, 22 East Market St, Rhinebeck.

2PM Tannersville Crazy Race and Festival. Race time 2 pm. Festival- all day. Tannersville.

2PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015 Season: The Light Years. A new play written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. Developed and directed by Oliver Butler. Info: 845-437-5599 or www.powerhouse@vassar.edu. The Powerhouse Theater, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie,

1PM Rocks in My Pockets. The Hudson Valley Programmers Group presents Signe Baumane’s feature film debut. Baumane will present an in-depth Q&A following each screening. Info: www.HVPG.org. Upstate Films Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck, $7. 1PM-4PM Mystery Box: Student Artists at Work (Saturday & Sundays thru 8/30). Gallery has been transformed into an experimental work space for Bard College students who have been selected to experiment with “research-based” art-making practices at Olana. Info: www.olana. org or 518-828-1872. Olana, Coachman’s House Gallery, 5720 St Rt 9G, Hudson. 1PM Altamura Music Festival Concert : Spain Alla Rossini. Haunting Iberian Melodies- Electrifying Dances with ballerina anna de la paz,mezzo soprano, anna tonnaPIANO Virtuosity, cristina altamura. “A Snapshot from Three Centuries.” Altamura, 404 Winter Clove Rd, Round Top. Info & Resv : 518-622-0070. 1PM-5:30PM Native American Stories with Dennis Yerry. Ages 7 to 12. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free. 1:30PM-2PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Secrets of Minnewaska: Get to Know Your Park Preserve. An informative introduction to Minnewaska, including a short walk to points of interest in the vicinity of the Nature Center. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State ParkPreserve,

“‘By the Grace of God, Free and Independent: ‘ The Revolutionary War in Ulster County.” Features a selection of Revolutionary War-era documents and objects from the Historic Huguenot Street Archives and Permanent Collection. Exhibits through 8/2. DuBois Fort Visitor Center, New Paltz.

Jr. Film Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, $10.

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

1PM-4PM Shiatsu & Lunch. Johanna & Youko invite you to a shiatsu session by donation & 10% discount on lunch. Info: 845-255-8811. GomenKudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz.

“New York City Challenge Race” (8/2) New York City Challenge Race will transform Icahn Stadium into an urban obstacle course open to both male and female challengers of all ages. Reg reqr’d. Info: www.citychallengerace.com/register.php. Randall’s Island, New York City.

2PM Vinyl Day. Featuring an appearance by Kate Pierson, B-52’s Lead Singer. Kate will be signing her Barnes & Noble exclusive vinyl edition of Guitars and Microphones. To reserve a copy of her album or for info: 845-336-0590. Barnes & Noble, Kingston.

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.

1PM The First Walking Tour of the Rondout National Historic District. Tour guide: Pat Murphy. Some uphill walking is involved. Info: 845-339-0720 or www.fohk.org. Ulster County Visitors Center, 20 Broadway, Kingston, $10, $5 /16 & under.

Woodstock Trails Friday Night Hikes. Meet 6pm at the Community Center on Rock City Rd. Dress appropriately for the weather (possibly light rain-gear), wear good hiking shoes, bring water and insect-repellent, as desired. A flashlight or a headlamp are a must. Only heavy rain or thunderstorm cancels. Group-hike rate of $10./person. Dogs on leash only. To register , or for more info., contact Dave Holden -845-594-4863 peregrine8@hvc.rr.com Like Woodstock Trails on Facebook.

Nature Center, Gardiner, $10 /car.

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.

1PM-12AM The Orange County Fair. Info: www.orangecountyfair.com or 845-343-4826 or 845-343-4894. Orange County Fairgrounds, 100 Carpenter Ave, Middletown.

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.

2PM Opening Night! Footloose the Musical Special . Stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford. Info: 845-610-5900 or www. SugarLoafPAC.org. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Hwy, Sugar Loaf. 2:30PM Under The Dome: An Arlington Music and Drama Reunion. Musicians from bands familiar to local audiences in the 1980s will be reconnected. Info: 845-891-4509 or visit www. facebook.com/Arlington. Dome.Reunion. Arlington High School, Route 55, LaGrangeville, $15. 4PM-7PM Opening Reception: “Pop Up” Exhibition. Light refreshments, street parking available. 10% of the proceeds from sales will be donated to Family of Woodstock. Lucinda’s Painting studio, Rt 212, Shady. 4PM Historic Huguenot Street Fourth Saturday Lecture: FDR and His Connection to New Paltz Huguenots. Thomas Weikel will give a lecture. Info: www.huguenotstreet.org. Deyo Hall, 6 Broadhead Ave, New Paltz, $15, $10 / senior/military. 4PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $31, $14 /under 12. 5PM Taking Root Closing Party and Concert Saturday. Last day of exhibition. Blues and jazz of Bottleneck and Blue Water. Acoustic bottleneck guitarist Pete Wagula plays with blues song stylist Lou “Blue Water” Watterson. Athens Cultural Center, 24 Second St, Athens. 5PM Book Signing: Richard Goldstein, author “Another Little Piece of My Heart: My Life of Rock and Revolution in the ’60s” Info: 845-6798000www.goldennotebook.com. The Golden Notebook, 29 Tinker St, Woodstock. 5PM Bard SummerScape Film Series: “Reinventing Mexico” Viridiana. Luis Bu¤uel, 1961, Spain, 90 minutes. Info: 845-758-7900 or www. fishercenter.bard.edu/ Bard College, Jim Ottaway

5PM-8PM Rhinebeck ArtWalk. Every third Saturday of each month, 5-8pm. Village of Rhinebeck, Rhinebeck. 5 PM -6:30 PM Annual Chicken Barbecue. Take-outs available. RSVP: 845-895-2952. The Reformed Church of Shawangunk, 1166 Hoagerburgh Rd, Wallkill, $15, $13 /senior/veteran, $10 /5-12, 90 & up. 5PM Woodstock Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing. Performed by Bird-On-ACliff Theatre Company. Folding chairs or blankets are suggested. 45 Comeau Dr, Woodstock, free. 5PM-6:30PM Laura Ludwig presents poetry and performance art. Info: 845-246-5775. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 65 Partition St, Saugerties. 6PM-8PM Five solo shows (sculpture and paintings). On display through August 16th. Info: 518-.828-5907 or www.johndavisgallery. com. John Davis Gallery, 362 Warren St, Hudson. 7PM Free Movie Nights Under the Walkway: How To Train Your Dragon 2. Musical entertainment will begin at 7 p.m, followed by the feature film at sundown, approximately 8:30 p.m. Info: www.mhrfoundation.org and www.walkway. org. Highland side of the Walkway, Highland. 7PM-8:30PM Third Saturday Christian Open Mic (Coffee House). Come play or to listen. Meets every third Saturday, 7pm. Doors open 6:30pm. Acoustic solo, duo, groups welcome, perform original Christian songs & hymns. Hosted by Patrick Dodge. Refreshments available.Free will offering for Smile Train - info:www. smiletrain.org. Overlook United Methodist Church, 233 Tinker St, Info: patrickdodgemusic@yahool.com, Woodstock. 7PM Free Movie Nights Under the Walkway. A series of free, family-friendly movie nights. Preshow of live entertainment and local vendors will be on hand for the purchase of food and beverages. Info: www.mhrfoundation.org and www. walkway.org. Walkway Over the Hudson, UpperLanding Park, 83 North Water St, Poughkeepsie. 7PM No Theme Festival. An Exploration of Original Art, Dance & Theater. Each performance offers an entirely different program of cuttingedge new works. Info: 845-452-7870. CunneenHackett Theater, 12 Vassar St, Poughkeepsie, $15. 7PM-10PM “The Unusual Suspects” Featuring: Vinnie Martucci - keyboard; Matt Finck - guitar; Mark Usvolk - bass; Tony Jefferson - drums. Also, photo exhibit by Victor Kalin. Info: 845-6876373. Lydia’s Cafe & Bar, 7 Old US Highway 209, Stone Ridge. 7PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015

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175th Orange County Fair (7/22-8/2). The rides! The midway! The music! The kettle corn! It’s all here once again! Mon-Fri 4-11pm, Sat-Sun 1-11pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown.845-343-4826, 845-343-4894, www. orangecountyfair.com. 8AM-5PM HITS-on-the-Hudson IV: AIG Grand Prix. World-class equestrian show jumping. All proceeds from the gate go directly to Family of Woodstock, Inc. Info: 845-246-5515 or www. hitsshows.com/saugerties-ny/saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Ave Ext, Saugerties. 9AM-2PM Solarize Warwick information/ signup table at the Warwick Valley Farmers Market. (with selected installers SolarCity, Direct Energy Solar and NYS Solar Farm). Warwick Valley Farmers Market, 1 Bank St, Warwick. 9AM Mid Hudson ADK: Sam’s Point Verkeerderkill Falls and Lake Maratanza. Leader: Sue Mackson suemackson@gmail.com, 845-471-9892. 6 mile out and back. Bring lunch, water, hat & sunscreen. Info: www.MidHudsonADK.org. Sam’s Point parking lot, Cragsmoor, $10 /car. 9:30 AM -11 AM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Nature Journals for Children. For children between the ages of six to ten, accompanied by a parent or guardian . Pre-registration is required. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Peter’s Kill Park Office porch, Gardiner. 10AM-4PM Ultimate Comic Book Trade Show & Expo. The event will support the Highland Public Library. Info: http://www.ticketmaster. com/Iheartmedia-of-the-Hudson-Valley-Presents-tickets/artist/2137206 Mid-Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie. 10AM-2PM Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market. 61 East Market St, Rhinebeck.

8PM Moon Over Buffalo. Classic comedy by Ken Ludwig. Info: 845-647-5511. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $39.

10AM-2PM Ellenville Farmers’ Market. Rain or shine. Info: 845-647-4620 corner of Market and Center streets, Ellenville.

8PM Maverick Concert: Steve Gorn, Info: 845-679-8217 or www.maverickconcert.org. Maverick Concert Hall, 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock, $40 /reserved seating, $25 /gen adm.

10AM-3PM New Paltz Farmers’ Market. 3 Veterans Dr, New Paltz.

