Theater Wicked 8pm. $30. Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.
Workshops Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
WEDNESDAY 16 Classes Watercolor and Drawing 9am-12pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Hand Building with Clay with Gita Nadas 10am-12pm. $100/4 classes. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. (845) 457-2787. Basic Painting 1pm-4pm. Karen O'Neil. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Figurative Clay Sculpture with Tricia Kline 1pm-4pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Steve's Salon with Live Models 6pm-9pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Adult Hebrew Class Call for time. Congregation Shir Chadash, LaGrange. 223-5925.
Events African Drum 6pm-7pm. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
Music Neil Alexander and Mechanisim 8pm. Electronica, experimental. The Wherehouse Restaurant, Newbrugh. 561-7240.
Theater A Christmas Carol 10am. $8. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Wicked 8pm. $30. Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.
Workshops
Life Drawing 7:30pm-9:30pm. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559.
FRIDAY 18 Art A Little Space for Artists 7pm-8pm. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444.
Body / Mind / Spirit The Creative Spirit Study Group 5pm-5:30pm. $10. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 687-4143.
Classes Printmaking 9am-12pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Portrait and Figure Painting 9am-12pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Painting and Composition 1pm-4pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Dance Euro Dance for Seniors 1:30pm-2:30pm. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Swing Dance 8:30pm-11:30pm. Featuring The Saints of Swing, lesson before the dance. $15/$10. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club, Poughkeepsie. 454-2571.
Events Holiday House Tours 11am-3pm. Olana State Historic Site, Hudson. (518) 828-0135. Community Stitchers: Cool Ties 12:30pm-3pm. Making special ties for service men and women. East Fishkill Community Library, Hopewell Junction. 226-2145. Shabbat Dinner 6pm. Congregation Shir Chadash, LaGrange. 223-5925. BRAWL Ball 2009 8pm. Dance party hosted by Broads Regional Arm Wrestling League. $5. Keegan Ales, Kingston. 331-2739.
Music
Rendering in Black and White with Vince Natale 9am-12pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Drawing, Painting and Composition 1pm-4pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Acrylic Painting Studio with Nancy Reed Jones 6:30pm-8:30pm. $100/4 sessions. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. (845) 457-2787. Pastel Studio with Shawn Dell Joyce 6:30pm-8:30pm. $100/4 classes. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. (845) 457-2787.
Stratospheerius 7:30pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Bill Kelly 8pm. Acoustic. Babycakes Café, Poughkeepsie. 485-8411. Happy Traum & Friends Solstice Concert 8pm. John Sebastian, Amy Helm, Teresa Williams, more. Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. 679-2079. $50/$35. John Pizzarelli 8pm. Jazz. $35-$60. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100. Hurley Mountain Highway 8:30pm. Rock. Pamela's on The Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Christopher Robin Band 9pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300. David Kraai with Sean Powell 9pm. Quiet Man Pub, Wappingers Falls. 298-1724. The Trapps 9pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Hurley Mountain Highway 9pm. Pop, soft rock. Pamela's on The Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Four Guys in Disguise 9pm. Rock. SkyTop Steak House, Kingston. 340-4277. The Lifesize Gorgeous Cocktails 10pm. Rock. The Sunset House, Peekskill. (914) 734-4192. Vixen Dogs Band 10pm. Rock. Ruben's Mexican Cafe, Peekskill. (914) 739-4330.
Events
Theater
Mahjan Club 4pm-7pm. Japanese culture club. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811.
This Night To Remember: Magical Adventures on Christmas Eve 7pm. $15. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470. A Christmas Carol 8pm. $20/$18 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. A Christmas Carol 8pm. Walking the Dog Theater. $15/$12. Space 360, Hudson. (518) 697-3360. Is It Over Yet? Stories of the Recession 8pm. An evening of political cabaret. $10. ASK Arts Center, Kingston. 338-0331. A Christmas Carol 8pm. Bird-on-a-Cliff Theatre Co. Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock. 247-4007. Wicked 8pm. $30. Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.
Unleashing Your Comedy Power Stuff 6:30pm-8pm. With Myrna Hilton. Town of Esopus Public Library, Port Ewen. 338-5580.
THURSDAY 17 Art Late Night at the Lehman Loeb 5pm-9pm. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie. 437-7745.
Body / Mind / Spirit Sounds Healing with Didgeridoo Healer and Crystal Bowls 6:30pm-7:30pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. The Healing Power of Meditation 7pm-9pm. $8/class. Howland Cultural Center, Beacon. 831-4988.