8PM Holy Crow Jazz Band. Info: 845-658-9048 Rosendale Cafer, 434 Main St, Rosendale, $10. 8PM The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. Poking antic fun at the more ridiculous aspects of “show biz” and the corny thrillers of Hollywood’s heyday. A Comedy By John Bishop. Info: www.woodstockplayhouse.org/#! Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, $40 /golden circle, $36/ green, $32/blue. 8PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $34, $33. 8PM Bluefood. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 8PM Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. Info: www. bethelwoodscenter.org or 1-866-781-2922. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel. 8PM Our Country’s Good . Play by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Info: 845-679-0154. Byrdcliffe Theater, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd, Woodstock, $25, $20 /senior/student. 8PM Petey Hop Solo in the Taproom. Info: 845-229-8277. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 8PM Dutchess County Singles Dance. Info: www.meetup.com/Dutchess-County-Singles or www.dutchesscountysingles.org or dcsingles28@ yahoo.com. There will be a wide range of music by DJ Johnny Angel and a light dinner buffet with desert and coffee. Admission is $20.There will be door prizes and 50/50 raffle. 845-4644675. Meets every 4th Sat at 8pm. The Southern Dutchess Country Club, 1209 North Ave, Beacon. 8PM Singin’ in the Rain. Directed and choreographed by Kevin Archambault, produced by Diana di Grandi for Up In One Productions. Info: www.centerforperformingarts.org or 845-8763080. Center of Performing Arts, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, $27, $25. 8:30PM Bard SummerScape 2015: Cabaret: Lea DeLaria: House of David. Info: 845-758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape. Bard Spiegeltent, Annandale-on-Hudson, $65, $25. 9PM Live Music. Wind and Stone - Acoustic Duo. Info: 845-255-1026. Bangkok Cafe, 119 Main St, New Paltz. 9PM The Bush Brothers. Info: 845-687-2699 or www.highfallscafe.com. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls. 9PM Hiss Golden Messenger. Opener Mail The Horse. Info: 845-679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $15. 9PM Studio 54 Cruise. DJ “Freaky” Frankie Ramos will be rocking the boat! Ticket includes music, dancing and cash bar. Purchase in advance and at the dock. Boat leaves at 9pm sharp. Aboard the River Rose, Newburgh Waterfront.845-561-6797, Facebook: DMU Music. 10PM-12:30AM Bard SummerScape 2015: After Hours with Justin and Friends: DJ Musty Chiffon. Info: 845-758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard.

10AM-4PM The Wawarsing Historical Society and Knife Museum Open every weekend through Labor Day. Info: 845-647-7792 or 845-626-0086 or www.theknifemuseum.com. The Wawarsing Historical Society and Knife Museum, Old Napanoch School, Rt. 209, Napanoch. 10AM-2PM Rosendale Farmers’ Market. Locally produced vegetables, fruits, meat, jams, baked goods, cheeses & sauerkrauts. Live acoustic music (11-1) and children’s activities at every market. Info: binnewaterbilly@gmail.com. Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main St, Rosendale. 10AM-12PM Calligraphy Workshop. Instructor: Midori Shinye. Reservation required by Saturday 12 noon. Info: 845-255-8811. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz, $20. 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 orwww. skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 11 AM -11:30 AM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Secrets of Minnewaska: Get to Know Your Park Preserve. An informative introduction to Minnewaska, including a short walk to points of interest in the vicinity of the Nature Center. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State ParkPreserve, Nature Center, Gardiner, $10 /car. 11AM-2PM Diana’s Fancy Flea Market. To Benefit Diana’s CAT Shelter. (Between Stone Ridge & High Falls.) The King Church, Rt. 213, High Falls. 11AM-5PM Open Studios Tour 2015 ArtTour Margaretville-Roxbury. More than 20 artists have their studios Open to the Public at this time of the year. Info: www.AMROpenstudios.org or 607-3267662. Village of Roxbury. 11:30AM-12:30PM The New Baroque Soloists A Chamber quintet accompanied by soprano vocalist Catharine Rogers join 23Arts on behalf of Baroque Brass for an afternoon of Bach, Quantz. Info: www.23arts.org/events-calendar/ All Souls Church, Co Rd 25, Tannersville, free. 12PM - 5PM Bounty of the Hudson (7/25 & 7/26). Shawangunk Wine Trail wineries, top Hudson Valley food purveyors, farms, bakeries, wineries, and more come together to celebrate our Bounty with wine, food, and music. Tickets $28, $10 / designated driver. 845-256-8456, www.shawangunkwinetrail.com. 12:15PM - 6:15PM Welcome to the Garden. Music amongst the garden’s sculptures with Floyd “Little Sun” Hicks, Spirit of the Mountain Drum Singers, Lovesick Homeboys, John Bendy, and the Reddan Brothers. Bertoni Sculpture Garden, Sugar Loaf. Info: 845-469-0993, www.bertonigallery.com. 12:30PM Author Event: Priya Parmar, author of Vanessa and Her Sister. Hammertown Barn, 3201 Route 199, Pine Plains. Info: 518-398-7075. Free. 12:30PM-6:30PM Astro-Tarot Readings with

astrologer Diane Bergmanson. Every Sunday at Mirabai. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /45 minutes, $30 /25 minutes, $60 /in-depth 1 hour. 1PM -3PM Music in the Woods: Julian Valenstein & Maiko. Rail Trail Café, on Wallkill Valley Rail Trail one mile south of Rosendale Trestle, 310 River Road Extension, Tillson; 845- 399-4800 or www.railtrailcaferosendale.com. 1PM-3PM Pallet Puppet Theatre offers Spanish Puppet Lesson. Ongoing on Sundays, 1-3pm. Materials for kids provided. The Green Palette, 215 Main Street inside of the Medusa Antique Center Building, New Paltz. 1PM All Sunday at Mill House - Presentation: Ann Kalmbach, Executive Director and Co-Founder- Women’s Studio Workshop. Seed to Sheet- Material Sourcing for Papermaking. Info: 845-236-3126. The Gomez Mill House, 11 Mill House Rd, Marlboro. 1PM-12AM The Orange County Fair. Info: www.orangecountyfair.com or 845-343-4826 or 845-343-4894. Orange County Fairgrounds, 100 Carpenter Ave, Middletown. 1PM-4PM Mystery Box: Student Artists at Work (Saturday & Sundays thru 8/30). Gallery has been transformed into an experimental work space for Bard College students who have been selected to experiment with “research-based” artmaking practices at Olana. Info:www.olana.org or 518-828-1872. Olana, Coachman’s House Gallery, 5720 St Rt 9G, Hudson. 1PM Talk: Seed to Sheet– Material Sourcing for Papermaking by Ann Kalmbach, Director and Co-Founder of Women’s Studio Workshop. Gomez Mill House Museum and Historic Site, 11 Mill House Rd, Marlboro. Info: 845-236-3126 or gomezmillhouse@gomez.org. 1PM Altamura Music Festival: Spain alla Rossini. Lunch 1pm, Show, 2 pm. Piano soloist, Cristina Altamura; Mezzo soprano, Anna Tonna; Spanish dancer, Anna de la Paz; Accompanist, Sassron Chung. Res rec. Info: 518-622-0070. Altamura Center for the Arts, 404Winter Clove Rd, Round Top, $45, $25 /student w/ID. 1:30PM-2PM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Secrets of Minnewaska: Get to Know Your Park Preserve. An informative introduction to Minnewaska, including a short walk to points of interest in the vicinity of the Nature Center. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State ParkPreserve, Nature Center, Gardiner, $10 /car. 2 PM Curator Talk: Susan Torruella Leval,Curator of Music in the Woods: One Hundred Years of Maverick Concerts will give a talk reflecting on the concept of the “Maverick spirit.” Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker Street, Woodstock. Free. 845-6792940. 2PM Bard Summerscape: The Wreckers. Opera by Ethel Smyth. American Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director. Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger. Info: 845-758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard.edu/ summerscape. Bard College, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, $25. 2PM Guided Walking Tour of Main St, Hurley . Sponsored by the Hurley Heritage Society. Meet at the museum grounds, 52 Main St., Hurley. rain or shine. See the exteriors of the ten colonial-era houses within walking distance of the museum, as well as other points of interest on this street designated as a National Historic Landmark.. Additional attraction: The famous Hurley roosters are now on display on Main St. and in the museum! Admission: $5 adults, children under 12 are free. For information, call 845-331-8852. 2PM Summer Performance Series - The Clandestine Marriage “Il Matrimonio Segreto.” World class performers visit the Catskills. Info: www. altocanto.org. Altamura Center For The Arts, Winter Clove Rd, Round Top. 2PM-3PM Rhinebeck Culinary Crawl - Guided Walking/Tasting Tour. Includes a farmers market, with food and beverage tastings from local artisans, and tales of history and culture. These food tour events run every Sunday through the end of October. $45, $25/children. RSVP by Facebook. 2PM Opening Night! Footloose the Musical Special. Stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford. Info: 845-610-5900 or www. SugarLoafPAC.org. Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center, 1351 Kings Hwy, Sugar Loaf. 2PM-4PM Healing with Mental Imagery with author Dr. Gerald Epstein. In this workshop, you will learn how to transform and transmute the stresses and shocks in our lives and make positive shifts quickly as you re-educate your mind to new ways of living and responding. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30. 2PM No Theme Festival. An Exploration of Original Art, Dance & Theater. Each performance offers an entirely different program of cuttingedge new works. Info: 845-452-7870. CunneenHackett Theater, 12 Vassar St, Poughkeepsie, $15. 2 PM Mycology Walk: Identifying Local Edibles. Session One: 2-3 pm; Session Two: 3:30-4:30pm . The Mid-Hudson Mycological Association will introduce participants to foraging and the ecology of forest mushrooms. Long pants & sturdy walking shoes required. Harvesting is prohibited. Pre-registration is req by 7/23.Info: www.olana.org or 518-828-1872. Olana, 5720 St Rt 9G, Hudson, $10 /pp.

July 23, 2015 2PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015 Season: The Light Years. A new play written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. Developed and directed by Oliver Butler. Info: 845-437-5599 or www.powerhouse@vassar.edu. The Powerhouse Theater, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, 2PM Our Country’s Good . Play by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Info: 845-679-0154. Byrdcliffe Theater, 380 Upper Byrdcliffe Rd, Woodstock, $25, $20 /senior/student. 2PM Moon Over Buffalo. Classic comedy by Ken Ludwig. Info: 845-647-5511. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $34. 2PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $31, $14 /under 12. 2PM Open Mic. Featured performer Sunday, July 26th. Sign-up and pre-show (featuring Never2Late) at 1:30. Open mic begins at 2pm. Hyde Park Library Annex. Call 845- 229-7791 for more information. Donations welcome. 3PM Singin’ in the Rain. Directed and choreographed by Kevin Archambault, produced by Diana di Grandi for Up In One Productions. Info: www.centerforperformingarts.org or 845-8763080. Center of Performing Arts, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, $27, $25. 3PM Man and Superman. National Theatre from London. Written by George Bernard Shaw. A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate, Man and Superman asks fundamental questions about how we live. Info: 845-658-8989. Rosendale Theater, Main St, 3PM-5PM Sinful Sunday xxx. The event will feature open sessions of LIVE figure drawing of a nude model in the center of the Lust show. Also, a wine coupling session with Dylan’s Wine Cellar master, Steve Zwick. Info: 914-788-0100 or www. hvcca.org. Hudson ValleyCenter for Contemporary Art, 1701 Main St, Peekskill, $20. 4PM Maverick Concert: Latitude 41. Info: 845-679-8217 or www.maverickconcert.org. Maverick Concert Hall, 120 Maverick Rd, Woodstock, $40 /reserved seating, $25 /gen adm. 4PM-6PM Woodstock Community Drum Circle. Hosted by Birds of a Feather. Singers & dancers are all welcome. Bring your drums and percussion instruments. On-going on Sundays, 4-6pm. No experience necessary. Free. Village Green, Woodstock. 5PM Woodstock Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing. Performed by Bird-On-ACliff Theatre Company. Folding chairs or blankets are suggested. 45 Comeau Dr, Woodstock, free. 5PM-7PM Opening Reception: Summer Salon. Group exhibit. Open Monday thru Saturday from 11am to 5pm• Sundays from noon to 5pm. Closed Wednesdays. Woodstock Framing Gallery, 31 mMll Hill Rd, Woodstock. Info: 845-679-6003. WFGgallery@gmail.com. 5PM Rocks in My Pockets. The Hudson Valley Programmers Group presents Signe Baumane’s feature film debut. Baumane will present an in-depth Q&A following each screening. Info: www.HVPG.org or 845-679-4265. Rosendale Theatre, Rosendale, $7. 7PM Sunday Brunch @ The Falcon: The Pete Levin Trio - Jazz. Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM-10PM Gala brunch, celebration of our 15th year, annual meeting, good food, music, official welcome to Todd, sendoff for Ann. Info: 845-2545469. Pine Hill Community Center, Pine Hill. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Larry Moses’ Latin Jazz Explosion! Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015 Season: The Light Years. A new play written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. Developed and directed by Oliver Butler. Info: 845-437-5599 or www.powerhouse@vassar.edu. The Powerhouse Theater, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, 7PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $34, $33. 7PM-9PM Bus Tour of Minisink Trail. Tour guide Evan Pritchard. Tentative, based on pre-registration. RSVP. Info: evan.pritchard7@gmail.com or 845-266-9231.. Sustainable Living Resource Center, 150 Cottekill Rd, Cottekill, $20. 7PM Bard SummerScape Film Series: “Reinventing Mexico” The Exterminating Angel. Luis Bu¤uel, 1962, Mexico, 95 minutes. Info: 845-758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard.edu/ Bard College, Jim Ottaway Jr. Film Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, $10. 8PM Rick Altman Trio. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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175th Orange County Fair (7/22-8/2). The rides! The midway! The music! The kettle corn! It’s all here once again! Mon-Fri 4-11pm, Sat-Sun 1-11pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown.845-343-4826, 845-343-4894, www. orangecountyfair.com. 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, 845-679-

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July 23, 2015 5906, x 1012. Karma Triyiana Dharmachakra, 335 Meads Mountain Rd, Woodstock. 9AM-9:50AM Senior Fit Dance for Seniors with Adah Frank. Dance and movement for strength 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-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. 10AM 4-H’s Science Programs - Pioneer Living. (7/27-7/31) Kids in grades 3-5. Learn about the lives of the early pioneers and the hard work it took to survive on the frontier. Info: 518-6229864; Debra Kamecke. Cairo Public Library, 15 Railroad Ave, Cairo. 10AM-4PM Adult Art Workshop. Oils, acrylics, with some supplies provided, $5 drop-in. Info: 845-657-9735. Shokan. 12:15PM Rhinebeck Rotary Club Meeting. Beekman Arms, Rhinebeck, 914-244-0333. 12:30PM-6:30PM Crystal Energy Readings with shamanic practitioner Mary Vukovic. Every Monday and Thursday at Mirabai. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-6792100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $40 /45 minutes, $30 /25 minutes. 12:30PM “Every (STEM) Hero Has a Story” (7/27-7/30) Groups read a story together and then participate in hands-on activities, , where youth will be supplied with the tools to gain a better understanding of birds and oil spill cleanup, trees and conservation. Info:518-966-8205; Barbara Flach. Greenville Public Library, 11177 State Route 32, Greenville. 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. 3PM-8PM Kingston Greenline Community Design Workshop: Midtown and Rondout Sections. Share your thoughts and ideas about the design of the Kingston Greenline in Midtown and the Rondout. Pizza and refreshments from 5-6pm. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 22 Livingston St,Kingston. 3PM Saugerties Community Band Rain date -Sunday, 7/26. Info: www. saugertieshistoricalsociety.org or 845-246-9529. Saugerties Historical Society, Front lawn, 119 Main St, Saugerties. 4 PM-11 PM The Orange County Fair. Info: www.orangecountyfair.com or 845-343-4826 or 845-343-4894. Orange County Fairgrounds, 100 Carpenter Ave, Middletown. 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 Esopus Business Alliance Mixer. Networking and plenty of refreshments. Registration is mandatory. Info: www.EsopusBusinessAlliance.org or 845-384-1650. George Freer Memorial Park, Canal St, Port Ewen. 6PM-7PM Backgammon Club. Every Monday. Learn how to play backgammon, or better your game and make new friends through this club led by Christian. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia, free.

Home (Tuesdays - Sundays, thru 11/1). This groundbreaking exhibition featuring 28 contemporary artists at two historic settings is a joint exhibition between The Olana Partnership and the Thomas Cole National Historic Site. Info:www.rivercrossings.org or 518-828-1872. Olana, 5720 St Rt 9G, Hudson. Teaching for Engagement in the Hudson Valley: The Next 100 Years Depend on It. (7/287/30) More than 20 workshops and six extended field experiences. . Registration required. Details: www.TeachingtheHudsonValley.org, 845-2299116, ext. 2035. Franklin D. RooseveltHome and Presidential Library, Henry A. Wallace Education and Visitors Center, Hyde Park. 175th Orange County Fair (7/22-8/2). The rides! The midway! The music! The kettle corn! It’s all here once again! Mon-Fri 4-11pm, Sat-Sun 1-11pm. Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown.845-343-4826, 845-343-4894, www. orangecountyfair.com. 7AM Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Early Morning Birders. Designed for birding enthusiasts or those just looking to learn the basics. Info: 845-255-0752. Minnewaska State Park Preserve, Main Entrance, Gardiner, $10 /car. 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 The Country Scrappers & Stampers Meeting. Meets every Tuesday. Come for the whole day or drop by for an hour or two. New members are welcome and encouraged to attend. Call 845-744-3055 for more information. Walker Valley Schoolhouse, 1 Marl Rd, Walker Valley. 10AM-1PM Food Bank Farm Stand at People’s Place Every Tuesday. Remember to bring your own shopping bags. For more information, please call People’s Place at 845-338-4030. People’s Place, 17 St. James St, Kingston. 10:30AM Together Tuesdays with Francesca. For kids birth through preschool. Story, craft, and play. Come join the gang of local parents. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia. 3PM Kingston YMCA Farm Project Mobile Market Grand Opening. The Mobile Market is a bicycle powered cart that brings fresh produce to different stops in every Tuesday thru Sept. Stops - 3pm Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley; 4:15Yosman Towers; & 5pm KingstonPublic Library. Hosted by Cornell Cooperative Extension will Info: 845-340-3990 or cad266@ cornell.edu. Kingston. 4 PM-11 PM The Orange County Fair. Info: www.orangecountyfair.com or 845-343-4826 or 845-343-4894. Orange County Fairgrounds, 100 Carpenter Ave, Middletown. 4PM Ulster County Fair (7/28-8/2). Carload Night - $40 per carload (buses not included). Info: 845-255-1380 or www.ulstercountyfair. com. Ulster County Fair, 249 Libertyville Rd, New Paltz. 4PM Story Garden Family Story Time. Every Tuesday this summer, sing songs, play games, and just have fun—all outside at the Tivoli Library’s very own plot in the community garden! For families with children entering kindergarten through 2nd grade. Info: 845-757-3771. 5PM Monthly Diabetes Education Series: Daniel Brocks will lecture on the impact diabe-

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tes has on eye health. For more information and to register to attend, call 845-431-2445. Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Conference Room B, Poughkeepsie. 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 Hip Hop Dance Workshop. Ages 6 & Up. Join in the ever-popular weekly hip hop dance workshop taught by Anthony Molina in collaboration with Operation Unite. No experience necessary, families welcome. Info: 518-822-1438 or www.hudsonoperahouse.org. Hudson Youth 6PM-7PM Free Meditation Practice at Sky Lake Shambhala Retreat Ctr. Meets every Tuesday, 6-7pm. Free and open to the public. Contact info: 845-658-8556 or www.skylake.shambhala.org. Sky Lake, 22 Hillcrest Ln, Rosendale. 6PM “Forever Free:Lincoln, Civil War” Lecture by James Coll. Info: www. saugertieshistoricalsociety.org or 845-246-9529. Saugerties Historical Society, Front lawn, 119 Main St, Saugerties. 6:30PM-8:30PM Orange County Pop, Rock & Doowop Series 2015: Memories of You. Info: www.FerryGodmother.com. Thomas Bull Memorial Park, Orange County Arboretum, Montgomery. 7 PM-9 PM Open Mic. On-going, Tuesdays, 7-9pm. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, 200 Main St, Saugerties, 845-246-5775. 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-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 Open Mic with Cameron & Ryder. Info: 518-828-4800. Club Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia St, Hudson. 7PM-10PM Jazz Jam. Every Tuesday, 7-10pm. 452-3232. The Derby, 96 Main St, Poughkeepsie. 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. 8PM Open Music. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

Wednesday

Sixth Phoenicia International Voice Festival (7/29-8/2). Celebrating the human voice with, once again, a spotlight on America. The festival also features workshops, lectures, panels, and meet-the-artist sessions. Festival is 5 Days, 23 Events, & 7 Venues. See individuallistings for complete details. Tix: phoeniciavoicefest.com or 845-586-3588. Phoenicia.

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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.

7:30PM Heart. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson. Info: www.palacealbany.com. Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave, Albany, $92.50, $72.50, $52.50.

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Teaching for Engagement in the Hudson Valley: The Next 100 Years Depend on It. (7/287/30) More than 20 workshops and six extended field experiences. . Registration required. Details: www.TeachingtheHudsonValley.org, 845-2299116, ext. 2035. Franklin D. RooseveltHome and Presidential Library, Henry A. Wallace Education and Visitors Center, Hyde Park.

6:30PM-7:30PM Book Club Heroes. For ages 7-12. Join in this summer for stories and activities to reveal your inner hero. Info: 845-246-4317 or saugertiespubliclibrary.org. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties, free.