Classes
Music Acoustic Thursdays with Kurt Henry 6pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699. Rocky 7pm. Acoustic. Inquiring Mind/Muddy Cup, Saugerties. 246-5775. Jazz Jam 9pm. Marvin "Bugalu" Smith and his drum band. $6. Market Market Cafe, Rosendale. 658-3164.
Spoken Word Conversations in French 11:30am-12:30pm. Pawling Free Library, Pawling. 855-3444.
SATURDAY 19
Theater A Christmas Carol 10am. $8. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. A Christmas Carol 8pm. Walking the Dog Theater. $15/$12. Space 360, Hudson. (518) 697-3360. Wicked 8pm. $30. Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204.
Workshops Choral Singing Workshop 3:30pm-4:30pm. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.
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Art The Visionary Solstice Gathering Call for times. Live art event. CosM, Wappingers Falls. 297-2323. Sketch Class 1pm-4pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388.
Body / Mind / Spirit Astrology: The New Year 2010 and You Call for times. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650. Winter Fire Workshop (Kriyas and Twisting) 2pm-4:30pm. Bliss Yoga Center, Woodstock. 679-8700.
Community Yoga Class 5pm. $5. Bliss Yoga Center, Woodstock. 679-8700.
Classes Watercolor and Drawing 9am-12pm. Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock. 679-2388. Beginning Drawing with Shawn Dell Joyce 1pm-3pm. Wallkill River School and Art Gallery, Montgomery. (845) 457-2787.
Dance Annual Holiday Contradance Party Call for times. Afternoon dance, pot luck, and evening dance. Regina Coeli School, Hyde Park. 473-7050. Freestyle Frolic 8:30pm-1am. All-volunteer community dance. $5/$2 teens and seniors/volunteers and children free. Knights of Columbus, Kingston. 658-8319. Holiday DJ Dance Party 9pm. High Falls Cafe, High Falls. 687-2699.
Kids A Christmas Carol by The Puppet People 11am. $6-$9. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. Sing Out! Reach Out! 1pm-3pm. Ages 5-13. $15/$150 series. The Institute for Music and Health, Verbank. 677-5871.
Music Doug Marcus 11:30am. Acoustic. Inquiring Mind/Muddy Cup, Saugerties. 246-5775. Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann 1pm. Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD. $16-$23. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100. The Zucchini Brothers Holiday Show 2pm. $10. The Egg, Albany. (518) 473-1845. Kansas City Sound 7pm-10pm. Dance party featuring Harvey Kaiser Quartet and Kitt Potter. $35/$40 students and seniors. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811. Betty MacDonald 7:30pm. Violin and vocals. Jack and Luna's, Stone Ridge. 687-9794. Bach's Christmas Oratoria 8pm. First Congregational Church, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (860) 435-4866. The Andy Polay Quartet 8pm. Jazz. BeanRunner Cafe, Peekskill. (914) 737-1701. Lindsey Webster 8pm. Pop, soft rock. Alchemy, Woodstock. 684-5068. Marji Zintz 8pm. Acoustic. Babycakes Cafe, Poughkeepsie. 485-8411. Bucky Pizzarelli and Frank Vignola 8pm. $20. Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale. 658-9048. Kiss Kiss, Aficionado, and Kadafi 9pm. Progressive rock. The Basement, Kingston. 331-1116. The Bobs 9pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300.
The Outdoors Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Hike: Duck Pond 10am-3:30pm. 8-mile hike. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919. A Geocaching Hike 1pm. Frost Valley YMCA, Claryville. 985-2291 ext. 205.
Spoken Word Kristin Poor on Bernd and Hilla Becher 1pm. Gallery talk. Dia: Beacon, Beacon. 440-0100. Tony Fletcher 5:30pm. Author of All Hopped Up reads and signs. A Community Store, Phoenicia. www.ijamming.net.
Theater Wicked Call for times. $30. Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204. Babes in Toyland 1pm. Pavilion Theatre at Lycian Centre, Sugar Loaf. 469-2287. A Christmas Carol 5:30pm/8pm. Bird-on-a-Cliff Theatre Co. Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock. 247-4007. This Night To Remember: Magical Adventures on Christmas Eve 7pm. $15. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470. A Christmas Carol 8pm. Walking the Dog Theater. $15/$12. Space 360, Hudson. (518) 697-3360. A Christmas Carol 8pm. $20/$18 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080.