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34 Students 3rd to 6th Grades. Led by Hudson City School District teacher Ellen Heummer, students read award-winning books. Info: 518-822-1438 or www.hudsonoperahouse.org. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. 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. 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. 6:25PM-6:50PM Learn Remembrance. Info: 845-679-8989. Every Wednesday, 6:25-6:50pm. Remembrance is a deep practice to connect with the Divine in your heart. Spiritual practice (see separate listing) at 7, immediately following this introduction, all are welcome if you attend or not. RSVP. Flowing Spirit Healing, 33 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, free /donations welcome. 6:30PM Family Fun Night: Sidewalk Chalk. Festoon the library sidewalk with your own flair! Info: 845-246-4317 or saugertiespubliclibrary.org Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties, free. 6:30PM-8:30PM Newburgh Jazz Series 2015: Bob Meyers Band. Info: www.FerryGodmother. com. Thomas Bull Memorial Park, Orange County Arboretum, Montgomery. 6:45PM Wednesday Foreign Film Series: “Monsieur Ibrahim” (France, 2003). Directed by Eran Kolirin. Call 845- 229-7791 for more information. Hyde Park Library Annex, Highland. 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 “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-9PM Death Café c Dutchess. Talk about your experience and curiosity around death and dying. There is no agenda, simply an open conversation in a casual, confidential and safe space. Starr Library, Community Room, Rhinebeck. 7PM Live @ The Falcon: Rhett Tyler- Solo Acoustic Blues! Info: 845-236-7970. The Falcon, 1348 Route 9W, Marlboro. 7PM-11PM Rosendale Chess Club. Free admission-no dues. On-going every Wed, 7-11pm. Rosendale Café, Rosendale. 7PM Music in the Parks: Four Guys in Disguise. Held outdoors at The Vanderbilt National Historic Site and Staatsburgh (formerly known as Mills State Park). In case of rain call 845-229-8086 after 4 p.m. to check rain location. The Vanderbilt National Historic Site, Hyde Park. 7:30 PM The Poughkeepsie Newyorkers Barbershop Chorus. Meets every Wednesday night, 7:30pm. An evening of singing, fun & fellowship.A male a cappella group that sings in the American “Barbershop Style”of close fourpart harmony. Guests are always welcome. Sight reading not required. Info: wwwnewyorkerschorus.org. St. Andrews Church, 110 Overlook St, Poughkeepsie. 7:30PM-8:30PM “Receiving Abundance in your Life.” Offering psycho-therapy powerful participation Techniques. Every Wednesday. Call for address. 917-279-9546. Woodstock, free. 8PM Summer Concert: the renowned Richard Wilson, Professor of Music on the Mary Conover Mellon Chair, will perform with violinist Joseph Genauldi. Info: 845-437-5370. Vassar College, Villard Room, Poughkeepsie, free. 8PM Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice: America! Opening Gala with full orchestra, choir.. Info: www.phoeniciavoicefest.org. Parish Field, Phoenicia. 8PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015 Season: The Light Years. A new play written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. Developed and directed by Oliver Butler. Info: 845-437-5599 or www.powerhouse@vassar.edu. The Powerhouse Theater, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, 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. 9PM-9:30PM Live Music. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock.

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orangecountyfair.com. 8AM HITS-on-the-Hudson NY Horse & Pony Show (VI): $100, 000 Ulcergard Grand Prix. World-class equestrian show jumping. Info: 845-246-5515 or www.hitsshows.com/saugertiesny/saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Ext, 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. 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 Ulster County Fair. (7/28-8/2) Senior Day - Seniors free from 10am to 4pm. Info: 845-2551380 or www.ulstercountyfair.com. Ulster County Fair, 249 Libertyville Rd, New Paltz. 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. 12:30PM-6:30PM Crystal Energy Readings with shamanic practitioner Mary Vukovic. Every Thursday and Monday. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30 /25 minutes, $75 /1 hour. 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. 2PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $31, $14 /under 12. 3 PM -7 PM Arlington Farmers’ Market. 3pm-7pm. Thursdays, spring through fall corner of Raymond & Collegview Avenues, Poughkeepsie. 3PM Kingston YMCA Farm Project Farm Stand. Thursdays thru September. The Farm Stand/ Cornell Cooperative Extension will feature fruits and vegetables freshly harvested from the Farm. Info: 845-340-3990 or cad266@cornell.edu. YMCA Main Lobby, 507 Broadway, Kingston. 4PM-5PM Meditation Support Group. Every Thursday. 30 minutes seated meditation followed by 15 minutes walking meditation. Walk-ins welcome. Info: 845-679-2100 Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $5 /donation. 4 PM-11 PM The Orange County Fair. Info: www.orangecountyfair.com or 845-343-4826 or 845-343-4894. Orange County Fairgrounds, 100 Carpenter Ave, Middletown. 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-10PM Third Annual Burger and Beer Bash. Local vendors grilling up signature sliders, sides and more. A raffle will be conducted at the event with 100% of proceeds going to the Sparrow’s Nest Charity. Info: www.Hvmag.com/BurgerBash. Shadows Marina, Poughkeepsie, $40 6PM Sculpture Expo 2015: “Intersection of Art and History” Ice Harvesting in the Hudson Valley. Seminar with Larry Thetford, Conrad Levenson & friends. Sponsored by the Red Hook Public Library. Attendees enjoy 10% off at select Village restaurants. Info: rhcan.com orsculptureexpos@gmail.com. Historic Elmendorph Inn, 7562 North Broadway, Red Hook. 6PM RHCAN: Sculpture Expo 2015: “Intersection of Art and History: Ice Harvesting on the Hudson.” A seminar with Larry Thetford, Conrad Levenson and friends. Info: www.rhcan.com, sculptureexpos@gmail.com. Elmendorph Inn, 7562 N. Broadway, Red Hook. 6:30PM-9:30PM The Garrison’s Sweet Summer Series: Al Bazaz, reggae-trio with Petey Hop and bassist. Info: 845-424-3604 The Garrison, 2015 US 9, Garrison. 6:30 PM-7:30 PM Lego Club for ages 7 -12. Bring your creativity to the library and build! They supply the bricks. Info: 845-246-4317 or saugertiespubliclibrary.org. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 7PM-9PM Thursday Japanese Free Movie Night. Info: 845-255-8811 or www.GKnoodles. com. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, New Paltz. 7PM-9PM Trivia Night with Paul Tully and Eric Stamberg. Last Thursday of every month. Info: 845-687-2699. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls. 7PM Author Visit/Book Signing: Frank Hayes, author of “Death at the Black Bull” will read from and discuss his recent and upcoming works. Free to the public. Refreshments served.Hyde Park Library Annex, Hyde Park. Call 845229-7791 for more information. 7PM Family Fun Day at Renegades Stadium.

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Hudson Valley Renegades play the Brooklyn Cyclones in Fishkill, NY. Info: 838-0094 for questions or www.gadesgroups.com. Renegades Stadium, Fishkill, $19, $14. 7PM-9PM Japanese Movie Night: A Gentle Breeze in the Village. Award Winning Teen Romance. Info: 845-255-8811. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, Rite Aid Plaza, 232 Main St, New Paltz, $20.

that influence your mind. Meet green allies who can help improve memory, hone your ability to focus and follow through. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30. 4 PM-11PM The Orange County Fair. Info: www.orangecountyfair.com or 845-343-4826 or 845-343-4894. Orange County Fairgrounds, 100 Carpenter Ave, Middletown.

7:05PM Family Fun Day! Join the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce as the Hudson Valley Renegades host the Brooklyn Cyclones. Info: 845-838-0094 or www.newpaltzchamber. org. Renegades Stadium, 1500 Rt. 9D, Wappingers Falls.

4PM-6PM “Desmond’s Back Porch Concert Series” : The Simons Family Fun Time Band. Rain date: Saturday, Aug. 1 from 4-6 pm. Bring a picnic and a chair or blanket. Info: 845-5652076. MSMC Desmond Campus, 6 Albany Post Rd, Newburgh, $5.

7:30 PM Fundraiser & Screening of Lost Rondout: A Story of Urban Removal. Tickets $20. Art sale, including small works by Staats Fasoldt, Susan Spencer Crowe, Jan Harrison, Julie Hedrick, Ray Curan, Claire Lambe, Rebecca Sickler, and Michael Lalicki, most priced around $100. Complimentary appetizers and cash bar. Final screening of the work in progress film before its completion this fall. Will include much new material. Mint Restaurant, 1 West Strand, Kingston.

4:30PM-5:30PM Lego Club. All welcome. Children 7 and under must be with an adult. Duplos available for younger kids. Info: 845-688-7811. Phoenicia Library, 48 Main St, Phoenicia.

8PM Moon Over Buffalo. Classic comedy by Ken Ludwig. Info: 845-647-5511. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $39. 8PM “Oklahomar!” The classic American musical and first Rodgers & Hammerstein collaboration. Info: www.woodstockplayhouse.org/#!oklahomasummer-2015/c1xl2. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, $40, $32. 8PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015 Season: The Light Years. A new play written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. Developed and directed by Oliver Butler. Info: 845-437-5599 or www.powerhouse@vassar.edu. The Powerhouse Theater, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, 8PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $34, $33. 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. 9PM Trio Mio. Info: 845-687-2699 or www.highfallscafe.com. High Falls Café, 12 Stone Dock Rd, High Falls.

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Tour of the Catskills. (7/31-8/2) The 9th Annual Pro-Am bicycle road race drawing over 800 racers from throughout the world! Held over 3 days with a time trial on Friday and two epic road stages on Sat and Sun. Info: www.tourofthecatskills.com or 518-275-6185. Hunter. The Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition & Festival. Annual, multi-disciplinary celebration of art, music, dance, and community featuring over 100 artists, 25 bands, film screenings, dance performances. Info: www.wassaicproject.org. The Maxon Mills, 37 Furnace Bank Rd, Wassaic. Phoenicia International 2015 Festival of the Voice: America! We salute Broadway as well as American pop, folk, and beloved standards. Info: 845-586-3588; info@phoeniciavoicefest.com: www.phoeniciavoicefest.com. Phoenicia. 8AM HITS-on-the-Hudson NY Horse & Pony Show (VI): $100, 000 Ulcergard Grand Prix. World-class equestrian show jumping. Info: 845-246-5515 or www.hitsshows.com/saugertiesny/saugerties-ny—2. HITS-on-the-Hudson, 454 Washington Avenue Ext, 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. 10AM Ulster County Fair. (7/28-8/2) Info: 845-255-1380 or www.ulstercountyfair.com. Ulster County Fair, 249 Libertyville Rd, New Paltz. 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. Info: 845-339-0720 or www.fohk.org. Friends of Historic Kingston, corner Wall-Main St, Kingston, $5, $2 /16 & under. 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, 12:30PM Be Happy, Get Crafty! Drop by the library between 12:30 and 2:30 pm to create a craft to take home. Ages 6 and up. Info: 845-2464317 or saugertiespubliclibrary.org. Saugerties Public Library, 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties. 12:30PM-6:30PM Soul Readings and Intuitive Guidance Enhance Clarity, Focus, Memory and Mood with psychic medium Maureen Brennan-Mercier. Walk-ins welcome or call for appointment. Info: 845-679-2100. Mirabai Bookstore, 23 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock, $30 /25 minutes, 2PM-5PM Herbs for the Brain: Enhance Clarity, Focus, Memory and Mood with herbalist and author Susun Weed. Come and explore the herbs

5PM Woodstock Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing. Performed by Bird-On-ACliff Theatre Company. Folding chairs or blankets are suggested. 45 Comeau Dr, Woodstock, free. 5PM -7PM Music in the Woods : Rich Hines & the Hillbilly Thrifters. Rail Trail Café, on Wallkill Valley Rail Trail one mile south of Rosendale Trestle, 310 River Road Extension, Tillson; 845- 399-4800 or www.railtrailcaferosendale. com. 6PM-9PM Jazz with John Menegon.Jazz with Teri Roiger. No cover. Info: 845-687-9794. Lekker, 3928 Main St, Stone Ridge. 7PM Friday Night Jazz! New York City saxophonist Al Guart leads ensembles comprised of the best Hudson Valley Jazz musicians. A rotating roster of performers includes pianists John Esposito & Peter Tomlinson, guitarists Steve Raleigh & Peter Einhorn, bassists LewScott & Rich Syracuse. Other musicians regularly sit in with the band. Info: 518- 678-3101. Kindred Spirits, 334 Rt 32A, Palenville. 7:30PM Bard Summerscape: The Wreckers. Opera by Ethel Smyth. American Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Leon Botstein, music director. Directed by Thaddeus Strassberger. Info: 845-758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard. edu/summerscape. Bard College, Sosnoff Theater, Annandale-on-Hudson, $25. 8PM “Oklahomar!” The classic American musical and first Rodgers & Hammerstein collaboration. Info: www.woodstockplayhouse.org/#!oklahomasummer-2015/c1xl2. Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, $40, $32. 8PM Roomful of Blues. Info: 845-289-0185 or www.darylshouseclub.com. Daryl’s House, 130 Route 22, Pawling, $35, $20. 8PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015 Season: The Light Years. A new play written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen. Developed and directed by Oliver Butler. Info: 845-437-5599 or www.powerhouse@vassar.edu. The Powerhouse Theater, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, $40. 8PM West Side Story. Leonard Bernstein’s iconic musical. Info: 518-392-9292; www.machaydntheatre.org May-Hayden Theatre, Chatham, $34, $33. 8PM Singin’ in the Rain. Directed and choreographed by Kevin Archambault, produced by Diana di Grandi for Up In One Productions. Info: www.centerforperformingarts.org or 845-8763080. Center of Performing Arts, 661 Route 308, Rhinebeck, $27, $25. 8PM Vassar & New York Stage and Film 2015 Season: Noir. A new musical with music by Duncan Sheik, book by Kyle Jarrow, lyrics by Kyle Jarrow and Duncan Sheik. Directed by Rachel Chavkin. Info: 845-437-5599 or www. powerhouse@vassar.edu. The Vogelstein Center forDrama and Film, 124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, $30. 8PM Moon Over Buffalo. Classic comedy by Ken Ludwig. Info: 845-647-5511. Shadowland Theatre, 157 Canal St, Ellenville, $39. 8PM Gus MAncini Sonic Soul Band. Info: 845-679-3484. Harmony Café @ Wok ‘n Roll, 50 Mill Hill Rd, Woodstock. 8:15PM-10PM Orange County Land Trust “Blue Moon.” Stroll. Gary Keeton will lead guests on an evening stroll during the second full moon of the month, also known as a “Blue Moon.” Participants should wear long pants and use bug repellent. Info: Jeremy@oclt.org or call845-469-0951 ext 18, Moonbeams Preserve, 219 Prosperous Valley Rd, Middletown, $5. 8:30PM Movies Under The Stars: “Beetlejuice” Bring your own chairs and/or blankets! Forsyth Park, Lucas Ave, Kingston. 8:30PM Bard SummerScape 2015: Cabaret: Eisa Davis. Info: 845-758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape. Bard Spiegeltent, Annandale-on-Hudson, $65, $25. 9PM The Slackers. Opener Los Thujones. Info: 845-679-4406. Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St, Woodstock, $20. 9PM The Real Men. Info: 845-229-8277. Hyde Park Brewing Company, Hyde Park. 10PM “Pay Attention.” Official CD Release Show Info: www.marketmarketcafe.com or 845-658-3164. Market Market, 1 Madeline Ln, Rosendale, free. 10PM-12:30AM Bard SummerScape 2015: After Hours with Justin and Friends: DJ JD Samson. Info: 845-758-7900 or www.fishercenter.bard. edu/summerscape Bard Spiegeltent, Annandaleon-Hudson.

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or individuals with special needs. Must pass a background check as well as a drug screen. Job growth available with this position for the right candidate. Must have reliable transportation for the winter months. Please contact Flo at (845)679-2761. PART-TIME OFFICE HELP NEEDED. Self-motivated type. Telephone skills & a good speller. Resume & letter to: P.O. Box 3606, Kingston, NY 12402. WEATHERIZATION TECHNICIAN. No experience necessary. Install Insulation & Energy Efficiency Improvements. Starting pay $10-$13/hour commensurate w/exp. Apply to Energy Conservation Specialists, LLC, PO Box 116, Port Ewen, NY 12466. Call 845-338-3864 or email ecsmelinda@ gmail.com for an application.

CDL DUMP TRUCK DRIVER & MACHINE OPERATOR. Seeking a part-time Class A (or Class B w/air) truck driver and machine operator to join our team in Kingston. Position is part-time with potential to lead to full-time. We require a CLEAN, valid license, current medical card, experience with single/tandem trucks on and off road, large loader experience. Non-smoker. For more info. call Croswell Enterprises at 845-331-4232.

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.

DRIVER WANTED. Looking for driver to take disabled person to medical appointments (in our van). Must be strong, responsible, non-smoker with a clean license. Call or leave message for Manya at 845-9014330.

Chainsaw operator/experience required.

ARCHITECT OR PROJECT MANAGER NEEDED for Hudson Valley design / build firm. Revit / CAD skills helpful. Good Salary, Benefits + Car. Contact: (845)557-3600 ext. 300.

WOODSTOCK FERAL CAT PROJECT NEEDS TRAPPERS.We are a local not for profit organization committed to reducing future feral cat populations through spay/ neuter. If you’re interested in contributing to our mission by humanely trapping feral cats to have them spayed/neutered, “TNR”, please call (973)713-8229.

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PREP/LINE COOK, FULL-TIME, New Paltz. Experienced preferred but will train. Salary based on experience. 845-255-1485

HELP WANTED 657-7125

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DRIVER/LABORER. Excavating co. seeks CDL-A driver with dump truck and trailer experience to move equipment and to provide labor on excavating and landscape construction projects. Must have some equipment operation and landscape construction experience. Please email your work history to: nschaffer@hvc.rr.com

Part-time SUPERINTENDENT and a BOOKKEEPER NEEDED by the Union Cemetery of Lloyd in Highland. Will train. References. 845-527-9061.

Full Time position for ground personnel with a tree service.

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PART-TIME CASHIER NEEDED. Local store in New Paltz. Email resume: mben51@aol.com. PCA or HOME HEALTH AID (Lake Hill). Seeking a reliable, compassionate individual with experience caring for elderly

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CARETAKERS: COUPLE. WORK PART-TIME. Maintenance, groundskeeping, snow plowing, wood cutting, animal caretaking & cleaning estate in return for free house in West Hurley. References required. (845)339-2075.

TLC FOR YOUR LOVED ONE. Exceptional care, reliable, 20+ years experience. References. 845-802-3391. DIANA’S FANCY FLEA MARKET: Nice Items Needed for Next Sale! Call Diana 626-0221. To Benefit Diana’s CAT Shelter in Accord.

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New Paltz Community-- this App’s for You! Hugies & Hipsters * Pub Owners & Pub Crawlers * Dentists & Patients * Shoppers & Shops * Chefs & Diners * Baristas & Coffee Lovers... Get Connected! Find us at: https://newpaltz.mycityapp.mobile Local businesses– contact us for our annual ad rates- 845-527-4100. DEAR BUSINESSMAN/WOMAN- We at Hardscrabble Flea Market & Swap Meet would like to congratulate you on being picked from over 100 businesses in your field. We believe we can help each 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. Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana at Bard Collegeare pleased to announce our upcoming Saturday Workshops for Beginnersstarting in late July and early August. Watch this space for details. Also watchfor our upcoming performance with the Gamelan Giri Mekar All-Stars atthe Drum Boogie Festival 2015 on Sat., Sept. 12 (raindate: Sun., Sept. 13)at Andy Lee Field in Woodstock, NY. We’ll be in very good company! For a complete schedule of events check out: www.drumboogiefestival.com

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Hudson Valley Real Estate

Can you imagine going to work every day and having your boss say to you, “Today I’m paying you only on the success of the project? Well, real estate agents do that each and every single day! No success, no pay. I’m happy about that because it is a great motivator. I am unhappy about that because it can cause the person to push for a conclusion that I would not call success. Like pushing someone to sell a home for less than its true value, or suggesting that someone buy a home that doesn’t truly fit their needs. Some say success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. I say, nothing recedes like success… especially when it is based on greed…

NEW

July 23, 2015

VIEWS & POOL

A RUBY GEM

This wonderful newly built home is a private delight set back from the road, and is located less than 5 minutes from the main shopping centers. The large living room boasts a beautiful pellet stove. The dining room is over-sized as well. The kitchen is a dream, with tons of cabinets and a breakfast island. Up a few stairs, you will find 4 large bedrooms; the master has plenty of room for an office or sitting area. The master bath has a double sink vanity, a shower and a Jacuzzi! The downstairs has a bedroom and full bath, an easy Mother/Daughter conversion with a private entrance! There is an above ground pool and bluestone patio. Call Sylvie Ross ......................................... $389,000

Rare Woodstock Estate boasts sweeping views of Overlook and the Catskills beyond, heated in ground pool, 4 lush landscaped acres and over 3500sf of immaculately finished space. This luxurious 4Br, 4.5bath Contemporary retreat within walking distance of town is an exceptional home for your family.. .....................................................$1,450,000

ON THE BEACH

Very tidy and well maintained 2-family, along with a 3 bedroom and 2 bedroom apartments with nice hardwood floors. Easy to show and easy to RENT! It has a very desirable location; adjacent to and overlooking Saugerties Beach Park offering play and picnic areas, and the Esopus, offering swimming, boat launch/dock and delightful views. Four ceiling fans and nice grassy fenced rear yard. Rents produce $2150 per month, with the tenants paying all utilities. There is municipal water and sewage and 3 electric meters. Call James Boyd for details .......$195,000

Woodstock

Joyce Beymer Real Estate JoyceBeymer.com

Rhinebeck

914-388-9808

STYLISH COLONIAL TO BE BUILT

2500 sq ft, 4 bedroom, 2.5 baths on 3 wooded acres in Gardiner. All the x-tras, 9’ ceiling, hardwood, fireplace, Master suite and much much more... Close to everything! Start 2016 in your new home. $425,000

UNDER 100K!