Saugerties Healing Arts Salon 3:30pm-5pm. Inquiring Mind/Muddy Cup, Saugerties. 246-5775. Hudson Valley Healing Arts Salon 3:30pm-5pm. Self-Healing with One Light Healing Touch Energy Healing. Spiritplay Studio, Woodstock. 679-4140. Healing with the Sound of Crystal 4pm-5pm. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, woodstock. 679-5650. Community Yoga Class 5pm. $5. Bliss Yoga Center, Woodstock. 679-8700. Special Meditation for World Peace 6pm-7:30pm. Speaker and creative meditation. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000.
Classes Guitar Lessons with Joey Eppard Call for times. $70/$35. Woodstock, Woodstock. 679-8616.
Events Holiday Gathering 12pm-3pm. Reception, lunch, entertainment, inspirational message, spiritual and fun Activities. Peace Village Learning and Retreat, Haines Falls. (518) 589-5000. Holiday Whodunit: The Case of the Filched Fulton 1pm-4pm. $5/$4 seniors and children. Staatsburg Historical Site, Staatsburg. 889-8851 ext. 337. Tour the Daniel Smiley Research Center 1:30pm-4pm. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919. SpiritPlay Studio Holiday Party 5pm-7:30pm. Spiritplay Studio, Woodstock. 679-4140.
Film Miracle on 34th Street 7pm. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington, Massachusetts. (413) 528-0100.
Music Vienna Choir Boys Call for times. $35-$40. Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy. (518) 273-0038. Billy Manas 12pm. Acoustic. Taste Budd's Chocolate and Coffee Cafe, Red Hook. 758-6500. Mark Raisch with the Bill Gulino Trio 1pm. Jazz. Pamela's on The Hudson, Newburgh. 562-4505. Bronfman’s Prokofiev 3pm. The Bardavon, Poughkeepsie. 473-2072. Unplugged Open Acoustic Mike 4pm. $6/$5 members. Unison Arts and Learning Center, New Paltz. 255-1559. A Celtic Christmas Evening with Cherish the Ladies 7:30pm. Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling. 855-1300. Classical Holiday Concert 8pm. Sarah Williams, Sheila Hamilton & Jim Bacon. $18/$13 members/$2 more at the door. Unison, New Paltz. 255-1559. Koffin Kats 9pm. With Bourbon Scum. $3. The Basement, Kingston. 331-1116.
The Outdoors Mohonk Preserve Singles and Sociables Hike: Table Rocks Photo Hike 9:45am-12pm. 5-mile hike. Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz. 255-0919. Table Rock Photo Hike 9:45am-12pm. 5 miles. Meet at Spring Farm Trailhead, New Paltz. 594-9545.
Spoken Word Jane O'Connor 11am. Author of Splendiferous Christmas. Barnes & Noble, Kingston. 336-0590. Megalithic or Mysterious Stone Structures of the Hudson Valley 2pm-4pm. Slide show and lecture by Enrique Noguera to benefit Sage Center. $20. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Theater Wicked Call for times. $30. Proctor's Theatre, Schenectady. (518) 346-6204. A Christmas Carol 2pm. Walking the Dog Theater. $15/$12. Space 360, Hudson. (518) 697-3360. A Christmas Carol 3pm. $20/$18 seniors and children. Center for Performing Arts, Rhinebeck. 876-3080. A Christmas Carol 3pm. Bird-on-a-Cliff Theatre Co. Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock. 247-4007. This Night To Remember: Magical Adventures on Christmas Eve 3pm. $15. Cocoon Theater, Rhinebeck. 876-6470.
MONDAY 21
Workshops Ikenobo Ikebana Flower Arrangement Lesson 10am-12pm. $25/$20. Gomen-Kudasai Noodle Shop, New Paltz. 255-8811. Family African Dance 11am-12pm. Hudson Opera House, Hudson. (518) 822-1438.
SUNDAY 20 Body / Mind / Spirit Subtle Vinyasa Yoga and Meditation 9:30am-11:15am. $10. Marbletown Multi-Arts, Stone Ridge. 687-4143. Guided Meditation/Transformation 11am-12:30pm. $10. Crystals & Well-Being Center, Wurtsboro. 888-2547.
Body / Mind / Spirit Healing Circle 7pm-9pm. Singing, drumming, guided meditation, storytelling and forms of energy work. Sage Center for the Healing Arts, Woodstock. 679-5650.
Music African Drum Class and Circle 7pm. Toby Stover and/or Fode Sissoko will teach African djembe styles. $15. Old Songs, Inc., Voorheesville. (518) 356-3197. Celtic Session 7:30pm. Traditional Irish music. New World Home Cooking, Saugerties. 246-0900. David Kraai 10:30pm. Acoustic. Oasis Cafe, New Paltz. 255-2400.