Our wonderful agent Stephanie Berryann has listed this adorable three bedroom, 1880 farmhouse and is set way back off a quiet country road between Phoenicia and Belleayre Ski Center. Completely renovated in 2009; stainless appliances, boiler, septic, electric and roof are all only 6 years old. This home would make the perfect full time or weekend retreat with all the high-dollar items replaced. Covered front porch, blue stone patio, split rail fence, lush gardens and storage shed, all this priced to sell smack dab in the heart of the Catskill Mountains, close to world renowned spas, restaurants, skiing, festivals, fishing, hiking, kayaking, tubing the Esopus and much more. Just pack your bags and enjoy! ...........$99,000

CHALET HUDSON

If you’ve ever dreamed of owning a lovely chalet with river frontage and great views of the Hudson, this is it! On 2+ acres, with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, one in the fabulous sleeping loft that has a sumptuous jetted soaking tub in its private tiled bathroom, the high front walls of this passive solar home, frame picturesque river views and lead out to a wide entertainment deck. The vaulted ceilings are finished with beautiful tongue-in-groove wood, and the living room holds a delightful fireplace. On the lowest finishable walk-out level, there is a large summer kitchen and the potential for an apartment. Nicely finished grounds, deep garage, permit for a pool and more… call Laura Wagner or Mitch Rapoport ........................$459,000

Kingston Kingston 845.339.1144 845. 339. 1144 Woodstock Woodstock 845.679.9444 845. 679. 9444 Woodstock 845.679.2929

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Saugerties Commercial 845.246.3300 845. 339. 9999 Boiceville

Saugerties 845.657.4240 Did you know 845. 246. 3300 Phoenicia that you can see ALL the homes 845.688.2929 and tours from ALL the real estate offices on the MLS in our region at www.WinMorrisonRealty.com ? Why go anywhere else?

Our Hats Are Off!!!

Please join us in recognizing Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty’s top ten consistent dollar volume producers. Our outstanding professionals go the extra mile and it shows. Knowledge, service and integrity will insure your real estate success.

KINGSTON (845) 340-7321

Top dollar volume 2007 – 2014 (Ulster County, Residential, MLS Sales)

AMY LEVINE Assoc. Broker, CRS, GRI, ABR, CLHMS $63,425,122

STEFAN BOLZ Assoc. Broker, CRS, ABR, CLHMS

STONE RIDGE (845) 687-0232

NINA SCHULTZ TERNER Assoc. Broker, CRS $56,910,332

JOAN CAPRIA Assoc. Broker, ABR, CRS, GREEN

JEFF SEROUYA Assoc. Broker, CRS $56,364,686

SANDY REID RE Salesperson, ABR, CRS

SHARON BRESLAU Assoc. Broker, CRS

JEANNINE SIMMONS Assoc. Broker, GRI, CLHMS

DIANE SILVERBERG Assoc. Broker, CRS, ABR, CLHMS, GRI

MARCIA WEISS Assoc. Broker, ABR, CRS, CLHMS, GREEN

*UCMLS stats, 2007 – 2014, $ Volume, Ulster Co., residential MLS sales

WEST HURLEY (845) 679-7321

NEW PALTZ (845) 255-9400

WOODSTOCK (845) 679-0006

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. 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.) BEAUTIFUL 3-BEDROOM HOUSE in New Paltz. 2.5 baths. Approx. 7 acres. On the river w/mountain views. Close to SUNY, just past Fairgrounds. FOR SALE; $500K, negotiable. Call (917)686-5707, e-mail: debmstark@aol.com FAMILY COMPOUND, (2 Houses)- private country setting. 10 minutes to New Paltz. Brick colonial; 4-bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 2 kitchens, wood & tile throughout, 3-car attached garage, 40’ barn. PLUS 2-BEDROOM, 2 bath w/fireplace & great room all on approximately 4 acres. $570,000. (845)377-1151 or (239)248-8242.

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Hudson Valley Real Estate

www.lawrenceotoolerealty.com We have the highest average selling price in Ulster County*

OWN A PIECE OF WOODSTOCK HISTORY

Purchase a memorable part of Woodstock’s history, nearly as famous as the Festival itself. Now a retail store called Not Fade Away, the building was, in a previous life, Joyous Lake, an entertainment space and bar where a lot of Rock’s royalty performed: from Bob Dylan to the Rolling Stones. Its highest and best use would be to bring back Joyous Lake to being a music venue -- an amazing wraparound bar, a historic stage, and two lighting and music control booths with a green room; but the building, which features unique detailing and woodwork, lends itself to many and varied uses, perhaps as an event space. Situated on Woodstock’s main street with the most visibility possible, the space can hold 269 people and there’s an 1100 square foot deck to handle overflow plus there’s a corner lot with parking. Whether it becomes a bar, nightclub, café, an event or retail space, the property retains its history and the new owner will proudly possess a Woodstock landmark ................. $780,000

*According to MLS statistics to date for offices with 20 or more transactions in 2015.

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 or year round. Best location in Woodstock. 2 brick fireplaces, horseshoe driveway, private, secluded. Best offer. 845-616-7261. Further description, pictures, address at www.forsalebyowner.com Listing #21058879

HUDSON VALLEY

&CATSKILLS COUNTRY properties Put Yourself In The Best Hands

SMALL CHARMING VILLAGE HOME. Skylights, fireplace, 1-bedroom. Large yard, porch, seperate finished studio. $222K. 845-514-4558. DOUBLE-WIDE FOR SALE By Owner. 5 minutes to Woodstock. This 1568 sq.ft. home has 3-bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and is on a beautiful, quiet location, just a short drive to Woodstock. This is on leased private property. Asking price $54,995. Call 845489-7796. Go to Mhvillage.com/1338043.

ULSTER COUNTY MORTGAGE RATES Mid-Hudson Valley FCU 800-451-8373 30 Yr Fixed 15 Yr Fixed 10 Yr Adj

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SUNDAY 7/26/15 • 1:00 – 3:00PM 131 OHAYO MOUNTAIN ROAD, WOODSTOCK, NY WOODSTOCK COUNTRY CHIC with INCOME PRODUCING GUEST COTTAGE and WALK TO TOWN! Superb 4.6 acres with mountain views & a wooded path to the POND. Rambling one level with walls of windows, renovated kitchen, 29’ LR with cozy fireplace, HW & ceramic floors, ensuite MBR w/private screened porch, 2 add’l ensuite BRs, 25’ DR, office w/ sep. entrance, central air, att. Garage PLUS adorable, privately sited cottage perfect for guests or RENTAL income. UNIQUE! ............ $525,000

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Directions: From Route 375 to Millstream Road, at stop sign, straight on to Ohayo Mountain Rd to #131 on left.

275 Route 375, West Hurley, NY 12491

The Four C’s! | Highland | $189,900 ƵƚĞ͕ ŽŵƉĂĐƚ͕ ŽƩĂŐĞͲLJ ĂŶĚ ŽŶǀĞŶŝĞŶƚ͕ ƚŚŝƐ ĂĚŽƌĂďůĞ ƌĂŶĐŚ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŽƉƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ĞǀĞƌLJŽŶĞ͊ dŚĞ Ğůů ƌŝǀĞ >ŽŽƉ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ǁĂůŬĞĚ Žƌ ďŝŬĞĚ ĨŽƌ ƚƌĂĸĐͲ ĨƌĞĞ ĞdžĞƌĐŝƐĞ Žƌ ĚƌŝǀĞ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ tĂůŬǁĂLJ KǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ,ƵĚƐŽŶ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŝŶƐ͘ ĂǁĂLJ͘ hƉĚĂƚĞƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ͗ ŶĞǁ ƐŝĚŝŶŐ͕ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐ Θ ĨƵƌŶĂĐĞ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϬ͕ Ăůů ŶĞǁ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ǁͬŐƌĂŶŝƚĞ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƐ ŝŶ ϮϬϭϯ͘

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Brenda Graf & Margaret McDermott, RE Salespersons Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty, Ltd. Office: 845-679-7321 ext.111

PRICE REDUCED! | High Falls | $499,000 ĞĂƵƟĨƵů ŚŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ͘ >ŝǀŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĮƌĞƉůĂĐĞ͘ dǁŽ ŐĞŶĞƌŽƵƐůLJͲƐŝnjĞĚ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵƐ͕ ŽŶĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŇŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ ŽŶĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ͘ dŚŝƌĚ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ŇŽŽƌ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ϴ dž ϭϭ ƌŽŽŵ ƚŚĂƚ ĐŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂŶ ŽĸĐĞ͕ ŵĞĚŝĂ ƌŽŽŵ Žƌ ŶƵƌƐĞƌLJ͘ ^ĐƌĞĞŶĞĚ ƉŽƌĐŚ͕ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ ĂŶĚ ĨƌĞĞ ƐƚĂŶĚŝŶŐ ϰ ĐĂƌ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ͘

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Country contemporary barn style home with a spacious open concept feel on almost an acre of property. The Rondout Creek is across the road with public access for small boats just up the way. Features include wide board pine flooring & pine doors throughout, vaulted ceilings, wood paned windows, recessed lighting and French doors to a side deck. The eat-in kitchen boasts stainless appliances & granite countertops with track lighting. The second floor includes a master BR suite with vaulted ceilings & 2 more BRs with another full bath. There is also a 2 car garage with an outside staircase to the 2nd level for storage. $325,000

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STUNNING HURLEY RANCH ON OVER 1 ACRE! This Modern 3 BR, 2 full and 1 half bath Ranch Home features an ample sized kitchen with huge pantry, stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors upstairs, Master Bedroom with bath and 2 additional generous size bedrooms. Dining area with sliders out to the deck. Main bathroom is brand new! Your friends and family will love to gather in the full finished basement with walkout, wet bar and 1/2 bath. 2 car oversized drive under garage. This home blends homespun charm with contemporary convenience! Stop by the Open House this Sunday, call for details & directions! d $279,900

JUST 3 MINUTES TO RHINEBECK VILLAGE !!

Absolutely perfect commuter house. A stones A throw from Amtrak in Rhinecliff - easy trek to th NYC. Situated on 2+/- park like acres offering a NY serene place to unwind. Property has 2 houses. The main house has 2 bedrooms and 1 bath, hardwood flooring and filled with windows framed by bluestone walkways and patio. Guest cottage is sweet 1 bedroom, 1 bath, hardwood flooring, woodstove in the living room for those chilly nights. Kitchen is efficient with granite counter tops!

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STU’S CAR SERVICE. Who’s car determines the pay. Always ready to get you there. 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.

ASK AN EXPERT! For 35 years, Westwood Metes & Bounds Realty Ltd. has been the” go to” source for expert Real Estate guidance & advice. Savvy buyer and sellers know they have a distinct advantage in reaching their Real Estate goals with a Westwood Professional on their team. Our solid commitment to service & integrity plus a deep and historic knowledge of the local market can mean the difference between a good deal and a GREAT deal.

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STONE RIDGE MODERN - Singular architect designed contemporary perfectly sited on 9+ estate acres in AAA location w/ sweeping lawns & beautiful POND! Casually elegant 3800+ SF featuring dramatic atrium entry w/ glass ceiling, generously proportioned living spaces, two fireplaces, marble flooring, 4 BRs, 4 full baths, den/ office, gleaming white kitchen, central AC, family/media room & sliding window walls opening to jewel-like IG pool .. $1,200,000

POOLSIDE COLONIAL - It’s so easy to beat the heat. The gorgeous IG saline pool is just out the back door of this handsome West Hurley Colonial on 2+ pretty acres. Spacious and airy 2800 SF offers expansive 30’ LR with fireplace, formal DR, gourmet kitchen w/ stone counters , ensuite MBR + 2 add’l BRs, 2 full & 2 half baths, HW & ceramic floors, CAC & solar array, attached garage with bonus room over. Deck & patio, too! ....................................... $599,000

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CLASSIC FARMHOUSE - Nicely private 1+ acre setting just a short stroll to historic High Falls hamlet. Sweet rocking chair porch welcome you to a cozy 1900+ SF interior with a BONUS legal 1 bedroom apartment w/separate entrance perfect for guests, office or AirBnB! Features wood floors, gas fireplace, eat-in kitchen, dining room, sunroom, den/office and lovely established landscape. VERY VERSATILE! ............................. $269,000

COUNTRY COTTAGE - Super country location in rural Gardiner with soothing views of neighboring horse farm. Perfectly adorable Cape style cottage with a useable open plan featuring 3 bedrooms, full bath, sk ylights, spacious countr y st yle kitchen/dining space with island, wide board & ceramic floors, den or handy office, full basement, deck, patio PLUS separate STUDIO bldg. w/ heat & electric. HURRY! .....................................$214,900

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Gentle Care, Assistance with compassion in time of need, for those who would benefit from care at home. Experienced. Please call for more information (845)657-7010.

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

(845)706-5133 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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Hudson Valley Gamelans Giri Mekar & Chandra Kanchana at Bard Collegeare pleased to announce our upcoming Saturday Workshops for Beginners starting in late July and early August. Watch this space for details. Also watchfor our upcoming performance with the Gamelan Giri Mekar All-Stars atthe Drum Boogie Festival 2015 on Sat., Sept. 12 (raindate: Sun., Sept. 13)at Andy Lee Field in Woodstock, NY. We’ ll be in very good company! For a complete schedule of events check out: www.drumboogiefestival.com DIANA’S FANCY FLEA MARKET: To Benefit Diana’s CAT Shelter... Thursday, July 23 - Pre-Sale Opening with Wine & Cheese, 3-6 p.m.- $10. Friday, July 24 & Saturday, July 25, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, July 26, 11 a.m.2 p.m., $5 a bag at Christ The King Church, Rt. 213, between Stone Ridge & High Falls. Collectibles, Treasures, Furniture, Art, Antiques, Jewelry & More!!

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Highland/ Clintondale Rentals

HIGHLAND: EXCLUSIVE 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

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AFFORDABLE HOMES; $59,900 – 3-bdrm, 2 bath Double Wide with owner financing (20142774).$89,900 – Year Round cottage, 2-bed, 1 bath, very good condition, next to NYYC land (20142147).$89,900 – 3-bed, 1 bath Farmhouse with chicken coop & attached garage (20145987). $115,000 – 2-bed, 1 bath. Close to Minnewaska Park (20151307). $175,000 – 3-bed, 2 bath, 2 fireplaces, 2 finished rooms & large family room down (20151450). $224,900 – 3-bed, 1.5 bath Farmhouse on 48+ acres. Home is 600 ft. off the quiet road (20153133). $229,900 – 3-bed, 2 bath, very good condition, decks, chicken coop & sheds (20152065). Please call Jeoffrey Devor, Assoc. R.E. Broker at Westwood Metes & Bounds (845)687-0232 or jdevor@westwoodrealty.com

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Saugerties - 4 wooded lots, 2 ac - $40,000 (20144325); 2.08 ac $40,000 (20144326); 2.94 ac $45,000 (20144324); 6.57 ac $60,000 (20144327) Accord - 4 wooded lots, 4.67 ac $54,900 (20133064); 4.24 ac $54,900 (20133065); 9.64 ac $74,900 (20133063) and 5.98 ac w/1000 ft trout stream frontage $69,690 (20141889) Olive - 2 wooded lots, 2.8 ac $49,900 (20153108); 2.8 ac $49,900 (20153081) Kerhonkson 2.04 ac Realtor owned $23,500 (20150629); 2.3 ac End of Road Privacy $29,900 (20150483); Woodbourne - 3 ac w/very old mobile $29,900 (20150483). Contact Jeoffrey Devor, Assoc. RE Brkr at Westwood Metes & Bounds 845-687-0232 or jdevor@ westwoodrealty.com

WOODSTOCK AREA, off Dug Hill Rd; 2 wooded BOH approved building lots, 4 and 19 acres (with stream), MUST SELL. Owner retiring. All Reasonable Offers Considered. Phone/fax: 845-339-2075. email: betsyko@aol.com

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SAUGERTIES: 3.5 miles to Woodstock. 37 acres and residence. Well, pond, electricity, bluestone quarries, mountainviews. Access from town road. Call owner: 845-246-1415. 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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PRIME WOODSTOCK COMMERCIAL BUILDING. Approximately 500 square feet of prime commercial space for rent including limited second floor storage. Stand alone building. Parking in lot plus plenty of surrounding parking. First time available since 1996. Available late August/September. $1500/month. First, last, and security deposit required. Email serious inquiries to woodcommprop@aol.com

Woodstock Works—Business Center Office, Conference, Class & Events By the hour, day, week, month, year 12 Tannery Brook Road.

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TWO 1-BEDROOM APARTMENTS in Gardiner. Country setting. $900/month & $950/ month plus utilities. Call (845)705-7486.

SUNNY 1-BEDROOM in Civil War Victorian. 12 acres. Mile to Village. Magnificent views from picture window. Private entrance. Laundry. Quiet. Heat, hot water, WiFi included. $975/month. Available 8/1. Call 914-725-1461. 1-BEDROOM GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT. New kitchen w/dishwasher, offstreet parking. Quiet area 3 miles from village. No smoking, inside. No dogs. $745/ month plus utilities & $1100 security. Water, sewer, garbage, mowing & snow plowing included. Available 8/15 or 9/1. 845-255-7214. 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! “Now accepting credit cards! Move in & pay your security and deposit with your credit or debit card with no additional fees!”

Call 845-255-7205 for more information Spacious Studio Apartment Full Kitchen. Quiet location. Huguenot Street. Walk to Village. $760/month includes heat and hot water. No pets. Available now.

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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. ROOMS AVAILABLE for STUDENT HOUSING. Close to SUNY, New Paltz. Newly renovated, clean, large kitchen, appliances, WiFi/computer access/TV, plenty of parking. $550/month/room, electric & heat included. $550 deposit. Available now. 845-705-2430. 3-BEDROOM APARTMENT with wood floors throughout. 1 bath. Large Kitchen. Large yard. Off-street parking. $1850/ month includes heat & hot water. 1 month security. No pets. (845)283-5759. LARGE 2-BEDROOM CONDO in Village Arms Apts., for rent in New Paltz near town. Lots of closet space, great condition, corner unit, ground floor. $1425/month includes utilities. Very quite, good neighbors. Call 845-255-8222. BEAUTIFUL 3-BEDROOM PRIVATE HOUSE in New Paltz w/backyard & driveway on quiet street. Within walking distance to supermarket, movie theatre, more. $1600/month. Perfect for 3 students. Call Rick 914-573-1252. 2 BEDROOMS one 10x12, other 20x20, living room. 2 full baths. Quiet location. 5 minute drive from S.U.N.Y. Garbage removal. Washer/dryer. $1000/month gas included. References. Call 845-269-1332.

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ROOM FOR RENT. Can be used as residential or an office. $550/month plus security. Utilities included. Walking distance to everything. (845)664-0493. 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 FOR SMALL FAMILY! 4-BR, 1.5 bath in 2-family Duplex; 1600 sq.ft., W/D, AC, dishwasher. Great neighborhood, New Paltz schools. 1st, last, security. $1450/month + elec. 1-yr. lease. Thermostat in each room. 845-399-9204, 1-570-727-2102. AVAILABLE NOW! 2-BEDROOMS in large 3-bedroom 2nd floor apartment. On-site parking, close to SUNY. Shared utilities. No pets. No smoking. First month, 1 month security, references & lease. $600/month/room. 845-255-7187. STUDENT ROOMS for RENT : In the heartof downtown New Paltz. $600-720 per month. Utilities included. 3 blocks from SUNY Campus. 1 block off Main Street. Call 845-399-9697 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT. Rent includes all utilities, cable TV, wireless internet. Carpeted bedroom & living room. Walk to town/college. Off-street parking. NO PETS. $900/month. 1 month security required. (845)255-5341.

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BEAUTIFUL 24’x24’PINE-PANELED STUDIO w/cathedral ceiling, skylights, sleeping loft, kitchen facilities and full bath on 3 lovely acres in Cottekill, adjacent to solar-powered Sustainable Living Resource Center. For residential use or as office or studio. $750/month plus phone/cable (optional) and low utilities. 845-687-9253. 2-BEDROOM APARTMENT in Rosendale. Sunny, clean. Very large living room. Views of Rondout Creek. Includes off-street parking & trash removal. No smoking. 2 person max. $950/month + utilities. (845)453-9247, marker1st@ yahoo.com ROSENDALE: Unique, newly remodeled, LARGE STUDIO w/separate fully equipped kitchen, bath & more! Country setting, backyard stream, 1 mile to town. Near rail trails, bus lines & SUNY colleges. Non-smoking. $875/month. Utilities & more included. Call (845)514-5302.

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KERHONKSON: 3-ROOM APARTMENT , furnished: $875/month, unfurnished: $750/month. Plus utilities. 1.5 months security, references. 973-4937809 or 914-466-0911.

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Kingston/ Hurley/Port Ewen Rentals

PORT EWEN: 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT available. Newly remodeled. Offstreet parking. Hot water included. Quiet area. Near marina. NO SMOKING. 1 year lease. 201-289-1135. Marbletown Area For Rent, 2nd FLOOR; Immaculate 2BR Apt. 1050 sq.ft. $925/month. New kitchen/bath, dishwasher, washer/dryer, private entrance each unit. Heat included. No pets/no smoking. Mountain Views. Near Ashokan Reservoir. Call 845-594-1492 Country living with easy access; 3-BEDROOM, 2 bath HOME for rent in Hurley. See ad and picture in Craigslist.com #5113859704

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3-BEDROOM HOUSE set back from road on 3 acres. Screened porch w/view of ledge, woods & seasonal waterfall. Close to Woodstock. Available 7/15. $1550/month. 1 month security. No fee. (845)246-6076.

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WONDERFUL WOODSTOCK IN-TOWN 1920’S CARRIAGE HOUSE APARTMENT. 2-bedrooms, large vaulted living room w/seasonal Overlook mountain view. Eat-in country kitchen w/washer & dryer. Hardwood floors w/chestnut trim and stained glass window. 2 large decks. Bath w/ clawfoot tub & bronze shower surround. Walk to shops, restaurants & NYC bus. Offstreet parking. $1050/month plus ($450/ month) for oil, heat, electric, propane gas for cooking, garbage, recycling, water & sewer. First, last, and security. 1-year lease. No smokers. Pet considered. Call 845-901-6628. SPACIOUS 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in historic building, Woodstock Center. Kitchen w/dining area, claw bathtub, living room can accommodate a guest. Off-street parking. For responsible person with steady income. No drugs/smoking/pets. $950/ month includes all utilities. 914-466-0910 HUGE 1-BEDROOM DUPLEX APARTMENT in historic building in Woodstock Center. Full of character like a NY loft. Full bath, clawfoot tub. EIK. Parking offstreet. For responsible person w/steady income. Security. No smoking/drugs/pets. $950/month includes all utilities with A/C. (914)466-0910. WONDERFUL WOODSTOCK 2-BEDROOM LARGE APARTMENT. Eat-InKitchen/LR, porch, 2 acres, borders mountain stream, Meads Mountain location, 1 mile from Green. References. $1,000 + last mo. + security. No pets/smokers. (845)679-2300.

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BEST 1-BEDROOM APARTMENT in Woodstock Village. Light, bright, 2nd floor w/large balcony, skylights, pastoral views of private park. Washer/dryer. $875/month. First, last, utilities, 1 year lease. Available 8/1. 845-514-0823. ROOMMATE, w/panache, TO SHARE country estate. New bed, prolific garden, cozy winters, swimming in non-toxic pool in summer. $600/month includes utilities, internet, cable TV, snow plowing. Retrieve Woodstock mail & care for cat while we are away 6 months every winter. (845)2469995. COUNTRY LIVING & MOUNTAINVIEWS. Private apartment. 1-large bedroom, open kitchen/living room layout, S/S appliances, W/D, big closets. Convenient to Woodstock, Wilson State Park & Route 28/ skiing. $1075/month includes heat, electric, cable, WiFi, garbage pick up & snowplowing. Non-smoker. 845-853-9096 Gorgeous views! For rent: EXTRA LARGE SUNNY ROOM in 100-year-old historic Woodstock home. Picture windows with spectacular views of mountains and a private pond. Separate areas for living, working, and sleeping. Half a mile from the center of Woodstock, but completely secluded. Beautiful grounds, pond with picnic table, large stone porch to share with friendly people. Furnished, including refrigerator and microwave in room, plus kitchen and laundry privileges. Rent includes central air-conditioning, heat, electricity, high-speed internet, garbage services, and snow plowing. We have a cat, so one friendly cat would probably work, but no other pets. Non-smokers only, please. By the month in the summer; $1500. Year-round with a one-year lease, $750. Call Manya at 845-901-4330 or email manya@cswd.org. Beautiful Woodstock four bedroom, two bathroom upstairs of house. Skylights, vaulted ceilings, fine wood touches, 950 sq ft. attic for storage for storage. Seeking quiet, responsible renters. Central location to Kingston, Saugerties, HITS and all that wonderful upstate country living can be. No Pets. $1500, First & last month’s rent + security. Call 845-750-0045 or 845-8026667. 9am-7pm WOODSTOCK/SAUGERTIES PRIVATE COUNTRY SETTING. Sunny 770 sq.ft. house 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. Cozy Spacious Studio Apartment, entire top floor, separate kitchen, gas heat, hardwood floors, 3 closets, large backyard, offstreet parking, 5 minute walk village green. $750/mon plus utilities. Call 914-725-1461 LAKE HILL: Come stay with us at historic Cooper Inn! house share $525/month, includes all, MTM ok; private rustic rugged cabin for single $625 + utils, 8 month min. 845-679-2564; homestayny@msn.com.

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2 UNFURNISHED CITY LOFTS in a COUNTRY VICTORIAN. Everything brand new including walls, bamboo floors, designer cabinets & kitchens w/ granite counters, stainless appliances, upscale bathrooms w/sheer glass shower doors, energy efficient. Rent worry free! Landlord on premises during the day or around the corner & takes care of mowing, plowing, etc. Everything done & ready except dinner! 4 beautiful seasons. 5 minutes to Belleayre Ski center, many restaurants, public swimming pool, tennis, hiking, biking, fishing all nearby. $1100/month plus utilities. 1-year lease. A must see! Call Rita (845)254-5229.

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Quiet, clean, responsible male with caretaking experience SEEKING TO RENT AFFORDABLE APARTMENT or STUDIO in Woodstock area. Impeccable references. 646.581.0903

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FREE FILING CABINETS. Three fourdrawer black metal filing cabinets for free. Excellent condition. Call 845-2466350 .

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ROWE FULL-SIZE SOFA BED/COUCH. In excellent condition. Light olive green tones. Asking $200. 518-678-0521. SAUER FARM... For Sale- Fresh eggs, sweet corn, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, raspberries, rhubarb, blue berries, Kohl rabbi, beets, onions, Swiss chard, greens, etc. Open Daily. Located 640 Kings Highway, Saugerties. 2462725 .

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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.

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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.

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.

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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 657-6252 CASH PAID. Estate contents- attic, cellar, garage clean-outs. Used cars, junk cars, scrap metal. Anything of value. (845)2460214.

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WANTED TOP DOLLARS PAID. We buy entire estates or single items. Actively seeking gold and silver of any kind, sterling, flatware and jewelry. Furniture, antiques through mid-century. We gladly do house calls, free appraisals. We also do Estate/Tag Sales, 35 years experience. One call does it all. Call or text anytime 24/7. 617-981-1580.

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FLEA HARDSCRABBLE

MARKET & GARAGE SALE 845-758-1170 • Call John

OPEN EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY 8-6pm March thru December Large selection of hunting & pocket knives, musical instruments, antique & specialty items, handmade wood chip roses. ALL BEEF HOTDOGS $1.50, TURKEY HOTDOGS $1, LARGE FRIES $2

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Set up Saturday for $20 and get the next day for $10 All Vendors Wanted • Spots start at $12 to $35 Holy Cow Shopping Center • Red Hook, NY

Fest starting at 2 p.m. Antiques, collectibles, produce & Reusables. 845-6796744. For brochure: woodstockfleamarket@hvc.rr.com GOOGLE US! Enormous Yard Sale All Weekend Long!!! 189 Dubois Rd In New Paltz 9:00-4:00 Saturday & Sunday (7/25-7/26) Large & Small Ticket Items Priced To Sell! • Electronics & Appliances • Furniture • Antiques • Tons Of Kids Stuff (All Ages): Toys, Clothes, Books, Games • And More!!!!!!

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hen it comes to our health we all want to beat the odds. How can the health and fitness of the region’s residents be improved? Traditional educational methods attempt to persuade individuals to adopt personal lifestyle changes. In a hope to improve that outcome, local neighborhoods and communities are presenting initiatives to encourage residents to walk, skate or ride bikes. To encourage healthy eating there are local Farmer’s Markets to allow access to fresh produce and community gardens which are a wonderful way to teach children by participation. On-line resources post nutritional information of local eateries as well as educate residents on healthier food choices, portion sizes and how we as individuals need to become more responsible for our own health.

FOR ADOPTION- TWO LOVING CAT BROTHERSJack and Harley are a year old, neutered, up to date w/shots and litter pan trained. They’ve been in a wonderful foster home and are now ready for their forever home. They adore each other. Jack is a handsome tuxedo (black w/white bib) and Harley is white w/black markings and as soft as a bunny. If you’d like to have Jack and Harley share their love with you, please call (917)282-2018 or email DRJLPK@aol. com The Ulster County SPCA Animals of the Week are cat brothers Jack & Harley. They’ve had a difficult beginning & must be adopted together since they’re so closely bonded (they kiss each other a lot). Come meet them today & help these brothers live the lives that they were meant to have. We have plenty of KITTENS and YOUNGER CATS right now, but don’t forget about the OLDER CATS: We’ve got Belle; 8-year old girl who’d love to sit & have you pet her for days; Sancho; handsome, almost all white, senior male (19!), & Shatner; 7-year old sweetheart who’s a bit shy & needs to find a home to come out of her shell. We’ve got plenty of great options in DOG LAND: Sheba; 8-year old Shepherd mix, who, despite never having a home of her own, is loving & playful once she gets to know you. She’ll need to be your only pet in an adult only home; Roadie; 6-year old Siberian Huskie who needs an active owner; Albert; 8-year old Cocker Spaniel, good w/dogs, cats & kids, give him a chance! Timmy; very cute 2-year old Jack Russell. As usual, we’ve got plenty of BUNNIES that range in size from small-large. Come meet Fiona & Fergie, beautiful white sisters that must go to their forever home together; Mandy; beautiful black Flemish Giant who needs an experienced rabbit lover; and Paisley & Pandora, brother & sister lionhead bunnies that have a lot of love to give. We also have HAMSTERS, GUINEA PIGS & BIRDS. Come CHECK THEM ALL OUT TODAY at the UCSPCA, 20 Wiedy Rd., Kingston, off Sawkill Road. Www.UCSPCA.org.

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SWEET PLAYFUL SENIOR CAT, DUKE ELLINGTON (aka “Boogie”) is a 12-year old neutered male grey & white tuxedo. He’s very sweet & loves to play fetch. His original caregiver left the state & Boogie. He was in a foster home but the person went to an assisted living facility. Duke/Boogie needs a forever home. He’s a big, handsome & friendly boy. If you want and can give Boogie the love, care & stability he needs & deserves, please call (845)679-7922.

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